Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Before long, the streaking light arrived in front of the flying boat where Song Qingming was, transforming into a young man in a gray robe, who directly blocked their path.

"Fellow Daoist, what brings you here?"

Upon seeing the gray-robed man speaking before him, Song Qingming recognized him as one of the two gray-robed figures who had run out of the passage with him earlier. A serious expression immediately appeared on Song Qingming's face. He never expected to run into this person here.

Upon hearing Song Qingming's question, the gray-robed man glanced at him and then a smile appeared on his face.

"I have come here to ask you for something. If you can hand over the Profound Spirit Pill, you can all leave this place!"

"Mysterious Spirit Pill? Fellow Daoist, you must be joking. I remember you stole it, so why are you asking me for it now? You must have the wrong person!"

Upon hearing the gray-robed man mention the words "Mysterious Spirit Pill," Song Qingming couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness.

Of the two "golden orbs of light" that appeared in the main hall earlier, Xia Mo snatched one away first, while the other ended up in the hands of the two men in gray.

Although he managed to snatch a "golden ball of light" at the last moment, what was inside was not the "Mysterious Spirit Pill," but a bottle of "Ice Pure Spirit Liquid" specially arranged by "Mysterious Heaven."

Faced with this gray-robed man who had come to his door, Song Qingming was somewhat frustrated and unable to explain the matter to him.

After all, when the "Thunderflame Demon King" was chasing him, he shouted it out in front of so many people. It's likely that the news that he stole a "golden ball of light" had already leaked out, otherwise the other party wouldn't have specifically come here.

Seeing that Song Qingming shook his head directly and did not admit that he had the "Mysterious Spirit Pill", the gray-robed man was not surprised and raised his hand to release a ball of blue flame.

"Hehe! I'm already standing here, why bother with all this nonsense, fellow Daoist? Whether the item is on you or not, I'll find a way to confirm it myself in a moment."

"Since you don't believe me, then I have nothing more to say. However, it won't be so easy for you to get anything from me."

"Show me what you've got!"

Seeing that the gray-robed man was already convinced that the "Mysterious Spirit Pill" was on him, Song Qingming didn't want to explain too much to him and immediately cast a spell to release his natal magic weapon, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror".

Meanwhile, Xu Ziyan and her companions, who were healing their injuries on the flying boat, saw that the other party was hostile and quickly got up and took out their magical treasures.

"He's not someone you can handle. You should step back!"

The gray-robed man's cultivation had reached the peak of the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and his supernatural abilities were even more unpredictable, no less than those of Wang Yan and the others. This level of battle was simply beyond the reach of ordinary Golden Core cultivators.

Seeing that Xu Ziyan and the others still wanted to help, Song Qingming quickly stopped them and then left the flying boat, putting some distance between himself and the others.

Upon hearing Song Qingming's instructions, Xu Ziyan and Fang Baixuan, though showing some worry, immediately bowed and responded, then put away their magical artifacts and retreated to the side.

On Song Qingming's side, facing such a powerful enemy as the gray-robed man, he dared not be careless in the slightest. He immediately summoned the "Myriad Spirit Puppet Array" and raised his own magic power to the peak of the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Faced with Song Qingming's rapidly rising aura, the gray-robed man smiled slightly, seemingly not caring too much.

Before Song Qingming could prepare, the "cyan flame" in the gray-robed man's hand suddenly grew larger and larger, then transformed into a large cyan hand wreathed in flames, which pressed down directly in front of him.

Previously, during the battle in the passage, Song Qingming had already witnessed the power of the "Azure Flame" in refining magical artifacts. Seeing his opponent use this move, he became even more cautious and immediately dodged the attack from the side.

However, just as Song Qingming dodged and was still in mid-air, the gray-robed man's cyan hand changed direction and grabbed him again.

Seeing this, Song Qingming quickly cast a spell with both hands, manipulating the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of him to actively shoot out several beams of five-colored spiritual light, which turned into ropes that wrapped around the cyan hand, attempting to lock it in mid-air.

But the moment the five-colored spiritual light locked onto the giant blue hand, bursts of blue flames suddenly erupted from that hand, directly dissolving the five-colored spiritual light that was entangled with it.

Before long, as the multicolored spiritual light above collapsed, the cyan hand quickly broke free of its restraints and attacked Song Qingming's location once again.

Seeing that the cyan flames had just as easily refined the spiritual light emitted by his magic weapon as before, Song Qingming was not too surprised. He immediately dodged and cast a spell, once again avoiding the opponent's attack.

Faced with Song Qingming dodging his attacks one after another and not daring to confront him head-on, the gray-robed man's offensive aura intensified, and he once again cast a spell, spitting out a ball of blue flame that transformed into a second giant hand.

This time, with both hands working together, they quickly forced Song Qingming to retreat repeatedly, leaving him unable to dodge in time.

Just as he was about to be grabbed by the giant blue hand that suddenly appeared in front of him, Song Qingming once again poured the magic power in his body into the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of him.

Before long, under Song Qingming's rapid urging, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" immediately shot out a golden flame, actively meeting the attack of the giant blue hand in front.

After the two sides made contact, a huge roar resounded on the scene, and blue and white flames instantly engulfed the entire battlefield.

Just moments before the two sides clashed in flames, Song Qingming activated his "Nine Palaces Meteor Escape" technique and retreated, narrowly avoiding the aftereffects of the flames.

A moment later, looking at the "golden flames" blocking his way, which were actually unharmed by the blue flames and had not been directly dissolved by them, the gray-robed man who had been chasing him immediately showed a look of surprise.

"This is... the Profound Yang Blazing Flame!"

"I didn't expect you to possess such a refined Pure Yang True Fire. However, you're far from being able to withstand my Azure Yang True Fire with just these flames!"

With just one glance, the gray-robed man recognized the "golden flames" that Song Qingming had just released as the "Mysterious Yang Flame" that could suppress evil energy in the cultivation world.

Although this fire is also very powerful, it can contend with his "Azure Yang True Fire" for a short period of time.

However, this "Mysterious Yang Blazing Flame" is extremely difficult to cultivate. The number of golden flames that Song Qingming can activate is not even in the same league as his "Azure Yang True Fire". It is clear that he cannot hold out for long by relying on this to resist his attack.

The gray-robed man wasn't too worried about this.

As for Song Qingming, the reason he activated the Xuan Yang Flame in the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" to resist the opponent's attack was not to use it to repel the enemy.

Rather, it was to test the power of the "Mysterious Yang Blazing Flame" contained in his natal magic weapon, and whether it could withstand the opponent's cyan flames' refining and invasion.

After receiving the accurate result, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

After repelling the "golden flames" in front of him, the gray-robed man opened his mouth wide and spat out another ball of cyan flame, which he then manipulated to transform into a giant flying sword.

Under the spell cast by the gray-robed man, a giant cyan hand reached out and grabbed the giant sword in front of him, then swung it forcefully towards Song Qingming's location.

In an instant, a powerful aura carrying intense heat rushed towards Song Qingming, and even Xu Ziyan and the others watching from afar felt extremely dangerous, and they couldn't help but retreat.

Before the sword light arrived, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of Song Qingming had already been erected, with a thin layer of golden flames wrapped around it to help intercept the opponent's blue flame attack.

This was the solution Song Qingming immediately came up with after testing that "Mysterious Yang Blazing Flame" could be used to resist blue flames.

Although the "Mysterious Yang Blazing Flame" on his body was not much and far less powerful than the opponent's "Azure Yang True Fire," it was still perfectly capable of covering and strengthening the defense of his own magic weapon.

In this way, at least when facing the gray-robed man's "Azure Yang True Fire", he wouldn't be too afraid of damaging his magic weapon and could fight him with unrestrained skill.

With a loud "bang!", Song Qingming was thrown back dozens of feet before regaining his footing in mid-air.

Although he appeared to be at a disadvantage, under the protection of the "Mysterious Yang Blazing Flame," his natal magic weapon, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," did not suffer any damage to its spiritual energy during the battle and still stood firmly in front of him.

Having confirmed how to deal with the cyan flames, Song Qingming, standing in mid-air, finally revealed a slight smile.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, the gray-robed man, after repelling his opponent with a single sword strike, wielded a giant cyan sword and charged straight at Song Qingming, not wanting to give him any chance to recover his magic power.

In the gray-robed man's view, Song Qingming was only able to barely increase his strength and deal with him for so long by relying on the "puppet array" behind him.

As long as I press my advantage and suppress my opponent in one fell swoop, Song Qingming's defeat and death will be inevitable sooner or later, and he will eventually be refined by his "Qingyang True Fire".

Just as the gray-robed man wielding a cyan greatsword was about to reach Song Qingming, a melodious bell suddenly rang in his ear, and Song Qingming's figure transformed into a gray-robed woman dressed similarly to him.

"Brother, stop it!"

The woman in the gray robe saw that the other person was about to strike her with a giant sword, so she immediately shouted to stop him.

Upon hearing the incredibly familiar, gentle voice, the gray-robed man was slightly taken aback and instinctively wanted to stop the blue giant sword he was controlling.

However, after only a moment's hesitation, the gray-robed man's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and he once again swung his flying sword forward, instantly killing the gray-robed woman who had suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Ah, senior brother!"

A shrill scream rang out, and the gray-robed woman's figure was engulfed in blue flames, vanishing from the spot in an instant.

Not far from the gray-robed man, a figure holding a white bell suddenly appeared; it was none other than Song Qingming, who had just disappeared.

"Hehe! I didn't expect you to have such a powerful illusion magic weapon. I almost underestimated you."

However, you are still a bit short of being able to deceive me with such illusions!

Despite the gray-robed man's sarcastic remarks, Song Qingming's face remained unchanged, though he felt somewhat helpless inside.

Although the "Illusion Bell" in his hand had some flaws, it was still a rare high-grade fourth-level magic weapon. He had never failed to defeat it when facing so many opponents before. He didn't expect that this gray-robed man would be so unaffected and be able to quickly get out of the illusion.

If this person hasn't cultivated some extremely advanced soul technique, then he probably carries some kind of secret treasure that can counter illusions, just like him.

Since breaking through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, Song Qingming has fought against many cultivators of the same level, but he has never seen anyone with such supernatural abilities as the gray-robed man.

No wonder he was able to seize treasures from so many Nascent Soul cultivators and successfully escape Wang Yan and his group's pursuit.

Although there was a hint of seriousness in his gaze, Song Qingming was not afraid of the other party at all. Before the gray-robed man could cast a spell, he shook the "Illusion Bell" in his hand again.

A captivating bell rang out again, and the gray-robed man immediately raised his hand to release a purple light shield in front of him, steadily blocking the attack of the "Illusion Bell".

He thought he was unaffected by the illusion in front of him, but the next moment the gray-robed man looked up and found that Song Qingming in mid-air had split into two identical figures.

"This is... impossible!"

Upon seeing this, the gray-robed man was startled and wondered if he had fallen for another illusion. But seeing that the purple shield in front of him remained unchanged, the gray-robed man quickly calmed his mind and cast a spell to control the giant cyan sword in front of him, directly slashing at one of the figures.

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

A moment later, as the cyan giant sword fell, a flash of spiritual light appeared on Song Qingming's body, and he disappeared from the spot before the cyan flames could even land.

The remaining "Song Qingming" immediately dodged and fled before he could launch an attack.

"Still want to leave!"

Seeing this, the gray-robed man, wielding a large blue sword, immediately gave chase.

But before he could catch up with the other party, the gray-robed man suddenly felt a strange aura above his head. When he looked up, he found that a white halo was falling towards his location.

"This is... this is bad!"

Seeing the "white halo" descend upon his head, the gray-robed man's expression changed slightly. He cast a spell and raised his cyan greatsword to block the opponent.

But as soon as he came into contact with the "white halo," the gray-robed man felt a sudden weight on his body, as if the surrounding magic power was being imprisoned by the other party, making it difficult to activate.

At this moment, he finally saw a familiar cyan figure hidden above the white halo. It was Song Qingming, who was struggling to cast spells and control the magic weapon.

"It's you! How is this possible?"

Before the gray-robed man could hide the look of confusion on his face, another "Song Qingming" who had just escaped flew back and stood in mid-air.

The next moment, a flash of light appeared on his body, and hundreds of flying insects scattered. The figure that had just looked exactly like Song Qingming transformed into an "Ice and Fire Dragon" with two golden horns.

Just now, Song Qingming deliberately used the "Illusion Bell" to attract the other party's attention, and then let the "Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly" attach to the "Ice and Fire Dragon", so that the gray-robed man could not distinguish the two of them for a moment.

They were just waiting for the other party to lower their guard and mistake the "Ice and Fire Dragon" for themselves, so that they would go after the other party.

Using the "Invisible Technique" to conceal his presence, Song Qingming seized the opportunity when the man was off guard and suddenly used the "White Jade Halo" to imprison the gray-robed man in mid-air.

After succeeding, Song Qingming poured all his magical power into the "white jade halo," trying to firmly imprison the gray-robed man.

Meanwhile, the "Ice and Fire Dragon" also transformed into a dragon and spewed a burst of icy energy at the gray-robed man who was resisting Song Qingming's suppression in mid-air, trying to help Song Qingming suppress his opponent.

Although the "Ice and Fire Dragon" was only at the first level of the Nascent Soul realm, the difference in strength between it and the gray-robed man at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm was enormous.

However, at this moment, because he was imprisoned by the "White Jade Halo", he could not use much magic power. He could only spare a portion of the "Azure Yang True Fire" in front of him to resist the Ice Fire Dragon's attack.

However, this caused the "white jade halo" above his head to exert increasing pressure, making the gray-robed man, who felt his situation becoming increasingly unfavorable, frown.

"Quick, everyone, let's go up and help Uncle Song!"

Seeing that Song Qingming in the sky had successfully suppressed his opponent, Xu Ziyan and the others who were watching from a distance all rushed over to help "Ice and Fire Dragon" launch an attack on the gray-robed man.

Although they were all only late-stage Golden Core cultivators, and because of their previous injuries, they couldn't exert much of their strength.

However, the gray-robed man, who was suppressed by the "white jade halo" at this moment, already had very weak protective shield. He also had to devote some of his magic power to deal with these attacks and could not ignore them.

Suddenly, the gray-robed man felt increasing pressure on his shoulders, and the "white jade halo" above his head was getting closer and closer to him.

"Hmph! You lot think you can outsmart me? You're dreaming!"

Faced with his increasingly unfavorable situation, the gray-robed man gritted his teeth and cast a spell again to release a shield in front of him to block the attacks of the "Ice and Fire Dragon".

He then manipulated all the "Azure Yang True Fire" on his body, directly engulfing the "White Jade Halo" in mid-air, quickly covering it in a blazing azure flame.

Even though Song Qingming had already covered his magic weapon with a thick layer of "Mysterious Yang Blazing Flames," the golden flames were quickly overwhelmed by the burning of so many "Azure Yang True Fires" and began to melt away.

Seeing this, Song Qingming understood the other party's intention and wanted to use his domineering cyan flames to directly destroy the "White Jade Halo" magic weapon.

Seeing that the golden flames on the "white jade halo" were about to be completely melted by the opponent, Song Qingming also made up his mind to ignore the magic weapon below and directly cast a spell to summon a magic array in front of him.

As Song Qingming rapidly activated his magic power, a "Seven Star Sword Light Array" quickly appeared above his head, with seven constantly flashing beams emanating a chillingly powerful killing intent.

The gray-robed man, who was still controlling the "Azure Yang True Fire" on his body to burn the "White Jade Halo" with all his might, also felt the killing intent coming from above and couldn't help but intensify his control over the flames in his hands.

If he can destroy the magical artifact above his head that imprisons him before Song Qingming makes a move, the gray-robed man will be able to break free.

Unfortunately, despite his desperate efforts to activate the spell, it was still too late. Before the "Azure Yang True Fire" in his hand could make any difference, the seven sword beams emanating murderous intent above had already fallen down first.

"Seven Star Sword Light, fall!"

Seeing the sword light descending from the sky, and realizing he had no time to escape, the gray-robed man's face immediately showed a hint of panic. He hurriedly manipulated the "Azure Sun True Fire" to form a shield to help block it in front of him.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Seven white sword beams fell one after another, and a series of booming sounds came from below. The huge white sword beams instantly engulfed the gray-robed man and the blue flames in front of him.

Faced with such a huge commotion, Xu Ziyan and the others were also dumbfounded. Fearing that they would be affected by the aftershocks of the attack, they quickly retreated to the side and released their shields to defend themselves.

As the white light and blue flames in the center of the battlefield gradually dissipated, the figure of the gray-robed man quickly appeared in mid-air.

At this moment, he was no longer the handsome man he once was. His body was covered in bloodstains, and only a black hole remained above one of his eyes.

Most terrifyingly, the gray-robed man's lower body and legs had disappeared, leaving only half of his body floating in mid-air with the help of a jade ruler magic weapon.

"He's still alive!" Seeing that the gray-robed man was still alive, Song Qingming, who was standing in mid-air, was surprised and couldn't help but admire the man's survival ability.

At this moment, the disheveled gray-robed man glared fiercely at Song Qingming with his remaining single eye, then slapped his forehead and his nascent soul decisively broke out of his body.

"You dared to destroy my physical body! I will remember this grudge!"

After the gray-robed man's "natal nascent soul" uttered a somewhat threatening remark, he immediately picked up a golden ring, turned around, and fled into the distant void.

Seeing that the other party's Nascent Soul cultivator wanted to escape, Song Qingming frowned, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and with a flash of light, he chased after them with the "Ice and Fire Dragon".

Although the gray-robed man only had his "natal nascent soul" left, his escape speed was no slower than usual, and he quickly put some distance between himself and Song Qingming.

Seeing this, Song Qingming raised his hand and took out a golden talisman, sticking it on his body, which directly increased his escape speed by 30-40%, allowing him to gradually catch up with his opponent.

"Since you came here to ask me for something, and you haven't even gotten what you wanted, why are you in such a hurry to leave!"

The gray-robed man, who was running away with all his might, suddenly heard Song Qingming's mocking voice behind him, followed by a familiar ringing in his ears.

Under normal circumstances, the gray-robed man could easily block the opponent's illusionary sonic attack, but now he only had his "natal nascent soul" left, and his magical power was less than half of his physical body.

Faced with the relentless attacks of illusions, the gray-robed man could only spare some of his magic power to defend himself, and his escape speed was quickly affected and slowed down.

Before long, a golden sword light flew by, and the gray-robed man turned around but couldn't reach it in time. Soon, all his paths were blocked by five golden bronze mirrors.

Seeing that he couldn't shake off Song Qingming's pursuit, the gray-robed man, now a Nascent Soul cultivator, finally abandoned his arrogant demeanor and spoke in a somewhat humble tone:

“Fellow Daoist, although I was the one who struck first today, you have already destroyed my physical body, which is enough to settle things. Why must you go to such lengths to kill me?”
I am the Supreme Elder of the Qingyang Holy Sect. If you kill me here, our sect will not let you off easily and will definitely send people to investigate this matter.

"How about letting me leave? I promise I'll never cause you any trouble again. What do you say?"

"I don't think it's necessary to go through all that trouble. Whoever you are, just die here in peace today. I'll take care of the rest later."

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, more than a dozen beams of spiritual light flew out from the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" and rushed straight towards the gray-robed man's "natal nascent soul".

Seeing that Song Qingming was unmoved by his words, the gray-robed man's face turned ugly. Helpless, he could only cast a spell to release a magical artifact to resist the other party's attack.

However, at this moment, with only his "natal nascent soul" remaining, his strength was already almost gone. He was unable to withstand Song Qingming's all-out attack and was quickly locked in mid-air by the spiritual light released by the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror".

Just as Song Qingming was about to unleash his sword light to take his life, the gray-robed man, whose "natal nascent soul" was already powerless to resist, suddenly had a ball of "Azure Yang True Fire" tightly envelop the several golden rings in his hand.

"Even if you can kill me, you won't get any of the spiritual items I possess!"

Seeing that the golden ring the other party wanted to destroy seemed to be his "storage magic artifact", Song Qingming became anxious and hurriedly cast a spell to try to control his nascent soul.

But just as Song Qingming approached the other party, a powerful pressure suddenly emanated from the gray-robed man's "Nascent Soul," followed by a burst of wild laughter.

"Hahaha, even if I die today, you won't get away with it!"

Before Song Qingming could react, the gray-robed man's "natal nascent soul" immediately erupted with golden light, followed by a loud bang, and the golden light instantly engulfed Song Qingming nearby.

As the sound of the explosions faded, the battlefield quickly returned to silence, and there were no more cultivators in sight.

A moment later, a figure in a green robe slowly appeared in the distant void; it was Song Qingming, who had been caught in the explosion earlier.

"Even though he's already under the control of the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror, he can still cast a spell to self-destruct his nascent soul. This guy is really troublesome!"

When faced with the gray-robed man's attempt to destroy his "storage artifact," Song Qingming was caught off guard and nearly suffered a severe injury from the man's self-destruction of his nascent soul.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, he used the substitute lotus he had cultivated before, which successfully helped him withstand most of the power of the opponent's Nascent Soul self-destruction, thus preventing Song Qingming from being injured.

Standing in mid-air, after muttering a few words to himself with lingering fear, Song Qingming turned around and landed at the location of the battlefield that had just taken place.

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