If we talk about real power, Huo Wuhai's True Sun Fire couldn't match the power of the Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Formation, but the map of the formation understood by the Huashan Sect was incomplete, just a very basic assembly sufficient for a makeshift use, and the disciple holding the Immortal Flag had limited skills, unable to unleash the full power of the formation.

Huo Wuhai, holding the Five Clouds Separation and Union, although possessing only half of a Yin Talisman, the ancient treasure inherently had limitless wonderous uses, nurtured personally by the Master Lianshan for nearly a thousand years, and further refined by Shi Feiyang over a hundred days, becoming even more mystical, allowing Huo Wuhai to shoot out a cold light from the talisman to disperse any thunder fire that struck nearby.

The Huashan disciples couldn't hit him with their thunder strikes, but they couldn't withstand his True Sun Fire!

Twelve Sword Immortals were caught amidst boundless dazzlingly incandescent clouds of light, completely surrounded by blinding whiteness, the heat causing unbearable pain through their flesh.

This fire, unlike the Demon Fire used by Xing Kun to burn Liu Quan, which primarily manipulates one's Heart Fire from afar to burn their essence energy from both inside and outside, the True Sun Fire just baked from the outside inward with brute force, its temperature continuously climbing, making each successive wave of heat stronger than the last.

Huo Wuhai, squinting his fire eyes, shooting foot-long flames from his pupils, looked around and saw two Huashan disciples of weakest strength; the light from their Protective Dharma Treasures was thinning, nearly melting away, their body hair curled and sweat continuously seeping out and dried up by the heat, they were already at the point of drying up completely!

He instructed Deng Bagu to wait where she was, then flickered his body, using the Fire Escape within the True Sun Fire, appearing instantly before one of the Huashan disciples and striking him with the Sun Divine Needle.

The disciple urgently protected himself with his Flying Sword, but it was first penetrated by Huo Wuhai's Sun Divine Needle, piercing the Protective Dharma Treasure and then the Flying Sword, finally nailing through his head, killing him instantly; his body turned into ash within the flames.

Holding the Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Flag he governed, Huo Wuhai flew off to find his next target.

With one flag removed by him, the formation broke, and although it could still launch Fiery Fire Thunderbolts, it could no longer function normally, revealing vulnerabilities in its operation.

As Huo Wuhai continued to kill Huashan disciples and capture more Fiery Fire Flags, the power of the Supreme Heaven Fierce Flame emitted by the formation weakened, whereas the temperature of the True Sun Fire Cloud grew higher.

In the end, the four most skilled Huashan disciples realized something was wrong and, unable to withstand the surrounding True Sun Fire rapidly converging on them, they all stood up, aiming to break through the fiery waves and escape.

Huo Wuhai had already thrown out all his Sun Divine Needles, and although these people were also Independant Immortals who had formed their Golden Cores, and their Daoist power was not inferior to Huo Wuhai, given Huo Wuhai's extraordinary innate fire essence and possessing the Five Clouds Separation and Union talisman, not fearing the fire, and them being utterly exhausted, trapped from all sides by the True Fire Cloud and followed by the strikes of the Sun Divine Needles, none managed to escape and all were eradicated by Huo Wuhai.

The True Sun Fire Clouds released by Huo Wuhai were a blazing white, a broader range and sharper sight than the previous Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Formation, the Huashan Sect members, experts in using fire, could not even concentrate for long to observe closely; the twelve people setting up the formation were continuously killed within, none escaped, all turned into flying ash, unseen by those outside.

Until from the direction of Huashan, there flew the Sect Leader, the Fiery Fire Ancestor.

He was also a practitioner of both Buddhism and Daoist, but primarily focused on Dao. Having been defeated by the nun You Tan at Guiyuan Temple, he sought a way to integrate Buddhist Scriptures after returning because his progress in the Daoist path was hindered, seeking to advance further by combining Buddhism and Daoist, and also looking for a method to defeat You Tan in their third upcoming sword fight to avenge his earlier disgrace.

Master You Tan was one of the five superlative great masters of the Buddhist order in the Shushan World, specifically "three monks and two nuns," who had prevailed over three Sect Leader-level masters at Guiyuan Temple.

The first was the Sect Hierarch of the Eastern Demon Cult, Five Ghosts Heavenly King Shang Heyang. After that defeat, Shang Heyang had secluded himself on the summit of the Alpine Mountains, painfully refining the White Bone Heart-locking Hammer and the Demon Fire Golden Banner, preparing for revenge.

The second was the Sect Hierarch of the Western Demon Cult, Poison Dragon Venerable, who also bided his time enduring hardship, but given the vast size, wealth, and followers of the Western Demon Cult, he could not abandon everything to focus purely on refining treasures.

The third was this Sect Leader of the Huashan Sect, the Fiery Fire Ancestor!

In the previous two sword fights, the Emei Sect and Qingcheng Sect were aligned together against the Wutai Sect and the Huashan Sect, all renowned for their swordsmanship, where the emphasis was on swordfight rather than magical duels.

The Huashan Sect was known for its swordsmanship, but last time they were defeated by the Buddhist nun You Tan's Flying Sword. Analyzing his defeat, the Fiery Fire Ancestor concluded it was due to the inadequacy of his Flying Sword, unable to contend with Master You Tan's Nine Heavenly Dragon Demon Suppressing Swords, and thus after much sorrowful contemplation, he invested considerable resources and effort into forging a Fiery Fire Thunder Sound Sword, though it couldn't match the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword that the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor was currently refining, yet he supposed it would be enough to overpower the Nine Heavenly Dragon Demon Suppressing Swords.

Over these years, besides contemplating the Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Formation with the Taiyin Hunyuan Ancestor at Golden Bull Cave, the Fiery Fire Ancestor secluded himself, rarely leaving, spending his time refining swords, delegating many duties of the sect to his disciples.

Today, having been informed by a disciple that someone had attacked, brandishing the Snow Soul Pearl, a special item known to counter the sect's Daoist Techniques, the Fiery Fire Ancestor, whose Fiery Fire Thunder Sound Sword had yet to be perfected, sensed a grave situation; he permitted his disciple to take the twelve Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Flags and refine both the intruder and the Snow Soul Pearl into flying ash.

He thought this magical duel would take place right at his doorstep, where most of his disciples were present, and collectively, armed with the Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Flags, they would surely accomplish the task, so he continued refining his sword in the cave.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly felt an alarm in his heart, the Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Flags had been stolen by the enemy. No longer able to remain seated, he personally emerged from the cave and saw not far to the west of Hua Mountain, a vast expanse of dazzling white light clouds illuminating hundreds of miles as if it were day, and he instantly realized, "It's True Sun Fire!"

After Huo Wuhai had collected all twelve Supreme Heaven Fierce Fire Flags, he went back to find Deng Bagu, "Senior Sister, hurry!"

Shi Feiyang had sent him a message with his Flying Sword, ordering him to leave immediately after collecting the twelve fire flags without a moment's delay.

Deng Bagu had been staying still, not because she couldn't move, but because her Snow Soul Pearl was incompatible with this junior brother's fiery nature. Acting rashly could likely interfere with each other and cause mutual harm.

At that moment, the two joined forces, and Huo Wuhai employed an Escape Skill. Wrapped in a whirl of fiery auras, they shot through the night sky toward the southwest, simultaneously opening their mouths to suck all the blazing white lights back in.

Suddenly, they heard an angry shout, "Thinking of leaving after stealing the treasure of our sect? Can you escape?"

Both felt a tightening sensation on their bodies, realizing they were bound by a prohibition.

Huo Wuhai, with his Fire Eyes, saw a huge fiery circle with a diameter of over a hundred yards surrounding them, emitting flames converging towards the center to burn them.

Huo Wuhai continued to inhale sharply, sucking in the True Sun Fire he had previously released along with these flames, distorting and shrinking the large fiery ring until it too was drawn into his stomach.

Fiery Fire Ancestor was utterly shocked, "He's a Fire Essence!"

Realizing that the opponent was refined from the essence of fire through relentless forging, Fiery Fire Ancestor immediately felt a desire to nurture such talent. Seeing the young boy wrapped in spiritual energy, his divinity focused and contained, he grew even fonder. If he could take him under his wing and pass on all his knowledge, with the boy's innate talent, he would surely exceed his master. He then planned to give him the Fiery Fire Thunder Sound Sword to defeat the old monk You Tan in a swordfight, avenging his past humiliation!

With this thought in mind, his spell was broken, and he did not resort to using the devastating magical treasures he had prepared.

Deng Bagu, along with Huo Wuhai, also showed some tacit understanding. While Huo Wuhai broke the spell by absorbing the fire, Deng Bagu locked on Fiery Fire Ancestor, unleashing the Ice Soul Divine Light Sword, secretly embedding a Cold Flame Divine Thunder within it.

The Cold Flame Divine Thunder, a unique Thunder Pearl crafted by Xiankong Ancestor of the North Sea's Wuding Island, was initially intended for overcoming Heavenly Tribulations and breaking through the Qiantian True Fire. He had also planned to use it against the Myriad Cold Centipede. After the centipede's demise, it was intended for use against the Demon Dragon, but having later befriended the Dragon Emperor, he stored them in the Cold Mist Cauldron.

When he received Shi Feiyang's Flying Sword Transmission, he traveled through the Earth Axis to find Deng Bagu. After some calculations, he knew some of the key causal threads and proactively gave Deng Bagu a gourd of Cold Flame Divine Thunders, explaining the usage specifically mentioning, "Dragon Emperor intends to eradicate demons in Central Earth. I should be there to help, but with the Dragon Emperor's vast divine skills and boundless mana, he can handle it himself, whether I am there or not doesn't matter.

Moreover, I've been refining elixirs recently. Since my ungrateful disciple betrayed our teachings and stole many, what's left is hardly usable, yet those elixirs are crucial for my upcoming Earth Immortal's Final Tribulation, so I can't leave. Only this gourd of divine thunders is still usable; I give it to you as a token. When you reach Central Plains, you'll find many uses for it. Although your Snow Soul Pearl is immensely powerful, sometimes it's not as handy as this little thunder pearl."

Deng Bagu listened to his long-winded reasoning, mildly annoyed by his preambles and gift, but knowing the elder's deep and powerful cultivation, and that even her master must show him some respect, she couldn't be discourteous or ungrateful.

Thus, she thanked Xiankong Ancestor, planning to return the favor someday when she passed by Wuding Island again.

Today, facing Fiery Fire Ancestor, knowing that this rascal was closely connected with the Western Demon Cult, especially friends with Poison Dragon Venerable, and had even dragged Poison Dragon Venerable's junior, Shi Nanxi, into the Huashan Sect to make him Vice Sect Leader, she deeply understood the true nature of the Western Demon Cult.

Deng Bagu was not afraid of him, and had wished to gauge their powers against each other using her Snow Soul Pearl. However, due to Huo Wuhai's urgency to escape, they had to break free quickly, prompting her to unleash the Cold Flame Divine Thunder.

Xiankong Ancestor, an Eccentric Earth Immortal, crafted exceedingly cunning and malevolent magical treasures. Although it was only one Cold Flame Divine Thunder, when it exploded, it released a vast amount of Cold Flame Cold Light.

This Cold Flame Cold Light wouldn't dissipate but rather seep into any crevice and stick to anyone it touched, impossible to shake off and continuing to burn the person into a heap of ice residue until it was spent, a maneuver somewhat reminiscent of the Demon Cult's methods. When two streams of Cold Flame Cold Light encountered each other, they would briefly entangle and rub against each other, exploding anew and scattering even finer strands of Cold Flame Cold Light around again and again.

Fiery Fire Ancestor, focused on how to capture and then subdue Huo Wuhai, initially didn't pay much attention to her powerful move. After absorbing the impact of the thunder pearl with his Protective Fire Light, he saw the swirling Cold Flame Cold Light and immediately recognized the method of Xiankong Ancestor of the North Sea's Wuding Island, another adversary with counteracting attributes!

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