How big is the Tianjun Terrace? Ten million celestial soldiers are divided into countless arrays and stand on it, with enough space between them for six carriages to pass through!
The Queen Mother of the West led a group of emperors, marshals, and heavenly generals onto the stage and leaned over to look. They saw a forest of spears and halberds, and the cold light of armor.
At the forefront of the 10 million heavenly soldiers were 100,000 cavalrymen riding on blue-black heavenly horses. They held brocade whips in their right hands, flags in their left hands, and rode on blue heavenly horses with golden saddles.
Among these 100,000 cavalrymen, 50,000 held large banners and various flags.
At the head were six large banners. The first one bore the inscription: "Grand Envoy of the Grand Mysterious Province." This was the banner of the Grand Envoy of the Grand Mysterious Province, the Lady of the Nine Heavens.
The second large banner reads: Commander-in-Chief of the Four Great Colonels, Commander-in-Chief of the Mysterious Altar, Zhao. This is the banner of Commander-in-Chief of the Four Great Colonels, Commander-in-Chief of the Mysterious Altar, Zhao Gongming.
The third large banner was inscribed with: Zhao, the commander of the Southern Heaven Gate Demon-Slaying Commander. This is the large banner of Zhao Rongchang, the commander of the Southern Heaven Gate Demon-Slaying Commander.
The fourth side reads: Qian Dingjiang, the commander of the Northern Heaven Gate, this is the flag of Qian Dingjiang, the commander of the Northern Heaven Gate, who is responsible for exorcising demons.
The fifth side reads: Sun, the commander of the East Tianmen Demon-Slaying Commander. This is the flag of Sun Linghai, the commander of the East Tianmen Demon-Slaying Commander.
The sixth side reads: Li Chengguang, the commander of the Western Heaven Gate, who exorcises demons. This is the flag of Li Chengguang, the commander of the Western Heaven Gate, who exorcises demons.
Behind these six large banners are the flags of the Heavenly Court's soldiers, which are:
There are one thousand flags with the word "Su" on them to warn the heavenly soldiers in all formations to be solemn and await the law.
There are one thousand flags with the word "Jing" on them, indicating that the heavenly soldiers are going out to wipe out the demons and bring peace to all living beings.
There are a thousand golden drum flags to indicate the golden drum orders. Advance when the drum is heard and retreat when the gong is heard. The orders are strict and clear.
There are one thousand Beidou flags to show that Beidou is on the battlefield, guiding the killing.
There are a thousand sun flags, which are the guides of the sun star, and they must be bright.
There are a thousand moon flags, which are the guides of the moon, and they can be dark if they want.
A thousand cloud flags create clouds and fog.
A thousand rain flags are used to create clouds and rain.
There are a thousand thunder flags, to guide the thunder.
A thousand wind flags cause the wind to blow and smoke to rise.
There are a thousand Jupiter flags, which represent the vitality of Yi Wood.
There are a thousand Martian flags, raising the fierce energy of fire.
There are a thousand Saturn flags, representing the might of the earth.
There are a thousand Venus flags, gathering the murderous aura of Gengjin.
There are a thousand Mercury flags, creating a mighty power.
There are also four flags of Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise, each with one thousand pieces, and twenty-eight constellations flags, each with one thousand pieces.
There are one thousand flags each for Zhongyue, Xiyue, Dongyue, Beiyue, and Nanyue.
There are one thousand Jiang flags, one thousand He flags, one thousand Huai flags, and one thousand Ji flags to show that the heavenly soldiers are going to the expedition, and Jiang, He, Huai, and Ji are waiting for orders.
There are one thousand each of the Heavenly Deer Flag, Heavenly Horse Flag, Luan Flag, Unicorn Flag, Bai Ze Flag, Bear Flag, and Bear Flag, commanding the gods, demons, and beasts to obey.
There are also thousands of purple clay and gold-ringing drums and thousands of Kui cowhide drums.
When the Queen Mother of the West, wearing a red robe and holding a sword in her left hand, walked up to the stage to review the generals, surrounded by the crowd, the big Kui cowhide drum in front suddenly emitted a rumbling sound that shook the earth.
The flag-bearing celestial soldiers at the head shouted, "Follow the laws of Heaven and lead the thunder troops. Wherever our divine might reaches, all will be swept away. Bless the living and purge the evil spirits."
In an instant, millions of heavenly soldiers roared in unison: "Follow the laws of heaven and lead the thunder troops. Wherever your divine power reaches, everything will be swept away. Bless all living beings and eliminate evil spirits."
The sky shook and the sea of clouds churned.
The words they shouted were precisely the main duties and authority of the Lady of the Nine Heavens: to uphold the laws of heaven, command the thunder troops, bless all living things, and purge evil spirits.
The Queen Mother of the West slowly raised her right hand and pressed down. In an instant, the sounds of wind, drums, and shouts all stopped, and the entire Tianjun Stage was silent.
"The four captains come forward." The Queen Mother of the West shouted.
At this time, Fang Jian and Nezha took a step back, and the four captains of the Tianmen immediately waved their flags and walked forward side by side.
The Lady of the Nine Heavens turned and looked at the millions of heavenly soldiers below and said, "Set up the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Formation."
The four captains immediately responded, "As ordered."
Then four people stepped forward and waved the flags in their hands to convey military orders to the heavenly soldiers below.
In an instant, one million heavenly soldiers moved in unison, first breaking away from their original square formations, and then forming huge Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Formations. The entire process took less than thirty breaths, without any mistakes or noise.
The Lady of the Nine Heavens nodded and said, "Set up the Great Array of the Heavenly Stars."
The four captains received the order again, and then waved their flags to issue military orders.
Only the sound of uniform, powerful and heavy footsteps could be heard throughout the sky. This time, the millions of heavenly soldiers took fifty breaths to transform from the Nine Heavens Demon Subduing Formation to the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation.
"Hmm." The Lady of the Nine Heavens was very satisfied and nodded. "It takes a thousand days to raise an army and only a moment to deploy it. I have recalled you from the Calamity Realm and armed you with a vast supply of elixirs and magical instruments. Your martial arts training seems to be going well. I wonder how it will fare in actual combat?"
The four captains immediately clasped their fists and said, "Please allow the Grand Commander to review."
"Okay." The Queen Mother of the West pressed the hilt of the sword at her waist with her left hand, and a fairy light flashed in her right hand, and a memorial appeared in her pure and white palm.
The Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens handed the memorial to the Demon-Slaying Captain of the Southern Heavenly Gate and said, "Three days ago, the Dragon King of the East China Sea reported that a group of scattered immortals and demonic cultivators were causing chaos in the East China Sea. Their leader is Taiyi Xuanxian, the leader of the Ten Bandits of the East China Sea. Under him are thousands of Xuanxian, True Immortal, and other scattered immortals and demonic cultivators. They are plundering lives, burning and killing islands, and committing crimes in all directions. The East China Sea sailors are helpless, so they have reported this to the Heavenly Court."
At this point, the Lady of the Nine Heavens said, "I order the four of you to lead 500,000 heavenly soldiers to wipe out the enemy. Take their heads and spirits and return to report."
After saying this, the Lady of the Nine Heavens continued, "The God of Justice, Fang Jian, orders you to accompany him to supervise the army and oversee the actions of the heavenly soldiers."
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