C.3430: The Formation Falls
Fang Jing, who hid deep below the capital of the Pingtian Empire, had no idea what was happening in the Saints’ World, nor did she know about the battle situation that Daowei Fatian was involved in. She did not have the courage to investigate at all, just in case Daowei Fatian sensed anything.
However, she did know that Daowei Fatian had actually been exposed, and he was fighting in the Saints’ World.
That was because the disturbance when Daowei Fatian attacked the Profound Heaven Plane was far too great. The devastating ripples of energy had already impacted the entire Saints’ World, letting countless experts know.
“You old bastard, you better die at the hands of the sovereigns of the Saints’ World and never return to the Immortals’ World.” Fang Jing stared into the space in the underground cavern and cursed viciously.
Shortly afterwards, when it settled down slightly, she zoned out at the Dominion’s Brush in her hand. She touched it gently with her slender fingers and said to herself, “Fortunately, the Book of the Populace has never recognised the old bastard. He can’t open the pages of the Book of the Populace. Even though the Book of the Populace is in his possession now, he can only unleash its surface-level powers. Otherwise, I’d really be in trouble.”
“But speaking of which, how am I any different from him? I have obtained the initial recognition of the Dominion’s Brush and can make use of some of its wondrous powers, but I can’t use the true power hiding within the Dominion’s Brush either.”
“That might be due to my strength being too low. The Dominion’s Brush does come from the Hole of Reincarnation after all. Its strength has already surpassed the understanding of all people. Even with my cultivation as a Ninth Heavenly Layer Immortal Exalt, I’m still not qualified to unleash its true power.”
“Perhaps I will only gain that right once I break through the final bottleneck and become a Grand Exalt.”
As she touched the Dominion’s Brush gently, Fang Jing seemed to think of something as her eyes gradually became filled with reminiscence.
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Boom!
From the Profound Heaven Plane, a rumble that almost reached the entire Saints’ World swept out in all directions. Daowei Fatian controlled the Book of the Populace to launch a second attack, slamming viciously into the Grand Exalt’s formation around the Profound Heaven Plane with devastating power.
The attack this time was far more powerful than the first. The formation shook violently, and the twelve Ninth Heavenly Layer Grand Primes that powered it all turned pale. Some of them even had blood oozing out from the corner of their lips.
The twelve supreme experts were all injured.
They did not directly clash with Daowei Fatian. Just supporting the formation had left them in such a state.
That only demonstrated just how powerful and terrifying Daowei Fatian’s attacks with the Book of the Populace were.
At this moment, the space where the Profound Heaven Plane resided had already been completely annihilated. One of the forty-nine great planes of the Saints’ World, the Profound Heaven Plane, had already vanished from the Saints’ World, having been forcefully beaten into a spatial crack by Daowei Fatian.
The environment inside the spatial crack was extremely horrible. The space was chaotic and the elements were reversed. The entire place was filled with violent spatial streams and temporal vortices.
These spatial streams and temporal vortices all moved according to their original trajectories, without interfering with one another, forming a delicate balance.
When the Profound Heaven Plane entered the spatial crack, the terrifying shockwave of energy it brought immediately disturbed the peace present.
The original balance was broken, and the energies all sank into violent turbulence.
At this moment, the figure of the Book of the Populace appeared, slamming into the protective formation of the Profound Heaven Plane a third time.
With a rumble, a terrifying ripple of energy erupted, turning into a shockwave that spread out in all directions.
All of the violent energies inside the spatial crack shattered as soon as they made contact with the shockwave.
Very soon, the space inside the spatial crack cleared up. There were no temporal vortices or energy streams left.
Inside the Grand Exalt’s formation, the twelve experts only second to Grand Exalts all sprayed with blood. Their presences immediately declined.
“The book is too powerful. Otherwise, with Daowei Fatian’s strength with only a single way completed, it’s impossible for him to pressure us so much,” the East Origination Saint Monarch said sternly. His expression was extremely ugly.
“I really didn’t think that someone who formerly suffered a defeat at my hand would push the twelve of us into such dire straits. Even with our combined strength and senior Ancient Paths’ formation, we can’t stop him.” The Blood-clothed Saint Monarch refused to accept this as well, staring straight at the Book of the Populace while grinding his teeth.
“Hang in there. My master and the others will return very soon. We need to last until the very end. We can’t allow the Immortals’ World to ruin senior Ancient Paths’ plan of forging the artifact,” the first majesty of the Heavenly Palace of Bisheng yelled out. She began to glow with dazzling red light. Immediately, her declined presence erupted, actually surpassing her prime condition.
She had already begun to burn her essence blood in exchange for great strength.
Following Yi Xin, the eleven other supreme experts maintaining the formation refused to fall behind. They all began to burn their essence blood as well, holding on with everything that they had.
Daowei Fatian pressed against the Book of the Populace with his hand. Tsunami-like power constantly erupted before he violently shoved the Book of the Populace. Immediately, it pierced the space of the Saints’ World and slammed against the Profound Heaven Plane in the spatial crack, sending the entire plane backwards.
If it were not for the defences of the Grand Exalt of Ancient Paths’ formation, the Profound Heaven Plane would have shattered a long time ago.
Spurt!
The twelve supreme experts on the Profound Heaven Plane coughed up blood again. They became even more feeble than before.
“W-we can’t last for much longer. We can’t hold on anymore,” the Dao Heaven Saint Monarch from the Dao Heaven clan coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood and said with difficulty.
“Hang in there for a little longer. Even if we have to burn our souls, the very source of our lives, we can’t retreat. If the formation loses us, it can’t withstand many attacks from the Book of the Populace,” roared the Myriad Laws Saint Monarch of the Heaven Union clan.
As mighty Saint Monarchs, who knew how many years it had been since they had been reduced to such miserable states, but this time, they were not facing an opponent at the same level as them. Their enemy was Daowei Fatian, who wielded the Book of the Populace, whose battle prowess had already surpassed those that had comprehended a way to completion.
“Jing’er, I don’t have much time left. Why don’t you come out and leave with me? Otherwise, the experts of the Saints’ World will all return from the chaotic sea. By then, we probably won’t be able to leave even if we want to.”
As he attacked the protective formation around the Profound Heaven Plane, Daowei Fatian never stopped calling out to Fang Jing. His voice seemed more and more urgent.
When the Book of the Populace’s attack fell again, the twelve supreme experts finally could not hold on any longer. Blood sprayed into the air as they were directly beaten out of the crucial points of the formation, landing heavily on the Profound Heaven Plane.
Boom!
Without their support, the Grand Exalt’s formation that guarded the Profound Heaven Plane plummeted in strength. A crack immediately appeared from the attack before rapidly spreading across the entire formation, covering the whole thing.
“Oh no, the formation is about to fall!” The expressions of the twelve Ninth Heavenly Layer Grand Primes all changed, but before they could react, the Book of the Populace fell.
This time, the Book of the Populace directly attacked the Grand Exalt’s formation.
Immediately, the Profound Heaven Plane became completely exposed.
“Ancient Paths, you’re destined to never be able to forge that thing. While I don’t believe the thing you are forging can rival the Book of the Populace, it’s still a threat if it is completed.”
“The Saints’ World is already powerful enough. Let’s let the thing you’re forging be destroyed.” Daowei Fatian’s voice rang out. His figure appeared outside the Profound Heaven Plane with the Book of the Populace in his hands. As his terrifying energy was channeled in, the Book of the Populace immediately produced a beam of light that shot towards the centre of the Profound Heaven Plane, at the sacred mountain where Ancient Paths was forging his artifact.
