Crimson lotuses bloomed one after another over Hanshui City, their devastating power making Lu Yang’s eyelids twitch. He was secretly relieved that Qiu Jin’an was fair-minded enough not to transfer his grudge against the Taciturn Daoist Priest to the next generation.

After unleashing five Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire, Qiu Jin’an’s spirit energy bottomed out. Provincial Governor Lü immediately channeled the national fortune’s power to replenish Qiu Jin’an’s spirit energy. In the blink of an eye, his spirit energy was restored in full.

With the power of the national fortune, neither injuries nor spirit energy depletion posed a problem. In the Xia Emperor’s words, “When one bears the national fortune’s power, what they fear least is protracted battles.”

Qiu Jin’an wasn’t surprised. This wasn’t his first time fighting alongside someone who wielded the national fortune’s power.

“Great! Great indeed!” Not a single part of Wu Youdao’s body was intact. The...