"This is... the backlash of the Three Calamities." Demon Wind was dazed for a moment before he realized what had happened.
Shen Luo had hidden inside the Mountains, Rivers, State and Society Diagram and finally slain his Heart Demon after a bitter struggle. But once he emerged, he still could not escape the ordained fate of the Three Calamities.
After the Thunder Tribulation, calamity fire surged from the Yongquan Acupoints in the soles of his feet and devoured his body. Though he was already an immortal of the Taiyi Realm, though his physique was as formidable as a top-tier magic treasure, he remained powerless against these flames.
The raging flames burned ever more fiercely, yet no foul stench of charred flesh filled the surrounding void. Instead, a faint, delicate fragrance spread through it. Shen Luo's Taiyi body had long since become as pure and flawless as glazed crystal.
"How could this happen?" Bai Xiaotian murmured, his eyes vacant.
Grief filled Lu Huaming's eyes. He had never imagined Shen Luo would meet such an end.
Unexpectedly, Demon Wind offered no mocking remarks. He simply stared at Shen Luo's burning body, his thoughts unknown.
After seven times seven breaths, the flames on Shen Luo's body vanished. Not a scrap of flesh remained. Only a skeleton, resembling gold and jade and shimmering with a crystalline luster, lay forlornly on the ground.
Around that bare skeleton lay the Pure Yang Flying Swords, the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, the Minghong Battle Saber, and his other treasures, scattered in disarray. Though none had been damaged, they showed not the slightest spiritual glow, looking no different from lifeless mundane objects.
Shen Luo... was dead?
Only now did that same thought finally arise in everyone's mind.
Supporting Fu Tu, Chaotic Black Lotus came to Demon Wind's side, still finding