Chapter 154: Divine Flame

The white imperial flame brutally purified and burned away the seven-colored phoenix true fire, while the phoenix true fire tenaciously resisted the imperial flame’s erosion with its vast vitality and sacred power!

For a moment, they were locked in a stalemate!

“How is this possible?!” Hu Jiutian’s beautiful eyes finally revealed shock, “Your flame… it can suppress my phoenix true fire?!”

Akatsuki Jin, enveloped in imperial flame, his white hair streaming, gazed down with supreme disdain: “This is the Emperor of All Flames—Imperial Flame! Before it, even your phoenix true fire must kneel!”

“Arrogant! Flame Emperor? Our phoenix clan are the original masters of fire!”

Hu Jiutian was utterly enraged; her body erupted in seven-colored auroras, her bloodline power unleashed without restraint: “Let me show Itachi what true phoenix power truly is!”

“Phoenix Domain—All Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix!”

“Ji—!”

A piercing cry that pierced heaven and earth rang out! Centered on Hu Jiutian, a domain composed of countless flame spirits exploded into existence!

Within the domain, fire sparrows, fire crows, fire hawks, fire luans… countless avian shadows formed of flame materialized out of thin air, emitting diverse cries, circling the noble seven-colored phoenix phantasm like subjects paying homage to their sovereign!

This domain was not only of extreme heat but also carried a spiritual pressure, as if it were the origin of all flames, ruling over every flame!

With the domain’s enhancement, Hu Jiutian’s phoenix true fire surged in power; the seven-colored sun blazed brighter and began to suppress Akatsuki Jin’s imperial flame star in turn!

“Within my domain, all flames serve me! Even your imperial flame is no exception!”

Hu Jiutian’s voice was cold, brimming with absolute confidence.

Akatsuki Jin felt the pressure on his imperial flame, his brow slightly furrowed. Hu Jiutian’s strength truly surpassed all previous opponents, and her control over flame had reached an extraordinary level.

“Domain? Ruling over all flames?” A more arrogant smile curled on his lips, “Let’s see—will your domain contain my imperial flame, or will my imperial flame burn your domain to ashes?”

He did not retreat—he instead pushed his surrounding imperial flame to its absolute limit, transforming into a pure white meteor that charged straight into Hu Jiutian’s domain!

“Seeking death!”

Hu Jiutian sneered; with a thought, the countless flame birds within the domain, as if given orders, shrieked sharply and surged toward Akatsuki Jin in a tidal wave, attempting to drown and devour him!

Yet what happened next made everyone’s eyes widen in shock.

As the white meteor that was Akatsuki Jin entered the domain, the flame birds rushing toward him dissolved like snow upon contact with the pure white imperial flame, instantly purified and transformed into purer energy, absorbed by the imperial flame!

“What?! He’s devouring the power of my domain?!”

Hu Jiutian finally turned pale with horror—this completely exceeded her understanding!

Could his flame be so domineering that it ignored domain rules and directly consumed and assimilated the very essence of other flames?!

“Your fire is too chaotic,” Akatsuki Jin’s voice echoed through the domain, laced with disdain, “All show, no substance—how could it compare to my pure, primordial imperial flame?”

His form materialized, standing firm at the domain’s center, now being eroded by imperial flame, like a flame emperor surveying his own realm.

He raised his hand and grasped the void; the previously suppressed imperial flame star suddenly swelled, exploding with even more terrifying light and suction, frantically devouring the surrounding seven-colored flames!

“No! This is impossible!”

Hu Jiutian screamed, desperately pushing her domain and phoenix true fire to resist, but she realized in horror that her flames, before this pure white imperial flame, were as fragile as if facing their ultimate predator!

“It’s over.”

Akatsuki Jin’s eyes turned cold; he formed hand seals, and the swelling imperial flame star suddenly contracted into a single white thread of fire!

“Imperial Flame—Soul-Extinction Ray!”

The white thread of fire shot forth silently; wherever it passed, the seven-colored domain shattered like fragile glass, countless flame birds shrieked and vanished!

The ray’s target was the domain’s core—the seven-colored phoenix phantasm—and behind it, Hu Jiutian!

The shadow of death instantly engulfed Hu Jiutian; she felt unprecedented terror—this strike, she could not block!

“No! I am the noble phoenix! How could I fall to a human?!”

Extreme fear and defiance turned into final madness; she ignited the purest phoenix true blood within her body, even awakening the ancestral bloodline inheritance!

“With my true blood, I offer sacrifice to my ancestors! Nirvana power, aid me in breaking through!”

BOOM!!!

A terrifying aura, far greater than that of the primordial age, erupted from Hu Jiutian’s body!

The seven-colored auroras around her instantly transformed into a more noble nine-colored hue!

The phoenix phantasm behind her grew denser, becoming lifelike!

At that moment, her aura shattered the boundaries of the Wanghou Realm, forcefully stepping into… the Zunzhe Realm!

Though the arena’s rules immediately descended, forcibly suppressing her cultivation back to the peak of the Wanghou Realm, the insights into laws and the elevation of her power’s essence were undeniably real!

Her phoenix true fire’s quality surged again, carrying a faint aura of imperishable rebirth through nirvana!

“Broke through?! Spontaneously breaking into the Zunzhe Realm mid-battle?!”

“We’re done! Akatsuki Jin is in danger!”

The hope that had just risen among the human camp was instantly crushed by this sudden turn of events!

Hu Jiutian, feeling the surging power within her and a deeper understanding of flame laws, wore a grotesque smile on her exquisite face.

“Mortal, I had planned to use this move to break into the Saint Realm! Itachi, a mere insect, forced it out of me! Now, feel the true wrath of the phoenix!”

“Nine-Colored Nirvana Flame—Scorch Heaven!”

She lifted both hands to the heavens; nine-colored flames shot skyward, forming a nine-colored phoenix that lunged toward Akatsuki Jin with terrifying might!

Its power was more than several times greater than before!

Facing this sudden dire situation, Akatsuki Jin’s eyes showed no panic—only calm.

“Broke into the Zunzhe Realm? Good.”

He murmured softly, “Only then are Itachi worthy of forcing me to use… true power.”

Before the stunned gazes of all, Akatsuki Jin slowly raised his hands.

In his left hand, pure white imperial flame burned quietly, radiating the dignity of the Emperor of All Flames.

In his right hand, a strand of profound, abyssal black flame quietly appeared!

The flame emitted no heat, yet everyone who saw it—including the divine beast shadows above—felt a shudder deep within their souls. It was… Divine Flame!

The legendary ultimate flame, the pinnacle of fire, standing beside imperial flame!

“Imperial flame as base, divine flame as guide.”

Akatsuki Jin’s voice was resolute: “Today, with your breakthrough phoenix blood, witness the Dao of Akatsuki Jin!”