I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 694 Simple and neat
Xiao Hongyi felt the astonishing firepower and killing intent pressing down from above. His heart trembled, his expression turned cold, and he immediately activated his immortal power to the fullest extent. A crimson fire sword shot into the sky to block the fire bird's attack.

However, just as Xiao Hongyi drew his sword, he saw flames burst forth from Xia Daoming's chest, transforming into a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky, heading towards the swooping firebird.

Both were enormous, appearing to blot out the sky, and both were engulfed in flames.

However, the giant palm that blotted out the sky curled its five fingers and grabbed from a distance. The flames on the firebird's body suddenly detached and flew out, gathering into a stream of fire that disappeared into the giant palm.

The originally enormous firebird shrank dramatically as flames emerged from its body, and the flames dimmed abruptly.

However, in the blink of an eye, compared to the colossal hand that blotted out the sky, the firebird was already as small as a sparrow.

"How is this possible? This is bad!" Upon seeing this, Shuo Ting's expression changed drastically, and he quickly made a series of hand seals.

The little firebird flapped its wings frantically, trying to fly away, but no matter how it flapped, it not only failed to escape the giant palm that blotted out the sky, but instead crashed headfirst into the palm at an even faster speed.

The giant hands came together.

A mournful cry rang out, and the little firebird's flames were extinguished, turning into a single, blood-red, crystalline feather.

This is a natal immortal treasure refined by Shuoting using his natal feather; it possesses immense power and endless transformations.

In the past, Xia Daoming certainly wouldn't have been able to suppress and collect so easily.

However, after the Fire Phoenix Tree absorbed the immense fire energy from the ancient tree, Xia Daoming's strength increased dramatically.

It is still at the eleventh level of the True Martial Divine Weapon realm, but the power of this realm has undergone a tremendous change.

Previously, Xia Daoming had to use the power of his Purple Mansion and Fire Phoenix Tree to believe he had the strength to barely contend with a Golden Immortal in the Condensation Realm.

But now, even without using the power of the Purple Mansion and the Fire Phoenix Tree, Xia Daoming can barely fight against a Golden Immortal in the Condensation Realm.

That's why Xia Daoming dared to create unnecessary trouble and lure Shuo Ting out to settle scores.

"puff!"

With his natal immortal treasure suppressed and taken away, Shuo Ting's blood and immortal power surged within his body, causing him to spit out blood uncontrollably. His face turned deathly pale, and his eyes revealed fear and disbelief.

However, at this moment, Shuoting had no time to think deeply. With a "whoosh," a ball of flame rose up from his body, transforming into a firebird that resembled a Vermilion Bird but was much larger, with its feathers and flames also having mixed colors. Spreading its wings and flapping them fiercely, it transformed into a streak of light and flew rapidly towards the direction of Lieyao Mountain.

"Hmph, where do you think you're going!"

Just as Shuo Ting was about to escape, another fiery palm descended from the sky and struck him.

"Oh!"

Shuo Ting was struck to the ground by the Heaven-Covering Fiery Palm, flames and feathers scattered everywhere.

Before he could even recover, the Yangyi Sword hanging in front of Xia Daoming had already transformed into a beam of light and wrapped around his neck.

His head, disproportionate to his body, rolled to the ground like a sparrow's.

Immediately afterward, just as a primordial spirit carrying a phantom of flames flew out, chains imbued with ghostly fire were thrown out from the Myriad Immortal Banner, capturing the primordial spirit and dragging it into the banner.

"This……"

Xiao Hongyi stood there, stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

He had imagined many different battle scenes, some intense, some with a plethora of magical techniques and treasures. He had also imagined Xia Daoming unleashing his full power, gaining a complete advantage, and forcing Shuo Ting into a retreating defeat, unable to retaliate...

But no one expected that the battle between the two sides would end in such a simple, brutal, and decisive way, without any suspense.

"Is it over just like that?" After a long while, Xiao Hongyi saw Xia Daoming sweep away Shuoting's corpse with a wave of his hand, and he couldn't help but shudder and murmur.

"Of course it ends here, otherwise would my martial uncle want me to fight this guy for three hundred rounds?" Xia Daoming said matter-of-factly. In reality, he was also somewhat surprised by his own combat strength.

He deliberately lured Shuo Ting out this time, not only to settle scores but also to test his strength.

As a result, his strength grew even more dramatically than he had imagined.

"Of course not!" Xiao Hongyi rubbed his hands together, then said with a regretful expression, "If I had known you were so capable, I should have taken something with me when I left!"

"Didn't I tell you already? You don't think I was lying to you, do you?"

"Cough cough, no, of course not!" Xiao Hongyi quickly said awkwardly.

"Hehe, Uncle-Master, let's hurry up and go!" Xia Daoming said with a smile upon seeing this.

As he spoke, he raised the Yangyi Sword once more.

The sword light enveloped the two of them, and they flew rapidly towards Suiyuan Prefecture.

Only after they were truly far from Lieyao Mountain did Xia Daoming put away the Yangyi Sword and take out a celestial boat.

Traveling on a sword, with someone on your back, is exhausting and nothing compared to the ease and comfort of riding a celestial boat.

"How did you find your senior master? Where have you been all these years? Do you have any news about your master, mistress, or Qiaolian?"

With the crisis resolved and now aboard the celestial boat, Xiao Hongyi finally relaxed completely and began to inquire about Xia Daoming's affairs.

Xia Daoming gave a brief explanation.

Xiao Hongyi sighed deeply after hearing this.

After a long while, Xiao Hongyi gradually calmed down. Looking at Xia Daoming, he said with great emotion, "Before, I knew that Golden Immortals were very powerful, far surpassing True Immortals. But only after seeing you kill Shuoting today did I realize that I had underestimated the gap between True Immortals and Golden Immortals. And this was only a Golden Immortal in the Condensation Realm. I can't even imagine the strength of Golden Immortals in the Opening Realm and other realms!"

“Even among True Immortals, there are varying degrees of strength. Although Shuoting is a Protector, his strength is actually not that great among the Twelve Assemblies of True Immortals. In Lieyao Mountain, the truly powerful ones are those Golden Immortal seed disciples who are being cultivated with special care. Their Twelve Assemblies of True Immortals are far superior to Shuoting's. It wouldn't be so easy for me to suppress and kill such a person,” Xia Daoming said.

He once used his divine eye to observe the fire-making situation at the bottom of the mountain valley and knew that the twelve peak True Immortals who were making fires with the Golden Immortals were much stronger than Shuoting.

"It seems I'm still far from that level! Fortunately, the Qingyuan Sect produced such a prodigy as you, otherwise I don't know if I would have had the chance to cross the ocean to the Lingzu Mountain in the Southern Flame Immortal Realm to find your master and the others," Xiao Hongyi said with a heavy heart.

The strength Xia Daoming had just displayed both surprised and delighted him, but it also made him realize the huge gap between them, giving him a sense of awe and pressure that seemed impossible to climb.

"Uncle-Master, don't underestimate yourself. You have only been cultivating for a few years, yet you have already comprehended the mysteries of the Twelve Assemblies True Immortal. You only need to accumulate immortal power to step into the Twelve Assemblies Realm. Moreover, you have also comprehended and cultivated a small amount of Candle Dragon Fire. Once you step into the Twelve Assemblies Realm, how can you compare to an ordinary Twelve Assemblies True Immortal?"
"And those powerful figures of the Flame Sparrow Clan, let alone Golden Immortals, even Shuo Ting's cultivation years are counted in tens of thousands of years. And my uncle's cultivation years have also reached tens of thousands of years. How can they compare to him?" Xia Daoming saw that Xiao Hongyi's mentality was somewhat subtle, so he quickly put on a serious face and said.

"Haha, I would never have dared to have such confidence before, but now that you're back, with you here, I, your uncle, dare to say that you will definitely reach the Golden Immortal realm in the future!" Xiao Hongyi stared at Xia Daoming for a long time after hearing this, then suddenly burst into laughter, full of pride and confidence.

"Uncle-Master, I feel a lot of pressure saying that!" Xia Daoming said with a smile upon seeing this.

"Haha, don't feel pressured! Think back to those days, you led our Qingyuan Sect to the top of the Xuanhuan Realm all by yourself in just a few hundred years. You will definitely succeed this time too. Your uncle has a thousand times more confidence in you than in yourself!" Xiao Hongyi said with a smile, patting Xia Daoming on the shoulder.

"Come on, if you really have so much faith in me, why didn't you agree to let me take some things before I left?" Xia Daoming shook off Xiao Hongyi's hand on his shoulder and said with a sneer.

"That's because we haven't seen each other for thousands of years, and we haven't gotten used to your changes yet," Xiao Hongyi said awkwardly.

"Haha, I was just kidding, Uncle-Master." Xia Daoming casually put his hand on Xiao Hongyi's shoulder and said, "You've suffered so much these past years. I have some elixirs and medicines here that can increase your immortal power. Take advantage of your journey these days and consume and refine them to try to reach the Twelfth Ascension Realm as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Xia Daoming took out a storage ring.

　That concludes today's update.

　　
　
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