"Master, it's so hot!"
Little Grass spoke to Fang Chen.
Fang Chen stared at the Golden Lotus and said to Little Grass, "This lotus was formed from the Origin of Fire and the World Will. It holds immense destructive power. I'm afraid even a true Great Emperor powerhouse would struggle to withstand it!"
Fang Chen had never expected such a powerful lotus to appear during Quasi-Emperor Huo Li's Great Emperor Tribulation. He could sense terrifying energy within it.
As the Golden Lotus descended, the pressure on Quasi-Emperor Huo Li grew ever stronger. A fierce wave of heat scorched the Golden Spring Sea below, sending vast quantities of Golden Mist rising from its surface. But instead of drifting into the Tribulation Clouds, the mist floated beyond their reach and formed patches of golden cloud.
Quasi-Emperor Huo Li gritted his teeth and held on with all his strength.
Just then, Quasi-Emperor Huo Li sensed a mysterious force appear. It struck directly into his mind.
His Soul Origin was instantly torn apart.
"Ah!"
Quasi-Emperor Huo Li could not hold back a scream.
"What happened?"
Fang Chen and the others stared in shock. The lotus had not even touched Quasi-Emperor Huo Li, yet he had suddenly become like this.
Quasi-Emperor Huo Li was shaken. He knew this mysterious force all too well. More than ten thousand years ago, while undergoing his Eighth Saint Tribulation in the Sacred Land Depths, he had been ambushed by it. That ambush had caused him to fail his Tribulation Transcendence. The Heavenly Tribulation had scattered his soul, and only because the Glazed Saint had sealed his Remnant Soul inside the Jade Wall had he been able to recover after ten thousand years.
At that moment, the Golden Lotus landed on Quasi-Emperor Huo Li's head and sank straight into his