Chapter 447: Subduing the Li Fire Sword of the South

To be honest, Xu Jia felt this dragon was quite strange; although Yinglong also has a pair of wings, it absolutely did not look like this.

But how did Dutian Liehuo Zushi capture and refine this thing? Was it Sword Escape across the oceans, having gone to the European continent? The fire dragon said: "This ugly creature is a half-demon born from the union of a human and a walrus in the Far West. Later, it obtained a Heavenly Demon inheritance and refined the essence blood of several Great Demons, gaining an ugly body. On an island in the Far West, a land of ice and fire, it built a barbarian kingdom. The old master harvested the Far West Glare back then and killed it in passing."

Human-demon crossbreeding—how could anyone take a fancy to a walrus?! Could it be an Eskimo? This spirit-monster represents the fire of desire, which is also the fire of anger; in short, it can stir up emotions.

It is actually somewhat similar to the heart fire, kidney fire, and bladder fire among the inner Samadhi True Fire, but his belongs to rage, nameless fire, and the evil fire of the lower abdomen.

Rage governs anger, nameless fire governs vexation, and the evil fire of the lower abdomen governs desire.

Xu Jia is most skilled at subduing such inner demons and outer demons, sword-slashing namelessness, sword-slashing emotional attachments...

This fire dragon was just a showpiece; after spitting out two mouthfuls of evil fire, it breathed its last and dissipated into a fire crystal, so Xu Jia refined it into another Dutian Liehuo Qi.

The various fire monsters in these flags, although they lacked freedom and stayed in this world of flames, were not driven by anyone. Ever since Ancestor Liehuo ascended, they had enjoyed a rare peace. Now that such a figure had appeared, surrounded by the Nine-Fire Divine Dragon, some of the other fire monsters thought Ancestor Liehuo had returned and were scared to death, while others were very unyielding and refused to submit.

Soon, a group of flame crows transformed into a Fire Crow Cloud and spread over.

"It is the old master's magic treasure, the Myriad Crow Pot!" the Nine-Fire Divine Dragon chuckled: "The old master originally took in many heterodox practitioners who committed all sorts of evil, letting them cultivate Flame True Qi. Once they died and their paths vanished, their Flame True Qi would refine their Primordial Spirit and Soul, turning into a fire crow to return to the Myriad Crow Pot, feeding back into the Dutian Fierce Fire. That is how the old master's ten thousand years of Dharma Power came to be."

"This Myriad Crow Pot absorbed the essence, energy, and spirit of too many people; during this time, it has already bred a magic treasure spirit and even refined a Dutian Liehuo Qi."

In the midst of those many fire crows, one could see a great sun, and in the middle of the great sun was a Three-Legged Golden Crow. Its beak, claws, and eyes were golden, but its feathers were black—a black that was also colorful.

This Three-Legged Golden Crow was precisely the vessel spirit of the Myriad Crow Pot magic treasure.

The Myriad Crow Pot was a magic treasure of the Heavenly Court Fire Department. Ancestor Liehuo had obtained a damaged ancient magic treasure, later completing it with Great Sun True Gold and obtaining the method to harvest Diri Chunyang Zhenhuo, restoring this treasure to seven or eight tenths of its power.

Those heterodox practitioners, after their deaths and the vanishing of their paths, were not practicing any evil arts; they simply became "Fire Department Dao Soldiers." The fire methods they cultivated were the techniques of the Fire Department Dao Soldiers, counting as unassigned Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. After all, the Myriad Crow Pot was the Dao Soldier treasure of the Fire Department, capable of releasing ten thousand fire crows to incinerate everything.

It was just that those heterodox practitioners were not told beforehand. Even the heterodox practitioners currently cultivating fire methods in the Huashan Sect, having techniques but no Dao, would turn into fire crows after death and return to the Myriad Crow Pot.

This Golden Crow of the Myriad Crow Pot did not want to be a slave to others anymore, so it led the ten thousand crows to charge over.

The Nine-Fire Divine Dragon shouted: "Brother, don't hit me! This is a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple—one family failing to recognize another!"

The Golden Crow did not care whether they were one family or not. The ten thousand crows swarmed and attacked suicidally, making even the Nine-Fire Divine Dragon feel troubled.

Xu Jia, however, felt settled in his heart. If it were just fire crows, there would be no way, but with a Golden Crow, there was nothing to fear.

Xu Jia's left eye suddenly turned golden and began to glow; a sacred being walked out from within the eye.

This was precisely the sun represented by the left eye, the Taiyang Xingjun who governs the sun, Yuyi Dijun.

This sacred being was extremely majestic, like an emperor of the mortal world, holding a wheel in his hand—it was the Sun Essence Wheel.

He said: "Wicked beast! Do you recognize me?"

Although the Golden Crow was only a magic treasure spirit, it gave birth to immense fear. For a moment, it could not even manifest the Sun True Fire and could only emit "caw-caw-caw" sounds, wanting to flee this place.

However, how could Taiyang Xingjun let it go? With a shake of the sun wheel, it transformed into a section of a Fusang tree branch. With a slight nudge, the Golden Crow could not help but fly over and stand motionless on the Fusang branch. Its flames extinguished, and it ignored its group of fire crow underlings.

Taiyang Xingjun stroked its head, and the next moment, it turned into a golden crow-patterned pot with two handles, landing in Taiyang Xingjun's hand.

Taiyang Xingjun opened the pot's spout and said to the group of fire crows: "Return to your place, if not now, when?"

Immediately, the ten thousand crows flew into the spout and turned into fire sand.

Once the firelight was fully gathered, Taiyang Xingjun shook it—it was about half a pot full—covered the spout, and then transformed into a streak of golden light, escaping back into Xu Jia's left eye.

At the same time, Xu Jia instantly possessed the Daoist secret techniques regarding the refining of fire crows, as well as the Divine Ability to fly ten thousand crows out from his eyes.

"Good, good, good!" the Nine-Fire Divine Dragon said: "You are so powerful; it is no loss for us brothers to follow you."

Xu Jia, however, felt his left eye dry and thought secretly: "Taiyin Star Lord is weak."

First, the Fire Mansion gained the Nine-Fire Divine Dragon, leading to an excess of heart fire and a deficiency of kidney water, causing an imbalance of water and fire. Now, the sun was overpowering the moon, leading to an imbalance of Yin and Yang.

It was no wonder Xu Jia now had red hair, red eyebrows, and red eyes, all the same color as fire. Ancestor Liehuo had been the same way. Heterodox practitioners did not care about the balance of Yin Yang Five Elements and practiced only fire methods; Xu Jia admired him for managing to cultivate into a Heavenly Immortal.

This world was not some mortal cultivation world where a single Spirit Root was set as a genius with a Heavenly Spirit Root, and a Five Elements Spirit Root was trash.

Xu Jia felt somewhat uncomfortable now, feeling not like he had gained an advantage, but rather as if his cultivation had been ruined.

It was no wonder Ancestor Liehuo had put down these external objects one by one; when he finally ascended, his Yin Yang Five Elements must have been stable.

However, Xu Jia was still able to suppress it. Next, he easily defeated two fire deities and refined two sets of the Dutian Liehuo Dazhen.

Only then did Xu Jia sense the core area and enter the center of the Dutian Liehuo Dazhen world.

To be precise, it was the northwest. There was a large volcano, and above the volcano, a Vermilion Bird was circling.

The Vermilion Bird is one of the Four Spirits, representing the origin of fire, the South.

This Vermilion Bird was precisely the Peerless Immortal Sword, the Li Fire Sword of the South. The sword was refined from the South Li Fire, the fire of the universe's Xiantian and one of the four origins of chaos.

The Vermilion Bird is an auspicious beast, not a fierce beast.

Therefore, Xu Jia did not need to make a move at all; the Li Fire Sword of the South sensed its "true master" and was willing to submit to Xu Jia voluntarily.

But while it was willing, Xu Jia's life-bound flying sword, "Weiji," was not.

The Weiji sword spirit transformed into a young boy, looking coldly at the Vermilion Bird, thinking: "Where did this seductive slut come from, throwing herself at us? If I don't beat you into submission, you won't know who is the boss and who is the second."

Immediately, he wielded his sword and started a fight.

The Li Fire Sword of the South also sensed the pressure and, thinking of competing for the position, naturally brought out its own skills.

It was the pivot of the Dutian Liehuo Dazhen and could control the fire of the entire Dutian Liehuo Dazhen, refining the Weiji Immortal Sword.

"Damn your killing sword, I don't care who you kill. Anyway, among the Five Elements, fire overcomes metal. Whether you are Xiantian Kun Steel or Geng Metal, as long as you are metal, you are suppressed by my Li Fire of the South!"

The two swords, one green and one red, fought each other.

The Li Fire Sword of the South had obtained the sword formula and sword intent of the True Transmission Disciple of Dutian Liehuo Zushi, which was extremely profound.

Although the Weiji Immortal Sword had obtained the Weiji Sword Intent at the level of a master heart dharma and possessed the talent and foundation of the Xiantian Three Talents killing intent, its application of sword formulas was not as good as the Li Fire Sword of the South. Firstly, Xu Jia was not a sword expert, and secondly, the superior sword formula he had was just learned from the White Ape.

However, the Weiji Immortal Sword had Xu Jia as its master, and their minds were in sync. It quickly analyzed the patterns of the Li Fire Sword of the South. The original master of the Li Fire Sword of the South had already ascended, so its sword techniques lacked spirit and it was difficult for it to analyze patterns and improve itself.

After fighting for more than three hundred rounds, with sword Qi flying wildly and killing who knows how many fire creatures, even the northwest volcano was leveled, only then did the Li Fire Sword of the South gradually fall into a disadvantage.

Seeing this, Xu Jia hurriedly mediated: "That's enough, that's enough. Let's call it a draw. Otherwise, if you fight until you're truly fired up, it will end in broken swords and disintegrated spirits; what good would that do?"

"Weiji, unfinished business requires like-minded people... er, Immortal Swords. Nanming, you also need someone to assist you in entering the world and making a name for yourself, to expand the Huashan Sect."

Although the two swords were unconvinced and wanted to fight again, they gave Xu Jia face.

The Li Fire Sword of the South transformed into a small red bird and landed in Xu Jia's hand. Looking at it again, it was a small fire crystal sword, vaguely similar to the Heavenly Fire Immortal Crystal of the Sacred Fire Sect.

Having subdued the South Bright Li Fire Sword, the entire Dutian Liehuo Dazhen became something already in his pocket, and the remaining Dutian Liehuo Qi also fell into the hands of Xu Jia.

The environment of the Fire Mansion collapsed, leading directly into the depths of the Huaxi Dongtian; what Xu Jia saw were several more chests containing the belongings left behind by Dutian Liehuo Zushi, but Xu Jia did not think much of them, and would simply distribute them to his disciples when the time came.

As for the three passes in the outside world, among the several hundred people, those who could pass the Fire-Scorched Iron Cable pass were no more than fifty or so; the others either fell into the Huohai Diyu halfway through, only to realize in a daze that they were fine, or did not even dare to enter the Huohai Diyu at all. The difficulty of this Huohai Diyu was only slightly greater than the Huohai Diyu in the Ghost Immortal inheritance "Lushan Five Prisons Great Method"; as long as one had some courage and understood the tricks, it was not difficult to pass.

After passing the first pass, they went on to challenge the second pass; Sheng Ying'er was here to intercept those with low comprehension and talent.

As long as they could comprehend the cultivation techniques and spells left by Xu Jia within a stick of incense, or even half an hour, they could enter.

This time, having courage alone was useless; one needed wisdom.

Xu Jia had originally intended to use five passes, representing five kinds of virtuous character, but upon reflection, where could one find such perfect people?

At this pass, most people scratched their heads in frustration, but a few with good comprehension—those who were predestined people practicing the orthodox Huashan methods, plus a few from the heterodox paths whose disposition and comprehension were not bad, even if they lacked the Karmic Connection to join a major sect—also entered, and they took away the Dutian Liehuo Dan and Fire Dragon Pills.

As for the others who wanted to force their way through, none of them were able to defeat Sheng Ying and enter.

Instead, it was a few True Transmission Disciples from other sects and the Elders who had brought people along who, thick-skinned and relying on their own foundations and Daoist Practice, also passed this stage and arrived at the third pass.

But upon arriving at the third pass, they were dumbfounded, because a projection wearing the Nine-Purple Li Fire Rosy-Cloud Robe was sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat; it was none other than Dutian Liehuo Zushi.

For a time, apart from the people of the Huashan Sect, the disciples of other major sects all felt awkward: "How can Ancestor Liehuo still have a divine thought left behind without ascending? Is he not afraid that his Primordial Spirit will not be complete?"

The Huashan disciples, however, knelt down one by one: "Disciples pay respects to the Ancestor!"

Xu Jia looked over; the disciples with Karmic Connection supported by various sects and factions were all here.

Duan Ziyu, Huang Yi, Zuigai, Huocan Tongzi, and Shan Ren were all here.

Besides them, there were also two local Huashan practitioners of the righteous path, though they looked slightly disheveled, and there were also three practitioners of the Fire Method from the heterodox paths who still had solid foundations and were all at the Earth Immortal realm... these were all people who could be directly accepted into the sect.

As for those from other sects, if they were willing to switch their allegiance, Xu Jia would not mind them joining with their existing skills.

Xu Jia said: "Having reached this third pass, you may directly take me as your master, but I still have a test here to see how your sword technique attainments are, so that I may teach according to your aptitude; those who excel in the sword Dao may continue to delve into the sword Dao, and for those who do not excel in the sword Dao, I can also pass on other Daoist techniques and methods."

(End of this chapter)