The five Yuan Sages dispersed their qi-intent. What Sever All Absolutes now attacked was no longer the collective intent of them all, but naturally the Dao methods of each of the five.
In truth, the more tightly qi-intent was consolidated, the easier it was for Sever All Absolutes to slay. Only by changing between division and union to hold one another in check was there a single correct path. Given the present transformation, they had responded appropriately.
The two streaks of sword light tore through the outer barriers of qi-intent and came slashing down with unrivaled force, immediately cutting immense gashes into the root veins of two streams of qi-intent.
Daoist Bai Wang pointed with his whisk and said, "Observe, everyone. Their Dao methods have been damaged, yet Origin Void has not stirred in the slightest. This is enough to show that whether they exist or not, it makes no difference."
The great powers all deeply agreed. The image those five had initially displayed had seemed to show Origin Void fused with them as one, yet Zhang Yu had later shattered that claim with a single remark. Looking at things now, they had merely attached themselves to it for the moment and even usurped superior qi-opportunity.
Yet they also knew that, no matter what, the strength of these five was not false. The accomplishments of their Dao methods stood high above, with few in the field able to compare. Moreover, there was that Treasure Lotus whose reality they could not see through. What would follow was still difficult to say.
The two streaks of sword light did not vanish after striking their opponents. The qi-intent of Sever All Absolutes continued to linger there, fiercely contending with the Dao methods, as if it would not rest until it had ground them