Chapter 178: Blazing Over the Six Harmonies, All Things Bow Down
Within the isolation array, Hua Changxi watched with a tense expression as the Floating Light Sword, suspended in mid-air, glowed increasingly brighter.
Not long after the red flame appeared, the Floating Light Sword broke free from her grasp and flew directly into the air; she couldn’t control it at all.
The Floating Light Sword, having absorbed the exotic fire, had its power surge. Although she still had a connection with the Floating Light Sword and could sense it, with her current strength, she seemed unable to subdue it.
Hua Changxi knew that if a spiritual artifact’s power was too great and its owner’s cultivation hadn’t caught up, they would suffer a backlash, which made her extremely worried.
Initially, only the red flame coiled around the sword’s body. Before long, the orange flame also flew out, followed by the yellow flame, then the green flame, and after that, the cyan flame, blue flame, and purple flame.
As more and more exotic fires flew out, the Floating Light Sword’s sword cry, like a beating heart, grew faster, and the temperature in the air rose higher. When all seven types of exotic fire coiled around the sword’s body, the Polar Cold Marrow Jade on Hua Changxi’s body began to melt.
The Polar Cold Marrow Jade was about the size of a baby’s palm. Seeing it melt and shrink at a visible rate, Hua Changxi’s heart leaped into her throat, and her face showed a look of anxiety.
Without the Polar Cold Marrow Jade, she would most likely not be able to withstand the seven types of exotic fire.
If she couldn’t withstand the exotic fire, to avoid a backlash, she would have to abandon the Floating Light Sword and actively sever her connection with it.
The Floating Light Sword could absorb exotic fire. Knowing it was a spiritual sword of high grade, Hua Changxi naturally didn’t want to give it up.
However, at this moment, looking at the Floating Light Sword simultaneously surrounded by seven-colored exotic fire, she couldn’t stop it. She could only sense that the Floating Light Sword was currently very joyful, as if a withered tree was about to bloom in spring.
Just as only one-third of the Polar Cold Marrow Jade remained, the seven types of exotic fire, which had been clearly distinct, began to fuse.
In almost an instant, the temperature in the air rose several times over.
Hua Changxi discovered with horror that the temperature was so high that the air itself began to distort. In the next moment, before her astonished eyes, the Polar Cold Marrow Jade melted completely in the blink of an eye.
“Crack~”
The isolation array and defense formation Hua Changxi had set up were not of high grade to begin with. They couldn’t withstand such high temperatures at all. Without the Polar Cold Marrow Jade to bear the brunt, they collapsed directly.
In an instant, the Floating Light Sword and Hua Changxi appeared within the sight of Baili Changfeng and his two disciples.
The terrifying high temperature struck. All four of them, disregarding everything else, simultaneously moved away from the Floating Light Sword and flew into the distance.
Upon reaching a place where they could withstand the high temperature, Hua Changxi and Baili Changfeng’s group looked back at the Floating Light Sword, which was blazing with intense flames in the distance, with lingering fear.
Xia Yang stammered, “Master, what is this?”
Xia Xue also looked shocked, “Seven types of exotic fire fusing, could it really be generating the Great Sun Divine Flame?”
As soon as she said this, Baili Changfeng glared at Xia Xue.
Xia Xue was startled and then saw Hua Changxi looking at her in surprise.
“Great Sun Divine Flame?”
Hua Changxi looked at Baili Changfeng and asked for confirmation, “Will the fusion of seven types of exotic fire generate the Great Sun Divine Flame?”
Seeing that his disciple had let slip a secret, and knowing that Hua Changxi was a Nascent Soul Cultivator who would undoubtedly learn about the Great Sun Divine Flame if she didn’t perish midway, Baili Changfeng could only nod helplessly.
As expected, when he nodded, Hua Changxi’s eyes lit up.
Xia Xue, knowing her master didn’t want outsiders to obtain the Artifact Saint Palace’s Great Sun Divine Flame, quickly tried to salvage the situation by saying, “Senior Hua, the Great Sun Divine Flame is immensely powerful. Although you are a Nascent Soul Cultivator, you probably cannot subdue the divine flame.”
Hua Changxi agreed with this statement. She also noticed the tension of Baili Changfeng and his disciples and said calmly, “Even if the seven types of exotic fire fuse and generate the Great Sun Divine Flame, its power will be greatly diminished.”
“If its power were not reduced, you and I would likely have turned to ashes by now.” Even the seven-colored exotic fire was not something she, a Nascent Soul Cultivator, could withstand.
Baili Changfeng was not surprised that Hua Changxi could discern this and sighed, “Even so, subduing the Great Sun Divine Flame is still a very dangerous matter.”
Hua Changxi looked at him, “The Fusang Tree is the divine wood of the Artifact Saint Palace. The Great Sun Divine Flame it nurtures, does the Artifact Saint Palace have no means to subdue it? Must one wait until advancing to the Deity Realm to possess the Great Sun Divine Flame?”
Baili Changfeng did not answer this question.
Hua Changxi felt that the Artifact Saint Palace should have a way to subdue the Great Sun Divine Flame, but Baili Changfeng wouldn’t tell her. “Fellow Daoist Baili, how about we make a deal?”
Baili Changfeng looked over, still saying nothing.
Hua Changxi continued, “Since we know that the fusion of seven types of exotic fire can generate the Great Sun Divine Flame, why don’t I help you capture exotic fires, and you tell me the method for generating the Great Sun Divine Flame from exotic fires? This way, we can both possess the Great Sun Divine Flame.”
Hearing this, Xia Yang and Xia Xue were somewhat tempted. If they could possess the Great Sun Divine Flame earlier, their strength would definitely increase significantly, and with the Great Sun Divine Flame, the quality of spiritual artifacts they refined would also be higher.
However, Baili Changfeng refused without even thinking, “The Great Sun Divine Flame is the treasure flame of the Artifact Saint Palace. As a disciple of the Artifact Saint Palace, I will not trade our treasure flame with outsiders.”
Hua Changxi looked regretful upon hearing this, but she didn’t say anything more. She raised her eyes to look at the Floating Light Sword in the distance.
Perhaps it was due to the absence of the Polar Cold Marrow Jade’s influence, but Hua Changxi could now sense the changes in the Floating Light Sword more clearly. As she focused her mind on the connection with the Floating Light Sword, her eyes suddenly lit up.
She sensed how the Floating Light Sword was controlling the fusion process of the seven types of exotic fire!
Could she then follow suit and fuse the seven strands of exotic fire in her Dantian into the Great Sun Divine Flame?
However, the moment the seven types of exotic fire began to fuse, their power surged. Could her Dantian withstand it?
Hua Changxi looked at Baili Changfeng again, “Fellow Daoist Baili, that sword was hard-won. I don’t want to lose it. Considering I’ve saved you and your disciples several times on our journey, could you please tell me how a low-level cultivator can withstand the Great Sun Divine Flame?”
Although Baili Changfeng still didn’t want to say, he thought that the Fusang Divine Wood was still in the interface space rift, and Hua Changxi couldn’t possibly obtain it. He then said, “If Senior can obtain a branch of the Fusang Divine Wood, with the divine wood suppressing it, you can subdue the Great Sun Divine Flame.”
Hua Changxi was speechless at this answer. The Fusang Divine Wood was hidden in a space rift; where was she supposed to find it?
“Besides the Fusang Divine Wood, is there no other way?”
Baili Changfeng shook his head, “This is the only method I know.”
Hua Changxi’s brows furrowed. She couldn’t withstand the terrifying power of the Great Sun Divine Flame. Did she really have to give up the Floating Light Sword?
As the seven-colored exotic fire continued to intertwine and fuse, the flame’s color gradually faded, changing from colorful to white.
When the flames coiling around the sword’s body completely turned white, the Floating Light Sword transformed into a white flaming sword. A terrifying Extreme Yang Power swept through the entire Tang Valley like a tornado.
In an instant, Hua Changxi and Baili Changfeng’s group were all forced to their knees by the soul-stirring, immense force, unable to even lift their heads.
Baili Changfeng said with a trembling voice, “The Great Sun Divine Flame emerges, illuminating the six directions, all things bow down.”
Hua Changxi’s heart trembled upon hearing this, but she disliked this posture of kneeling on the ground, unable to lift her head. She immediately circulated her spiritual energy, wanting to resist the immense force pressing down on her and stand up.
As she circulated her spiritual energy with all her might, the Nascent Soul suspended above her Dantian Qi Sea slowly opened its tightly shut eyes, half-open like a Bodhisattva in a temple, looking down at the Qi Sea below.
The Nascent Soul spread its arms and began forming seals.
In an instant, the Qi Sea began to boil, and the Fire Spiritual Energy within the Qi Sea started to steam upwards.
As the Fire Spiritual Energy continued to rise, a Vermilion Bird condensed above the Qi Sea.
The Vermilion Bird wanted to spread its wings and soar, but it was suppressed by the external force.
The Nascent Soul felt the obstruction and frowned. The moment it frowned, the Black Flame in the Nascent Soul’s heart ignited and quickly covered half of the Nascent Soul’s face.
Forced to her knees by the Great Sun Divine Flame, Hua Changxi felt a sense of crisis. The sense of crisis triggered her anxiety and fear. Initially, the anxiety and fear were not too intense, but when the Black Flame ignited, her anxiety and fear instantly magnified several times over.
Drowned by anxiety and fear, Hua Changxi felt a threat of death, and a desire for destruction surged in her heart.
As the desire for destruction lingered in her mind, the Black Flame in the Nascent Soul’s heart burned even more fiercely, not only covering half of the Nascent Soul’s face but also rapidly covering its body and arms.
Just then, a sharp pain on the back of her hand pulled Hua Changxi out of the death threat.
Looking at the Black Fish pattern that appeared on the back of her hand, the color of the Black Fish was the deepest since she acquired her Awakening Mark.
The ink-like Black Fish pattern reminded Hua Changxi, urging her to control her emotions, which were being manipulated by the fear of death.
The Awakening Mark perceives one’s own desires and is also the manifestation of the Black Flame.
Hua Changxi quickly performed an internal scan of her Dantian and was greatly alarmed to see that the Black Flame was about to cover half of the Nascent Soul’s body. She quickly began reciting the Heart Cleansing Mantra given by Master Wuchen.
As she struggled to control the fear in her heart, three golden lights shot towards the Floating Light Sword like meteors.
“It’s the Great Sun Divine Flame.”
The newcomers exclaimed loudly and then let out a long laugh to the sky.
“Eldest Brother, we have the Golden Crow Bloodline. This Great Sun Divine Flame is tailor-made for us.”
“The Great Sun Divine Flame is the ultimate Yang flame formed by the convergence of all Yang. It specifically counters the Yin power of the Nine Netherworlds. After subduing it, we will be able to roam freely in the Nine Netherworlds. Even when we return to the Human World, we won’t have to hide.”
Hua Changxi and Baili Changfeng’s group became anxious upon hearing that these three individuals possessed the Golden Crow Bloodline.
It was known that before Ancient Times, the Great Sun Divine Flame was the innate flame of pure Golden Crows.
“You three traitors of the human race, don’t even think about stealing the Artifact Saint Palace’s treasure flame.”
Hearing Baili Changfeng’s angry roar, Hua Changxi instinctively felt that something bad was about to happen. Those three had not noticed them at all initially, but with his shout, they had exposed themselves.
Just as Hua Changxi had predicted, when the three discovered them kneeling on the ground, they immediately exuded killing intent.
“Third Brother, go and deal with those four!”
Sensing a dense Demonic Energy rapidly approaching, Hua Changxi grew anxious. She could no longer bother with reciting the Heart Cleansing Mantra and once again circulated her spiritual energy with all her might.
The newcomer was extremely fast, arriving at Hua Changxi’s group’s location within a few breaths.
“To be able to reach here, you are quite capable. Die!”
As soon as the words fell, the newcomer launched a fierce attack towards the four.
A fatal death crisis struck. In Hua Changxi’s Dantian Qi Sea, the Black Flame ‘boom’ed and instantly expanded several times, covering half of the Nascent Soul’s body. The Vermilion Bird, which had been suppressed and unable to spread its wings, suddenly blazed with red light and fiercely rushed out of the Dantian.
“Caw~”
A Vermilion Bird radiating colorful auspicious light flew out of Hua Changxi’s body. It not only dispersed the attack but also sent the demonic follower who was attacking Hua Changxi’s group flying far away.
