The eunuch beside him shouted and hurriedly followed, rising into the air.

He was also a cultivator, and even at the Golden Core stage.

On the other side, after receiving the news, Island Master Ying was also very interested in the so-called divine fire.

He brought his son and subordinates and rushed over.

Only Li Peiyi claimed to be unwell and did not follow.

At Fanghu Mystic Isle Temple, Abbot Guangci sat with his eyes closed in cultivation.

Monk Tongchan whose dressed in a spotless white robe and barefoot, stood by the window.

A faint smile rested on his lips as he gazed at the black flames that could still be seen even in the night, burning fiercely and irresistibly.

He thought to himself that there was no need for him to request anything.

That young man already possessed the heart to save all living beings.

Tongchan was only twenty years old, yet he casually referred to someone four years older than himself as a young man.

It was hard to say what kind of mindset he had.

Meanwhile, Xiao Shou who had been deemed to possess a compassionate heart for saving the world was currently hugging a jade pillow and sleeping soundly.

He was worried earlier, but now he dreamed that everything would be fine when he woke up the next day.

He had no idea what was happening outside.

Just as Emperor Yingzhou rose into the air, he sensed that the black flames had already spread across half of Yingzhou Celestial Isle.

They burned with a dominance even greater than his own, unreasonable and impossible to resist.

However, unlike the harmless divine fire described in the reports, he could clearly sense that his only daughter, along with numerous soldiers and officials, were screaming in agony within the flames.

In less than a short time, not even ashes remained of them.

"You wretched creature, how dare you!"

Seeing his daughter writhing in pain within the flames, his rage exploded.

Without thinking, he used a short-range teleport and instantly appeared beside her, catching her in his arms.

He quickly cast spells, trying to extinguish the flames surrounding her.

The Crown Princess had already turned into a being of fire.

Although she was domineering, ruthless, and merciless in her actions, her feelings toward her father were genuine.

She pushed Emperor Yingzhou away with a burst of spiritual energy and endured the pain as she said, "Father, leave quickly. This strange fire cannot be affected by our power. Ice techniques are useless. It seems to target the nobles. My followers..."

Before she could finish speaking, she completely transformed into a mass of flame and vanished.

Emperor Yingzhou watched his daughter disappear before his eyes.

Overcome with grief, he roared in anguish, "No matter who you are, I will never rest until we are enemies for life!"

"Everyone stay away from the flames. There is something very strange about this fire."

Island Master Ying who had arrived alongside him watched as the Emperor’s daughter turned into flames.

The Emperor himself was also being surrounded by the fire.

Many others were burning as well.

Yet at the same time, a large number of poorly dressed mortals and low-level cultivators who are wearing shabby clothes and carrying ordinary magic tools, stood within the black flames with expressions of comfort and enjoyment.

He felt deeply puzzled.

What kind of spirit fire was this?

He had never heard of such a flame in any record of spiritual fires.

It possessed such strange properties and such overwhelming power.

All spells were rendered ineffective.

If that was the case, then what was the point of cultivators cultivating at all?

Inside the water prison of Yingzhou Palace, a man in red robes sat while leaning against the wall.

His hair was disheveled and his face pale.

Although he looked extremely disheveled, his unparalleled bearing remained undiminished.

His expression was cold and calm, his eyes without ripples as he looked at the woman in green standing before him, Li Peiyi.

Li Peiyi met his gaze, the same as when they had first met.

She pointed her spirit sword at the location of his Nascent Soul and said with hatred, "That look again. Always that same look. I am a living person. Why, even after helping me several times, do you look at me as if I am a lifeless object? I said I liked you, yet your gaze never changed."

"I betrayed you. I damaged your foundation and reduced you to a prisoner, yet your gaze still has not changed. Now you are about to die at the hands of someone as insignificant as me, and your expression still has not changed. Do you feel no fear at all? Beg me for mercy now. Say that you like me. I might spare you."

"No matter the circumstances, my path will not change. I will break through the heavens and step into the god realm."

Looking at the madness and killing intent in Li Peiyi’s eyes, Jian Li suddenly thought of the woman he had only intended to use to balance the nature of his Vermilion Bird Flame.

He closed his eyes, ready to await the arrival of his fall and the end of his path.

Meanwhile, the black flames that had engulfed half of Yingzhou Celestial Isle gathered around the grief-stricken and furious Emperor Yingzhou.

In just a few breaths, its broke through the defenses of this peak late-stage Nascent Soul expert.

It then pierced through his protective light, his magic treasures, and his spiritual artifacts, burning directly upon his body.

In an instant, this ruler who had dominated the Yingzhou seas for a thousand years let out an even more agonized scream.

Witnessing this, Island Master Ying’s eyes flickered.

He made a swift decision and immediately shouted, "All members of Penglai Immortal Isle, retreat from Yingzhou Celestial Isle at once and return to Penglai Immortal Isle."

However, his decision came too late.

In the span of just two breaths, the black flames reduced the Emperor Yingzhou and those who had followed him into a mass of fire.