Ren Sea.
Within the main hall of Pure Harmony Palace, Netherglow flickered and violet lightning coursed. The dragonkin on the jade throne slowly opened his eyes and looked west, thoughtful.
"Clear Vast Way."
He was thinking about that immortal sect when the Great Void split open below the dais. Golden thunder spilled onto the floor, and a man in bronze battle armor stepped out. His bearing was steady, lightning shone in his eyes, and he carried the air of a great general. This was Bo Chang, the Purple Mansion cultivator sent by Mist Marsh.
This Soaring Serpent had descended from Deep Abyss in soul form, then reconstructed his Dharma Body with blood qi. His divine thunder arts were respectable; he counted as a trusted retainer and commander whom the Heaven's Eclipse lineage had cultivated for Xu Xuan.
He approached now, holding a miniature Water Transformation jade pool. Within it seethed an unruly black flame, which sometimes took the shape of arrows or venomous snakes. It was the [Great Fury Beast Flame].
"Your Majesty, I have brought the ultimate fire."
Bo Chang spoke with utmost respect. Xu Xuan nodded slightly from his jade throne, merely having him set down the ultimate fire in the jade pool and withdraw.
Xu Xuan turned his hand over and took out a jade slip inscribed in Sanskrit, with a translation in Chinese beside it. It contained the [Third Water-Fire Refining Method], given to him by Dragon Maiden Ashe.
After opening the jade slip, he sensed it briefly and detected an exalted, almost imperceptible presence faintly resting upon it, much like the Dragon Shedding he had seen before.
The venerable one has looked through this.
He already had some suspicions. Dragon Maiden Ashe had initially said the method for blending water and fire was lost, yet