“Thank you, Chief,” Lu Ming said to Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren simply nodded. Then, he stared at the sea of dead souls further away.

“Stand back. I’ll take it from here.”

Lu Ming, Li Wangchen, and the others simply nodded. They, too, wanted to see how Chu Kuangren would deal with the never-ending dead souls.

“Kill them!” screamed the dead soul with a pale face. Its energy was of a Heavenly Immortal.

Following its scream, countless dead souls threw themselves toward Chu Kuangren.

Among the dead souls were elderly folks, babies, men, and women — every single one of them reeked of rage qi.

“I’ll exorcise you all,” Chu Kuangren simply said.

He raised his hand at the dead souls, and in a split second, a golden-red flame lotus bloomed with a mysterious light.

At the next moment, he hurled the flame lotus forward, and it landed on the sea of dead souls.

As though an ember lighting up the entire sea covered in oil, the terrifying flames engulfed the dead souls whole, and the blazing light lit up the sky in red.

When the cultivators who came to Fengdu Underworld City for an expedition saw the blazing sea of flames up in the sky, all of them were shocked.

“What is that?”

“Phoenix’s Flame? Is a Godly Phoenix here?”

“No, it doesn’t look like Phoenix’s Flame. It’s more like Karmic Flame!”

Everyone stared at the burning flames in the sky with awe and doubt.

Only some cultivators who excelled in Flame Dao knew what the flame contained, which forced a heavy look on them.

“A fusion between Phoenix Flame and Karmic Flame? Interesting, but I wonder which is stronger, my Zhurong Flame or yours?”

A young man with red hair grinned at the blazing flame in the sky.

The young man was surrounded by a large number of dead souls as well. He raised his hand, channeled his inner ember, and a golden flame burst out immediately.

The blazing flame wreaked havoc, burning everything in every direction.

Countless dead souls were burned to ashes in the golden flame. Even the Heavenly Immortal dead souls could not escape death.

The flames in the sky slowly extinguished, followed by the dead souls’ ashes scattering into the air.

Chu Kuangren remained on the deck of the warship when the Crimson Lotus Phoenix Flame burned all the dead souls and their rage qi into nothing. As the dark clouds scattered, sunshine shone through and landed its warmth on him, granting him a layer of golden light.

Lu Ming, Li Wangchen, and the others were stunned by the scene before them. The admiration they had for Chu Kuangren was visible in their eyes.

“What a terrifying flame. I didn’t expect the Chief to have this kind of technique!”

“This flame seems to be a fusion between the Phoenix’s Flame and Karmic Flame. The Chief’s attainment in Flame Dao is immeasurable as well.”

“Not bad…”

Chu Kuangren did not feel particularly proud after cleansing the dead souls because to him, it was as easy as lifting his hand.

Even though there were two dead souls of Heavenly Immortal Realm among them, with his current cultivation level, he could easily defeat any High Third-grade Heavenly Immortals unless the opponent was a top-tier or a monstrous sky-pride Heavenly Immortal.

Two First-grade Heavenly Immortal dead souls were nothing to him. Even if there were ten more of them, it would just take one or two extra moves to defeat them.

“I’m more interested in the person behind this. You don’t see a cultivator that controls the soul of the dead every day.” Chu Kuangren’s lips curled into a grin.

He turned around and wanted to tell his group to leave when he noticed an unusual look on Zhao Fangfei further away as if she was thinking about something.

He wore an intrigued grin as he went up to her. “Sister Zhao, any thoughts about this?”

Zhao Fangfei cleared her throat awkwardly. “Nope.”

“Is that so?” Chu Kuangren did not press on the topic.

…

Further away, on a certain mountain peak, a man covered in black robes watched as the flame currents scattered into the air. The shock in his eyes was apparent as he stared.

“What a powerful flame. I think it’s as strong as the Heavenly Champion from Kunlun Immortal Hall who uses Zhurong flames.

“Tsk. It even burned the dead souls that I caught earlier to a crisp. Fine, I’ll go catch some more. I’m just surprised to find someone from the Baimei Tribe hiding in the academy. It seems like I have to plan ahead,” muttered the man.

Cultivators from different orthodoxies explored Fengdu Underworld City, the legendary place filled with all kinds of Opportunities of Fortune and treasures. The explorers started to locate all kinds of Immortal Herbs and Nether Weapons.

Chu Kuangren and company also got something for themselves, but none captured his attention.

On that particular day, a powerful energy fluctuation spread from a certain spot of Fengdu Underworld City and attracted quite the attention.

“This energy fluctuation… Could it be that a powerful Nether Weapon is emerging? Interesting. Let’s go have a look.”

“That direction is where the dead souls are most concentrated.”

Chu Kuangren and company also noticed the energy fluctuation.

When the cultivators finally gathered at the source of the energy fluctuation, they saw an ancient palace erected before them, and an immense death qi could be felt from the outside.

There was even a hint of Samsara Dao’s energy fluctuation within the death qi.

Suddenly, Chu Kuangren’s heart flutter as if something inside the palace was attracting him.

However, he did not make any rash moves. He sized up the place and noticed the signage on the outside.

“Shenshu Palace…” Chu Kuangren murmured.

Legend had it that Fengdu Underworld City was home to the Five Elements Ghost Emperors. It might have five in the name, but it actually consisted of nine people.

One of them was the Eastern Ghost Emperor, who consisted of Shenshu and Yulei.

“It seems like this is the palace of Ghost Emperor Shenshu. A Ghost Emperor is at least an Arch Gilded Immortal.

“But the title is from the previous era. The person himself must have died long ago. I wonder what he left behind?”

While Chu Kuangren pondered on it, a young man stepped up and threw a punch forward, releasing a massive amount of golden flame.

Boom!

The flame landed on the palace and dispersed a huge amount of death qi outward.

With that, Shenshu Palace also started to tremble.

Surprised by what the young man did, everyone turned their attention to him.

“Who is this? How could he burn the place without saying anything?”

“Don’t underestimate him. He’s the Heavenly Champion of the reformed Kunlun Immortal Hall. Apparently, he got the inheritance from the Fire God, Zhurong, a powerful one from the Kunlun Immortal Hall. As such, he’s known as the Little Zhurong.”

“Fire God Zhurong? He shouldn’t be underestimated.”

The crowd looked at him with an additional sense of reverence in their eyes.

The old Kunlun Immortal Hall was powerful and home to many powerful ones. Zhurong was considered one of the tops among the elites.

Chu Kuangren glanced at Lil Zhurong before he looked away. Lil Zhurong was rather strong but not enough to earn his attention.

In fact, he was more interested in the thing inside Shenshu Palace that resonated with him. “Legend has it that the elites of Fengdu were mostly Samsara Dao cultivators. The resonance must be caused by my newly acquired Heavenly Samsara Physique.”

Shenshu Palace was barely damaged by the golden flame. Lil Zhurong grinned at it and murmured, “Quite tough, I see. If that’s the case, let me have a look inside.”

Although he knew dangers lurked inside Shenshu Palace, as the heir to Zhurong’s powers, he could not just step away.

Following Lil Zhurong’s entry, the others made a move as well. After all, no one would want to give away their Opportunities of Fortune to others, even if they had to face Lil Zhurong from Kunlun Immortal Hall.