Lihuo Divine Furnace

The Imperial Dragon Qi of Great Xia possessed tyrannical power that dominated heaven and earth. It was said to be indestructible, capable of breaking anything and shaking the heavens and earth.

At Xia Weier's command, it displayed incomparably astonishing might, instantly killing several disciples who had been laughing the hardest, leaving only a rain of blood drifting through the air.

The moment the nine little heavenly dragons charged out, the disciples could no longer laugh. Though they were only in the Wheel and Sea Realm,

they still had enough discernment to see that this was clearly not something they could contend with.

"Has Senior Brother Li really gone west just like that? I refuse to believe it. He was the strongest disciple of our sect!"

"How could she be so powerful? Could she be a successor from some ancient holy land or aristocratic family?" For a moment, the disciples were stunned.

They instantly gathered together, as though that could give them even the slightest sense of security.

In this remote region, these lower-tier sects were somewhat like frogs at the bottom of a well.

They all believed that even outstanding disciples of holy lands would find it difficult to reach such a level at this age.

"Let me see what you're capable of." The Lihuo Sect Master transformed into a crimson divine streak and charged toward Xia Weier.

When he was several dozen yards away, he let out a roar. His palm and fingers moved slowly, as though outlining a towering mountain.

A powerful aura radiated from his body. It was as if he were embracing a massive mountain and pressing it down upon Xia Weier.

It carried destructive force, as though an invisible immense power could crush everything into pieces.

"Mountain-Holding Seal!!!"

"Our sect's supreme divine art! I never expected the sect master to have mastered it as well."

Its name came from the power of ten thousand mountains contained within the seal. This seal could shatter mountains and split rocks, destroy all things, and was their sect's supreme offensive divine ability.

The Mountain-Holding Seal resembled a colossal mountain, steady and majestic, fierce beyond compare. The Lihuo Sect Master strode through the air, and the entire void trembled.

Only under the protection of the elders beside them did the gathered disciples barely manage to stand firm.

Xia Weier had come specifically to temper herself, so naturally, she could not use the Secret of Xing to evade it.

The Lihuo Sect Master was merely in the same realm as her, and the Taihuang Scripture she cultivated did not permit retreat.

The Taihuang Scripture was unmatched in offensive power. It was said to break all techniques and was a supreme sacred art of attack, possessing unimaginable combat strength. It faintly bore the title of the greatest in the present age.

The only art capable of rivaling it was the "Dou" formula among the Nine Secrets. The two supreme offensive arts had never truly clashed, and the world wished to know which was superior, but had never gotten its wish.

A golden divine dragon emerged from Xia Weier's body and instantly grew to nearly a hundred yards long. The divine dragon extended its claws, Imperial Dragon Qi filling the void as it suppressed the massive mountain.

Divine Dragon Claws clashed with the Mountain-Holding Seal.

Endless divine might spread out, and heaven and earth seemed to fall deathly silent in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the dragon claws collided with the mountain. The sky seemed ready to collapse, the earth seemed ready to overturn, and even the peaks below were pressed down more than a dozen yards out of thin air.

A terrifying aura surged in every direction. Those elders and disciples who had barely managed to remain in the sky fell like dumplings from the air, smashing themselves bloody and breaking bones and tendons.

"Rumble..."

A deafening boom rang out. The colossal mountain manifested by the Lihuo Sect Master was pierced through and shattered by the dragon claws, which, wreathed in Imperial Dragon Qi, struck him like lightning.

The Lihuo Sect Master's chest instantly caved in, his heart smashed to pieces. He was sent flying several hundred yards away like a rag doll.

Covered in blood, he fell diagonally downward like a bird with broken wings. He crashed through several halls before finally stopping, without the slightest movement.

"No, Sect Master!" Several elders barely endured the pressure and chased after the direction in which their sect master had fallen.

"Quickly, invite the Supreme Patriarch!"

"Ask the patriarch to leave seclusion!" The barely conscious disciples and elders all cried out. The grief-stricken voices of nearly a hundred cultivators shot into the heavens.

"Boom!"

A thunderous rumble came from a towering peak within the Lihuo Sect. The mountain exuded an air of solemnity, antiquity, and grandeur.

Dense clouds and mist coiled around the peak's summit, making it resemble a solemn immortal realm.

An old man shot out from the mountaintop. The clouds and mist surrounding the peak seemed to be sliced in two by a divine sword.

"This is not a place where you may act so outrageously."

The old man who emerged through the clouds had a crystalline divine furnace floating above his head. It looked as though it had been refined from multicolored crystal, beautiful and gleaming.

"The Supreme Elder has finally emerged from seclusion!"

"Please uphold justice for us disciples. Severely punish this pair of fiends and hang them before the mountain gate for a hundred years, to honor our fallen senior brothers and juniors."

With the Supreme Elder out of seclusion, these disciples finally had someone to rely on. Even the sect master had been defeated, so they could only depend on the patriarch.

Their patriarch controlled the Lihuo Sect's sect-protecting treasure, the Lihuo Divine Furnace. In this region, no one had ever been able to defeat him.

"Be careful of that divine furnace." Jiang Yun warned from behind.

Xia Weier also stopped to observe. This Supreme Elder was the strongest person in the sect, two realms above her.

"You indulged bandits in committing evil. Today, I will use your blood to wash away this filth." Xia Weier spoke with a righteous expression.

The Supreme Elder looked upon the scene at the mountain gate, his fury erupting skyward. How many years had it been? How many years since anyone had dared to behave so insolently before him?

"You're courting death!" The Supreme Elder unleashed a strange footwork technique, drifting toward Xia Weier like a ghost at an incomparably fast speed.

The Lihuo Divine Furnace floating above the Supreme Elder's head expanded in the wind, instantly growing to a hundred meters tall as fiery clouds surged into the sky.

The divine furnace emitted a strange Dao rhythm, as though it had become the only thing between heaven and earth.

The hundred-meter-tall divine furnace charged straight at Xia Weier and the divine dragon.

The divine dragon formed from Imperial Dragon Qi swung its enormous body, its tail lashing toward the divine furnace with lightning speed.

The void itself seemed to be torn open, swallowing all light.

"Clang!"

With a thunderous impact, the divine furnace was sent flying, a clear dent visible upon it. The divine dragon also visibly shrank somewhat.

Xia Weier let out a soft breath. It was enough that she had left a mark.

She felt that although this furnace was extraordinary, it was not as powerful as she had imagined.

With a flash of light, the Lihuo Divine Furnace instantly restored itself, as though it possessed an indestructible power, once more becoming crystalline and translucent.

Xia Weier was somewhat astonished. She had not expected the divine furnace to repair itself automatically.

Then boundless radiance burst from her brow. Waves of dragon roars came from the Sea of Bitterness Dao Palace Secret Realm. The dragon roars were lofty and deep, like ocean waves crashing amid surging tides, carrying an aura of solemn majesty.

The dragon roars echoed through heaven and earth, as though they could overturn the world. The disciples below the Dao Palace immediately collapsed to the ground in agony, while blood streamed from the seven orifices of the weaker ones.

Imperial Dragon Qi surged, nearly filling the entire pure land. A dragon diagram vaguely appeared behind Xia Weier, and nine enormous divine dragons took form, chasing after the divine furnace as they sought to blast it apart.