Beyond the barrier of the Great Desolation World, Chaos Qi surged slowly like a boundless black ocean. Luohu's figure was like a blade tearing through the darkness, the first to burst forth from the depths of chaos. Behind him, the army of demonic puppets emerged one by one from the chaos like a silent black tide, forming neat ranks. Several demonic puppets at the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin level stood at the forefront, their bodies wreathed in dense Demonic Path laws. Like moving black mountains, they radiated a suffocating pressure.
Luohu hovered before the Great Desolation World's barrier, his gaze falling upon the golden formation patterns that covered the entire world. Within the chaos, the radiance of the Heaven-and-Earth Four Poles Grand Formation was like a warm golden twilight, separating the Great Desolation World from chaos. The patterns were exquisite and intricate, containing the cyclical power of the Five Elements' mutual generation and restraint, making the entire formation akin to an impregnable shield.
"Heaven-and-Earth Four Poles Grand Formation..." Luohu murmured, a trace of appraisal in his eyes. "Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches truly put in some effort. But no matter how sturdy a shield is, it cannot stop a spear sharp enough."
He did not rush to attack. Instead, he first sensed the auras within the Great Desolation. The Main Bodies of Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches were still atop Kunlun Mountain, but their auras were somewhat more scattered than before—part of their strength was battling Hongjun and Jidu through their avatars in the chaos outside the Eternal Night Realm, while another part was being restrained by the Tribulations stirred up by the Heavenly Dao across the four realms. Though the Great Desolation's defenses remained solid, its guardians' attention was not fully focused.
"The Heavenly Dao's