# Chapter 1006: Unprecedented Through the Ages
"What... what's happening?"
The entire Bing Huang God Sect was stunned. Mu Huanzhi, who had already prepared to make a move to rescue Yun Che, stood frozen in place, his eyes wide and unblinking.
Huo Poyun had only used a very small portion of his power—anyone could see that—but it was still far beyond what a Divine Origin Realm practitioner could withstand. Yet Yun Che didn't resist at all; instead, he directly dispersed the Golden Crow Flame.
This was undoubtedly much more difficult than taking the attack head-on without any injury.
Moreover, Huo Poyun had suppressed his power, but Yun Che's posture was clearly casual and effortless.
"This kid... what's going on?" Huo Rulie couldn't manage a smile anymore. With Divine Origin Realm Level 1 profound strength, yet able to so easily repel Huo Poyun's Golden Crow Flame with ice profound force... Could his ice attainment really be so profound?
And that was Huo Poyun's Golden Crow Flame!
Huo Rulie knew better than anyone what it meant when Huo Poyun released his Golden Crow Flame.
"As expected of someone who defeated Mu Hanyi and plunged directly a thousand zhang into the Heavenly Lake with his ice attainment... To think he could reach such a level!" Mu Huanzhi murmured softly.
"What are you waiting for? Continue attacking!" Mu Xuanyin suddenly spoke up, her tone extremely impatient.
The startled Huo Poyun trembled all over, quickly snapping back to reality. His gaze toward Yun Che instantly changed dramatically.
"Poyun, since the Yinxue Realm King herself has said so, there's no need to be polite with him anymore!" Huo Rulie said, then lowered his voice slightly: "Use Golden Annihilation!"
Huo Poyun didn't respond. He raised his right arm high, and the Golden Crow Flame shot into the sky, blazing against the heavens, then rapidly contracted into a beam of dazzling golden flame sword.
"It's... it's that flame sword from earlier!" a Bing Huang disciple exclaimed in shock.
It was this very flame sword that had instantly shattered Mu Hanyi's ice defenses, causing him to suffer a crushing defeat on the spot. And now, facing Yun Che, he had actually reignited that terrifying flame sword.
Moreover, its aura and radiance were in no way weaker than before!
Clearly, after Yun Che had unexpectedly and easily received his first move, he was no longer willing to give him any chance.
"Use all your strength," Huo Poyun said, his brows slightly furrowed. "But don't worry—even if you can't withstand it, I won't hurt you."
His control over the Golden Crow Flame was extremely precise. Earlier, he had shattered all of Mu Hanyi's defenses and even torn apart his protective profound aura, yet still hadn't injured him. This time, naturally, he wouldn't hurt Yun Che if he couldn't withstand it either.
Yun Che said nothing. He stared at the golden flame sword, but unlike Mu Hanyi, who had quickly formed ice shields, he simply extended his right hand again. Blue light gathered on his palm and rapidly grew denser. Beyond that, he made no other move.
Huo Poyun's eyes flickered. Flames blazed on his body, and the golden flame sword descended abruptly amid countless terrified gazes.
The golden flame light streaked across the sky, as if about to cleave the entire world apart. Yun Che still stood there motionless, not even a fluctuation in his profound energy, with only his right hand gathering deeper and deeper blue light.
"This kid—after witnessing Poyun's Golden Annihilation, he can't even be bothered to resist anymore," Huo Rulie laughed loudly.
Although they knew Huo Poyun probably wouldn't hurt Yun Che, everyone's heartstrings tightened the moment the golden flame sword fell. But as the golden flame sword rapidly approached, Yun Che remained completely still, making no move at all.
Huo Poyun's flaming eyes had been fixed on Yun Che's movements, but he seemed to be stunned with fear, showing no reaction. Now, with the golden flame sword less than one zhang from Yun Che's head, Huo Poyun frowned and abruptly halted the sword just as it was about to touch Yun Che.
But almost at the same instant, Yun Che suddenly reached out and grabbed straight for the golden flame sword!
This sudden move from Yun Che shocked both the Bing Huang God Sect and the Flame God Realm observers alike. That terrifying flame sword—capable of incinerating even Mu Hanyi's full defensive efforts—contained unimaginably fearsome power. If Yun Che's hand touched it... wouldn't he be burned to ashes instantly?
"Yun Che, stop!" Mu Huanzhi's roar nearly tore his throat.
"Ahh!" Mu Xiaolan screamed.
"Is this kid crazy?" Huo Rulie shouted.
Huo Poyun was also greatly alarmed. But even if he wanted to withdraw the golden flame sword, it was far too late. He could only stare with wide eyes as Yun Che's blue-light-wreathed hand shot forward like lightning and grabbed hold of the golden flame sword.
Chi!
A pale white mist erupted skyward, accompanied by the sound of ice profound force being instantly incinerated. And within that mist, the blazing golden flame sword snapped at the point where Yun Che's palm touched it.
Boom!
"What... what!?" This sight shocked Huo Rulie so much that he nearly stumbled.
As the flame sword snapped, the Golden Crow Flame power instantly went out of control, madly dispersing. The hundred-zhang-long flame sword shattered into scattered flame light in the blink of an eye, then quickly extinguished in the cold wind.
"..." Huo Poyun's arm still maintained the posture of controlling the golden flame sword, but his entire body seemed frozen solid. For a long time, he didn't move. An expression of extreme shock unlike any he had ever worn before lingered on his face.
"What... just happened?" Yan Juehai, the esteemed Phoenix Sect Master, was so startled he lost his voice on the spot.
Yan Wancang slowly shook his head, the shock on his face no less than Yan Juehai's or Huo Rulie's.
As for the entire Bing Huang God Sect, everyone was completely stupefied.
They had just witnessed Mu Hanyi being easily defeated by this flame sword—its fearsome power went without saying.
And yet Yun Che had actually caused the flame sword to collapse!
Mu Hanyi, who had just lost to Golden Annihilation and personally experienced its terror, was as if petrified. Even the color in his pupils was completely frozen, motionless for a long time.
Yun Che lowered his arm and calmly looked at Huo Poyun: "You have one last move."
As terrifying as Golden Annihilation was, in the end, it was pure Golden Crow Flame power.
And as long as it was pure flame, even a hundred times stronger, it could never truly harm him.
"Hahahaha!" After a long moment of stunned silence, Mu Huanzhi suddenly burst into laughter: "As expected of ice talent that can dive a thousand zhang beneath the Heavenly Lake! With just Divine Origin Realm ice profound force, you can resolve Divine Tribulation Realm Golden Crow Flame! This can truly be called unprecedented through the ages..."
Suddenly realizing he had spoken too much in his excitement, Mu Huanzhi immediately shut his mouth.
"What? Diving a thousand zhang into the Heavenly Lake?" Mu Huanzhi's words startled Yan Wancang, Yan Juehai, and Huo Rulie all at once.
The Heavenly Lake was the Minghan Heavenly Lake—they naturally knew of it. And to dive a thousand zhang beneath it with Divine Origin Realm profound force... such terrifying ice talent!
The three Flame God Sect Masters exchanged glances, all their faces changing color. A talent like that was not merely unprecedented through the ages—it was absolutely insane!
No wonder Mu Xuanyin had abandoned a rare genius like Mu Hanyi and chosen Yun Che, who came from a lower realm with only newly-attained Divine Origin Realm power!
And at that moment, the trio instantly understood why they had proposed such a method of competition.
If they fought directly, no matter what, a Divine Origin Realm Level 1 could never compare to someone at the Divine Tribulation Realm.
But if they only competed in profound arts—releasing pure elemental power with those arts—then if one's ice attainment was high enough, they could release high-level ice profound force even at a low cultivation level, allowing them to possibly withstand the flame profound force of a higher cultivation level.
However, the gap between them was a full two major cultivation levels, and Huo Poyun's flame attainment was already extremely high. To achieve this... would require ice attainment so incredible it defies heaven itself.
But to dive a thousand zhang beneath the Heavenly Lake with Divine Origin Realm power... that was already defying heaven!
Yun Che's solid block of Huo Poyun's golden flame sword clearly proved that in terms of elemental laws, he far surpassed Huo Poyun!
"Yun Che is actually... this powerful?" The Bing Huang disciples stared wide-eyed and speechless.
"He's only at the Divine Origin Realm... but... he might be even stronger than Senior Brother Hanyi? This..."
"No wonder the Sect Master chose him..."
Most of the Bing Huang disciples had only heard rumors about the Minghan Heavenly Lake. They had been shocked, puzzled, and even indignant that Mu Xuanyin had ultimately chosen Yun Che over Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue.
But now, seeing Mu Hanyi and Yun Che face the same golden flame sword from Huo Poyun with completely different results had completely overturned their understanding.
"Congratulations, Yinxue Realm King... on taking in such a fine disciple!" Huo Rulie said through gritted teeth.
At this point, he finally had the vague feeling that he might have been tricked.
The scene of Yun Che shattering Golden Annihilation replayed over and over in his mind, leaving him unable to calm down no matter what.
"But unfortunately, compared to my worthless disciple... you're still far from it!"
"Poyun!" Huo Rulie had completely lost his composure: "For your last move, you don't need to hold back at all... Let the Yinxue Realm King properly witness the peerless genius of the ages from our Yan Shen Realm!"
Huo Poyun was startled. He turned his head and said, "Master, could it be..."
"Yes!" Huo Rulie nodded slowly, his fierce gaze saying it all.
Thinking about the bet just made, and then recalling how Yun Che had shattered Golden Annihilation with a single hand, Huo Poyun clenched his fists tightly, then slowly nodded.
Yan Wancang wanted to say something, but after taking a step forward, he paused, then withdrew his foot and sighed softly. Although this would completely expose their trump card, the stakes for this match had already been set, and Huo Rulie truly could not afford to lose—nor could he accept losing.
"A peerless genius of the ages?" Mu Xuanyin let out a cold snort: "Such big words! Fine! Then this Realm King will have a good look at what gives you such confidence!"
"You'd better not be scared out of your wits!" Facing a Divine Lord Realm Yinxue Realm King, Huo Rulie actually spoke with extremely exaggerated bravado: "Poyun!"
Huo Poyun's expression had become incomparably solemn. The Golden Crow Divine Flame reignited on his body, but this time it burned unusually thin and unusually slow.
"Hah!" Huo Poyun let out a low roar, followed by a violent, almost agonized cry.
"HAAA AAAAHHHHH!"
A phantom of the Golden Crow appeared on his body... but unlike before, this Golden Crow phantom had no trace of illusionary quality. It seemed as solid as a real physical form, as if the true Golden Crow deity had suddenly descended.
The falling snow stopped. The surrounding ten-thousand-year-old ice silently sank at a terrifying rate. A scorching heat devoured the cold, radiating outward in silence.
As the heat intensified, the light itself began to change dramatically. The world before their eyes suddenly took on a tinge of crimson. The crimson grew denser and denser, gradually shifting to a golden-red hue.
"Th-this is...?" The air's heat had already reached an extremely alarming level, yet it continued to intensify at an almost maddening rate. At that moment, Mu Huanzhi unconsciously looked up, then froze.
The sky above, which had been as pale as snow, was now a deep red.
And imprinted on that crimson sky was a golden blazing sun that had appeared from nowhere!
Staring at that golden sun, Mu Huanzhi was first surprised, then briefly disoriented, before suddenly realizing something. His pupils shrank to the limit... but his throat could not utter that impossible name no matter what.
"Nine—Sun—Heavenly—Wrath!"
Mu Xuanyin looked up at the sky, the icy words spilling from between her snow-like lips.
None of the Bing Huang disciples knew those four words, but every elder and palace master was struck as if by lightning. A look of utter horror, as if they had seen a ghost or a god, appeared on every face.
It was many times more shocking and unbelievable than watching Yun Che block Huo Poyun's golden flame sword.
Nine Suns Heavenly Wrath... the Divine Path power of the Tenth Level of the Golden Crow World-Incinerating Record!
It was the ultimate divine flame that even Huo Rulie himself had yet to master!
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