This time, Origin Xia's assault on the Offering Realm was nothing like the last, when they had dispatched only a few people. They had directly sent more than a hundred Primordial Spirit cultivators, among them many Void Reliance cultivators, as well as no small number of Pursuit of Completeness cultivators.
Now that Zhang Yu's Sever All Absolutes was no longer there to intimidate the cultivators, Origin Xia, with the power it currently possessed, had no fear of confronting and wearing down its enemies head-on. Thus, while contending against Celestial Xia, it could still draw upon sufficient spare strength to assault the Offering Realm.
Had it not been necessary to preserve the Heavenly Sequence, preventing them from overwhelming Celestial Xia in contests involving treasures that suppressed the Dao—and indeed leaving them at a disadvantage—they would have long since driven back Celestial Xia's invaders.
At this moment, the surveillance arrangements previously set up within the Offering Realm came into effect, immediately detecting someone forcibly breaching the realm boundary.
Fortunately, most of Origin Xia's treasures that suppressed the Dao were tied down by Celestial Xia. They could only barely cast down a thread of their treasures' aura, so the Two-Realm Passage forcibly carved open was not broad, allowing only a small portion of their forces to enter first.
Over the years, the Offering Realm had engaged in considerable exchange with Celestial Xia and learned much from it. Vast formations and ramparts had been constructed throughout the void and upon the Earth Continent, chiefly to guard against Origin Xia's invasion. Now, they finally proved their worth.
At that moment, the sects standing upon the Earth Continent could see specks of radiance lighting up in the void, gathering into a brilliant river of stars that spanned the heavens.
Within the temporarily opened Two-Realm Passage, Councilor