Chapter 1069

Yet the difference in scale is astronomical.

This is also why Saint Tongtian cannot permanently sever the Twelve Zodiacs' small realm's perception of him.

Because the magic power within him is insufficient to sustain the Sword Dao at all times.

For Saint Tongtian, brief combat is enough.

Unlike the other five Saints, Saint Tongtian's primary cultivation is the Sword Dao; to hone the Sword Dao, he has endured countless battles.

In terms of battle experience, Saint Tongtian is undoubtedly the most seasoned among the Six Saints.

With his vast battle experience, Saint Tongtian quickly discovered a fatal weakness of the Twelve Zodiacs after entering their small realm.

This weakness is the one previously mentioned: insufficient one's own realm.

The Twelve Zodiacs' realm is lower than that of the Five Directional Sacred Beasts.

The Five Directional Sacred Beasts at least possess Quasi-Saint peak cultivation base, while the Twelve Zodiacs are only at Quasi-Saint mid-stage.

Of course, the reason their realm is low is because the Time Dao is exceedingly difficult to comprehend.

Though their realm is only Quasi-Saint mid-stage, with the Time Dao, even one-on-one, the Five Directional Sacred Beasts are not necessarily a match for the Twelve Zodiacs.

Yet no matter how miraculous the Time Dao is, it cannot conceal the weakness of their low realm.

If the confrontation were merely at the Quasi-Saint layer, this low realm would not be a true weakness.

The power of the Time Dao could completely ignore this realm gap.

But the Twelve Zodiacs are now engaged in a Hunyuan-layer confrontation, wielding power comparable to that of Saints.

Thus, the weakness of their low realm is infinitely amplified.

It becomes an irreplaceable weakness of the Twelve Zodiacs.

This is why the Twelve Zodiacs Array possesses terrifying power yet cannot truly suppress the entire Primordial World.

When fully activated, the Twelve Zodiacs Array can suppress several Saints without obvious difficulty.

Even the Saint Taishang struggles to counter the Twelve Zodiacs Array's ability to manifest past and future selves.

But if one cannot counter it, one need not respond to it.

As long as one departs from the range enveloped by the Twelve Zodiacs' small realm, the Twelve Zodiacs' abilities lose effect on the Saints.

Not to mention, with the Three Pure Ones' innate talent and comprehension, even if trapped within the Twelve Zodiacs' small realm, as long as they do not lower their own past and future selves, they can still find its flaws and escape its enveloping range.

The Three Pure Ones are indeed no match for the Twelve Zodiacs Array, but the Twelve Zodiacs Array also cannot truly harm the Three Pure Ones.

The Twelve Zodiacs' realm is simply too low.

If the Twelve Zodiacs could raise their realm to the Quasi-Saint limit, the Twelve Zodiacs Array could indeed become invincible in the Primordial World.

In truth, Ancestor Hongjun created the Twelve Zodiacs Array not to confront the Six Saints of the Primordial World, but to combat the Hunyuan Daoluojinxian from the Chaotic Void.

The Six Saints of the Primordial World are, to Ancestor Hongjun, birds in a cage—no matter how hard they flap, they cannot fly away.

How could Ancestor Hongjun go to such lengths to devise the Twelve Zodiacs Array merely to guard against them?

The Twelve Zodiacs Array and the Five Directions Five Elements Array require immense resources.

Not to mention, merely finding suitable candidates consumed considerable effort from Ancestor Hongjun.

The Five Directional Sacred Beasts were easier to find—only needed to align with the Five Elements and endure the Five Directions' authority.

Beings that align with the Five Elements are relatively easy to find.

The Twelve Zodiacs are different.

The Time Dao is an extremely powerful and exceedingly rare Dao; beings naturally attuned to the Time Dao are one in a hundred million.

Relying on the Heavenly Dao, Ancestor Hongjun spent countless Wushuyuan to gather the Twelve Zodiacs.

This is only because the Twelve Zodiacs were born of destiny.

Had the Primordial World not required the Twelve Zodiacs—