Possessed by my father, I was reborn and became the supreme ruler.

The Southern Venerable's newly formed sixth-grade white lotus suddenly trembled and began to upgrade, progressing to seventh, eighth, and ninth grade, eventually reaching the ninth grade. "Today, I only want to take your good disciple with me; I don't care about anything else!"

With a huge surge of spiritual energy, the entire Xuan Pavilion began to shake violently. Nan Zun Xin Yi actually displayed the Xuan Emperor realm, and was no less powerful than Situ Jiu Xiao.

The two Xuanhuang Realm experts were locked in a standoff, almost on the verge of exploding.

“Nan Zun, you know that in the battle between the two Xuan Emperors, there is no chance of survival for thousands of miles! Why do this?” Situ Jiuxiao’s face was ashen. “Since you know that I summoned you here, that I am the host and you are the guest, then don’t break the rules.”

"Hehehe, what host and guest? In this world, whoever has the power is the master! Come on!"

Nan Zun Xin Yi once again unleashed a tremendous burst of light, and white lotuses scattered beneath his feet, like a giant bomb exploding in mid-air!

boom! Click!

The entire Xuan Pavilion could no longer withstand such a massive bombardment of spiritual energy and collapsed instantly.

Nie Hanshan and the other inner sect elders formed hand seals, instantly creating a protective net that enveloped them!

Situ Jiuxiao also raised the Xuanhuang realm to its highest level, gathering Xiao Qingshuang, Ye Yunjian, and Bai Yueling together.

Just as everyone was astonished, Nanzun Shinichi chanted the incantation again, and his body suddenly disappeared.

As everyone was filled with doubt and uncertainty, they saw the entire land shrouded in a dark shadow, and a giant hand from the sky descended, grabbing towards Ye Yunjian!

"Heavenly Outer Body!!!"

It turns out that Nan Zun Xin has already gone beyond the earth, becoming a celestial being larger than the earth in the primordial universe, in order to reach out and grab Ye Yunjian on the earth.

"Fourth Senior Brother!" Bai Yueling called out. Just then, the Limitless Profound Fire Wheel and the Profound Moon Mirror glowed together, and the Profound Sun in mid-air became scorching hot again. The Heavenly Body's fingers, which had fallen from mid-air, were immediately burned by the intense heat after touching them.

"Ah!" Nan Zunxin's celestial body cried out in pain, but continued to fall.

Boom! But when he finally managed to grab it, he found nothing!

"Nan Zun, that's enough!" Situ Jiuxiao uttered these words, and a thunderclap appeared in mid-air. Nan Zun Xin Yi's celestial body seemed to be instantly teleported away and disappeared without a trace.

"Cough cough!" Ye Yunjian lay down at Situ Jiuxiao's feet and began to cough violently.

The battle ended, and so did the ensemble performance. Fortunately, the area where the soul resided was within the barrier, so the Xuan Pavilion, now almost in ruins, was not significantly affected.

The Grand Elder and Nie Hanshan both looked solemn as they gazed at Situ Jiuxiao.

With a gloomy expression, Situ Jiuxiao placed his hand on Ye Yunjian's pulse, then looked at Xiao Qingshuang and Bai Yueling, and whispered, "Save them first!"

The Grand Elder understood and summoned the other disciples, placing the injured disciples on a stone platform to begin treatment.

The sect's medical elder rushed over with his medical kit, took the patient's pulse, administered acupuncture, and prescribed a medicated plaster.

Another group of disciples, under the command of Situ Jiuxiao and Nie Hanshan, followed the instructions of the Grand Elder to gradually open the outer layer of the wall that was backed by the stone wall, revealing a huge bronze stone door.

The bronze door was engraved with an image of the Xuanjian Emperor slaying the soul of the World Spirit King; the colors were mottled, yet the image was lifelike. Situ Jiuxiao slightly raised his right palm, and a fragment of a jade key, only one-third of its original size, rose up.

The Grand Elder lowered his voice slightly and said, "Very well, it's time to open it." He then extended his right palm, and another third of the jade key fragment appeared in mid-air.

Nie Hanshan looked around, sighed, and opened his right palm, revealing the last third of the jade key fragment.

The three fragments came together to form a complete jade key, which automatically inserted into the bronze door.

The bronze door creaked open slowly, then began to move.

Upon opening the door, everyone gasped in surprise, for it was yet another array-enchanted stone chamber. Situ Jiuxiao and the Grand Elder exchanged a glance before stepping into the chamber first.

Behind him, Nie Hanshan, along with the other inner sect elders, said, "Sect Master, today's matter is of great importance. I need to return to the inner sect with the other elders to recuperate. You and the Grand Elder should decide on the outer sect's affairs."

Situ Jiuxiao nodded: "Alright, you can make the arrangements yourselves! Qingshuang, you arrange for someone to bring in the human soul crystal."

Nie Hanshan was still concerned about Meng Chuxi's safety, so he nodded and said, "Sect Master, the matter of the sect's small secret realm can still be handled according to the original agreement."

The elders behind him, who were also affected by the invasion of the human soul, walked out of the ruins of the Xuan Pavilion and left with the help of the inner sect disciples who came to greet them.

Ye Yunjian was led to the stone chamber when he suddenly felt extremely unwell. His whole body trembled, his skin cracked, and streaks of blood appeared on his body. Situ Jiuxiao and the Grand Elder also stopped in their tracks. Ye Yunjian's cultivation level was currently insufficient; he had only displayed his divine power using the sect's magical artifacts before. In reality, he was only at the Profound Core Realm and could not enter the stone chamber at all.

Xiao Qingshuang stepped forward to check Ye Yunjian's body and said to Situ Jiuxiao, "Master, Fourth Junior Brother's body has not yet recovered. The Earth Fire Burning Heaven has been completely severed, and he still has difficulty withstanding the formation stone chamber here. Let him go back to the Spirit Fire Cave to rest first."

Situ Jiuxiao pondered for a moment and said, "Ling'er, please take this trouble and go with Song Lan to send Jian'er back to the Linghuo bridal chamber and settle it properly."

Bai Yueling and Song Lan bowed and accepted the order, then helped Ye Yunjian up and carefully headed back towards the Spirit Fire Cave.

Situ Jiuxiao shook his head and led the Grand Elder into the stone chamber. Xiao Qingshuang watched Bai Yueling and the others' departing figures and sighed inwardly. Although the scene was somewhat busy, all the disciples knew that something big had happened today, so they were all careful and dared not make a sound.

After the stone chamber closed, Wei Wuji and Si Tianxiang huddled together and whispered a few words to each other.

That night, Ye Yunjian tossed and turned in his room, unable to sleep, feeling as if some voice in the Spirit Fire Cave was calling to him.

He was the only one resting in the room tonight. Bai Yueling brought him back, gave him medicine, and then went back to rest after seeing that Ye Yunjian was fine.

Ye Yunjian increasingly felt as if someone was calling his name, and the sound was coming from the underground fire.

After the incident of the sky being engulfed in flames these past two days, other people came to clean up, but they didn't find anything unusual.

But he knew that someone was waiting for him in the fiery cave.

Late at night, in front of the Earth Fire Cave, Ye Yunjian took out the Xuanzun Jade Key. A flash of spiritual light appeared, and the Earth Fire Cave lit up and then dimmed.

He wasn't surprised when the old man with the dragon head appeared before him.

"Good lad, you've done something truly remarkable this time!" The old man with the dragon head smiled and stroked his beard.

Ye Yunjian smiled and said, "It seems you already know. May I ask your true identity?"

The old man with the dragon head coughed and said, "Ten thousand years ago, they called me Elder Dragon. Three thousand years ago, they called me Ancestor Fire Dragon. Five hundred years ago, I gave myself the title Earth Fire Dragon Venerable here. As for you, just call me Elder Dragon."