"What's this?" Queen Mother of the West frowned. The light of the Kunlun Mirror turned in her hand, protecting herself and the two Daoists, Chijing and Cihang, while ignoring the changes in Cosmic Light and the universe around them. She had actually been able to freeze the Slaughter Sword above as it re-formed and trembled without cease.
But for some reason, the Kunlun Mirror, a treasure of Cosmic Light, came up just short time and again. It could only pin down the illusions it spawned, not lock onto its true body. Behind her, the expressions of Daoist Chijing and Cihang Daoist gradually changed from astonishment to numb resignation.
Queen Mother of the West felt somewhat embarrassed as well and could not help explaining, "After Fellow Daoist Tongtian perfected this sword formation, Cosmic Light became a self-contained whole, making its position difficult to calculate. Moreover, because of the Heavenly Emperor's earlier scheme, my Kunlun Mirror once shattered. Though I repaired it afterward, it lost some of its innate subtlety. Even in my own hands, it is still far inferior to what it once was. It is only natural that it cannot hold the sword down."
That explanation left Daoist Chijing and Cihang Daoist even more speechless.
Yet neither dared leave. They knew perfectly well that the instant they left Queen Mother of the West's protection, Jin Guangxian and the other Highest Purity Dao cultivators outside would surely exchange them away through the means of substitution.
After all, more than half of the Jade Purity Dao immortals who had entered the Myriad Immortals Formation had already been exchanged out.
In the north of the Myriad Immortals Formation, the master of Xuandu Temple threw out the Taiji Diagram the instant the sword towers shifted, fixing the void and Cosmic Light in place and