On both sides of the Sky Chasm, countless massive stone statues awakened from the cracks in the rock, while innumerable boulders and sand tumbled into the abyss below.
Formed from Sky Mountain's source and Earth Element laws, they transformed into countless Boulder Giants that towered into the heavens and charged toward the army in the sky!
Streams of light also flew out from the palace complexes.
Guardian after guardian emerged.
They took all manner of forms—some wielding swords, others staffs—with ancient runes circling their bodies and radiating an inviolable aura of majesty!
Large numbers of Celestial Pool Guards also emerged atop the lotus leaves.
Gathered together, their powerful Source Energy fluctuations shook the void!
In an instant, an army of divine soldiers formed entirely from the secret realm's source power took shape.
Under the will of the Celestial Pool Secret Realm, it stood firmly before the breach.
The God Lord army, which had been charging forward with murderous intent and preparing to descend into a slaughter, abruptly halted!
They had all sensed a powerful threat from this army formed by the Celestial Pool Secret Realm!
Their numbers might not have matched those of the Western Region God Lords, but their aura was far deeper and more formidable.
Moreover, the auras of these Celestial Pool Guards had fused with the entire secret realm, mingling with an ancient and powerful presence.
For a time, the two armies fell into a standoff.
The two armies faced each other across the torn breach in the secret realm, their killing intent nearly solidifying into substance.
On one side stood the Western Region allied forces, numbering in the hundreds of millions.
They had countless troop types, warships blanketing the sky, and baleful energy soaring into the heavens like a tide of destruction.
On the other side