126 The Smile That Ended a Nation

The moment following his Dharma Body breakthrough, Huan Yi appeared above the Minor State of Zhou, last of the 60 original minor states. For tens of thousands of years, Zhou had survived by hiding behind its eighth-circle Formation, enabling it to repel even Ninefold Transcendent seniors, and sit on the secrets of the Ancient Zhou Dynasty. 

But with one swing of Cangtian, his favorite cursed weapon, Huan Yi brought down the ancient formation, cleaving the ancient city into two. Convinced that Heaven would protect Zhou till the end of time, the newly crowned King You of Zhou refused to capitulate, unleashing the Ancient Zhou Palace's forbidden formation. 

With his citizens and beloved children's lives as the sacrifice, King You awoke an army of one million buried puppet warriors, each at the peak of Ninefold Transcendence. The puppets fused into one mutated abomination, charging at the Primordial Evil alongside millions of Heroic Spirits!