This time, the betrayal and trap had been meticulously arranged. In the end, Jue Honglian and all his trusted aides had been lured into the snare. With four Quasi-Emperor-level forces joining hands—Jin Wuya, Jue Zilian, Xuan Wei, and Bai Shuang under your control—Jue Honglian had no chance of escape. To prevent a desperate counterattack before death, you chose not to capture him alive and utterly beat him until both body and soul were extinguished.
Originally, this should have been the point where your successful operation entered its settlement phase. All that remained was to empty the Seven-Colored Lotus Realm of its treasures and bring the truly gifted geniuses of this world back to Qingming Hetong Heaven, and the task would have been a complete success.
Yet Jue Zilian was one of the incarnations of the Seven-Colored Lotus Realm's rules. At the crucial moment, the Heaven and Earth Will awakened her divinity. Seeking self-preservation, the Heaven and Earth Will manipulated Jue Zilian into laying a trap. Coupled with the advantage of the terrain, it intended to use the power of the world's rules to drive you all away.
Jue Zilian's plan had been a good one. If it truly gained momentum, then under the crushing pressure of the world's rules, given the strength you had displayed before, your efforts would inevitably have been foiled at the very last step.
Not to mention that Xuan Wei had chosen to trust Zilian without reservation. Before the battle had even officially begun, she had already been stabbed in the back by Zilian. In an instant, Xuan Wei's physical body was destroyed, and her true spirit was grievously wounded. Her situation was perilous, much less any hope of joining the battle to aid you...
Jue Zilian had originally intended to repeat the same trick and