"Exactly. We need your formation to remain in the skies above the Central Continent for a good while."
Jiang Xinyuan's words undoubtedly confirmed Jiu You's guess.
Several powerful figures stopped fighting at once and couldn't help looking over.
It seemed Jiang Xinyuan's words carried a great deal of information.
Jiu You, however, had already begun to ponder. After a moment, he furrowed his brow and continued guessing.
"You want us to weaken the power of the Central Continent's heaven and earth—or, in other words, the Heavenly Dao?"
At those words, even the several Sect Masters from the Central Continent couldn't help stopping.
What terrible thing had they just heard?
Weaken the power of the Central Continent's heaven and earth and its Heavenly Dao?
So Yanluo Hall's target was the Heavenly Dao?
Xia Wuyou's face was already aghast. For a cultivator from the Central Continent, this was enough to shatter his worldview.
What was the Heavenly Dao?
In the Central Continent, it was the supreme existence. How could anyone dare to strike at it?
Or rather, how could anyone even have a way to strike at it?
And yet, judging by what had happened before, it seemed they had actually succeeded.
"Yes, and no."
Jiang Xinyuan shook his head. Jiu You had guessed one thing correctly.
The Heavenly Dao Sect truly did need Yanluo Hall to greatly weaken the power of the Central Continent's Heavenly Dao. Yanluo Hall's formation required a great many souls, and the loss of those souls could directly affect the Heavenly Dao.
But that was only one part of it.
The most important goal...
"We want to find out whether the Central Continent's Heavenly Dao is still there. Naturally, we need cannon fodder to go up first and test the waters!"
Jiang Xinyuan spoke slowly, his expression