Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

"Boom-"

Murong Chui drew his sword and attacked, aiming straight for Murong Ke's throat.

But the sword, after stopping three inches away, could not advance any further and instead emitted a piercing metallic vibration.

Murong Ke pressed his palm against the tip of the sword, protecting his throat. The eerie blue flames were as hard as steel, and they actually managed to stop Murong Chui's heavy sword.

"Murong Chui, you've wanted to kill me for a long time, haven't you?"

As soon as Murong Ke finished speaking, another ball of inextinguishable fire appeared behind him, heading straight for Murong Chui's brow.

Murong Chui's pupils contracted, and he immediately withdrew his sword to block, retreating three or five steps.

"Murong Chui, you are no match for me. I don't want to kill you."

Murong Ke's palms glowed with inextinguishable flames, his eyes cold and devoid of any emotion.

"Murong Ke!"

Murong Chui roared, then with one hand drew a broadsword from behind his back.

"What do you take human lives for? They are all citizens of my Great Yan!"

Murong Ke smiled slightly: "Murong Chui, your vision is still too narrow. The people of Great Yan you speak of are merely the Yan people living in Liaodong."

And I will make the whole world my subjects.

"For the sake of all the people under heaven, and for the eternal prosperity of the Great Yan Dynasty, what is wrong with sacrificing some of my own interests?"

"I thought you would be different from Wei Shuyu, but I was wrong. You are just like him, a mindless brute!"

Murong Chui's eyes turned cold: "So, you're saying that the death of Wei Shuyu at Fengsui Fortress was also your doing?"

Murong Ke: "That's right, he knows the secret of the Unextinguishable Flame, yet he wants to destroy this divinely bestowed sacred object. How could I let him live?"

The battle at Fengsui Fortress was personally planned and arranged by me. Regardless of whether Shen Lang killed him or not, he couldn't possibly have walked out of the battlefield alive.

Upon hearing this, Murong Chui angrily retorted, "Murong Ke, you are utterly depraved!"

"I'm utterly depraved? Hahaha..."

Murong Ke couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"I did this all for the future of Great Yan, for the sake of the whole world. Without me, Great Yan would not have been able to withstand the invasion of the Tianlang clan. If this is considered utterly immoral, then what are you?"

"Murong Chui, ask yourself honestly, what hope can you and Wei Shuyu, these two scoundrels, bring to the Great Yan!"

Murong Chui brandished his broadsword: "So, the deaths of tens of thousands of people in Yizhou were also your doing? Is that rumor true?"

Murong Ke did not deny it: "Actually, you already knew, didn't you? You just didn't want to admit it."

Murong Chui's cheeks twitched slightly: "No wonder you ordered me to lead troops to patrol outside Yizhou City, allowing the Tianlang barbarian cavalry to break through Yizhou. It turns out that everything was premeditated by you."

Murong Ke said nonchalantly, "At least, the deaths of the people of Yizhou were exchanged for the lives of 20,000 wolf riders, weren't they?"

"Bah! Murong Ke, for the sake of the innocent soldiers and civilians of Great Yan who died unjustly, today I will surely kill you, you inhuman beast!"

Upon learning the truth, Murong Chui, like an enraged lion, raised his broadsword with a fierce roar and slashed fiercely at Murong Ke.

"madness!"

Murong Ke didn't even glance at him, and unleashed two undying flames from his hands like a sudden storm.

Murong Chui fought desperately, but the Unextinguished Fire seemed to have a spirit of its own, and every time it struck the broadsword, it would bounce back immediately.

However, after only a few moves, Murong Chui's forehead was covered in sweat, and his strength was rapidly depleting.

"Murong Chui, you too shall become one of my living dead, and use your body to carve out a future for my Great Yan!"

Murong Ke's cold voice rang out, and immediately another inextinguishable flame flew out from the ground beneath his feet, forming a lotus shape as it flew towards his opponent.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty moves had passed, and Murong Chui was already drenched in sweat. Not only could he not get close to Murong Ke, but he was also forced to retreat step by step.

"Why bother? The outcome was already decided from the beginning. You can't kill me anyway."

"Even if I die, I will drag you down to hell with me!"

Pushed to his limit, Murong Chui's fighting spirit erupted even more intensely.

In just a few breaths, his cultivation level surged to the Breakthrough Realm.

After breaking through his limit, Murong Chui unleashed both his sword and saber, a gust of sword wind sweeping through the vortex, fiercely blocking the evil flames attacking his opponent, and once again closing in on Murong Ke within three feet.

"go to hell!"

In the blink of an eye, after dodging the three inextinguishable flames, Murong Chui slashed at his opponent's head with his sword.

But at that moment, a fourth undying flame appeared and ignited his hand holding the knife.

The excruciating heat was so intense that Murong Chui almost fainted.

But his indomitable will led him to resolutely bring the knife down on Murong Ke's head, intending to perish together with him.

but……

"Participate in the merger and separation of commerce."

Murong Ke raised his hand and slapped him in the chest, completely shattering Murong Chui's plan.

Despite failing to achieve his goal in the first move, Murong Chui remained silent.

Looking at his burning left arm, his consciousness began to gradually descend into chaos.

But the next moment, he decisively raised the longsword in his right hand and chopped off his entire arm, thus restoring clarity to his mind and preventing his cognition from being swallowed up by the undying fire.

"Ruthless enough! But your fate will still remain unchanged."

Murong Ke gripped his sword, and four inextinguishable flames immediately attacked Murong Chui from four directions.

Just when Murong Chui was in dire straits.

"Tai Xu - Wind Rift!"

The blade flashed coldly, creating a whirlwind that formed a powerful force around Murong Chui, forcefully deflecting the four inextinguishable flames.

"It's you, Shen Lang?"

When Murong Chui saw Shen Lang, a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

"Now is not the time for pleasantries. Let's deal with Murong Ke first."

Shen Lang didn't waste any more words. He wiped the back of his sword with his elbow and looked at Murong Ke with a serious expression.

"Shen Lang, I knew you would come. We've finally met again."

Murong Ke was not surprised at all by Shen Lang's arrival.

"I heard that the Wanyan tribe's undying flame is on you. Please hand it over. Of the seven undying flames, I only need one more from you."

Shen Lang was taken aback: "Six? When did you get the sixth one?"

Murong Ke: "It seems that Jiang Shangxian really doesn't remember anything about what happened after he delivered the grain to Yan."

I used magic to extract the undying fire from his body, and then took the opportunity to alter that memory.

As he spoke, six inextinguishable flames floated in the air in front of Murong Ke, making him appear extremely eerie.

Shen Lang: "To conquer the world through such despicable and underhanded means..."

"Murong Ke, I'm truly impressed by your intelligence. Only you would believe in such bizarre metaphysics."

Murong Ke: "The world is constantly in turmoil because people are too arrogant and disrespectful to the gods."

Shen Lang, don't think your firearms are so great. Faced with this invincible fire, you'll only be begging on your knees.

"Is it?"

Shen Lang glanced at the scene of countless undead people at the foot of the mountain and couldn't help but sneer.

"Even without firearms, I can send you to hell today."

Murong Ke smiled faintly: "You are just as naive. After you die and obtain the Undying Flame, my Great Yan can truly contend for the throne!"