Other families originally planned to rush to assist the Gao Family, but before they could arrive, the entire Gao Family had already transformed into mushrooms, leaving no one to rescue.
Besides the Gao Family, there were the Twelve Families, along with the garrison eunuch Cen Xuefu—who was also a master. But even if all the Great Families joined forces, they were far from being a match for the golden Buddha.
General Xia and Deputy General Jiang led the border troops, planning to besiege the golden Buddha. The border troops were adept at fighting ordinary cultivators, but facing a Demon species like the golden Buddha, they hadn't even approached when they all turned into mushrooms of various sizes, floating in the sky, merging with other mushrooms.
General Xia and Deputy General Jiang barely escaped with their lives, taking their families and fleeing from their residences, hiding everywhere.
