In all things there are gaps; the blade passes through.
Then came light.
The Supreme Clarity Doushuai Fire took heaven and earth as its furnace, covering the entire Martial Practice Platform. Nothing was left unburned, nothing unchanged. Xu Zhiyi used fire as her intent, yet within her infinitely rising perception, Gong Weizhang had vanished without a trace.
There was only blade light, dividing all things. The instant it touched one, intent shattered and spirit faltered. All she could see was endless blade light, slashing at the omnipresent fire!
At the spot where Gong Weizhang had stood, blade light had formed a pillar, rising like wolf-smoke, directly opposing the Heavenly Master Flame Banner at the heart of the blazing realm.
Like two commanding generals facing one another upon a battlefield, neither yielding an ounce of momentum.
"Man has neither age nor lifespan—how can intent contain heaven and earth?!"
Xu Zhiyi reversed Qingtao, wielding fire with her intent.
From within the spiritual form of that pill furnace, fiery breath emerged, rising into clouds that took the shape of the Eight Trigrams and slowly revolved.
Unhurried, she reinforced the entire Doushuai Flame Realm, turning it into a single furnace and meeting ten thousand forces with overwhelming momentum. No matter where her enemy came from, so long as he remained upon this platform, he could not escape her fire and would be smelted and forged by her.
Perhaps into gold or iron, perhaps into a pill—or perhaps into someone... who knew how to respect the Xu Family.
Suddenly, wind rose, lifting a corner of the Heavenly Master Flame Banner.
All forty-nine fundamental flames split apart at their centers!
The Flame Flowers filling the sky were snuffed out in an instant.
The shock in Xu Zhiyi's eyes would not fade.
She possessed unparalleled talent in