Primordial Star Scripture

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As Bing Shijiu appeared, the violent power of the latter stage of Heavenly Sacred Palace burst forth, causing the entire void to momentarily come to a standstill. Then, with a great reach of his hand into the void, he directly crushed the fifth thousand-foot Fire Serpent that was attacking Ye Chen.

At the same time, he stomped fiercely onto the Ten Thousand Feet Platform, leaving a huge footprint on the platform created by the latter stage powerhouses of Heavenly Evolution Palace to withstand middle-stage Heavenly Sacred battles.

Suddenly stepping on the Ten Thousand Feet Platform, Bing Shijiu shot towards the other Fire Dancing Giant Serpents in the void. In an instant, he grasped the remaining eight thousand-foot serpents that were still in the void.

Finally, with a roar from his lion-faced humanoid form, Bing Shijiu shattered the eight awe-inspiring Fire Serpents with the sheer force of his roar.

This is the power of a latter-stage Heavenly Sacred powerhouse. This is the unrestrained strength of Bing Shijiu!

With his intervention, he dispatched the nine fearsome Fire Serpents that the young girl had driven to attack Ye Chen!

"Heavenly."

Watching the nine thousand-foot serpents being disposed of in an instant, and Bing Shijiu majestically standing behind Ye Chen, all the martial artists were utterly dumbfounded.

Latter stage of Heavenly Sacred.

They knew that to annihilate nine top-tier middle-stage Heavenly Sacred Fire Serpents, the four-hundred-foot-tall divine beast driven by Ye Chen must be a latter-stage Heavenly Sacred powerhouse!

What astonished the martial artists even more was the profound respect this latter-stage Heavenly Sacred beast showed towards Ye Chen, a prideful being in its own right.

What background could this youth have that even a Heavenly Sacred latter-stage being showed him such immense respect?!

In the void, the young girl with parted red lips also showed a look of shock upon witnessing the lion-faced humanoid battle beast appear beside Ye Chen.

She had never seen such a creature!

A lion-faced humanoid beast?

The young girl had traveled across numerous continents and perused countless tomes, yet had never heard of such a being.

At that moment, Bing Shijiu, having swiftly killed the nine awe-inspiring Fire Serpents and returned to Ye Chen's side, looked up at the young girl in the sky and asked Ye Chen, "Lord Ye Chen, do you want me to execute this girl?"

The words of Bing Shijiu sent shockwaves through the crowd.

The faces of the two girls accompanying the young girl changed dramatically, while the being hidden within the spatial rift, protecting the young girl, was ready to tear through and reveal itself at any moment.

The entire void became eerily silent following Bing Shijiu's words.

At this moment, Ye Chen's voice rang out, "No need, elder. You can return. I've lost this wager."

"Yes, Lord Ye Chen!"

Upon Ye Chen's command, Bing Shijiu hesitated no more and transformed into a streak of light, flying back into the Ice Snow Jade Pendant.

Seeing the fearsome beast vanish at Ye Chen's word, everyone felt even more keenly the respectful obedience the latter-stage Heavenly Sacred beast had towards Ye Chen.

Clearly, this youth was capable of wielding the will of such a formidable being!

With this realization, the way the martial artists looked at Ye Chen completely changed, understanding that a youth who commanded the respect of a latter-stage Heavenly Sacred powerhouse certainly had an extraordinary background.

In the spectator area, the two girls accompanying the young girl finally calmed their hearts after watching the latter-stage Heavenly Sacred beast vanish, and the being hidden within the spatial rift gave Bing Shijiu one deep look before settling back into silence.

Then, the young girl in the void, upon hearing Ye Chen's words and seeing him command the powerful beast to withdraw, let a charming smile flash through her beautiful eyes. Looking towards Ye Chen, her cold yet bewitching face slowly softened. The girl smiled sweetly at Ye Chen, instantly becoming captivating, "So you are addressed as Lord Ye Chen, Ye Chen? Your name is Ye Chen."

"It's not you who lost, but me. Ye Chen, I've lost to you," the girl said, leaving everyone astonished.

As the girl spoke, the fiery crystal flickering between her brows finally calmed down and disappeared back into a faint, mysterious fiery mark.

As the Fire Crystal disappeared, the girl's hair, which had swelled to several meters long and burned like fire, dissolved back again into jet-black cascading strands.

The fiery glow that exuded from the girl's body, the air of mysterious charm that enveloped the void, and the sudden rise in power to the mid-phase of Heavenly Sacred Realm also dissipated altogether.

The young girl had once again transformed back into the innocent yet enchanting figure from before, with delicate skin and a refined, youthful face.

"You lost? I didn't manage to withstand your nine Fire Serpents attack. Even though I resisted in the end, it was the elder who helped me—it depended on someone else. To be honest, if we really consider it, my victory wasn't honorable," Ye Chen said, looking at the young girl.

A duel shouldn't be interfered with by others; that is an unspoken rule.

To win is to win, to lose is to lose.

Ye Chen could afford to lose.

He wouldn't insist on seizing a batch of mid-grade True Fire at all costs during just a wager, after all, it was merely a duel—that's why he didn't let Bing Shijiu take further action.

"Ye Chen, you relied on the elder's help, but I resorted to the elder's help even before you did. It's just that nobody else knows about this kind of assistance," the young girl said, her beautiful eyes blinking as she looked at Ye Chen.

"I had lost the moment you brought out the three divine skills. Later, I used a secret method unique to our 'Heavenly Fire Holy Land,' invoking the Great Enchantment Transforming Divine Skills to draw upon the divine powers left by an ancestor from my domain to control the Fire God Skills. I used this external force because I wanted to see how strong you really were. Ye Chen, you truly shocked me. You were able to withstand the Dance of the Fire Serpents, a great divine power left by an ancestor of my domain, for four rounds!"

"It was external force too?"

Ye Chen had felt early on that the young girl's transformation was shrouded in mystery and seemed to be using borrowed power. At first, he thought it was the power of the Fire Crystal, but now it appeared to be related to some predecessors?

Heavenly Fire Holy Land?

Ye Chen recalled that the young girl had come from the Li Fire Continent, and now it seemed that this Heavenly Fire Holy Land she spoke of must surely be an extremely powerful force there.

"Before I left Heavenly Sacred Palace, I only had a brief glimpse of the situation in the Thirty-Three Lands. It looks like I need to get a good understanding of the powers in the Thirty-Three Lands before entering Five Elements Mountain," Ye Chen thought to himself. Read latest chapters at empire

As Ye Chen pondered, the gentle voice of the young girl reached him again, and when he looked up, he saw the same small purple bottle she had taken out earlier flying toward him: "I lost; Ye Chen, this batch of mid-grade Holy Fire, the Purple Flame Spirit Fire, is now yours."

The instant the small purple bottle was in his hand, Ye Chen felt the divine fire patterns upon hundreds of his Pill Spins in his Sea of Qi begin to pulsate again.

Purple Flame Spirit Fire, mid-grade Holy Fire!

Through this arduous and tumultuous wager, Ye Chen had finally acquired the True Fire!

After devouring this True Fire, Ye Chen's fire-based divine skill "Heaven-Devouring True Fire" would once again grow significantly in power!

Ye Chen was already imagining the moment when he merged the second True Fire "Purple Flame Spirit Fire" into Heaven-Devouring True Fire, boosting its power once again!

Whoosh!

With a flick of his finger, Ye Chen stored the small purple bottle containing "Purple Spirit True Fire" on his person, and said to the young girl, "Thank you."

Ye Chen had asked Bing Shijiu to make a move, which was visible to all.

However, the girl's secret methods were really external assistance, and nobody else would know if she didn't tell them.

In this situation, where the girl was willing to admit defeat and hand over the Purple Spirit True Fire, Ye Chen naturally felt a bit of goodwill toward her.

Ye Chen wouldn't believe that it was because of Bing Shijiu that the girl was scared and had to hand over the True Fire. He knew that behind the girl, who could use mid-grade Holy Fire as a bet, there must stand a mighty Late Phase Heavenly Sacred powerhouse.

Merely Bing Shijiu was far from enough to scare the girl.

Of course, Ye Chen's favorable impression did not involve other matters, it was just enough for him to thank the girl.

"This is what you deserve; you don't need to thank me," she said.

Hearing Ye Chen's thanks, the young girl shook her head, her delicate figure moving as she flew toward the edge of the Ten Thousand Feet Platform.

As she reached the brink of the Ten Thousand Feet Platform, the young girl suddenly glanced back at Ye Chen with a smile and softly said, "Ye Chen, my name is Huo Mei'er. Until we meet again."