The long wind howled, horses whinnied.
Upon Orchid Plain in the Western Domain of Yanzhou, four million Daoist Soldiers stood arrayed between heaven and earth.
The silver-helmeted, silver-armored Daoist Soldiers formed ranks of ten thousand. Array after array of ten thousand spread from the ground into the clouds of the sky, forming a radiant silver heavenly wall and iron bulwark.
Beneath the sunlight, each formation of ten thousand gleamed all over with dazzling silver radiance, like city walls cast from Heavenly Gold and black iron. As far as the eye could see, those formations connecting earth and heaven whipped up astral winds and stirred heavenly thunder. Their divine might was immense, as though heavenly soldiers had descended.
Within Orchid Plain Dao Palace, Han Yuan, Wen Yuan, Lianri, Caiyue, Shaoyang, Shaoyin, Jinyang, Youhua, and the other current chiefs of the alliance of worlds stood atop the Dao Palace walls, gazing into the distance at that shining silver wall of the heavenly army.
The Cave Profound Dao Fruits possessed exceptional vision. Even separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, even with the formation's baleful intent billowing and mysterious light dazzling the eyes, the Cave Profounds could still see clearly: the silver helmets and armor upon each Daoist Soldier glimmered with spiritual charm, while the Dharma artifacts in their hands flowed with spiritual light. Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, shield, and bows were all immortal-grade.
Jinyang looked at the magnificent formation in the distance and could not help smiling. "They say the Tianhe Dao Sect excels at warfare, and that its Daoist Soldiers rank among the finest of all worlds. Seeing them today, they truly are extraordinary."
Although the grand formation laid down by the Tianhe Dao Sect's four million Daoist Soldiers was indeed remarkable, formations of Daoist Soldiers—especially formations made up of