In the hyper-dimensional space of the Primordial World,
over twenty sage-tier powerhouses looked at one another in dismay. The atmosphere was bizarre to the extreme, and not a single person dared to speak at this moment. Let alone speaking, even the Dao rhythms radiating from their divine bodies were consciously restrained by them, and the Golden Wheels of Merit suspended behind their heads were put away to lower their presence as much as possible.
Regarding this battle in the Lotus Lantern World, all the sages had never entertained the possibility of failure from the very beginning; even setbacks should not have existed. Yet now...
A large-scale death of Daluo Realm cultivators had occurred. Although the casualties were a bit heavy, all the sages understood that this was Hongjun's planned purge, which they could understand. Casualties anticipated in advance were not true casualties; they were the exchange of a price, and therefore they did not experience any emotional fluctuations over this.
What truly made the sages tread on thin ice at this moment was the fall of sages.
In this battle, the ones who fell first turned out to be on their own side.
The demise of Zhunti and Jieyin was not a big deal to the sages.
Not only would they not grieve for the fall of Zhunti and Jieyin, but they would also add insult to injury with mockery and sarcasm, and even inwardly despise Hongjun as the spokesperson.
What truly caused the crowd, who were walking on thin ice at this moment, to remain silent was the fall of the Golden and Silver Maidens.
The two people who least deserved to fall had inexplicably fallen, and moreover, in a two-against-one situation, they had been slain by Nüwa of the Lotus Lantern World.
Upon discovering that the fallen ones