The Myriad Immortals Array collapsed without a fight. Terrified by the terrifying might of their sect leader—who cared for no family ties in the slaughter and hacked blindly at friend and foe alike—and having heard the Four Saints, including Laozi, declare that Master Tongtian had fallen into madness, the immortals of the Jie Cult scattered in every direction, too frightened to even look back.
It was not entirely fair to blame the Jie Cult for its motley crowd; when numbers grew too large, rules inevitably broke down. In truth, Qi Lijing’s methods had been far too ruthless—he had cleaved three thousand of his own people with a single sword stroke, thoroughly terrifying the rest.
Naturally, there were die-hards who would rather be hacked to death by their master than flee. These included the Four Great Disciples, the Attendant Six Immortals, the Three Xiao Sisters, Zhao Gongming, and others. Scattered and gathered together, they easily amounted to a small band of nearly five hundred.
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