Just as one wave had barely subsided, another rose. No sooner had the Seven Saints of Jiangyan believed they had completely pacified the seven secret realms of the otherworld than another massive crisis followed closely on its heels, plunging the newly quieted Seven Kingdoms into profound turmoil once more.
The invaders this time were a mysterious entity known as the Shadowless Ones. These Shadowless Ones were far more powerful than the mysterious forces that had invaded before. In the void, their presence was entirely imperceptible; they were like completely transparent air, impossible to guard against. Yet whenever their opponents let down their guard entirely, they would deliver a fatal blow. Moreover, these Shadowless Ones possessed formidable, all-pervading supernatural abilities. The Seven Saints of Jiangyan promptly summoned masters from all directions to deliberate on countermeasures. One of the sages proposed that they could make use of spiritual awareness detection formations. Although the Shadowless Ones were formless and colorless, the moment they entered the range of the formation, they would inevitably trigger spiritual fluctuations. Deeming this plan viable, the group set about deploying it. However, once the formation was activated, they discovered that the movements of the Shadowless Ones were exceedingly bizarre: they could deftly bypass the detection zones of the formation and even inversely interfere with its operation.
Just as everyone was at their wits…
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