After discovering Xushi's malicious actions.
King Jiaye was the first to move, charging straight toward the top of the divine pillar.
The divine spear [Enso Sukuna] in his hand erupted with a terrifyingly scorching radiance, so powerful that even demigods trembled at the sight.
Unfortunately.
Once he approached the divine pillar.
The spear still had the vast majority of its edge and power suppressed, while even King Jiaye's terrifying speed was compressed to an extreme.
At this rate.
It would take him at least dozens of minutes to strike the "phantom Xushi."
There was simply no time to stop Xushi.
For a moment, the divine pillar barrier that had originally been meant to protect [King Zhenruo] had instead become a wall that sealed off his last sliver of hope.
How ironic.
If even King Jiaye could not approach and stop him, there was even less need to mention the other two demigod attendants of the Royal Family.
Meanwhile, the Council went from grief to joy, utterly ecstatic.
This was far more thrilling than entering the bridal chamber.
They could not wait for Grand Elder Xushi to succeed, revive the Progenitor, and then lead the Council in guiding the entire Otsutsuki Clan toward glory.
Even Elder Genshiki, who had been barely clinging to life moments ago.
Now seemed to have been granted a second spring. He forced himself upright, his face flushed as he stared in that direction.
As for Natsume and Kuramitsuha.
Although this sudden upheaval had far exceeded both their expectations.
In some ways, it was not entirely a bad thing.
At the very least, Xushi's move of pulling the rug out from under them had directly broken the deadlock they had just been trapped in.
King Jiaye now had no time at all to stop them.
They could