"Get lost!"

Fang Zhou's spiritual power instantly transformed into a surging tsunami, rolling back to shatter the evil thought into pieces.

This Soul Fire originally split from the Fire of Hope, cursed by the Ancient Dragon and further polluted by the Abyss, thus giving birth to chaotic and disorderly consciousness, almost becoming a flame-shaped living thing.

The power of the Soul Fire is terrifying. Although its consciousness isn't strong, the augmentation of power makes it formidable.

After a sneaky invading evil thought was crushed, the Soul Fire began a direct spiritual attack on Fang Zhou and Aya.

Fang Zhou pulled Aya behind him, using his Divine Sense to withstand the Soul Fire's attacks, advancing to the deepest hall of the Ancient Dragon Peak, where Zhao Feiyan's remains were laid.

She was sitting cross-legged on the ground, her eyes closed, her complexion reddened; except for the lack of breath, she looked exactly like a living person.

Surrounding her remains was a circle of hazy black mist, the sinister aura emitted by the Soul Fire attempting to erode Zhao Feiyan's remains, but could not break through her Leakless Golden Body even after a hundred years.

Atop the altar in the distant hall, a mass of black flame was burning, its flickering tongues resembling clawing limbs.

The Soul Fire's spiritual attacks were resisted by Fang Zhou, constantly increasing output but unable to overwhelm him.

Despite its strong power, it lacks a body to wield it. Although it has birthed a weak consciousness, it can only act on instinct.

This past century, the Soul Fire continuously eroded Zhao Feiyan's remains, intending to possess her flesh to exert its power.

Seeing Fang Zhou approaching Zhao Feiyan, the Soul Fire became agitated, and the flames exploded into a rolling black fire wave, rushing towards Fang Zhou.

Fang Zhou activated the Yin Yang Treasure Book; beneath him appeared a Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram, with two black and white fish swimming endlessly, the trigram symbols Qian, Kun, Zhen, and Xun transformed into golden characters floating around him.

The black fire waves crashed against the Yin Yang Diagram outside, halted by its barrier, and began rotating automatically with the diagram's spinning.

The Soul Fire's consciousness let out a fearful scream, discovering its own power being rapidly absorbed by Fang Zhou.

It tried to escape but was tightly enveloped by the Yin Yang Diagram, forming a ceaselessly spinning black tornado, absorbed by the diagram in an instant, cleaned thoroughly.

Fang Zhou ceased his spell, suddenly exhaling a long plume of black mist.

This mist carried an obvious evil aura, still twisting clawingly upon being expelled by Fang Zhou.

Aya used the Holy Sword to transform into flame, burning away the black mist cleanly, then worriedly asked Fang Zhou, "Are you alright?"

Fang Zhou shook his head, "I'm fine... uh!"

Not only fine, but a bit overly satiated.

His Yin Yang Eight Trigrams Diagram is a spell recorded in the Yin Yang Treasure Book, integrating offense and defense, capable of disassembling and absorbing any energy while excluding harmful substances.

This Soul Fire possessed formidable power, directly broken down and absorbed by Fang Zhou, excluding the polluted parts.

After resolving the Soul Fire, Fang Zhou approached Zhao Feiyan's remains, reaching out to touch them.

At the moment of contact, a dragging force attempted to pull Fang Zhou's Divine Sense inside.

This was the method Zhao Feiyan used the previous two times to meet Fang Zhou, back when he was too weak to refuse.

Now his realm matches Zhao Feiyan's, allowing him to easily reject such forced meetings.

Fang Zhou didn't refuse, letting Zhao Feiyan pull him in.

The familiar black space, accompanied by strong light, and the long unseen Zhao Feiyan appeared before Fang Zhou.

Fang Zhou didn't raise his hand to shield against the light, instead a more dazzling light shone from behind him, resembling noon sunlight.

"Ah!"

Zhao Feiyan immediately let out a scream, covering her eyes with her hands, "Brat, what's the point of making it this bright?!!"

Fang Zhou chuckled, "This is what you call returning the favor, continuing our mutual harm."

Who exactly was it that always made an entrance with a spotlight? Can you please have some self-awareness?

"Fine, I'm afraid of you, turn off the spotlight."

After a moment of stalemate, Zhao Feiyan finally conceded, admitting defeat, and both turned off the lights behind them.

Fang Zhou's vision had greatly improved now, realizing Zhao Feiyan was reduced to a single thread of weak Divine Soul, ready to dissipate at any moment.

Zhao Feiyan showed no sign of worry over her weakness; rather, she eyed Fang Zhou with interest.

"I see you've indeed learned Qimen Dunjia yourself."

Hearing this, Fang Zhou grumbled, "Why didn't you tell me earlier it takes the Golden Core Stage to open the Sword Box?"

Zhao Feiyan just laughed heartily, "I feared you wouldn't come back to find me, so I didn't tell you. Once you couldn't learn it, you'd surely remember me."

This reason seemed very flimsy, Fang Zhou suspected this ancestor-grandmother had known he'd be able to learn it and hence didn't mention.

He didn't continue the argument, instead said, "As agreed, I'll take your remains back to Kunlun Ruins Hidden Sect. You need to tell me the sect's location, otherwise I'll randomly bury you somewhere."

Zhao Feiyan clearly deemed this matter important before, but now casually waved it off, "No rush, do your own business first, just remember to keep my Golden Body safe."

Fang Zhou frowned, "What do you mean?"

Zhao Feiyan replied mysteriously, "You'll know when the time comes, just keep my Golden Body safe and don't lose it, ah."

Upon finishing, Zhao Feiyan voluntarily ended the conversation.

Fang Zhou exited from her Divine Soul Realm, looked down at Zhao Feiyan's remains, and displayed a puzzled expression.

Aya asked from the side, "Did something happen?"

"Nothing."

Fang Zhou shook his head, yet felt very puzzled inside, sure Zhao Feiyan was hiding something important from him.

Since she wants him to bring the remains back to Kunlun Ruins Hidden Sect, why not even provide the address?

He pondered for a while but couldn't find an answer, had to temporarily set it aside, for in any case whether successful or not, the one affected is only Zhao Feiyan.

Fang Zhou took out a gourd, absorbed Zhao Feiyan into it, then along with Aya departed the Ancient Dragon Peak.

Next, it was time for official business, seeking the Fire Keeper.

They flew to Fran Fortress, entering the Underground Tunnel from the fortress.

The tunnels were a complex maze, more intricate than a spider's web, easy to get lost in.

Yet under Fang Zhou's Divine Sense, all this was not a problem, unlike last time when he aimlessly roamed like a headless fly.

Most monsters in the Underground Tunnel were already dead, following Fang Zhou's absorption of the Soul Fire, even those created by it perished.

But monsters still survived upon entering the second layer, for not all within Black Soul Mountain were creations of the Soul Fire.

Some were Abyss-polluted, while others simply emerged from the Abyss, the variety incredibly diverse.

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