As soon as his voice trailed off, he issued an order, and all of the sect members around him immediately summoned formation treasures of different descriptions, then began to chant in unison.

All of a sudden, a yellow light formation began to take shape above their heads, and it released around a dozen pillars of white light, all of which instantly formed a straight line to strike the giant gate.

A burst of loud rumbling rang out as countless white runes were repelled by the gate, which remained completely still and displayed no sign of opening.

Everyone was quite stunned to see this, but as opposed to being alarmed, a faint smile appeared on the brocade-robed man's face.

"I didn't think that just this gate would be so difficult to open; it looks like I'll have to display some of my true power."

As soon as his voice trailed off, he made a hand seal while chanting something before pointing a finger up toward the light formation in the air.

The light formation immediately turned a silver...