In this Mortal World God Conferment war, countless fellow disciples of the Jie Sect had rushed to the battlefield, died, and had their names placed upon the list. News of it had long since spread throughout the Four Seas, the eight wastes, and all the immortal mountains and islands.
Shen Gongbao rode his escaping light down before the mountain gate of Golden Ao Island, then headed straight for Fire Dragon Cave with practiced ease.
He knew well that two elites of the Jie Sect lived in seclusion within that cave—Luo Xuan and Liu Huan.
Luo Xuan was known as Fire Dragon Daoist. He commanded the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Dragon True Flame, and his fire-path divine powers were unmatched across the Four Seas. His flames could burn the heavens and boil the seas, scorch immortal armor, destroy Magic Treasures, sear Primordial Spirits, and his killing power was ferocious beyond compare.
His junior martial brother Liu Huan cultivated at his side, proficient in secret fire-formation arts, escape techniques, and ambushes. The two martial brothers had fought shoulder to shoulder for many years, their tacit understanding unparalleled. Joining hands, they could lay out a great formation of fire and flame, and had once roamed the Prehistoric Era with few rivals.
The two had always valued the Jie Sect's rules and cherished the bonds between fellow disciples. Hearing that the Chan Sect relied on strength to bully the weak, slaughtered Jie Sect fellow disciples, and oppressed the loyal and virtuous of Great Shang, resentment had long since filled their hearts. They had merely received no summons, and so had quietly guarded their cave abode and devoted themselves to cultivation.
Shen Gongbao stepped into Fire Dragon Cave and saw Luo Xuan and Liu Huan seated in stillness, comprehending the Dao. Without much polite small talk, he