Love and Harm

The Great Heavenly Venerate had never expected Yao Wan to refuse to play by the rules entirely.

As one of Soul Hall's core members, although Xiao Yan and Yao Wan would certainly not spare him, they would not let him die so easily either. He knew many of Soul Hall's secrets; he refused to believe that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan truly had no interest in them whatsoever.

As long as he had a chance to leave this isolated space with Xiao Yan and the others, he might be able to contact the Hall Master and Deputy Hall Masters to rescue him.

So long as he escaped alive, with his powerful soul, he might yet make a comeback and be reborn...

But when the flames of death blazed up in an instant, the Great Heavenly Venerate suddenly realized that he had been wrong. Terribly wrong.

"Aaaaahhh—!"

Cries of pain, shock, resentment, and despair echoed throughout Human Hall's main hall. Under the burning of Yao Wan's Tribulation Fire, the Great Heavenly Venerate's blackish-gray soul was visibly shedding its foul, impure color, transforming into the faint, luminous white that was a soul's purest original state.

Almost instantly, the Great Heavenly Venerate understood Yao Wan's true intention.

She had never considered merely bluffing. She intended to burn his soul directly into the purest soul power!

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

Frightened out of his wits by the pain inflicted by the Flame of Ash Annihilation, the Great Heavenly Venerate cursed recklessly.

"Exactly. Since we're destined to get nothing from you, why keep wasting time on you?"

Yao Wan merely shrugged. Black-red Tribulation Fire reflected in her pale golden eyes, and her