The rebel army charged into the Imperial Palace, and the guards continually retreated, not even daring to oppose them.
This caused the rebels to become especially smug. They were far too powerful, so powerful that even the imperial guards fled upon catching wind of their arrival.
Although the elites from the five sects didn't believe that the Imperial Palace was genuinely this weak, they didn't give it a second thought. After all, they had sent their most powerful forces this time, with their army consisting of 37 elites at the Immortal level.