Chapter 1291: Pure Great Lord

Despite his heart pounding with fear, Jiang Fan suppressed his dread and quickly warned, "Be careful!"

"The remains are alive!"

In fact, ever since Jiang Fan launched the Soul-Stirring Thorn, Grand Elder Xingyuan had diverted a sliver of his attention to observe the corpse's reaction.

Although he felt Jiang Fan's action was redundant.

Out of caution, he still paid attention to the remains' reaction.

To his shock, the remains had moved!

He had clearly scanned the remains, and there were no soul fluctuations within them!

Without time to ponder, he raised his palm and struck; the heavens and earth instantly darkened, with only an intensely brilliant starlight carving through his palm.

It was as if this single strike had drained all light from the world!

This was Grand Elder Xingyuan's ultimate attack!

As the palm struck down, the starlight, like the first glimmer of light in the world, cleaved through the remains of Grand Elder Hongmo.

From within, she radiated endless light, illuminating the dark earth anew!

In an instant.

She became like an increasingly dazzling sun; the light she emitted was accompanied by terrifying high temperatures.

Even Venerable Lianjing, at close proximity, found it difficult to withstand the scorching heatwaves.

Her skin became hot and red within moments, as if her entire body was about to ignite.

She immediately retreated to the horizon, a look of shock appearing on her face.

"Has the Dean's domain reached such an astonishing level?"

Concentrating the light of heaven and earth and unleashing it at a single point, the resulting high temperature could melt everything in the world.

Even Grand Elders of the Five Heavenly Blights would absolutely not dare to claim they could block this attack.

Venerable Zixiao was also hit by the light, instantly turning into a flaming person, fleeing afar with continuous screams. Only then did the flames gradually extinguish.

In just a brief moment, he was burned beyond recognition.

His skin had melted directly, revealing dark red, charred flesh.

If he had been exposed for a little longer, he would likely have been instantly reduced to a charred corpse!

The various sects of Hunyuan Province.

The sudden turn of events caused everyone to panic.

"Is... is this the battle between those of the Five Heavenly Blights?"

"Even a slight aftershock is more than Venerables of the First Heavenly Blight can bear."

"Venerable Zixiao almost perished!"

"Forget him, Venerable Lianjing was also burned!"

"Then wouldn't Wang Chongxiao have been instantly incinerated?"

However.

When everyone turned their gaze towards Jiang Fan, they collectively froze in shock!

Jiang Fan had long since slipped to the horizon, running while turning his head to observe the battle behind him, and grumbling exasperatedly:

"I knew it, damn it, those wish papers aren't just for free!"

As if realizing he was being watched by all of Hunyuan Province.

He quickly silenced himself, becoming refined and gentle, "I meant to say, this is what makes it challenging!"

In the courtyard of Wenhai Academy.

Venerable Zhenyan scoffed, "What's he putting on an act for? The guy runs faster than a rabbit!"

Speaking of which, she suddenly paused and looked at Jiang Fan with some suspicion.

"Now that I think about it, why does he look a bit like Jiang Fan?"

"That little rascal is also one to bolt at the first sign of trouble."

"These two look somewhat alike."

However, she didn't have time to ponder.

Her gaze immediately turned to the remains of Grand Elder Hongmo, filled with tension.

"If the emitted light possesses such terrifying high temperatures, it goes without saying for what's inside Grand Elder Hongmo."

"Her remains must have melted into water, right?"

Everyone looked on nervously.

Grand Elder Hongmo, who was like a giant sun, her surrounding light, after a violent eruption, gradually dimmed.

Her form slowly became visible!

She was... completely unharmed!

What left everyone breathless, and made Grand Elder Xingyuan gasp, was this:

Grand Elder Hongmo lightly raised her palm, holding a rapidly dimming ball of light in her palm!

She had actually grasped all the light that struck her body within her palm.

Even so, it hadn't caused her any damage.

"How is this possible?" Grand Elder Xingyuan finally turned around, an expression of utter shock on his face.

Even if he encountered a five-star Giant King, he wouldn't be this surprised.

But the power of Grand Elder Hongmo before him surpassed imagination.

How did she manage to remain completely unharmed under his full-power strike?

Grand Elder Hongmo looked at the gradually extinguishing light ball in her palm, a faint trace of wistfulness flashing in her eyes.

"To be able to cultivate the Confucian 'Heavenly Light Unity' domain to such a degree."

"It seems my Confucian lineage has not yet fallen into decline."

Grand Elder Xingyuan's pupils contracted sharply. "You are..."

Venerable Lianjing and Venerable Zixiao looked bewildered, not understanding the meaning behind her words.

She had clearly just occupied the residual soul of Grand Elder Hongmo, so why did she refer to herself as "my Confucian lineage"?

Jiang Fan, meanwhile, gasped, realizing who the person before him was!

The Twin Sages'... Confucian Body!

Back then, the Twin Sages were forced to sever their bodies, with their two souls each controlling a Demonic Body and a Confucian Body to escape.

The Demonic Body successfully escaped.

But the Confucian Body perished in the Heavenly Realm.

Now, it seemed the Confucian Body had only died physically, but its soul had not perished.

It had successfully taken over Grand Elder Hongmo's remains and lived until today.

And as the soul of the Confucian Body, it could be said to be the patriarch of present-day Confucianism.

How could Grand Elder Xingyuan's Confucian techniques possibly harm it?

Jiang Fan's heart pounded.

His expression also darkened.

In other words, standing before them was half of the former Sage of the Central Plains!

Moreover, it was an entity with hostile intentions!

Grand Elder Hongmo had intentionally lured them to the Heavenly Realm to catch them all in one swoop!

He quietly retreated backward, while simultaneously taking out his Moon Mirror from an angle invisible to the Sky Eye Crystal above, and sent a message.

Regardless of whether he could escape, the news from this place had to be sent back to the Central Plains.

Grand Elder Hongmo could not be allowed to continue deceiving the Central Plains.

"Good Name: Tell the High Wine Priests of all provinces, Grand Elder Hongmo has allied with the ancient giants; do not trust her anymore!"

"Flourishing Wealth: Are you in the Heavenly Realm above Hunyuan Province?"

"Empress: Are you safe?"

"Flower Bush: Uncle-Master, be careful."

"Never a Party Pooper: Brother, the West Sea Crown Prince asked me to ask you if Grand Elder Hongmo is beautiful."

He was about to lose his life, yet the West Sea Crown Prince cared about whether Grand Elder Hongmo was pretty!

That bastard, when he gets back, he'll be a third wheel. A wife that beautiful is too good for him!

"Never a Party Pooper: Just kidding. The West Sea Crown Prince told you to take care. He's been waiting for you to come back for his wedding feast."

That's more like it!

Jiang Fan huffed, just about to put away his Moon Mirror and focus on escaping.

"Death Diary: That's not Grand Elder Hongmo, it's the residual soul of Grand Elder Wugou. Don't accidentally harm her."

Silence fell within the Moon Mirror.

Huge question marks appeared above everyone's heads.

Jiang Fan, meanwhile, was greatly surprised, but then he recalled the wish papers Gu Xiner had given him and remembered that Elder Six Paths had once said Gu Xiner carried a residual soul within her.

While surprised, he also found it quite reasonable.

If the residual soul within Gu Xiner wasn't connected to the Confucian path, how could she get wish papers for Gu Xiner?

However, the origin of this residual soul was simply too significant.

It was actually a former Sage!

Thinking of how he had taken advantage of Gu Xiner multiple times and was still alive and well today, beads of cold sweat appeared on Jiang Fan's forehead.

He truly wanted to say, "Thank you, Great Sage, for not killing me."

At this moment, the Moon Mirror vibrated again.

"Death Diary: If she tries to kill you, tell her she won't get the Nine Phoenix Worships the Dao hairpin back."