As the combined might of the Four Saints descended, the daylight outside Jiepai Pass was squeezed into darkness.
This had already crossed beyond the bounds of an ordinary contest of magic.
Taiqing's clear qi of non-action wound past the formation gates, cutting away killing intent alone.
Yuqing's world-opening edge sank into the earth veins, seeking to cleave this domain of death apart at its roots.
Jieyin's nirvana Buddha light climbed along the formation patterns, leaving the runes withered and dim wherever it passed.
Zhunti's Bodhi treasure radiance spilled into the sea of swords, seeking to wash away, inch by inch, the ferocity accumulated within the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords over the years.
Four kinds of Heavenly Dao authority intertwined into a net before Jiepai Pass. Its shadow obscured the sun and moon as it slowly closed around the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
In a single breath, the Chaos Sword Qi surging outside the formation was forced back inside. The ringing of swords sank underground, and the formation patterns shook until cracks filled the sky.
The million-mile domain of death twisted with them.
The entire formation was clenched tight by the heavens on all four sides. Space collapsed layer upon layer along its edges, and shattered light fell into the depths of the sword qi, vanishing in an instant.
Bearing the will of the Four Saints, the Heavenly Dao Law became punishment, piercing into the formation from east, south, west, and north.
Yuanshi Tianzun intended to cleave the domain of death apart with heaven-opening Dao resonance.
Taishang Laojun intended to dissolve all slaughter through the principle of non-action.
Daoist Jieyin intended to extinguish the vitality of the formation patterns with nirvana Buddha light.
Daoist Zhunti intended to deliver the four vicious swords from their ferocity with Bodhi treasure radiance.
In their eyes,