On an auspicious cloud not far from the battlefield between Shang and Zhou, an invisible Iron-Eating Beast clad in the Heavenly Emperor's Robes sat watching every detail of the battle.
When Kong Xuan suddenly arrived and swept away Guang Chengzi and Xiong Meng with his Five-Colored Divine Light, Gungun frowned. Somehow, things seemed to have gone beyond his expectations.
Hadn't Jieyin and Zhunti sent Maitreya, Medicine Buddha, Mahasthamaprapta, Sunlight, and Moon Pass-the Western Religion's five great disciples-to Wandering Soul Pass to hold him back?
And just to be safe, Jieyin had even temporarily lent Maitreya the Azure Lotus Treasure Banner so he could withstand the Five-Colored Divine Light. How had Kong Xuan still made it to the battlefield between Shang and Zhou? Could it be...
A thought stirred in Gungun's mind, and he pinched his fingers to divine what had happened. The result left the entire bear speechless.
Of the Western Religion's five great disciples, only Maitreya had escaped safely under the protection of the Azure Lotus Treasure Banner. Kong Xuan had swept away all four of the others.
Come on, couldn't you have held him off a little longer? Xiong Meng was just about to unleash her ultimate move and show the Primordial World how formidable her formation was! You lost so quickly that Kong Xuan arrived and took her out in an instant. Now her reputation is going to be in tatters. She's become Kong Xuan's stepping stone!
"Sigh..." Gungun sighed, then rubbed his chin and began pondering his next move now that the chessboard had been thrown into disarray.
Over on the battlefield, after sweeping away Xiong Meng along with the Gluttonous Formation, Kong Xuan flashed with divine light and assumed his innate Dao body. Then he turned to Golden Roc, who had likewise returned to