Hongjun stood before the entrance to the formation and glanced back at the other three. His tone was calm.
"Fellow Daoists, I'll go in first."
With that, he stepped into the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. A golden Jade Plate slowly appeared above his head. It was the Jade Plate of Creation. In his hand was the Pangu Banner, famed throughout Heaven and Earth... one of the Three Great Treasures of Creation, transformed from a fragment of the Pangu Axe.
The other two treasures were the Taiji Diagram held by Yin-Yang Ancestor and Tai Yi's Chaos Bell, also known as the Eastern Emperor Bell.
Ancestor Dragon and First Kirin exchanged a glance, then followed close behind and entered the formation.
Inside the formation, Luohu stood at the Formation Eye, his gaze dark and grim. He knew that the four Sublime Saints before him could ultimately break the formation if they joined forces. He also understood that he had already lost this gamble... not to Hongjun, but to the united Ten Thousand Races of the Great Desolation.
If the Demon Sect had not been so brutal, things might not have come to this. But he was the Demon Ancestor, and this was the Dao he had steadfastly chosen to follow. If he did not hold to it, he would no longer be the Demon Ancestor.
But even in defeat, he would never surrender.
Luohu's expression turned icy. He formed a hand seal and suddenly shouted:
"Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, begin...!"
In an instant, endless Sword Light shot into the heavens, illuminating Heaven and Earth!
Far away in the Western Region of the Primordial World, Yuan Huang swept her gaze over the scene, her expression changing. Despite the immense distance, she could clearly see the four sword pillars, towering like giant columns that