Chapter 2178
Three days later, Daoist Wan and Xiang Si returned from the Upper Three Worlds. This time, they had returned rather quickly; it was clear that the journey had gone very smoothly.
The two once again gathered the various deliberators of the Two Halls and assigned each of them their respective tasks. Even those who had not yet received assignments were required to remain on standby at all times.
Another day later, Origin Xia launched a fierce assault toward the direction of Celestial Xia's forbidden array.
This time, having gained the support of the Upper Three Worlds, the Two Halls' offensive had been greatly strengthened. Compared to before, it was vastly fiercer and more forceful, and Celestial Xia suffered an exceptionally severe impact.
This was, in fact, the first time Origin Xia had actively concentrated its forces to strike back since Celestial Xia had erected its array within Origin Xia's heavenly domain.
Celestial Xia had always been inferior to Origin Xia in the number of Daoists Qiuquan. It had merely relied on the advantage of its Dao-stabilizing treasures, along with the extraordinary abilities of a few individuals, to temporarily suppress Origin Xia. But with the Upper Three Worlds joining in, Daoists Qiuquan numbering almost as many as those of the Two Halls entered the battle array. As a result, Celestial Xia could only hold fast for the moment, and on the surface, its formation appeared to be hanging by a thread.
Celestial Xia would not simply watch its front line fall. It continuously mobilized forces from its homeland and sent them across through the Two-Realm Passage. Even if a cultivator's substitute body was destroyed, another could be refined with the Calamity-Transmuting True Sun and immediately dispatched over.
On the Origin Xia side, Daoist Wan and Xiang Si saw that