Outside Jiepai Pass, the sky darkened just as the Twelve Golden Immortals of Jade Void arrived.
Yellow mist rose low over the ground for ten thousand miles.
The diagram of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation hung before the pass. Though the formation had not fully opened, its turbid aura had already silenced the Xiqi army camp.
This was not the Three Xiao relying on an old formation to kill.
This was the first invitation Zhao Gongming had laid out for the Jade Void Palace.
Before the formation, Guangchengzi's face was grim.
An unhealed fist imprint still marked Chijingzi's chest.
The stump of Taiyi Zhenren's severed arm ached faintly. Deep within his Primordial Spirit, the shadow of that single grain of incense ash suppressing his treasure at Guanjiangkou still lingered.
The Ruined Temple had released them.
They had returned alive.
And covered in humiliation.
In the Jade Void Palace, they had been unable to offer even one complete sentence in their defense.
The Heaven-Flipping Seal had been suppressed.
The Yin-Yang Mirror had been sullied.
The cracks in the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover had yet to mend.
Disciples of a Sage, they had actually been made to cultivate a new method outside a ruined temple like prisoners, with Zhao Gongming watching them himself.
None of them could swallow this insult.
Guangchengzi held the Heaven-Flipping Seal on his palm, his gaze frighteningly cold.
"Zhao Gongming destroyed Jade Void's dignity, and now the Three Xiao have set up a formation outside Jiepai Pass."
"If we retreat today, the Three Realms will think our Chan Sect fears the Interception Sect!"
Juliusun said gravely, "The Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation has a formidable reputation. The Primordial Golden Dou specializes in stripping away the Three Flowers. Do not underestimate them."
Taiyi Zhenren snorted coldly.
His voice