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

As noon approached, Murong Ke was about to refine the final, inextinguishable flame.

At this moment, a chilling dark ripple appeared on his face, and his originally black hair turned blood-red and pale.

"The Great Yan will rise soon, and I will succeed soon."

"Just a quarter of an hour more, in a quarter of an hour, I will possess the power to change the world."

Seeing that his long-cherished wish was about to be fulfilled, the usually calm Murong Ke's face was filled with ferocity and madness.

But at that moment, Murong Chui raised his sword and slashed directly at the barrier!

bang——

A loud bang, accompanied by a violent tremor of the mountain, sent Murong Chui flying back more than ten steps.

Seeing his spell interrupted, Murong Ke was immediately furious.

For the first time in his life, he looked at Murong Chui with an expression of extreme resentment: "Why, why do you still dare to come back?"

"To stop you from continuing to wreak havoc on this world!"

Murong Chui roared and once again drew his sword, leaping towards Murong Ke.

"Get out!"

A shrill roar, accompanied by a surging sonic wave, pierced directly through Murong Chui's body.

"puff--"

After spitting out a mouthful of black blood, Murong Chui immediately went limp and collapsed to the ground, trembling.

This sound wave directly shattered his internal organs.

"Why did you come here to die? You think you can stop me? Hahahaha—"

Murong Ke burst into laughter, but he didn't even realize that the sound emanating from his throat was no longer his own; instead, it sounded like some ancient beast that had been dormant for a long time.

Murong Chui sensed that his life was about to slip away, but he had no intention of backing down.

Instead, he bravely stood up, straightened his chest, exhaled a long breath of blood, and raised his curved blade once more.

"Murong Ke, you can't make the same mistake again. I will never allow you to harm any living being in my Great Yan again."

"Is that so? Then how will you stop me? With your crippled body, you'll probably die within ten steps."

Murong Chui gripped his curved blade tightly, clinging to his last breath: "Even if I die, I will do my best to hold you off. Die, monster!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Murong Chui slammed the knife in his hand into the barrier.

boom--

The moment the steel blade struck the barrier, it was instantly engulfed by the undying fire and turned into a pool of molten iron.

But at that moment, Murong Chui violently rammed his body into the barrier.

In an instant, Murong Chui's burly body melted away bit by bit, yet he still managed to pierce through the barrier with his purest power, creating a hole half a person's height.

"hateful!"

Murong Ke's face began to contort and twitch as he looked at Murong Chui, who had turned into pus, with extreme anger.

"Why, why doesn't anyone understand me?"

"I want to lead the Great Yan to its peak and let the people of Great Yan live the best life, but you all insist on stopping me!"

"My father doesn't understand me, my brothers don't understand me, and even you don't understand me. Why are you forcing me to do this!"

Murong Ke roared madly, and a strange Dharma image appeared behind him, seemingly composed of countless human tissues stuck together, which was extremely disgusting.

"Hahaha, those who don't understand me must die."

"Ordinary people cannot comprehend the vision of the divine."

"I am a god, I am the god of Great Yan—"

With a roar, Murong Ke completely refined the last undying flame in one go.

In an instant, the seven inextinguishable flames slowly began to merge.

Murong Ke was extremely excited: "The legendary Southern Ming Fire is finally about to reappear. As long as we have it, everything will be alright. Yes, everything will be alright."

But just as he was finally able to fuse the seven inextinguishable flames...

Suddenly, a burst of fire swept through, causing Murong Ke to cough up a mouthful of blue blood.

"What's going on? Why can't we fuse?"

This scene was completely unexpected by Murong Ke.

Ancient texts record that seven undying flames, when combined, can reform into an undying flame, also known as the Flame of Hope.

It can bring life to anyone in despair and reveal the laws that can change the world, but why, even though I've gathered them all, can't I integrate them?

Where exactly did things go wrong...?

Murong Ke clutched his head tightly with both hands, painfully pondering where the problem lay in the steps.

As he moved, the 30,000-strong army in the Northern Yan camp, which had already become like the living dead, also began to become restless.

Suddenly, Murong Ke raised his head, revealing a deathly pale face.

"Wait, when I attacked Shen Lang earlier, all the power of the Undying Flame suddenly dissipated. What happened? Could it be..."

Suddenly, his neck twisted sharply to one side of his shoulder, resting directly on it.

"I understand now. So Shen Lang has a secret. Could it be that the Unextinguished Fire has eight parts?"

As soon as this thought arose, a strange whisper gradually echoed in Murong Ke's ears.

"Hehehehe..."

Instantly, Murong Ke let out a series of strange laughs.

"I understand now. Shen Lang is the unpolluted source within the Unextinguished Fire. He himself is hope. No wonder, no wonder the fate of the Chu Kingdom suddenly came back to life and is so prosperous."

"Hehehe, since that's the case, then I'll devour you and obtain the complete Nanming Li Fire."

Thinking of this, Murong Ke suddenly twisted his body in the opposite direction and quickly crawled downwards towards the military camp.

"Roar--"

A shrill scream echoed over the military camp.

"Oooooooo-"

The next moment, the 30,000-strong undead army let out strange cries and charged recklessly toward Rangzhou City.

……

Inside the dense forest of Qichuan, Shen Lang gripped his weapon, racking his brains for a way to kill Murong Ke.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind.

"Perhaps, we could try an extreme approach."

"No, we can't act rashly. We must make careful plans."

Soon, a plan to eliminate Murong Ke took shape in Shen Lang's mind.

"Let's take a desperate gamble."

……

The following morning, in front of Rangzhou City.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"

A strange roar echoed outside Rangzhou City.

"Woo——"

The soldiers guarding the outpost glanced at the enemy and immediately sounded the bugle to defend against them.

In an instant, Yue Fei and his followers, along with the Chu, Goryeo, Goguryeo, Solon, and Jin people, stood together in front of the isolation wall, preparing to resist the onslaught from the zombie horde.

Through the telescope, it was impossible to find any trace of human characteristics in this group of Yan soldiers.

They ran or jumped, their faces contorted and cracked, their mouths agape, their empty eyes filled with a thirst for blood.

Putting down his binoculars, Yue Fei decisively ordered the artillery battalion, which was already prepared, "Fire!"

No calibration or test firing is required.

A densely packed horde of zombies is the perfect target for artillery.

Boom boom boom——

The six mountain guns roared in unison, their scorching shells hurtling towards the horde of corpses.

The moment it exploded, countless black dots rose into the air and scattered like raindrops.