Chapter 18: The Soul Red Pearl

The eight supreme Heavenly Soul Immortals and Heavenly Soul Demons grew cold-hearted upon hearing the flame giant’s arrogant shouts. This flame giant actually had an ultimate move—how could they defend against it?
“Everyone, we can’t hold back any longer. Cast our strongest spells, unite them, and use offense as defense,” Sha Xi immediately transmitted her message through her immortal consciousness.
With the strength of these eight supreme Heavenly Soul Immortals, if they concentrated their spells and united their spiritual energies, they could inflict damage on the soul beings, thereby stopping their attacks and gaining a chance to escape.
The other seven understood Sha Xi’s plan and agreed unanimously.
“Start!”
Sha Xi roared.
Each of the eight held their magical treasures, pouring in their immortal and demonic energies to unleash their most powerful spells. Eight spells capable of destroying heaven and earth soared into the air—resembling swords and knives, forming lines and threads, all imbued with spirituality. At that moment, they merged into one, forming a straight iron spear that flew straight at the flame giant.
Guided by the eight supreme Heavenly Soul Immortals, this iron spear, shimmering with five colors, swiftly reached the flame giant’s vicinity. If it could pierce through the giant’s body, it would surely create a hole in it.
Seeing that these eight had attacked first without him taking action, the flame giant immediately understood their plan.
“Hmph, you bastards actually have such a move. But even together, your strength isn’t enough to harm me,” the flame giant shouted angrily.
Suddenly, it swung its Fire Blade, creating a spherical illusion in front of it. This sphere was filled with intense fire energy, which burst forth and exploded right in front of the iron spear formed by the eight.
“Ah…”
Sha Xi, Kong Jiu, Hua Xiu, and the other seven supreme Heavenly Soul Immortals screamed in horror as they saw their jointly created iron spear shattered instantly.
Immediately afterward, they abandoned any attempt to resist and scattered in eight different directions, trying to flee for their lives. If they didn’t leave now, they would all be annihilated by the flame giant. They could only rely on luck, hoping it wouldn’t chase after them.
Eight beams of light streaked across the sky, flying straight into the stars.
Seeing this, the flame giant let out a monstrous roar, drawing all its flames back into its body. Its body transformed into a stream of fire, suddenly appearing in the sky at a speed comparable to spatial teleportation.

As people appeared, the blades were swung down. With the emergence of the Flame Giant, the Falling Fire Blade was also wielded, instantly killing a powerful Upper Sky Soul Demon who tried to flee through the stars. At that moment, Ze Di, who had originally intended to escape through the stars, suddenly turned around and returned to the planet he had left earlier, landing steadily on its surface with a determined look, as if ready to face death bravely. The Flame Giant was momentarily stunned, then clicked his tongue. Instead of chasing after Ze Di, he continued to teleport to another fleeing Upper Sky Soul Demon. With the appearance of the Flame Giant, the Falling Fire Blade dealt a killing blow to each target. Even Sha Xi, Kong Jiu, and Hua Xiu, the three alliance leaders, could only block one strike before being slain by the Flame Giant’s second attack. Thus, following the death of Huang Xu, the leader of the Fire Glow Alliance in the Immortal Realm, the leaders of the Water Lake Alliance in the Immortal Realm, the Wood Cutting Alliance in the Demon Realm, and the Water Submersion Alliance in the Demon Realm also died one after another. Out of the fifteen alliance leaders across the three realms, four had already perished. After swiftly killing the seven fleeing individuals in the stars, the Flame Giant returned to the planet and calmly watched Ze Di, who appeared relaxed and unharmed. “You’re interesting. While everyone else is desperately trying to escape, you choose to return,” said the Flame Giant, not rushing to attack, but asking out of curiosity. Ze Di smiled faintly. “Because my speed is surely no match for yours. Since I can’t escape, why waste my immortal energy on futile struggles?” The Flame Giant fell silent for a moment, clearly touched by Ze Di’s reply, then laughed. “True enough. Your speed can never surpass mine; escaping is pointless. But under my power, you have no chance of survival. Better to bring out your magical treasures to resist—die with some dignity at least.” Frustrated by Ze Di’s indifferent attitude, the Flame Giant spoke up to remind him. Ze Di shook his head and extended his right hand, signaling that he was ready for the attack. Suddenly, terrifying flames erupted all over the Flame Giant’s body, clearly enraged by Ze Di’s demeanor. Raising his right hand, he swung the Falling Fire Blade, and flames burst forth from it, showcasing his greatest strength. “Very good. You’ve succeeded in angering me. I’ll let you taste my most powerful move—Blade Flame!” roared the Flame Giant. Suddenly, the Flame Giant vanished from his spot and reappeared in front of Ze Di. As the Falling Fire Blade was swung down, ten flame worlds erupted in a row along its blade, forming a chain like a realm of flames.

The blade descended. The Flame Giant had intended to watch Ze Di vanish completely, but now his eyes were filled with disbelief—he simply couldn’t believe that Ze Di hadn’t died. Suddenly, a blue umbrella-shaped artifact appeared in front of Ze Di. At the exact moment the Flame Giant launched his attack, Ze Di pulled out a divine artifact. Yes, Ze Di actually possessed a divine artifact. As Ze Di infused his demonic energy into it, blue ripples of vapor emerged on the umbrella’s surface, continuously blocking the attacks from the ten Flame Worlds. Although both Ze Di and the umbrella-shaped artifact were pushed back into space by the attacks of the Flame Worlds, Ze Di showed no signs of injury at all. When the Flame Worlds disappeared, Ze Di retracted the artifact in space and smiled at the still-shocked Flame Giant on the planet. “Impossible!” the Flame Giant suddenly cried out from space. Ze Di shook his head slightly, looked at the Flame Giant with pity, and smiled, saying, “Nothing is impossible. I didn’t pull out the Blue Spirit Umbrella earlier because I wanted to use you to kill those seven. Now that they’re dead, there’s no risk of the secret of my divine artifact being revealed, so I naturally used it to save myself.” The Flame Giant retracted the flames on his body, calmed down, and stared at Ze Di. “You’re very patient; you really deceived us all. But don’t think you can get away. Even with your divine artifact for defense, you lack true demonic energy, so you can’t unleash its full power. You’ll still be slain by my fully activated divine artifact, the Falling Fire Blade,” the Flame Giant said coldly. Ze Di stretched out his right hand again, inviting the Flame Giant to attack him once more. The Flame Giant’s body erupted in fierce flames, clearly enraged by Ze Di’s demeanor. “I’ll drain all your demonic energy!” roared the Flame Giant. He suddenly dashed forward with a spatial jump and brought the Falling Fire Blade down swiftly. A Flame World emitted light like that of a star and struck at Ze Di. Ze Di calmly raised the Blue Spirit Umbrella again, releasing blue ripples that effortlessly blocked this Flame World as well. The Flame Giant, refusing to give up, kept swinging the Falling Fire Blade, sending waves of Flame Worlds to attack the Blue Spirit Umbrella violently. But Ze Di showed no signs of stress. As he slowly retreated into space, he used the Blue Spirit Umbrella to block wave after wave of Flame Worlds. It lasted for half a day.

The Flame Giant, whose divine essence was already extremely weak, stopped in the starry sky in frustration, glaring angrily at Ze Di ahead. Ze Di was also in a difficult situation; although he hadn’t been hurt by the Flame Giant, his demonic essence had been completely exhausted. “Soul-body man, your strength is great—you actually managed to drain my demonic essence. Since I obtained this Blue Spirit Umbrella, no one has ever managed to do that before. You’re the first. Well, since you didn’t kill me, I won’t stay with you anymore. I’m leaving,” Ze Di said calmly. The Flame Giant looked at Ze Di, having no strength left to confront him, and could only watch as Ze Di flew away into the starry sky. “This man is very dangerous. I’d better return to my cave and continue hiding. It’s better to stay inside from now on,” the Flame Giant said thoughtfully before slowly flying back to his planet. Just as the Flame Giant returned to his planet, Qu Yi suddenly appeared. “Hey, Flame Giant, long time no see,” Qu Yi said with a smile on his face. Damn it! The Flame Giant jumped in shock at Qu Yi’s sudden appearance, looking at him puzzled in the sky before revealing a cruel smile. “You trickster! How dare you lurk here? Then hand over your life!” the Flame Giant shouted angrily. Since Qu Yi was filled with chaotic energy, his aura was so weak that it was even inferior to that of a human immortal, causing the Flame Giant to look down on him. Qu Yi shook his head and sighed, “Your strength is undeniable, but unfortunately, you’ve already wasted all your divine essence. So, your life ends here, and your sacred weapon, the Falling Fire Blade, will now belong to me.” The Flame Giant became even angrier, flames erupting from his body as he rushed at Qu Yi, swinging the Falling Fire Blade swiftly. Qu Yi suddenly took out the Star Luo Ding, with himself inside it, and also pulled out the Flowing Cloud Sound Chain he had acquired not long ago. He infused it with water-based immortal essence, instantly activating its power. The Falling Fire Blade struck the Star Luo Ding without any effect. Meanwhile, the Flowing Cloud Sound Chain descended from the sky, emitting a thunderous sound that disrupted the Flame Giant’s mind. Along with the sound, rings of water appeared, encircling the Flame Giant. In an instant, the Flame Giant’s mind was disturbed, unable to react properly. The rings of water, each being a spiritual entity, invaded his body one after another, extinguishing all the flames within him.

The divine essence within the Flame Giant was destroyed, and its entire body suddenly collapsed. After just a few roars, the Flame Giant was completely dead. A red soul bead fell to the ground. Qu Yi immediately retrieved the red soul bead, as it represented the complete laws of fire.