Double tribulation

The immortals looked at Lex, horrified. What kind of monster were they facing? How was it possible for a single, new immortal to fight against the concentrated efforts of nine immortals using their tenets together for a single purpose?

How was it possible for Lex to personify his tenet so easily? Even if a person knew about the benefits of personifying their tenets, actually achieving it was not easy!

But that was, in a way, a benefit of a single, simple tenet. It was much simpler to resonate with it. As a consequence, it lacked the versatility of more complex tenets.

The immortals were in genuine shock, yet listening to Jeffrey's advice, they had already planned for failure. That is why only nine immortals worked together to summon the pillar, not ten. The tenth was setting up their subsequent attack.

Yet the momentary delay their shock caused robbed them of the opportunity to continue attacking Lex.