Mountain Lord Luoyun froze for a moment.
"What surprise?"
Wuguang True Cultivator raised his wrist.
The Black Jade Bracelet he always wore slowly rotated.
Yin-yang qi poured out of it.
Finally, it condensed into a weak, pure-white divine soul before them.
"Master..."
A faint yet familiar voice reached them.
Mountain Lord Luoyun went rigid and looked up in disbelief.
"Pure Dust?!"
The divine soul confined by the yin-yang qi was none other than Gu Qingchen, whom Ye Li had burned before everyone!
But she was in a truly wretched state.
Her entire divine soul had turned translucent and insubstantial. Streams of crimson-gold fire filled it, still relentlessly burning the core essence of her true spirit!
"Pure Dust... isn't dead!"
Wild joy surged back into Mountain Lord Luoyun's eyes.
"True Cultivator, you actually saved her right before everyone's eyes?!"
A hint of smugness appeared on Wuguang True Cultivator's face as he smiled.
"When Ye Li burned her divine soul, I secretly activated this [Dao-Absorbing Bracelet]."
"With the sea of fire blocking everyone's senses, I drew her actual divine soul inside."
"What was completely burned away on the arena was merely a portion of soul radiance stripped from her."
"Even Liuli failed to notice."
Mountain Lord Luoyun's breathing grew heavy with excitement.
Looking at the crimson-gold flame streams on Gu Qingchen's divine soul, he felt little concern.
"As long as her true spirit remains, she has a chance to recover!"
"These flames may be troublesome."
"But at most, they're a technique left by a Sea-Illuminating Realm cultivator."
"With your cultivation, True Cultivator, extinguishing them should be effortless!"
"Of course."
Wuguang True Cultivator chuckled.
"Mere Sea-Illuminating Realm fire arts."
He raised his palm.
Vast Fortune-Mastery Realm immortal essence immediately surged out, completely enveloping Gu Qingchen's divine soul.
The yin-yang qi began grinding away