This was a silent warning: Try laying a hand on my disciples?
Haotian's movements abruptly froze.
The fury in his heart instantly cooled, replaced by a bone-deep apprehension.
Haotian could clearly sense the undisguised determination within those two saintly intents to protect their own.
If he forcibly moved against the Thunder Department and Star Department now, he would incur the thunderous wrath of Jie Sect's two Hunyuan Sages!
The consequences... were by no means something the current Heavenly Court could bear!
Especially at this critical juncture, with the campaign against Qin imminent—if Jie Sect joined forces with Ying Zheng...
"Hmph!" Haotian's face darkened like still water as he ground his teeth and snorted coldly.
His gaze swept across the Immortal Officials and divine generals inside the hall, silent as cicadas in winter. Haotian forcibly suppressed the frustration in his heart.
"What Wen Zhong and the others said... does have some merit.
The backlash of the Human Dao's Dragon Qi is indeed no trifling matter. Their method of wearing it down... is not without reason.
Fine! Let them 'wear it down'!"
Through a secret art, Haotian's voice reached the ears of Li Jing and Immortal Elder Nanji at the front lines.
"Nanji, convey my decree: the vanguard's duty shall temporarily be borne by Li Jing and the immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect!
I would like to see just how this mortal Imperial Dynasty Dao Lineage can stand against the Heavenly Court!"
At the front lines of the battlefield, Immortal Elder Nanji's heart sank upon receiving Haotian's transmission, and his expression became exceedingly grim.
Beside him, Li Jing helplessly shook his head, his face equally unpleasant.
Though he cursed Wen Zhong and Jie Sect a thousand times over in his heart, Li Jing knew that matters had come to this, and