Ancestor Minghe stood outside the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
He gazed at the sword qi crisscrossing within, then at Hong Jun struggling in panic inside, and slowly nodded.
"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, thank you for making this possible."
Ancestor Minghe spoke slowly. Then, holding the Yuantu and Abi Swords and standing upon the Karma Fire Red Lotus, he stepped into the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation!
Within the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, sword qi swept in all directions, and killing intent surged skyward.
As Ancestor Minghe entered the formation, the sweeping sword qi seemed to recognize him, parting to let him pass without harming him in the slightest.
The Karma Fire Red Lotus slowly bloomed beneath his feet. Its boundless karma fire seemed to echo the formation's murderous aura from afar.
Step by step, he walked toward Hong Jun at the center of the formation.
Hong Jun stood at the center, watching Ancestor Minghe approach step by step, his eyes filled with fear and unwillingness.
He wanted to dodge, but the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation held him firmly trapped within.
He wanted to resist, but his Sage body had already been pierced by the Yuantu and Abi Swords. Gravely wounded, he no longer had the strength to fight back.
"Minghe... you... are you truly determined to leave me no way out?"
Hong Jun rasped, a trace of trembling in his voice.
"I, Hong Jun, was once the lord of the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao, after all!
Spare me, and I will swear never to set foot in the Primordial World again!"
Ancestor Minghe stood before Hong Jun and slowly raised the Yuantu and Abi Swords.
He looked at the wretched state of this once-lofty lord of the Heavenly Dao, yet there was not a trace of pity in his eyes.
Bloody light flowed over the two