Jin Ling and Wudang received their orders, each carrying two treasured swords as they marched out.
Lu Bei waved his hand and sent out the formation diagram, establishing a heaven-enveloping grand formation outside Xiqi City—the Immortal Slaying Formation.
Neither copper nor iron, neither steel, it had once been hidden beneath Mount Sumeru; without refining it through the reversal of yin and yang, how could water and fire have tempered its edge?
The Immortal Slaying Sword was sharp, the Immortal Killing Sword brought death; wherever the Immortal Trapping Sword appeared, crimson light rose. The Immortal Severing Sword changed with boundless wonder, staining the garments of Great Firmament immortals with blood.
Against a powerful enemy on the level of a saint, the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation was not qualified. With the entire Chan Sect hanging from flagpoles before them, the atmosphere had reached this point— they had to display the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
The formation rose, crimson light shot into the heavens, the heavenly secrets became chaotic, and nothing could be investigated.
Primordial Heavenly Venerate frowned slightly. He had not expected Sect Master Tongtian to be willing to entrust the Immortal Slaying Formation to the Second Sect Master, needlessly giving the latter another means of securing his footing.
No wonder he had not seen the Immortal Slaying Formation on Jin'ao Island. So this had been Tongtian's plan.
Primordial Heavenly Venerate pondered. Tongtian had known from the beginning that once all Four Saints arrived, neither the Immortal Slaying Formation nor the Myriad Immortals Formation could protect the Jie Sect and Yin Shang. He had simply surrendered, forcing Senior Brother Laozi to stop participating in the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods.
With the Second Sect Master, King Zhou, and Nuwa also working hand in glove, once another saint was removed, even