Thieving Heaven Immortal Gu Hangs Above, Formless Hand Rains Down!

[ Ding—Congratulations, Host, for seizing the fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Reward: low-grade Heaven-tier soul Dou Technique, Formless Hand! ]

[ Soul power condenses into a massive blue palm that can steal items from those whose soul power is no greater than the user's! This includes soul-bound Heavenly Flames and other items! ]

[ Thieving Heaven Immortal Gu hangs above, Formless Hand rains down! ]

System rewards suddenly surfaced in Xuan Qing's mind, leaving him stunned.

Formless Hand! Wasn't that Thieving Heaven's killer move?

Reverend Gu had crossed over!

Still, this Dou Technique was truly wonderful. He had been worrying about how to get the Flame Mantra, and now a pillow had arrived just as he was feeling sleepy.

If he couldn't defeat Yao Chen, couldn't he just steal from Yao Chen? Hehehe!

Xuan Qing came back to his senses and looked at the map in his hand. Three Heavenly Flame locations were marked on it.

It also gave Xuan Qing pause for thought.

Could the markings on this map be for the Wind Fury Dragon Flame?

The Wind Fury Dragon Flame ran all over the place, while the Green Lotus Core Flame ended up suffering for it.

That kid Xiao Yan really was lucky. He had somehow stumbled upon the Green Lotus Core Flame by sheer accident. Nothing more needed to be said—he truly was the Child of Fortune.

Xuan Qing traveled through the desert with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

They found no trace of the Green Lotus Core Flame at either of the first two locations, and Xuan Qing couldn't help cursing his bad luck inwardly.

It seemed the Green Lotus Core Flame had to be at the last location.

Xiao Yi Xian wiped the sweat from her forehead and complained.

"Master, is there really a Heavenly Flame in this desert? We've already gone to two places. Why haven't we seen anything at all?"

Xuan Qing fed Xiao Yi Xian a medicinal pill.

"Xian'er, hold on a little longer. There's only one place left."

Xuan Qing lowered his head and looked at Qing Lin.

"Qing Lin, can you still keep going?"

Qing Lin's little face was flushed red as she gently nodded.

"I'm fine, Young Master. I've lived in the desert since I was little. I can keep going."

Following the map's guidance, Xuan Qing and his group—

Finally arrived at the last marked location: an enormous basin.

Xuan Qing spread out his soul power and sensed an opening beneath the center of the basin.

"Xian'er, Qing Lin, move back a little."

After Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin retreated, Xuan Qing drew a deep breath and stomped his foot.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out, and the entire ground trembled. Immediately afterward, the sand on the surface flowed down into the opening.

Before long, a hole appeared before the three of them.

A scorching heat wave capable of warping space gushed out from the hole.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xuan Qing took Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and slid straight down.

The blazing air currents rushed at them, and Xuan Qing used Dou Qi to shield Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.

Qing Lin tightly hugged Xuan Qing around the neck, as though doing so would make her feel better.

After sliding for an unknown amount of time, they soon arrived on a platform.

Below the platform lay a searing lake of magma. Just as Xuan Qing was about to put Qing Lin down—

The magma lake suddenly churned, and a giant two-headed snake dozens of meters long burst out of it.

Its crimson scales looked even redder under the glow of the magma, while surging waves of scorching heat coiled around its body.

It was none other than a fourth-tier magical beast, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake!

The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake stared fixedly at Xuan Qing's group of three, who had intruded into this place.

Its two enormous heads rose high at once, and its gaping maws snapped open. Two scorching hisses resounded across the stone platform, carrying rolling waves of intense heat.

One from the left and one from the right, they lunged fiercely at Xuan Qing's group!

"Young Master, be careful!"

Terrified, Qing Lin buried her head in Xuan Qing's chest and did not dare look outside. Xiao Yi Xian was also so frightened that she hid behind Xuan Qing, peeking out with half her head to watch the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

But just as the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake came within three meters of Xuan Qing, a heavy, vast Dou Emperor pressure abruptly erupted from Xuan Qing's body.

The invisible force pressed down like a mountain. The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which had just leaped into the air, suddenly froze.

Its massive body was directly slammed onto the stone platform by the pressure, its heads and snake body completely unable to move.

Its two heads twisted desperately, veins bulging along their necks, as it let out furious hisses at Xuan Qing's group.

Scalding breath continuously spewed from its mouths, but it could no longer move forward even half a step.

Xuan Qing gently patted Qing Lin's back and said to her—

"Qing Lin, it's all right now. Open your eyes and look into her eyes."

Though Qing Lin did not understand what Xuan Qing meant, she still nodded gently.

Her jade-green eyes stared intently into the eyes of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which was struggling on the ground.

Xuan Qing waited for a while, but when nothing happened, he thought over the original plot.

Did the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils need to be activated under intense emotional turmoil?

Xuan Qing looked at Qing Lin, who was still staring fixedly at the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and spoke.

"Qing Lin, imagine what you would do to this beast if it injured Sister Xiao Yi Xian and me."

Upon hearing Xuan Qing's words—

Qing Lin could not help thinking of how kindly Young Master and Sister Xiao Yi Xian had treated her over the past half month.

They had bought her clothes, let her eat her fill, and taught her how to cultivate...

The more Qing Lin thought about it, the angrier she became. Though it was only an imagined scene, she already wanted to skin the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake alive and rip out its tendons.

The instant that thought arose, a strange change came over her jade-green pupils.

Deep within her pupils, three tiny jade-green floral patterns slowly emerged, then began spinning rapidly.

The instant the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake met Qing Lin's jade-green pupils, its enormous body suddenly stiffened, and its hissing came to an abrupt halt.

The fury in its two pairs of snake eyes was instantly replaced by boundless terror.

It was a fear and submission that came from deep within its bloodline, from the very origin of its soul!

It felt as though the human before it were an emperor!

And it was merely a minister bowing its head in submission.

Its enormous body trembled uncontrollably. Its two heads lowered, unable to summon even the slightest desire to resist.

Behind Xuan Qing, Xiao Yi Xian's eyes widened in shock as she stared at the scene before her.

She tilted her head slightly, looked curiously at Xuan Qing, and softly asked, "Master, what's going on?"

Xuan Qing's gaze fell on Qing Lin's eyes, which still shimmered with jade light.

"These are the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils within Qing Lin."

"They are an exceptionally rare bloodline that can intimidate every snake-type magical beast in the world and make them submit from the depths of their souls."

"Just now, Qing Lin's thoughts stirred, and the power of her bloodline awakened on its own, directly controlling this fourth-tier Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake."

Qing Lin had yet to fully recover her senses. She blinked gently, and the three spinning jade patterns deep within her pupils gradually faded.

She looked at the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake sprawled on the ground, a trace of her earlier anger still lingering in her eyes.

Though still bound by the pressure, the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake did not dare raise its head. Its two heads hung even lower, and its entire body trembled without stop, completely stripped of the savage aura it had possessed when it burst from the magma lake.

Xiao Yi Xian clicked her tongue in amazement.