The seven armies and the Immortal Sect Fleet gradually descended in full.
Wave after wave of vast, terrifying pressure spread across the cosmic starry sky, freezing this stretch of heaven and earth solid. The turbulent currents of space were smoothed away, shattered Heavenly Dao laws rebuilt, and the Nether Soul-Eroding Astral Wind dispersed.
Supreme Great Sun Sword Dao Soldiers...
Yuan silently watched that force of merely one hundred and eight thousand soldiers.
This was one of the ultimate forms of Immortal Dao soldiers, the True Immortal Heir's Imperial Guard. With only one hundred and eight thousand men—and not even a single Eight Tribulations Supreme among them—they had easily fought the most elite armies of the races commanded by four Eight Tribulations Supremes to a standstill. If the war continued, they might even defeat all the armies of the Heavenly Horse Starfield Cluster on their own.
Why?
Why had they not pressed their advantage, instead allowing these experts of the Heavenly Horse Immortal Clan and Suanni Immortal Clan to flee back to their nests?
Within the Immortal Sect Fleet, cultivators from the command staff of the True Immortal Heir, Sun Slayer Supreme, and the other fleet commanders were utterly baffled. What they saw before them did not accord with the logic of battle.
Control of this True Immortal Heir army was not in Yuan's hands, but in those of Desolate Flame Supreme, who held the Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal Maiden's scepter.
The Hehuan Dao Lord, Big Dipper Supreme, Greedy Wolf Dao Lord, and the other commanders descended one after another.
Unlike the doubts of the Immortal Sect command staff, these Supremes understood everything after merely sweeping their eyes across the battlefield.
"Blood Atonement Sword Duel?"
Big Dipper Supreme asked calmly.
The moment those words were spoken, nearly every sword cultivator