Return to the Sealed Land Now, and Live

Lan Ruo Ancestor was not stingy. She directly took out two semi-finished Tianli Pills, then said, "I've been dealing with matters in Huofen Kingdom lately and have no time to refine pills, so I'll have disciples within the sect refine them instead. Is that acceptable?"

Luo Chuan nodded and said softly, "No problem. We're not in a hurry."

Seeing Luo Chuan agree, Lan Ruo Ancestor summoned Li Muwan and Li Qiqing here and instructed them to refine finished Tianli Pills as soon as possible.

Li Muwan looked at Luo Chuan, who was seated in a chair. A touch of gentleness appeared on her exquisite face as she respectfully replied, "This disciple obeys."

Lan Ruo Ancestor waved her right hand and said softly, "You may all leave. There is something I wish to discuss with Senior Luo Chuan."

Liu Mei and A-Dai did not refuse either. They followed Li Muwan out of the hall. Clearly, only people like them were permitted to hear the conversation that followed.

Once everyone had left, Lan Ruo Ancestor finally sighed. "Little Brother Luo Chuan, you must have heard that a group of Fire Beasts lives in the Earth Core World of Huofen Kingdom."

Luo Chuan nodded and calmly replied, "Huofen Kingdom was originally the homeland of the Fire Beasts. Thousands of years ago, your ancestors of Huofen Kingdom came here, sealed the Fire Beasts, and established sects in this place."

"Now that the seal is gradually weakening, it likely won't be long before the Fire Beasts break through it and return to the surface."

Seeing that Luo Chuan knew everything, Lan Ruo Ancestor no longer concealed anything. She led the other two Nascent Soul Realm ancestors and knelt before Luo Chuan, bowing and kowtowing.

"We beg Senior to consider our relationship and seal the Fire Beasts once more, protecting the safety of Huofen Kingdom."

"Senior is a Deity Transformation powerhouse. Sealing the Fire Beasts would be effortless for you. So long as Senior is willing, the sects of Huofen Kingdom will certainly offer everything you desire."

Looking at the Luohe Sect ancestors before him, all so earnest, Luo Chuan propped his chin on one hand and fell into thought, unsure whether he should help the cultivators within Huofen Kingdom.

Just then, a disciple in white Daoist robes rushed over and immediately knelt to report, "Reporting to Ancestor, the Fire Beasts have broken through the seal and are already sweeping toward the major sects in a frenzy."

"The Huofen Alliance has decided to order all major sects to leave this place at once and head to the neighboring Xuanwu Kingdom to prepare for battle."

Hearing that the Fire Beasts had broken through the seal so quickly, Lan Ruo abruptly stood and looked at the other two. "Fellow Daoists, proceed to the Huofen Alliance first. I will gather all cultivators and have them return to the sect."

The remaining two Luohe Sect ancestors nodded and flew straight toward the Huofen Alliance. Time waited for no one. If all the Fire Beasts broke through the seal, the world would truly descend into chaos.

Lan Ruo Ancestor quickly gathered all the sect disciples here and announced an extremely important matter.

"Listen carefully. The Fire Beasts within Huofen Kingdom have been running rampant recently and have already shown signs of being able to break the formation. Our Luohe Sect must make preparations early, in case of emergencies."

"At present, Luohe Sect, War God Hall, Demonic Evil Sect, and Corpse Yin Sect have made their decision. If the Fire Beasts truly break through the formation, then from this day forward, our Four Sects Alliance will head together to Xuanwu Kingdom."

Li Muwan furrowed her brows and asked in confusion, "Ancestor, what do you mean? Is our Luohe Sect leaving Huofen Kingdom?"

Lan Ruo Ancestor replied, "That is correct. Disciples with only Foundation Establishment cultivation naturally cannot sense it, but the Fire Beasts already show signs of breaking the formation. If the formation shatters, the Soul Beasts will surely pour forth. When that happens, corpses will litter Huofen Kingdom for thousands of miles."

"Ancestor, if the cultivators of Huofen Kingdom all go to another country, how are the mortals of Huofen Kingdom supposed to face those powerful Fire Beasts?"

Li Muwan asked anxiously.

"We have done our utmost to escort the mortals out of Huofen Kingdom. The Great Dao is merciless. We must prepare for the worst. There is no need to concern yourselves with this matter. You need only obey orders."

Lan Ruo Ancestor's gaze settled on Luo Chuan, yet Luo Chuan had kept his eyes closed the entire time. Lan Ruo Ancestor could not help but sigh deeply, feeling immense reluctance to leave this place.

Luo Chuan slowly opened his eyes and strode out of the hall, one hand behind his back. "Since that is the case, I will help Huofen Kingdom resolve the Fire Beast calamity. However, I require Huofen Kingdom to hand over thirty percent of its resources every year to Hengyue Sect."

"And this will continue for one hundred years."

Lan Ruo Ancestor hesitated for only a moment upon hearing this, then immediately agreed on behalf of all the Nascent Soul Realm ancestors.

"So long as Senior can help Huofen Kingdom resolve the Fire Beast calamity, we juniors will certainly hand over thirty percent of Huofen Kingdom's annual resources!"

Luo Chuan nodded in satisfaction, then glanced at A-Dai and Liu Mei. "You two remain here. Your master will return shortly."

"Yes."

At this moment, the skies above Huofen Kingdom had long been swallowed by scorching flames. The instant the Fire Beasts broke through the seal, countless mortals were slaughtered.

Even the cultivators who came to stop them perished because there were simply too many Fire Beasts. Even Core Formation Stage cultivators would eventually exhaust their spiritual power before such numbers.

"Damn Fire Beasts, they're actually this powerful... Over a thousand cultivators from our Huofen Alliance have fallen because of them..."

Zhou Jin, the War God Hall ancestor, clenched his fists and looked at Feng Luan beside him with deeply furrowed brows. "Junior Sister Feng Luan, it is still not too late to leave. If we continue worrying about the people here, I fear the disciples of War God Hall will be slaughtered to the last."

Feng Luan Ancestor watched disciples fall one after another and sighed deeply before giving the order, "Order the disciples... to retreat..."

Zhou Jin instantly flew into the air, pressed his hands together, and then struck out with a palm toward the sky, forcibly tearing the heavens in two.

Seeing the message sent by their ancestor, the Luohe Sect disciples also retreated one after another and began withdrawing from the battlefield in an orderly fashion, no longer concerning themselves with the life or death of the mortals here.

Yet just as the people fell into despair, a vast surge of energy spread outward in all directions like raging waves.

In almost an instant, all the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators here stood frozen in place, staring at the heavens in disbelief.

With their strength, they naturally sensed that the handsome cultivator before them was already a Deity Transformation powerhouse.

Luo Chuan stomped fiercely on the void with his right foot. In an instant, heaven and earth trembled violently, while vast energy spread outward like raging waves.

Under that overwhelming pressure, both Core Formation Stage and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators felt unprecedented terror. They could only kneel on the ground, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

With one hand behind his back, Luo Chuan stared coldly at the menacing Fire Beasts before him. "Return to the sealed land now, and live!"