"Stop him!" The four Sages attacked at once, their vast Saint Power transforming into four shackles as they tried to bind Tongtian.
But it was already too late! Sect Master Tongtian burned his source Saint Power and invoked the Law of Destruction that existed within the Primordial Origin! His hands formed a hollow embrace, and an invisible "singularity" containing the savage primal forces of earth, water, wind, and fire rapidly took shape and expanded within them!
"Everyone... return to nothingness!" Tongtian's face twisted savagely as he prepared to detonate the "singularity"!
At that critical moment, a calm voice containing supreme majesty resounded in the depths of every living being's soul, as though it had come from eternity, yet also as though it were whispering in their ears:
"Stop."
Time and space seemed to freeze at that instant. The "singularity," on the verge of erupting, was forcibly suppressed and smoothed over by an invisible force. The aura of destruction gathered by Sect Master Tongtian vanished in an instant like a punctured balloon. The restraint jointly set by the four Sages quietly crumbled as well.
A bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder silently streaked across the sky. An old Daoist holding a bamboo staff, dressed in hemp robes and straw sandals, appeared soundlessly at the center of the battlefield. His features were ancient and unadorned, his gaze indifferent, as if it contained the supreme principles behind the birth and death of the universe.
It was Dao Ancestor Hongjun!
"Master!" The five Sages, including the seemingly crazed Tongtian, were all deeply shaken upon seeing him and hurriedly bowed. Countless beings throughout the Primordial Wilderness, no matter where they were, felt that will towering above all things and bowed in the direction of Jiepai Pass.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun swept his gaze over his five