Elder He's pursuit of Chong An had merely been for show. Chong An had used an array artifact to conceal himself and fled underground in time. Even the people under Elder He, let alone those in Famed Continent, could do nothing to him.
After searching around, he naturally found nothing and ordered his people to withdraw.
The formation-breaking offensive that had originally been arranged had also been thrown into disarray by this upheaval. It needed to be deployed anew, while they also had to guard against another attack from Chong An.
Though Elder He secretly rejoiced that those overbearing immortal officials had been sealed away, he also feared that Cong Qiyu would blame him.
Fortunately, Cong Qiyu knew that the matter had nothing to do with him. Moreover, if he were removed at this time, no one here possessed sufficient prestige to preside over matters, and the affair would be unable to proceed. Thus, Cong Qiyu instead soothed him in a letter, telling him to continue pressing forward by whatever means necessary.
Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. He knew that if he could take down the Clear Origin Sect this time, the matter might be allowed to pass. But if he failed, several charges would likely be settled against him afterward.
He grew more serious and had the invited formation masters carefully calculate before the array.
Calculating how to break an array was an exceedingly troublesome matter. The attacking side would generally seek out the weak seams in a great formation and find a way to tear open a breach. Yet when probing and breaking through along such a route, the defenders would often deliberately lay traps there to lure the enemy into attacking. The two sides would contend and clash over it time and again.