In Grand Emperor Yellow Firmament Heaven, the sky changed color and the earth groaned in grief.
The shockwaves from the battle between East Prince Gong and Tai Yi had already sent this newly formed Heaven Realm into violent tremors.
True Lord Li Huo seized the opportunity and went straight for Bai Ze.
But even with him holding Bai Ze back, East Prince Gong still had to face three Quasi-Saints.
"East Prince Gong! Today is the day your Immortal Court falls!"
Tai Yi roared furiously. The Chaos Bell hung high above his head, pouring down billions of streams of Chaos energy to shield him. Its toll boomed as wave after wave of Chaos Turbulence slashed toward East Prince Gong.
Qin Yuan lurked at the edge of the battlefield, the Solar Divine Wheel awarded by the system hovering above his head and scattering streams of Solar True Fire.
Xuan Qing cradled a lotus leaf. The Green Lotus Sword remained sheathed, floating quietly at his side.
His gaze was fixed on East Prince Gong, as if searching for a chance to kill him with one strike—or perhaps waiting for something.
Faced with the combined assault of three Quasi-Saints, East Prince Gong showed no fear. Instead, he laughed uproariously.
"Tai Yi! Do you really think the three of you can do anything to me?"
"Immortals, heed my command! Form the array!"
At his order, the Great Luo rogue cultivators who had followed him into Grand Emperor Yellow Firmament Heaven, along with even more immortal soldiers and generals rushing over from Penglai below, answered in unison!
"We obey the Immortal Emperor's decree!"
Streams of Immortal Light shot skyward from their bodies.
They did not rise in disorder. Instead, they followed some incomprehensibly profound pattern, weaving together and linking up in an instant!
An immense and intricate phantom array diagram spread beneath East Prince Gong's feet, covering the entire battlefield in Grand Emperor Yellow Firmament Heaven!
Within the diagram, the Stars revolved, mountains and rivers took shape, and countless immortals appeared in worship!
Boundless Celestial Spirit Qi surged from the diagram, pouring furiously into East Prince Gong's body!
The Dragon Head Crutch in his hand erupted with Immortal Light unlike anything it had ever produced, resonating with the array diagram.
"The Myriad Immortals Array, rise!"
East Prince Gong's aura surged like a blazing keg of Gunpowder!
Mid-stage Quasi-Saint... peak mid-stage Quasi-Saint... Boom!
A terrifying pressure that surpassed everyone present descended with overwhelming force!
Late-stage Quasi-Saint!
And not one who had only just broken through, but a late-stage Quasi-Saint with a solid foundation and surging magical power!
"What?!"
Tai Yi's pupils contracted. The Chaos energy blades he had sent out were easily shredded by the Immortal Light surging from the array diagram.
Qin Yuan shuddered in fright and quickly moved farther away.
Even Xuan Qing, usually so cold and impassive, showed a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
Could this array really gather the strength of countless immortals and forcibly raise the formation master's cultivation?
And judging by how easily East Prince Gong controlled it, he had clearly mastered this array quite well.
"This array is called the Myriad Immortals Array!" East Prince Gong stood at its heart, Immortal Light swirling around him like a supreme emperor among immortals, his majesty boundless.
"It gathers the power of countless immortals and empowers me! Within this array, I am invincible!"
His confidence soared. He felt as if he could command heaven and earth with a wave of his hand.
This was the ultimate weapon the system had rewarded him with.
He had planned to save it for dealing with Hongjun in the future, but he had never expected to use it against the Demon Court instead.
However, the Immortal Court's cultivators had yet to fully master the array, so the time they could empower him was limited. He had to end the battle quickly.
"Tai Yi! Xuan Qing! Qin Yuan! Today, I'll show you what the might of a true Immortal Emperor looks like!"
"Arrogant!"
Though startled, Tai Yi was not afraid. He still had a trump card he had yet to use.
"Do you think forcibly boosting your strength with an array is enough to win? Fellow Daoist Xuan Qing, Qin Yuan, let's attack together and break his Myriad Immortals Array!"
His Chaos Bell rumbled overhead. Its waves solidified into golden ripples that swept toward the foundations of the Myriad Immortals Array, trying to disrupt its operation.
Seeing that Tai Yi was fighting in earnest, Qin Yuan no longer dared to hold back. He gritted his teeth and activated the Solar Divine Wheel.
The wheel spun, transforming into a true sun. Boundless Solar True Fire surged like a Heavenly River tumbling backward, scorching the heavens and boiling the seas. It joined Tai Yi's attack as it poured toward the Myriad Immortals Array.
At last, Xuan Qing moved.
He ignored the attacks blanketing the sky. Instead, he joined his fingers like a sword and gently beckoned toward East Prince Gong.
"Clang—!"
The Green Lotus Sword, which had floated at his side without being drawn, rang out with a clear, piercing note and slid three inches from its sheath on its own!
A streak of azure Sword Light, honed to the utmost and seemingly capable of cutting through causality and severing the workings of fate, shot silently through space like a long-hidden viper, avoiding the immense clash of energy head-on.
It stabbed toward an exceedingly subtle, nearly imperceptible point where spiritual power shifted as the Myriad Immortals Array operated!
It was also the point where East Prince Gong's aura was most tightly connected to the array—and perhaps its most vulnerable point!
East Prince Gong's expression shifted.
He had not expected Xuan Qing to strike so lethally the moment he finally made a move!
The Myriad Immortals Array was powerful, but it relied on outside power to forcibly boost him, so its operation was bound to falter.
What was more, the "myriad immortals" sustaining it varied greatly in cultivation, and their coordination was far from perfect.
Xuan Qing's strike had landed right on the array's weak spot!
"Hmph! A petty trick!"
East Prince Gong was startled, but not rattled. He had absolute confidence in himself and in the "Myriad Immortals Array" awarded by the system.
He brought his Dragon Head Crutch down hard, and the array diagram beneath his feet blazed with light.
At the same time, he formed a hand seal with his other hand and sent a distant palm strike toward the attacks Tai Yi and Qin Yuan had drawn down from the sky!
A gigantic hand, seemingly carved from a single piece of immortal jade, appeared out of thin air.
Its palm lines resembled the marks of the Dao, wrapped in the power of the Myriad Immortals Array. Carrying an awe-inspiring might capable of suppressing the Great Thousand World, it rushed to meet the rain of Chaos blades and the Solar True Fire!
Boom! Crack!
Almost at the same time, East Prince Gong's attack collided with the rain of Chaos blades and the torrent of Solar True Fire!
An explosion too terrifying to describe erupted.
Raging energy tore apart vast stretches of sky and earth in Grand Emperor Yellow Firmament Heaven. Earth, fire, water, and wind surged forth, turning the center of the battlefield into a wasteland of destruction.
Thud, thud, thud!
East Prince Gong's figure swayed slightly. He retreated half a step as ripples spread through the array diagram beneath his feet. His face flushed, but soon returned to normal.
Tai Yi, meanwhile, grunted. A thread of blood like golden flame trickled from the corner of his mouth.
The light of the Chaos Bell above his head dimmed. He had clearly suffered a slight loss in that head-on clash.
Qin Yuan fared even worse.
The Solar Divine Wheel wailed as it flew back.
The recoil sent him flying straight out of the Thirty-Three Heavens.
He was horrified. East Prince Gong is this powerful with the array activated?
Xuan Qing impassively withdrew the Green Lotus Sword.
The blade slid back into its sheath, as if that astonishing strike had never come from him.
Only the look in his eyes as he regarded the Myriad Immortals Array had grown even more inscrutable.
"Do you see now, Tai Yi?"
East Prince Gong steadied himself and laughed uproariously, his voice shaking the Thirty-Three Heavens.
"Within the Myriad Immortals Array, I am invincible! Your Chaos Bell is nothing before me!"
"Today, these Thirty-Three Heavens are destined to belong to my Immortal Court!"
"And your Demon Court, along with you, Tai Yi, will become stepping stones on my path to the supreme throne of the Heavenly Emperor!"
The more he spoke, the more excited he became. It was as if he already saw himself crushing the Demon Court beneath his feet, ruling the Thirty-Three Heavens, holding Queen Mother of the West in his arms, and looking down over the Prehistoric World.