Capturing the Protector, Xie Bi Yan

Fortunately, Qin Chen had come prepared. He had already grown accustomed to voices far more distracting than this, and his resolve held firm. His fingers moved steadily across her flawless, fair-skinned body, slowly tracing out a complex sealing formation.

As the formation took shape, the poisonous mist pouring from Xiao Yi Xian grew thicker. But Qin Chen was now a Dou Zong, and the Fused Heavenly Flame protected him. The mist could do him no real harm.

His fingers danced without pause, leaving afterimages in their wake. At last, he pressed down hard and hooked the fiery trail at his fingertip into place. The flawless sealing formation was complete!

His gaze sharpened. Azure light flared at his fingertip as he gently touched a flame mark on Xiao Yi Xian's lower abdomen—the central node of the entire seal.

A vast surge of searing energy rushed from his fingertip into the formation covering her body, fully activating it.

"Heaven as form, fire as spirit—seal!"

At his sharp command, the markings on Xiao Yi Xian's body seemed to come alive. A soft radiance spread from them, gradually enveloping her.

As though sensing that the seal was about to close, the Woeful Poison Body within her launched one final, frenzied resistance.

Dense purple-gray poison erupted from every pore, carrying an aura that seemed capable of destroying everything in its path.

Qin Chen's lips curled. Instead of dodging, he let the poison break through the flames around him and enter his body.

The next instant, his body stiffened slightly, and he toppled straight onto the bed.

Meanwhile, the brilliant light gradually faded. The many fiery marks on Xiao Yi Xian's skin slowly vanished, sinking into her fair skin as though they had never been there.

When the last mark disappeared, the poison spilling uncontrollably from