Having cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm, if one still could not live with an unburdened mind and had to endure bullying and provocation, would all that cultivation not have been for nothing?
Besides, the identity, standing, reputation, dignity, and even Dao heart that came with the Nascent Soul Realm would not permit the Illusion-Breaking True Lord
to swallow this humiliation.
He was the foremost figure in the Song Region's cultivation world, one of the handful who stood at the summit of the Eight Kingdoms Region. If Daoist Tianzhu slapped him in the face before everyone today and he swallowed his anger, how could he have the face to lead the Song Region's cultivators afterward? How could he have the face to contend in the Three Kingdoms' power struggle or maintain his footing in the Eight Kingdoms Region?
Moreover, the Song Region was already allied with the Jin Kingdom, bound by an agreement to resist their enemies together, and thus naturally opposed to the Yan Kingdom. Half the Song Cultivators at Core Formation who entered the secret realm had perished, and the Yan Cultivators could not escape responsibility for that either.
That debt had to be settled regardless.
Naturally, there was no reason to hold back.
"Clang!!!"
The Illusion-Breaking True Lord raised a hand and pointed.
Thirty-six phoenix blood red gold flying swords rang out together, like a flock of red-gold phoenixes startled awake. Forming a precise formation, they swept toward Daoist Tianzhu with a might that could destroy heaven and earth!
Wherever the sword light passed, it tore the air apart and plowed deep furrows into the ground. Massive boulders crumbled to dust in the aftermath of the sword qi.
The sword formation's might was like a heavenly tribulation descending, inspiring terror at a glance.
Daoist Tianzhu's expression remained