The divine barrier shimmered like starlight.

Celeste's sudden sword strike slammed into it—and was stopped cold.

A sharp tremor rippled through the air.

The next instant, Ethan surged forward.

His body moved like a humanoid beast awakened from ancient times, tearing through the lingering mist of light with brute force alone. The fog scattered violently, revealing the battlefield once more.

Ethan's gaze locked onto the figure above.

Celeste stood in midair, her robes fluttering wildly in the freezing wind, eyes burning with icy resolve.

"Ethan, take this move!"

Her palms came together in a complex seal. The cold around her suddenly thickened, becoming almost tangible.

"Secret Technique—Great Wilderness Ice Coffin!"

The ice power in Celeste's body surged madly, converging above her head. In just a few breaths, an enormous coffin-shaped outline formed in the air, its surface etched with ancient frost runes.

The surrounding temperature plummeted again.

Even Ethan could clearly sense the terrifying power sealed within that ice coffin—once it fell, even a mountain range would be frozen into eternal death.

Celeste's face was pale, but her expression was resolute.

Ethan's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Deputy Pavilion Master," he said calmly, "don't forget—you're standing inside my formation."

"Heaven Burning Ten Thousand Fire Formation—suppress!"

He swept his arm outward.

The formation roared in response.

In all directions, raging flames surged up like tidal waves. The formation core vibrated violently as ancient fire runes lit up one after another.

Four colossal fire dragons condensed instantly—each born from a different strange flame.

They opened their massive jaws, fire power compressing within their throats.

Then they struck.

Four streams of annihilating flame blasted toward Celeste from four directions, sealing off all escape routes.

Celeste's body trembled violently.

Her blood surged backward, and she spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.

"No…!"

Her pupils shrank sharply.

"This formation—its flame composition… it's a natural nemesis to my ice spiritual energy!"

"I can't even use seventy percent of my peak strength now!"

Even as she spoke, the blazing firelight was already reflected across her face.

The power of those four fire dragons alone was enough to heavily injure her—if not kill her outright.

Her teeth clenched.

"Secret… technique!"

A sharp light flashed in her eyes.

A drop of dazzling crimson blood essence seeped out from between her brows.

With lightning-fast movements, she formed an ice lotus with her hands.

The blood essence fused into the lotus.

The ice lotus spun rapidly, blooming layer by layer, a strange mix of frost and blood aura intertwining within.

Celeste's body fell straight into the lotus.

The petals closed.

In an instant, the lotus condensed into a perfect icy flower, rotating slowly in midair.

Ethan frowned.

"What kind of technique is this?"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The four fire dragons slammed into the ice lotus simultaneously.

Flames exploded, swallowing the sky.

When the firelight dissipated, cracks had appeared across the surface of the ice lotus.

Breath by breath, those cracks spread rapidly.

Then—

Crack!

The ice lotus shattered.

Countless ice fragments floated in the air before dissolving into fine mist that poured back into Celeste's body.

Her figure reappeared.

But she was no longer the same.

Her short hair had transformed into waist-length icy blue strands. Even her eyelashes glowed faintly with frost. Her entire being radiated a spotless, otherworldly chill—like an ice elf born from the depths of ancient glaciers.

Her aura surged explosively.

"Ethan," Celeste said calmly, her voice echoing with strange resonance, "you are the first to force me to use this secret technique."

"With it, my strength is infinitely close to that of a Perfect Supreme."

"Even if you can rival an Ultimate Supreme, you cannot contend with me now."

She raised the Heavenly Cold Sword, pointing it at Ethan like a judgment from the heavens.

"I said it before."

"Today—you will die."

"Yeah?"

Ethan chuckled softly.

He withdrew the hand he had kept behind his back.

In his palm floated a star formed entirely of flames.

Its rings revolved slowly, brilliant beyond measure, four colors of flame dancing endlessly along its surface.

This was the power he had forged earlier using the Divine Flame Body Building Technique.

The Star of Great Stillness.

"Go," Ethan said lightly.

"Star of Great Stillness."

He extended his palm.

The flame star drifted forward, propelled by divine power.

Celeste stared at it—and her heart jolted violently.

"What… is that?"

From that seemingly small star, she sensed an indescribable terror. The flame power within it surpassed anything she had ever encountered.

Her instincts screamed one warning.

Block it.

Or die.

"What level of technique is this?!"

The flame star grew brighter and larger in her vision, its gravitational pull warping the surrounding space.

Celeste's pupils trembled.

"I don't care anymore!"

"The Sky-Suppressing Turtle Shell—come out!"

She formed a seal and summoned a green radiance around her body.

A massive turtle-shell projection appeared, ancient runes glowing upon its surface.

The other half of the Sky-Suppressing Turtle Shell.

Though incomplete, it was still an artifact.

Blocking Ethan's attack—should be possible.

Ethan's eyes flickered.

"So that's it… the other half."

He recognized it instantly.

The Sky-Suppressing Turtle Shell he had captured earlier—its missing half was here.

"A cracked artifact split into two, used like scraps," Ethan shook his head lightly.

"What a waste."

In the distance, Thousand Faces stared at the flame star in horror.

Once it exploded—

There would be no survival.

Without hesitation, he screamed and exhausted all his remaining strength.

"The struggle of heaven and earth… ends now!"

"Heaven and Earth Reversal Technique!"

His body ruptured instantly. His soul tore free, sucked into a sudden space vortex, vanishing completely.

Ethan glanced at him coldly.

"So you still used the Thirty-Six Supreme Celestial Fiend Methods."

Then he snapped his fingers.

"Star of Great Stillness—explode."

Boom—!

The world erupted.

Like a supernova igniting at point-blank range, blinding light devoured everything.

Flame power swept across the land. Shockwaves tore through the sky. Mountains collapsed. Rivers evaporated.

Even the Heaven Burning Ten Thousand Fire Formation was obliterated by the power.

From afar, a colossal mushroom cloud of fire rose into the heavens.

Ethan raised both palms, suppressing the aftershock as much as possible, shielding the surrounding land from complete annihilation.

Then—

A faint sound of breaking air reached his ears.

From within the rolling inferno and smoke, a streak of blue light burst out at lightning speed.

It was obviously Celeste.

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