Love and Hurt

Celestial Lord had truly never expected Yao Wan to play so completely outside the rules.

As a core pillar of the Hall of Souls like him, though Xiao Yan and Yao Wan would certainly not let him off, they also surely would not let him die so easily. He refused to believe that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan were truly not interested in the many Hall of Souls secrets he knew.

As long as he had a chance to leave this isolated space with Xiao Yan and the others, he might not be without a chance to contact the Hall Master and Deputy Hall Master and have them save him.

As long as he could get out alive, with his powerful soul, he might not be unable to make a comeback, to revive once more...

But when the flames of death blazed up in an instant, Celestial Lord suddenly realized that he was wrong. Dead wrong.

"Ahhhhhh—!"

A scream filled with pain, shock, hatred, and despair echoed through the entire Human Hall. Under the burning of Yao Wan's calamity flame, Celestial Lord's black-gray soul was shedding that filthy, impure color at a visible speed, transforming into the faint, luminous white of a soul's purest original state.

Almost in an instant, Celestial Lord abruptly understood what Yao Wan intended.

She had never considered any bluff at all. She was directly planning to burn his soul into the purest Soul Power!

"Are you insane?! Even if you burn me until my soul scatters, if I dare reveal half a word, I still won't come to a good end!"

Already scared out of his wits by the pain caused by the Ash Extinction Flame, Celestial Lord cursed in utter desperation.

"Right. Since I can't get anything from you anyway, why keep wasting time