Hellfire was a natural counter to ghosts, but the ghosts here were too powerful for Lu Yun to deal with given his limited mastery over hellfire, unless he withdrew his will to unleash it completely.

Then, however, hellfire would rage out of control, turning all of the Xuan Yuan Tomb—nay, the entirety of Heaven Locus Land or even the world of immortals at large into an ocean of hellfire.

……

Blazing flames swirled outside the barrier of the luopan’s making. From within the compass, the former immortal emperor Meng Wang emerged, his expression tight when he noted the approaching corpses.

“These corpses must not be destroyed! The source of the chilling energy is within their bodies. Once destroyed,...