Zhang Yu, Wu Tingzhi, and Zhengqing Court's executive descended to the forefront of the great formation. Each faced a different direction and fully released their qi.
Three extraordinarily resplendent spiritual radiances of the Dao mingled with the treasure-light from their precious robes and surged skyward. They shone like the rays of a great sun, obscuring the entire formation behind them.
The only thing clearly visible was the Two-Realm Passage between them. That immense vortex of luminous qi still revolved slowly there, steadily ferrying every kind of power from Celestial Xia.
Before them stood Origin Xia's True cultivators, their bodies flickering with similar radiance. They were scattered all around, watching the three of them intently. Behind them stretched endless, profound void, as well as the brilliant star-clouds beyond the Half-Awakened Immortals, each representing a Dao-world.
These Origin Xia cultivators could sense the formidable presence of the three. Even with several times their number, they might not be able to force a breakthrough head-on.
So they moved in escape lights, circling around them again and again, seemingly searching for an opening.
Yet not only were the three supreme in Dao arts and protected by resilient precious robes, they also had an intact formation at their backs. Their defense could be called exceptionally tight.
Since Origin Xia could find no flaw, they could only break through at a single point. The three occupied one corner each; though their formation appeared steady, breaking through one point would shatter their defense.
They had fought Zhang Yu and Daoist Zhengqing before, but Wu Tingzhi had rarely appeared. Under normal circumstances, anyone truly powerful would have stepped forward long ago. Thus, they judged him to be the point of breakthrough.
Accordingly, the many Origin Xia cultivators present exchanged thoughts and dispatched over half their numbers to hold