Although the team hadn't advanced in their cultivation stage, their power increased significantly, embedding new intents into their techniques. The unexpected shift caused thousands to fall within seconds, and once they died, other tendrils were freed to deal with the remaining fighters.
A clear trend started; the balance from earlier broke, and the Jade Sky Sect couldn't withstand the attacks anymore. Everyone had their hands full with preserving themselves, so the death of a single cultivator directly led to the demise of his nearest ally a few seconds later.
Three minutes later, only ten thousand cultivators remained, and the weakest among them was in the earlier phase of the Sea of Consciousness Expanding stage. Those of the Nascent Soul stage and lower were almost fully exterminated with the exception of a few who had the protection of powerful elders.