Jiang Yun had secretly tried to contact the Slaughter Array Diagram and the Four Immortal Swords. The divine treasures had shown him little favor, though, barely deigning to respond.
After all, the Kingdom of the Gods within the Divine Domain had endured inside Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's body and enjoyed the protection of the swords and array diagram for millions of years. The ties of cause and effect between them ran deep.
Jiang Yun could hardly shake those ties simply by coming here and reciting the Lingbao Scripture. Otherwise, the first to subdue the swords and diagram might well have been a monkey.
Jiang Yun was confident he could take them by force. Heavenly Venerable Lingbao was not the one wielding the Slaughter Array Diagram and Four Immortal Swords, after all.
If four Emperor Weapons could not break them, he would use eight. If eight were not enough, he would use twelve.
If twelve failed, he would use sixteen. Jiang Yun had the strength and the means to keep escalating. He would find a way to subdue them.
But the Divine Court was watching the treasures here too. If he made the first move, the Divine Court Lord and his people would interfere. Caught between two fronts, Jiang Yun doubted he would succeed.
Better to remain hidden and wait for the Divine Court to act. Jiang Yun and his companions would stay behind, pretend they knew nothing of this place, then secretly infiltrate it through the Source Ring.
Out among the stars, the array diagram erupted with its full power and hung high overhead. The four swords took positions to the east, south, west, and north, sealing off the universe in every direction.
The Divine Court's many Saints were stunned. They had never expected four Emperor Artifacts to appear at the