The True Immortals searched for the troops they would lead, while the Supremes of the human domain quietly counted those setting out to war.
The Nine Heavens shone in all its glory. Above, upon the primordial stars in the firmament and amid the chaos, and below, stretching into ancient worlds unknown, densely packed armies gathered.
Battle banners rose and fluttered, the banners of the Nine Heavens' great clans. Now they would paint their glory with enemy blood. An invincible momentum swept through heaven and earth, blasting even the chaos apart, while thunder rumbled through the void.
Some figures at the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao would even set out alone. Beyond destroying the Foreign Realm, they sought opportunities to break through. To the Nine Heavens, everything was foreseeable; at most, the Foreign Realm's destruction would merely be delayed.
The emergence of an Emperor had already placed them beyond defeat. The Nine Heavens' Heavenly Emperor Wusheng presided over this Great Realm, controlling everything from behind the scenes, while another Supreme Being in the Immortal Domain looked down upon the changing ages. They could not imagine what defeat would look like.
Meanwhile, in the Immortal Domain, Immortal King Qi Yu and Immortal King Kushan were also assembling its armies.
Immortal King Chen Yin, King Tian Que Cang Li, the Primordial Chaos Immortal King, Pan King, Immortal King Duchen, Immortal King Xi Chong, Immortal King Zhao Mu, and dozens of other Immortal Kings gathered at the Heavenly Court. Even True Immortals ascended into the heavenly palace.
Some True Immortals gazed from far away at the Emperor seated amid the ages, their faces flushed with excitement. Yet no one spoke; all remained quiet.
The Foreign Realm, too, lay silent. The arrival of kings from the Boundary Sea brought no joy to this Great Realm,