CRIMSON energy orbs bombarded the South Heaven Gate.
They instantly detonated, sending shattered flames scattering in every direction and engulfing the surrounding area.
Waves of battle cries filled the entire celestial realm.
The peaceful tranquility of the Heavenly Court was shattered.
Not long ago,
Haotian God and the Jade Pool Saintess descended to the mortal realm, hiding in the shadows, and ambushed simultaneously just as the rogue Quasi-Sages and Jieyin and Zhunti were locked in fierce combat.
They instantly killed Jieyin and Zhunti, successfully acquiring the Foundation of Sainthood.
That moment was precisely when Haotian and Jade Pool were at their most exhilarated and excited.
Haotian God and the Jade Pool Saintess could harness heavenly positional authority to empower themselves, making them the strongest combatants beneath the saints.
Naturally, they did not hold those twenty or thirty Quasi-Sages in any regard.
In their eyes, those people were mere chickens and dogs, braggarts courting death, and they remained completely unfazed.
Yet the very next moment,
they could no longer maintain their calm and pretense.
Nearly a hundred Quasi-Sages surged forth from further away, their eyes blazing with bright light as they stared intently at Haotian and Jade Pool, resembling starving wolves that had just caught sight of tender prey.
That unmasked desire terrified both Haotian and Jade Pool.
They did not fear twenty or thirty Quasi-Sages, but being besieged by over a hundred all at once was something they could not withstand, even with heavenly positional authority empowering them.
Jade Pool and Haotian immediately beat a hasty retreat, falling back toward the Heavenly Court.
Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian, hiding within Biyou Palace, wore pitch-black expressions as they watched Haotian and Jade Pool flee.
They couldn't help but feel grateful they hadn't rushed out, realizing so many hidden schemers were lurking outside.