Chapter 915: Xuanyuan Defeated

The flames in the Supreme Ocean Palace blazed, engulfing the sky. Those swallowed by the fiery inferno let out ghastly wails, but these cries did not last long before falling silent. However, the sky-obscuring flames continued to burn for a long time before slowly dissipating.

Beneath the extinguished sea of fire, a phoenix-shaped void was carved into the Ocean Palace. Through this hole, one could see the vast azure ocean below—the ten-thousand-year-old floating Ocean Palace had been utterly burned through!

All the individuals engulfed by the sea of fire had vanished, as if they had completely evaporated from the world, leaving not even a trace of ash. These were not weaklings; they were supreme experts from the Heaven Profound Continent's highest sacred grounds, the Sun Moon Divine Hall and the Heavenly Sovereign Sword Sect.

Among them was the Hall Master of the Sun Moon Divine Hall, Heavenly Monarch Ye Meixie, one of the Four Sacred Masters.

Given Ye Meixie's strength, even with only one arm, he was certainly no match for Feng Xue'er, but he could have at least contended for a while if he fought with all his might. However, he mistakenly believed it was the Feng Xue'er from several months ago. He foolishly confronted her Phoenix flame phantom head-on, in the midst of her immense wrath, and was directly swept into the center of the inferno. Despite his desperate struggles, he could not escape the suppression of the Phoenix flames, and was burned alive beneath the phoenix shadow, ultimately incinerated completely.

When the Phoenix flames extinguished, the Supreme Ocean Palace fell into a dead silence. The massive phoenix-shaped void separated the two factions. On one side were the people from the Extreme Monarch Sacred Domain, the Supreme Ocean Palace, and the Phoenix Divine Sect, all wide-eyed and dumbfounded, as if they had witnessed a god or a ghost. On the other side, the forces of the Sun Moon Divine Hall and the Heavenly Sovereign Sword Sect had been reduced to less than half their original numbers. The profound practitioners from those sacred grounds who had been behind and avoided the initial rush, thus luckily surviving, were all deathly pale, some even trembling and slowly collapsing to the ground.

"Ah... ah... ah..." Xuanyuan Bo slumped to the ground, his feet less than two feet from the edge of the flaming void. He looked utterly terrified, his face a ghastly yellowish-white, and his eyes so wide that his pupils were barely visible. Only unconscious moans escaped his lips.

"Heaven... Heavenly Monarch." The remaining divine envoys, elders, and disciples of the Sun Moon Divine Hall either stood frozen in place or looked utterly bewildered, unable to believe their own eyes. The mighty Heavenly Monarch had been burned to nothingness in mere moments.

From the moment the phoenix shadow descended until the flames extinguished, Feng Xue'er kept her eyes tightly shut, her chest heaving violently. It was only when she sensed someone from the Sun Moon Divine Hall approaching again that she suddenly opened her eyes, pushing her palm forward. Her voice trembled slightly, and tears glistened in her eyes: "Go back! Do not come any closer, or else... or else... I will no longer be merciful!"

"Ah!" Feng Xue'er's action caused everyone from the Sun Moon Divine Hall to scramble backward in a panic. Xuanyuan Bo, still slumped on the ground, shuddered, let out a strange cry, and almost rolled and crawled backward, retreating far away. His eyes constantly constricted as he looked at Feng Xue'er, no longer daring to advance even half a step.

The people from the Extreme Monarch Sacred Domain and the Supreme Ocean Palace also stared blankly at Feng Xue'er, all completely speechless.

"Xue... 'er..." Feng Hengkong was so agitated that he struggled to speak. "Has your... your Phoenix God power... fully awakened?"

The flames just now had unleashed a Phoenix might they had never felt before!

Incinerating Ye Meixie in mere moments... even the long-vanished Phoenix God would have found it almost impossible!

"Mm..." Feng Xue'er nodded lightly. "However, it will still take a few more years to fully awaken. Big Brother Yun... helped me..."

As she spoke the latter part, she lowered her head, and her voice unconsciously softened, as if deep in thought.

Feng Zukui's beard and eyebrows trembled. He then took a deep breath, firmly suppressing the tears in his old eyes, and looked up at the sky, exclaiming, "This must be a blessing from the Phoenix God's heaven... Heaven bless my Phoenix Divine Sect!"

Since the Phoenix God's disappearance, their greatest hope had been for Feng Xue'er's Phoenix God power to awaken, enabling her to become the Phoenix Divine Sect's second Phoenix God. They had initially believed this would take at least a century, and that this century would be the most perilous for the Phoenix Divine Sect. Unexpectedly, upon their reunion after this separation, Feng Xue'er's Phoenix God power had awakened to such an extent... it had clearly surpassed that of their ancestral Phoenix God!

"Truly... congratulations... to your esteemed Sect," Zi Ji said sincerely, raising a hand towards the Phoenix Divine Sect. Had it not been for Feng Xue'er's divine might, they might all have tragically perished at the hands of the Sun Moon Divine Hall and the Heavenly Sovereign Sword Sect.

BOOM!! RUMBLE... RUMBLE... RUMBLE...The waves below churned violently. As far as the eye could see, the sea was tumultuous, as if a colossal pillar was chaotically stirring at the bottom of the ocean. The continuous rumbling sounds were not loud, but they were so dull and heavy that they threatened to split one's heart.

"Big Brother Yun..." Feng Xue'er whispered, quickly turning to look at the turbulent sea, her snow-white cheeks etched with deep tension.

"Princess... Xue'er..." Zi Ji, deeply tormented by the devilish poison, spoke with immense difficulty. "Your power... surely... has already surpassed your Sect's ancestral Phoenix God... I wonder... if you have a way... to remove the devilish poison from us... cough..."

Zi Ji's words ignited a spark of hope in the eyes of everyone tormented by the devilish poison. They all turned to look at Feng Xue'er, some with expressions of deep pleading.

Feng Xue'er gently shook her head. "I have no way. Only Big Brother Yun... should be able to cure this poison. He, he will definitely defeat Xuanyuan Wentian!"

Zi Ji opened his mouth and continued hoarsely, "If... ah, no... after Palace Master Yun defeats that old villain Xuanyuan, Princess Xue'er, could you please intercede for us with Palace Master Yun... We will certainly be eternally grateful..."

"Yes..." the Venerable Master of Suffering from the Sacred Domain immediately chimed in. "Princess Xue'er's heart is as pure as ice and snow; she surely won't bear to see us... perish after such torment... Please, Princess Xue'er, intercede for us. Palace Master Yun dotes on Princess Xue'er so much... he certainly... certainly won't refuse."

Of course, all of this depended on Yun Che defeating Xuanyuan Wentian.

Feng Xue'er gently bit her lip, then suddenly said forcefully, "If Big Brother Yun is willing to save you, he will. If he is not, I... I will not plead with Big Brother Yun on your behalf!"

Feng Xue'er's words caused the faces of everyone from the Extreme Monarch Sacred Domain and the Supreme Ocean Palace to stiffen. Even Feng Hengkong and the others looked astonished... because this was completely unlike something Feng Xue'er would say.

Just as the former Feng Xue'er had never used Phoenix flames to incinerate people... or indeed, any living creature.

Moreover, her words clearly carried deep anger.

Evidently, after she left the Phoenix Divine Sect with Yun Che that day, she must have experienced a great deal.

"Why... why?" Zi Ji asked painfully.

"Why? I should be asking you why!" Feng Xue'er turned around, and though rarely angry, she released all her accumulated resentment towards them at this moment: "At the Devil Sword Convention, you tried to harm Big Brother Yun and steal his Samsara Mirror! Yet, in the end... Big Brother Yun chose to forgive you! You clearly promised so well that you would never trouble him again. But... but... on the day Big Brother Yun and I got engaged, he was severely wounded, and it was you... it was you again!! If not for Big Sister Little Demon Empress arriving in time that day, Big Brother Yun might have... might have..."

"Big Brother Yun never did anything to wrong you, yet you treated him this way again and again! Why should Big Brother Yun save you? And why should I plead for you?!"

Feng Xue'er's angry words stunned everyone from the Supreme Ocean Palace and the Extreme Monarch Sacred Domain. Huangji Wuyu opened his mouth, his body seeming to lose all strength, and his head dropped. Qu Fengyi, who had collapsed into Zi Ji's arms, was deathly pale, her chest heaving violently, and painful trembling sounds escaped her lips.

"This... there must be some misunderstanding," Zi Ji said, shaking his head. "The Devil Sword Convention that day... was indeed our great mistake, but we had clearly reconciled with Palace Master Yun. On your engagement day, we... we barely had time to attend and offer our congratulations; how could we have troubled Palace Master Yun?"

"You! You clearly did it, and you still won't admit it!" Feng Xue'er grew even angrier, pointing her finger at Huangji Wuyu and Qu Fengyi. "Ask those two!"

The gaze of the Extreme Monarch Sacred Domain fell upon Huangji Wuyu, while that of the Supreme Ocean Palace fell upon Qu Fengyi. The Venerable Master of Suffering said with difficulty, "Sacred Emperor, this... this matter..."

Huangji Wuyu closed his eyes and slowly said, "We just... didn't want the Samsara Mirror to fall into that old villain Xuanyuan's hands..."

Buzz...Something seemed to explode in the minds of the profound practitioners from the sacred grounds. All eleven Venerable Masters swayed, their faces turning ashen. Zi Ji also painfully closed his eyes; though his heart was filled with intense hatred, Qu Fengyi was already dying, so what reproaching words could he possibly utter?

Once they had kicked someone when they were down, they could barely resolve the situation.

But to kick someone when they were down *again*... Yun Che not retaliating was already the utmost benevolence. What face did they have to ask him to save their lives?

Xuanyuan Wentian, whose heart had been pierced by Yun Che's sword, was rapidly losing both profound energy and blood. The power behind each of his sword strikes weakened, and his pain intensified with every passing breath. When he swung his twentieth sword, the Eternal Night Devil Sword was smashed into a crescent shape by the Heaven Punishing Devil Sword.

BOOM!!!!Xuanyuan Wentian could no longer withstand Yun Che's sword. The bones in both his arms shattered, his ears rang, and the world spun before his eyes. He was directly smashed beneath a sea rock, with only his head exposed.

"AHHHH!!!!"Xuanyuan Wentian roared in fury as black light exploded from his body, pulverizing the surrounding sea rocks. But then, his entire body shook violently, his hand desperately clutching his chest. His severely wounded body could barely resist the turbulent currents, twisting crookedly. His face, contorted with pain, became even more hideous than that of a devil.

"Gasp... gasp..." Yun Che panted heavily, but he paused for only a few breaths before raising his sword and charging at Xuanyuan Wentian once more.

He lured Xuanyuan Wentian into the deep sea for two reasons: one was to avoid exposing his dark profound energy to outsiders, and the other was because he had an absolute advantage in the ocean.

The ocean currents and water pressure here would hinder one's movement and spiritual perception, and significantly increase energy consumption. However, for Yun Che, who possessed the Evil God's water elemental seed, none of these negative effects applied. Instead, the abundant water elements in this place would accelerate the recovery of his injuries and profound energy.

"Ugh..." Seeing Yun Che charge again so quickly, moans of what sounded like pain and despair escaped Xuanyuan Wentian's throat. But his bone-shattered arm couldn't even lift the Eternal Night Devil Sword in time.

BOOM!!!A colossal vortex storm erupted in the deep sea. Xuanyuan Wentian was struck squarely in the chest by a sword, letting out a scream as he was sent flying far away, leaving a long streak of reddish-black blood in the seawater. The Eternal Night Devil Sword also flew out of his hand.

After flying for hundreds of feet, Xuanyuan Wentian finally came to a halt, impeded by the seawater's resistance. He was like a pile of boneless, rotting flesh, swirling helplessly with the churning water, seemingly having completely lost his breath.

Although Yun Che was covered in blood, his eyes and aura remained incredibly sinister.

In terms of profound energy alone, had it not been for the absolute suppression of his dark seed and the Heaven Punishing Devil Sword over Xuanyuan Wentian, he would indeed have been inferior.

However, when it came to physical constitution and recovery ability, Xuanyuan Wentian's self-proclaimed invincible "devil body" was far inferior to Yun Che's Dragon God Body.

"It's time to end this, Xuanyuan Wentian." Yun Che panted heavily, parting the seawater as he walked step by step towards the silent Xuanyuan Wentian.

At this moment, an abnormal streak of black energy suddenly rose from Xuanyuan Wentian's body. Then, his eyes snapped open, and his body, covered in scarlet scars, suddenly surged upward. As he extended his arm, the Eternal Night Devil Sword flew back into his hand. That abnormal black energy also spread to the Eternal Night Devil Sword.

Suddenly, the Eternal Night Devil Sword let out a violent hum, and then the devil soul within the sword let out a hysterical roar: "You... what are you doing?! Ah—stop!!"

"..." Yun Che's steps suddenly halted. In that instant, he suddenly felt a dangerous sensation... as if an extremely terrifying ancient evil spirit was awakening within Xuanyuan Wentian's body.