Tianming felt like his bones were on fire. He was hurting so much that he was sweating all over. "I still have fire resistance, so it won't really burn me that badly. Even so, it still hurts a lot! However, I feel that I'm able to take it much better than I could before. Let's go on."

He grit his teeth and endured the pain.

"I suddenly realized that you can really take a lot of punishment," Ying Huo said.

"Of course. You’d understand if you were in my shoes. Putting the three of you aside, Ling'er and my situation is akin to suicide; it's like I’m already halfway into my coffin. There’s many assassins in the sect, and the three great houses don't see eye to eye. They all have their own sinister intentions. Not to mention, the other eight divine realms are after Ling'er's life. Thanks to all that, I have no excuse not to endure, no matter what comes my way. A true man stands up for his whole family!"

"I feel like you are overinflating your status in the family," Ying Huo said with a ch...