But the Chan Sect disciples were not so fortunate.
When Yuanshi unleashed his power, he had never considered protecting them.
At first, there had been no need.
They were inside the Jade Void Palace Grand Formation, and the aura Yuanshi unleashed surged outward, expanding away from them. Naturally, the Chan Sect disciples would suffer little impact.
Yet a moment later, in the perception of all living beings and gods, Yuanshi's expanding aura-a hemispherical mass of erupting pressure-seemed to have been punctured, and began contracting rapidly.
As it contracted, Lin Tian's aura pressed close against it, surging madly toward the interior of the Jade Void Palace.
At first, the point where their powers clashed lay outside the Jade Void Palace Grand Formation.
In a single instant, it fell back onto the Grand Formation's protective barrier.
Another instant later, the clash pierced the Grand Formation and entered the Jade Void Palace.
The relentless contraction and pursuit swept the eruption of Lin Tian's and Yuanshi's powers over every Chan Sect disciple caught unprepared.
They had no time to react before that terrifying aura rolled over them.
Rumble!
Mountains crumbled and the earth split.
Shing!
It was the endless ringing of swords.
Their powers alternated in crushing down for a single instant. Even Quasi-Saints like Guang Chengzi and Randeng grunted, blood streaming from their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths.
As for the other disciples, merely having their primordial spirits shaken was getting off lightly.
Those who had already been so shocked by Lin Tian's arrival that they suffered cultivation deviation had their souls scattered in an instant, their primordial spirits ascending straight to the Investiture of the Gods List.
Of course, by then they had already taken refuge beneath the Jade Void Palace Grand Formation's protection, very close to the Investiture of the Gods