As the Sages all fled into Chaos, the overwhelming pressure hanging over the Human Realm and suffocating all things slowly dissipated.
The Yin Shang defenders at Boundary Tablet Pass, along with the Western Qi soldiers beyond the pass, all let out long breaths of Turbid Qi. The boulder weighing on their hearts had finally fallen away.
Yet in the next instant, the joy on the faces of Boundary Tablet Pass's defenders vanished, leaving only bitterness.
The Great Beings of the Western Religion, whom they had relied upon, had been almost entirely killed or wounded. The three thousand Arhats and the Twelve Yaksha Divine Generals had all fallen and been entered into the rolls.
Meanwhile, although the immortals of Chan and Jie had suffered severe backlash injuries, their foundations had not been destroyed.
With such a situation, what could Boundary Tablet Pass use to withstand the spearhead of Western Qi's army?
The generals were frantic and instinctively turned to seek Shen Gongbao's counsel. Yet when their gazes swept over the section of the wall where Shen Gongbao had just been standing, they were all stunned.
"Where is the Imperial Preceptor? He was clearly standing here just now. How could such a large man simply vanish into thin air?"
The moment the Sage's pressure dissipated, Shen Gongbao had quietly slipped away.
He could clearly sense that vast numbers of Western Religion disciples had fallen and been entered into the rolls. With Sages personally descending to confront one another, Calamity Qi surged wildly through heaven and earth, growing so dense that it was terrifying.
With such a once-in-a-millennium opportunity before him, how could he still care about the survival of Boundary Tablet Pass? While everyone's attention was fixed on the battle in the void, he immediately fled to a hidden place to enter