"Phew... I've broken through to Monarch."
Somewhere in the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm.
A red figure sat cross-legged and let out a breath.
Scarlet flames circled her, brimming with searing Law Power. She was none other than Chu Hong.
After Lan Yu, she too had broken through to the Monarch Realm.
"Wonderful. Now I'm another step closer to my brother."
Chu Hong was delighted.
After emerging from seclusion, she continued exploring the Fortune Xuanhuang Realm.
But just then, she suddenly overheard some people talking.
"Have you heard? Someone's targeting the Pangu Sect."
"That's perfectly normal. Every Pangu Sect cultivator possesses astonishing fortune. There's nothing strange about them being targeted."
"But I heard some Pangu Sect cultivators have been imprisoned in a valley. They haven't been killed, but they're being tormented and humiliated."
"Humiliated?"
"Yes. Apparently, Zhuyang of the Dragon Clan did it. He's imprisoned them in the valley and is burning them with Torch Dragon Fire, without taking their lives."
"What's he after?"
"Who knows..."
Their words reached Chu Hong's ears.
Her expression darkened instantly. "So, Zhuyang of the Dragon Clan. You dare humiliate the cultivators of my Pangu Sect? You're courting death!"
Her figure flashed as she seized several Dragon Clan cultivators and questioned them about Zhuyang's whereabouts.
Soon.
Chu Hong arrived at the valley everyone had mentioned.
The valley was enormous, with raging flames burning within. Ordinary cultivators would be burned if they so much as approached.
Quite a few cultivators stood around the valley.
They looked at a red figure above the valley and discussed him.
"Instead of killing them and taking their fortune, Zhuyang's imprisoned them in the valley to burn them with flames. What's he after, humiliating them like this?"
"Perhaps he wants to vent his humiliation over losing to Chu Kuangren back then."
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