“Just worthless rabble, daring to dream of joining my Imperial Court?”
Su Yunxi's face contorted in despair, her eyes blazing with fury as she met the Ice Frost Empress's disdainful gaze. With a surge of desperate will, she flung the Inheritance Stone from her spatial ring.
The Inheritance Stone shot straight towards Ji Fuyao!
“Ji Fuyao,” Su Yunxi snarled, her voice laced with venom, “I hope you can… overturn the Imperial Court!”
Before she could finish, the Ice Frost Empress casually waved her hand. A surge of icy power erupted within Su Yunxi's body, crashing through her inner world like a raging tide. The ice pillar that had encased her shattered, and with it, Su Yunxi's body exploded into a bloody mist!
“Wretch! How dare you hand the Inheritance Stone to Ji Fuyao! Your death is well-deserved!”
Pfft! A crimson spray of blood bloomed in the air. Su Yunxi was instantly annihilated.
Just then, before Ji Fuyao, the Inheritance Stone pulsed with a dazzling divine radiance. Through countless seals and restrictions, Ji Fuyao discerned that the Inheritance Stone contained a terrifying Spirit Fire power, along with a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire on the verge of depletion.
The Ice Frost Empress glared coldly at Ji Fuyao, her voice sharp. “I’ll give you three breaths. Hand over that rebel dynasty’s Inheritance Stone…”
Before she could even finish, the countless seals and restrictions on the Inheritance Stone in Ji Fuyao’s hand began to shatter, one after another.
BOOM! CRACK! Brilliant spiritual patterns surged outwards as the Inheritance Stone before Ji Fuyao began to tear itself apart, like a star disintegrating.
At that moment, Lu Xuan’s voice echoed directly into Ji Fuyao’s mind. “Fuyao, quickly refine this inherited power.”
A faint smile touched Ji Fuyao’s lips. “Master?”
Lu Xuan’s voice was calm, unconcerned. “I’m here.”
“Master, have you arrived already?” Ji Fuyao asked.
Lu Xuan chuckled. “I’m still in the Imperial Capital.”
A profound warmth spread through Ji Fuyao’s heart. For a powerhouse like her Master, space and distance held no meaning.
BOOM! Huang Chao’s Inheritance Stone completely split open, and his Spirit Fire power surged wildly towards Ji Fuyao’s body, carrying with it that wisp of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire on the verge of depletion.
Everyone present was utterly stunned by this sight. How could the Inheritance Stone’s seals and restrictions have shattered so effortlessly? It was unfathomable! Even the Ice Frost Empress felt a jolt of shock. How had Ji Fuyao managed it?
The Fire Alliance members watched Ji Fuyao with fervent excitement. If she could fully refine Huang Chao’s Spirit Fire Dao and absorb this Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, perhaps they still had a chance to escape!
Above the void, the Ice Frost Empress’s expression grew increasingly grim. “Hand it over, Ji Fuyao!” she demanded coldly. She had already lost the Extreme Cold Three Thousand Flames! She absolutely could not lose this Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire as well!
But at that very moment, Ji Fuyao’s delicate lips parted, and with a swift intake, the faint Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire was drawn directly into her inner world. Upon her Dao Foundation, the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame and the Extreme Cold Three Thousand Flames surged forth, like ravenous beasts tearing apart this new Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire! They refined it, devoured it, and grew stronger! Simultaneously, Huang Chao’s Spirit Fire Dao integrated into Ji Fuyao’s body.
Witnessing this, the Ice Frost Empress was utterly enraged. She lunged directly at Ji Fuyao, while behind her, the four remaining Five Tiger Generals unleashed their Quasi-Dao Supreme Spirit Weapons and charged forward.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Terrifying, absolute pressure surged forth, spilling outwards like a surging tide.
With a thought, Ji Fuyao’s Nine-star Supreme Weapon, the Heaven-Burning Spear, materialized in her hand. She ascended into the void, and instantly, a boundless, heaven-reaching sea of Spirit Fire erupted around her. The very heavens and earth ignited, and the power to incinerate the heavens and boil the seas permeated the entire secret realm. As she continuously absorbed the Exotic Flame’s power and Huang Chao’s Spirit Fire Dao, her aura surged exponentially!
Commander Wang Man and his subordinates understood, retreating rapidly in all directions.
In a breath, the Ice Frost Empress and her companions surrounded Ji Fuyao. The Empress gazed at her with insatiable greed, her nostrils flaring slightly, her exquisitely beautiful face twisting with avarice. “Ji Fuyao,” she hissed coldly, “you have another Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire within you! I’ll kill you and extract that Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire myself!”
Ji Fuyao scoffed, a cold glint in her eyes, and charged directly at the Ice Frost Empress.
“Heaven-Burning Art!” The Spirit Fire power around Ji Fuyao intensified, becoming even more blazing. She herself seemed like a blazing sun, rising majestically, capable of incinerating all creation.
Whoosh! She thrust her spear directly at the Ice Frost Empress! The terrifying spear light, like a bolt of crimson lightning, carved an immense river of fire across the void!
Beside the Ice Frost Empress, Wang Chen and the others instantly moved. An Ancient Iron Chain appeared in Wang Chen’s hand, inscribed with obscure Icy Dao Patterns. The chain swept across the sky, aiming to bind Ji Fuyao. The Ancient Iron Chain pulsed with immense icy power! The other generals likewise unleashed their heaven-reaching destructive power! Several forces converged, crushing down upon Ji Fuyao!
BOOM! The terrifying attacks collided with Ji Fuyao’s spear light like two colliding stars! Cosmic ripples surged outwards, and like a cosmic deluge, Wang Chen and the others’ combined power shattered instantly. Their bodies were sent flying thousands of feet back, spitting out mouthfuls of essence blood.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Their combined assault was utterly powerless against Ji Fuyao!
Everyone was stunned by this sight. How was this possible? Those were the Five Tiger Generals, along with several other powerhouses from the Imperial Court! Their combined might was no match for Ji Fuyao?
Even the Ice Frost Empress’s face darkened considerably. She stared intently at the long spear in Ji Fuyao’s hand. “That’s a spirit weapon comparable to my Imperial Court Ancestral Artifact,” she said coldly. “Where did you get it?!”
Just then, BOOM! Behind the Ice Frost Empress, over a dozen Quasi-Dao Supremes descended! These were all Old Ancestors of the Imperial Court, almost every single one present here today! Instantly, an omnipresent icy power permeated the air. Terrifying Dao patterns swirled around each Old Ancestor. This was a secret art unique to the Northern Plains Imperial Court; as these Old Ancestors stood together, their powers resonated, creating a ‘Stance’ so immense that even Huang Chao’s small world seemed unable to bear it.
On the ground, Wang Man and his subordinates, caught in merely the aftershocks of this icy power, were instantly frozen solid! It was terrifying! The Fire Alliance members, too, turned into ice sculptures! Everyone felt a chilling premonition of death. This was truly horrifying! Was this the true power of the Imperial Court’s eight-epoch foundation?
With a thought, Ji Fuyao’s Spirit Fire power surged outwards, spreading in all directions. Her heaven-reaching, blazing Spirit Fire continuously refined the icy power, contending directly against the Dao patterns of the numerous Old Ancestors! One had to remember how many Heaven and Earth treasures Ji Fuyao had consumed over the years, not to mention that her Heaven-Burning Art had already reached the Nine-star Supreme tier. Her power utterly surpassed these Old Ancestors!
BOOM! The icy power that had enveloped this entire space shattered in an instant! Wang Man and the Fire Alliance members trembled, cold sweat pouring down their backs. It was too terrifying! But Empress Fuyao was equally heaven-defying! To shatter the ‘Stance’ of so many Northern Plains Old Ancestors all by herself!
Above the void, the Northern Plains Imperial Court’s forces wore expressions of utter dismay. Beyond shock, there was only more shock!
A grey-robed Old Ancestor suddenly spoke, his voice laced with disbelief. “You… are not from the Northern Plains!”