They could no longer remain aloft, plummeting from the sky in droves like kites with severed strings.
The instant they hit the ground, almost everyone tasted blood surging up their throats and vomited mouthfuls of it. Their immortal light dimmed, their auras weakened to the extreme, and every one of them suffered serious injuries.
The Myriad Immortals Great Formation, whose might had shaken the heavens only moments before, collapsed utterly beneath a single strike from the Taiji Diagram.
Seeing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation shattered and the Myriad Immortals Great Formation's spiritual power scattered, its might spent, Ji Fa lost all composure as he watched from afar. He leaped from his seat, his face overflowing with wild delight, and burst into triumphant laughter.
"The heavenly mandate belongs to Western Zhou! The heavenly mandate belongs to Zhou!"
His booming cries rang out across the wilderness, echoing over the entire battlefield.
At his voice, the morale of Xiqi's entire army soared. Every soldier stared fervently toward the front, their fighting spirit surging into the clouds.
Laozi and the other saints watched Tongtian sway on the verge of collapse high above. They could hardly conceal their delight, though a trace of complicated pity also crossed their faces.
With a flicker, Laozi appeared before Tongtian and asked gravely, "Third Brother, do you admit your mistake?"
"My mistake? What have I done wrong?"
Tongtian's eyes blazed red as he stared fixedly at him, all his pent-up fury pouring out.
"If you hadn't favored Second Brother and joined forces with the Two Sages from beyond our lands to force my hand, would my Interception Sect have come to this? How could the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation have been broken?"
His voice trembled with grief and rage.
"You treat the thousands of disciples in my Interception Sect