As Bibi Dong flew toward the black-gold vortex, she suddenly launched an attack.
Her strike was like a raging stormy sea, but just as it was about to reach the edge of that black-gold vortex, a sudden force violently repelled it.
Her body staggered, her face turned pale, and before she could regain her footing, a blazing red light flashed toward her like lightning.
It was Yan's clone.
Relying on the fire and earth powers of his 200,000-year right leg bone, he unleashed the Magma Pulse skill, striking Bibi Dong squarely in the chest.
"Ah!"
A shrill scream tore through the sky as Bibi Dong was knocked back hundreds of meters by the sudden heavy blow and crashed violently to the ground.
Having witnessed Yu Xiaogang engulfed in Yan's blazing flames with her own eyes, she had been too anxious.
Yet Yan had remained calm and rational, seizing the opportunity to deal her a heavy blow.
Only after taking the hit did Bibi Dong regain her clarity.
But after all, that wasn't divine power it wasn't enough to kill her.
Tang San, witnessing Yu Xiaogang being consumed by flames, felt his heart torn apart, his eyes turning blood-red.
Just as Bibi Dong flew toward the vortex of flames, he too hurled the Sea God Trident with all his strength.
Weighing over 54,000 kilograms, the Sea God Trident sliced through the air toward the black-gold vortex, the divine Sea God's light swirling around it fiercely suppressing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's energy.
Seeing this, Yan raised the Flame God Sword high above his head, its tip gathering blazing light before he slashed down from the sky to intercept the flying trident.
The two collided in mid-air, unleashing a deafening explosion that made the entire space tremble. The dazzling light was blinding.
Meanwhile, on another part of the battlefield, Ye Lingling was using her life-filled Ten-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul to heal the critically injured Yue Guan.
Warm, gentle platinum light wrapped around Yue Guan's shattered body, slowly repairing his damaged meridians and flesh.
As time passed, Yue Guan's face regained some color, and his breathing steadied.
When the last wisp of platinum light faded, Yue Guan slowly opened his eyes and saw Ye Lingling, Qian Renxue, Gui Mei, and the others around him.
"I… I'm still alive?"
Yue Guan was in disbelief.
Gui Mei smiled slightly and nodded gently:
"Yue Guan, you're not dreaming. You're not dead yet. This girl's healing ability is simply incredible."
Yue Guan looked at Ye Lingling with deep gratitude in his eyes.
"Girl, thank you for saving me."
Ye Lingling replied humbly:
"No, Elder Chrysanthemum, it's us who should thank you."
"That's right, Elder Chrysanthemum. If it weren't for you and Elder Ghost arriving in time, Lingling and I would've been killed by that cruel woman."
Thinking of the previous moment, Qian Renxue still had lingering fear.
"I never expected she'd actually try to kill her own daughter."
"She's tried to kill me before! I'm not her daughter, and I'll never acknowledge her as my mother!"
"Young Mistress, forgive us. Elder Ghost and I failed to return to your side sooner to protect you."
"Elder Chrysanthemum, I know you and Elder Ghost were loyal to my father. You only served under Bibi Dong because of her power. Now that you've returned to my side, it's not too late."
The group exchanged smiles and turned their gazes back to the sky.
As the blinding light faded, the terrifying black-gold vortex of flames had also vanished.
Then, a skull fell from the sky and landed in front of Bibi Dong.
With trembling hands, Bibi Dong picked up the skull.
It was none other than Yu Xiaogang's remains.
She collapsed to her knees, tears and despair mingling together, her heart dead to the world.
"Xiao Gang… no!"
Bibi Dong's hoarse and sorrowful cry echoed across the empty battlefield, unbearably desolate.
"Teacher!"
Tang San arrived at Yu Xiaogang's side, equally devastated.
But what shattered Tang San even more was that nearly all of the Clear Sky Clan disciples had perished in the chaotic battle.
Boom—
Above the battlefield, Shui Bing'er's ninth spirit ability, Ice Sky Azure Dragon Soul, clashed directly with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul fusion skill, Nether White Tiger.
The moment the two forces collided, the massive Hell White Tiger was sent flying by the Ice Dragon.
"Die, little tiger!"
Huo Wushuang seized the opportunity, his flaming fist striking like a cannonball, piercing straight through Dai Mubai's body and killing him instantly.
Elsewhere, Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu teamed up to break Davis and Zhu Zhuyun's Hell White Tiger as well. A sharp wind blade decapitated Davis on the spot.
"My son…"
The heavily injured Star Luo Emperor cried out in despair.
But Lion Douluo, one of the four worship elders, gave him no chance to grieve. With a roar, crimson flames engulfed him entirely.
Even with the support of Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Sword and Bone Douluo were gradually falling behind.
The situation was dire. If this went on, they would all perish here.
With Yu Xiaogang's death, Bibi Dong's rationality was consumed by overwhelming sorrow and fury.
She let out a sky-piercing scream, her voice filled with unprecedented despair and madness.
At that moment, she was no longer the Pope of the Spirit Hall only a ghost driven by hatred.
"Yan! I'll make you pay with your life! All of you will die with Xiao Gang!"
Bibi Dong's voice was like that of a specter from the Nine Hells, chilling to the bone.
The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor true form exploded out of her in fury.
Her body expanded rapidly in mid-air, transforming into a ghastly green light, her surroundings cloaked in a thick toxic mist. She looked like a death god returning from hell.
The wounds Yan had inflicted were now healing at a visible rate under the spider emperor's regenerative power, leaving behind terrifying scars proof of her pain and vengeance.
Her Killing God Domain and Death Domain erupted simultaneously. These opposing domains intertwined around her, forming an aura of pure slaughter and death.
The air within her domain seemed to freeze. Every wisp of wind carried deadly poison, causing even the Spirit Empire soul masters to feel terror and suffocation.
"Rakshasa Ghost Eyes Burn the Heavens—Annihilate Three Thousand Worlds in One Breath! All of you will die with Xiao Gang!"
With Bibi Dong's furious roar, the soul skill of her 100,000-year torso bone burst forth.
A dazzling red beam shot out from her chest like a falling meteor, sweeping across the battlefield.
The beam didn't just contain devastating power it was laced with the deadly poison of the Death Domain. Touching it meant annihilation.
The entire battlefield was shrouded in red light and toxic fog. Enemy or ally alike everyone felt the unprecedented threat.
Seeing this, Tang San's eyes froze.
Bibi Dong had lost her mind. Completely insane!
This madwoman could no longer be fought alongside.
Tang San transformed into a stream of light, fleeing toward Ning Fengzhi.
"Uncle Ning, Rongrong let's go!"
Yan's eyes burned with fierce, unwavering determination.
This battlefield was no longer about victory or defeat it was about the survival of countless people.
Facing Bibi Dong's crazed and desperate assault and Tang San's ever-ready escape plan, Yan made a bold decision he unleashed his ultimate move: Unity of Man and Sword.
This strike would consume all of his soul power and spiritual energy.
No matter the cost, he would slay both Bibi Dong and Tang San under his blade, leaving no future trouble.
All nine of Yan's soul rings lit up at once, his soul power erupting like a raging volcano.
The Fire God Sword in his hand trembled violently, letting out deafening roars, as if responding to his inner call.
"None of you are getting away!"
With a thunderous shout, the Fire God Sword suddenly expanded its length stretched to 200 meters, and its width reached an astonishing 60 meters, like a giant sword spanning the heavens.
The red-gold light flowing across the blade was dazzling and brilliant.
In that instant, Yan became one with the Fire God Sword.
His nine soul rings shattered one after another, transforming into motes of light that merged into the sword, greatly amplifying its power.
The red-gold divine flames surged out like a tidal wave, engulfing the entire battlefield spanning several kilometers swallowing Bibi Dong's poisonous green mist and her destructive crimson light completely.
Under the glow of the red-gold light, both Bibi Dong and Tang San felt an unprecedented pressure.
Their bodies seemed shackled by invisible chains, unable to move an inch.
Watching this scene, Sword Douluo was deeply shaken.
"It's the Unity of Man and Sword... I didn't expect him to comprehend the highest realm of swordsmanship…"
Sword Douluo knew that in the face of Yan's fusion, any resistance was futile for that was a divine weapon.
Thus, he had already accepted his fate, silently awaiting death.
In Bibi Dong's crazed eyes flashed a trace of shock and unwillingness. She never expected Yan to be so resolute, merging his very soul into the sword to unleash such a terrifying attack.
"Yan…"
Bibi Dong's voice was hoarse and trembling.
She tried to say something, but in the end, couldn't bring herself to speak.
She knew well that at this moment, there was no turning the tide.
The Fire God Sword hovered mid-air, then suddenly erupted with an even more blinding radiance, illuminating the entire battlefield as if it were broad daylight.
Bathed in the Fire God's glow, Bibi Dong and Tang San both felt the breath of death.
Tang San was filled with reluctance.
"Xiao Wu's soul is within my eighth soul ring. I must become a god… revive Xiao Wu. No! I can't die like this!"
In this life-or-death moment, a never-before-seen determination surged within Tang San's heart.
"Spear and Body as One—Big Dipper!"
All of Tang San's power was drawn into the Sea God Trident by an invisible force.
His eight soul rings burst one after another, releasing brilliant light.
This was the Sea God Trident's ultimate single-target offensive skill, with immense destructive power.
Tang San attempted to counter Yan's Unity of Man and Sword with this move.
At that moment, his soul fused with the Sea God Trident, and the Sea God's light burst forth.
Two divine weapons collided in mid-air, like falling stars changing the very color of the world.
The red-gold glow of the Fire God Sword and the blue-gold brilliance of the Sea God Trident intertwined, forming a scene of unparalleled magnificence.
A deafening roar echoed across the battlefield, shaking the heavens and earth.
Under this apocalyptic force, space itself began to twist.
Even with the Sea God Trident's protection, Tang San felt his soul being torn apart.
His memories began to blur, and Xiao Wu's figure gradually faded from his mind.
"No! Xiao Wu…"
Tang San cried out in despair within his heart.
His consciousness faltered under the impact, like a candle in a storm, flickering on the verge of extinguishment.
At that edge of life and death, his life played out before his eyes like a lantern carousel.
From entering the Tang Sect where he learned hidden weapons and inner cultivation…
To crossing over to this world as Tang Hao's son.
Then meeting Yu Xiaogang, the "Grandmaster," who opened the door to spirit cultivation with his unique theories and wisdom.
Then came Xiao Wu, who lit up his world like sunshine.
One by one, the teachers and companions from Shrek appeared in his mind.
"Am I really dying? Is my dream of godhood about to shatter?
Father, teachers, Mubai, Fatty, Rongrong, Zhuqing… and my beloved Xiao Wu… see you in the next life…"
Tang San's soul was completely dissolved by the scorching light of the Fire God, vanishing entirely.
On the other side, Bibi Dong was utterly suppressed by the blazing divine flames. Her figure gradually faded under the red-gold glow.
In that moment, a tidal wave of long-buried emotions surged through her heart, especially the memories of Yu Xiaogang—clear and piercing.
"Xiao Gang… being burned by fire really hurts…"
Her voice was barely audible, yet full of sorrow and regret.
For the sake of slaughter and power, and for a man she once loved but missed forever, she shed tears of pain.
Those tears vaporized instantly under the Fire God's glow.
Even with her so-called undying body, Bibi Dong appeared fragile and powerless before Yan's ultimate strike imbued with divine fire.
She felt pain and despair like never before.
She tried to struggle, to resist but all efforts were futile.
The red-gold brilliance of the Fire God Sword became a cage, binding her tightly, and the flames gradually consumed her body and soul.
In her final moments, fragments of her life flashed before her eyes: sweet times with Yu Xiaogang, the glory and schemes of Spirit Hall, and her descent into loneliness and sin…
Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong were also swallowed and vanished in the Fire God's light.
As the Fire God Sword retracted, the red-gold radiance in the sky gradually faded, and the battlefield finally returned to a long-lost calm.
At the center of the battlefield, only the Sea God Trident remained embedded in the ground.
Cracks had appeared on its surface from the collision with the Fire God Sword, and its divine glow had dimmed.
Suddenly, the Sea God Trident began to tremble violently, shot out from the ground, soared into the sky, and vanished into the horizon.
Watching the fading blue shadow in the sky, Qian Renxue looked worried.
"Could it be… Tang San isn't dead yet?"
"No. He's completely dead. The Sea God Trident was merely summoned back by the Sea God."
Yan separated himself from the Fire God Sword and slowly walked toward the others.