Chapter 465: Karma Fire Burns the River

The towering ghost shadow looked down on all living beings, endless cold light wafting from its green-moon-like eyes.

"Such audacity!"

The voice was like thunder, shaking the mountains and rivers.

Hua Changxi felt as if her eardrums were about to burst, and the spiritual power in her body stalled. She had to stop her body, which was rushing toward the Ghost Infant River, and look at the towering ghost shadow with a grave expression.

"Daring to break into my Ghost Realm forbidden grounds, splitting my Ghost Clan's ancestral mountain..."

Once the Ghost King entered the forbidden grounds, he noticed the bloodline chains born from the well and the Ghost Fire Token. With a sweep of his divine sense, he discovered the crack in the boundary wall and instantly guessed the origin of the firebird not far away.

Lingguang Hall...

The Ghost King hesitated for a moment. He did not really want to confront the Zhu Que Army, but if he could obtain the Ghost Fire Token and consume human yang souls, his cultivation would surely grow significantly.

Soon, the Ghost King made a decision.

In an era of great contention, how could he be timid?

Moreover, the firebird's cultivation was not high, only at the Nascent Soul stage.

"Breaking into my Ghost Clan's forbidden grounds, today you shall return your soul here to atone for your sins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Ghost King raised his hand and waved. Black water from the Ghost Infant River shot into the sky, transforming into countless ghost claws, grabbing at Hua Changxi, covering the sky and earth.

Hua Changxi felt a fatal threat. The firebird's figure suddenly surged, and then, spreading its wings, the spiritual power around her body sprayed out, transforming into a waterfall of fire to meet the ghost claws.

"Boom!"

The two forces collided in mid-air, fire light and ghost energy intertwining, erupting with blindingly strong light.

The resulting shockwave even shook the Ghost King's body.

This shocked the Ghost King. He truly did not expect that the combat power Hua Changxi erupted with would be so strong.

Immediately, the Ghost King increased the intensity of his attack again.

In the Ghost Clan's cultivation system, the Ghost King's realm was equivalent to the human race's Spirit Condensation stage.

And Hua Changxi was only a Nascent Soul cultivator; her cultivation was simply not enough to contend with the Ghost King.

As time passed, the ghost claws were reduced to ash and then condensed again, endless and continuous, while the monstrous waterfall of fire struggled to keep up, gradually being suppressed by the ghost claws.

Feeling the spiritual power in her body being consumed frantically, Hua Changxi revealed a look of obvious panic on her face, quickly scanning her surroundings.

Behind her was the ghost tide surging out from Ghost Mother Mountain.

In front of her, the towering ghost shadow blocked the way in mid-air, and beneath her were thousands of ghost soldiers crawling out from the Ghost Infant River.

At this moment, she had nowhere to retreat and nowhere to hide.

Hua Changxi knew she could not continue to compete in cultivation with the towering ghost shadow. If she continued, even if the spiritual power in her body was exhausted, she would not be able to break through the towering ghost shadow's obstruction.

"Whoosh—"

Flames churned, and a human form emerged.

The next moment, sword beams carrying scorching white flames broke through the air, striking directly at the towering ghost shadow.

Hua Changxi used all her strength. Although she did not reach the level of firing ten thousand swords at once, she still slashed out dozens of swords in a few breaths.

Watching the sword beams breaking through the air, the Ghost King felt the burning-heaven power wafting from the sword beams. His expression changed again, and he hurriedly condensed a ghost shield to block the sword beams.

"Bang—"

Dozens of sword beams fell, shattering the ghost shield directly. At the same time, several sword beams landed on the Ghost King, piercing straight through him.

Watching his ghost body fade, the Ghost King was both shocked and angry, no longer holding back any strength, and launched an all-out attack.

He saw the Ghost King open his giant mouth, and the surface of the Ghost Infant River instantly transformed into a giant mouth. Hua Changxi immediately felt a terrifying suction force acting upon her, trying to drag her entire body into the river.

Hua Changxi struggled with all her might, but unfortunately, no matter how she resisted, she could not shake off that suction force.

Seeing that she was about to be dragged into the Ghost Infant River, Hua Changxi's spiritual light surged, and she directly activated the "Law of Heaven and Earth" divine ability.

Her entire body suddenly grew larger and taller, ten zhang, a hundred zhang...

Amidst the churning scarlet flames, a giant fire shadow, not inferior to the Ghost King's figure, rose from the ground. In the ghost-energy-filled, ghost-fire-eerie forbidden grounds of the Ghost Realm, it was like a god descending to the world.

The Ghost King shook!

All parties in the Nine Netherworlds shook!

Human?!

It was actually a human who had broken into the Ghost Realm forbidden grounds and started a war with the Ghost King!

On the city wall of Zhongmen Pass, Wei Zhenjie's expression also changed abruptly when he saw the giant fire shadow.

He first showed a look of doubt, not understanding why the fire person had suddenly broken into the Ghost Realm, but soon, a look of realization appeared on his face.

"Ghost Fire Well..."

Chu Junyi heard his master's low murmur and looked over in surprise: "Master, that person is..."

At this moment, he was extremely shocked in his heart, because having guarded the Nine Netherworlds for many years, he actually did not know that such a formidable expert had appeared in the human world.

Wei Zhenjie's expression was grave: "Nine times out of ten, it is the Lingguang Hall Master."

"Lingguang Hall Master?"

"Why does it feel like she is everywhere?"

Several other Demon Suppression Army members on the city wall exclaimed in surprise. There was no help for it; the name of the Lingguang Hall Master had been mentioned too many times, and even though they were guarding the Nine Netherworlds, they were very familiar with it.

Ghost Realm forbidden grounds.

Two behemoths confronted each other above the Ghost Infant River, one bathed in fire, the other wrapped in black energy. The aftermath of the collision of their momentum shook Ghost Mother Mountain repeatedly, and the Ghost Infant River's waves surged.

The Ghost King could no longer remember how many times he had been shocked. Looking at the fire person confronting him, he actually developed the thought of retreating.

Nowadays, the Ghost Realm was in a period of turmoil, and several Ghost Commanders were preparing to break through their realms and advance to Ghost King.

If he were seriously injured, once those Ghost Commanders successfully broke through, he was afraid he would no longer be able to continue to control the Ghost Realm Fortress.

However, during the Ghost King's hesitation, the fire person moved.

A giant fist burning with flames attacked fiercely. The Ghost King instinctively counterattacked. Countless wronged souls roared on the ten-thousand-soul bone armor on his body, and the ghost energy surged tenfold, transforming into a giant palm that covered the sky and sun, slapping fiercely at the flaming giant fist.

"Boom—"

The two forces collided, erupting with blindingly strong light. The shockwave spread to the surroundings, and the surface of the Ghost Infant River was forcibly pressed into a giant depression, the river water churning to both sides, revealing the white bones piled up like mountains at the bottom of the river.

The ghost palm shattered, and the flame fist dissipated.

The Ghost King's pupils shrank. Discovering that the fire person was still a high-level body cultivator, he suppressed his trembling heart and opened his giant mouth again.

In an instant, black water from the Ghost Infant River shot into the sky, transforming into several thousand-zhang black snakes, their heads ferocious, their eyes oily green, opening their black basin-like mouths to bite at the fire person.

The fire person met the black snakes, flame fists and flame legs appearing frequently.

But even with hands and feet appearing like this, Hua Changxi was still bound by a black snake, severely limiting her movements.

"Go to hell!"

The Ghost King condensed a ghost palm again, slapping fiercely at Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi looked at the ghost palm attacking like a mountain. Sensing the aura of death, a red lotus flame appeared in her eyes.

The next moment, a bright red fire lotus emerged from beneath her feet, surging against the wind, transforming into a thousand-zhang lotus platform, the petals blooming layer by layer, each one containing the power to destroy heaven and earth.

Seeing the red lotus flame, the Ghost King's expression changed drastically, and he panicked completely.

"Red Lotus Karma Fire!"

"Put away the Karma Fire, and this King will let you leave!"

The Ghost King roared loudly, his voice carrying undisguised panic.

Unfortunately, the Karma Fire Red Lotus had already ignited the black snake that was binding Hua Changxi, and the black snake was condensed from the water of the Ghost Infant River.

Following the black snake, the Karma Fire attacked the Ghost Infant River.

The Ghost King's face was full of terror: "This is the Ghost Realm forbidden grounds, you cannot use such taboo items here!"

"Ghost Mother Mountain and the Ghost Infant River are naturally nurtured by heaven and earth. If you dare to openly destroy the origin of the Ghost Realm, you will surely suffer heavenly condemnation!"

Hearing this, Hua Changxi thought of the experience of being locked onto by the heavenly tribulation in Ghost Mother Mountain, and her expression also changed abruptly.

However, the speed at which the Karma Fire spread was too fast.

Watching the Karma Fire ignite the Ghost Infant River, the Ghost King's eyes were splitting with rage.

Wherever the Karma Fire passed, black water evaporated, ghost shadows wailed, and thousands of ghost soldiers were burned to soul-scattering annihilation.

"Boom—"

The moment the Ghost Infant River was ignited, in the sky, tribulation clouds condensed again, even thicker and more violent than before.

A purple lightning python churned violently in the clouds, locking onto Hua Changxi firmly.

?? Dear readers, Happy New Year. I wish you all immediate blessings, immediate wealth, and success in 2026.

? By the way, I'm asking for leave, I'll be resting tomorrow. ===== CHAPTER 466 =====