The immortal gods gathered around the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, ready to activate it, shatter the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation in one stroke, and kill Emperor Jian Shang, who had taken refuge within.
"Hum, hum..."
The formation hummed as it activated. Four enormous pillars of light, each over ten meters thick, pierced the dazzling star clouds and shot into the heavens, sending more than a dozen immortal gods scrambling aside in alarm.
At the same time, four enormous pillars of light rose from each of the eastern, southern, and northern camps, reaching the sky concealed by the Twofold Dust Formation and the Heaven-Covering Formation. Their radiance then spread, forming another heaven and earth within the two wondrous formations...
Immediately afterward, enormous monsters a hundred zhang tall coalesced into being. A closer look revealed the twelve zodiac animals corresponding to the Earthly Branches, from Rat and Ox to Tiger and Rabbit. They were simply too enormous, their lower bodies submerged in the dazzling star clouds and their upper bodies exposed. Every movement scattered countless streams of Sword Qi and menaced the immortal gods.
"The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Demon-Sealing God-Slaying Formation?"
With more than two hundred immortal gods assembled, plenty recognized the formation, and someone blurted out its name.
What stunned the immortal gods was that the Great Huan Faction had used its four military camps and more than a hundred and fifty million soldiers to form a superformation spanning thousands of li. It was truly an undertaking that shook the heavens.
More importantly, the Great Huan Faction's four camps were now linked together. With only these two hundred and fifty-six immortal gods and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, destroying the western camp's Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation would no longer be so simple!
For a moment, the immortal gods exchanged looks, troubled