The thirty Flawed Supreme Sages collapsed completely to the ground.
Their faces were filled with despair.
"It's over..."
"I'm finished this time..."
"That damned bastard actually seized the Authority of Tianhua Domain! It should have belonged to us..."
To the thirty Flawed Supreme Sages, Li Yun was undeniably powerful.
Powerful enough to cut them all down with a single stroke at any moment.
If they truly fought him, even all of them bound together would be no match for him.
But that was only a matter of strength.
They had still clung to one hope: the Authority of Tianhua Domain.
As they saw it, Li Yun had only destroyed seventy percent of their Rule Origins. He had not killed them, and had even given them the chance to return to the Secret Realms and continue cultivating to repair their Rule Origins. That was surely a mistake.
If they managed to gain control of Tianhua Domain's Authority in the days ahead,
then wielding an entire domain's Authority against Li Yun would reduce him to a clay chicken or a pottery dog, no matter how strong he was. None could escape Authority.
Then they could repay every grievance they had suffered, principal and interest, all at once.
But now—
The Authority of Tianhua Domain, which they had regarded as their hope of rebelling, had been seized by Li Yun with such ease.
What hope did they have left?
None.
It was all gone.
Without the Authority that could turn the tide, every last one of them was meat on Li Yun's chopping block.
For a time,
they wailed without end.
The color gradually drained from their faces, leaving them pale and helpless. The light in their eyes lost the divine brilliance a Supreme Sage ought to possess...
A brief defeat was nothing