Lihuo Divine Furnace

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

With a single invocation from Xia Weier, its power was incomparably immense. In an instant, it killed 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 rushed forth, those disciples could no longer laugh. Though they were merely at the Wheel and Sea Realm,

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

"Did Senior Brother Li just die like that? I refuse to believe it. He was the strongest disciple of our sect!"

"How could she be so powerful? Could she be an heir from some ancient holy land or aristocratic clan?" For a time, the disciples were utterly stunned.

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

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

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

"Let me experience your methods." The Lihuo Sect's leader transformed into a crimson divine streak and charged toward Xia Weier.

When he reached a distance of several dozen zhang, he let out a loud shout. His palms and fingers moved slowly, as if sketching out a towering mountain.

A powerful aura erupted from him. It was as though he held an enormous mountain in his arms as he pressed down upon Xia Weier.

It carried a destructive force, as if an invisible tremendous power could crush everything into pieces.

"Mountain-Holding Seal!!!"

"Our sect-defending divine art! I never expected the sect leader to have mastered it too."

Its name came from the power of ten thousand mountains contained within the seal. This strike could shatter mountains and split rocks, destroying all things. It was their sect-defending offensive divine ability.

The Mountain-Holding Seal resembled a colossal mountain—steady, immense, and incomparably fierce. The Lihuo Sect leader strode through the air, making the entire void tremble.

The disciples gathered nearby could barely keep their footing only under the protection of the elders beside them.

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

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

The Taihuang Scripture was unrivaled in offensive power. It was said to break all techniques, an unsurpassed sacred art of attack with unimaginable battle strength, faintly reputed to be the greatest of the present age.

The only technique capable of rivaling it was the "Dou" secret art among the Nine Secrets. These two great sacred offensive arts had never truly clashed, and everyone wished to know which was superior. Unfortunately, they had never gotten their wish.

A golden divine dragon emerged from Xia Weier's body and instantly expanded to nearly a hundred zhang in size. The divine dragon extended its claws, Imperial Dragon Qi filling the void as it suppressed the enormous mountain.

Divine Dragon Claws versus the Mountain-Holding Seal.

Boundless divine might spread through the air, and heaven and earth seemed to fall 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 ready to overturn, and even the peaks below were pressed several dozen zhang shorter out of thin air.

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

"Rumble."

A deafening boom rang out. The gigantic mountain manifested by the Lihuo Sect leader was pierced and shattered on the spot by the dragon claws, which flashed with Imperial Dragon Qi as they struck his body like lightning.

The Lihuo Sect leader's chest instantly caved in, his heart shattered. Like a rag doll, he was blasted several hundred zhang away.

Covered in blood, he fell diagonally like a bird with broken wings. He crashed through several halls before finally coming to a stop, utterly motionless.

"No, Sect Leader!" Several elders barely endured the pressure and rushed toward the direction where their sect leader had fallen.

"Quick, invite the Supreme Elder!"

"Ask the ancestor to emerge from seclusion!" The barely conscious disciples and elders all cried out. The sobbing voices of nearly a hundred cultivators shot into the heavens.

"Boom!"

A thunderous roar came from a towering mountain within the Lihuo Sect. The mountain gave off a solemn, ancient, and majestic feeling.

Dense clouds wrapped around its summit, making it resemble a solemn immortal realm.

An old man tore through the air from the mountaintop. The clouds surrounding the peak seemed to have been cleaved in two by a divine sword.

"This is not a place where you can act so arrogantly."

The old man who emerged through the clouds had a crystalline Divine Furnace hovering above his head. It looked as though it had been forged from multicolored crystal, beautiful and sparkling.

"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 brothers."

With the Supreme Elder out of seclusion, these disciples finally had someone to rely on. Even their sect leader had been defeated; they could only depend on their ancestor now.

Their ancestor controlled the Lihuo Divine Furnace, the Lihuo Sect's sect-defending treasure. 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 and observed him. This Supreme Elder was the strongest person in this sect, two realms above her.

"You indulged bandits in committing evil. Today, I will use your blood to cleanse this filth." Xia Weier spoke with righteous indignation.

The Supreme Elder looked at the scene within the mountain gate, his fury soaring to the heavens. How many years had it been? How many years had passed since anyone dared act so brazenly before him?

"You're courting death!" The Supreme Elder used a strange movement 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 with the wind, instantly growing to a hundred meters tall as blazing fire clouds surged into the sky.

The Divine Furnace radiated a strange Dao rhythm, as though it had become the only thing between heaven and earth.

The hundred-meter-tall Divine Furnace charged directly toward Xia Weier and the divine dragon.

The divine dragon formed from Imperial Dragon Qi twisted its massive body, its tail lashing toward the Divine Furnace like lightning.

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

"Clang!"

With a tremendous crash, the Divine Furnace was sent flying. A clear dent had appeared on it, while the divine dragon had visibly shrunk somewhat as well.

Xia Weier let out a soft breath. It was enough as long as she could leave a mark.

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

In a flash of light, the Lihuo Divine Furnace instantly restored itself. It seemed to possess an indestructible power, regaining its crystalline appearance.

Xia Weier was somewhat astonished. She had not expected the Divine Furnace to repair itself automatically.

Then boundless radiance burst from between her brows. Dragon roars rang out from the Sea of Bitterness and Dao Palace Secret Realm, high and deep like the roar of waves amid a surging sea, carrying a solemn and majestic aura.

The dragon roars resounded through heaven and earth, as though they could overturn the world itself. The disciples below the Dao Palace immediately collapsed to the ground in agony, while weaker disciples bled from all seven orifices.

Imperial Dragon Qi surged, nearly filling the entire pure land. A dragon diagram faintly appeared behind Xia Weier, and nine enormous divine dragons took form, pursuing the Divine Furnace in an attempt to smash it apart.