A hundred days passed in the blink of an eye. Martial King Ji Fa was trapped deep within the Red Sand Formation, his soul eroded day after day by the formation's vicious, baleful red sand, his flesh worn down and tormented.
The endless suffering, day after day, had boiled his mind into a dazed haze. His consciousness was nearly scattered, his figure haggard beyond bearing, already like an oil lamp on the verge of burning out.
Outside the formation, the immortals of Chan Sect and the civil and military officials of Xiqi watched from afar. Seeing that a hundred days had passed and the Red Sand Formation still surged with baleful qi, impregnable and unbroken, with no method to break it found from beginning to end, everyone's heart burned with anxiety.
Daoist Ran Deng was even more weighed down with worry, terrified that the Martial King would lose his life inside the formation and sever Xiqi's great undertaking.
Yet looking over everyone present, all were helpless before this strange red-sand formation. Not a single person could break this restriction.
Left with no choice, Ran Deng could only ride the clouds to Kunlun Mountain and personally invite Immortal Nanji to come and lend his aid.
Before long, Immortal Nanji descended gracefully before the formation on a blue crane, immortal air drifting around him, Dao aura stern and majestic.
He wasted no time. Raising his hand, he brought out the Five Fire Seven Bird Fan and waved it three times in succession.
As the treasured fan swayed, Heavenly Fire, Earth Fire, Human Fire, Samadhi True Fire, and Nine Heavens Divine Fire emerged together. The red sand filling the sky was swept up by the raging flames and instantly collapsed and dispersed.
Immediately after, the immortal elder used another divine ability, bringing out