"Neither the Flaming-Mane Emperor Venerable nor Yang Wuji truly entered the Sacred Capital. This move might not eliminate them, but it would certainly give them a bitter cup to swallow."
"Still, I never intended to target great powers of their caliber. As long as I can restrain the Nascent Soul Experts of the Demon Race, the Martial Dao sects, and the Confucian Sect, I'll have enough control over the situation."
"With Great Qian so vast, even an invincible great power of the Primordial Spirit Realm cannot administer every corner of it. They still have to rely on the experts beneath them, even the Great Martial Masters and great monsters of the Core Formation Realm. If these fighting forces are depleted, even if their masters suddenly come to their senses later, they'll be powerless to act in the short term."
As Li Chen weighed his plans, the Nascent Soul Experts trapped in the formation indeed fell into a tremendous panic.
They all believed this was a trap laid by their opponents, waiting for them to walk straight into the net.
But soon, the sharper ones realized something was wrong, for they could clearly see that their enemies seemed even more disorganized than they were.
"Everyone, stay calm. Those Demon Gods and heavenly soldiers and generals aren't attacking us. Let's slip through the residential quarter first..."
"The main streets of the Sacred Capital are all safe routes. Let's seize the Commander of the Nine Gates and the imperial palace guards!"
The situation actually favored the Confucian Sect experts based in the Sacred Capital, for their ancestors had helped establish Great Qian's ritual institutions and had participated in constructing this sacred spirit grand formation.
They understood more clearly what would happen once the grand formation activated, and knew how to evade its sharp