The sword in Zhang Lie's hands burned with scarlet water-attuned genetic energy. Billowing clouds of red-tinted steam surrounded him as though he were a burning pyre. The high-temperature steam was so hot that it vaporized much of the sea of blood upon coming in contact with the surface of the water.

This domain of scarlet steam was so dangerous that an ordinary lifeform would likely be vaporized without a trace—as was the case with the torn-apart fragments of Feitian's body, which turned into cured meat after being suffused with the steam.

The temperature around Zhang Lie grew so hot...