Faith Power ignited, and the might of Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's killing array waned sharply. The four immortal swords converged toward its center, and the oppressive Dao Marks that had filled the cosmos grew scarce.
Even those who entered the great star within the Divine Domain no longer bore immense pressure, let alone those who already had ways to resist it.
A few members of the Divine Court headed straight for the Divine Domain below, while most of its powerful cultivators, along with two Quasi-Emperor deputy leaders, charged into the killing array.
Starlight blazed across the heavens. The Emperor Lord and his forces surrounded the four gates of the Lingbao Array Diagram. Clad in the battle garment with the Emperor's Tower above his head, the Emperor Lord took charge of two gates, vast immortal might radiating outward from within.
The two Quasi-Emperors each held inherited Peak Quasi-Emperor Weapons—three in all—and their own bonded weapons as they took charge of another gate. The other Great Saints and several traitors from the Divine Domain brought the ninefold Emperor Coffin to shake the final gate.
At last, the inescapable net Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had cast began to show signs of strain.
The four once-ferocious Killing Swords lost their former crimson glow. The chaotic runes on the array diagram that blanketed the Star Sea dimmed, and its murderous aura gradually drew inward and vanished.
Whoosh!
Jiang Yun concealed his aura with Heaven-Deceiving Formation Runes and shot across the sky. Moving at tremendous speed, he pierced layer after layer of defenses and reached the foot of an ancient mountain within the Divine Domain ahead of everyone else.
He intended to start with the easiest prize: seize the Divine Life Tree first.
Once the battle began, an Undying Medicine's escape speed would be unmatched under heaven. Even