With a slight movement of the fingertips, the hairpin trembled slightly.

She pursed her lips, but could no longer suppress the slight smile that rose from her heart with joy.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Xi Heng, however, didn't feel anything. In her previous life, when she was the emperor, she often gave gifts to her relatives and friends.

This gold hairpin is really nothing special.

Just as Chen Fenghuo was in a daze, a glimmer of light appeared in the brocade pouch at Xi Heng's waist.

She blinked, took out the Purifying Flame Emblem, and infused it with spiritual energy.

Amidst the fluctuations of spiritual light, some messages arrived.

He subconsciously muttered to himself, "Is Yin Wanluan looking for me? Does she have something to say?"

"Okay." After only a moment's thought, Xi Heng turned around and said, "Let's end our shopping here. Could you please help me with my things? I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."

"Huh?" Chen Fenghuo didn't react.

The atmosphere was so ambiguous just now, how come it all disappeared after receiving a message from someone else?

That person's matter seems to be much more important than her, his live-in partner for a whole year?

She was a little disappointed.

……

Volume 1: Chapter 213 (Chapter 204), The Love Triangle

Jinghuo Bendu, on the commercial street.

After Xi Heng finished putting the hairpin on Chen Feng Huo, he received a message and said goodbye.

Without waiting for a response, he waved and turned to leave.

The blonde-haired, gray-eyed girl beside her stared blankly at her retreating figure, feeling a vague sense of loss building up in her heart.

Disappointment turned into a sigh that only Chen Fenghuo himself could hear, which fell softly.

At this moment, all she could think of was Xi Heng's gradually receding figure and the muttered words he made before leaving—a name that was part of his speech.

“Yin Wanluan…”

She knew only a handful of people in Hellfire, and this was one of them.

When I first arrived in Hellfire, I was completely clueless about everything.

The other party then led him to join the Pure Fire Sect, helped him choose a cultivation method, and gave him a small seal magic tool that could amplify fire magic, along with a few spirit stones.

Her impression of this person was that he was gentle and friendly.

But now, for some reason, a hazy mist has settled over the surface of my impression.

The little bit of goodwill I had built up before has become blurred.

A nameless resentment spread from my chest to my throat.

"Xi Heng once said that she had been in Hellfire for five years..."

Chen Fenghuo picked up a strand of his own golden hair and gently rubbed it in his palm.

"Back then, wasn't she also greeted by this Miss Yin Wanluan?"

Xi Heng and he have known each other for five years.

Meanwhile, he had only been living with Xi Heng for less than a year.

The gap in time cannot be erased. As a latecomer, even if we live in the same courtyard, I am always far behind in many aspects.

Chen Fenghuo remained where he was, and for some reason began to ponder things unrelated to cultivation.

But at certain times, this matter is quite important.

This is not worldly desire, but emotional entanglement, which even those who cultivate the Tao cannot escape.

She raised her right hand slightly, reaching towards the spot where Xi Heng's figure had disappeared, as if trying to bring him back.

Ultimately, he lost his strength and fell, all the emotions in his heart turning into a sigh, and he murmured.

"I really don't know why I have to think about these things when we are both women."

Her mind kept wandering back to the words "love at first sight" that she had heard when she first met Xi Heng.

Chen Fenghu shook his head, obeyed the other party's words, and returned to his home with many wooden boxes and packages.

She also silently made up her mind.

After that, should we take a little more initiative?

……

Xi Heng hadn't thought that far ahead.

After she left on her own, she retrieved the Purifying Flame Emblem.

After walking around several streets, I arrived at an inconspicuous shop at the end of the commercial street.

Ignoring the counter staff's greetings, he went upstairs on his own and entered a dimly lit room enveloped by a magic array.

Instantly, her aura became blurred due to the influence of the formation.

Expanding one's spiritual awareness, one can see a faint blue-green light flickering at the far end of the dimly lit room.

As you get closer, the wall reveals a pattern of light that appears as if several rings are enveloping a ball of candlelight.

Xi Heng raised his hand to touch it, causing the spiritual light to flicker at a specific frequency.

Aura surrounded her, enveloping her.

As I closed my eyes, a sudden feeling of falling arose.

After a dozen seconds, the feeling of falling gradually subsided, and her feet touched solid ground. The girl squatted down as she fell.

Upon getting up and opening his eyes, he found himself in a vast, dark, and gloomy square space.

The candlelight surrounded the area, casting a faint glow.

Before us stood a wide stone gate.

Xi Heng was already familiar with this place, so he stepped forward and pushed him away with one hand.

Stepping forward, one arrives at the headquarters of the Netherworld Sect.

As always, the funnel-shaped main body was dark gray, surrounded by candlelight.

The largest light source is a ball of white flame at its very center and bottom.

Its color is clear and white, illuminating a radius of 100 meters while remaining gentle and not glaring.

Beside the fire stood a woman with light blonde hair dressed in a black robe.

Another year has passed, and Yin Wanluan is becoming more and more like the Holy Maiden of Youxu Sect that Xi Heng first met in his previous life.

As she turned to look at him, the hem of her black robe swayed slightly, and her hood was pulled back by her slender fingers, revealing strands of pale golden hair and jewel-like eyes.

"You've come." The voice was gentle and pleasant.

Her tone and voice were more moving than her listless and weary appearance in her previous life.

Few people probably hear such a friendly tone from this Holy Maiden of the Fire Purification Cult.

Xi Heng looked down at the other person's stunningly beautiful face and nodded in response:

"Yes, I just saw the message and came over. Is there something important you need to say?"

In the five years they'd been together, this was the first time she'd received a message from him asking her to come as soon as possible.

Normally, when Yin Wanluan needed to see her, he would personally go to the courtyard and chat leisurely.

It was precisely because she broke this convention that she directly abandoned Chen Fenghuo and rushed to Youxu Sect as quickly as possible.

"There are some things..."

The blonde turned to face the pure fire, extending her cloak with her fingers.

It is visible that several black lines are connected to the pure fire at the fingertips.

She raised her hand, gesturing for Xi Heng to look at the flames as well, and then began to speak calmly:

"There is now a great deal of resentment within the Pure Fire, from mortals burned by the fire, or cultivators forcibly thrown into it, and all sorts of evil spirits and demons..."

"Now, these gathered resentments have formed a vague and chaotic consciousness. Everything it thinks about is driven by its obsession to fulfill these resentments: to destroy the Fire Hell and the monks within, as well as the entire Pure Fire Cult..."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and took a look at Xi Heng's appearance.

"Is there consciousness within the Pure Fire now?"

Xi Heng already knew about the matter of resentment and hatred, but he was unaware of the consciousness of Pure Fire.

She thought that the consciousness of the Resentful Demon Fire would only truly appear after Yin Wanluan was immersed in the Pure Fire.

It turns out that there had already been signs of trouble before that.

“That’s right, the Pure Fire is ‘alive’.” Yin Wanluan bent down slightly and touched the flame.

The white smoke swayed slowly between her fingers, like a pet being petted.

"However, it's insane."

"Once this consciousness is truly revealed and the Pure Fire is mastered, it will surely unleash a great calamity in the Fire Hell—first destroying the Spirit Locking Array, and then trapping all cultivators within it, causing them to perish alongside the Spirit Locking Array of the Fire Hell."

"Isn't this perfect?" the girl said simply.

"That's right, annihilating the Fire Hell and its cultivators is also a wish shared by me and the Youxu Sect," Yin Wanluan added.

"But if the purifying fire of hatred is allowed to act spontaneously, it will never stop after completing its revenge. If the fire hell is extinguished, it will inevitably reach the outside world and cause great calamity to the mortal world."

“When resentment accumulates to such an extreme degree, it is no longer just simple resentment. It will not only fulfill its own obsession, but also make all living beings taste similar pain, thus creating a cycle of resentment so that it can continue to grow and multiply.”

"Finally," she paused for a few seconds, then exhaled and said,

"This thing will destroy the entire realm, turn the world into a wasteland, and turn all thoughts into the same hatred as it, until there is nothing left to devour."

"..." The more Xi Heng heard, the more he imagined the appearance of the Heavenly Demon Fire from his previous life.

The raging inferno of resentment back then was probably what Yin Wanluan was referring to as madness now...

A few seconds later, the other party said again: "Therefore, it is necessary to stop this resentment from growing and to resolve or bring it under control."

"How to do?"

“Resentment cannot be resolved out of thin air. It can either be dispersed and sealed away within other spiritual entities, or the obsession of these resentments must be fulfilled,” Yin Wanluan said.

"For the past year, I have been unable to find any way to extract the resentment from the fire of purification from the outside, so I can only choose the more complicated latter - which is why I invited you here."

The white-haired girl tilted her head, waiting quietly for the task to be assigned.

"The hatred of the Pure Fire desires to see the chaos and destruction of Hellfire, only then can it find some peace, and I will have the opportunity to infiltrate and control it." The other party stared intently at the Pure Fire and said:

"If the resentment and hatred within are too active and chaotic, my consciousness and spirit will be completely worn away after only half a day. I must make it stable."

"So, we're going to ignite the fiery hell?"

"Not only the Fire Prison, but the Pure Fire can also keep an eye on the outside of the Spirit Locking Array. It would be best to completely overthrow the Pure Fire Cult outside as well... I have ordered a few Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Netherworld Sect to leave the Fire Prison and expand the anti-Pure Fire Cult's forces outside, ready to rise up at any time."

"Speaking of which... is it really appropriate for a saintess of the Fire Hell Purification Cult to say such things?" Xi Heng wondered.

Well, it’s not the first time either.

"In short, where do I need to go? Who do I need to kill?" She wanted to make her words simpler.

"After you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, please help me instigate a great war between the Pure Fire Sect and the Seven Sect Alliance." Yin Wanluan finally got to the point: "Afterwards, I will need you to go to the outside world and help the rebels fight against the Foundation Establishment cultivators sent by the Pure Fire Sect."

"It's alright to take action after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage..."

"Once the operation is successful, I will open the treasury of the Pure Fire Cult for you. It contains your flying boat and many other treasures and rare items. You can take as much as you can with you before the Fire Hell perishes and leave this world," the other party promised as a reward.

Resentment and hatred have accumulated to the point that hell will perish, and few will be able to leave peacefully.

Since Xi Heng knew the outcome in advance, he must have planned a way out—at least that's what Yin Wanluan thought.

So he promised what he considered a good backup plan.

In reality, Xi Heng never intended to leave.

However, she was also willing to explore the various treasures and hidden cards within the fiery hell.

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