Wutian Demon divided his forces into three armies. The first, composed mainly of demonized cultivators from the Western Continent, was commanded by a demonic general whom Wutian Demon's demonic qi had infused with the power of a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal of the eighth heaven. It headed straight for the World Daoist Sect. The second consisted of Northern Darkness Sect cultivators and several clans from the Western Continent. Led by Kunpeng's senior disciple, it charged toward the Soul Ancestor Sect. Wutian Demon personally led the third. A torrent of Dark-Gold Demon Qi advanced toward the Qiankun Ancestor Sect like an enormous, ever-lengthening guillotine blade. The three armies reached their respective targets almost simultaneously. Dark-Gold Demon Qi and the radiance of three sect-protecting formations carved the sky over the Northern Continent into distinct regions.
Outside the World Daoist Sect's protective formation, the demonic general stood in the void, demonic qi churning around him like boiling dark lava. He did not rush to attack. Instead, he released a sustained ripple of law power to probe the formation's boundary. Its patterns were woven from World Law, each strand like a warp or weft thread being stretched without cease, weaving a net of laws that continually formed and dissolved in the void. The instant the general's ripple touched the formation's patterns, the net rippled like water struck by a stone. But as those ripples spread, the World Law steadily supplied by the disciples within canceled them out layer by layer, preventing the disturbance from expanding. The general withdrew his probing attack and split into three demonic bodies, which advanced on the formation's edge from three directions at once. Each body struck a different node at a different speed and rhythm, like a bronze gong being struck in three places simultaneously. The World Daoist