Chapter 817

“Who?!”

Above the ten thousand miles of waves, a flame shot skyward, instantly vaporizing the seawater into endless white mist that engulfed a hundred li in every direction.

The ancient ancestor of Burned Heart, his white eyebrows turned crimson, and his black pupils ignited with flickering flames.

[Burned Heart Flame]

The Burned Heart Immortal Dynasty embodies the virtue of fire; generation after generation of the Burned Heart imperial clan cultivated the Flame Dao, and nearly every True Lord mastered this [Burned Heart Flame].

The ancient ancestor of Burned Heart was among the very best.

His inner seed of divine fire was utterly tyrannical.

The roar had barely sounded.

When a divine rainbow slashed through the hundred-li mist and landed before the ancient ancestor of Burned Heart.

Boom—

The ancient ancestor of Burned Heart’s protective divine flame was violently pierced open by that divine rainbow.

“Hngh.”

A muffled groan.

As a True Lord, the ancient ancestor of Burned Heart was flung over ten li by that divine rainbow, carving a crimson arc across the nine heavens.

After barely stabilizing himself, the ancient ancestor of Burned Heart fixed his gaze on the attacker.

During his backward flight, he had already identified the man’s identity with his spiritual sense.

“It really is you. Bold of you.”

Ignoring the searing pain in his chest, he coldly stared at the man before him, clad in dark blue-green robes.

It was the ancient ancestor of Yu, Li Rui.

Li Rui gazed calmly at the ancient ancestor of Burned Heart.

“Still a bit weak.”

That punch moments ago was no ordinary strike.

It was the great divine art [Heaven Opening] of [True Martial Presence].

Though he had used only half his strength, it had inflicted little real damage—merely left the ancient ancestor of Burned Heart disheveled.

Opposite.

The ancient ancestor of Burned Heart’s heart tightened.

‘No wonder he’s a prodigy with dual certifications.’

That divine rainbow had forced him to deploy the full power of his [Burned Heart Flame] just to block it—yet Li Rui was only newly entered into the True Lord realm, while he himself had held that position for centuries.

He had always believed his foundation was profound.

But Li Rui’s strike just now made him realize their strengths might be evenly matched.

The ancient ancestor of Burned Heart’s gaze grew grave.

As the two faced off.

A black streak shot in and halted less than three li from Li Rui.

It was the True Lord of Muddy Lake, arriving in time.

“Li Rui?!”

The True Lord of Muddy Lake narrowed his eyes slightly.

They had come to hunt Li Rui; they never expected their plans would collide so perfectly—before they even found Li Rui, he had come to them.

Since you've come, don't even think about leaving.

The True Lord of Muddy Lake sneered.

With a sweep of his sleeve,

a jet-black mirror flew out and descended upon Li Rui, aiming to trap him upon the endless sea.

Though they couldn’t kill him, together they could inflict lasting Dao wounds, robbing him of thirty years of cultivation.

True Lords are hard to kill; usually, merely obstructing their Dao path is enough.

Directly targeting Li Rui is far more valuable than slaying mere ants of the Golden Court Immortal Dynasty.

Earlier, they hadn’t done so

because Li Rui was deeply tied to the Golden Court Small Cave Heaven, and surely guarded against them at Taiheng Mountain—fighting him on his home ground, even with two of them, might not guarantee victory, so they had settled for the next best option: trapping Li Rui and killing other Yu Kingdom experts.

But here, in the endless sea,

the situation was different.

With him and the ancient ancestor of Burned Heart working together, they might just capture him.

“Young man, you’ve overreached.”

The True Lord of Muddy Lake spoke coldly.

Yet the instant the Muddy Lake Mirror appeared, a colossal sword, ten li long, materialized in midair and struck it precisely.

Crack—

The Muddy Lake Mirror flew backward, its surface now covered in fine cracks.

“Qian Yuan?”