Ancestor Vein Fire!

The blood-red flames are naturally Yun Xiao's Ancestor Vein Fire, and since he emerged from the Water Palace in Yanji Lake, the Ancestor Vein Fire has undergone a certain degree of evolution.

The fusion and refinement of the Chaos Sub-fire into Yun Xiao's Ancestor Vein Fire grants it an aura of mastery over all the flames of the world—a manifestation of the powerful Chaos Fire that existed at the dawn of time, which can be called the King of Ten Thousand Flames.

Although what Yun Xiao refined and merged with was only a Water Extreme Fire, it contains traces of Chaotic Power, which is particularly effective against fire attribute cultivators or strange spirits.

"Hmm? This aura..."

When Yun Xiao's Ancestor Vein Fire emerged from within him and collided with Fu Lingshuang's blazing sun, the Vice Palace Master of Wuyan Palace couldn't help but show a ghost-stricken expression.

It's important to know that in the Holy Flame Hall of Wuyan Palace, Fu Lingshuang had seen the Holy Fire No Flame many times, and that Holy Fire No Flame was also a Chaos Sub-fire.

Back then, Wuyan Palace's founder, Hua Wuyan, attempted to destroy the Water Palace but failed, ultimately taking away a Chaos Sub-fire. Over the years, including himself, no one has recognized it as a Chaos Sub-fire.

The Chaos Sub-fire, stripped from the authentic Chaos Fire, is an energy that, if not for the extremely special body Yun Xiao was reincarnated with, he wouldn't have been able to successfully refine it.

The Chaos Sub-fire, regarded as the Wuyan Sacred Fire by Wuyan Palace for years, had never been successfully refined by anyone. However, its aura was extremely familiar to elders like Fu Lingshuang in Wuyan Palace.

At this moment, Fu Lingshuang sensed an aura similar to the Holy Fire No Flame within Yun Xiao's blood-red Ancestor Vein Fire, causing a dramatic change in her expression.

Because the Holy Fire No Flame is like a supreme deity for Wuyan Palace. Although no one has managed to refine it over the years, they have never given up hope, looking forward to the day it will restore Wuyan Palace's former glory.

"It's truly the aura of the Holy Fire No Flame; this kid must have obtained something from Wuyan Palace's ancestral land!"

Upon sensing the presence of the Holy Fire No Flame aura within the blood-red flames, Fu Lingshuang was first startled, then an intense fervor and greed appeared in her eyes.

When Leng Buyan escaped from Yanji Lake, he naturally reported everything that happened there to the top brass of the palace, and Fu Lingshuang was well aware of those events.

As a result, everyone from top to bottom in Wuyan Palace believed that the most important treasures within Yanji Lake had fallen into Yun Xiao's hands, and those items originally belonged to Wuyan Palace.

Regarding the enmity between the palace's founder and the Water Palace, even successive Palace Masters of Wuyan Palace knew little. It was only through Yun Xiao's encounter with the Array Heart Strange Spirit, which fused with the Water Palace Master, that he discovered part of the truth.

Thus, in the eyes of the cultivators belonging to Wuyan Palace, Yanji Lake was their ancestral ground, and everything within it belonged to Wuyan Palace. Anyone who took something from there was considered an enemy.

Moreover, Yun Xiao, that boy, had wiped out Wuyan Palace's genius, Long Xiwawa, killed the Sixth Elder Zhang Daohe, and several other Earth Bending Realm powerhouses, and finally seized the palace's possessions. Such deeds were deemed unforgivable.

In fact, Wu Zhukong was determined to make a move this time, due not only to personal grievances but predominantly influenced by the treasures Yun Xiao had acquired from Yanji Lake.

Wu Zhukong believed that once they reclaimed those treasures, Wuyan Palace could dominate Xuanyin Hall and the other three superpowers, ascending to become the most formidable sect on the Soaring Dragon Continent, reviving the palace's original glory.

Nonetheless, from top to bottom of Wuyan Palace, including Wu Zhukong, no one knew the exact nature of the treasures Yun Xiao retrieved from the bottom of Yanji Lake until now.

Fu Lingshuang never imagined that at the bottom of Yanji Lake, there would be something with an aura so similar to the Holy Fire No Flame, and that Yun Xiao seemed to have successfully refined such an item.

Thinking that Yun Xiao might have found a way to refine the Holy Fire No Flame at the bottom of Yanji Lake, Fu Lingshuang felt a surge of excitement, considering this as an unexpected surprise.

Fu Lingshuang let her imagination run wild, unaware that Yun Xiao had entirely refined the Chaos Sub-fire, known as the Holy Fire No Flame.

However, the method of refining it was inaccessible to outsiders, grounded not only in Yun Xiao's reincarnated abnormal physique but also thanks to the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu sharing the energy.

Indeed, Yun Xiao had a method for refining the Chaos Sub-fire, but such techniques were beyond the reach of Wuyan Palace, even if the founder Hua Wuyan himself attempted to learn them.

Boom!

In a matter of moments, as Fu Lingshuang's Fire Attribute Meridian Qi formed a blazing sun, Yun Xiao merely summoned a seemingly ordinary blood-red flame, rising directly to meet it.

"Yun Xiao, is this your trump card?"

Sensing within that blood-red flame, aside from a trace of the presence of Holy Fire No Flame, there was no other particularly powerful energy, Fu Lingxue's lips curled into a cold smile, letting out a mocking remark.

No matter how you look at it, Fu Lingxue is a genuine late-stage Floating Life Realm expert, with a gap of one level of small realm between her and Yun Xiao. In her view, in this confrontation between Meridian Techniques, she would surely not fall to a disadvantage.

Unfortunately, Fu Lingxue underestimated Yun Xiao's combat power, and even more underestimated the suppressive effect of Chaos Sub-fire, the King of Ten Thousand Flames, on certain fire attribute techniques. This time, her outcome was destined to be extremely miserable.

The fire attribute Meridian Technique, Great Sun Burning All Things, naturally also reached the Heavenly Rank Low Level. When it absorbed countless Sky Power, the power it could unleash made Qingmu, Wuzhong, and San Yuan not far away reveal expressions of horror.

Even Vice Hall Master Lian Yuluo of Xuanyin Hall, who is also at the late-stage Floating Life Realm, admitted that under such a fire attribute attack, he could only temporarily avoid its sharp edge and not fight it head-on.

However, Yun Xiao, the young man who relied on Ancestor Vein Power and some special Secret Technique to raise his Meridian Qi Cultivation to the middle-stage Floating Life Realm, actually summoned a blood-red Ancestral Vein Fire to collide with that brilliant sun.

What happened next was a miraculous scene. Just as Fu Lingxue and those spectators thought that the Vice Palace Master of Wuyan Palace was about to crush Yun Xiao, the brilliance of the sun suddenly dimmed.

"What's going on?"

Sensing the feedback information from her Great Sun energy and seeing the bright sunlight suddenly dim, Fu Lingxue's expression changed slightly, and a deep unease rose in her heart.

Although Fu Lingxue had seen Yun Xiao pierce Lu Tianrun's throat, who was also at the late-stage Floating Life Realm, with a sword, she knew that Yun Xiao's current state couldn't last long.

Setting aside the opportunistic tactics used to kill Lu Tianrun, Fu Lingxue believed she could hold out for dozens of rounds. Moreover, she aggressively took the initiative to attack first, which would help quickly exhaust her opponent's Meridian Qi.

Little did she know that her first attack seemed to have encountered her lifelong nemesis.

The Heavenly Rank Low-Level Meridian Technique, Great Sun Burning All Things, became dim almost instantaneously upon contact with the blood-red flame, like snow meeting boiling water, visible to the naked eye.

Fu Lingxue racked her brain but couldn't understand what was happening. When the Chaos Sub-fire was not revealed, no one could perceive its tremendous power.

But once the Chaos Sub-fire encountered any fire in the world, it would immediately become the King of Ten Thousand Flames, even if it was the Vice Palace Master of Wuyan Palace who was one small realm higher in cultivation.

Compared to Lu Tianrun earlier, Fu Lingxue now felt even more stifled. It was like a house cat encountering a mountain tiger king. Only moments later, the Great Sun she unleashed was completely assimilated by Yun Xiao's Ancestral Vein Fire.

"Heh heh, Palace Master Fu, now isn't the time to be distracted!"

Yun Xiao had anticipated this outcome long ago. Possessing the Chaos Sub-fire, dealing with these fire attribute Meridian Techniques was the easiest. Seeing a dazed Fu Lingxue, he chuckled lightly.

At this moment, Yun Xiao's light chuckle was not to remind Fu Lingxue but a taunt when he had absolute confidence. The moment his voice sounded, the blood-red Ancestral Vein Fire had already made its next move.

The Ancestral Vein Fire, after devouring that Great Sun, seemed even more powerful. As Yun Xiao's hand formed seals, it transformed into a sheet of flame silk, sweeping through the air and striking towards Fu Lingxue's main body.

"Not good!"

Hearing Yun Xiao's chuckle, Fu Lingxue felt an unusual blazing heat rushing towards her, causing her face to change dramatically as she forced herself to move aside.

Unfortunately, it was a bit too late. The blood-red flame silk arrived with the sound, striking Fu Lingxue just as she began to move.

It's undeniable that this late-stage Floating Life Realm Vice Palace Master of Wuyan Palace indeed had some life-saving cards. She knew that once the blood-red flame, which could effortlessly destroy her Heavenly Rank Meridian Technique, really struck her head, it would spell the end for her.

Whoosh...

As Fu Lingxue desperately moved her body, Yun Xiao's Ancestral Vein Fire never truly hit her head but swept past the left side of her cheek.

However, Yun Xiao's Ancestral Vein Fire, fused with Chaos Sub-fire, was incredibly formidable. Even though the flame's body did not touch Fu Lingxue's flesh.

But when that blazing energy brushed past the left side of her cheek, the heat radiating from the flames caused this Vice Palace Master to pay a very heavy price.