"This fellow... he actually didn't die? Could it be that he never went to subdue the Phoenix Nirvana Fire?"
Zhu Long's expression turned incomparably ugly.
In truth, he had intended to give the Phoenix Nirvana Fire to Qi Zique.
He had naturally received the Undying Tribulation Demon God's orders to rescue the Demon Tower Divine King. That was why he had devised this plan of killing two birds with one stone, sending Lu Ren to retrieve the Phoenix Nirvana Fire.
As long as Lu Ren approached the Phoenix Nirvana Fire, the Demon Tower Divine King would refine Lu Ren's Divine Core, restore his divine soul, recover a measure of his strength, and then secretly tear through space to leave the Five Elements Otherworld.
And once Lu Ren died, he could reinstate Qi Zique as the Divine Son and have him subdue the Phoenix Nirvana Fire.
Yet Lu Ren had not died. He had returned alive.
Hu Bang's expression was equally ugly. The sect master had sworn with absolute certainty that Lu Ren would certainly die after entering the Five Elements Otherworld, yet reality had slapped them hard across the face.
"Lu Ren, what Exotic Fire did you subdue?"
One of the sect elders asked.
With a wave of his hand, Lu Ren gathered a strand of phoenix fire in his palm. It radiated terrifying ferocity, causing the Exotic Five Elements within many disciples' bodies to stir restlessly.
"Phoenix Nirvana Fire, hahaha! Excellent, Lu Ren. With the Phoenix Nirvana Fire, you possess sufficient means of self-preservation. So long as you do not encounter an enemy vastly stronger than yourself, your life will not be in danger!"
The sect elder laughed as well.
The Phoenix Nirvana Fire's limit was roughly seventy thousand years. To nurture it to one hundred thousand years was