Old Lord Canyang's face was solemn as he slowly opened his palm, revealing a tiny wisp of flame.
The flame flickered weakly, a dim yellow hue, feeble and faint, as though it could be extinguished at any moment.
Yet in Old Lord Canyang's eyes, a piercing gleam blazed as he gazed at the fire in his palm. A look of supreme pride surfaced on his face.
This was the supreme technique that had made his name — the move that had shaken Central Continent with its might!
"Pursuing Life Fire, go." Old Lord Canyang gave his palm a gentle shake, and the Pursuing Life Fire shot out with a sharp whoosh.
Xing Yi hastily opened a gap, clearing a path.
The Pursuing Life Fire looked utterly unremarkable. After passing through the Blood Curtain, it dove headlong into the frigid iceberg.
Boom!
In the blink of an eye, a massive dim yellow flame erupted skyward, violently scorching the entire iceberg.
The Demonic Path Gu Immortals hovering in midair were nearly all startled by this sudden change.
But soon, odd expressions appeared on their faces.
For though the flame was fierce, it carried no heat whatsoever. The iceberg caught in the blaze remained perfectly intact, without the slightest sign of melting.
Some Demonic Path Gu Immortals were about to mock the display when Pi Shui Han, a powerful Seventh Transformation Demonic Path Gu Immortal, suddenly let out a piercing scream.
Everyone turned toward the sound, and the sight that greeted them left them shocked.
Pi Shui Han was engulfed in flames, wracked by searing pain that twisted his face into a grimace of agony. He was erupting with waves of cold qi and gushing streams of water that coiled around his body like dragons and serpents. Yet the dim yellow fire was not diminished in the slightest — if anything, it seemed to burn even more fiercely.
"What kind of technique is this?"
"How did Pi Shui Han even get hit? I didn't see a thing!"
"This fire is too eerie. Everyone, dodge!"
The Demonic Path Gu Immortals retreated one after another, watching with lingering fear as Pi Shui Han desperately used every means at his disposal, trying to extinguish the flames and save himself.
"Could this flame be... the Pursuing Life Fire? This is bad!" Fang Yuan's heart lurched as he sensed the danger. He immediately recalled his eight Strength Giant Hands.
But it was already too late.
The flame scorched the iceberg, then spread to the eight Strength Giant Hands with lightning speed.
The Strength Giant Hands themselves were unharmed, but inside Fang Yuan's Immortal Orifice, a dim yellow flame had materialized out of nothing, burning quietly upon the hundred-and-sixty-thousand Strength Phantoms!
These Strength Phantoms had their arms raised high — it was their power that had formed the eight Strength Giant Hands in the outside world.
Bathed in the flames, they remained unharmed.
Seeing this, a chill flooded Fang Yuan's heart.
"This really is that killing move — the Pursuing Life Fire!" Fang Yuan knew the terror of this technique. Without hesitation, he severed his own arm to save the body. With a single thought, he dissolved all one hundred and sixty thousand Strength Phantoms.
Without the Strength Phantoms, the eight Strength Giant Hands that had been lifting the mountain collapsed with a thunderous crash.
With a deafening boom, the Void Bat Corpse Mountain slammed back down to the ground, sending out a massive shockwave. The surrounding terrain cracked apart in all directions as countless stones and sand went spraying into the air, clouds of dust billowing upward.
Fang Yuan's mountain-lifting was interrupted, and the violent backlash struck him. His chest churned with nausea, his head spun, and his body swayed — he nearly tumbled out of midair.
Hei Lou Lan saw that something was wrong and rushed to support him.
But Fang Yuan recoiled as if from a venomous snake, shouting, "Don't come near me!"
With that, he lurched backward, and just like Pi Shui Han, dim yellow flames erupted across his body.
At the same moment, Zi Zai Shu Sheng's expression changed drastically. He, too, had been struck by this technique, and fierce flames blazed to life across his body.
"This Fire Path Immortal-level killing move can actually sense our aura, follow the trail of our attacks, trace them back to the source, and reach straight into our Immortal Orifices!" Zi Zai Shu Sheng's mind reeled with shock.
In that instant, Zi Zai Shu Sheng finally understood why Pi Shui Han had been so frantic.
It was because the flames were not only scorching his physical body, but also raging inside his Immortal Orifice. The former was bad enough, but the latter was a Gu Immortal's stronghold — the very foundation of their power, built up through years of painstaking effort and filled with countless cultivation resources.
Now, set ablaze by this terrible fire, it burned straight into the hearts of those struck, making them ache as though they would vomit blood.
Pi Shui Han had to fight the flames on his body while simultaneously working inside his Immortal Orifice to put out the fire everywhere. Yet what made this truly bizarre was that the flames could not be extinguished by ice or water — they were utterly extraordinary.
The surrounding Demonic Path Gu Immortals all distanced themselves from Fang Yuan, Zi Zai Shu Sheng, and Pi Shui Han, terrified of being tainted by this strange and eerie fire.
"Why are the flames on Fang Yuan so much weaker than on the other two?" Hei Lou Lan's eyes filled with alarm and confusion.