[Lifespan +15 years]

[Lifespan +13 years]

......

Jiang Yuan's most anticipated moment had finally arrived.

The flames roared, and the figure of the evil cultivator Ceng Chi became somewhat distorted through the scorching aura.

In that instant as he was engulfed by the fiery wings, he knew he was doomed, but instead of feeling the scorching heat of the flames, he felt a force tearing from inside out, causing unbearable pain!

"Ah! Spare me!"

All the spiritual power within him was being torn and surged out. The lifespan and vitality Ceng Chi had painstakingly refined were rapidly depleting. The pain of being skinned penetrated to his bones and rendered him powerless to resist. He could only scream desperately in a last struggle.

[Lifespan +8 years]

[Lifespan +5 years]

......

Seeing the numbers flashing across his vision, Jiang Yuan felt both mentally and physically at ease and didn't forget to secretly cast another "Great Memory Restoration Technique," while the "Soul-Searching Notes of Ceng Chi" quietly settled into his storage bag.

Being soul-searched felt no less harrowing than being devoured by the Soul-devouring Demon Skill. Ceng Chi screamed in heart-rending agony, but suddenly realized—this so-called director of the Demon Realm Alliance's Inspection Department was clearly using the methods of an evil cultivator!

"You, you... evil cultivator!" He exerted all his strength to expose the true face of the other party, but alas, under the double blow of being soul-searched and having his lifespan devoured, he was gradually losing control of his body. The few simple words he managed to shout out were mere indistinct syllables.

Seeing his opponent finally realize that he was about to meet his end under the same evil techniques he had cultivated, Jiang Yuan, with a slight smile on his face, said, "Yes, I specialize in killing evil cultivators."

As the words fell, the last bit of vitality was also seized, and Ceng Chi's face froze in an expression of terror and shock. In the next second, a small black hole suddenly appeared on his forehead.

As if dust, the fragments were swept by a fiery whirlwind away from his body and disappeared. The black hole grew larger, and more ashes appeared. In just a few breaths, the evil cultivator Ceng Chi's soul was scattered, leaving not even a fragment of his bones.

[Killed a member of the Pleasure Sect +1]

From the end of the evil cultivator's interrogation to his turning into ash, the entire process took just a short moment. Jiang Yuan did a simple calculation and gained over sixty years of lifespan, purifying only a tenth in the end.

Hopefully, the next evil cultivator will have a longer lifespan. Let's hope they're not all short-lived ghosts.

"Hiss! Mr. Jiang's fiery wings are terrifying to such an extent! They can incinerate a Soul Condensation Realm cultivator in an instant!"

"Many demon beasts have bones hard enough to refine into magical artifacts. Even if this evil cultivator's bones aren't that hard, they shouldn't be turned to ash in an instant. This, could it be an abnormal fire?"

"I've seen artifact refiners using abnormal fire to forge magical treasures, but I've never seen one that can refine a demon cultivator's bones and blood into ash. It doesn't seem that simple."

"The abnormal fire you've seen them use probably didn't rank on any list, right? I think Mr. Jiang is using one of the top five abnormal fires on the list!"

"To be honest, this kind of power is indeed a bit terrifying. No wonder he became an Honored Guest Elder of the Cloud Concealment Sect."

"Earlier, when I looked at his waist badge, it really seemed to be the genuine director of the Demon Realm Alliance. Either he killed a director and took the badge; or he's navigating both the human and demon races..."

......

The disciples of the United Army of the Ancient Ten Great Sects whispered among themselves; while the disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect further to the right wore expressions of envy and confusion.

They had never seen any high and mighty magical treasures in their lives. Watching Mr. Jiang's giant bell and giant pagoda, which were both beautiful and powerful, emanating an aura that couldn't be underestimated; and seeing the huge fiery wings turn the evil cultivator into ash, they were profoundly grateful that their sect could connect with such a powerful elder.

Ouyang Qing also couldn't quite understand, but fortunately, Sect Leader Qin Yunfan of the Haoyue Sect had traveled far and wide before the world he belonged to collapsed. Being well-informed and currently the highest-level "advanced monster" in the human world, he quietly explained.

"Judging from the aura of the giant bell and the giant pagoda used by the benefactor, these two are divine artifacts!" Qin Yunfan said in a low voice. "The simplest way to judge a divine artifact is to feel its aura. No matter how advanced an ordinary magical treasure might be, it cannot possess the kind of power conferred by the world's great laws like a divine artifact.

Sect Leader Ouyang can sense it carefully. In the future, when you encounter one again, you'll be able to discern it quickly.

It's said that only a cultivator who has found a path unique to themselves might create a divine artifact more advanced and formidable than magical treasures. And those true divine artifacts used by immortals in the Celestial Realm, we needn't even think about; either they're too dilapidated to use, or they're concealed in the hands of some great figure, and we typically have no chance to see them.

Mr. Jiang's pagoda possesses a momentum like a rainbow, and indeed carries some lore of the legendary celestial divine artifacts, though whether it truly is, remains unknown.

Moreover, look again at the benefactor's fiery wings—"

He made a swift, clutching gesture and whispered, "In just one go, the evil cultivator couldn't resist and turned to ash. I've never seen flames this powerful! It's either Celestial Realm holy fire; or a famous abnormal fire from the lists, but it is certainly a supreme treasure!"

So Mr. Jiang is that formidable!

Ouyang Qing listened with wide eyes, thinking he truly lacked insight, not knowing what to look for even with treasures before him. His grandson was truly blessed to be able to apprentice under such an elder, surely ensuring a boundless future.

Filled with delight and gratitude, he quickly called for the disciples from his sect to prepare to host the numerous distinguished guests.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Jiang Yuan casually picked up a small lackey, who, having a low realm, was unassociated with the Demon Realm Alliance and couldn't provide any valuable intelligence, and directly refined a hundred years of lifespan.

With another lift, there was yet another little lackey...

"To say nothing else, Mr. Jiang's spiritual power is astonishingly abundant, having consecutively turned several evil cultivators into ash!" Brother Chen discreetly clicked his tongue, "Isn't it said that the stronger the abnormal fire, the more spiritual power it consumes to wield it?"