Why was Hong Yun shocked by [Heavenly Fire]?
The reason was simple. Like [City Rampart Earth], [Heavenly Fire] had almost no corresponding cultivation methods circulating in the world, so it had always remained hidden from the world.
However, the logic behind this was completely different.
[City Rampart Earth] was hidden because the Zou Yu Imperial Family, who once held charge of [City Rampart Earth], physically severed all cultivable methods.
This was a human calamity.
[Heavenly Fire], on the other hand, died out naturally.
Because the condition for seeking the Golden Core for [Heavenly Fire] was simply too harsh—Ruling the World. This ridiculous condition was no different from severing the Dao path.
So as time passed, fewer and fewer Foundation Establishment Perfected Ones cultivated [Heavenly Fire]. The cultivation methods were lost one after another, until finally, it became completely extinct in the current era.
After all, what Foundation Establishment Perfected One didn't hold some extravagant hope for seeking Golden Core? If one couldn't attain Golden Core, no matter how strong the combat power, it was just a mirage.
However, one point was undeniable— [Heavenly Fire] was truly strong!
Boundless mountains and seas, sun and moon sharing the sky. Lu Yang formed a hand seal with one hand. A point of bright light dazzled at his fingertip, like the center of heaven and earth, with all things and matters revolving around it.
[The Wise Ruler].
Lu Yang's Life-Bound Divine Ability was based on this wonder. The [Light of Governance] it generated stripped myriad phenomena. With the blessing of [Imperial Controller of Fate], it appeared even more wondrous.
After only swept four times in succession, Hong Yun was stripped of two Innate Divine Abilities, a body full of spirit treasures, and his majestic spiritual power. His whole person withered. As one ebbed and the other flowed, Lu Yang on the other side reached the utmost peak. With a set thought, a divine ability fell upon him.
[Thunder Gradually Recedes]!
Empowered by the Divine Ability, his lips parted, and like Hong Yun before him, Lu Yang unleashed a thunderous sound directly from his throat. Rolling Yang fire attacked like a storm.
Seeing this scene, Hong Yun nearly shattered his teeth from gritting them.
That was my Divine Ability!
It got snatched!
Although that was the case, he dared not hesitate in the slightest. With a thought, his body exploded, instantly transforming into a dazzling crimson light that shot into the sky.
He self-destructed.
In an instant, a soul shining with golden light escaped into the [Netherworld]. The speed was so fast that unless a middle-stage Golden Core Perfected Lord was here, no one could intercept it.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yang wasn't surprised either. He just stood still on the spot. [Rise and Fall Matters] blessed himself, dissolving all the aftershocks of the explosion into nothingness.
Strictly speaking, if Lu Yang hadn't used [Tribulation Wave] to elevate his own stature to late-stage Foundation Establishment, simply fighting Hong Yun with equal cultivation, although he could still win, he absolutely wouldn't have won so easily. Going so smoothly this time was largely due to catching Hong Yun off guard.
He didn't know I cultivated [Heavenly Fire].
Precisely because of this, he used a Jia Wood Divine Ability to deal with him, only to be countered by his Wu Fire [Palace of Returning Boundaries]. After falling into a disadvantage, it was hard to turn the tables.
Unfortunately, Lu Yang could win, but couldn't stop Hong Yun from committing suicide.
And without [Sky-shrouding]'s help, even if he sent [Marionette] to follow Hong Yun into the [Netherworld], it would be very difficult to find him and lock onto his reincarnation location.
But it can be considered a success. Hong Yun shouldn't dare to come to this lair again hereafter. This retreat path has been completely severed by me.
Lu Yang gathered his mind and looked at his hand.
Under [The Wise Ruler], within the golden light, the divine abilities, spiritual power, and spirit treasures stripped from Hong Yun previously had fallen into a silent state.
As long as he didn't release the wonder, these things couldn't escape.
However, the amount that [The Wise Ruler] can take is limited. Once saturated, it can no longer be used. Holding onto these for no reason will only waste my quota.
Unless I can truly attain [Heavenly Fire], maybe then there won't be limits.
With this thought, Lu Yang immediately dispersed the stripping of Hong Yun's spiritual power and spirit treasures, and also dispersed [Thunder Gradually Recedes], leaving only one [Root of All Things].
"Spirit treasure doesn't matter. Even if I disperse the wonder, Hong Yun himself has already reincarnated. These spirit treasure have become ownerless and will ultimately belong to me. Spiritual power is even more meaningless. As for [Thunder Gradually Recedes], this Jia Wood Divine Ability is not bad, but being countered by me, it is also useless."
The only valuable thing was [Root of All Things].
This was a [Chen Earth] Divine Ability... and unlike the current [Chen Earth] Divine Abilities in the world, as Hong Yun's Divine Ability, this Chen Earth had not been reversed!
It was still Yang Earth!
I'll keep it for now; maybe it will be of great use later... What remains is that Grotto-Heaven fragment in Jiangnan.
Lu Yang put away the Divine Ability and turned to look in the direction of the Saint Sect.
He believed Martial Uncle Chong Guang wouldn't disappoint him. He wouldn't forget how ruthless Chong Guang was when he sacrificed the entire [Kingdom of Qing] without a word back then.
Lu Yang had even guessed what Chong Guang would do.
After all, he was the one who had settled Chong Guang using [The Book of a Hundred Lifetimes]. He was undoubtedly the person who understood Chong Guang best in this world. A simple analogy was enough to figure it out.
The trigger... should be the [Ten-Thousand-Man Pit]!
..
In less than a month, news came.
The [Vanquishing-Demon Perfected One] of the [Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion] personally arrived at the [Ten-Thousand-Man Pit], expelling all Jiangbei cultivators, causing massive fluctuations in the price of [Substitute Death Yin Puppet]'s within the Saint Sect.
Soon, the Saint Sect responded.
Acting Sect Master Chong Guang acted personally and Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue] came out of seclusion. With immense momentum, it looked like the start of a great war between the Righteous and Demonic paths of North and South.
However, just when everyone thought the Saint Sect's goal was to retake the [Ten-Thousand-Man Pit], Chong Guang, who entered Jiangnan, made a turn and went directly to the [Gantang Channel]. The next second, the long-charging [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue] struck boldly. A clear stream of flowing light shone down abruptly from the high heavens.
No one anticipated this drastic change.
[Ten-Thousand-Man Pit]? Jiangbei cultivators? Saint Sect disciples? Chong Guang ignored them all, treating them all as abandoned pawns, just to cover up his true objective!
Originally, the Perfected Lords of the [Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion] had prepared long ago. Their layout at the [Ten-Thousand-Man Pit] this time was to monopolize the Unorthodox Dao Fruit in the [Mystic Spirit World Realm].
If [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue] attacked, they would step forward together to block.
Therefore, their attention was focused on the [Ten-Thousand-Man Pit], so much so that [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue]'s turn made their response a beat slower.
Plus, the Saint Sect had another Perfected Lord, [Perfected Lord Iridescent Brocade], who also acted to block, successfully creating a brief gap for [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue].
Boom!
The next second, the clear flowing light shone into the [Gantang Channel]. The huge [Sea-Farer Li Clan] was instantly evaporated in the flowing light before they could even react.
"[Cleansing World Light]!?"
A Perfected Lord in the [Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion] showed astonishment, because the clear flowing light shining down at this moment was essentially the fundamental concept of [Ravine Stream Water]!
[Ravine Stream Water] delights in clarity. Thus, as the name suggests, this flowing light could purify all filth in the world, turning turbidity back to clarity. As for what was clear and what was turbid, it depended entirely on the personal thoughts of the Dao Fruit Master. In [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue]'s view, naturally, those who opposed her were turbid, and those who were friendly were clear.
At this moment, as the flowing light shone through, myriad phenomena were instantly silenced.
In the entire [Gantang Channel], the first to evaporate were the people and things of the [Sea-Farer Li Clan]. In an instant, all buildings and formations on the ground dissolved into nothingness.
As if a clan had never existed here.
Immediately, the ten thousand hectares of sea water within the [Gantang Channel], a perfectly good harbor, turned into a deep pit in a flash, revealing the true appearance of the water bottom.
Under the illumination of the magnificent light, the fragment of [Eternal Brilliance Precious-Light Grotto-Heaven] could hide no longer and was forced to reveal itself. However, even Hong Yun when he was a Perfected Lord was no match for the current [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue], let alone a Grotto-Heaven fragment? In a flash, this fragment melted inch by inch!
Such a drastic change naturally alarmed [Sky-shrouding].
After all, this Grotto-Heaven fragment was the trap he prepared for Hong Yun, but it was crushed into powder under [Perfected Lord Qingcheng Feixue]'s indiscriminate strike.
[Sky-shrouding]: "...Huh?"
What happened?