It worked!
For a moment, Ye Qiu was in a daze, pretending to be in great pain from the soul fire to deceive Bai Ye, successfully murdering Bai Ye's soul.
In reality, Bai Ye's death was because he never anticipated that Ye Qiu would face the soul fire unharmed. Bai Ye couldn't have imagined that Ye Qiu possessed an invisible rule armor that could protect his soul. Ye Qiu managed to endure the nine tribulations because of this invisible rule armor. How could the soul fire compare to the nine tribulations? Naturally, Ye Qiu was unharmed.
Of course, being able to leap across realms to kill Bai Ye was also due to several prior battle details; Bai Ye's physical body was obscured by the Taihuang Bell. Additionally, as Bai Ye descended to Earth, his soul was damaged. All these factors combined allowed Ye Qiu to prevail. Otherwise, a Void Return Realm practitioner wouldn't be so easy to kill.
