Everyone present knew exactly what those flames meant.
Even with an immortal descending, the girl's blade had forced him to use this body's chance at Lamp-Lighting just to keep its flesh intact.
The child slowly raised a hand and touched his brow.
He did not grow angry.
On the contrary.
A strange light flickered through his eyes.
"Good... good... truly... splendid."
"Though this body cannot bear even a tenth of my cultivation, this still counts as the descent of my manifestation. Yet you, a rogue cultivator without master or sect, have forced me to employ Lamp-Lighting with your current strength alone..."
Five Immortals Mountain had five lineages. Though they belonged to the same mountain, their Dao Orthodoxies differed, and competition existed between them.
The Red Immortal Lineage was not the weakest of the five, but it had lain dormant for far too long.
If he could take such a prodigy into his fold and nurture her carefully...
Within a hundred years.
The Red Immortal Lineage would surpass the other four and reign supreme over Five Immortals Mountain!
At the thought, Red Toad True Person's spirits soared.
Even his anger at the earlier affront vanished like smoke. Speaking through the child's mouth, he said, "Throughout my years of cultivation, I have seen all the world's finest talents, yet never anyone like you... even the prodigies from the great Dao Orthodoxies are nothing but clay chickens and straw dogs beside you."
"Since that is the case, why not make a deal? Return to the mountain with me and join my Red Immortal Lineage... just nod, and I will let bygones be bygones."
"As for this body..."
Red Toad True Person patted the child's chest and chuckled. "I will give you this life. Kill him or carve him up, whatever you please. Use