A short while earlier.
Inside a tea shop on Taibai Street in Liuxian Town.
Fairy Lingyue and Su Chan sat facing each other at an old tea table, each with a steaming cup of emerald-green tea before them. A Spirit Mirror and an Incense Burner holding a burning stick of incense stood at the center of the table.
Snap!
Just then, Fairy Lingyue, who had been staring intently at Su Chan, suddenly snapped her fingers.
Immediately, Su Chan's head burst apart with a bang, turning into a mass of flames.
But a moment later, as a wisp of smoke rose from the Incense Burner, Su Chan's shattered, burning head suddenly began returning to its original state without warning.
With half his head restored and the other half still in flames, Su Chan looked at Fairy Lingyue calmly and said:
"Summoning True Fire with a mere snap of your fingers. Impressive, Senior."
At this point, Su Chan lowered his gaze to the incense on the table, then continued:
"But you needn't waste your strength, Senior. Before this Return to Dust Incense burns out, no matter how many times you kill me, I will remain completely unharmed."
Fairy Lingyue lifted her teacup and took a sip, then smiled with narrowed eyes.
"Would you like to try Buddhism's Red Lotus Karmic Fire?"
At those words, Su Chan's previously composed expression changed drastically.
Buddhism's Red Lotus Karmic Fire could burn a person or an object to ashes, along with all the karma of their existence.
Even a supreme treasure like the Return to Dust Incense could not restore them.
But soon, Su Chan's expression regained its calm.
Then he calmly lifted his teacup, took a sip, and said evenly:
"If you summon Red Lotus Karmic Fire in the Lower Realm, Senior, I'm afraid you