Ji Xiang decisively abandoned his sword and retreated swiftly. The Taiyi Sanyuan Sword was intercepted and discarded to the side by the Fire Lord. In just two exchanges, two magical implements were destroyed. As Ji Xiang retreated, he flung out the Tianpeng Ruler!

But the Fire Lord's voice suddenly appeared in Ji Xiang's ear:

"Quite powerful, far exceeding the Fourth Realm. As expected, you carry the incense of the masses, quite extraordinary!"

"But I am already half a terrestrial immortal, like the red sun of the Nine Heavens. Although you also have the incense of the masses, you are only like the pine and cypress of the Nine Earths. I am as unreachable as the heavens, and you cannot avoid my sunlight."

"All things grow towards the sun."

"No matter where the incense of the masses on your body comes from, today, it all belongs to me. The great fire that has not finished burning in the Forbidden City will be continued with the incense on your body!"

The Fire Lord sighed. She had already taken one step, and that step turned into hundreds.

The Tianpeng Ruler fell to the ground.

Vast incense had spread out like an ocean.

Fresh blood streamed down her head, covering half her face, the wound from being struck by the Golden Mace. Earlier, when Song Zhongzheng took a hit from the Golden Mace, his head was split into two halves like a watermelon, but the Fire Lord only bled a little!

Her physical body was extremely strong. At this moment, she had reached Ji Xiang, her palm gently descending, as if the great fire, wind and rain, the life and death of all beings, were all within her grasp.

This was a spell!

But Ji Xiang's hands had already exchanged positions in his sleeves. A golden light flew out. The Golden Mace absorbed another ten percent of Ji Xiang's vital energy, launched a second attack!

But this time, when the Golden Mace struck the Fire Lord, although the Fire Lord still did not evade, she was not as panicked as before.

She withstood the blow, her chest caved in, and blood flowed from her seven orifices.

An ordinary person would have died from such an attack, but she acted as if nothing had happened, only her body seemed slightly hunched, her proud chest collapsed, beaten into a flat plain, but she didn't care at all.

Three flowers appeared above her head.

Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown, one flower symbolizing a "glory" condensed from the body. In the fourth, fifth, and sixth realms, all the essence, qi, and spirit in the current body are condensed to create a glory. When three glories gather, one can enter the seventh realm, which is Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown. At this time, the physical body, vital energy, and spirit have all reached the first peak in the cultivation stage.

The most obvious change is that even if half of the head is flattened, one can still speak; even if there is a hole in the chest, one can still talk and laugh. The body's vitality becomes extremely strong. As long as the total amount of vital energy in the body is sufficient, all injuries can be slowly recovered over time.

"Some spells can only be used once. If they don't work the first time, they won't work the second time."

The Fire Lord sighed: "Good magical implement, it comes quickly and goes quickly, otherwise I would have caught it just now. Unfortunately, although the power is great, it is not enough to kill me."

"This is because your magic power is too weak, so the power of the magical implement is also small when used, and the gap between us is too large."

"What other tricks do you have? If not, after playing a few moves with you, you should die."

Before Ji Xiang could react, the Fire Lord withstood the blow from the Golden Mace, and her hand had already come without diminishing momentum. In just a moment, it touched Ji Xiang's cheek, and then her fingers slid to his neck.

Two breaths.

The wind and rain in the world swayed for an instant.

Ji Xiang's throat was crushed by the Fire Lord.

"Nothing more than this."

The Fire Lord broke all the meridians and bones in Ji Xiang's entire neck. Ji Xiang's head tilted down. With a flick of her hand, the Fire Lord threw Ji Xiang's body far away.

In the raging storm, only the Fire Lord's raging flames bloomed with light, like a beacon in the dark world.

The Fire Lord felt it was a pity, but since Ji Xiang was unwilling to join the cult, she couldn't be soft-hearted. Now there was no time for her to slowly recruit followers, after all, the emperor was still waiting for her to burn him to death.

The Avici Karma Fire was the most important thing. There had been enough accidents tonight.

The Fire Lord now stretched out her hand, and Ji Xiang's "body" suddenly burst into flames, swaying unextinguished in the wind and rain, trying to connect the incense of the masses on Ji Xiang's body to the fire that was about to be extinguished.

Her footsteps stepped on the bluestone slabs, stepping in the puddles. After two or three steps, the surrounding illusion disappeared. The Fire Lord was facing Emperor Wanli and his party. Her shadow and the firelight were reflected on the shimmering water surface.

She stopped at this moment.

Because Ji Xiang's voice came from behind:

"I have heard that gaining without labor is a disaster for the body."

The Fire Lord suddenly felt the power in her body rapidly draining away. All the incense she had brought was abandoning her. Moreover, this vast amount of incense of the masses seemed to form shackles, making her unable to move!

At this moment, the incense of the masses suddenly stopped serving her. She was plunged into the incense of the masses, just like a person sinking into a swamp!

The Fire Lord immediately turned her head and looked at Ji Xiang's "corpse". All the flames she had released earlier had disappeared without a trace. And it was at this moment that something greatly shocked her happened.

Ji Xiang's "corpse" actually jumped straight up from the ground!

Ji Xiang moved his neck, looking completely unharmed. The national prestige offset the Fire Lord's raging fire, just like Song Wuji couldn't use flames to burn the Southern Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Ji Xiang was not dead yet, so the national prestige could not fail. Moreover, in the Forbidden City, the body was immune to all negative states, and burns were one of them.

At this moment, both hands were revealed from his sleeves, already forming a hand seal, and at the same time, his words were not forgiving:

"You are not a terrestrial immortal yet, you have no right to be arrogant. Without the Golden Core, you will eventually be no different from me!"

Of course, these were just Ji Xiang's showy words. He just wanted to say something to scare the other party when he jumped up from the ground. After all, although he had lost in strength, he couldn't lose in words.

The Fire Lord's beautiful eyes widened. For a moment, she didn't know what to say to describe the current situation, or even how to speak at this moment.

Or rather, his throat had been crushed by her, so why could he still make a sound!

But for Ji Xiang, when his throat was crushed by the Fire Lord, he began to silently recite the *Scripture of Universal Salvation* in his heart. This time, he only needed to recite it three times, and his throat immediately returned to normal.

Ji Xiang formed the White Crane Seal, and when the Fire Lord saw the White Crane Seal, she immediately knew what Ji Xiang was going to do!

"Reversed Three Hand Seals, you want to dismantle my incense!"

The Three Hand Seals, when formed normally, are movements to supply incense. Reversing the Three Hand Seals in the Daoist sect means dismantling someone else's incense. People with magic power will not easily dismantle other people's incense, as this creates a deadly feud.

"You are really too naive. You also have the incense of the masses on your body. If you dismantle my incense, don't you think I won't dismantle your incense?"

The Fire Lord's face darkened. She exerted all her strength and transformed into a divine body!

Her face and left hand were hidden in the light of the raging fire. She used the power of Zhurong to forcibly contend with the incense of the masses, and in the midst of the incense surrounding her, she formed the Burning Lamp Seal with both hands.

The two changed their hand seals almost simultaneously.

Burning Lamp Seal, Great Compassion Seal, White Crane Seal.

The incense around the Fire Lord immediately turned into a violent storm. Those yellow mist clouds began to break free from her control. It was at this moment that Ji Xiang spoke:

"Jade brilliance scatters scenery, nine fragrances contain smoke; fragrant clouds densely arrayed, scriptures soar through the nine heavens."

"Attending incense jade maiden, ascends before the Emperor; granting me longevity, becoming an immortal for generations."

The incense that had broken free from the Fire Lord immediately surged towards Ji Xiang's direction. Ji Xiang opened his mouth wide, swallowing wind and clouds, and all the incense of the masses was eaten by Ji Xiang!

The Fire Lord was stunned at this moment. She had also reversed the Three Hand Seals, but not a trace of incense yellow aura appeared on Ji Xiang's body!

"What's going on, where is the incense of the masses on your body?"

Ji Xiang mocked her: "My incense is male, your incense is female. When the female meets the male, she comes at my beck and call. Your hand seal doesn't work on me!"

Seeing these several bizarre scenes, even the Fire Lord felt a strange fear rising in her heart.

People are all afraid of the unknown!

"You are not a human?"

"What is your origin!"

The Fire Lord finally felt a sense of dread towards Ji Xiang, and she discovered that her strength was rapidly declining!

The loss of the incense of the masses meant that her status as a half-terrestrial immortal could no longer be maintained, and she began to revert to the strength of the seventh realm!

"I am indeed not a human!"

"I am a heavenly god!"

Ji Xiang smiled, reciting in the wind, rain, thunder and lightning:

"I descend from the Azure Heavens above."

"I come from the Great Floating Limbo Earth!"