To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

The Fire Spirit leader came with great force, and when it was dozens of feet away, it opened its mouth and spat out a sea of ​​fire.

A pale blue sea of ​​fire instantly spread out, like a celestial river cascading down upon Gu Fan.

Gu Fan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and the Blazing Fire Heaven Formation suddenly unfolded.

The next instant, the sea of ​​fire reached Gu Fan, but it parted to the sides as if it had hit a reef, without even touching the hem of his clothes.

Gu Fan took a step forward, and the divine general's Dharma form reappeared and merged with his body. He held the Returning Origin Furnace in his left hand and the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword in his right, stepping on a sea of ​​fire and draped in rosy light. Chang Yuan appeared in a ten-zhang form, standing behind Gu Fan, his snake head raised high to the sky, his Divine Firmament Thunder Eyes radiating divine light, and his black scales flashing with lightning.

The overwhelming magical power intimidated the entire scene, not only instilling fear in the attacking fire spirits, but also causing the besieged female cultivator to hold her breath for a moment upon seeing this scene, almost revealing a flaw.

Chang Yuan flicked his snake tail and swiftly swam to trap the two fire spirits. The fire spirits' sharp claws landed on the black scales, only scattering a few sparks of lightning, failing to cause any damage.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chang Yuan swung his tail to knock back one of the fire spirits and then bit another one.

The spirit fire that was bitten suddenly burst into a ball of flame, which Chang Yuan drank down as if he were drinking wine.

"happy!"

Two blue flames shot out from Chang Yuan's nostrils as he squeaked merrily.

At the same time, Gu Fan waved his hand and threw the Returning Origin Furnace, which ignited with the Starfall Calamity Flame, dragging a dark red tail of flame as it crashed towards the Fire Spirit Leader.

"Bang!"

The Guiyuan Furnace clashed with the sharp claws, producing a resounding metallic clang.

The Fire Spirit leader froze abruptly, and the Returning Origin Furnace flew back.

Gu Fan swept his Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword horizontally, unleashing two consecutive Blazing Flame Slashes, forcing the Fire Spirit attacking from the side to scream and dodge. With one hand, he summoned the Returning Origin Furnace, and flames rose from his palm, enveloping the Returning Origin Furnace, which transformed into a ten-zhang-long crimson-gold fire dragon, roaring and tearing forward.

Wherever the fire dragon passed, the air became distorted.

The Xuan Yin Heavenly Fire not only failed to harm the fire dragon, but was instead absorbed into it, making it even stronger.

The Crimson Gold Fire Dragon is not a single spiritual fire condensed from a single flame. Rather, it is the result of Gu Fan's comprehension of the true meaning of multiple spiritual fires. He used the Fire-Burning Heaven Array to mobilize the fire-elemental spiritual energy within a radius of a hundred feet to create it. It combines the destructive power of the Starfall Calamity Fire, the sustenance of the Yin-Nether Corpse Fire, the exorcising power of the Samadhi True Fire, and the vitality of the Azure Spirit Flame.

The Fire Spirit Leader was originally formed from spiritual fire, and was like a natural enemy to the Crimson Gold Fire Dragon. It immediately sensed the threat of the Crimson Gold Fire Dragon. Its four wings trembled and flames burst forth. Its feathers were ignited with Xuan Yin Heavenly Fire, and it began to fight the Crimson Gold Fire Dragon.

In an instant, fire feathers and dragon scales flew everywhere, all turning into fireflies.

Gu Fan focused on two things at once: on one hand, he controlled the crimson-gold fire dragon to hold back the fire spirit leader, and on the other hand, he summoned the Cloud-Covering Umbrella and hung it above his head, making it difficult to shake no matter how much the two fire spirits bit at him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the divine general's form swelled in the wind, instantly expanding to three zhang (approximately 10 meters).

Supernatural Power: Size at Will!

Fire Spirit was startled by Gu Fan. It was too late to flap its wings and retreat. The Dharma Image grabbed it in its palm, and as its five fingers tightened, the Starfall Tribulation Fire erupted, completely annihilating it.

A streak of red light appeared as the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword flew out of the hand, piercing through the chest of another fire spirit.

"Boom!"

A thunderous roar suddenly sounded; it turned out that Chang Yuan was harnessing lightning to kill another fire spirit.

At this point, only the fire dragon leader remained. Seeing his subordinates dead, he roared in anger and tore the crimson-gold fire dragon in two.

Gu Fan's lips curled slightly, and he pointed his fingers like a sword, shouting, "Explode!"

The remaining two sections of the fire dragon exploded, engulfing the fire spirit leader, and the surging waves forced Gu Fan back two steps.

A moment later, the flames died down.

Despite suffering such a heavy blow, the Fire Spirit leader was still alive.

Its four wings were broken in half, and its chest and abdomen were ripped open.

However, as a manifestation of spiritual fire, it has no internal organs and can only be seen as flowing flames.

The Returning Origin Furnace flew back to the palm of the mortal realm, its spiritual light slightly dimmed.

Gu Fan and Chang Yuan formed a pincer movement, sandwiching the heavily injured Fire Spirit leader between them. Unexpectedly, the Fire Spirit leader flashed away and fled towards the Profound Yin Heavenly Fire atop the floating island.

"Stop it!"

Gu Fan instantly saw through the Fire Spirit leader's intention.

The Xuan Yin Heavenly Fire atop the mountain is the origin of the Fire Spirit. If one were to escape back and draw upon its power, the injuries sustained would heal in no time.

Even without Gu Fan's prompting, Chang Yuan had already taken action. His Divine Thunder Eyes shot out a golden beam of light, piercing through the Fire Spirit leader from behind.

The Fire Spirit leader let out a miserable cry, tumbling several times in the air, but still did not die, and continued to flap its wings and fly towards the mountain peak.

In the blink of an eye, the Fire Spirit leader was about to fly to the mountain peak, its crimson eyes flashing, and a murderous aura flowing within them.

Suddenly, a beam of moon-white light shot into the sky, blocking the path that the Fire Spirit leader was sure to take.

But then the female cultivator who had been besieged appeared.

Gu Fan's appearance greatly reduced her pressure. She had already killed one of the five fire spirits that were attacking her and withstood an attack from a fire spirit. She used the force to rush to the top of the mountain and stopped the fire spirit leader.

The female cultivator formed a hand seal and exhaled yin and yang energies from her delicate mouth, creating a rotating tai chi symbol in front of her.

The next instant, the Fire Spirit leader crashed into the Tai Chi diagram with a muffled thud and was thrown away by a force.

The female cultivator tilted her head back and spat out a mouthful of blood, but she gritted her teeth and did not back down, trying her best to maintain the operation of the Tai Chi diagram.

Gu Fan's eyes flashed, and the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword flew out, piercing into the back of the Fire Spirit Leader and exploding with a bang.

The Fire Spirit leader was struck by this attack, half of his body disappeared, and he stumbled and fell downwards.

But then the Guiyuan Furnace opened its lid and took it inside.

The remaining fire spirits tried to rush forward to rescue their leader, but were stopped by Chang Yuan, who was wielding lightning.

Gu Fan placed his hands on the Guiyuan Furnace, pouring in his immense magical power. Flames rose within the furnace, and at the same time, his divine sense transformed into a blade, slashing towards the fire spirit leader within.

After the attack, Gu Fan let out a muffled groan, his divine sense trembling violently.

The Fire Spirit leader fared even worse; already severely injured, it disintegrated into a ball of flame, utterly powerless to struggle any longer.

Gu Fan immediately pressed his advantage, determined to refine it.

A moment later, there was no more struggle in the Returning Origin Furnace, only a pale blue flame flickering.

Gu Fan put away the Returning Origin Furnace, took the Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword, and charged towards the few remaining fire spirits.

......

On the floating island after the great battle.

The pale-faced female cultivator cautiously stepped forward, her eyes filled with hesitation, and bowed, saying, "This humble one is Su Nanzhi, greetings fellow Daoist."

"My name is Meng Wei." Gu Fan coughed lightly, then suddenly asked, "Why didn't Fellow Daoist Su take the opportunity to escape just now?"

Judging from Su Nanzhi's expression, she had clearly discovered that Gu Fan was not a cultivator of the Taiji lineage.

If Su Nanzhi hadn't stood in front of the Fire Spirit Leader, she could have escaped. But that would have given the Fire Spirit Leader a chance to recover, and Gu Fan would have faced the remaining Fire Spirits attacking from both sides.

Gu Fan was curious as to why Su Nanzhi did not choose to run away even after discovering his identity.

"Fellow Daoist risked his life to save me; how could I possibly escape alone!"

Su Nanzhi looked up at Gu Fan, her eyes filled with sincerity.

Gu Fan met her gaze, then suddenly chuckled and asked, "Fellow Daoist, you've discerned my origins?"

A hint of panic flashed in Su Nanzhi's eyes. She lowered her head and nodded after a long while.

Gu Fan immediately guessed that Su Nanzhi's thoughts were not as simple as she had said.

If Gu Fan were a cultivator of the Taiji lineage, Su Nanzhi's words would be somewhat believable, but facing a cultivator from another path, especially a Golden Core cultivator, no one would dare to believe him easily.

Su Nanzhi must be hiding something.

"So..." Gu Fan drawled, asking, "Since you've chosen to stay, you must have something to ask of me?"

Su Nanzhi sighed, looked up, and asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you perhaps planning to kill me to silence me?"

As she spoke, Su Nanzhi took a step back.

"Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand." Gu Fan waved his hand. "Just now you mentioned an opportunity and a way to pass the trial. If those are true, how about we cooperate, as long as you swear an oath?"

Su Nanzhi tentatively asked, "Would you be willing to share that opportunity with me, fellow Daoist?"

Currently, she is depleted of her magical power and injured. If Gu Fan wants to take her for himself, she has no power to resist.

"Fellow Daoist, may I take a look first?" Gu Fan asked in return.

If it were too precious, he might not be willing to part with it.

Upon hearing this, Su Nanzhi's eyes dimmed slightly, and she took out a three-leaf spirit herb from her storage bag.

The three-leaf celestial herb visibly exudes a pure fragrance, and a rosy glow flows across its leaves, clearly indicating that it is no ordinary plant.

"Huh, Soul-Gathering Grass!"

Chang Yuan cried out in surprise and lunged forward, opening his mouth to bite the three-leaf spirit herb.