The three old Daoists with Immortal Bearing rode a cloud carriage drawn by painted phoenixes, accompanied by several thousand Dao soldiers and servants. Among them were dozens at the Deity Transformation Stage and thousands at the Nascent Soul level, while an army formation of hundreds of thousands of Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Cultivators lay hidden within a Space Magic Treasure, ready to form up and charge forth to kill at any moment.
These Dao soldiers and generals wore golden armor of thunder, surrounding and guarding them layer upon layer, forming an impenetrable net of law. The grandeur and splendor of a true sect from the Upper Realm were utterly astounding.
These Deity Transformation Stage Dao soldiers and servants were the renowned Thunder Department Dao Soldiers of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect.
These Thunder Department Dao Soldiers had been established by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect at enormous cost. Their ranks came from outer sect elders, servants of other races, and Ascended Cultivators from Minor Worlds.
The Ascended Cultivators from Minor Worlds in particular were often exceptionally capable and could serve as Dao soldiers and battle generals.
Theoretically speaking, these Ascended Cultivators from Minor Worlds had all been rulers of their own worlds. They had endured countless trials, commanded the authority of an entire realm, held the life and death of billions of beings in a single thought, and once stood supreme above heaven and below earth. Regardless of their strength, their pride ran deep; they should never have become another's Dao soldiers.
They could serve as slaves, bow low and make themselves small, and endure endless humiliation. That was nothing. They had all risen from humble beginnings and seen, suffered, and swallowed every kind of hardship.
But!
They could never possibly become Dao soldiers or