The atmosphere in Xuandu City was somewhat oppressive.
Outside the great formation, Grand Master Xuandu and Kong Xuan joined forces, firmly blocking the Outer Realm Demons as they launched another assault.
Inside and outside Xuandu City, pairs of eyes and streams of immortal awareness stared fixedly at the vortex in the center of the city.
Several Dao Sect experts who had been lying in ambush throughout every corner of Xuandu City likewise felt that unprecedented tension.
Even though True Lord Yu Ding was steady enough and True Lord Taiyi had enough tricks up his sleeve, they instinctively held their breath and focused completely at this moment.
Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and the other immortals hidden in the Chaos Sea had already detected Kunpeng's aura, though they had yet to determine Kunpeng's exact location.
Even in his impatience, that Primordial Chaos Giant Beast remained incomparably cunning.
"Has he come?"
Within half an hour, Quan Tong asked this question through divine sense for the twelfth time.
"Not yet. Probably another quarter-hour," Li Changshou replied through divine sense. "Your Majesty need not be too nervous. This is fundamentally an encirclement to kill Kunpeng. All this painstaking planning was merely to lure Kunpeng into the trap."
"I understand that, of course, but it simply feels... most novel."
Quan Tong paused, his brows faintly furrowing. He closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment before murmuring, "Strange. Why has Heavenly Dao suddenly become somewhat turbulent?"
"He's here."
Li Changshou's spirits jolted. He immediately transmitted through divine sense to every location, and Quan Tong secretly looked over upon hearing it.
The Dao Sect experts hiding throughout the city surged with Dharma power, fully prepared to rise up and strike.
At the center of Xuandu City, within the vortex serving as an entrance and exit to heaven and earth,