Lord Of All Realms

by Stayrr

In ancient times, there existed giant spirits capable of supporting the heavens. With bodies as enormous as stars, they soared across the universe. Great clan leaders with mysterious blood running through their veins shattered the void and created new worlds. Ancient Qi Warriors crossed a river of stars to enlighten numerous mortal beings. For unknown reasons, an era silently came

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Nie Tian spent the next few months cultivating under Wu Ji's guidance on the back mountain of Cloudsoaring Mountain.

Every morning, Wu Ji would instruct him about the origins of Qi warriors and the differences between realms, and also impart to him various secrets and anecdotes of the Realm of Flame Heaven.

From Wu Ji, Nie Tian also learned that the period before one hundred thousand years ago was referred to as the ancient era.

During that time, a variety of races had been established in countless realms. Titans, ancient beasts, and the monarchs of various special races were the overlords of their separate realms.

Humans, on the other hand, were just sheep waiting to be slaughtered, controlled by the stronger races, and were reduced to the powerful races' offerings to the heaven and earth.

Only when the ancient Qi warriors figured out a way to cultivate, and learned how to channel the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into their spiritual sea, did the human race finally break free from enslavement and rise to prominence.

Wu Ji told him that all living being in this universe had unique talents.

The titans and ancient beasts had been the favored ones from the moment they came to exist, the reason being that unimaginable, frightening strength lay within their flesh and blood.

As for the monarchs of the various powerful races, they possessed bloodlines that were incomparably strong. Some bloodlines allowed them to interact with the lava from the earth's core, some allowed them to cause great changes to thunder, some contained the profound mysteries of death, and some bloodlines carried endless life.

There were also special races that had been born with mysterious souls, allowing them to float through the dark holes of space like ghosts.

According to Wu Ji, any living creature was able to possess three types of strength, which were spiritual power, bloodline power, and soul power.

Some strong races had the secret laws of heaven and earth within their bloodlines. They would mainly cultivate their bloodline power, and the life force within their flesh and blood would be as strong as the mountain and as abundant as the ocean.

Some other strong races had powerful souls, and their cultivation would be mostly soul-related.

There were also other races that mainly focused on the cultivation of their spiritual sea and spiritual power.

Spiritual power, bloodline power, and soul power were just different manifestations of strength. They all contained boundless mysteries, and possessed the ability to reshape the heaven and earth.

As for the human race, they usually started their cultivation path by cultivating their spiritual power. When they reached a certain stage, they would be able to sense the existence of the soul power and start to comprehend its profundity, and thus start to refine their souls.

Of course, nothing was for sure. Some people were able to keenly sense the existence of psychic power at a very early age.

Psychic power was the earliest form of soul power.

As one's psychic power gradually congealed and became stronger, then by slowly nurturing and refining the soul with it, one would be able to gain a clear understanding of his or her own soul, and from there, begin the path of soul power cultivation.

Due to the special nature of the incantations cultivated by the Ghost sect, they would usually greatly value a person's soul power when they picked disciples.

It was also for that reason that the Ghost sect disciples would often possess outstanding psychic power.

As they proceeded further with their cultivation, they would usually put more emphasis on the cultivation of their souls. Therefore, the Ghost sect always required their disciples to possess a strong psychic power from the very beginning.

Every morning, Wu Ji would teach Nie Tian about the ancient Qi warriors, the different major races, and the difference between the three types of strength.

Every afternoon, Wu Ji would lecture about the ancient symbols and the scripts of the titans and the ancient beasts; he told Nie Tian that he would find them useful sooner or later if he was to travel outside of the Realm of Flame Heaven.

The ancient symbols were the language the ancient Qi warriors used in ancient times to communicate with the heaven and earth.

The titans' and ancient beasts' scripts were two different languages.

According to Wu Ji, when he had the chance to step out of the Realm of Flame Heaven in the future and visit other realms, he would definitely get to see those two type of scripts and maybe even… encounter titans and ancient beasts.

By that time, his knowledge about those two languages would come in handy and help him make the best out of the situation.

At the very least, he would be able to communicate with those terrifying beings.

Actually, Wu Ji found it surprising that Nie Tian never resented the idea of learning about the scripts of the titans and ancient beasts.

Wu Ji didn't know that when he had introduced the ancient beast script to Nie Tian, the writings reminded him of the stone palace underneath the desert in the Green Illusion dimension.

Every wall and stone column in the stone palace had been engraved with the mysterious writings.

If he had grasped the meanings of the script back then, he would have understood what the writings engraved at the stone palace were talking about.

As for the titans' script…

The first time Wu Ji had told him about the titan's script, he was one hundred percent certain that those mountain-like arms pointing up into the sky in the mysterious land he had been taken to by the dragon bone, belonged to the titans!

Under the ground of the mysterious land must lie quite a few titans that had disappeared from this world for who knew how long.

He had learned the rage punch from one of them. If only he had known this language back then, he would have been able to uncover many, many more secrets..

Therefore, when it was time to study the languages of the ancient beasts and titans, not only did he not have a problem with it, he was even extremely eager learn about them.

Wu Ji was quite pleased with his hard-working attitude.

During the day, he would learn from Wu Ji about the languages of the two great races, as well as why Qi warriors existed, and the applications of the three types of strength.

In the night, he would cultivate diligently using the Qi Refining Incantation to expand his spiritual sea. In the process, he would take advantage of the spirit stones that Wu Ji had bestowed upon him.

Every few days, a Thunder Beast would descend from the sky and throw him a second grade spirit beast as food.

As soon as it left the food, it would swoop back into the sky before vanishing into the clouds in a flash.

It had been extremely difficult for him to get the meat of a second grade spirit beast in the Green Illusion dimension.

However, after coming to this place, second grade spirit beast meat had become his everyday meal.

Following Wu Ji's instructions, he didn't use the energy produced by the second grade spirit beast meat to expand his spiritual sea.

Instead, he allowed it to naturally disperse into his flesh and merge into his bones and inner organs.

That was because the low grade spirit stones which he used to cultivate during the night already contained enough spiritual energy of the heaven and earth for him to use to gradually expand his spiritual sea.

Time flew… In the blink of an eye, he had already cultivated under Wu Ji's instructions for half a year.

By now, his spiritual sea had expanded to the limits of the ninth level of Qi Refining!

He was only one step away from breaking through the bottleneck and entering the Lesser Heaven stage.

After consuming the meat of second grade spirit beasts for half a year, he had grown taller and even more robust. Moreover, the fluctuations of life within him had become significantly more vigorous than cultivators at the same stage as himself.

His psychic power could now cover a range of 300 meters.

One morning, following his usual routine, Nie Tian once again planned to go to Wu Ji's cottage to listen to him explain matters pertinent to breaking through from the Qi Refining stage into the Lesser Heaven stage.

During the past three days, Wu Ji no longer talked about the respective features of spiritual power, bloodline power, and soul power, but rather focused on instructing him how to break through the bottleneck and step into the Lesser Heaven stage.

To Nie Tian's surprise, Wu Ji walked out of his thatched cottage, and said to him, "I've already told you everything there's to say about the transition from the Qi Refining stage into the Lesser Heaven stage. For the rest, you'll have to explore by yourself.

"This is the first bottleneck you'll encounter on your path of cultivation. You'll meet many more in the future. You can't make the breakthrough by cultivating blindly. Instead, you'll need to draw upon your own experience and comprehension.

"You've stayed here for half a year already. It's time that you went out and explored. You'll benefit from it.

"The Spiritual Treasure sect is holding a grand convention. I'll have the Thunder Beast take you there. Here, take this command medallion. Show it to them at the Spiritual Treasure sect and they'll let you take up to three items; you can choose anything you like.

"Before you reach the Lesser Heaven stage, there is no need to learn about spiritual tools. Due to your current insufficient cultivation base and spiritual power, there is absolutely no way for you to bring out the full potential of a spiritual tool.

"You can learn how to wield them when you enter the Lesser Heaven stage."

With these words, Wu Ji waved his hand towards the sky.

A low-pitched cry echoed out from within the clouds, and in the next moment, a giant eagle-like Thunder Beast landed in front of them.

It was dark-green in color, wreathed in numerous fine lightning bolts, and within its deep, green eyes, lightning flickered from time to time.

With a flap of its wings, the lightning that covered its entire body entered into its body like little snakes.

"Go," said Wu Ji. "It'll take you to the Spiritual Treasure sect."

Nie Tian took the command medallion, which had the 'Ji' character carved into it, and carefully climbed onto the Thunder Beast's back.

The Thunder Beast seemed to be somewhat unwilling and slightly twisted its body. That small movement almost shook Nie Tian off its back.

With a cold snort, Wu Ji looked towards the Thunder Beast and said, "Don't feel wronged. You'll need Nie Tian's help one day!"

The Thunder Beast's eyes glittered with light of intelligence. After hearing Wu Ji's words, it seemed to be slightly puzzled, unable to comprehend what he meant.

"Take Nie Tian to the Spiritual Treasure sect," Wu Ji said with a scolding tone. "You'd better not cause trouble on your way there, or I won't let you off easily!"

The Thunder Beast let out a discontented bellow and stopped moving around, waiting for Nie Tian get a firm hold. Only then did it flap its wings and soar up into the sky.

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Somewhere in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range…

Three sparsely vegetated mountain peaks rose up in three directions like the points of a triangle. In between them all was a huge valley, which was the home of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Numerous stone pavilions stood tall in the valley, and streams of people walked along the wide stone paths.

On the three mountain peaks surrounding the Spiritual Treasure sect were large numbers of caves, with people from the Spiritual Treasure sect constantly going in and out of them.

Those caves belonged to the sect's equipment forgers.

When they entered the caves, they were all well-dressed, and their bearings were confident and elegant, but when they walked out from the cave, their appearance was always messy, their hair disheveled and their faces dirty.

Of those who walked out, some held spiritual tools in hand and cheered loudly, while others held their head down, disheartened, looking almost as if their parents had just passed away.

The main gate of the Spiritual Treasure sect stood high at the north entrance of the valley, and often saw luxurious carriages passing through, carrying travelers from distant lands.

An Shiyi stood at the gate, dressed in fine red garments, her delicate and beautiful face filled with a smile. Whenever she saw someone coming, she would step forward to greet them and arrange their accommodations.

She wore a silver bracelet on her jade-like wrist, and a heart-shaped pendant could be seen hanging around her snow-white neck. Her every single movement showed off the most beautiful side of a woman, provoking deep desire in every man who saw her.

However, under her seemingly everlasting smile, there appeared to be sorrow deeply hidden in her eyes.

In the past, her status in the Spiritual Treasure sect had ensured that she would never be entrusted with a menial task like receiving guests.

However, as the representative of the Spiritual Treasure sect and person in charge of the Green Illusion dimension trial, she had failed to notice the actions of the Ghost sect and the Blood sect, which directly led to the annihilation of the entire Grayvale sect team, as well as heavy casualties to the other three sects. Because of this, her status in the Spiritual Treasure sect had greatly dropped.

In order to appease the other three sects, An Shiyi had received severe punishment, and had descended to a point where she had to greet guests in front of the sect's main gate.

Over the years in the Spiritual Treasure sect, everything had gone her way. She had been highly regarded by the sectmaster and had never met such a huge setback before.

Thanks to the sectmaster's high regard, the old men within the sect who harbored evil intentions towards her had all hidden their intentions and not dared to act imprudently.

However, according to the rumors, due to her dereliction of duty regarding the Green Illusion dimension trial, the sectmaster seemed to have raised doubts regarding her competence, and thus had removed her status as a deacon.

Therefore, the old ones who had been drooling over her beauty immediately grew restless.

Recently, each and every one of them had sent people to test out her intentions, expressing their wish of becoming partners with her.

After rejecting them a number of times, she had discovered that her situation in the Spiritual Treasure sect had become more and more difficult.

An Shiyi thought to herself, "There must not be any accident at this convention. Otherwise… things will be even more difficult in the future."

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Panting sounds rang out as three Gold Horn Beasts dragged a huge carriage from the north.

On the carriage, Sang Bing from the Grayvale sect looked coldly at An Shiyi, his face grim.

Next to him sat Yuan Xian, who, at the first sight of An Shiyi, said unpleasantly, "An Shiyi, how do you still have the face to receive us? If it wasn't for you, my Feng'er wouldn't have died in the Green Illusion dimension! Because you failed to detect the Ghost sect's and Blood sect's actions, my precious Feng'er is dead!"

Yuan Xian was the sister of Yuan Fengchun, master of the Yuan clan from Frost Stone City.

Yuan Feng, who had led the Grayvale sect's disciples into the Green Illusion dimension, had been Yuan Fengchun's grandson. Yuan Xian, who had never married in her entire life, had always treated Yuan Feng as her own grandson.

The reason Yuan Feng had been deemed as a 'seed' by the Grayvale sect was not only because of his exceptional talent, but also partly because of her.

Admittedly, Yuan Fengchun was a well-known figure among the major clans of the seven cities, but compared to his sister, he wasn't even worth mentioning.

From a young age, Yuan Xian had displayed exceptional cultivation talent, and as of now, she was already one of the five valemasters of the Grayvale sect.

Grayvale consisted of five vales, each of which had a valemaster. Although she was the master of the smallest vale, she was the fifth most respected person in the entire sect.

It was because of her that the Yuan clan dared to act domineeringly among all the subordinate clans of the Grayvale sect, and was also why the Yuan clan was deemed as the number one clan in Frost Stone City.

As for the reason why the Yun clan had gotten rid of Nie Qian and made Yun Zhiguo marry Yuan Qiuying, it was because they took a fancy to the Yuan clan's loft status in the Grayvale sect.

After all, the Yun clan was merely an insignificant subordinate clan.

"Senior Yuan," An Shiyi smiled bitterly, "it was the Ghost sect and Blood sect that killed Yuan Feng, not me, right? If you want to take revenge, you should go to the Ghost sect and Blood sect. Why make things difficult for me?"

Yuan Xian's gaze was as cold as ice. "Of course I won't let them off! But you have to take responsibility too! If you didn't fail at your job of discovering their plans, how would they have been able to set foot in the Green Illusion dimension? If they weren't able to enter the Green Illusion dimension, how would Feng'er have possibly died?"

With these words, Yuan Xian paused for a while and glared at An Shiyi. Face bleak, she said, "An Shiyi, if you want to rely on your pretty face to keep a foothold in the Realm of Flame Heaven, then you'd better find someone strong to rely on. I heard that… some of the elders in your sect have quite a taste for you. I'd say, obey them.

"After all, a woman like you, other than your good looks, what else do you have?

"If you marry one of them, I might have to give them face and leave you alone. But… if there is no one to protect you, then with your current status in the Spiritual Treasure sect, I have plenty of methods to use on you!"

Yuan Xian was blunt about the scandals in the Spiritual Treasure sect, despite the fact that there were people around watching.

After hearing her words, An Shiyi's face flickered. She wanted to retort, but with a second thought about her current situation, she chose to simply accept the abuse.

At that time, she noticed that around her, many Spiritual Treasure sect disciples were now looking at her with strange gazes.

She immediately realized that the troublesome matters that had been weighing her down recently, had already been made public before she knew it.

"Senior Yuan, please enter the sect." An Shiyi bowed, indicating for Sang Bing and Yuan Xian to enter the gate.

Yuan Xian wasn't in a rush to go in, and continued to sit on her carriage, looking down upon An Shiyi.

"After all," she said coldly, "the An clan's foundation is too shallow. Your clan doesn't even have one elder in the Spiritual Treasure sect, but rather they depend on you and your sister to maintain their foothold in Black Cloud City. Once you lose your power in the Spiritual Treasure sect, your sister and your clan may all go down with you. An Shiyi, you'd better think it through. Think about your sister and your clan."

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Yuan," An Shiyi replied with a frown.

She was already quite aware of what Yuan Xian was trying to say.

She knew perfectly clear that one of her pursuers was very close with Yuan Xian, and that those words that Yuan Xian had just said were very likely spoken in that person's favor.

The meaning behind her words was that, as long as she submitted to that person obediently, Yuan Xian would no longer pursue her fault in the Green Illusion dimension trial.

Otherwise, Yuan Xian would spare no means to make life difficult for her and possibly even involve the entire An clan.

However, just thinking of that person's disgusting appearance made her feel cold and gave her goosebumps.

"You should really think about it." Yuan Xian gave her a cold look and waved to Sang Bing to get off the carriage and get inside.

At that very moment, a low-pitched cry suddenly rang out from deep within the clouds.

Upon hearing the cry, everyone at the front gate subconsciously looked up.

Before long, they saw a spirit beast gradually appear from within the thick clouds, and rapidly draw near.

WHOOSH!

A gale blew past, and when it cleared, a gigantic spirit beast had already landed in front of the crowd.

The three Gold Horn Beasts, which had previously been pulling the Grayvale sect's carriage, began to tremble and slowly crouch down.

"A Thunder Beast!"

Seeing the spirit beast descending from heaven, everyone's faces slightly flickered.

Even Yuan Xian and Sang Bing suddenly fell into silence upon its appearance.

A curious voice echoed out from the back of the Thunder Beast. "So this is the Spiritual Treasure sect?"

Everyone looked over with rapt attention, and found that there was well-built young man sitting on the Thunder Beast's back.

"It's… it's him!!" An Shiyi was flabbergasted.

"Yee? Big Sister An?!" Nie Tian looked around and immediately spotted An Shiyi. Sitting on the back of the Thunder Beast, he waved his hand towards An Shiyi. With a smile, he said, "Long time no see!"

"It's only been half a year," An Shiyi said, smiling.

Sang Bing, who was still sitting on the carriage, whispered to Yuan Xian, "He's that kid from the Nie clan."

Yuan Xian took a deep look at Nie Tian and nodded briefly, not saying a word.

"That kid is now Eccentric Wu's disciple," said Sang Bing. "He's not someone we can afford to provoke… should we tell the Yun clan to dial down their actions a bit?"

Yuan Xian remained silent for a while and then said, "Qiuying is my niece, but a girl who marries into another clan is like water that has been poured away. I would certainly not offend Eccentric Wu because of her."

"That's good," said Sang Bing, sounding a bit relieved.

"Let's get inside," said Yuan Xian.

While Nie Tian jumped down from the Thunder Beast's back and walked towards An Shiyi, the people from the Grayvale sect took the initiative and entered the gate one after another.

Seeing them leave, An Shiyi's mood lightened a bit.

She understood that if it wasn't for the arrival of Nie Tian, then with Yuan Xian's harsh nature, she would mock her well and good in front of the Spiritual Treasure sect's main gate and there was no way that she would have let her off that easily.

It had only been half a year since they had parted. However, a complicated expression appeared on her face as she sized up the current Nie Tian. To her, it felt like it had been ages.

"This little punk…"

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Compared to half a year ago, Nie Tian had not only grown stronger, but also become quite a bit taller.

In An Shiyi's eyes, he had been nothing more than a child half a year ago. However, the Nie Tian currently in front of her had already grown into a young man.

After the Green Illusion dimension trial, not only had Nie Tian's cultivation base improved significantly, but he had also shed away his immaturity and had become more confident and calm.

Even though An Shiyi was surprised by all the changes, what had really made her sigh with mixed emotions was Nie Tian's current status.

He's now Wu Ji's disciple.

She had long since heard about the name Wu Ji as well as his honorable status, not only in the Cloudsoaring sect, but even across the entire Realm of Flame Heaven.

Having been chosen by Wu Ji, Nie Tian could be considered to have reached the heavens with a single bound.

Because of Wu Ji, Nie Tian's future had become immeasurable.

She understood that Nie Tian's identity as Wu Ji's disciple had even made the domineering Yuan Xian avoid offending him and never again dare to cause trouble with the Nie clan.

"Sister An, how come you're greeting guests?" Nie Tian asked with a chuckle.

An Shiyi snapped out of her reverie, forced a smile, and said, "The sect has been short on hands lately. Well… enough chatting. I'll arrange for people to take you to Jiang Lingzhu and the others."

"She's here, too?" Nie Tian asked in confusion.

"Of course," An Shiyi responded. "The Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect have all come, as well as several subordinate clans of our sect."

Nie Tian nodded. "Oh, I see."

"Go ahead. I'll find you and chat when I get time," said An Shiyi.

Nie Tian didn't read too much into her words. "Okay, then I'll head inside first."

"Liu He, bring Nie Tian to the Cloudsoaring sect's residence," An Shiyi instructed.

A person from the Spiritual Treasure sect hurried out of the sect gate and said respectfully, "Please, follow me."

WHOOSH!

At that moment, the Thunder Beast flapped its wings and took off, soaring high into the clouds.

Knowing that Jiang Lingzhu and others from the Cloudsoaring sect were also here, Nie Tian didn't worry about the departure of the Thunder Beast.

He believed that since Jiang Lingzhu was here, whether or not the Thunder Beast would return and pick him up after the convention, he would be able to return to his sect along with Jiang Lingzhu and the others.

Therefore, under the guidance of the man from the Spiritual Treasure sect, he entered the main gate.

Once he was inside, he saw numerous stone pavilions alongside the stone roads, with Qi warriors of different realms constantly going in and out of them.

A loud laugh echoed out from within a stone cave that was in the mountain peak to his left.

"I've done it! Hahaha! It has finally been refined!"

An old man with red hair and a bushy beard that still had sparks of fire shooting out of it, was waving a long sword that had rays of moonlight flowing within, as if he had gone insane.

Nie Tian looked up towards the incomparably excited old man, and asked, "Equipment forger?"

Liu He, the escort, nodded while smiling. With a brief bow, he said, "In the entire Realm of Flame Heaven, we have the most equipment forgers in our sect. They all live in the stone caves in the nearby mountains, within which there are equipment forging rooms. Those unique equipment forging rooms are connected to the blazing flames at the earth's core, enabling the equipment forgers to easily melt and forge items.

"A lot of rich buyers have come to this Treasure Convention, so all the equipment forgers are hoping to refine unique spiritual tools and then sell them for a good price.

"That's why they've been rushing with their work during the last couple of days. They all want to forge high-ranked spiritual tools."

Nie Tian nodded blankly and said, "Oh, so that's how it is."

He had heard his master Wu Ji talk about the Treasure Conventions of the Spiritual Treasure sect, so he knew something about them.

Liu He didn't lie, as most of the formidable equipment forgers of the Realm of Flame Heaven were truly from the Spiritual Treasure sect, and the Spiritual Treasure sect was located at the heart of Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, which was an excellent place for the equipment forgers to refine items.

In order for equipment forgers to refine a spiritual weapon, they would need fierce flames to melt the spiritual materials.

Deep under the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range was concealed a powerful earthflame. Through special means, the Spiritual Treasure sect channeled the earth's core flame to each and every one of the forging rooms within the caves, so as to facilitate the equipment forgers in refining and forging spiritual tools, as well as to improve their equipment forging skills.

Spiritual tools forged by the equipment forgers of the Spiritual Treasure sect would usually be shipped to the seven major cities for sale.

The equipment forgers would get spirit stones in return for selling the spiritual tools, which they would then use to buy various kinds of materials to refine spiritual tools of even higher ranks.

However, the spiritual tools that were shipped into the seven cities often wouldn't be of premium quality or high rankings.

The Spiritual Treasure sect would usually stock up the ones that were truly rare, had special usage, or high ratings. Then they would wait to sell them during the Treasure Conventions to the Mystic Mist sect, Grayvale sect, and Cloudsoaring sect.

Only those three sects would be able to afford the truly high-ranked spiritual tools.

According to Wu Ji, not only did the tools forged by the Spiritual Treasure sect excel in the Realm of Flame Heaven, they were even reputable throughout the entire Domain of the Falling Stars.

Wu Ji said that they had even attracted Qi warriors from the other eight realms to travel across the river of stars just to attend the Treasure Conventions held by the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Moreover, the Spiritual Treasure sect would specially supply the Qi warriors from the other eight realms with a selection of spiritual tools they had forged.

Nie Tian pondered as he followed Liu He. Before long, they arrived in front of a six-story stone pavilion.

"All the guests from the Cloudsoaring sect have been arranged to live here."

Liu He raised his voice and asked, "Is Mr. Liu here?"

"I'm here." Liu Yan's voice came from within the stone pavilion.

"Excuse me." Hearing Liu Yan's answer, Liu He bowed briefly and went back along the route they had taken to get here.

Moments after he left, Liu Yan from the Cloudsoaring sect walked out of the pavilion door.

Liu Yan examined Nie Tian with his eyes. "Are you the one who called my name?"

"Greetings, Mr. Liu!" Nie Tian greeted him in a grand manner.

Although he couldn't remember Liu Yan's appearance, he had heard from Nie Donghai and Nie Qian that when he was one year old, it was because of Liu Yan's consent and sparing two additional spiritual tools that he was allowed to take part in the Lot-drawing Convention.

He also knew that back then he had angered many people with his domineering actions at the convention. Had it not been for Liu Yan taking his side, he would have surely been punished by the clan at the age of one…

Furthermore, the dragon bone that had practically changed his life had also belonged to Liu Yan.

For these reasons, he harbored gratitude towards Liu Yan ever since he had known about him. Unfortunately, because of his previously insignificant status, he didn't have the chance to go to the Cloudsoaring sect and visit him.

Furthermore, Nie Tian spent the past half a year apprenticing to Wu Ji in the back mountain, and thus still hadn't found the chance to visit him.

To his surprise, he finally got to meet Liu Yan, who had shown major kindness to him, during his trip to the Spiritual Treasure sect.

"Greetings…" Liu Yan stared at Nie Tian, who kowtowed to him with great sincerity and respect. He was confused and couldn't recall who the teenager in front of him was.

Jiang Lingzhu blurted out from inside the room, "Uncle Liu, he's Nie Tian."

"Nie… Nie Tian?!" Liu Yan was taken aback. After a moment he recovered from his state of amazement and said, "It's you, kid! Enough with the courtesy. Quickly get up. I don't dare accept it!"

He helped Nie Tian up.

However, Nie Tian took three steps backwards, and bowed. Only after that did he raise his chin and say, "Uncle Liu, I was just one year old then we met, and therefore couldn't remember what you looked like. But I heard more than a few times about you from my aunt and grandfather. I've always been grateful for what you did, and I always wanted to visit you in the Cloudsoaring sect. Unfortunately I never had the chance to do so."

"Hahaha!" Liu Yan laughed out loud. "Your mom was my junior martial sister. It's only right that I look after you. You don't need to burden yourself with it."

With these words, Liu Yan stopped laughing, but instead looked deeply at Nie Tian and said, "But I never thought her son would be even more outstanding than her. Back when your grandfather asked me to test your cultivation talent, I didn't discover anything.

"After all, I wasn't martial granduncle. I didn't have his acute perception, and wasn't able to see through your potential at that time.

"However, seeing what you have achieved today, I'm really happy for her. I hope that you can take advantage of such a rare opportunity and rise up like your two senior martial brothers, stepping out of the Realm of Flame Heaven one day."

"Thank you, Mr. Liu!" Nie Tian said respectfully.

Liu Yan promptly shook his head. "I can't accept it, I really can't accept it. You're martial granduncle's disciple, so according to seniority, I should address you as martial uncle."

"So let's put seniority aside," Nie Tian said sincerely. "If you don't mind, how about I address you as Uncle Liu from now on?"

"Well, sure." An elated expression appeared on Liu Yan's face. "Let's get inside. We're family now. Come on in."

Then, he led Nie Tian into the stone pavillion.

"Let me introduce you to everyone." Once they were inside, Liu Yan pointed at a few people from the Cloudsoaring sect and introduced every one of them to Nie Tian. "You know Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo, so I won't say more about them. This is Shi Yi, and she is Luo Xin. They are my junior martial brother and sister. My master Wu Xing brought us here, but he isn't here at the moment. He went to catch up with his friends from the Spiritual Treasure sect."

Nie Tian was about to greet them one by one. However, those who had just been introduced to him all had strange expressions on their faces as they greeted Nie Tian first. "Greetings, martial uncle."

Even Jiang Lingzhu, whose face was filled with unwillingness, greeted him obediently.

"Shi Yi and Luo Xin are my junior martial brother and sister." Liu Yan explained in a soft voice. "Shi Yi has been a member of the sect for quite some time. When your mother was still with us, he had already become my master's disciple. Luo Xin was taken in by my master nine years ago. She never met you mother."

Nie Tian looked at the silent Shi Yi. After a moment of heistation, he said, "Uncle Shi."

"I dare not accept the honor," Shi Yi hurriedly said.

"Luo…"

He was just about to greet Luo Xin, who seemed to be only about twenty years old. The graceful Luo Xin jumped in and said, "Don't you address me that way; I'm only a few years older than you. You can just call me Sister Xin. By all means, don't address me as your aunt!"

"Sister Xin," Nie Tian said with a chuckle.

Luo Xin let out a sigh of relief. With a grin, she said, "You're so lucky that martial granduncle set his mind on you, and that the sect broke the rules that had been around for decades for you. This is really something to be proud of."

"I'm a lucky kid," Nie Tian said self-deprecatingly.

Liu Yan showed Nie Tian to a seat and went back to their conversation about the Treasure Convention. "Where were we?"

Nie Tian could tell that they had been discussing something before he had arrived. Hence, he sat there quietly and listened.

They had a pleasant chat.

From their conversation, Nie Tian learned that Liu Yan knew something about equipment forging, and he had great interest in the matter. Therefore he wouldn't miss even one Treasure Convention held by the Spiritual Treasure sect.

The seven spiritual tools that Liu Yan had brought to the Nie clan years ago had been collected by him from these Treasure Conventions.

The dragon bone that had changed Nie Tian's fate was one of them. This made Nie Tian secretly attach great importance to the convention, and at the same time, become very excited about it.

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Everyone chatted for a while before the sky gradually darkened. Then, everyone went back to their respective rooms.

The Treasure Convention would officially start the next day. Shi Yi, Luo Xin, and Jiang Lingzhu had already gone to rest in their rooms on the higher floors of the stone pavilion.

Only Nie Tian was asked by Liu Yan to stay.

"Nie Tian, since you're here, did martial granduncle tell you to choose some spiritual tool?"

Nie Tian took out the command medallion that had the character 'Ji' on it, and showed it to Liu Yan. "He told me that I can choose up to three items that I like, and just by showing off this thing they'll let me have them."

With a brief glance at it, Liu Yan indicated for him to put it away.

Liu Yan frowned. "Years ago, your grandfather was seriously wounded in a fight with Yun Meng and Yuan Fengchun, and his spiritual sea was destroyed. Ever since, your grandfather hasn't been able to gather the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to continue his cultivation. Not only that, but because his spiritual sea was shattered, the spirit energy that he had gathered over the years faded away as time passed.

"Therefore, not only was your grandfather unable to achieve a breakthrough, but his cultivation has been on the decline.

"To a cultivator, the destruction of the spiritual sea means the end of the cultivation path. From then on, your grandfather has been living in depression. His status in the Nie clan also gradually lowered, and he was eventually replaced by Nie Beichuan.

"Of course, now that you've become the disciple of martial granduncle, your grandfather's position in the Nie clan is once again stable.

"However, it's hard to say if the situation will last for long. Also, this is not the way to fundamentally restore your grandfather's confidence."

Having laid the groundwork to make his point, Liu Yan continued, "I heard that the Spiritual Treasure sect will be putting up a very valuable Spiritfount Pill for sale, which is a seventh level Medium grade medicinal pill. It can help a cultivator rebuild their spirit sea. Your grandfather's injury can be completely healed by it."

Nie Tian's mind shook. "Spiritfount Pill!"

He had always desired to help his grandfather recover from his injury one day.

Nie Donghai's health and longevity had always been his sore point.

After hearing that there would be a pill that could cure his grandfather's injuries for sale at this Treasure Convention, he immediately grew excited.

"A seventh level Medium grade Spiritfount Pill is definitely a rare treasure," Liu Yan said with a brief smile. "If you were still the Nie Tian from the Nie clan, or an ordinary disciple of the Cloudsoaring sect, there would be no way for you to obtain such a valuable item. However, now that you've become the disciple of my martial granduncle, and are in possession of his command medallion, you can go demand that Spiritfount Pill from the Spiritual Treasure sect."

"When and where will it be sold?" Nie Tian asked hastily.

"Tomorrow, in the Pill Pavilion," answered Liu Yan.

"Thank you for telling me this, Uncle Liu. I'll go to the Pill Pavilion first thing in the morning to get that Spiritfount Pill!"

"Okay, I'll go with you."

As the two of them talked, the sky completely darkened. Many bright lights could be seen along the streets outside.

At that moment, a female voice echoed from the door. "Excuse me… is Nie Tian here?"

Liu Yan was surprised. He looked at Nie Tian curiously, and said, "Someone's looking for you?"

Nie Tian instantly realized that voice belonged to An Shiyi's younger cousin, An Ying.

"An Ying…"

"Yes," Nie Tian replied, going on to explain, "she's a friend I made in the Green Illusion dimension."

Liu Yan nodded his head and said, "I'll go back to my room. You can go to the third floor later on. There are a few vacant rooms there. You can find one to rest."

With these words, he walked up the stairs, leaving the ground floor to Nie Tian and his visitor.

The door to the stone tower had been half-opened. After Liu Yan went upstairs, An Ying quietly stuck her head in through the gap.

"I'm here," Nie Tian said.

It was also at that moment that An Ying saw him. Then, she cut the pleasantries and walked in.

When she looked around and realized that Nie Tian was the only one there, she asked, "Where are the others?"

Nie Tian pointed to the ceiling.

He didn't have a favorable impression of An Ying. Before they had entered the Green Illusion dimension, she had seemed to be rather resentful towards him, and when they were in the Green Illusion dimension, she had also targeted him.

It was only later, due to his decisiveness and fierceness in the fight with the Lurker Lizard, that he had gained her trust to some extent.

However, when the witch Yu Tong had wrapped him up in her scarlet blood strings, An Ying didn't choose to stay and help him. Instead, she believed that he would be killed beyond a shadow of a doubt, and thus abandoned him.

Therefore, he only felt that he owed An Shiyi, but not An Ying.

Now, half a year later, An Ying had become even more elegant and beautiful, however, her beauty was still dwarfed by An Shiyi.

An Ying was always straightforward, but now she seemed to have a faint sadness hidden in between her furrowed eyebrows. Something seemed to be weighing her down.

She blurted, "Do you still remember that you once said that you would spare no effort to help my sister if she got into trouble… assuming you had the strength to do so?"

"Of course I do," Nie Tian said.

"My sister… is in trouble now." An Ying glanced up at the ceiling, lowered her voice, and said, "My sister was the person in charge of the Green Illusion dimension trial, and also a representative of the Spiritual Treasure sect. However, because the appearance of the Blood sect and the Ghost sect, Yuan Feng from the Grayvale sect was killed. There were also heavy casualties among the other three sects, including ours. Therefore, my sister's status as a deacon has been removed."

"She got demoted?" Nie Tian was taken aback.

Within the Spiritual Treasure sect, the most powerful person was undoubtedly the sectmaster. Below him, there were elders. Below them were the deacons. Finally, it was the ordinary disciples.

Deacons were mostly responsible for the affairs of the Spiritual Treasure sect in the seven cities, selling spiritual tools for the Spiritual Treasure sect and collecting spiritual materials that could be used to refine various types of spiritual tools.

During the years she had been a deacon, An Shiyi straightened out many issues for the sect. Because of that, she was highly regarded by the sectmaster, and became quite reputable within the sect.

However, because of the incident that had occurred in the Green Illusion dimension, she was unexpectedly stripped of her status as a deacon, and now had no choice but to greet the guests at the sect gate.

An Ying's expression turned grimmer. "In the past, thanks to my sister's status as a deacon, coupled with the sectmaster's trust in her, those old guys in the sect didn't dare to act imprudently, although they secretly desired her.

"Now that my sister has lost everything, those old bastards who have been drooling over my sister's beauty saw the opportunity, and want to take her as their wife or concubine.

"One of them was especially disgusting. Just now, he sent his disciple to try to force my sister's hand yet again." An Ying couldn't help but gnash her teeth.

Nie Tian replied calmly, "Where is that guy?"

"Probably still at my sister's place!" An Ying's words were filled with hatred.

Nie Tian rose to his feet. "Take me there."

"Alright!" An Ying immediately found new courage.

Were it half a year ago, she wouldn't even have come to Nie Tian.

However, the current Nie Tian had the glorious position of being the disciple of Wu Ji, and Wu Ji was one of the most formidable existences within the entire Realm of Flame Heaven.

Actually, the reason why she came over this time was that she hoped to scare that person off with Nie Tian's status.

In a distant, quiet courtyard within the Spiritual Treasure sect…

An Shiyi, who had run back and forth for a whole day, had changed out of her red garments into a white silk skirt, which didn't make her look as appealing as she was during the daytime, but instead, gave her an elegant and refreshing look.

At that moment, her ripe, round buttocks were sitting on the swing in the courtyard. Her body followed the lifeless swaying of the swing and stress filled her delicate face.

Beside the ornamental rocks, Fei Li wore a grim expression as he toyed with a golden ball that had sparks of flames splashing out of it. He took his time saying, "You are probably aware of my master's status in the sect. You're merely a girl from a subordinate clan. It's your fortune that my master sees things in you. What intention do you have by avoiding my master in every possible way?

"In the past, with the sectmaster protecting you, you could do as you wanted.

"Now that you've lost both his trust and your status as a deacon, do you think that you can still act the same way as before?

"The truth is that Yuan Xian from the Grayvale sect wants to target you with all means possible. Without my master to stop her, don't even dream of passing through the next few months smoothly!

"You've also seen Yuan Xian today. She just talked to my master, and has made it perfectly clear that If you still don't submit to him, then she will make a move.

"You'd better think carefully. Once Yuan Xian makes a move, what kind of damage will your clan, your younger sister, and yourself suffer?

"For that Yuan Feng, she already killed many people from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect.

"Our sect holds part of the responsibility for Yuan Feng's death. The sectmaster also agreed to that. During such a sensitive period, the sectmaster won't make enemies with the Grayvale sect just for you. Therefore, if Yuan Xian makes a move, he might not interfere!

"My master has spoken. He wants an answer tonight!"

With a cold face and an aggressive tone, Fei Li attempted to force An Shiyi to make a decision immediately.

KREEEN!

The swing suddenly stopped swaying. A sorrowful and helpless expression gradually appeared in An Shiyi's blank eyes.

"Alright… For my sister and the An clan…" She was prepared to sacrifice herself.

BANG!

At that moment, An Ying shoved the door open and led Nie Tian directly to the courtyard.

"An Ying?" Fei Li snorted. Completely ignoring An Ying, he continued to threaten An Shiyi, "Your sister is still young. If you lose your power in the sect, she will have no one to back her in the future. Well, you should know that if a little girl wants to establish a foothold in the sect, she needs to either have an unparalleled talent or a someone to rely on.

"You are her backer within the sect. However, if you lose everything you have, do you think that she still can cultivate in the sect without any trouble?"

"Sister An, who is this shit-talker?" Nie Tian asked, even though he already knew the answer.

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Fei Li's expression immediately darkened.

He didn't even bother to look at Nie Tian, but rather stared coldly towards An Shiyi. "Is he a junior clansman from your clan?"

Without waiting for An Shiyi to reply, Fei Li grinned maliciously, and nodded towards Nie Tian. "You like cursing people, right? Fine! I'll let you know what punishment a disciple from a subordinate clan will receive for insulting me!"

Sparks of flames immediately floated out of Fei Li's fingertips, within which thrummed surges of blazing spiritual energy.

He was on the property of the Spiritual Treasure sect, with the An Sisters standing right beside him. Even so, after assuming Nie Tian was a clansman from the An clan, he actually dared to make a move on him without the slightest scruple.

"You dare to lay a hand on him?" An Ying shouted out loud. "You aren't afraid that Eccentric Wu will rip you apart!"

An Shiyi had also planned to stop Fei Li, but hearing that An Ying shouted out, she stopped.

After hearing An Ying's words, Fei Li's expression abruptly changed.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

He forcefully channeled those beams of flame back into his body. He took a deep breath and asked, "You are Nie Tian?"

"I am," Nie Tian calmly answered.

"Who is An Shiyi to you?"

"She's my sworn sister."

Fei Li clearly had a suspicious look in his eyes as he glanced at An Ying, and then he realized that An Ying had an arrogant expression on her face.

He immediately understood that it was An Ying who had brought Nie Tian to this place. He also understood her intentions.

"It's dark already. It's inconvenient for me to stay here any longer."

With these words, he frowned and left decisively, without continuing to berate Nie Tian or demand an answer from An Shiyi.

After he had left, only Nie Tian and the An sisters were left in the courtyard.

"Thank you," An Shiyi said softly.

"You're my sworn sister from today on," Nie Tian said solemnly. "And I'm serious about that."

An Shiyi's bright eyes lit up.

An Ying said hastily, "Elder Sister, Nie Tian is Wu Ji's disciple. As long as you establish a relationship with him, that old bastard Gan Kang definitely won't dare to be so impudent!"

With great sincerity, Nie Tian said, "Elder Sister An, you gave me a slot to the Green Illusion dimension trial. Whatever your intentions were, I benefited a great deal from it and for that I'll always remember your kindness. I once said to An Ying that if you were to encounter troubles one day, then given that I was capable, I would definitely help you at all costs.

"Of course, my strength is still far from sufficient. Otherwise, I wouldn't have allowed that Fei Li to walk out of this courtyard!

"The only thing that I can do for you now is to use my status to overshadow Gan Kang, so that he won't dare to act imprudently."

Before An Ying and Nie Tian arrived, An Ying had already told him that Fei Li's Master, Gan Kang, was one of the equipment forging experts of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

The Spiritual Treasure sect was a Qi warrior sect, but wasn't exactly the same as the Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, or Mystic Mist sect. The sect was divided into two parts, namely the Spiritual school and the Treasure school.

The Spiritual school attached their importance to the cultivation of Qi, which therefore made it generally similar to the other three sects.

The Treasure school, on the other hand, consisted of equipment forgers who focused their energy on researching the techniques of equipment refining and forging, and viewed it as their way of cultivation.

Gan Kang was one of the highest ranked equipment forging experts in the Treasure school, and also the fifth person in the Treasure school to be able to refine Premium grade spiritual tools.

The best equipment forging master in the Treasure school was an old friend of Nie Tian's master, Wu Ji, and was also infatuated with equipment forging and practically never paid attention to sect affairs.

Therefore, Gan Kang and three other high-ranked equipment forging experts were left in charge of all of the affairs in the Treasure school.

The master of the Spiritual school was also the master of the Spiritual Treasure sect. Even though he held unparalleled power in the sect, he seldom interfered with the Treasure school's internal affairs.

Even he had to give face to the four highly ranked equipment forgers. As long as they didn't do anything over the line, the sectmaster would usually not interfere with what they did or just turn a blind eye to it.

The reason that the Spiritual Treasure sect ranked higher than the Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect, was that other than the Spiritual school, they also had the Treasure school.

Most of the spiritual tools that the Qi warriors of the four sects used were refined and forged by the Treasure school, and thus the Treasure school enjoyed a very special position amongst the four sects.

Generally speaking, the Spiritual school, as well as the other three sects, weren't willing to offend equipment forgers from the Treasure school.

The reason Nie Tian was aware of Gan Kang's status, yet still had the audacity to pressure Gan Kang with his own status was, because he knew that his Master, Wu Ji, was sworn friends with the Treasure school's strongest equipment forging master, Fang Hui.

Considering Gan Kang's status, if it was anyone else from the Cloudsoaring sect, they probably wouldn't be too willing to make enemies with Gan Kang.

However, Nie Tian wasn't afraid.

"Elder Sister, you need Nie Tian as your nominal younger brother!" An Ying said in a low voice.

An Shiyi seemed somewhat hesitant. "It's very kind of Nie Tian, but I'm afraid that I'll bring him troubles."

Nie Tian chuckled and said, "I don't care whether you accept me or not. From now on, I'll tell everyone I see that you're my sworn sister!"

An Shiyi's glistening, charming eyes hesitated for a moment before she burst into laughter. Her beauty was like that of hundreds of beautiful blooming flowers. "If you want an elder sister so badly, I'll be your elder sister."

"Elder Sister," Nie Tian called, smiling.

An Shiyi had a joyous expression on her face as she laughed, while nodding her head. "It seems that the smartest decision I've made this year was to go to your Nie clan and invite you to the Green Illusion dimension, although my heart was full of evil intentions."

"Hahaha, whatever your intentions were, I'm grateful to you." Nie Tian laughed.

"Thank you." An Shiyi's words sounded solemn. Shortly after, she pursed her lips into a smile, and with a wave of her hand, indicated for An Ying to take Nie Tian and leave. "It's late. You'll still have to choose spiritual tools together with people from your sect. You cannot stay here too long, or else people will gossip."

"Haha, I'm not afraid," Nie Tian said.

An Shiyi rolled her eyes at him. "You might not be afraid, but I am. You're no longer a child. With the messy stuff going on between those old things and me, my reputation isn't exactly good. If you spend the night here, I'm not too sure what they'll say about me."

"I believe that you value your reputation very much and won't do anything to jeopardize it," Nie Tian said sincerely.

An Ying grew impatient and pulled Nie Tian away. "Alright, alright. Let's go!"

An Ying glared at him and warned, "Nie Tian, my sister only needs you as her nominal younger brother for your status. Don't you have any other thoughts! In the future, when my elder sister gets out of all the trouble and once again wins over the sectmaster's trust, I'll need you to remove your relationship as nominal brother and sister!"

"Oh? You'd better talk to your sister about it then." Nie Tian smirked, and continued, "What? Are you worried that your elder sister may fall in love with me?"

"Bullshit!" An Ying was annoyed. "You still smells of your mother's milk! How can my elder sister like a witless child like you? I'm worried that you're like those old bastards, harboring vile thoughts towards my sister!"

Smiling, Nie Tian teased her, "Hey, I'm still a child. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to say those kind of things to me?"

"Save it! I've known for a long time that you weren't honest when we were in the Green Illusion dimension!" An Ying retorted. She suddenly seemed to have thought of something and lowered her voice, asking sneakily, "By the way, what did you do to Yu Tong to make her so mad at you? I heard that she spent three whole months to heal herself after returning to the Blood sect.

"After her strength was restored, she sent people from the Blood sect to ask around for your whereabouts.

"She spread the word that she bears ocean-deep hatred towards you, and as long as she sees you, one of you will have to die.

"That witch has never hated a person so much before. What exactly did you do to her to make her so angry that she wants you dead so eagerly?"

Nie Tian paused for a moment and touched his head, saying, "Nothing… Who knows what made that woman go crazy."

"You must have done something to her!" An Ying's words were full of certainty.

"No, I didn't!"

"You did!"

"I really didn't!"

"You definitely did!"

The two argued while walking. A while later, they returned to the stone pavilion that had been allotted to the Cloudsoaring sect. An Ying stopped bickering, and said, "Even though you're a little bit annoying, you can be considered a man of your word. Thank you for what you did for my sister this time."

With these words, she didn't wait for Nie Tian to reply and walked off, looking slightly embarrassed.

…

The following day, in the Pill Pavilion of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

First thing in the morning, Liu Yan led Nie Tian to the Pill Pavilion.

The Pill Pavilion wasn't big at all. It only had three stories, with a limited collection of medicine pills stored within it.

That was because the majority of the members of the Treasure school were equipment forgers; there was only one person who knew how to refine pills.

Moreover, it was said that most of the medicine pills in the Pill Pavilion actually weren't refined by that alchemist, but rather acquired by the Spiritual Treasure sect through exchanging spiritual tools with the other eight realms.

Medicine pills only played a insignificant role in the Treasure Convention, and there weren't many medicine pills to be sold in the Pill Pavilion.

Therefore, as long as one had sufficient spirit stones to spend, they would be able to purchase them directly, and wouldn't need to take part in auctions.

The reason why Nie Tian arrived early in the morning was precisely that he wanted to obtain the Spiritfount Pill at the first possible moment, in case others might beat him to it.

While he was waiting for the door to open, Nie Tian was surprised to see that Zheng Bin, Han Xin, and Dowager Weng from the Mystic Mist sect had also come.

"Mr. Liu, why have you suddenly become interested in medicine pills?" Dowager Weng asked. "From what I remember, don't you only buy spiritual tools every time you come to the convention?"

She knew that even though Liu Yan almost never hosted the Lot-drawing Conventions that had been held every few years by the Cloudsoaring sect's subordinate clans, practically all of the spiritual tools that had been presented at the Lot-drawing Conventions had been selected by Liu Yan from the Spiritual Treasure sect.

One of Liu Yan's major duties was to pick low grade spiritual tools and bestow them upon the subordinate clans.

"My little martial uncle has set his mind on the Spiritfount Pill," said Liu Yan. "If you are also here to purchase medicinal pills, I hope that you aren't aiming for it."

"Little martial uncle…"

Dowager Weng, Zheng Bin, and Han Xin all looked over at Nie Tian with strange expressions in their eyes.

"Long time no see, Zheng Bin," Nie Tian greeted.

"Congratulations," Zheng Bin replied.

After a glance at Nie Tian, Dowager Weng turned to Liu Yan and said, "You can rest assured. Eccentric Wu's disciple wants the Spiritfount Pill. Even if I wanted it, I wouldn't dare to fight over it."

With a smile, Liu Yan said, "Well, many thanks then."

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The time had come and the Pill Pavilion opened.

Nie Tian and Liu Yan were the first to enter the door. The first thing they saw were three Spiritual Treasure sect disciples standing and waiting inside respectfully.

The moment Liu Yan and Dowager Weng entered, the three disciples recognized them, and immediately smiled and greeted them.

"Greetings, Mr. Liu! Greetings, Senior Weng!"

Liu Yan nodded and asked, "Which floor is the Spiritfount Pill on?"

"The third floor," one of them answered.

Liu Yan didn't say another word and took Nie Tian up the stairs.

There were five counters set up on the third floor, inside every one of which could be seen a few pills stored in delicate cases.

As soon as Nie Tian arrived on the third floor, and before he could even glance around, a deep voice rang out. "It's you?!"

"Fei Li…" Nie Tian's face went grim.

He never expected that Fei Li, who he had met in An Shiyi's courtyard last night, was overseeing the third floor of the Pill Pavilion.

Fei Li and another female disciple of the Spiritual Treasure sect were the only ones serving as salesclerks on the third floor.

Liu Yan cut the pleasantries, stepped forward and said, "Fei Li, take out the Spiritfount Pill. My little senior martial uncle wants to buy it."

After returning last night, Nie Tian hadn't spoken to Liu Yan, but rather simply found a room and rested.

Hence, Liu Yan had no idea that Nie Tian and Fei Li had already started a feud last night.

"The Spiritfount Pill is no longer for sale," Fei Li said coldly.

"What?" Zhang Qin, the female equipment forger on the third floor, looked at Fei Li.

Confused, she said, "Senior Martial Brother Fei, didn't your master leave that Spiritfount Pill here for sale?"

"Correct, but we're not selling it now." Fei Li snorted.

Zhang Qin looked at Fei Li and then towards Liu Yan. She seemed to have sensed something was going on. Thus, she didn't say another word.

"Fei Li, what are you doing?" Liu Yan said, sounding irritated.

"Not selling means not selling!" Fei Li's tone wasn't pleasant at all.

Nie Tian's expression also turned very grim.

That Spiritfount Pill could help his grandfather rebuild his spiritual sea and also help solve the problem that had been plaguing his grandfather for many years.

The moment he learned about the Spiritfount Pill, he had decided to get it at all cost.

However, he never expected that the Spiritfount Pill… was Gan Kang's. As the owner, Gan Kang indeed had the right to stop selling it.

If the owner didn't wish to sell, Nie Tian could do nothing about it, not even with Wu Ji's command medallion.

"Fei Li, do you have a problem with me?" Liu Yan furrowed his brows.

Fei Li didn't say anything. Instead, he looked over towards Nie Tian.

Liu Yan was puzzled. He turned around and asked Nie Tian, "When did you have a conflict with him?"

"Last night," Nie Tian answered.

Liu Yan thought for a moment and understood what was going on. "Because of that An Ying girl?"

He was a well-informed man. Before coming to the Spiritual Treasure sect, he had heard that Fei Li's master, Gan Kang, had set his mind on An Shiyi.

An Ying's anxious expression when she hurried over last night, coupled with Fei Li's abnormal behaviors today, had already made the truth obvious to him.

Nie Tian went ahead and explained, "An Shiyi is my sworn sister."

Upon hearing Nie Tian's words, Zhang Qin suddenly realized what was going on.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly as he searched laboriously in his head for a solution.

If not for last night's incident, he believed that Nie Tian could have easily obtained the Spiritfount Pill with Wu Ji's command medallion.

However, now…

The pill belonged to Gan Kang. They clearly couldn't force him to sell it.

When Liu Yan was reaching the end of his wits, Fei Li took out the case containing the Spiritfount Pill from the counter. He gently stroked the delicately engraved cover of the case as he slowly said, "My master acquired it from a cultivator from one of the other eight realms at the cost of a sixth level Medium grade spiritual tool.

"The Spiritfount Pill can't be considered as a rare item in other realms. However, it's rather hard to get in the Realm of Flame Heaven.

"Actually, this pill isn't necessarily unsellable… You just need to stop meddling with others' business."

With these words, he looked coldly at Nie Tian, as if he was waiting for Nie Tian to cave and promise to stay out of it.

"Let's go," said Nie Tian.

Liu Yan sighed and told Fei Li, "I know who your master is. However, you'd better think it through; is it worth it to offend my martial granduncle over a trifling Spiritfount Pill?"

"The pill is ours," Fei Li said indifferently, "We don't want to sell it. Is he going to come to the Spiritual Treasure sect and take it by force?"

"Fine." Liu Yan nodded. No longer in the mood to try to persuade him, he went downstairs with Nie Tian.

Dowager Weng caught sight of them when they came down, and asked, "Yee? Are you leaving now? Did you get that Spiritfount Pill?"

Liu Yan smiled bitterly. "No, they're not willing to sell it."

Dowager Weng was taken aback. "That's impossible! Who's the seller? I can't believe someone refused to give face to Eccentric Wu!"

Liu Yan shrugged. He didn't explain and walked out of the Pill Pavilion with Nie Tian.

Standing outside of the Pill Pavilion, Liu Yan thought for a moment and then said, "Don't worry. I'll see if I can ask for some friends to buy it for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu." Then, Nie Tian explained everything that had happened the day before. "I benefited a great deal because of An Shiyi. If not for the chance that she gave me to enter the Green Illusion dimension, I wouldn't be who I am today."

"Hmm, there's nothing wrong with repaying kindness." Liu Yan nodded. "Although Spiritfount Pills are hard to find in the Realm of Flame Heaven, they aren't that rare in the other realms. Even if we can't get one this time, there'll be chances in the future. After all, you're the disciple of martial granduncle.

"Let's drop it for now and go take a look around in other places."

Nie Tian replied, "I guess I have to."

Shortly after, he temporarily suppressed the urge to purchase the Spiritfount Pill and followed Liu Yan as he roamed through the many Spiritual Tool Pavilions in the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Liu Yan knew that Nie Tian had only reached the Qi Refining stage, therefore didn't bring him to places that sold high grade spiritual tools. Instead, he brought him to sections where they exclusively sold low grade spiritual tools.

After covering several pavilions, Liu Yan noticed that Nie Tian hadn't bought anything, and thought he was probably dazzled by the abundant items. Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Nie Tian, do you have something in your mind that you want to buy? Also, years ago I failed to detect your cultivation attribute. Your master should have been able to. Did he say anything?"

Nie Tian rubbed his head and said, "No, master has never brought up the issue of my cultivation attribute. He only told me to choose three playthings, anything I want. He didn't give me any specific requirement."

His words gave Liu Yan a headache. "Without a category, or requirements… how am I supposed to help you chose?"

Liu Yan had already showed Nie Tian around three pavilions that only sold low grade spiritual tools. Some of the shops sold armor, some sold sabers and swords, and some others sold all kinds of bizarre items for personal adornment.

Nie Tian showed intense interest towards every single one of the items. However, he didn't buy any of them.

Liu Yan originally thought that Nie Tian hadn't come across an item that he wanted. However, after hearing what Nie Tian said, he realized that Nie Tian actually didn't have any clue about how to make his choice.

"Uncle Liu," Nie Tian said, "you can go shop for yourself. I'll look around by myself. If I see anything I like, I'll just buy it."

Liu Yan nodded. "Okay, then."

Actually he had his business at this convention. Not only did he have to choose spiritual tools for the subordinate clans, he also had to choose suitable spiritual tools for Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, and other juniors.

"With your status, I doubt that you'll run into much trouble here. In case you get into conflict with someone, just show martial granduncle's command medallion, and there shouldn't be any problems." After giving Nie Tian some advice, Liu Yan temporarily parted with him to take care of his own business.

After he left, Nie Tian quietly took out the dragon bone. He muttered to himself while stroking the bone, "If I want anything, I want something like this."

Ever since he had found out that his dragon bone had also come from one of the Treasure Conventions, he hoped to obtain an item like it at this Treasure Convention, because only items like it would be able to bring him unworldly opportunities that could cause heaven-shaking and earth-toppling changes to his life.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

Just as he was thinking to himself and stroking the animal bone, tiny sparks of flames floated inside of the dragon bone.

His expression flickered. He gathered his awareness and examined it. He discovered that the drop of blood within the dragon bone seemed to be gently squirming!

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In a stone pavilion within the Spiritual Treasure sect that sold medium and premium quality armors…

There were many precious suits of armor exhibited within the glass counters, every one of which had a jade tablet in front of them, giving a brief description of the armor's grade, its special uses, its agreeable users, and its price.

Inside the pavilion, a few equipment forgers from the Treasure school were introducing several suits of armor to the people who had expressed interest in them.

In one of the counters was a dark brown suit of armor that seemed somewhat dilapidated. There weren't any complicated or delicate designs on it either.

Originally, a equipment forger from the Treasure school had been standing behind the counter. However, since no one had shown any interest in it, he had moved on to other counters to peddle other armors.

A tall Qi warrior in linen garments was standing not far from the counter, all by himself.

Ever since he had come in, he had been leaning against a stone pillar. He would look towards the armor every now and then, but he never walked around, or talked to anyone else.

In front of a counter, Luo Xin from the Cloudsoaring sect and her senior martial brother Shi Yi had their eyes set on a set of armor. It was at that moment that they noticed that tall Qi warrior and couldn't help but ask the equipment forger behind the counter.

"Who's that? I've never seen him before. It doesn't seem like he has bought anything, has he?"

The equipment forger took a glance at that person, lowered his voice and said, "Oh, are you talking about Mr. Lai Yi? Have you noticed? He put that armor there for sale, but he's constantly checking it. He doesn't seem to be from our realm. He knows elder Gan Kang. Therefore, he's here to sell that armor of his."

Luo Xin was surprised. "He's not a Qi warrior from the Realm of Flame Heaven?"

With a brief shake of his head, the equipment forger said disdainfully, "That 'Flame Dragon Armor' of his is only valued to be a third level Medium grade spiritual equipment. However, he's selling it for nine thousand spirit stones. You guys know that nine thousand spirit stones are even enough to buy a sixth or seventh level Medium grade spiritual equipment. As soon as they saw the price, no one bothered to ask about it.

"Furthermore, appraisal masters from our sect appraised it. They all said that, although it's fairly tough, it's way too heavy.

"If Qi warriors of the three Heaven stages were to wear it, they'll even find it hard to move about. Besides, its toughness seems to be its only merit. Plus, since the armor wasn't refined and forged by our sect, no one has much of an interest to sell it. So…"

"So that's how it is," Luo Xin said gently.

After hearing that person's explanation, he only thought that the foreigner Lai Yi was somewhat strange, but wasn't interested in the Flame Dragon Armor at all.

Meanwhile, Lai Yi was still standing in a remote corner checking on his Flame Dragon Armor from time to time.

WHOOSH!

At this moment, a mysterious red light suddenly emanated from within the Flame Dragon Armor.

After that, the Flame Dragon Armor, which no one had shown any interest in, seemed to suddenly emanate an intense, bloody smell.

However, it only lasted for a moment before the light was gone and the Flame Dragon Armor returned to normal again.

The bloody smell it had released had been sealed inside of the counter, and thus no one noticed it.

A light of excitement flashed across Lai Yi's ash-gray pupils. He took a deep breath, seemingly to calm himself, as he looked around.

At the same time…

In a distant part of the Spiritual Treasure sect, Nie Tian was using his psychic awareness to probe the drop of blood within the dragon bone in his hand. His eyes suddenly flickered.

When strands of his psychic awareness entered the drop of blood, he surprisingly saw a dark-brown suit of armor that appeared somewhat dilapidated.

What's more, he could just barely sense that the armor… was currently in the Spiritual Treasure sect!

"Armor that resonates with the dragon bone! It must not be ordinary!"

Excitement instantly filled Nie Tian's heart. He withdrew his psychic awareness from the drop of blood, and then carefully put the dragon bone away.

He immediately strode towards the area that was selling Medium and Premium grade spiritual tools.

Previously, after leaving the Pill Pavilion, he had followed Liu Yan to stroll around many stone pavilions that sold low ranked spiritual tools, where he didn't see any such mysterious and slightly dilapidated armor.

Hence, he believed that, if that armor was truly in the Spiritual Treasure sect, it must be in the area that sold medium and premium spiritual equipment.

After that, he took his time sweeping through the stone pavilions that sold medium and premium spiritual equipment, glancing at the numerous fancy armors.

Before long, Nie Tian arrived at the stone pavilion that Luo Xin and Shi Yi were at. He once again scanned through the armor within the counters.

"That's the one!"

Soon, he spotted the armor that had appeared in the drop of blood in the dragon bone, which was displayed in the unattended counter in front of him.

He directly walked towards it.

The moment Luo Xin saw him, she put down the armor in her hands and walked towards him. "Nie Tian! Why are you here? Didn't you go with senior martial brother Liu Yan to buy that Spiritfount Pill?"

Many equipment forgers as well as some people from the Grayvale sect and Mystic Mist sect cast their curious glances over after hearing that name.

"Nie Tian…"

They all knew what kind of existence Wu Ji was in the entire Realm of Flame Heaven.

The Cloudsoaring sect didn't hesitate in even the slightest before breaking the rule that had been around for decades to admit Nie Tian, a child from a subordinate clan, into the sect in advance. Furthermore, the moment he joined the sect, Wu Ji had taken him in as a disciple.

Nie Tian's legend had long since been spread around the four sects. All those who had known of Wu Ji were now familiar with Nie Tian's name.

Every one of them was dying to see how special this Nie Tian guy was.

"Elder sister Xin, you guys are here too."

After greeting Luo Xin briefly, Nie Tian approached the counter that exhibited the Flame Dragon Armor. He waved his hand to call over a nearby equipment forger and said, "I want this armor."

The eyes of the foreign Qi warrior, Lai Yi, who had been standing in the corner, suddenly lit up as he fixed his gaze on Nie Tian.

"You want this piece of armor?" Luo Xin walked up to him and with a frown, and she advised, "This armor is too overpriced; it's not worth that much. Nie Tian, don't be so sloppy with your choice. You don't know much about spiritual tools. I think you should let senior martial brother Liu Yan take you around so that you won't be ripped off."

The other shoppers all looked over towards Nie Tian and the Flame Dragon Armor within the counter, their eyes filled with surprise.

These people had also noticed the Flame Dragon Armor not long after they had entered. However, when they saw the grade and price of the Flame Dragon Armor on the jade tablet, they all immediately lost interest in it.

Similar to Luo Xin, they also deemed that with nine thousand spirit stones, they could choose spiritual tools with a much higher grade.

Nie Tian smiled and didn't take Luo Xin's advice. "Elder sister Xin, I like it; this is exactly what I want."

He turned to the equipment forger and said, "I want it."

The equipment forger was named Zu Qing, who was a disciple of the strongest equipment forging master of the Treasure school, Fang Hui.

Not only was Zu Qing the person responsible for this floor, he also knew that his master Fang Hui and Wu Ji were old friends. Moreover, Wu Ji had granted him favors in the past. Therefore, ever since Luo Xin had called out Nie Tian's name, he had been paying special attention to him.

"This piece of item… may not fit you." Zu Qing shot a glance towards Lai Yi, who was standing in the corner. He didn't intend to help Lai Yi peddle the item. Instead, he said, "Nie Tian, my master and your master are sworn friends. If it was someone else, I absolutely wouldn't have said anything. However, since it's you… I'll tell you something.

"This armor doesn't belong to the Treasure school. Someone else put it here for sale. First of all, it isn't worth nine thousand spirit stones. Secondly, it's extremely heavy. Even Qi warriors at Lesser Heaven, Heaven, and Greater Heaven stages will find it laborious to move about in it.

"You haven't even stepped into the Lesser Heaven stage. Once you put it on, you might not even be able to move at all.

"Also, other than its exceptional toughness, it has no other merits.

"Take my advice, Nie Tian. Go check out some other armor."

Zu Qing was very sincere as he advised Nie Tian, hoping for him to not fall into the trap of purchasing that overpriced Flame Dragon Armor.

Nie Tian briefly bowed towards him. "So I should call you senior martial brother Zu." He then rubbed his head and said with an embarrassed expression on his face, "But I like do it a lot, senior martial brother. Can you just satisfy my child's temper and sell it to me?"

With these words, he handed his master's command medallion over to Zu Qing.

Face filled with helplessness, Zu Qing nodded and said, "I hope you won't regret it."

"Thank you, senior martial brother," Nie Tian hurriedly said.

Zu Qing grabbed the command medallion and placed it onto a piece of green rock under the counter for three seconds, before returning it back to Nie Tian. After that, he took the Flame Dragon Armor out for Nie Tian. "Here you go, see if you can carry it."

Nie Tian extended his hand and grabbed the dark-brown Flame Dragon Armor. He gave it a vigorous pull, only to discover that it didn't move a bit.

"What?!"

With a gentle exclaim, he planned to summon all his strength to lift it. However, he noticed that everyone was looking at him, therefore he gave up and said, "Senior martial brother Zu, would you please send this armor to my residence later?"

"Child…" Zu Qing shook his head, as he felt that Nie Tian had wasted a large amount of his master's spirit stones on some armor that he couldn't even lift. "Okay, you go ahead. I'll arrange for someone to send it over later."

"Many thanks, senior martial brother."

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That night…

Liu Yan, Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, and the others had all returned to the temporary residence of the Cloudsoaring sect.

Not long after, Nie Tian also returned after he finished shopping.

The moment Nie Tian returned, he saw Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo happily playing with their newly-bought spiritual tools, looking rather pleased.

Ye Gumo brandished a long sword that had a silver-white aura wreathing it, giving it a rather extraordinary look. "Nie Tian, how did it go? Did you get anything? We heard about what happened with the Spiritfount Pill. Even though they're hard to find in the Realm of Flame Heaven, considering your status, I'm sure you'll be able to get one. It's just a matter of time."

Jiang Lingzhu also consoled him, "Don't worry. With your help, your grandfather's injuries will definitely be healed someday."

"Thanks for the kind words," said Nie Tian.

Liu Yan was very frank, "I'm afraid we won't be able to get the Spiritfount Pill this time… I've asked a few friends to help me buy it from Fei Li, but Fei Li seems to have guessed their intentions, and insisted on not selling it."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu," Nie Tian said. "I appreciate the effort."

As they were talking, Luo Xin and Shi Yi also returned. Shi Yi was holding a heavy cloth pouch in his left hand.

As soon as he walked in, he lifted the cover of the bag, revealing the Flame Dragon Armor inside of it. "Nie Tian, I've brought this armor back for you."

Shi Yi furrowed his brow and said, "My cultivation base is at the late-stage of the Heaven stage. But, even I would have difficulty walking around in it."

"Many thanks, Uncle Shi," Nie Tian immediately said.

Luo Xin stared at Nie Tian and said, "You just won't listen. This armor clearly doesn't suit you, and it obviously isn't worth nine thousand spirit stones. Why did you insist on buying it?"

Nie Tian put on a wry smile, but didn't explain.

"What?! He spent nine thousand spirit stones on some armor?" Jiang Lingzhu was speechless.

"Yeah…" Then, Luo Xin gave a brief description of what had happened earlier.

After hearing the whole story, everyone looked at Nie Tian with an expression that seemed as if were calling him a spendthrift. They all felt that he was too young and inexperienced, and acted too rashly.

Just as they were criticizing him, the master of Liu Yan, Shi Yi, and Luo Xin, the man named Wu Xing, returned. As soon as he entered the room, the racket ceased as everyone lowered their voices.

Liu Yan, Shi Yi, and Luo Xin greeted him simultaneously. "Master."

Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo also bowed.

Nie Tian had never met Wu Xing. He hesitated for a bit and chose not to take the initiative to greet him, but rather stood there quietly.

Via Nie Donghai, Nie Qian, and the others, he had long since learned that Wu Xing had been his mother's master, and that Wu Xing had placed high hopes on his mother.

It was said that his mother had been Wu Xing's favorite disciple.

However, after hearing about his mother's mysterious death, the furious Wu Xing had blamed Nie Donghai for it and had since disliked the Nie clan.

Afterwards, when Nie Qian had received unjust treatment from the Yun clan and Nie Donghai had been wounded by Yun Meng and Yuan Fengchun, Wu Xing had stayed out of it.

His silence had fueled the Yun clan's defiance, and at the same time, made many people from the Cloudsoaring sect feel that his rage towards the Nie clan might never subside.

It was also because of this that Nie Beichuan had dared to take the opportunity to kick up a storm over Nie Donghai's injuries, and slowly ate away Nie Donghai's power, before finally replacing him.

Nie Tian's feelings towards Wu Xing were extremely complicated…

On one hand, he was grateful towards Wu Xing for favoring his mother when she was alive, together with everything else that he had done for her. On the other hand, he secretly hated him for his indifference towards the entire Nie clan after his mother's death.

Wu Xing was wearing green robes, his face serious. After entering the room, he immediately caught sight of Nie Tian, whereupon he began to look him over.

Nie Tian lifted his head and finally their gazes met.

Resentment could clearly be seen within Nie Tian's eyes, as if he wasn't even trying to cover it up…

"Gan Kang talked to me today." Wu Xing stood in silence for a while and continued, "He told me that if you stay out of the issue between him and that girl from the An clan, he'll have Fei Li give you the Spiritfount Pill. For free."

Anger appeared in Nie Tian's eyes. "An Shiyi is my sworn sister!"

The moment they exchanged words, the atmosphere in the room immediately turned serious. Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo exchanged a glance and quietly went upstairs, not wishing to stay for another minute.

As far as seniority in the clan is concerned, Nie Tian, who was Wu Ji's disciple, should be considered as Wu Xing's junior martial brother.

However, Nie Tian's mother used to be Wu Xing's most valued disciple.

Wu Xing had spared no effort to guide her, and unhesitatingly granted her almost all of his most precious medicinal pills and spiritual tools.

Back then, Nie Jin was Wu Xing's weak spot, like the proverbial inverted scale that every dragon has. Everyone also knew what he had done for her

After Nie Jin's death, Wu Xing had supposedly suffered a heavy blow and had spent a long time in secluded training, avoiding all visitors.

Because his connection to Nie Jin had been so deep, he blamed the Nie clan for her death, and had thus treated them indifferently afterward.

As a result of his indifference, Nie Qian had been repudiated by Yun Zhiguo, and Nie Donghai had been seriously injured.

However, now the son of his most loved disciple had a new lease on life and was unexpectedly chosen by Wu Ji, making Nie Tian his junior martial brother. This was something that Wu Xing had never expected.

"Senior martial brother…" Luo Xin said timidly, hinting for Liu Yan to advise Nie Tian to control his temper.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and waved his hand, signaling for Luo Xin and Shi Yi to go upstairs.

Luo Xin and Shi Yi, who had felt uncomfortable, seemed to have received a pardon and immediately went upstairs, just like Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo had previously done.

After they left, Liu Yan coughed and said, "Master, umm… when An Shiyi was in Black Cloud City, she gave Nie Tian a spot to enter the Green Illusion dimension trial, which turned out to be a life-changing journey for Nie Tian. If it weren't for his enormous growth during the trial, martial granduncle might not have set his eyes on him, so…" He tried to ease the tension.

Wu Xing glanced at him and said indifferently, "I'm only delivering Gan Kang's message. I'm not going to force him to do anything. He's my junior martial brother now, so I wouldn't dare to make decisions for him."

Liu Yan secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Wu Xing spotted the Flame Dragon Armor that was partly shown. He frowned slightly and asked, "What's that?"

Liu Yan hurriedly explained everything to him.

"Nine thousand spirit stones on a third level Medium grade armor? Nonsense!" With these words, Wu Xing walked upstairs, long-faced, as if he despised Nie Tian for his rashness and at the same time wished if he could be more mature.

Nie Tian muttered, "You're not my master. I don't need you to teach me."

With a sigh, Liu Yan said, "People always go hardest on those whom they care about. You don't know how dearly my master liked your mother. After she died, it took him a very long time to recover. The feelings that he harbored towards her… were deeper than anyone else's.

"Truth be told, I think he treated her like his own daughter.

"Perhaps he was partly responsible for the things that happened in the Nie clan after that, but it was all because he couldn't let go of her. You shouldn't blame him too much.

"Your grandfather's injuries can still be cured. As for your aunt Nie Qian, if that Yun Zhiguo truly loved her, he wouldn't have done something like that to her." He tried his best to console Nie Tian.

However, Nie Tian never said a word.

Meanwhile…

There was a certain manor in the Spiritual Treasure sect that was used to receive foreign guests, where Lai Yi had created a soundproof shield, inside of which he was having a secret conversation with two other foreign Qi warriors.

In distinct contrast to his silence during the daytime, Lai Yi had an expression of ecstasy while he spoke. "The Blood Core from the Flame Dragon Armor has surfaced! We've searched for it for so long, and could only find out that the Blood Core had been sold over and over again before finally ending up in the Realm of Flame Heaven. I thought that I would only be able to bring a few high ranked pieces of spiritual equipment back during this trip to the Realm of Flame Heaven. I never thought that the Blood Core would show itself so quickly!

"Actually, I didn't hold my hopes too high. Who would've thought a youngster would buy the armor on the first day!"

Excitement filled Lai Yi's face.

The other two foreign Qi warriors also appeared quite excited after hearing about the appearance of the so-called Blood Core.

The three of them were rubbing their hands together, as if the news of the Blood Core was like a shot of adrenaline.

"If we can get the Blood Core, it'll definitely be considered a tremendous contribution on our part!"

"Only when the Blood Core is reattached can the Flame Dragon Armor be considered complete again, and only then will it truly display its might!"

"Master will definitely reward us handsomely!"

Lai Yi gradually calmed himself and said, "Compared to the Blood Core, our mission on this trip is nothing and can be ignored. I've asked around. That kid's identity isn't ordinary. If we want to keep living in the Realm of Flame Heaven, there would be a problem if we made a move on him. Well, it's not like we can't leave. No matter what method we have to use, as long as we can seize the Blood Core and the Flame Dragon Armor and return to our master, we won't have anything to worry about."

"So when do we make a move?" one of them asked.

Beastly ferociousness could be seen in Lai Yi's eyes. "If an opportunity shows itself, we'll strike in the following days. We take the Blood Core and the Flame Dragon Armor and leave! Either that or we wait until the Treasure Convention ends and strike them on their way back to their sect!"

"Alright!"

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Nie Tian grew bored of Liu Yan's lecturing, and thus tried to change the subject. "Uncle Liu, how much did you spend on the animal bone that you brought to the Lot-drawing Convention when I was one year old?"

Surprised by his question, Liu Yan didn't even think before answering, "Ah, that animal bone, I think it cost me several dozens of spirit stones. Why do you ask?"

He had never once attached any importance to the animal bone, and had only taken it out to ensure that enough items were presented.

"Several dozens of spirit stones…" Nie Tian glanced at the Flame Dragon Armor sticking out of the cloth bag and asked, "Was that animal bone refined by an equipment forger of the Treasure school?"

Liu Yan shook his head. "Nope."

It had been too long, but after a moment of pondering, he continued, "As I recall it, that animal bone seemed to share similar origins with the Flame Dragon Armor you bought today.

"When I bought it, the equipment forger of the Treasure school who sold it to me told me that a severely injured foreign Qi warrior showed up in our realm with men trying to hunt him down.

"He seemed to be in a desperate situation and in urgent need of spirit stones, so he sold the animal bone to the Treasure school.

"He took the spirit stones and disappeared, never to be seen again.

"However, I heard from the Qi warriors of the Treasure school that after he sold the animal bone to the Treasure school, he asked them to keep it for a while, as he would come back to redeem the item at a higher price.

"Unfortunately, he didn't show up within the agreed time.

"Plus, that animal bone wasn't exactly valuable, so it wasn't long before the Treasure school put it up for sale."

After explaining the origins of the animal bone to Nie Tian without leaving out any details, Liu Yan asked, "Why do you want to know? As I recall it, your spiritual power didn't resonate with it at all. Why are you so interested in it?"

With a smile, Nie Tian said, "Just curious, that's all. Uncle Liu, can you please help me carry this armor up into my room?"

"You stubborn kid… I simply don't understand why you had to buy it," Liu Yan complained, as he picked up the sack holding the Flame Dragon Armor. "It's really heavy! Such heavy armor… even I wouldn't be able to move about freely in it. Not only would it not increase my battle prowess, it would even hold me back!"

After feeling the Flame Dragon Armor's weight, he stared at Nie Tian again and said, "You'd better go buy a bracelet of holding tomorrow. Otherwise you won't be able to carry things like this."

Nie Tian's eyes lit up. "Do they also sell storage spiritual tools?"

He had long since heard about the convenience of having a storage spiritual tool, but he was also aware that they were very expensive. Qi warriors with a low cultivation base would never be able to obtain such a rare item, unless they were born with extraordinary family backgrounds.

Liu Yan thought for a moment, and then said, "Yes, they do have a few. Originally, considering your current cultivation base, you wouldn't possess many items. Hence, a bracelet of holding would be a waste. However, now that you've bought that Flame Dragon Armor, which you can't even carry around by yourself, you'll probably need one of those.

"Plus, after spending such a long time looking around, it appears you haven't found anything else you like. You'll need a bracelet of holding in the future anyways, so you might as well buy one now."

Nie Tian's spirits rose immediately, and he said, "I'll go buy one tomorrow."

With these words, Liu Yan helped Nie Tian carry the bag up to his room. He simply put the sack down on the ground, turned around, and left, not saying anything else.

After he left, Nie Tian closed the door and gently opened up the sack.

The prominent outline of the dark-brown, slightly dilapidated armor gradually appeared.

Upon taking a closer look, Nie Tian saw a hole in the central chest plate of the armor, which from the look of it could fit a certain object, yet it was empty now.

Seemingly, the hole in the armor would blatantly expose the heart of the user.

The heart was the most vulnerable part of the human body. Even though it was an amazing protective set of armor, if it couldn't protect the heart, the value of the armor would be greatly reduced.

It seemed that if the missing object were to be reattached, it would not only make up for the deficiency, but also restore the armor to its original state.

Only then would the armor become truly intact.

"If my speculations are correct, the missing item should be the dragon bone."

After staring for a good while at the hole, Nie Tian quietly took out the dragon bone from his pocket and held it close to the hole.

Only a moment later, he was convinced that his guess had been correct.

He could see that the dragon bone matched the hole perfectly, not leaving the slightest crack in between. As long as he pushed it in, the armor would return to its original, intact appearance.

He was on the verge of pressing it down when he suddenly stopped.

"No, I can't…"

It suddenly occurred to him that just the dragon bone alone had disrupted space, and cracked open countless spacial rifts.

If another major event happened once he made the Flame Dragon Armor whole, then all of the Qi warriors currently present at the Spiritual Treasure sect would instantly notice.

Therefore, he chose to temporarily suppress his exceeding curiosity and not act rashly while he was still in the Spiritual Treasure sect.

He stroked the dragon bone for a long time while staring at the Flame Dragon Armor, before finally putting the dragon bone back into his pocket. He decided to take his time to study the secrets of the Flame Dragon Armor and the dragon bone after returning to the Cloudsoaring sect.

That night…

Nie Tian sat cross-legged next to the Flame Dragon Armor and took out a spirit stone to start his daily cultivation.

Before long, he felt the dragon bone in the pocket at his waist gradually become warm.

Noticing the anomaly, he quietly unleashed his psychic awareness to scan his surroundings. Immediately, he discovered that millions of fine strands of energy, invisible to the naked eye, were dispersing from the pores all over his own body.

When he sent out his psychic power to track down the trivial energy strands, he found that they were gradually flowing into the Flame Dragon Armor right next to him!

"The energy…"

Silent and unmoving, he combed through his thoughts. He suddenly realized that the source of the energy was his own blood!

According to his master, all living creatures cultivated three kinds of power: spiritual power, bloodline power, and soul power.

The bloodline power, also known as the flesh power, was the kind of power that lay within the blood, flesh, and bones.

Only alien clans that possessed special bloodlines and valiant giant beings would be born with this kind of power, and be able to cultivate it to the peak.

The vast majority of the human race would never be able to obtain bloodline power that could match those special races, even if they spent their entire life cultivating it.

Hence, most human cultivators would prioritize their cultivation of spiritual power, and only after they had reached a certain stage would they start to study the mysteries of the soul power.

Back when he was in the Green Illusion dimension, Nie Tian had already realized that the energy he absorbed from the spirit beast meat was different from spiritual power, since the currents of warmth had all dispersed into his flesh and bones.

Later, after hearing his master's lessons, he was convinced that the power had definitely been flesh power.

At this moment, the flesh power hidden deeply in every part of his body slowly surfaced and began floating into the Flame Dragon Armor.

"Dragon bone!"

He suddenly realized that the dragon bone seemed to be silently urging and mobilizing his flesh power towards the Flame Dragon Armor.

He was therefore even more certain that the dragon bone was a part of the Flame Dragon Armor!

"The dragon bone is channeling my flesh power into the Flame Dragon Armor. Is it good or bad for me?" He contemplated, but couldn't find an answer. "Ah, forget it."

Without reading too much into the dragon bone or the Flame Dragon Armor's small little trick, he continued to use the spirit stone to cultivate. Quite a while later when he finished, he felt exhausted.

Opening up his eyes, he looked towards the Flame Dragon Armor with rapt attention, and found that, after absorbing his flesh power the dark-brown Flame Dragon Armor was somehow more radiant, with a rosy luster appearing on its surface.

"Flame Dragon Armor…"

He didn't take out the dragon bone, but rather extended his hand and placed it on the heart of the armor.

The moment he made contact, he suddenly felt a wondrous feeling reflected into his heart.

It was as if there was some kind of mysterious connection between himself and the armor…

This was completely new to him, as he had felt nothing but the unbearable weight when he had touched the Flame Dragon Armor earlier in the stone pavilion.

"Can it be that nourishing the Flame Dragon Armor with my flesh power enables me to resonate with it? Does it work in the same way as the dragon bone… it also requires enormous amounts of energy to display its true power?"

He suddenly remembered that when he had first encountered the dragon bone, it had also appeared as nothing but ordinary and unimpressive.

It wasn't until the dragon bone had absorbed flame power from the flamecloud gems, that it started to show its miraculous features. Only after it had drained the whole mine of its flame power, did the bone condense a drop of blood within itself and become even more incredible, teleporting him to an unknown mysterious land which ended up bringing him a great fortune.

The dragon bone needed flame power, while the Flame Dragon Armor seemed to need flesh power.

He muttered, while pondering, "It seems that if I want to understand the mysteries of the Flame Dragon Armor, a price must be paid. It's probably the best if I don't expose it very often; I really need a bracelet of holding."

Therefore, early the next morning, he went to Liu Yan to tell him that he wished to buy a bracelet of holding as soon as possible.

Having temporarily stored the Fire Dragon Armor in Jiang Lingzhu's bracelet of holding, he was ready to move out, when he suddenly saw Pan Tao standing outside the building, looking discontent.

"Nie Tian, how come you are in the Spiritual Treasure sect and didn't come see me?"

Nie Tian laughed embarrassedly. "Umm, it's just that there's been a lot going on in the past couple of days."

"Yeah, I heard about you taking An Shiyi as your sworn sister." With sigh, Pan Tao said, "An Shiyi is An Ying's elder sister, so I also wanted to help, but…"

He shook his head and stopped talking, seeing the others from the Cloudsoaring sect approach.

"Let's go! I'll show you around. After all, which of them can possibly know the Spiritual Treasure sect better than I do? No matter what it is you want to buy, I know better than any of them where to find it!"

Pan Tao dragged Nie Tian and left, without bothering to talk to the others from the Cloudsoaring sect.

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After leaving the Cloudsoaring sect residence, Pan Tao immediately said, "Nie Tian, about the matter with An Ying's elder sister, I also wanted to help, but I didn't have the power to do so.

"Elder Gan Kang is the fifth most influential equipment forging expert in the Treasure school. The Treasure school and the Spiritual school are separate. Even my Grandfather has no power over them.

"Moreover, Elder Gan Kang is not the only one who fancies An Shiyi.

"Although my grandfather is the grand elder of the Spiritual school, he wouldn't be willing to involve the entire Pan clan by standing up for An Ying, just because I like An Ying."

Pan Tao was afraid that Nie Tian thought less of him, so he explained his situation to him as soon as he got the chance, describing his helplessness.

"I understand," Nie Tian answered.

"Oh right, what stage are you at now?" Pan Tao asked.

"The ninth level of Qi Refining. I've finally come to the first bottleneck." Nie Tian laughed. "My master let me come to the Spiritual Treasure sect in hopes that I could temper myself and step into the Lesser Heaven stage on my own."

"The speed of your progress is simply shocking!" Pan Tao said. "If I remember correctly, when you entered the Green Illusion dimension, you were only at the sixth level. During the half a year we were in there, you advanced from the sixth level to the eighth level. Now you've spent another half a year to break through to the ninth level. Considering your talent and everything, it won't take too long for you to step into the Lesser Heaven stage."

"What about you?" asked Nie Tian.

Pan Tao laughed heartily. "Well, every single trial taker who came back alive has transcended. The Green Illusion dimension trial was so dangerous and cruel that it allowed most of us to break through our bottlenecks.

"Take An Ying, Zheng Rui, and I. The three of us were at the ninth level before we entered the Green Illusion dimension. Now, we've all broken through to the Lesser Heaven stage, and none of us did it with the help of the Heaven Comprehending Pill!

"We aren't the only ones. Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, and Zheng Bin have also stepped into the Lesser Heaven stage.

"Only Nie Xian from your clan didn't seem to accumulate sufficient experience from the trial. Furthermore, he had only recently reached the ninth level when he entered the trial. As such, he is still at the Qi Refining stage."

Pan Tao gave a detailed explanation, sounding as if he still cherished those dreadful days in the Green Illusion dimension. He continued, "According to my grandfather, the viler and crueler the environment gets, the better one can stimulate their potential. Often only in a moment of life and death are we able to have a clear understanding of ourselves, and thereafter find the method to break through our bottlenecks."

"Alright, I see," said Nie Tian. "Anyways, my main objective today is to buy a bracelet of holding."

"Oh, follow me then." Pan Tao changed directions, and soon they arrived at a stone pavilion that sold special items.

Inside, there were many ancient documents describing spell formations, magical symbols, as well as equipment forging.

After seeing who had entered, the equipment forgers in the pavilion said, "Yee? Pan Tao? What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to help my bro choose a bracelet of holding." Pan Tao gave a brief answer, and then took Nie Tian to a counter that sold bracelets of holding.

Six storage items were displayed inside the counter, including four bracelets and two rings.

One of the rings was red and the other was golden. Both of them were priced at ten thousand spirit stones each.

The four bracelets of different colors were only priced at five thousand spirit stones each.

Pan Tao explained before the equipment forger could, "Nie Tian, despite the rings seeming small, their holding capacity is twice that of the bracelets. Hence, their price is also double. Since you're still at the Qi Refining stage, in my opinion, you can just choose a bracelet of holding and that'll be enough."

Nie Tian nodded. "Okay, bracelet it is."

Liu Yan had also told him that a Qi warrior with a low cultivation base wouldn't need an expensive ring of holding, since it would be a waste.

According to Liu Yan, if he hadn't bought the Flame Dragon Armor, he wouldn't even need a bracelet of holding either. Simply a normal cloth bag would already be more than enough to hold his necessities.

Moreover, he had just spent nine thousand spirit stones on the Flame Dragon Armor, and thus didn't want to be too extravagant, lest his master call him a spendthrift.

Nie Tian took out Wu Ji's command medallion, and handed it over to the equipment forger behind the sales counter while pointing towards one of the storage bracelets. "I want that dark-yellow one."

After grabbing the command medallion, the equipment forger took out the bracelet that Nie Tian selected and handed it over to him.

At the same time, Pan Tao explained the usage of the storage bracelet to Nie Tian, telling him that he only needed to use a wisp of his psychic power or spiritual power to store or withdraw items.

He put the bracelet on his arm and, following Pan Tao's instructions, stored a few spirit stones inside.

As the wisp of Nie Tian's psychic awareness swam into the the storage bracelet, he realized that the inside of the bracelet was a bright, misty space that was approximately a third of the size of a stone room.

Considering that his current belongings consisted of only a few spirit stones, a dragon bone, a command medallion, and the Flame Dragon Armor, the space was already more than enough.

Even if he added in the banner that he had left with Jiang Lingzhu, they would only take up a small part of the space inside the bracelet of holding. Therefore, it could definitely satisfy his current needs.

"Here's your command medallion." The equipment forger handed the command medallion back to him. Nie Tian grabbed it and threw it into the bracelet of holding.

He wasn't in a hurry to leave. Curious about all of the special items that they sold in the pavilion, he started to look around.

When he first arrived, he had assumed that they would only sell spiritual weapons during the Treasure Convention.

Later, he realized that other than spiritual weapons, they also had spiritual armor and medicinal pills for sale.

Only today, with Pan Tao as his guide, did he learn that they also sold books, dilapidated ancient scrolls, eccentric spell formation pieces, as well as fragmented cultivation incantations.

Many of the items in this building were incomplete, but there was a huge variety, which allowed Nie Tian to have a new understanding of the different kinds of objects that Qi warriors would have on them.

Wandering around in the stone pavilion, Nie Tian was pondering over what to buy as his last purchase. "I didn't get the Spiritfount Pill. All I got was the Flame Dragon Armor and a storage bracelet. According to my master, I still can buy one more item."

Pan Tao was getting impatient. "That's about all there is. There is nothing more to see here. A lot of the things here are defective or incomplete. You wouldn't need those ancient documents, spell formation pieces, and scrolls about ancient Qi warriors, because your master is the true expert in those fields. The things here are all items that have been assessed by our sect to be of little worth.

"Even if these things were complete and not damaged, your master still wouldn't even spare them a glance.

"He is the real expert. If you take this rubbish back, he'll scold you for sure!"

"Oh, is that so…" Nie Tian nodded and finally agreed to leave. After leaving, Pan Tao dragged Nie Tian to idle about in the Spiritual Treasure sect.

"See those three mountain peaks? They form the most important part of the grand spell formation of the Spiritual Treasure sect, which protects the entire sect. It's called 'Heaven Burning Earth Flame'. Under those three mountain peaks, there are tunnels that lead right to the core of the earth, constantly drawing blazing flames from there.

"Once the grand spell formation is activated, raging flames will shoot up into the sky, forming a dome of raging fire that envelops the entire Spiritual Treasure sect.

"Even Qi warriors at the Profound Realm stage would need to go through a lot of difficulty to penetrate that layer of flame. It's impossible for Qi warriors below the Profound Realm to go through that flame ward into the valley."

"…"

Pan Tao appeared very proud as he introduced the formidable power of the grand spell formation 'Heaven Burning Earth Flame.

The sky gradually darkened, and the two agreed to meet up again the next day to visit the stone pavilion, where the most intense auctions would be held for the most valuable spiritual items.

After returning, Nie Tian got the Flame Dragon Armour back from Jiang Lingzhu and stored it into his bracelet of holding.

Fearing that once Yuan Feng's banner was exposed, Sang Bing and Yuan Xian from the Grayvale sect might sense its faint fluctuations, he told Jiang Lingzhu to give it back to him after they left the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Moreover, Nie Tian didn't have a particularly strong interest in that banner, hence wasn't in a hurry to get it back.

Later that night, he practiced his routine cultivation with a spirit stone. He also intentionally took out the dragon bone and Flame Dragon Armor from his bracelet of holding and placed them next to him.

Not long after he started his cultivation, he felt the bone growing warm, as well as his flesh power flowing towards the Flame Dragon Armor little by little.

After an unknown period of time, he sensed an inexplicably oppressive feeling weighing down on his mind, and felt that it required more effort than usual to cultivate with a spirit stone.

Then, he stopped and looked towards the full moon outside his window, feeling that the cool and clear moon seemed to have a faint layer of blood-colored mist covering it.

It was also in this moment that Wu Xing's deep shout suddenly resounded from the sixth floor of the stone pavilion. "Something is wrong with the fluctuations of space!"

A moment later, Wu Xing walked down the stairs. Nie Tian, Jiang Lingzhu, and Ye Gumo also stepped out of the their rooms, and stood in the veranda, looking puzzled.

Liu Yan, Shi Yi, and Luo Xin also came down from the fifth floor with serious expressions on their faces.

Liu Yan took out a stone that was covered in small holes from his inner pocket, and was about to speak to it.

CRUNCH!

Before he could utter a word, the Sound Stone cracked into pieces.

Immediately, fear stretched across Liu Yan's face.

Wu Xing's face was as cold and pale as snow. He suddenly looked up towards the moon and shouted out, "We're in big trouble!"

Everyone followed suit and looked over toward it. The full moon, that was previously as bright as a silver plate, seemed to have been smeared over by a dense layer of blood, becoming scarlet and devilish.

"The Blood sect!" Luo Xin's voice slightly trembled.

Wu Xing shook his head and sighed, "The Blood sect would definitely not dare to invade just by themselves. The Hell sect and Ghost sect must have sent out all of their experts too!"

Luo Xin couldn't help but shriek. "Ahhh?!"

In this moment, many experts in the other stone pavilions had also sensed the anomaly. Some of them followed one another into the street, and others shouted out loudly from their stone balconies.

"Blood moon in the sky!"

"It's the Blood sect!"

"Oh, damn!"

Nie Tian glanced around, and realized that everyone's faces were filled with terror and anxiety.

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FYI, here's a list of the cultivation levels.

Qi Refining

Lesser Heaven

Heaven

Greater Heaven

Worldly Realm

Profound Realm

Soul Realm

Void Domain

Saint Domain

God Domain

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The moon hung high in the night sky, scarlet like blood. The blood-colored moonlight spilled to the earth, making the Spiritual Treasure sect seem as though it was immersed in blood.

Nie Tian stood on the balcony, looking at streets that were already filled with people who were standing and looking up at the sky with terrified expressions on their faces.

"Master, what do we do? Should we leave the Spiritual Treasure sect as soon as possible?" Terror could be heard from Luo Xin's voice.

Wu Xing's face was as grim as the deepest ocean. He shook his head and said, "We leave, but not now. If I'm not mistaken, many powerful experts from the Ghost sect, Blood sect, and Hell sect are now lurking around the Spiritual Treasure sect. If we leave now, we'll immediately be swamped."

Luo Xin was getting panicked. "So we hold our ground here?"

Wu Xing took a deep breath and looked at everyone, before saying, "Let's wait and see. The Spiritual Treasure sect's Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation is the most powerful and miraculous spell formation in the entire Realm of Flame Heaven. Even the powerful Qi warriors from the Ghost sect, Blood sect, and Hell sect won't be able to destroy it in a short period of time. Everyone will stay here before anything happens to the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation. But if it shatters…"

With these words, Wu Xing fell silent and seemed to be painstakingly weighing the gains and losses in his mind.

"If the grand spell formation breaks, allowing the powerful experts from the Ghost sect, Blood sect, and Hell sect to flood in, and we're unable to ward them off, we'll find a way to escape."

Liu Yan prompted, "Master, how do they have the audacity to start such a large scale invasion?"

Luo Xin said, "Even though we battle with those three sects from time to time, it never went this far. Starting an all-out war and fighting to the last man doesn't benefit either party. Why are they doing this?"

Wu Xin thought for a moment and explained, "The reason why conflict of such size never broke out before was that… they never found the right opportunity.

"Recently, that Profound Realm senior from the Grayvale sect seems to be in a secluded meditation, and won't come out unless he comes to complete enlightenment by himself. No one else will be able to make him walk out of there.

"Rumor has it that the other Profound Realm senior from the Mystic Mist sect has left for some other realm in the Domain of the Falling Stars.

"Therefore, the only remaining Profound Realm seniors on our side would be Fang Hui of the Spiritual Treasure sect and Nie Tian's master.

"Meanwhile, the Ghost sect and Blood sect combined have two Profound Realm seniors. And the Hell sect… also has two.

"Over the past half a year, due to the huge changes in the Green Illusion dimension, our four sects have joined forces and killed many from the Ghost sect, Blood sect, and Hell sect. Those three sects have been rather quiet these days. We thought that they had conceded. Who knew that they… have been conspiring such a grand scheme."

After giving a brief explanation, Wu Xing said to Liu Yan, "Protect them. I'll go ask about the situation and see whether their spacial teleportation portals still work."

With these words, Wu Xing jumped out off the balcony. It seemed he didn't even reach the ground before blurring into a green shadow, flashing forward in the street, and vanishing into the distance.

"Everyone, stay here! Don't move!" Liu Yan shouted.

Nie Tian, Jiang Lingzhu, and Ye Gumo stood next to each other, looking into the streets where Qi warriors from each sect were rushing about with their eyes full of terror. Their hearts grew heavy as they became influenced by the commotion outside.

RUUUUMBLE!

A violent tremor suddenly emerged from the depths of the earth. The sixth-floor stone pavilion in which Nie Tian stood trembled with it.

Nie Tian scanned the area with rapt attention before he suddenly realized that the three unvegetated stone mountain peaks, that stood in three directions of the valley, were gradually turning scarlet.

They were all thousands of meters high. Now, as their color changed, streams of flames started to spurt out from the caves within them.

Shortly after, the three stone peaks seemed to have turned into heated, red metal rods, emanating astonishing amount of heat.

The streams of blazing flames shot out from the mountain caves like reversed waterfalls, pouring straight up into the heavens.

Not long after, a shield of blazing fire enveloped the entire sky.

Streams of flames were constantly twisting and changing irregularly on the screen of flame, combining and interweaving into complicated and mysterious patterns of flames, in which there seemed to lie the true essence of the flames as well as boundless magics.

The sky seemed to be burning while the earth was rumbling non-stop. Even more blazing streams were being channeled by the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation, charging high up into the sky one after another.

The valley where the Spiritual Treasure sect was located had always been unbearably hot. Following the activation of the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation, the valley became even more blistering and stuffy.

The sound of turmoil came from each and every direction, from the streets, from the Spiritual school, and from the numerous stone pavilions that sold spiritual weapons, armors, and medicine pills.

The equipment forgers who had been lucky enough to flee out of their caves, were now standing at the foot of the three stone peaks, looking up at the sky with frightened expressions on their faces.

While Nie Tian observed the surroundings, Dowager Weng hurried over, together with Zheng Bin, Han Xi, as well as a few others from the Mystic Mist sect.

"Over there!"

"Where's elder Wu Xing?" Dowager Weng barked.

"My master went to the Spiritual Treasure sect's courtyard," Liu Yan replied.

Dowager Weng seemed to have expected that. She nodded and didn't wait for Liu Yan's approval before leading the Mystic Mist sect disciples up the stairs.

Seconds later, she got to the floor where Nie Tian was, along with the others.

Nie Tian noticed that Zheng Bin and Han Xin, as well as the few older disciples of the Mystic Mist sect all had gloomy expression on their faces. It was quite obvious that they were also worrying about the great changes that were taking place in the Spiritual Treasure sect.

After making it up the stairs, she spoke very frankly, "We don't have many people at this convention. Our strength is rather limited. Huge changes are going to fall upon the Spiritual Treasure sect. Once the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation is breached, no one from the Spiritual school or the Treasure school will be able to help us. If we stay together, we can watch each other's back, which is much better than fighting by ourselves."

Liu Yan heaved a sigh and said, "No one would've thought that such a heaven-shaking change would take place during the Treasure Convention."

Bitterness could be seen on Dowager Weng's face. "They did pick the best time to strike. Coincidentally, the powerful senior from our sect isn't currently in the Realm of Flame Heaven, whereas the powerful senior from the Grayvale sect is still in his secluded meditation. Only…"

She looked towards Nie Tian and said, "Only your master can fight. However, I'm afraid that he won't be able to come to the Spiritual Treasure sect. At least one of the two powerful seniors from the Hell sect will go to the back mountain of the Cloudsoaring sect to keep your master busy so that he won't be able to help defend here."

Upon hearing her words, Nie Tian's expression instantly flickered. "My master…"

"You don't need to worry about him, Nie Tian," Liu Yan consoled, "Martial granduncle will be fine. Considering his cultivation base and strength, one senior expert from the Hell sect can only delay him from getting out. Two senior experts will only be able to stop him from coming here to help us. If they wished to harm martial granduncle, the Ghost sect or the Blood sect would still need to deploy one more senior expert there.

"However, if they deployed an additional senior expert there, they would lose their advantage here.

"After all, senior Fang Hui is here.

"Hence, you should be worried about yourself instead of your master."

Face grim, Dowager Weng checked the situation outside and said, "Yeah, he's right. This time, the Ghost sect, Blood sect, and Hell sect attacking together will definitely inflict serious damage to the Spiritual Treasure sect. To host this Treasure Convention, the Spiritual Treasure sect must have shipped a lot of their precious spiritual tools, that they stored away in other places, here.

"I don't think they're going to get to keep those valuable spiritual tools. As for how many people are going to die, that'll depend on how many powerful experts the three sects sent here.

"After this war, the Spiritual Treasure sect will have definitely sustained huge losses, or even…"

Dowager Weng didn't finish her sentence. It seemed that she thought the Spiritual Treasure sect probably wouldn't be able to survive the calamity.

"Look!" Shi Yi yelled.

It was in that moment that everyone noticed, high in the sky, above that shield of blazing flames, a figure suddenly appeared right under the blood moon.

Upon closer examination, it appeared to be a woman sitting on a lotus seat, glittering with bloody light.

The moment that woman appeared, Nie Tian could feel that the blood-colored moonlight that filled the sky seemed to be attracted by a strange power that came from within her, and started madly converging onto her from every direction.

Behind the woman, a blood shadow could be seen, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, expanding so rapidly that it would soon fill the sky.

Even though the blood shadow was still miles away and they still had a miraculous shield of flames standing in between them, Nie Tian was gradually taken over by a oppressing, suffocating feeling.

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Gradually, the blood shadow beneath the blood moon expanded to the size of a mountain peak.

The enormous blood shadow unleashed extremely frightening fluctuations of Qi and blood, making all of the guests inside the valley feel as if their Qi and blood weren't flowing smoothly.

HISS! HISS!

Rays of blood-colored moonlight that seemed like long, silky rivers of blood poured down in torrents from the round blood moon.

When they approached the ground, it was as though each and every one of them had turned into a blood-colored meteor, plummeting to the earth.

On the glittering, blood-colored lotus seat, the blurry figure of the woman seemed to be making a hand seal to activate a secret technique, before the enormous blood shadow suddenly let out a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar.

The minute the roar echoed out, the plummeting blood-colored meteors became even redder and their tails became even longer.

BOOOOM!! BOOOOM!!

The dark-red meteors started to bombard the Spiritual Treasure sect's Heaven Burning Earth Flame grand formation.

Countless, densely packed, flaming patterns appeared on the bright, fiery shield. They exploded and shattered into pieces, but rapidly regrouped only a second later.

At the same time, an even more violent tremor erupted from the core of the earth. Streams of blazing flames rushed straight into the sky from the three stone mountains peaks that were in three corners of the valley.

All of the guests in the valley, together with Qi warriors from the Spiritual school and Treasure school, were looking up at the sky with intense anxiety written across their faces.

Liu Yan was already trying to decide whether or not he should lead Nie Tian and the others to evacuate the moment the blazing shield was chiseled open. "I'm afraid that the Heaven Burning Earth Flame won't hold up for too much longer. That deadly woman from the Blood sect is going all out. From the look of it, the might of her spell can shake the heavens and alter the earth."

Just like Dowager Weng, he also believed that the Spiritual Treasure sect wouldn't be able to escape doom this time, and he thus started to make plans for his fellow sectmembers.

"The senior expert from the Ghost sect will probably have also made his move. Unfortunately… we don't know what means he will use to attack the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation." Shi Yi's gaze was shifting swiftly back and forth, as if he was searching for something.

Meanwhile…

At the foot of a stone peak, there was a solitary stone house, under which a dark and lengthy stone path led directly to the deepest part of the earth.

In a vast stone palace hall, hundreds of meters under the ground, Wei Ning's expression flickered. He was the second most powerful among the equipment forging experts in the Treasure school, and one of the few experts who was able to refine Premium grade spirit tools.

As a high-ranked equipment forger, he had recently been researching the method of refining Spirit Channeling items, and wholeheartedly focused on forging one.

Normally, there were two ways to craft Spirit Channeling items.

The first method was to use materials with a rich spiritual nature to make spiritual tools. During the last step of tempering, refining, and shaping, the spiritual tool would naturally be vested with spiritual nature and develop intelligence.

Only equipment forgers at the Spirit Channeling level would be able to grab the true essence of this method.

However, Wei Ning wasn't there yet. The means that he had adopted were to directly force a spirit to merge into an item, therefore giving the item a soul.

In order to achieve his goal, he had gone through great pains to collect seven powerful spirits, all of which were prepared for the purpose of endowing the spiritual tool with a soul.

Now, the seven powerful spirits were tied up by countless fine thunder chains, and confined within seven separated special containers.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

The thunder chains glowed with electricity and lightning from time to time. The seven spirits seemed to be holding on to their last breath and absolutely didn't have the intention rebelling.

However, for some reason, the seven spirits, which were tied up by the thunder chains and confined within the special containers, seemed to have suddenly possessed a strange, formidable power.

They went berserk and frantically rammed into the specially made containers, completely disregarding the thunder chains that had been binding them.

On the surface of the glass containers, delicately patterns suddenly appeared, giving rise to a strong surge of restrictive force.

However, those seven spirits ignored the restrictive spell, and continued to ram into the containers. As the result, one of the containers suddenly cracked, forming a small opening, through which the spirit within flew out like a wisp of smoke.

As soon as it flew out, a surge of cold, damp soul power immediately enveloped the entire stone palace.

A confused look flashed across Wei Ning's eyes, as a deadly thought suddenly floated in his heart.

BAM! BAM!

The moment his mind swayed, each and every one of the remaining six containers exploded into pieces.

In blink of an eye, the remaining six spirits broke free from their imprisonment and turned into six terrifying ghosts, forcefully boring their way into his head from his ears, eyes, and nostrils.

Only after a few seconds, Wei Ning lost all signs of life, and his soul seemed to have been nibbled away with nothing left.

The seven spirits that had been imprisoned hundreds of meters underground, had struggled free from their bindings and suddenly appeared in the valley.

They targeted the nearest equipment forgers as soon as they got out.

"Spirits have flown out from underground!"

"Those spirits are the ones that elder Wei Ning spent an enormous price on and got from other realms! They broke free of their bindings and seem to be controlled by the Ghost sect!"

"Elder Wei Ning is probably dead!"

Some equipment forgers knew that when Wei Ning had obtained the seven spirits, they had been shipped to this place with layers upon layers of shackles on them.

It was because even Wei Ning himself knew that without the layers of constraint binding the spirits down, he wasn't strong enough to contend against them single-handedly.

The spirits breaking free meant that Wei Ning, who was ranked second in the Treasure school, was very likely dead.

The equipment forgers were howling miserably or yelling loudly while fleeing in all directions.

The spirits, on the other hand, were swiftly floating about, pursuing and attacking people all over the valley by breaking into their minds and feeding on their souls.

Pan Tao's father, Pan Bai, roared out angrily from within a stone pavilion quite a distance away. "They're deadly spirits from the Realm of Dark Underworld. Did Wei Ning lose his mind? He actually dared to purchase spirits from the Dark Underground Realm!"

Nie Tian noticed that a few Qi warriors of the Spiritual school suddenly rushed out from Pan Bai's direction to attack the seven deadly spirits from the Dark Underground Realm.

BOOM!

In that moment, the woman, who was sitting upright on a lotus, mounted the enormous blood shade and together viciously charged into the blazing shield.

Nie Tian was so shocked by the sound of the explosion that his eardrums hurt. He looked up and realized that the flaming patterns on the protective shield had failed to immediately reform after the tremendous blow.

Many visitors who were looking up at the sky in the streets went pale, knowing that the situation was taking a turn for the worse.

"This is not good!"

"It's going to break!"

SHEW!

Wu Xing suddenly showed up. He rushed over and shouted out, "All of the inter-spacial teleportation portal in the Spiritual Treasure sect have been affected by the abnormal fluctuations of space, and have stopped working."

"So what do we do, master?" Luo Xin asked loudly.

Only then did Wu Xing see that Dowager Weng was also there. He only briefly nodded in her direction before continuing, "I'm afraid that we can't stay in the Spiritual Treasure sect any longer."

Dowager Weng agreed with him.

"Let's move closer to the edge of the spell formation. If the Heaven Burning Earth Fire grand formation is breached, experts from the Ghost sect and Blood sect will swarm in. By then, we can only take the risk and try to break out of their siege." Wu Xing didn't wish to perish along with the Spiritual Treasure sect, so he urged everyone to follow him.

Under his lead, Nie Tian, Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, and the others dashed downstairs and immediately left.

Numerous disciples from Spiritual Treasure sect's subordinate clans, as well as Qi warriors from the Spiritual school and Treasure school, were clamoring in the streets as they all felt the incoming danger.

Pan Bai seemed to have noticed the movements of Wu Xing and the others from afar.

He suddenly pulled his son, Pan Tao, to the side and with a voice that only Pan Tao could hear, he said, "Tao'er, go with people from the Cloudsoaring sect and Mystic Mist sect, and get as far away as possible from the Spiritual Treasure sect. Your grandfather and I hold important positions in the sect. We have to stay and fight, but you don't have to."

"No!" Pan Tao's eyes turned red. "I want to stay with you!"

"Go!" Pan Bai's voice was filled with rage. "Get the hell out of here! Our sect has been struck by a sudden calamity. I don't know how many people will be killed. But I don't care about others, I just need you alive!

"Get the hell out! If you want to do something for us, then you should get out of here alive and inform the other three sects about the sudden upheaval which has occurred in the Spiritual Treasure sect as soon as possible!

"If the other three sects are informed in time and send out all of their powerful experts, we might still have a chance to survive!

"Go! You're not escaping. You're bringing reinforcements and the chance to live! Now go!"

Pan Bai continuously urged Pan Tao, fearing that Wu Xing and the others might have gone far enough that his son wouldn't be able to catch up to them.

Pan Tao gritted his teeth and stared deep into his father's eyes for a few seconds, before he finally nodded vigorously, and without saying a word, dashed out at the fastest speed possible to catch up to Wu Xing and the others.

At the same time…

In the secluded courtyard where An Shiyi and her younger sister lived, An Ying was looking at the sky, her eyes filled with terror. She had long since sunk into a state of utter stupefaction as she repeatedly asked the same question, "Elder Sister, what should we do? What should we do?"

An Shiyi's delicate face had also turned pale. Staring blankly at the blazing shield that had more and more visible cracks on it, she muttered, "There's nothing to do. Guests from the Cloudsoaring sect, Mystic Mist sect, and Grayvale sect don't have the obligation to stay and guard our sect to the end. Plus, we are not like Pan Tao and Zheng Rui. We're from a subordinate clan.

"If we dare to leave when the sect is going through such a heaven-shaking change, can you imagine the punishment we'll receive? We might as well die here now.

"Let's leave it all to fate."

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Within the Spiritual Treasure sect, seven deadly spirits were flying about hunting down disciples from the Spiritual school and Treasure school.

Under the blood moon, the terrifying woman from the Blood sect was using secret spells to command the immense blood shade to repeatedly ram into the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation.

All the guests who had come to the Treasure Convention were cursing as they secretly moved closer towards the edge of the Spiritual Treasure sect, just like Wu Xing and the others from the Cloudsoaring sect.

They all bore the same thought: once the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation broke, they would exert all means to leave at the first possible moment, since none of them would choose to stay and fight for the Spiritual Treasure sect.

"Everybody, follow me, and by all means do not get separated!"

Wu Xing charged straight forward on the wide street, with Liu Yan, Shi Yi, and Luo Xin tightly following behind him. People from the Mystic Mist sect also stayed close to them.

Nie Tian, Jiang Lingzhu, and Ye Gumo looked on grim as they secretly drew from their spiritual power, getting ready to meet enemies that could appear at any moment.

At this moment, Pan Tao's cry came through from behind them. "Nie Tian!"

The moment he looked back, he saw Pan Tao dashing towards them with bloodshot eyes.

Wu Xing also turned around, and when he realized that it was Pan Bai's son, Pan Tao, he was somewhat surprised.

Pan Tao raised his voice and said, "Greetings, Senior Wu, Senior Weng! I'm know every corner of the Spiritual Treasure sect like the back of my hand. I can lead you out of here."

Wu Xing's expression flickered as he said, "Your father… didn't want you to stay?"

Pan Tao's eyes were full of sorrow as he nodded and said, "He wants me to get out of here alive with you."

"Good! You lead the way!" Wu Xing said firmly.

He was aware of Pan Bai's status, and that Pan Tao's grandfather was the grand elder of the Spiritual school and also one of the main participants in the construction of the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame spell formation.

Having Pan Tao lead the way, not only would it save them trouble while escaping from the Spiritual Treasure sect valley, but also they perhaps could find safer routes, so as to steer clear of the Ghost sect and the Blood sect once they were out of the valley.

Upon hearing Wu Xing's words, Pan Tao quickly made it to the forefront of the group, and pointed out the directions to Wu Xing from time to time.

Wu Xing nodded as the group followed Pan Tao's directions, moving further and further away from the broad streets in the central area of the valley. They didn't choose to go to the main gate to the Spiritual Treasure sect, but rather marched towards one of the three stone mountain peaks.

As they marched along, Pan Tao said, "The moment the Heaven Burning Earth Fire formation is breached, the stone peaks that draw flames from the earth's core might lose their function. The three stone peaks are hollow and hold tunnels that can lead us out of the valley. Of course, there might also be people from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect lurking out there. But, I believe that there won't be a lot of powerful experts waiting over there.

"We trust your judgment!" said Dowager Weng.

They all believed that since Pan Tao wanted to get out alive, he wouldn't possibly lie to them.

Pan Tao had grown up in the Spiritual Treasure sect. Therefore, he had a far better understanding of the surroundings. He knew everything about the valley, even the grass and trees, like the back of his hand.

Hence, under Pan Tao's guidance, the group had moved further away from other guests, who were clueless fleeing in random directions, as they gradually approached one of the stone peaks.

CRACK!

A huge cracking noise suddenly echoed out above their heads. Nie Tian, who was rushing forward, looked up.

He found that a thin opening had been cracked open in the bright flaming shield that enveloped the vast sky. The immense blood shadow, which had been condensed by the bloody moonlight and spiritual power of the Blood sect female expert, had shoved its burly hands into the blood-colored crack and was continuously pulling to the sides.

In the sky, the female expert from the Blood sect, who was still sitting upright on top of her glittering, bloody lotus, suddenly snorted. "OPEN!"

CRUNCH!

Following her snort, the bloody shadow forcibly ripped open a large crack.

In the next moment, numerous red-garbed Blood sect experts came down from the sky and made their way through the crack, one after the other.

Guests were running about in the streets, shouting in extreme fear, and dashing out of the valley through the main gate at the fastest speed possible.

"Dammit! The grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation has been breached!"

"Let's get out of here!"

"Death awaits whoever chooses to stay!"

At that moment however, a host of dark figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of the valley, one after another. Numerous Ghost sect experts had been waiting at the valley entrance for a long time.

HUFF! HUFF! HUFF!

Also at that moment, numerous bloody figures descended from the sky, before immediately spreading out and starting to pursue and kill the fleeing people.

A few extremely powerful experts, on the other hand, threw themselves at the area where the Spiritual school and Treasure school was gathered, and instantly started to fight at close quarters.

BOOM!

All of a sudden, a gigantic bronze cauldron shot up into the sky from a crowd of Treasure school equipment forgers.

In the air, it pulsed with a multicolored, precious light.

The moment the precious light shone on the blood shadow that had cracked open the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation, it surprisingly melted like a heated snowflake!

As soon as the Qi warriors from the Spiritual Treasure sect caught sight of the large bronze cauldron, they knew right away that their strongest expert had truly been angered.

"It's senior Fang Hui!"

"Senior Fang Hui has made his move!"

"A powerful expert in the Profound Realm!"

On top of the mouth of the large cauldron stood the slight figure of an old man. Face grave and stern, he stared at the Blood sect female expert under the bloody moon.

"Earthflame Gathering!"

Fang Hui performed an incantation gesture with his hand, and the broken bright flame shield suddenly morphed into countless blazing meteors, rushing into the large cauldron.

A moment later, even more beams of colorful lights flew out from within the large cauldron.

It seemed as if they had turned into numerous thick greatswords, which chopped towards the woman under the bloody moon with world-shaking momentum.

WHOOSH!

It was also at this point that numerous blood-colored light threads gathered from all directions, and densely interweaved in front of the woman.

Very quickly, thousands of bloody tentacles appeared in front of the woman, forming a heaven-blocking wall which constantly defended against the attacks from the gigantic swords.

With that, the two Profound Realm experts began to fight fiercely in midair.

Nie Tian only took a glance at their fight before continuing to dash along after Pan Tao and Wu Xing toward one of the mountain peaks.

Along the way, Nie Tian suddenly called out, as he spotted a secluded courtyard from afar.

"Yee?"

An Ying had taken him there the first day he had arrived in Spiritual Treasure sect.

That was An Shiyi and An Ying's residence!

"Big Sister An! Are you in there?" Nie Tian shouted out loudly, as he quickly moved closer towards the courtyard.

Inside, An Shiyi and An Ying were staring blankly at the battle in the sky with ash-pale faces when Nie Tian's words took them by surprise.

"Nie Tian! It's Nie Tian's voice!" An Ying rushed out of the courtyard, and instantly saw the distant Nie Tian, as the latter was following Wu Xing and the others towards one of the stone peaks. "Sister! It's Nie Tian and elder Wu Xing, they're rushing in our direction. Oh! And Pan Tao too, he's also with them!"

"Pan Tao…" An Shiyi went blank for a moment, as she seemed to have understood the reason why Pan Tao was there with Wu Xing and the others. "Just come back, they want to escape through the tunnels under the stone peak. Pan Tao has his father and grandfather to protect him, even if he runs at such a crucial moment. But, we have no one."

Her expression turned grim, "Don't let Nie Tian see you. I don't want to burden him…"

"But, he's already seen me," An Ying said.

Nie Tian shouted from afar, "Where is your sister? Why are you still standing there? Be quick and come with us!"

An Ying shook her head helplessly, while standing at the doorway. "No, we can't."

It was at that time that three red-garbed Blood sect experts descended from the sky, and headed towards the courtyard where they were.

"Over there!"

Wu Xing, who was at the front of the group, stopped and briefly frowned when he realized that Nie Tian had stopped to urge An Shiyi and her sister to leave with them.

He only waited a moment before saying, "You can leave with us. I can't guarantee that we'll be able to get out of here alive. But, I can guarantee that after this incident, the Spiritual Treasure sect won't hold you responsible for leaving!"

Upon hearing Wu Xing's guarantee, An Shiyi, who was originally ready to die with the sect, suddenly had her eyes light up.

She immediately made a new decision and said to An Ying, "Let's go! Now that Senior Wu has given us his word, we can leave together with them!"

An expert from the Blood Sect sneered before blurring into a bloody light and appearing directly in front of them. "None shall leave!"

"Looking to die?!" Wu Xing snorted coldly as an enormous, bright, green lightning bolt suddenly shot out from his left cuff.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

The lightning bolt continuously fluctuated in the air while releasing terrifying thunder claps and electric power, taking form of a lightning dragon in one moment and a thundering snake in the next.

Terrified, the man from the Blood sect tried to escape. "He's Wu Xing from the Cloudsoaring sect!"

However, the lightning bolt was still hot on his tail. Only a few seconds later, it caught up to him and struck him on his back.

The man instantly fell from midair, with green smoke emitting from his black, burnt body.

The two other disciples from the Blood sect howled madly, informing nearby Blood sect experts to come to their aide.

"Wu Xing! Wu Xing is here!"

"Someone, quickly come help us kill Wu Xing from the Cloudsoaring sect!"

Wu Xing glared at Nie Tian again and said, "Be quick! We need to leave!"

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If Nie Tian hadn't spent such a long time convincing the An sisters to join them, they would have been gone long before the three Blood sect experts came along.

If they hadn't been discovered, Wu Xing wouldn't have been forced to make a move and therefore expose their whereabouts.

However, now that the three experts from the Blood Sect had descended into the courtyard, they would undoubtedly find the An sisters no matter what happened.

If Nie Tian chose to leave they would be able to avoid a fierce battle, but the An sisters would most likely be killed.

Annoyed with Nie Tian, Dowager Weng from the Mystic Mist sect whispered, "Nothing is more dangerous than affection!"

The remaining two disciples from the Blood sect were still yelling to their nearby companions.

"Wu Xing is here!"

"Wu Xing from the Cloudsoaring sect!"

The Blood sect experts in the vicinity all heard their cries. They descended from the sky and rapidly converged onto their location.

"Damn!"

He knew that person.

Wu Xing looked over with rapt attention and saw a burly, one-armed expert from the Blood sect in blood-colored garments.

"Liu Yan!" Wu Xing shouted. "You lead them and take them to the place Pan Tao talked about. Dowager Weng and I will stay behind to stop them."

Dowager Weng also made a quick decision. "Zheng Bin, Han Qian, you go with them!"

At that moment, the six experts from the Blood sect had already joined their two comrades who had been screaming for help.

The one-armed man from the Blood sect sneered and said, "Wu Xing! Dowager Weng! Long time no see! Over the past half a year, your four sects have teamed up and killed god knows how many people from my sect! It's time that you paid your debts!"

With a wave of his right hand, a large number of blood-colored discs immediately whirled out, whistling through the air.

They let out ear-piercing whistles while emanating a suffocating bloody light. Only seconds later, Wu Xing was trapped.

After seeing their friend make a move, the other experts from the Blood sect bolted forward to besiege Dowager Weng.

Receiving his master's order, Liu Yan didn't hesitate at all before urging the people around him to move out. "Let's go!"

The first thing he noticed was that a few Blood sect disciples in the center of the valley seemed to have noticed their activities, and had abandoned their own targets to rapidly head in their direction.

Liu Yan knew perfectly well that once they were surrounded, they wouldn't have any chance of making it to the foot of the stone peak.

Shi Yi and Luo Xin were also very familiar with Wu Xing's temper. They knew that once he had made a decision, they, as his disciples, could only obey unconditionally.

Therefore, none of them tried to stay behind and fight alongside Wu Xing. Instead, they helped Liu Yan urge the crowd to move out.

Their unanimous decision stopped Nie Tian from having any ideas of staying and fighting to the death. Hence, he followed Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo to chase after Liu Yan and the others.

Jiang Lingzhu was running while grumbling towards Nie Tian, "Hey you! An Ying didn't even smile at you once when we were in the Green Illusion dimension. Even when you encountered great danger, she hardly tried at all to help you. Why do you care about her so much?"

Ye Gumo jumped in and said, "He's fallen for her. There's no other explanation."

An Shiyi and An Ying, who were trailing behind, heard the two of them berating Nie Tian. However, the two sisters didn't say anything.

Under Liu Yan's lead, the group of people followed Pan Tao's directions and quickly left Wu Xing and Dowager Weng.

From time to time, Nie Tian turned around to look back, and noticed that Wu Xing and Dowager Weng seemed to have been gradually surrounded by the experts from the Blood sect.

A sudden rush of guilt bloomed in Nie Tian's heart.

"I'm sorry," An Ying approached him and quietly apologized.

An Shiyi pursed her mouth, and didn't say anything, however her beautiful eyes were filled with apology.

The two of them were fully aware that if it weren't for them, Nie Tian wouldn't have stopped in that courtyard even for a second and probably would not have been noticed by the experts from the Blood sect.

The An sisters knew that they would have been killed beyond the shadow of a doubt, but Wu Xing and Dowager Weng wouldn't have been trapped in such a dangerous situation.

"Forget about it," Nie Tian replied without thinking, "If senior martial brother Wu and Dowager Weng are killed, I will definitely avenge them, even if it takes me the rest of my life to do it."

They never stopped moving while they spoke. Every nearby expert from the Blood sect had been attracted by Wu Xing and Dowager Weng, thus none pursued them.

In their eyes, Wu Xing and Dowager Weng were the true big fish; key figures who could change the course of the Realm of Flame Heaven.

Killing the two of them would inflict great damages to the Cloudsoaring sect and Mystic Mist sect. Their value far surpassed all others'.

After they had run along for some time, Pan Tao suddenly stopped and stood beside the mouth of a cave. Flickering flames could still be seen lingering in the area.

"We're here!"

Everyone else stopped after him.

"This is the cave?" Liu Yan asked with a suspicious expression.

Pan Tao nodded and turned around to explain to them, "Since the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation has been breached, these three peaks can no longer draw out blazing Earthflame from the earth core. However, due to the previous attractive force of the grand spell formation, there will still be some residual flames within the stone caves.

"However, as long as we be careful and protect each other, the residual flames… won't be much of a threat."

"Are you sure?" Luo Xin asked.

Pan Tao smiled bitterly, "I'm also scared of death. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen to run with you guys. If the residual flames are still lethal, I'll also die in there myself."

"Well…" After pausing shortly, in order to convince everyone, Pan Tao continued, "I'll be the first to go in, and I'll lead you guys down the stone cave. Will you rest assured now?"

Liu Yan nodded. "Alright!"

"Mr. Liu, do we wait for your master and Dowager Weng?" asked Zheng Bin.

Liu Yan shook his head, and with a convincing tone he said, "No need. My master will be able to follow our aura and accurately find this place. You guys can rest assured. As long as senior Weng stays together with him, they'll be able to find their way to this stone cave and follow us out to safety, even if there's no one to guide them."

"If that's the case, then alright," Zheng Bin said, relaxing a bit.

"Okay, I'll go in first," Pan Tao said.

Everyone nodded.

Pan Tao actually wasn't as confident as he appeared. He clenched his teeth, tried to summon up courage, and braced himself to charge inside.

At that very moment, a male figure suddenly walked out of the cave entrance.

The man had messy, red hair, and a beard so bushy that his face seem to be hidden within a pile of madly growing weeds, almost impossible to recognize.

However, in the instant that he exited the cave, the faces of Pan Tao and the An sisters turned pale with fright.

Pan Tao stammered, "Elder… Elder Gan…"

The An sisters seemed especially terrified and panicked after seeing this person.

After coming out, Gan Kang didn't look at Pan Tao, but instead stared at An Shiyi without even blinking, and reproached, "This is as far as you go. Do you realize what kind of punishment disciples will receive for fleeing the sect during a major change like this one?"

Ferociousness could be seen from his eyes, as if he would immediately unleash murderous attacks on An Shiyi if she failed to provide a good reason.

From the sudden changes to their expressions, Nie Tian instantly realized that the old man in front of him was the fifth highest ranked equipment forger in the Treasure school, Gan Kang.

He was the one who had continuously pressured An Shiyi to marry him!

Anger appeared in Liu Yan's eyes as he impolitely said, "Senior Gan! Are you just stopping the An Sisters, or all of us?"

"All of you." Gan Kang put on a disdainful expression. Without giving Liu Yan the slightest face, he continued, "This path to the outside world is too important! No one is allowed to use it! If the Cloudsoaring sect and Mystic Mist sect are unwilling to advance and retreat together with the Spiritual Treasure sect, then I'll have to ask you to exit through the main gate of the valley just like everyone else does!"

"Elder Gan, it's my father's wish that we leave through the stone tunnel!" Pan Tao said angrily.

Gan Kang sneered, "I wouldn't agree even if it were your grandfather's wish! The sect is undergoing a great catastrophe, so no one from the Spiritual school or the Treasure school is allowed to leave without permission! If your father told you to leave with the outsiders, then he's violating the sect rules! It's your bad luck that you ran into me!

"You can call me inflexible or unreasonable," Gan Kang said righteously. "No matter what, the path is closed to you all!"

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What Gan Kang said conformed to the sect rules. Therefore, even if Pan Tao's grandfather were there, he wouldn't be able to argue with him, much less Pan Tao.

However, anyone who knew about his affection towards An Shiyi would be able to tell that everything he had said was only out of his personal desire.

Now that the Spiritual Treasure sect had been struck by such a huge disaster, Pan Tao wasn't the only one who was attempting to escape.

Zheng Rui and the grandchildren of a few other elders were also trying to find their way out of the sect, because they also wanted to steer clear of the calamity, instead of fighting for the sect till their last breath.

Gan Kang would never intentionally target Pan Tao and at the same time, let people like Zheng Rui slip away.

His real target was Nie Tian and the An sisters!

Liu Yan couldn't be clearer about what was going on. If Nie Tian hadn't meddled with An Shiyi's problem and taken her as his sworn sister, Gan Kang absolutely wouldn't have showed up here and blocked their way.

An Shiyi also understood that if she had promised to marry Gan Kang, perhaps Gan Kang would have already arranged for her sister and her to leave the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Zheng Bin frowned and said, "Senior Gan, our Mystic Mist sect hasn't offended you, have we? We have no intentions to interfere with the affairs between you and others. Can you let us pass?"

The few people from the Mystic Mist sect stared at Gan Kang with anxious expressions in their eyes.

At that moment, throughout the entire valley, experts from the Blood sect were chasing after guests and fighting with disciples from the Spiritual school and the Treasure school.

Not a single corner of the valley was safe. There were battles going on everywhere.

A large amount of experts from the Ghost sect that had previously been lingering on the outside, also swarmed in through the sect gate, causing disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect to suffer huge casualties.

Nie Tian's group had been trying to escape from the valley since the start. However, because of the An sisters, Wu Xing and Dowager Weng had already been trapped.

The two of them stayed behind to buy time for Nie Tian and the others to reach this place and use the secret tunnel within the stone peak to safely leave the Spiritual Treasure sect.

By blocking the road and not allowing anyone to pass, Gan Kang was undoubtedly eliminating everyone's hope to survive.

They had gone to great lengths to get to this safe exit. Zheng Bin and his sectmates knew that their hopes of leaving the Spiritual Treasure sect would be extremely small if they went back now; the exit in front of them was still their best choice.

He secretly resented Nie Tian for minding others' business, and dragging everyone down with him, while on the other hand, he continuously begged Gan Kang.

"No means no!" Gan Kang's face was cold. "No one passes, no matter who! Even if Wu Xing and Dowager Weng were here, I would still have the same attitude!"

He waved his hand and said impatiently, "If you want to leave, hurry and switch to another route and don't waste your time here!"

With another glance at An Shiyi, he snorted coldly, "As for you two, you two have to stay! As members of the Spiritual school, you must live and die together with the sect!"

He only pointed towards the An sisters, but not Pan Tao.

By that point, everyone could see perfectly clearly that Gan Kang was deliberately making things difficult for those two. They also realized that they would have no chance of entering the stone cave unless they forced their way in.

SHEW!

It was also at that moment that three figures quietly descended from the sky.

The leader of them was none other than the person who had asked the Spiritual Treasure sect to sell the Flame Dragon Armor, Lai Yi. The moment he landed, he glanced at Nie Tian from the corner of his eye and said, "Hand over the Flame Dragon Armor and the Blood Core before you leave."

"Lai Yi, what took you so long?" asked Gan Kang.

Lai Yi, who came from another realm, slightly nodded towards Gan Kang and said, "We got into a fight with a few guys from the Blood sect. Brother Gan, if you want that girl, I have the simplest suggestion." With a grin, he said, "Just take her and get out of here!"

Another foreigner tried to persuade him with a sincere tone, "Brother Gan! The Spiritual Treasure sect is experiencing a huge upheaval. Even if it's not annihilated from the Realm of Flame Heaven, its power will be greatly decreased. If you stay in the Spiritual Treasure sect, you'll always live in Fang Hui's shadow, and you'll never become the best equipment forger. I'd say you might as well leave the Spiritual Treasure sect and get the hell out of the Realm of Flame Heaven.

"Rest assured, our master can give you everything that you now have in the Spiritual Treasure sect.

"With your attainments in the art of equipment forging, it will be even possible that we open up a brand new equipment forging sect for you when we get back."

Lai Yi jumped in and said, "Brother Gan, the Spiritual Treasure sect is doomed to wither away. Leave with us, will you?"

The three foreign Qi warriors didn't beat around the bush and were actually advising Gan Kang to leave the Spiritual Treasure sect in front of everyone.

Nie Tian, Liu Yan, and the others, including Pan Tao, were suddenly dumbstruck.

After hearing their conversation, Pan Tao instantly understood what was going on. "Elder Gan! The reason that you are here is to make sure those three can safely get out through the secret tunnel! You don't allow us to use the tunnel, but you're helping those three foreign equipment forgers! And you have the nerve to lecture us about loyalty?"

Liu Yan's expression also turned unpleasant. "Elder Gan, no matter what, our four sects are allies. What are these foreigners to you? You are opening the door for them, but not us? What's that about?"

The people from the Mystic Mist sect also joined in and berated him.

Nie Tian now had a full understanding of the situation. However, he didn't say anything. Instead, he subconsciously reached for his bracelet of holding and thought to himself, "Flame Dragon Armor, Blood Core, what does that guy mean?"

Confronted by everyone, Gan Kang's face was now especially grim, as it seemed that he was struggling in his heart.

He wasn't struggling because of Liu Yan, Pan Tao, and the others' confrontation. Instead, he was hesitating about whether he should abandon everything in the Realm of Flame Heaven and take the chance to leave.

Lai Yi turned around to check the movements of the distant Blood sect experts. He appeared slightly anxious as he said, "Brother Gan! Time is of the essence here. Please stop hesitating! You should know better than anyone. After this war, the power of the Spiritual Treasure sect will significantly decline for sure. And you only rank fifth in the Treasure school of the Spiritual Treasure sect. Your authority in the Spiritual Treasure sect is far from adequate."

"Only by leaving will you get the chance to delve deeper into the art of equipment refining. Besides… your way of equipment refining might not be approved by some people from your sect!"

Lai Yi's voice became anxious.

Upon hearing these words, Gan Kang, who had remained silent for a long time, seemed to have finally made up his mind. He took a deep breath and said to Lai Yi, "Take that woman with us."

He pointed towards An Shiyi.

As he spoke, he didn't even spare Liu Yan, Pan Tao, Nie Tian, and the others a glance, since he was confident that with Lai Yi and the other two foreign Qi warriors present, he would be able to do whatever he wanted.

"Alright!" Lai Yi nodded and pointed towards An Shiyi, indicating for the one beside him to make a move.

"Come with us!" That person immediately walked towards An Shiyi, with wisps of ash-colored mist swirling around in his eyes. All of a sudden, a desolate icy aura, that seemed to have morphed into invisible shackles, spread out towards An Shiyi.

Liu Yan's expression flickered. "Greater Heaven stage!"

It was also at this point that Lai Yi flashed into action, and arrived beside Nie Tian in a split second. Without saying a word, he reached out to grab the bracelet of holding on Nie Tian's arm. "I only want the Flame Dragon Armor and the Blood Core," he said indifferently. "Hand it to me and I'll spare your life."

"Dammit! He's at the Worldly Realm!" Flabbergasted, Liu Yan said hastily, "Nie Tian! Give it to him now!"

Nie Tian felt a strong blast closing in on him. Lai Yi's movement was too fast for his eyes to see. Before he could react, Lai Yi was already quite close to him, and had extended his hand out to grab his arm.

Only then did he hear Liu Yan's words.

He was taken aback. "Worldly Realm!" Realizing that the gap between his strength and Lai Yi's was far from bridgeable, he immediately took off the bracelet of holding and threw it to Lai Yi while taking a step backwards.

However, in the instant that bracelet of holding left his hand, he secretly took out and gripped the dragon bone in his palm.

"Smart choice, kid." Lai Yi nodded and reached out to catch the bracelet of holding.

At that moment, Nie Tian turned around and ran into the direction they had come from at the fastest speed possible, while shouting, "Gan Kang is here! The fifth highest ranked equipment forger from the Treasure school is trying to escape and go to another realm!"

A few nearby experts from the Blood sect, who had been chasing after the guests, were alerted by Nie Tian's shout, and rapidly converged upon them.

Hearing Nie Tian's shout, Gan Kang, who was already in the cave, turned grim and said, "Since I'm determined to leave, there's no reason for me to be afraid of offending Eccentric Wu… Kill that brat for me!"

After grabbing the bracelet of holding, Lai Yi examined it with his soul power, and then burst into a flaming rage. "Brat!! You dare to trick me! You're seeking death!"

Attracted by Nie Tian's shout, a few experts from the Blood sect appeared one after another.

"Over there!"

"There are people over there!"

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An expert from the Blood sect who was wearing a long, tattered, blood-red robe suddenly arrived. With a malicious grin, he said, "Hey everyone! It actually is Gan Kang from the Treasure school! We've caught a big fish!"

A bloody, suffocating light flashed across his narrowed eyes. He didn't hesitate at all before waving a dark-red magic staff and releasing one of the most deadly forbidden techniques of the Blood sect.

"Reverse Blood Flow!"

In an instant, a bloody light that could cover the heavens appeared in midair, which seemed like rivers of viscous blood flowing towards the crowd.

Several more Blood sect experts arrived after him, and also started to cast their spells.

Layers after layers of bloody light rapidly spread out, along with a strange magnetic field that could cause one's blood flow to reverse.

A few nearby corpses of some guests who had been recently killed suddenly exploded.

Streams of blood spurted out of them and swirled up into the air, before condensing and morphing into a group of blurry blood shades.

Nie Tian, who was attempting to run further away from Lai Yi, suddenly felt that he had lost control of his own blood.

However, he wasn't the only one to be affected by the forbidden technique, Reverse Blood Flow.

The faces of Lai Yi and his friend, who was about to make a move against An Shiyi, also flushed. From the look of it, they were trying their best to restrain the abnormal movements of their blood.

"Dammit!" Cursing in a low voice and casting a vicious glance at Nie Tian, Lai Yi was seized by the regret that he hadn't killed Nie Tian and snatched his bracelet of holding at the first possible moment.

His original plan had been to slaughter everyone present as soon as he had obtained the bracelet of holding and confirmed that the Flame Dragon Armor and the Blood Core were inside.

The reason he didn't attack the moment they met was that he feared that the Blood Core wasn't in Nie Tian's bracelet of holding, and that he had hid it somewhere else.

"Kill Gan Kang first!"

As soon as the Blood sect experts successfully activated the forbidden technique, Reverse Blood Flow, all of them blurred into streams of bloody light, directly shooting towards Gan Kang.

Standing at the mouth of the stone cave, which still had residual flames sputtering out of it, Gan Kang's face was as gloomy as lake water. He looked over towards Lai Yi and said, "I'll leave it for you to handle things here!"

With these words, he didn't spare anyone else a glance before bolting into the stone cave.

The arrival of the handful of experts from the Blood sect had turned the situation around, since they all knew who he was and viewed him as their primary target.

Gan Kang knew perfectly well that if he wasted too much time there, he would only sink deeper and deeper into danger.

Therefore, he had even stopped caring about capturing An Shiyi alive. All he wanted now was to get out of there as soon as possible.

An expert from the Blood sect laughed as he was about to overtake Lai Yi and chase after Gan Kang into the stone cave. "Wait, Elder Gan, have you an appointment or something?"

The other two Blood sect experts quietly scanned the area and then targeted the other two foreign Qi warriors, as well as Liu Yan, Shi Yi, Luo Xin, and others who had higher cultivation bases.

In their eyes, Nie Tian, Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, Zheng Bin, and An Ying were so weak that they didn't attach any importance to them.

"Don't you move!"

With a cold harrumph, a long, thin animal bone covered in short dense fur suddenly appeared in Lai Yi's hand. The animal bone was over one meter long and seemed to be the leg bone of a spirit beast.

The moment it appeared, a strong, rotten smell immediately filled the air.

The expression of the Blood sect expert, who was just about to run past him, suddenly flickered as he said, "You're from the Realm of Dark Underworld?"

Lai Yi let out a low-pitched laugh and said, "Gan Kang is one of us now. You'd better stay out of our business."

The expert from the Blood sect snorted. "So what if you're from the Realm of Dark Underworld? This is the Realm of Flame Heaven. I doubt that you can do whatever you want here with just the three of you!"

FIZZ! FIZZ!

Rays of bloody light shot out from the Blood Sect expert. They interweaved before suddenly condensing into a vicious, man-eating beast that reeked of blood. Without a moment's pause, it lunged towards Lai Yi.

Lai Yi brandished the animal bone, and the fur on the animal bone stood up.

A rotten aura started to build up on Lai Yi's palm, which seemed to be resonating with the animal bone in his hand.

The intense, bloody odor from the bloody beast that was charging towards Lai Yi seemed to be affected by some kind of unknown rotting power. It was actually withering away.

When it reached Lai Yi, its intense blood aura had already decayed by about eighty percent.

Lai Yi swept the animal bone towards it, and the vicious beast turned into a cluster of blood mist that dissipated into the wind.

At the same time, the other experts from the Blood sect began to fight with the two foreign Qi warriors as well as Liu Yan, Shi Yi, and the others.

Not involved in the battle, Nie Tian observed and realized that everyone who had been affected by the disrupted magnetic field created by the Reverse Blood Flow was experiencing great difficulty as they battled.

They seemed as if they had to spend a major part of their energy resisting the strange movement of the blood inside of them.

The faces of Pan Tao, Ye Gumo, and the others, who hadn't been attacked, also slightly flushed. They seemed to be nailed on the ground, and using all their strength to try to get rid of the anomaly in their blood.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, had long since regained his normal blood flow after experiencing a brief influence.

Actually, he was already free to move about!

He whispered to himself, "Strange…"

As he recalled, he felt that his blood had also changed when the Reverse Blood Flow spell was activated.

However, it had only lasted a moment before he went back to normal and was no longer affected.

PUFF!

While he stood there in confusion, scarlet blood strings suddenly emerged from the stone ground around him.

They came out of the earth like madly growing weeds, slowly reaching into the air at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

"The Earth Web!" Nie Tian exclaimed.

The Blood sect witch Yu Tong had once activated this very same forbidden technique in the Green Illusion dimension and had instantly killed a few people from the Mystic Mist sect with the scarlet blood strings.

The scarlet blood strings that were now emerging from the earth, seemed to be far denser than the ones that Yu Tong had used in the Green Illusion dimension, and the intensity of the Qi and blood within them was also far more astonishing!

They swayed in midair for a second before suddenly flashing and piercing towards everyone who wasn't from the Blood sect.

Everyone except Nie Tian!

He remained where he stood and didn't move a bit. However, those scarlet blood strings seemed to have either failed to detect him or intentionally ignored him.

"How is this happening?" After a moment of confusion, he started to use his psychic awareness to examine himself, and found that there seemed to be a weak aura of the Blood sect inside of him.

He had an epiphany.

When he was in the Green Illusion dimension, he had been trapped and pierced by Yu Tong's countless scarlet blood strings, and almost had his blood drained by them.

However, he had managed to live through their attack. Even more miraculously, he had taken advantage of his uniqueness and refined those numerous blood strings.

It was also because of that a weak aura of the Blood sect had been left inside of him.

Those scarlet blood strings that emerged out of the ground seemed to be able to distinguish between the disciples of the Blood sect and others, as those who possessed the aura of the Blood sect wouldn't become their target of attack.

In this way, he once again remained unscathed while everyone else was being attacked by the sky-filling scarlet blood strings.

FIZZ!

The foreign Qi warrior, who had previously planned to capture An Shiyi, didn't pay attention to the changes to the ground below him while he was fighting with an expert from the Blood sect, causing his left leg to be penetrated by a bundle of scarlet blood strings.

He immediately let out a piercing screech.

After he was entangled, even more scarlet blood strings converged onto him from every direction.

Only seconds later, being unable to move, he was pierced through all over by the countless scarlet blood strings.

BLUB! BLUB!

Nie Tian clearly saw that after those blood strings pierced into that man's body, they began to relentlessly drink his blood like bloodsucking leeches.

His mighty body rapidly shriveled while the blood strings grew to be as thick as a finger.

Meanwhile, Pan Tao, Jiang Lingzhu, and the others, who hadn't been attacked by the Blood sect experts, were being attacked by the scarlet blood strings. Squeaky cries escaped from their throats as they frantically slashed at the blood strings with their spiritual tools.

After a long time of resistance, they finally broke free from the strange movement of their blood, and could move freely again.

Nie Tian had originally been standing quite far from Lai Yi, but now was calmly walking within the net of scarlet blood strings as he quietly approached him.

His eyes were fixed on his bracelet of holding which was now on Lai Yi's arm.

The Flame Dragon Armor and the dragon bone in his hand were clearly a set. If he hadn't learned about the existence of the Flame Dragon Armor, he would have walked away. But, now that he knew that the Flame Dragon Armor was absolutely much more than an ordinary item, he couldn't suppress his desire to take it back.

"Flame Dragon Armor…"

Staring at the bracelet of holding, he racked his brains to think of a method to regain the Flame Dragon Armor.

"Flame Dragon Armor, Flame Dragon Armor, Flame Dragon Armor…"

When he whispered its name in his heart while contemplating, a faint aura of flesh and blood rippled out from within his body, due to some unknown reason.

He was still dozens of meters away from Lai Yi, while the Flame Dragon Armor was still in the bracelet of holding. However, he suddenly had a feeling that he had established a mysterious connection with the Flame Dragon Armor.

In the next moment, he noticed that the dragon bone that he had been gripping in his hand had suddenly grown incomparably hot.

"Ahh!"

Lai Yi, who was fighting with a Blood sect expert, suddenly let out a maddened howl and started to violently shake his arm. The bracelet of holding on his wrist was now releasing terrifying flames.

Terrified, he quickly tossed away the bracelet of holding that he had snatched from Nie Tian.

Nie Tian's eyes lit up. Surprised by what had just happened, he passed through the net of scarlet blood strings and picked up the bracelet of holding from the ground.

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The bracelet of holding was still flickering with flames when it landed on the ground.

It seemed that even Lai Yi, a cultivator at the Worldly Realm, had been unable to endure the heat of the flames released by the bracelet, and had no other choice but to temporarily throw it away in order to concentrate on his fight with the Blood sect expert.

However, when Nie Tian reached out to grab it, the flames that had wreathed it suddenly went out.

Without spending any effort, he picked up the bracelet and put it back on his wrist.

Then he sent a strand of his consciousness into the bracelet and saw that everything was still inside the storage space, where he also found that traces of fire were being absorbed by the Flame Dragon Armor…

Nie Tian immediately realized that the sudden changes that had occurred to the bracelet, which had caused it to unleash blazing flames, had actually been triggered by the Flame Dragon Armor.

As for the reason why the Flame Dragon Armor had done such a thing, it was because he had been constantly calling its name in his heart, and that the dragon bone in his hand grew unbearably hot.

"The Flame Dragon Armor, the Blood Core…" Nie Tian pondered for a while and suddenly exclaimed, "The Blood Core is the key!"

BOOM!

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sound echoed out from the sky. Everyone had been caught up in fierce battles and didn't pay attention to the changes, but rather continued fighting their respective opponents.

Only Nie Tian raised his head to look at the sky after putting the bracelet of holding on his wrist.

There, he saw an enormous gray figure, which seemed to have been formed by a swarm of countless evil ghosts, rising from the main gate of the Spiritual Treasure sect and charging towards the sky.

It shot high up into the sky and immediately joined the woman who was sitting on the blood-colored lotus in attacking Fang Hui from the Treasure school.

Standing on a giant bronze cauldron, Fang Hui's expression flicked upon seeing the enormous gray figure rise into the sky. Without any hesitation, he shouted out with a voice that everyone could hear, "All disciples of the Spiritual school and Treasure school are no longer required to guard the valley! Do all you can to escape and return only when the sect regroups!"

Upon hearing these words, Nie Tian's expression slightly flickered.

He immediately realized that the enormous gray figure was definitely the Profound Realm expert from the Ghost sect!

If it was only the woman from the Blood sect, Fang Hui felt that with his strength, the Spiritual Treasure sect would still have a hope to make it through the battle.

However, the enormous gray figure soaring up into the sky made him realize that the strongest expert from the Ghost sect had also arrived.

He knew very clearly that he had no chance of winning a fight against two Profound Realm experts. At the most, he could keep the two of them busy and prevent them from immediately starting a massacre.

With the strongest experts from the Blood sect and the Ghost sect having arrived, it meant that the Ghost sect and the Blood sect had already played their trump cards.

There was no longer any possibility that the Spiritual Treasure sect could persist.

In order to preserve the strength of the sect, he ordered all of the disciples from the Spiritual school and Treasure school to stop defending the valley and find an opportunity to escape instead.

After hearing Fang Hui's order, many Qi warriors from the Spiritual school and Treasure school were secretly grateful and immediately changed their plans, no longer determined to die with the sect.

"Let's go! "

"The grand elder has spoken; no need to keep defending the sect! Let's get out first!"

"Retreat to the Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect. They will definitely come to our aid once they receive the news."

"As long as we can team up with the experts from the other three sects, we'll still have a chance to reclaim the valley!"

…

HUFF! HUFF! HUFF!

Soon after Fang Hui gave the order, the numerous pillars of flame that had been blocking the area between the stone peaks suddenly shot up into the sky, converging into the enormous bronze cauldron.

Everyone, including the disciples of the Spiritual school and Treasure school and visiting guests, had noticed the changes that had occurred in the valley and let out loud shouts.

"The valley has lost its protection! The Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation has completely stopped working!"

"The grand elder has opened the gates for us!"

"Let's get out of here!"

Nie Tian scanned his surroundings before his eyes suddenly lit up.

There were three stone peaks surrounding the valley that the Spiritual Treasure sect was located in, and between them there were three enormous gaps.

One of the gaps was the main gate to the valley, which was the only way to enter or leave the valley.

The other two enormous gaps had previously been completely blocked by two blazing walls formed by numerous flame pillars. They served as gates of fire, separating the valley from the outside world.

The advantage to having them in place was that experts from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect wouldn't be able to enter the valley from those two gaps.

The disadvantage would be that disciples of the Spiritual school and Treasure school within the valley also wouldn't be able to evacuate via those two gaps.

It was exactly because the blazing gates had sealed up the nearest gaps that Nie Tian had to follow Pan Tao and try to reach the outside world through the tunnel in the stone peak.

However, by this point, the flame pillars that had formed the blazing walls had been lifted up to the sky by Fang Hui's enormous bronze cauldron, making those two gaps thoroughfares that led out of the valley.

Nie Tian noticed that after Fang Hui gave the permission to leave, many disciples from the Spiritual school and Treasure school rushed towards those two new exits.

Now, they were very close to one of them.

Liu Yan roared, "Nie Tian! Lingzhu, Ye Gumo! Don't mind us! Just go!"

"Come on, let's go!" Pan Tao also shouted and took the initiative to charge towards the closest gap, noticing that currently none of the experts from the Ghost sect or the Blood sect had showed up near the gap.

An Shiyi, An Ying, as well as Zheng Bin and Han Xin, also saw the opportunity to live, and after dodging the attacks of the scarlet blood strings, they made a run towards the opened gate of life.

Nie Tian was never targeted by the scarlet blood strings, therefore, after hearing Liu Yan's urging, he only hesitated for a second before saying to Liu Yan, "Take care of yourself, Uncle Liu!"

With these words, he quickly followed An Shiyi, An Ying, and the others in dashing towards the gap.

The experts from the Blood sect were bent on killing Lai Yi, Liu Yan, Shi Yi, and the other worthy enemies. Even though they were fully aware that Nie Tian and the others were trying to escape, they didn't care in the least bit.

The way they saw it, the scarlet blood strings that had emerged from the ground would lock onto Nie Tian and his peers and keep launching relentless attacks on them wherever they went.

They believed that considering the cultivation bases of Nie Tian and the others, even if they managed to temporarily leave the valley, the blood strings would still be able to catch up and kill them one after another.

Moreover, they didn't have enough men in this region. Thus, they chose to ignore Nie Tian and his peers, and instead focused on their fight with Lai Yi, Liu Yan, and the other powerful ones.

"Dammit!"

Earlier, when Lai Yi saw Nie Tian pick up the bracelet of holding that he had cast away, he was already fuming with rage. Now that he saw Nie Tian leaving, he immediately flew into a towering outrage. However, the expert from the Blood sect who had been fighting with him didn't have the slightest intention of letting him go.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

Even more scarlet blood strings emerged from the ground, madly chasing after them.

Unable to break free from the double attack of the annoying scarlet blood strings and the Blood sect expert, Lai Yi couldn't chase after Nie Tian. He could only curse him while madly drawing on his spiritual power.

Even as he cursed, Nie Tian got further and further away.

Pan Tao and An Shiyi, who had been running at the front, unceasingly urged An Ying, Jiang Lingzhu, and Nie Tian to keep up.

"This way!"

"Be quick!"

Before long, they were the first ones to escape from the valley after Fang Hui had lifted the barrier.

"Follow me!" Pan Tao led the way for them.

The group of people followed Pan Tao and sped away from the valley as fast as possible.

Nie Tian occasionally turned around to look back, and found that a number of red-garbed figures had gradually arrived around the gap that they had left from. Moments later, a few black-garbed experts from the Ghost sect, wreathed in thick, ghost-like auras, also showed up as well.

His heart sank, knowing that Liu Yan, Luo Xin, as well as the others who were still in the valley wouldn't have such an easy time passing through the gap like they did.

While moving further and further away from the gap, Nie Tian could still hear the continuous sounds of conversation from behind.

"How many have escaped?"

An ear-piercing voice echoed out from the gap behind them.

"A few juniors. Do we chase after them?"

"Juniors? No need for now. Block this path, and make sure those old guys won't leave the valley for all eternity!"

He realized that those who hadn't been able to leave at the first possible moment would have to go through a bloody baptism if they wished to pass through.

It would be impossible to know how many of them would manage to flee the valley and how many would die in there.

All he could do was to follow Pan Tao and advance forward at full speed through the forest of uneven mountain peaks of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

There was a forest of mountain peaks in the vast Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, with the Spiritual Treasure sect situated in between the three biggest ones. The moment they reached a relatively safe distance from the valley, Nie Tian unleashed his psychic awareness to scan the vicinity for experts from the Ghost sect or the Blood sect.

A vigorous life force suddenly appeared in his mind, which… didn't seem to belong to a person from either the Ghost sect or the Blood sect.

It seemed that the person was also madly running away from the land of the Spiritual Treasure sect, just like them.

"There's someone nearby." Nie Tian suddenly said.

Hearing his words, An Shiyi, who was in the forefront, also probed around with her psychic power.

An Shiyi furrowed her delicate eyebrows. A loathing expression appeared on her charming face as she said, "That's Fei Li."

"Fei Li?" Puzzled, Nie Tian asked, "Sister An, how do you know that it's him?

"I can distinctly remember his disgusting aura!" An Shiyi clenched her teeth, suddenly remembering something. "Nie Tian, I heard that Fei Li refused to sell the Spiritfount Pill to you because of me?"

"That's right," said Nie Tian.

An Shiyi called out with a soft voice, "Let's go take it back!"

Nie Tian was stunned. "Snatch it from Fei Li?"

An Shiyi snorted and said, "Since his master, Gan Kang, decided to leave the Spiritual Treasure sect, whatever happens to the Spiritual Treasure sect in the future, his disciple Fei Li will definitely be implicated, unless he follows Gan Kang out of the Realm of Flame Heaven. But even if he wants to flee the realm, I'll make him cough up the Spiritfount Pill before he goes!"

With these words, An Shiyi, who was advancing forward, suddenly changed her direction and charged towards that person.

"Before, Fei Li only dared to threaten me over and over again because he was backed by his lofty master Gan Kang. Without his master's protection, he wouldn't even stand a chance against me. Just watch, I'll definitely get the Spiritfount Pill for you!" An Shiyi sounded full of confidence.

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Panicked, Fei Li was running for his life in a forest of ancient trees.

When the catastrophe hit the Spiritual Treasure sect, he hadn't been in the valley. Instead, he had been instructed by his master Gan Kang to go and run some errands.

Originally, he planned to return to the sect on the third day of the Treasure Convention, when the auction was scheduled to start.

However, when he returned, he saw that the moon in the sky was reddened by blood from afar.

Shortly thereafter, he heard the heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sounds of combat coming from the valley.

Then, he saw the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation that had been shielding the valley be torn apart, and grand elder Fang Hui rise into the sky on his enormous bronze cauldron.

In that moment, he understood that his chances of survival would be slim if he dared to return to the mountain valley.

Secretly glad that he wasn't there when it happened, he decided to abandon the sect, and get as far away as possible from the valley.

As for the life and death of his master Gan Kang, the Spiritual Treasure sect, as well as his martial brothers and sisters, he had already cast all of them out of his head.

"Fei Li, where are you going?" A fiery, beautiful woman suddenly emerged from behind a tree, coldly staring at him, her eyes full of ridicule and disdain.

It was An Shiyi.

An Shiyi, who was at the late Heaven stage, stood in front of Fei Li, blocking his way forward. A flaming intent to fight could be seen in her charming eyes. A bunch of orange, cloud-like flames floated out from within her and wreathed around her curvy body.

She took out a mysterious ribbon that was glittering with colorful light from her waist. With a swift waving motion, terrifying flames instantly shot out from the ribbon.

Fire had been her cultivation attribute since a very young age. Although An Shiyi had been cultivating with the Spiritual school, she had often dreamed of winning the favor of equipment forging masters of the Treasure school, and becoming a powerful equipment forger some day.

She had once foolishly believed that Gan Kang had valued her for her talent. It wasn't until recently that she came to the realization that the only thing that he saw in her was her appearance, not her talent in equipment forging and refining.

Fei Li's expression slightly flickered. "It's you?!"

He looked around suspiciously, unsure of why An Shiyi had suddenly appeared.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

It was also at that moment that Nie Tian, Pan Tao, Jiang Lingzhu, and the others caught up and arrived beside An Shiyi.

Fei Li grew even more astonished and confused. "How did you all get out?"

"Cut the crap!" An Shiyi's tone wasn't pleasant at all. She extended her hand towards Fei Yi and with a firm tone, she said, "Hand over the Spiritfount Pill, then you are free to go. I won't stop you. If you refuse, then don't blame me for not being polite."

"An Shiyi! You dare to demand the Spiritfount Pill from me?!" Fei Li burst into a flaming rage. Obviously, he didn't have a fully understanding of the situation. "Your clan is only a subordinate clan of the Spiritual Treasure sect! You dare to run away when the sect is in danger? Even your clan won't be able to protect you from the punishment! My master is the fifth highest ranked equipment forging expert in the Treasure school. Where did you get the nerve to demand the Spiritfount Pill from me?"

"If Gan Kang wasn't your master, I would've long since beaten you until every single one of your teeth fell out!" Old grudges and new enmities against him surged forth, filling An Shiyi's heart. She couldn't waste another second arguing with him. She immediately made a move.

The mysterious ribbon in her hands was like a swaying rainbow of flames that instantly whipped towards Fei Li.

WHOOKSH!

Fei Li hadn't remained on guard, so the ribbon violently whipped him on his skinny cheek.

Not only was half of his face instantly swollen, it was even badly burned.

Fei Li covered his cheek as he screeched. "Bitch! You dare to attack me?!" He had never thought that An Shiyi, who had always been compromising, would actually make such a violent move against him.

Pan Tao furrowed his brows. Not wishing to waste any more time on Fei Li, he explained, "Elder Gan Kang has come to an agreement with several foreigners from the Realm of Dark Underworld. He's decided to leave the Spiritual Treasure sect and even the Realm of Flame Heaven, and follow those foreigners to the Realm of Dark Underworld.

"He's gone, and so is your backer in the Spiritual Treasure sect. As his disciple, you won't be able to talk your way out of your responsibilities after your master defects.

"Hand over the Spiritfount Pill, and run as far as you can. I'd say go find your master and follow him to the Realm of Dark Underworld."

Pan Tao knew that An Shiyi's hate towards Fei Li was extremely deep, and also knew that An Shiyi was actually quite fierce, in distinct contrast to her gentle appearance.

Now that she had the chance to retaliate, she would naturally take the opportunity to make Fei Li suffer, so much so that she might even inflict serious damage on him.

Although Fei Li wasn't much of a fighter, he was also at Heaven stage. Once the two got into a battle, it would definitely waste everyone's time.

The reason why Pan Tao explained the situation to him was to let him have a clear understanding of the situation he was in and not fight An Shiyi to the death.

Fei Li was flabbergasted. His eyes flickered, as he seemed to have believed them. "My master… is going to the Realm of Dark Underworld? Here, take the Spiritfount Pill."

Fei Li was surprisingly decisive. As soon as he understood the situation, he took out the case containing the Spiritfount Pill from his bracelet of holding and threw it towards Pan Tao without the slightest hesitation.

Pan Tao, who caught the case, lifted its cover and took a sniff, before tossing it to An Shiyi.

An Shiyi took a close look at it, and gently nodded. "It is the Spiritfount Pill."

Upon hearing her confirmation, Nie Tian's heart was immediately filled with joy.

The Spiritfount Pill was extremely rare in the Realm of Flame Heaven. In his opinion, this pill, which could cure the injury that had troubled his grandfather for many years, was even more precious than the Flame Dragon Armor.

"Can I go now?" Fei Li asked.

An Shiyi waved her hand. "Go, get out of here! Now that you don't have Gan Kang to back you, don't let me see you again in the Realm of Flame Heaven. If I do…"

Without waiting for her to finish speaking, Fei Li coldly snorted before turning and leaving.

"Here, your Spiritfount Pill." An Shiyi threw it over to Nie Tian.

Nie Tian caught the case, and didn't even cast a glance at it, but went ahead and stored it in his bracelet of holding. Smiling, he said, "Thanks, sister."

With a sweet smile, An Shiyi said, "I finally helped you fulfill a wish."

She had always been apologetic towards Nie Tian, knowing that because of her, he had offended Gan Kang. Otherwise, the Spiritfount Pill would've already been in Nie Tian's hands.

Not long ago, she and her sister An Ying had given up all hope and waited for death in that courtyard. However, it was also Nie Tian who had come to their rescue. He was even willing to compromise his own chance of survival, just so that she and her sister could leave together with them.

She also knew that the reason why Wu Xing had been willing to speak out and take on the sisters as his responsibility, was that he had given face to Nie Tian, not wishing Nie Tian to waste his time persuading them.

It was also because of her that Gan Kang had blocked up the stone tunnel and denied entrance for everyone, preventing them from escaping at the first possible moment.

She knew that she owed Nie Tian too much, and thus was always on the lookout for opportunities to repay him.

Now that she had helped him obtain the Spiritfount Pill, which should have been his from the start, she finally felt a bit relieved and the smile on her face became lighter and brighter.

"Hey, we aren't safe yet." Pan Tao smiled bitterly. "Whatever you need to say, can you say it when we are far away from the valley and out of the range of the Ghost sect and Blood sect's hunting?"

"You're right." An Shiyi pursed her mouth into a smile.

"Okay, lead the way please," Nie Tian said.

…

At the exit where Nie Tian and the others had escaped from, many experts from the Blood sect were fighting fiercely with people from the Spiritual school, Treasure school, as well as Wu Xing and Dowager Weng.

All of a sudden, Yu Tong from the Blood sect ran out of the center of the valley and arrived in front of them.

"Martial Uncle Yang Yuan, did you see some Cloudsoaring sect juniors leave?" she inquired the one-armed expert from the Blood sect who was currently fighting with Wu Xing.

Yang Yuan answered without thinking, "Oh, those juniors were pretty lucky. They were the first ones to escape through here."

Yu Tong, who was wearing a blood-red long dress, hurriedly asked, "Do you know who they were? What cultivation stage were they at?"

The expert from the Blood sect, who had previously fought with Lai Yi, was about to enter the stone cave to pursue the escaping Gan Kang and Lai Yi. After hearing Yu Tong's words, he paused and said, "The leader was that An Shiyi from the Spiritual school, at the late Heaven stage. The others were all juniors who are only at the early Lesser Heaven stage."

"Uncle Feng, can you come with me?" Yu Tong pleaded.

An expert from the Blood sect who had been following her nodded and sneered. "What I love the most is catching the mice that think that they've escaped."

A bloody light flashed across in Yu Tong's eyes. "I've asked around and confirmed that the disciple that Eccentric Wu has just taken in also came here, and he should be among those juniors!"

Yang Yuan was surprised. "The same Nie Tian that you've been talking about for the past half year?"

"Exactly!" A heaven-shaking killing intent could be heard from Yu Tong's words.

Yang Yuan nodded and turned to the Blood sect expert behind Yu Tong. "Feng Luo, that Nie Tian kid is Little Tong's mental devil which has been dragging her cultivation down. Go help her clear her mind."

"Got it." Feng Luo let out a cunning laugh.

The experts from the Blood sect knew that Yu Tong had been severely injured and was unconscious when she returned from the Green Illusion dimension. She had spent a long time in recovery.

After recovering, Yu Tong had practiced even harder, and was now stronger than ever.

However, it seemed that she couldn't forget about a youngster called Nie Tian, and asked everywhere for his whereabouts. It wasn't until hearing that he had been accepted as a disciple to Wu Ji, did she give up on the idea of going to Black Cloud City and killing Nie Tian.

They could all see that, if Nie Tian didn't die, he would eventually become a mental barrier on Yu Tong's cultivation path. Therefore, they all supported her decision to kill him here.

"Let's go, Uncle Feng!" Yu Tong and Feng Luo ran past the people who were fighting at the exit, and bolted after Nie Tian and the others.

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Right after Yu Tong and Feng Luo left, an old woman with a wrinkled face slowly approached, supporting herself with a serpent staff. "Where is Little Tong?"

Upon seeing her, numerous experts from the Blood sect all greeted her with a humble attitude, one after another. "Grandma Shen."

Her name was Shen Xiu, and her status in the Blood sect was only second to the sectmaster. She was also Yu Tong's master.

The scarlet blood strings that had emerged from underground were from the Earth Web spell that she had cast. The reason why she had hurried to this place was that she was worried that Yu Tong would act rashly.

Yang Yuan answered without thinking, "Yu Tong went after the juniors from the Cloudsoaring sect. Grandma Shen, it seems that the Earth Web… wasn't fully formed, was it?"

Considering Shen Xiu's cultivation base, if the Earth Web had been completely formed, every Qi warrior in the valley would experience disorder in their blood for at least a quarter of an hour.

Given so much time, the experts from Blood sects could have started a massacre and gained an overwhelming advantage.

However, Yang Yuan had noticed that the scarlet blood strings that emerged from the ground hadn't actually bound their opponents down for very long. Furthermore, they failed to extend outside of the valley to pursue Nie Tian and his group who had escaped.

"There is flaming magma and earth flame running deep below the ground of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, so down there the activities of the Earth Web are quite limited." With a brief frown, Shen Xiu continued, "What's more, the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation seems to have reached deeply into the ground. There were even networks of it within the boiling magma.

"Never underestimate their grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation. From what I see, this enormous spell doesn't only cover the valley where the Spiritual Treasure sect resides.

"The whole Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, including the extinct volcanoes on its perimeter, seems to also be within its coverage.

"As soon as my Earth Web reached deep towards the earth's core, it was immediately influenced by the network of the grand formation and couldn't fully condense."

With these words, Shen Xiu suddenly looked down beneath her feet and said, "For some reason, I have a feeling that there is something odd deep below the ground of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. I can't say for sure what it is, but I keep having the feeling that the spell formation doesn't just exist to protect the Spiritual Treasure sect.

"I could also sense an aura… of suppression and sealing from the network of the flames."

Before she could finish her words, the master of the Spiritual school, Hou Zhengchen, suddenly appeared in the distance and dashed towards her. "Shen Xiu!"

There seemed to be a trace of anxiety and worry in Hou Zhengchen's eyes. He seemed… to not want Shen Xiu to say too much.

The serpent staff in Shen Xiu's hands abruptly gave off an immense amount of bright, bloody light rays as she charged towards Hou Zhengchen.

…

Below a short, sparsely-vegetated mountain in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range…

"We should have a rest." Pan Tao stopped. As the night gradually lifted, he looked at the bright and clear morning sky and said, "We've spent the entire night marching at full speed. Plus, everyone spent a large amount of spiritual power earlier dealing with the scarlet blood strings that emerged from the ground. If we keep hastening on blindly and don't stop to recover strength, we won't be able to deal with any unexpected crises that pop up."

Nie Tian subconsciously unleashed his psychic awareness to scan his surroundings. Luckily, he didn't detect any sign of life fluctuations.

He nodded and agreed, "He's right, we do need some rest."

He glanced around and saw lots of caves of unequal sizes on the side of the sparsely vegetated mountain, which seemed dark and deep, their insides hard to see clearly.

An Shiyi noticed his sweeping glance, and explained to him in a soft voice, "We are still within the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. There are a large number of extinct volcanoes in this area. It's said that there are still many high-ranked fire-attribute spirit stones hidden deep under them.

"Disciples from the Spiritual Treasure sect would often try out their luck in these extinct volcanoes and see if they could find some high-ranked fire-attribute spirit stones.

"That's also why they drilled open a large number of caves inside these mountains.

"Every single cave is connected to the belly of the mountain peak or even to the deepest part of the earth. Those people all dreamed of getting lucky and obtaining some high-ranked fire-attribute spirit stones. No matter whether they used them to refine spiritual tools or advance their own cultivation, they'll benefit a great deal from them."

Pan Tao added, "Within the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, the only active volcanoes that can still channel raging flames from the earth's core are the three volcanoes surrounding the Spiritual Treasure sect's valley. The seniors in the sect have been using the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation to restrain the three of them from erupting, as well as to take advantage of the raging flames from the earth's core to refine spiritual tools.

"After many explorations, the other volcanoes are determined to have long since grown inactive. However every one of them used to be active and violent ten thousand years ago.

"As long as lava had once filled the belly of a mountain peak, its interior part might possibly produce fire-attributed spiritual materials. The majority of the spiritual materials have long since been mined, leaving behind only a very little portion in the deepest parts. It would require a lot of work as well as good luck in order for one to obtain some of the remaining pieces."

Pan Tao led everyone into a cave for a short rest while explaining.

An Shiyi raised her voice and said, "We can rest here for two hours at most. In two hours, no matter how much strength we've recovered, we'll have to head out again."

With Liu Yan, Shi Yi, and Luo Xin gone, she was the person with the highest cultivation base among everyone.

Naturally, she became the leader of the group of juniors.

Soon, everyone had picked a cave and hidden themselves within, using spirit stones to recover their strength.

The caves were very close to each other. So long as one person spoke, others would be able to hear them.

The group, bent on leaving the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range as soon as possible, wasn't in the mood to explore the seemingly bottomless caves. The fire-attributed spiritual materials that could possibly still be remaining in the caves didn't interest them in the slightest. Instead, all of them concentrated on regaining strength.

Nie Tian felt the same.

After finding a cave and hiding himself within, he took out a spirit stone and was about to restore the spiritual power in his spiritual sea.

Just as he was about to operate the Qi Refining Incantation, his expression suddenly flickered, as an idea struck him. Instantly, he took out the dragon bone and the Flame Dragon Armor out of his bracelet of holding and placed them on the ground next to him.

Only until then did he calm himself and begin to absorb energy from the spirit stone.

In the middle of practicing, he once again felt the extreme heat that the dragon bone had emanated. At the same time, he also noticed the energy within his flesh and blood secretly flowing into the Flame Dragon Armor.

The incomparably heavy Flame Dragon Armor gradually started to radiate a dark-red luster, as if it were being nourished by his flesh power.

After a while, he realized that the animal bone was becoming increasingly hot, and also started to give off a bright fiery light.

"What?!"

Slightly surprised, he sent out a thread of his psychic power to examine it, and immediately found that there were numerous fiery threads wriggling and twisting inside the dragon bone, gathering towards the blood drop in the center.

The drop of blood had shrunk significantly because it had previously exhausted a huge amount of energy teleporting him in and out of the mysterious land.

However, at that moment, as the fiery threads swam inside the animal bone, he could keenly feel a strange gravitational force gradually generating.

Before long, he sensed that a growing number of fiery threads were filling up the inside of his cave.

He closed his eyes to trace the origin of the fiery threads with his psychic awareness. He noticed that they appeared to be coming from the dark stone tunnel behind him, which seemed to be leading to the deepest part of the short mountain.

As an increasingly large amount of fiery threads continuously gathered towards the mouth of the cave, and gradually flowed into the animal bone, he noticed that the blood drop within the dragon bone was growing.

After observing for a while, Nie Tian snapped open his eyes, and suddenly remembered the strange incident that had occurred in Nie clan mine. "Could it be that…"

Back when he was in the Nie clan mine, he had placed the dragon bone on top of a Flamecloud gem, and it surprisingly drained all of the flame power of every last Flamecloud gem in the entire mine.

The fiery threads that were converging to this place from deep part of the stone tunnel clearly also contained abundant flame power.

Furthermore, the flame power seemed to be even purer.

CLANG!

Just as he was astonished by his new findings, the dragon bone suddenly flew up and embedded itself into the perfectly matching hole on the chest of the Flame Dragon Armor.

All of a sudden, the Flame Dragon Armor released surging flames, as if it had suddenly transformed into a burning sun, and pulsed with frightening flame fluctuations.

Before Nie Tian could react, the Flame Dragon Armor rose up by itself and flew towards the depths of the gloomy and endless stone tunnel.

Nie Tian opened his eyes wide. He didn't understand what had just happened, and could only stand up and quickly yell to inform An Shiyi, who was in the cave next to his, "I have to take care of some urgent matter! When the time comes, you guys don't have to wait for me, just leave!"

"Nie Tian! What the hell are you doing?" An Shiyi shouted.

Other members of the group, who were still recovering, were also awakened. One after another they opened their eyes and recovered from their practicing state.

Five seconds later, everyone gathered in Nie Tian's cave, only to find that he was already gone.

Nie Tian's distant voice echoed out from the deep part of the stone tunnel. "I'm serious! Forget about me! You guys just leave!"

Zheng Bin and Han Xin, who were from the Black Mist Palace, both had unpleasant expressions on their faces while looking into the gloomy and bottomless stone tunnel.

Han Xin couldn't hold it down in any longer and complained, "This guy, he always manages to get in all sorts of trouble! Throughout our whole journey, he has been wasting everyone's time! If not for him, perhaps we would have already passed through the cave that was guarded by Gan Kang and left the Spiritual Treasure sect, even before the flaming gates were lifted.

"If not for him, perhaps Dowager Weng wouldn't have been trapped in such a dangerous situation!"

Han Xin had repressed her emotions for a long time. Now that she saw Nie Tian causing trouble again at a crucial moment, she finally decided to say angrily, "Whoever wants to wait for him, be my guest. I sure as hell won't stay here and wait for his return!"

Zheng Bin's expression was also grim. "No matter how much he desires those fire-attributed spirit stones, he shouldn't try out his luck at such a crucial moment. Much less when the fire-attributed spirit stones here were probably long since mined by disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect. Even if there are any left behind somewhere, he won't be able to find them any time soon."

Aside from trying to find fire-attributed spirit stones, he couldn't think of any other reason that would make Nie Tian leave the group so determinedly.

He became deeply disappointed in Nie Tian and he didn't want to waste any more of his own time. "Sorry everyone, but we have to leave now." With these words, both he and Han Xin took the initiative and left the group. They rushed out of the cave and headed in the direction of the Mystic Mist sect.

Only the An sisters, Pan Tao, Jiang Lingzhu, and Ye Gumo were left standing in the cave, staring blankly at each other.

"We'll stay and wait for him." An Shiyi sat down on the ground and with a calm tone, she said, "His unruliness is the reason that my sister and I are still alive. If it weren't for his unruliness, elder Wu Xing would have ignored us, and we probably have already been murdered by the Blood sect experts. Therefore, no matter how long it takes, we'll wait."

An Ying also sat down without saying a word.

Pan Tao gave a bitter smile as he shook his head and also sat down silently.

Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo exchanged a glance. She said, "That little punk is our little martial uncle, so according to the seniority in the clan, we have to listen to him."

Inwardly, Jiang Lingzhu hated Nie Tian to the point where she wanted to grit her teeth. But instead of demanding to leave, she chose to sit down and wait, while cursing him in a low voice. Each and every sentence she uttered was to grumble about Nie Tian's recklessness, bad timing, and deadly greed.

"Aihh…" Ye Gumo let out a deep sigh as he too could only sit down and wait with the others.

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Nie Tian headed deeper and deeper into the dark and endless tunnel as he pursued the sparks released by the Flame Dragon Armor.

There had always been some kind of link between him and the dragon bone that was now embedded within the armor, so he didn't need to search for it with his psychic awareness.

Even without the sparks given off by the Flame Dragon Armor, he would have still been able to accurately locate its position just by relying on the subtle interactions between the dragon bone and himself.

The stone tunnel built by the equipment forgers of the Spiritual Treasure sect seemed unfathomable. Nie Tian continued his way downwards, not knowing how much distance he had covered. Suddenly, he came to a stop.

He didn't stop because he was tired, but rather because the Flame Dragon Armor had reached the end of the tunnel.

The end of the tunnel was so narrow that only two people could stand shoulder to shoulder in it, and at the very end, there was evidence of mining here and there.

The Flame Dragon Armor, together with the dragon bone in it, released raging flames while fiercely striking the stones at the end of the tunnel.

CRACK! CRACK!

The solid stone wall at the end immediately exploded into tiny bits. It was as if the Flame Dragon Armor had turned into a sharp drill, unceasingly boring its way downwards.

Nie Tian stared blankly at the Flame Dragon Armor as it forcefully opened up a new path using such a method.

He was clueless about what was happening. However, he was aware that he would put himself in great danger if he were to spend too much time down there without doing anything.

"Flame Dragon Armor, Blood Core…" He called out the words in his heart over and over, hoping that the Flame Dragon armor would hear his voice and return to his bracelet of holding like it had before.

He was fully aware that other people might be unwilling to wait for him. In fact, they might have already left without him. But An Shiyi would very likely stay and wait for him because of the gratitude she held towards him.

Staying there for too long would make it really easy for experts from both the Blood sect and Ghost sect to detect their aura, and possibly put An Shiyi in a dangerous situation.

He only hoped that the Flame Dragon Armor would respond to his cries, stop its exploration towards the earth core, and return to the surface with him as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, it appeared that neither did the Flame Dragon Armor nor the Blood Core hear his cries. They seemed to be still drilling with all their might towards the depths of the earth.

He felt helpless. He was fully aware that staying any longer would further endanger him, but he couldn't bear to abandon the Flame Dragon Armor. Therefore, he could only follow it deeper and deeper.

CRUNCH!

A huge amount of crushed rock was dug up by the Flame Dragon Armor, causing a blockage further back in the stone tunnel.

Nie Tian would swiftly dodge the flying rocks, making his way forward before the stone tunnel was blocked. He kept a few meters away from the Flame Dragon Armor while proceeding downwards.

The miraculous Flame Dragon Armor seemed to have gone crazy for unknown reasons, breaking out with astonishing power and madly drilling towards the earth core like a sharp awl.

Trembling with fear, Nie Tian followed along. The further he felt he was from the surface, the more anxious he became.

BOOM!

After an unknown period of time, a clash could be heard as a huge stone exploded upon the strike by the Flame Dragon Armor, leaving a huge open space.

The Flame Dragon Armor remained unmoving there, as if it were hesitating.

Nie Tian noticed that strange gurgling sounds, coupled with a red mist, were coming out from under it.

He could smell sulfur in air.

"What's going on?" He slowly drew closer and observed with rapt attention. His expression suddenly flickered.

He saw blazing magma filling the bottom of the huge hole, which flowed and had enormous, flaming bubbles emerging out of it, releasing a red mist.

Nie Tian stood there aghast. "Is that magma from the earth core? But, shouldn't this be an extinct volcano?"

According to Pan Tao, long, long ago, the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range had once been covered with numerous lava-spurting volcanoes. But, as times changed, the only remaining active volcanoes on the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range became the three surrounding the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Furthermore, those three had been controlled by the Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation, and thus would never erupt blazing earth flames.

The raging magma at the earth's core below the three volcanoes had been channeled by the spell formation, flowing into the equipment forging caves and facilitating the equipment forging process.

Whenever the Spiritual Treasure sect was hit by calamity, the defense of the grand formation would be activated; fierce magma would be drawn out from the earth core and turned into the source of energy, propelling the entire formation.

Apart from the three of them, the rest of the peaks of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range were all extinct volcanoes that hadn't erupted for countless years.

The earth flame beneath them had long since disappeared, not leaving a trace.

However, with the continuous digging of the Flame Dragon Armor, deep beneath the surface of the small volcano that had been declared extinct by Pan Tao, he actually saw fiercely burning magma flowing!

He suddenly came to a realization. "Has the Flame Dragon Armor come for the magma?"

The Blood Core required a huge amount of flame power in order to condense the drop of blood, and the formation of it would lead to a good deal of usage.

The Blood Core had absorbed every last bit of the flame power contained in the flamecloud gems in the Nie clan to condense that drop of blood.

The drop of blood seemed to have consumed a huge amount of energy, and had shrunk several-fold after teleporting him in and out of the mysterious land.

Now, the Flame Dragon Armor and the Blood Core seemed to be after a more intense and surging flame energy. The fierce magma flowing at the earth's core seemed to be exactly what the Flame Dragon Armor needed.

However, the Flame Dragon Armor had obviously pierced its way through layers upon layers of the thick stones to reach this place. Why did it now seem somewhat hesitant?

While he was frowning in confusion, he suddenly saw the Flame Dragon Armor plummet towards the huge, magma-filled hole while emanating heaven-shaking flames.

At that moment, an unusual change suddenly occurred!

The boiling magma seemed hot enough to instantly turn any living creature into a pile of blood. Within the thin layer of space above it, numerous bright, glittering ribbons suddenly emerged.

They looked as if they were formed as a result of mixing jades and crystals, but were at the same time, long and soft like silk.

The countless crystal-like ribbons, that reflected various colors, interweaved with each other, and like a large, elegant net, covered the surface of the magma.

At first glance, Nie Tian noticed that the crystal-like ribbons were like veins, with numerous exquisite magical symbols running along in them.

The magical symbols each had a different color and shape. Some looked like tree leaves, some looked like stars, while some looked like wiggling, ferocious beasts. Many of them looked quite bizarre.

Overwhelmed, Nie Tian's face turned pale. "These are the ancient magical symbols that equipment forgers of ancient times used to channel the power of heaven and earth!"

Recently, he had learned quite a few things regarding ancient Qi warriors from Wu Ji. He had also obtained a brief understanding of those profound, ancient magical symbols, and he was still learning.

Evidently, the delicate and beautiful magical symbols flowing within those crystal-like ribbons were the ancient magical symbols that contained a mysterious power capable of connecting heaven and earth and reforming mountains and rivers.

Only at that moment did he realize that the ribbons had been there all along. It was just that they had been so well hidden that they were hard to find.

FIZZ! FIZZ! FIZZ! FIZZ! FIZZ!

All of a sudden, glaring light shot out from the magical symbols.

An irresistible surge of power burst forth from the mesh of ribbons, charging directly towards the Flame Dragon Armor.

In the middle of its dive toward the magma, the Flame Dragon Armor was pushed back by the invisible force. It fell onto a piece of rock next to Nie Tian's feet.

After its attempt had been denied by those crystal-like ribbons, the Flame Dragon Armor seemed less radiant.

"It seemed that they are stopping the Flame Dragon Armor from diving into the magma. It also seemed that they are sealing and holding down the boiling magma, preventing it from rushing out from the earth's core and spouting madly." Nie Tian went blank for a while, his wide eyes full of amazement. He wondered why those densely interlaced ribbons existed at the heart of the earth.

WHOOSH!

While Nie Tian was contemplating, the Flame Dragon Armor once again flew out. It plummeted straight down towards the magma filling the bottom of the huge hole.

Just like last time, the numerous, elegant, ancient magical symbols within the crystal-like ribbons suddenly lit up.

In the next second, Nie Tian saw the Flame Dragon Armor once again pushed back by an enormous force, bouncing back.

By this point, Nie Tian was convinced that the reason why the Flame Dragon Armor refused to return to his bracelet of holding and insisting on piercing into the earth core was to dive into the flaming magma.

However, unfortunately, the ribbons covering the magma seemed to be preventing any objects or living creatures from entering.

Not only that, it was also stopping the boiling, violent magma from rushing out of the earth's core and making this extinct volcano blazing and rampant again.

Seconds later, the Flame Dragon Armor once again made an attempt under Nie Tian's gaze.

However, the result was the same.

After three failed attempts, the flaming light released by the Flame Dragon Armor gradually turned dim.

It finally calmed and stopped making moves. Nevertheless, it still ignored Nie Tian's urgings and insisted on staying outside his bracelet.

It seemed to be reluctant to give up, and waiting for something.

Time slipped away little by little. Nie Tian suddenly noticed that the fiery mist, that had boiled out from the magma, was flowing into the Blood Core on the chest plate of the Flame Dragon Armor.

The mist rose from the magma in the earth's core, so it also possessed faint flame power.

After three fruitless attempts, the Flame Dragon Armor seemed to have exhausted its power, and it was now storing up energy using the faint, fiery mist, preparing for its next attempt.

Deep down, Nie Tian felt extremely anxious. He wanted to leave that bloody place as soon as possible, and get out of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

However, the Flame Dragon Armor was still waiting. He couldn't bear to abandon the Flame Dragon Armor, so he had no choice but to wait.

Until that moment, he was gradually convinced that Flame Dragon Armor, in its complete form was a Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool!

Only Spirit Channeling spiritual tools would be capable of responding to the cry of his soul, establishing a mysterious spiritual connection with him, breaking away from his control, and moving about willfully.

It was only when the spirit tool had developed its own independent will and intelligence that it would be able to communicate with one's spirit, and thus be called a Spirit Channeling spiritual tool.

According to what his master Wu Ji had told him, let alone the Realm of Flame Heaven, even in the whole Land of Falling Stars, Spirit Channeling spiritual tools would still be as rare as phoenix feathers or qilin horns.

Facing such a rare treasure, he would even put his life in danger before letting it go.

Therefore he decided to wait till the point the Flame Dragon Armor gave up, and then immediately take it and get as far away from that place as possible.

A period of time had passed, and he was still staring blankly at the magma beneath the large hole. Suddenly, he saw the magma begin to boil more and more violently.

This time, the Flame Dragon Armor showed no sign of movement. However, the ancient magical symbols within the numerous crystal-like ribbons unexpectedly became dazzling and brilliant.

Eyes wide and filled with amazement, Nie Tian looked down at them. Suddenly, he saw that there seemed to be a vague but huge shadow moving about in the blazing magma.

Naturally, he released his psychic awareness to sense it.

FIZZ!

However, as soon as the strands of his psychic awareness approached the miraculous crystal-like ribbons, they were vaporized, not leaving a trace.

"ROOOOOOAR!"

At that very moment, a heaven-shaking beast roar echoed out from the blurry shadow in the magma.

BOOM!

It caught Nie Tian off guard. He immediately experienced a mind-splitting headache, while wisps of blood flowed out from his nostrils and the corner of his mouth.

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The roar of the fierce beast from the earth's core shook Nie Tian to the point that he spat out blood, while his head rumbled continuously.

Terror started to appear in his eyes. Subconsciously, he took a few steps back, moving slightly further away from the huge hole. He stood there flabbergasted.

With merely one roar, it managed to cause slight damage to his physical body, even though he considered himself to be stronger than average. This had put a bit of fear in him.

He couldn't imagine just how strong the blurry fierce beast was, which moved about under the magma.

He also noticed that when the fierce beast vaguely showed itself moments ago, the ancient magical symbols that flowed within the crystal-like ribbons, suddenly became dazzling and bright.

He remembered clearly that during the three times when the Flame Dragon Armor had attempted to dive into the magma, only a small part of the magical symbols within the ribbons had lit up.

He suddenly came to a realization that the real purpose of the ribbons was to stop the fierce beast from escaping and rushing out from the earth core.

ROOOOAR!

Once again, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar burst out from the boiling magma within the earth's core. This time, Nie Tian, who had prepared in advance, circulated his spiritual energy and tightly shielded his internal organs and eardrums. Only in that way did he manage to resist the damage.

He saw that within the magma in the huge hole, a giant blurry figure with three long tails seemed to have swam by.

"It lives in the earth's core magma, and it has three tails!"

He tried his best to calm himself and recall the formidable spiritual beasts that his master had imparted to him. Suddenly, he had an epiphany.

"Earth Flame Beast! It's an Earth Flame Beast!"

Wu Ji had once told him that there was a unique kind of spiritual beast that resided in the middle of the magma of the earth's core, and was therefore known as the Earth Flame Beast.

They were fire-attributed spiritual beasts that were by nature extremely vicious and violent. It was said that they possessed the bloodline of Flame Qilins.

Their growth, cultivation, and advancements all greatly relied on the magma in the earth's core.

Once they had found a suitable magma lake in the earth's core, they would make it its habitat and spontaneously gather flame power from the surrounding areas, and merge it into the lake.

Whatever place Earth Flame Beasts inhabited, even if it were once damp and rainy, with their arrival, the place would slowly become hot and dry, with the formation of volcanoes that frequently erupted.

As long as they lived there, the flame energy nearby would be absorbed by them and slowly flow into the magma lake in the earth's core where they resided.

Over a long period of time, the mountains within their habitat would turn into volcanoes one after another, and as they cultivated and condensed more flame power, the volcanoes would become more active and erupt more frequently.

"Can it be that… this Earth Flame Beast has made the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range what it is now?"

Looking at the numerous crystal-like ribbons, Nie Tian's eyes flickered. Suddenly, he came to a realization that the most powerful experts of the Spiritual Treasure sect must have been aware of the existence of the Earth Flame Beast for a long time.

Otherwise, the crystal-like ribbons wouldn't have extended so far that they covered the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

He assumed that a founding expert of the Spiritual Treasure sect must have only built their sect in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range after discovering the Earth Flame Beast underneath it.

As long as the Earth Flame Beast was there, the magma lake deep within the earth's core would forever gather flame energy, causing the three volcanoes to never go extinct.

Qi warriors of the Spiritual school, who cultivated with the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, and equipment forgers of the Treasure school, who refined spiritual tools, were mostly reliant on the blazing flame energy.

The existence of the Earth Flame Beast had caused the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth shrouding the Spiritual Treasure sect to carry rich flame power.

The fierce flame from the earth's core could be drawn out for many uses. Some of it would be used to form the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation, while some would flow into the caves to allow the equipment forgers of the Treasure school to refine spiritual tools.

However, the flame power at earth's core wasn't infinite. Normally, the flame power on this land would have been completely used up after hundreds of years of consumption by the numerous Spiritual Treasure sect disciples.

But the Earth Flame Beast could change that!

It could unceasingly draw flame power from the vicinity of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range and channel it into the magma lake.

Its existence would ensure that the Spiritual Treasure sect thrived among the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, with an infinite supply of flame energy to be used for their cultivation and equipment forging.

ROOOOAR!

While Nie Tian was pondering such matters, the Earth Flame Beast within the magma once again let out mad roars. It seemed to be attempting to break away from the restriction of the crystal-like ribbons and burst forth from the magma lake in the earth's core.

"It must have also noticed the damage to the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation and want to seize the opportunity to get out. That's probably the reason why it's so violent and restless."

Shortly after everything had started, the dome of the grand spell formation had been torn open. Later on, seeing the losing momentum couldn't be reversed, Fang Hui deactivated the defense to give the mass disciples a chance to live.

Fang Hui's decision had compromised the formation, which gave the Earth Flame Beast within the magma lake a sign of hope.

WHOOSH!

At that moment, the Flame Dragon Armor, which had remained silent for a while, once again flew out.

"Will you stop messing around?" With a bitter smile, Nie Tian said, "Even that beast can't burst out of there, so please stop wasting your energy."

From Nie Tian's point of view, all the ancient magical symbols within the glittering ribbons had now turned dazzling and bright because of the frantic behaviors of the beast.

Compared to before, the restrictive force of the net of crystal-like ribbons must have also multiplied by who knew how many times.

If the Flame Dragon Armor were to give it a try now, not only would it not stand a chance, it could also use up its own flame power. It might as well wait quietly for the Earth Flame Beast to rush out of its bindings.

It seemed as if the Flame Dragon Armor had heard his call, and this time, it actually did not make another rash attempt, but rather floated motionlessly half a meter above the crystal-like ribbons.

At that moment, he faintly felt that an odd aura started to ripple outwards from within the Blood Core on the Flame Dragon Armor, quietly flowing downwards like a mist.

He realized that the Flame Dragon Armor was trying to determine a path with the help of its aura.

Even though Nie Tian could feel the aura, he still didn't understand its true significance.

However, the Earth Flame Beast, that had previously swam away with its three tails, appeared to have noticed the strange aura that came from the Flame Dragon Armor.

It immediately stopped its frantic roaring and started to circle back towards the source of the aura.

Nie Tian looked over with rapt attention, and found that the Earth Flame Beast seemed to be concerned with the formidable power of the crystal-like ribbons sealing the magma lake, and didn't dare to rise to the surface.

Therefore, Nie Tian could only see an enormous, vague shadow, but couldn't get a clear look of its appearance.

He only saw the Earth Flame Beast swimming back deeply under the magma lake; then it stopped directly below the Flame Dragon Armor as if it was sensing the the aura of the Blood Core.

Cut off by the thin but giant crystal net, there was no way that Nie Tian's psychic awareness could perceive what it was doing under there. But, he was aware that the Earth Flame Beast and the Flame Dragon Armor were communicating in a way that he could not understand.

Nie Tian stared blankly at them.

It seemed that the Blood Core in the Flame Dragon Armor and the Earth Flame Beast had come to some kind of agreement after communicating for a while.

In the next moment, Nie Tian saw a perilous, raging wave rising in the magma lake.

Apparently, some kind of strange magnetic field was forming inside the lake, changing the flow of the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth in the surroundings.

The Earth Flame Beast was channeling flame energy into the magma lake, causing the magma in the earth's core to become even more vigorous.

By that point, the Earth Flame Beast appeared to have activated the talent that had been hidden in its bloodline.

Very quickly, Nie Tian noticed that pure and rich spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, which contained copious flame power, started to flow down along the stone tunnel to where he was.

As soon as the threads of flame power reached the end of the tunnel, they swarmed into the Blood Core within the Flame Dragon Armor.

Although he couldn't get a clear look, he was sure that the blood drop within the Blood Core must be gradually strengthening.

It had only been a short while, but a large amount of the pure spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth had already filled the space where Nie Tian was standing, and the rough stone walls around him started to gradually heat up.

The flame aura stored within the spiritual Qi was being absorbed by the Blood Core. However, there was an even larger amount of heaven and earth energy were floating in the stone tunnel, congealing into clusters of milky-white clouds.

Nie Tian was seized by the amazing scene. Then, he felt that every breath that he took made him increasingly comfortable and relaxed.

Without thinking, he sat down on the ground and started to practice the Qi Refining Incantation. Immediately, he felt his spiritual sea start to ripple and soon become violent and chaotic.

His expression flickered. "The excessively rich spiritual energy seems to be pushing me to break through the bottleneck and enter the Lesser Heaven stage!"

The extremely thick spiritual energy, the magnetic field formed by the Earth Flame Beast, and the changes occurring to the Flame Dragon Armor, coupled with Nie Tian's special mental state, all seemed to be working together and causing Nie Tian's spiritual sea to reform.

Just like his mental state, his spiritual sea could no longer stay calm, as if it was being warped by a strange magnetic field.

He immediately understood that the bottleneck that had been holding him back was being overcome with the help of an number of extremely unusual factors. Now, it had reached a point where he simply had to break through.

All these years of unyielding cultivation in the Qi Refining stage, accompanied by his accumulation of spiritual energy, were like a volcano that had been continuously storing flame power.

By the time it had reached a certain extent and met a perfect opportunity, the volcano would need to erupt.

If it couldn't erupt from the top, it would explode underground, giving vent to the violent power surging inside of it.

Similarly, if he didn't break through at that moment, then it was possible that his spiritual sea would explode!

After realizing that, even though Nie Tian knew that it was not an ideal time to break through, he had no other choice.

He forced himself to calm down, ignoring the increasingly hot stone tunnel, the changes occurring to the Flame Dragon Armor, as well as the existence of the Earth Flame Beast, going all out to break through his bottleneck.

Meanwhile…

Near the mouth of the stone cave, An Shiyi and the others were waiting anxiously. Suddenly, a look of amazement flashed across her eyes.

"Did you feel anything?" asked An Shiyi.

One after another, they all stopped their cultivation and nodded their heads. Pan Tao said, "The spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth of the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range seems to be converging towards us."

"And the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth contains rich flame power." An Shiyi practiced fire-attributed spiritual incantations, so she had a more acute perception of flame energy. "We all know that the reason why our sect chose the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range as our base was mostly because of the rich spiritual energy here and the intense flame aura in the spiritual energy.

"But it's absolutely not normal for the flow of the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to undergo such a big change.

"Now I can sense that the flame aura within the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range is mixed in the spiritual Qi, and madly rushing towards us!"

While speaking, they had also felt that the stones that they had been sitting on were slowly warming up.

If they were to walk out of the stone cave at that moment, they would have found that the short mountain that they were at was gradually turning red, as if someone was painting it.

After hearing An Shiyi's words, Pan Tao focused his attention to feel the changes. A moment later, he asked with a puzzled face, "Where the hell is Nie Tian?"

"Could it be Nie Tian who triggered the changes to this place?" An Ying said in a low voice.

"It's impossible!!" Pan Tao shook his head. "What stage is he in? He's far from reaching the point where he can interact with the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth like this. If he already could trigger such a huge change to the flow of the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth while only being in the Qi Refining stage, wouldn't the life-long cultivation of elder Fang Hui and his master Wu Ji have become a joke? Wouldn't they have trained so long for nothing?"

Worried about Nie Tian's safety, An Shiyi rose to her feet. "You guys stay here, I'll head down there and take a quick look!"

She practiced fire-attributed spiritual incantations, and had the highest cultivation base among everyone present. If they were to send out one person to get a clear grasp of the situation, she would be the best choice.

"Be careful, sis!" An Ying felt a bit worried. "My right eye usually twitches in response to omens (see note 1); I have the feeling something big is about to happen."

"I also have the feeling that something isn't right," said Jiang Lingzhu. "My Qi and blood aren't flowing smoothly, and my chest feels as if it's being pressured by a big stone."

"Keep your guard up. I'll go take a look at what Nie Tian is doing, and urge him to leave!" With these words, An Shiyi went down the deep, gloomy stone tunnel, in an attempt to find Nie Tian.

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Note:

1. The roots of some Chinese superstitions lie in folk stories. The following is a folk story related to eye twitching:

There was once a scholar who was heading to the Imperial City for an imperial examination. Upon arrival to the city, he found an inn where he could spend the night. He studied the whole night in his room, and was feeling confident about the exam. Before long, it was already dawn. The scholar quickly left the inn to join the other scholars at the exam site.

However, to his surprise, he realised that the questions were of a different topic than what he studied the night before. He became really worried. Due to the lack of sleep the night before, his right eye started to twitch. Even though he tried his best to finish his exam, he failed.

So he returned home disappointed. He wanted to have a few drinks, but he had no money. He decided to go to his father to borrow some money. Surprisingly, his father willingly gave him money for alcohol. At that moment, his left eye twitched.

After a year, he took the exam again. This time, he successfully passed the exam. He was given a government position, and he started to spread the story of his experience to the public.

Hence the saying, "The twitching of the left eye signals wealth; the twitching of the right eye signals hazards."

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At the end of the stone tunnel, Nie Tian and the Flame Dragon Armor were working on their respective tasks. One absorbed the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, while the other gathered flame energy.

Nie Tian's spiritual sea was now frantic and disordered. The spiritual energy within it was like a chaotic mist, totally out of control as it flowed about.

He tried his utmost to gain control of the spiritual energy mist and restore calmness to his spiritual sea.

But then he realized that the more effort he expended, the more agitated and violent his spiritual sea became, moving like a ferocious, wild beast.

"Qi Refining stage, Lesser Heaven stage…".

He forced himself to stop paying attention to his unruly spiritual sea, and instead ponder over the explanations of his master Wu Ji had given him about the Qi Refining stage and Lesser Heaven stage.

According to Wu Ji, once a Qi warrior had advanced from the Qi Refining stage to the Lesser Heaven stage, there would be tremendous changes to their spiritual sea.

However, Wu Ji didn't say clearly what the changes would be, but instead told him that once he had broken through, he would naturally understand.

Wu Ji also told him that starting from the Lesser Heaven stage, each and every advancement between realms could possibly cause different, miraculous, and unexpected changes to the body, spiritual sea, and even the soul.

He would have to rely on himself to comprehend the profundity of the changes. Only without restrictions drawn from the descriptions of others would he be able to have a true and clear understanding of the differences between one stage and another.

"Changes…" He whispered to himself. He tried his best to retain a calm mind and focus all his attention on the movements of the soul.

When he stopped thinking about the bottleneck and only focused on the changes that had been taking place in his spiritual sea, he suddenly realized that the seemingly unruly movements of the misty spiritual energy were actually not completely chaotic.

He sensed that the spiritual energy that was flowing about randomly actually wished to come together, and take a certain form.

He no longer attempted to calm the rebellious spiritual energy. Instead, he gathered his psychic awareness and tried to use it to accelerate the movement of the spiritual energy.

By letting go and even boosting the seemingly casual movements, he fueled the action within his spiritual sea, making it even more raging and turbulent.

The misty spiritual energy kept stirring and converging violently within his spiritual sea.

Not long after, the huge amount of spiritual energy gradually gathered together and, to his surprise, formed an unstable vortex of spiritual energy within his spiritual sea.

As soon as the vortex had taken its initial shape, the scattered, roaming spiritual energy seemed to have found a vent.

HUFF! HUFF! HUFF!

Thread after thread of misty spiritual energy rushed forth and merged into the vortex of spiritual energy from every direction.

After the misty spiritual energy finished gathering, the spiritual vortex that had just formed, and was still unstable, began to revolve even faster and more furiously.

A gravitational force was suddenly born from the center of the vortex.

In that moment, Nie Tian suddenly felt that the speed at which his spiritual sea was absorbing the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth had suddenly increased by many times!

Before, he needed to continuously channel energy with the Qi Refining Incantation, so as to gradually pull the spiritual energy from the outside into his spiritual sea.

However, now that the vortex of spiritual power was formed within his spiritual sea, everything had changed.

The revolution of the spiritual vortex gave rise to a gravitational force, which, coupled with the Qi Refining Incantation, would allow Nie Tian to absorb the surrounding spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth at a speed several times faster than before.

He experimented by stopping his use of the Qi Refining Incantation. Yet, he found to his surprise that the vortex of spiritual power within his spiritual sea was still revolving.

The downside was that, without his guidance and the effect of the Qi Refining Incantation, the speed of revolution slowed down by several-fold.

But even so, the vortex of spiritual power in his spiritual sea was still slowly taking in the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

This made him realize that in the future, even without practicing Qi Refining Incantation, his spiritual sea would still unceasingly absorb the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth because of the existence of the vortex.

No matter if he was eating, sleeping, or fighting, as long as his vortex of spiritual power didn't stop revolving, he would be able to gather and store up spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth non-stop.

At that moment, having felt the changes himself, he seemed to come to an enlightenment without assistance from others.

"Lesser Heaven stage! Could this be the biggest difference between the Lesser Heaven stage and Qi Refining stage?"

He was convinced that the formation of the vortex of spiritual power within the spiritual sea must be the fundamental difference between the Qi Refining stage and the Lesser Heaven stage.

It could be said that once the vortex of spiritual power was formed in a Qi warrior's spiritual sea, it would mean that they had stepped into the Lesser Heaven stage from the Qi Refining stage.

"Lesser Heaven! This must be the Lesser Heaven stage!"

After having reached the sudden enlightenment, he used the Qi Refining Incantation to once again guide the energy with his spiritual sea to speed up the revolution of the vortex of spiritual power.

In a flash, he felt that the revolution of the vortex had abruptly accelerated by quite a few times, thereupon increasing the gravitational force coming from the eye of the vortex by a few times.

Also because of this, the rate of him absorbing the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth had suddenly accelerated.

"This is awesome!"

Submerged in ecstasy, he could no longer feel any discomfort. He realized that because of the formation of the vortex of spiritual power, his originally quiet spiritual sea instantly became full of life force.

With the formation of the vortex of spiritual power, his spiritual sea appeared to have been vested with a vigorous life, and the rate at which he absorbed the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth had increased by a number of folds.

In the future, even when he wasn't practicing cultivation, his spiritual sea would still automatically gather spiritual energy from the surroundings.

"Can this be the biggest difference between the Lesser Heaven stage and Qi Refining stage?

"This… this is the breakthrough I've been waiting for?"

After coming to an understanding about what was happening, he still felt a bit muddled. After channeling the rich spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth that had filled the end of the stone tunnel into his spiritual sea for some time, he suddenly experienced a strange difficulty in breathing.

After that, he also felt that the stone beneath where he sat had turned red from heat.

Subconsciously, he snapped open his eyes.

He then realized that the stone wall around him at the end of the stone tunnel seemed to have become red, fiery, and crystal-like, and was emanating terrifying flame power.

He, who had been staying deeply underground, was completely unaware of the changes that had occurred outside of the tunnel. Now, he was already soaked in sweat, and gradually found the high temperature at that place unbearable.

He cast a look towards the Flame Dragon Armor, and saw that the Flame Dragon Armor was still floating in the air above the crystal-like, glittering ribbon, absorbing strands after strands of flame power.

He also discovered that the enormous shadow of the Earth Flame Beast within the magma lake below was still madly attracting the flame energy towards itself, using some kind of innate bloodline talent that was not known to him.

"It seems that the Flame Dragon Armor and the Earth Flame Beast have reached a mutual understanding. They are planning to join hands and attack from both sides to break the restriction of the net of crystal-like ribbons. Once the restrictive seal breaks, the boiling magma within the magma lake will surely spout out madly and violently into the outside world via the stone tunnel.

"I'm the closest to the magma lake, so if that happens I will be the first one to be burnt to death!

"Also, An Shiyi and everyone who chose to wait for me at the mouth of the cave will also be swallowed by the raging lava. None of us will have a chance to escape!"

With these thoughts, his expression shifted for a while before he finally came to a decision.

He sent a thread of psychic awareness towards the Flame Dragon Armor, expressing his thoughts. "Please… come back to my side after you have gotten everything that you want."

After that, he finally rose to his feet and reluctantly dashed back up, following the stone tunnel.

If he had seen some hope of getting out safely before things got out of control, and had been convinced that he would be able to provide help to the Flame Dragon Armor by staying, he would have chosen to stay.

But now, from every sign that had been presented to him, he had already figured out what was going to happen if he refused to leave.

Therefore, he decided not to wait there pointlessly.

FIZZ!

Immediately after he left, the Flame Dragon Armor, which was floating in the air motionlessly, seemed to have captured his will and suddenly gave off a blazing flame aura.

Unfortunately, he didn't see the change, as he only wanted to take An Shiyi and the others out of the cave and far away from the short mountain as soon as possible.

On his way back, he discovered that some parts of the stone tunnel that had previously been drilled open by the Flame Dragon Armor were now once again blocked up. Luckily, the blockage was only formed by fragmented rocks and dirt. He had to use quite some effort, but somehow managed to slowly proceed within the stone tunnel towards the surface.

After an unknown period of time, he suddenly heard An Shiyi's anxious calls.

"Nie Tian, Nie Tian!"

A bit of warmth filled his heart. After determining the direction of An Shiyi's voice, he immediately sped madly towards her.

BOOM!

After quite a while, he broke through a wall of broken stones and suddenly saw An Shiyi standing in front of him.

An Shiyi was startled at first, but after realizing it was Nie Tian, she let out a sigh of relief and said, "Nie Tian! Where have you been? I came to look for you, but when I reached here I realized it was a dead end. I…"

Before she could finish her sentence, Nie Tian grabbed her by her milky arm, and took her along as he ran outwards. He bellowed, "Say no more. We need to leave this place as soon as possible!"

Nie Tian had recognized that the spot where An Shiyi was standing as exactly the place where the Flame Dragon Armor had started to drill towards the earth core.

The drilling motion of the Flame Dragon Armor had caused the tunnel behind it to clog. Therefore, An Shiyi had hurried to that place only to find that it was a dead end. Since she couldn't find any trace of him, she could only shout loudly, hoping that Nie Tian could hear her.

"What happened?" An Shiyi didn't resist. She let him drag her along as they dashed towards the surface.

Her cultivation base was more profound than Nie Tian's, therefore she was able to speak while they were running at a high speed.

However, all of Nie Tian's effort had gone to dashing to the surface as soon as possible. Running at full speed, he couldn't spare a breath to explain anything.

After realizing that Nie Tian couldn't answer her questions at the moment, she stopped asking, and focused on rushing forward with him. From time to time, she turned her head to look at his firm and resolute profile, her eyes glittering.

"You have truly grown…" An Shiyi muttered softly.

After quite some time, several beams of light could be seen, illuminating the dim stone path ahead of them.

Pan Tao's anxious voice suddenly rang out. "You guys are finally back."

Nie Tian slightly loosened up his mind. Since he had hurried back to the mouth of the cave before any sudden change occurred in the earth's core, at least everyone wouldn't be swallowed by raging lava without the time to respond.

"Let's get out of here!" Nie Tian said.

"You punk!" Pan Tao cursed as he walked out of the stone cave. "You think that we want to stay in this crappy place? Wasn't it all because of you?!"

Jiang Lingzhu and Ye Gumo's tones weren't pleasant either. They all scolded him and called him a reckless troublemaker.

Smiling the whole time, Nie Tian walked out of the cave and let them vent their anger and discontent.

By that point, he had noticed that both Zheng Bin and Han Xin were no longer among the crowd.

All these who had stayed behind, no matter how badly they cursed at him, had chosen not to abandon him. Even though they were fully aware of his unruly and reckless actions, they still chose to wait for him till he returned.

These were the people that he truly valued and felt emotionally connected with.

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It wasn't until Nie Tian and his group were about a thousand meters away from the short mountain, that they finally came to a stop.

Nie Tian's expression was grim as he turned around and looked at the mountain that was still madly gathering and absorbing the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

The others had found time to scold him again. They blamed him for acting of his own accord and rushing towards the belly of the mountain at such a crucial moment, which had almost caused everyone to suffer a calamity.

An Shiyi didn't say anything, but rather looked Nie Tian up and down with full concentration. After quite a while, she asked with a soft voice, "Nie Tian… have you entered the Lesser Heaven stage?"

Upon hearing these words, everyone else stopped bickering and began to examine Nie Tian curiously.

They found that there were slight spiritual power fluctuations wreathing Nie Tian, despite the fact that he had his attention fixed on the short mountain and wasn't doing anything at all.

Most of them had only recently broken through from the Qi Refining stage to the Lesser Heaven stage after the Green Illusion dimension trial. Therefore, they all knew the greatest difference between the Qi Refining stage and the Lesser Heaven stage.

When someone was in the Lesser Heaven stage, even if they did nothing, as long as there was spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth nearby, the vortex of spiritual power in their spiritual sea would still be able to slowly take in the spiritual power and trigger subtle spiritual power fluctuations.

"He really is in the Lesser Heaven stage!" Shocked and curious, Pan Tao asked, "You punk… You just spent four hours in the mountain belly and made the breakthrough already?"

Everyone else's face also flickered.

They were all survivors of the cruel trial within the Green Illusion dimension, and after returning to their respective sect, they had all spent a long time to gather their thoughts and seek the proper enlightenment; only then did they finally break through.

The speed at which they advanced wasn't slow, but it definitely wasn't quick and smooth either.

Yet, four hours ago, Nie Tian had clearly been at the Qi Refining stage and weaker than them by one stage. How could they have expected that within such a short time, Nie Tian would have managed to break through?

"Hahaha, I got lucky," Nie Tian responded without thinking, confirming An Shiyi's guess. After that his face turned serious and said, "Pan Tao, Sister An, did you know that the volcano which you thought was extinct, actually has a whole other world underneath it if you go deep enough?"

Puzzled, Pan Tao asked, "What do you mean?"

"There's actually fierce, burning magma flowing under there!" Nie Tian exclaimed. "And there is a layer of strange, crystal-like ribbons covering the magma. If my speculations are correct, that net of glittering ribbons is a part of the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation.

"The coverage of the grand spell formation isn't only limited to the three volcanoes surrounding the Spiritual Treasure sect. From what I can tell, the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range is within its coverage!"

Pan Tao was taken aback. "This… this is impossible!?"

Both An Shiyi and An Ying were also surprised. They clearly weren't aware of that fact.

Jiang Lingzhu also had an astonished look on her face as she asked, "Are you sure, Nie Tian? The purpose of the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation is to protect the Spiritual Treasure sect, so how can it possibly cover such a wide range? Besides, there aren't any active volcanoes in other parts of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, so what's the point of it covering such a huge area?"

With a bitter smile, Nie Tian said, "It's there to seal an unusual beast."

"Ahhh?!" An Shiyi called out softly with her mouth covered.

"What exactly did you see, Nie Tian?" asked Pan Tao, his voice serious.

"An Earth Flame Beast!"

Nie Tian took a deep breath and explained about the Earth Flame Beast within the magma lake and the restrictive power of the net of crystal-like ribbons, only leaving out the unusual behaviors of the Flame Dragon Armor.

He also informed them that the Earth Flame Beast would very likely escape soon, since the grand spell formation had been partly damaged and deactivated.

Jiang Lingzhu's expression flickered after hearing everything. "Dear lord! I can't believe that there's an Earth Flame Beast within the earth's core under the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range! According to the legends, Earth Flame Beasts possess the bloodline of Flame Qilins, so they are capable of gathering flame aura continuously with their bloodline power! No wonder the Spiritual Treasure sect built their base in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. It must have been because of the Earth Flame Beast!"

Unusual lights flashed within An Shiyi's dark pupils. After pondering for a while, she seemed convinced.

She trusted Nie Tian's judgment, and knew that he would never lie about that. If there really was a Earth Flame Beast imprisoned deep within the earth's core, it must have been a spell cast by some powerful experts from the older generation of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

"The Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation!"

It suddenly occurred to her that the builder of the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation was none other than the master of Hou Zhengchen, the current sectmaster.

Moreover, the spiritual Treasure sect seemed to have moved from other areas of the Realm of Flame Heaven to the the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range during Hou Zhengchen's master's generation.

She immediately understood the logic behind it.

A frightened look stretched across Pan Tao's face. "That Earth Flame Beast is about to escape from the magma lake in the earth's core?"

Nie Tian nodded and said, "It won't take it very long."

Upon hearing these words, everyone panicked, overwhelmed by the feeling that a great catastrophe was upon them.

An Shiyi's face also turned pale as she said, "Once the Earth Flame Beast breaks free and rushes out from the earth's core, the raging magma that has formed because of it will immediately erupt! If the earth's core deep under the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range is truly filled with magma, then every single one of the volcanoes in Flame Mountain will simultaneously erupt as soon as the Earth Flame Beast comes out, extinct or active!

"By that time, the mountain gaps, the creeks, the stone paths, and the forest… the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range will probably be flooded with blazing lava!

"The magma condensed by the Earth Flame Beast will be at a terrifyingly high temperature. It will melt our bodies and turn us into a bloody mess!

Pan Tao's heart was burning with anxiety. "Let's go! Now! Get out of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range as soon as possible!"

From the look on his face, he was worried that the nearby little hill would soon spout boiling magma and engulf them in fiery death.

Nie Tian glanced at the hill and realized that it had already become as red as a heated stone.

He also saw that dark-red, fiery mist seemed to be coming out from each and every cave that dotted its slopes.

All of a sudden, he felt a vague but abrupt surge of aura, which apparently was emanated by the Flame Dragon Armor, even though it was still deep under the short mountain.

He suddenly came to realize that after a period of accumulation, the Flame Dragon Armor must have gathered up enough flame energy, and it was about to cooperate with the Earth Flame Beast to attack the grand Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation from inside the mountain.

"You are right, we need to leave now!" Nie Tian was also worried about their safety.

Then the group picked a new direction. They no longer rushed in the direction of the Cloudsoaring sect, Mystic Mist sect and Grayvale sect. Instead, under Pan Tao's guidance, they picked the shortest route out of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, and sped away.

Nie Tian's discoveries at the earth's core had shocked all of them and made them realize that as soon as the Earth Flame Beast escaped, the whole Scarlet Flame Mountain Range would about to be submerged by terrifying waves of burning lava.

Perhaps people with high cultivation bases would be able to survive before the enormous waves of lava spread.

However, as for them, if they failed to leave soon, then by the time the fierce lava had spread to every corner of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, they would inevitably be burned alive!

HUFF! HUFF! HUFF!

Every one of them madly drew from their spiritual power in order to run faster. They all stopped covering up their panting and auras, as they no longer feared that pursuers from the Blood sect and Ghost sect might track them.

By that point, they had all realized that the catastrophic results of the Earth Flame Beast escaping were much worse than the threat from the Blood sect and Ghost sect.

However, they were forced to stop after running for a short while.

In front of them, two people, a male and a female in red, were standing by a limpid river. The woman was none other than the witch, Yu Tong, who they had met in the Green Illusion dimension.

"Finally, here you are!" Feng Luo, who was standing beside Yu Tong, grinned widely and said, "We couldn't find your tracks earlier and figured you must be hiding somewhere. But hey, who would have guessed that you would let down your guard and expose yourselves."

After leaving the valley, the two of them had been tracking the group via footprints and scanning with their psychic awareness.

They had gone to great lengths to determine that Nie Tian and the rest of his party were in that area. However, when they got there, they were unable to find any trace of them.

Since it was a quite large area, Feng Luo could only conduct a carpet search with his psychic awareness.

It actually was an ineffective and troublesome method.

Just as he was having a headache searching for them, Nie Tian and his group stopped sealing their aura and showed themselves on Feng Luo's radar.

The moment she caught sight of Nie Tian, Yu Tong let out an explosive shout, as if his appearance had lit up the barrel of gunpowder in her heart.

"Nie Tian!"

Suddenly, Yu Tong's eyes were wreathed by threads after threads of blood aura, which slithered about in her eyes like dragons and snakes, giving her a devilish and frightening look.

"He's Feng Luo from the Blood sect!"

An Shiyi's expression flickered when she saw the man beside Yu Tong. She hastily warned everyone, "Be careful everyone! That Feng Luo is the junior martial brother of Yu Tong's master, Shen Xiu. He's a Greater Heaven stage expert!"

Nie Tian's eyes widened. "Greater Heaven stage!"

An Shiyi, who was the strongest on their side, was merely at the late Heaven stage.

Even though Feng Luo had only recently advanced to Greater Heaven stage, everyone was well aware of how big of a difference there was between the two stages.

If there weren't any mishaps, the Greater Heaven stage Feng Luo would be able to completely overtake An Shiyi while still having the power to fight others.

Yu Tong, on the other hand, had stepped into Lesser Heaven stage back when she was still in the Green Illusion dimension. The rumors had it that even though she had been seriously injured when she returned from the Green Illusion Realm, after she had recovered, she had become even stronger than before.

Technically speaking, Feng Luo and Yu Tong combined were clearly overwhelmingly stronger than Nie Tian's group.

Perhaps it was also because of this that Feng Luo and Yu Tong had such strong self-confidence. Just with the two of them, they dared to pursue them for so long and confront them face to face, instead of sneaking up on them.

"So he is the disciple of Eccentric Wu?" Feng Luo followed Yu Tong's gaze and swept Nie Tian from head to toe. With a nod, he said, "Hmm… he has also advanced to the Lesser Heaven stage. It's good that you're both at the early Lesser Heaven stage. In this way, you two can be considered equally strong. After you have killed him, it won't be like you've fought a one-sided battle."

"Little Tong!" Feng Luo's expression became serious. "Since your heart is in disturbance because of him, kill him now and eliminate the devil from your heart!"

With these words, he stretched out his hands and formed a seal.

As soon as the seal was complete, Nie Tian and his group saw a thick blood mist emerging from the ground under their feet.

The hard stone ground underneath immediately seemed as if it was painted by blood, with blood constantly oozing out of the clefts.

PUFF!

Pan Tao felt a strong shock to his body, as if he had taken a heavy blow, and even coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, as well as An Ying also staggered slightly, and their faces turned as red as blood. They all seemed to have been bombarded by some kind of invisible force.

Their originally upright figures suddenly shook violently, as if they couldn't even get a firm foothold.

The clean river water behind Feng Luo and Yu Tong seemed as if it were flooded with bloody water, since it had now become red and reeked of a bloody smell.

Nie Tian and An Shiyi were the only ones who had been completely unaffected.

Nie Tian's face turned grim. He looked down and found that there wasn't any blood flowing out of the ground under his feet. It was the same with An Shiyi.

He instantly realized that Feng Luo's magic only targeted Pan Tao and the others, and purposely spared An Shiyi and him.

With a casual wave of his hand, Feng Luo said, "Go ahead, Little Tong. I'll deal with the An clan girl. Nie Tian is yours. I didn't touch him at all, so you two can fight fair and square!"

"Thank you Uncle Feng," Yu Tong replied softly.

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"Nie Tian! Sister! Don't worry about us, just leave!"

An Ying realized what was happening and immediately started screaming loudly. She wanted Nie Tian and An Shiyi to leave as soon as possible.

She was perfectly aware that the strength of the Greater Heaven stage Feng Luo far exceeded her sister's.

Since she had never witnessed a battle between Nie Tian and Yu Tong, she didn't trust that Nie Tian would win. Even if by some chance Nie Tian managed to defeat Yu Tong, there was no way he would have the strength to contend with Feng Luo.

Instead of having everyone killed, they might as well get at least one or two people out alive.

"Shut up!" Feng Luo gave a cold harrumph.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

In the next moment, the blood that had previously emerged from the ground rapidly climbed up their legs and covered their bodies.

The blood was like a bunch of madly growing weeds. Only moments passed before they were all wrapped in a layer of sticky blood, making them look like big, bloody cocoons.

An Ying and several others were covered in so much blood that only their heads were left out in the open. The stinky, pungent smell of the blood took advantage of the opportunity and rushed into their noses.

Soon, An Ying was reduced to only being able to make muffled noises, and was no longer able to speak.

After being completely constrained by the blood, they could only observe with wide eyes, without being able to move or converse at all.

With a merciless and cold-blooded smile, Feng Luo asked, "Nie Tian, is it? Don't even dream of escaping. If you dare to leave my sight, I kill them instantly. So be a good boy, and go fight Little Tong. Won't it be fun to have your friends watch how you die?

WHOOSH!

At that moment, An Shiyi, who had not spoken a word since confirming Feng Luo's cultivation base, suddenly morphed into a blazing fireball and smashed towards him.

At the same time, a flock of raging flames flooded towards Feng Luo like rolling flaming lanterns.

BANG! BANG!

The numerous fireballs burst into smaller fireballs, but turned into an even larger swarm of flames, converging onto Feng Luo from every direction.

However, Feng Luo, despite being besieged by flames, showed a sinister smile. He shook his head, and said, "Miss An, it seems that your cultivation base is still a bit weak. I'm afraid this kind of attack can't do any damage to me."

With these words, Feng Luo's eyes gradually filled with veins of blood. He suddenly shook his robust body, causing a bloody aura to emerge from his body; like a shield of blood-colored light, it isolated him from the surging flames.

Shielded the raging flames, Feng Luo walked out from the spot where the fireballs had burst, holding an unusual-looking magical ball in his giant right hand.

Inside the transparent magical ball hovered and flashed thick clusters of bloody mist that resembled numerous bloody figures.

"Blood Solidifying Technique!"

Following Feng Luo's gentle shout, blinding bloody light suddenly shot out of the magical ball, and at the same time, streams of blood flew out from the rivers of blood behind him, as if they were responding to his summoning.

The blood turned into balls before twisting and gradually morphing into five blood imps. The blood imps didn't have faces, yet carried an overwhelming blood aura. All of a sudden, they swooped towards An Shiyi.

An Shiyi's expression flickered as a surge of spiritual power fluctuations rippled out from within the bracelet of holding on her jade arm.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Six burning fire pearls flew right out of her bracelet. Five of them flew towards the blood imps, while the remaining one went straight towards Feng Luo.

"Spiritual Flame Pearls…" With a low-pitched chuckle, Feng Luo's robust frame abruptly sank into the blood under his feet.

In a flash, he seemed to have shed his human form and merged with the blood that had oozed out of the ground, without leaving any trace of him, not even his aura.

As soon as he vanished, huge waves rose on the surface of the blood that covered the ground, like seawater that had been blasted by strong winds.

Waves upon waves of raging blood rolled and swept towards Yu Tong.

"Little Tong!" Feng Luo's voice sounded extremely distant, as if it came from deep under the ground.

Upon hearing his voice, Yu Tong, who had been glaring at Nie Tian the entire time, seemed to have finally lost control of the anger burning in her heart.

"You deserve to die!"

Yu Tong crossed her milky, slender hands like a butterfly in front of her ample chest, forming various types of mystical seals and incantations.

Countless beams of bloody aura as thick as her arm suddenly shot out from the land under Nie Tian's feet. They took the shape of beautiful girls' arms, which gestured seductively while reaching towards him.

Not only were they tender and resilient, but they also carried a mysterious aura that could bewitch one's soul.

Nie Tian felt somewhat dazzled looking at them, and he began to see illusions in his mind.

In his deluded eyes, the bloody aura appeared to have actually turned into the arms of beautiful women. To him, they didn't stink of blood, but instead smelled pleasant like perfume.

Numerous illusions constantly appeared in his mind, and he could no longer differentiate between fantasy and reality. He no longer tell if his opponent was Yu Tong or the numerous illusionary, bloody hands.

"She's using psychic domination!"

He bit hard on his own tongue in an attempt to use the pain to bring him back to his senses.

He tried his best to guard his soul and ignore all of the bewitching, bloody, hands that were swaying around him. The only thing that he focused on was Yu Tong.

He saw Yu Tong's jade hands pulling in the air, which seemed like they were dragging and controlling something. At the same time, strong waves of psychic power rippled out from her.

"Psychic attack!"

He let out a violent scream in his mind and solidified his extraordinary psychic power into a giant, invisible pillar, before ruthlessly plunging it towards Yu Tong.

Yu Tong let out a muffled snort. Her devilishly beautiful pupils flashed with a strange light.

"I didn't expect your psychic power to be so pure and vigorous!" Glaring at Nie Tian, she swung both hands downwards. "Thousand Hands Entanglement!"

One after another, the countless bloody hands suddenly sped up, and before Nie Tian could react, they had already entangled his waist like numerous madly growing vines.

As of this moment, Nie Tian could no longer smell even the slightest bit of perfume, and could only feel himself being partly submerged in a pool of thick blood.

Little by little, he was being dragged by the bloody hands towards Yu Tong.

Yu Tong didn't get ahead of herself just because of that. On the contrary, she observed him with even more caution, as if she was prepared for Nie Tian's counterattack.

She had suffered losses against Nie Tian before, and was aware that Nie Tian possessed a terrifying fist strike. She believed that once Nie Tian used that fist strike, the bloody hands that were currently entangling Nie Tian would no longer be able to bind him down.

She quietly took out a dark-red blood shield and got ready for Nie Tian's counterattack.

The shield was different from the one she had used in the Green Illusion dimension. Unlike the illusionary shield that had been condensed by her blood-attributed spiritual power, this was an actual spiritual tool from the Blood sect.

There were unique, fine-looking, blood-colored patterns carved on the face of the shield, which were there to strengthen the shield.

Actually, Yu Tong had someone customize it, with the sole purpose of defending against the terrifying fist strike of Nie Tian.

She had made many preparations just to kill Nie Tian. The blood shield was to ensure her safety.

Although not able to speak nor move, An Ying, Jiang Lingzhu, and the others who were cocooned by the blood were observing what had been happening.

They watched as Nie Tian was entangled by the bloody hands and slowly pulled closer and closer toward Yu Tong.

Their eyes were filled with worry and anxiety.

On the other hand, Nie Tian twisted his shoulders in an attempt to break free from the bloody hands, but was met with an even stronger counterforce.

Even with his robust frame, he was unable to break free, and could only let himself be dragged closer and closer towards Yu Tong.

He also noticed Yu Tong taking out a delicate blood shield as he drew closer, as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

He quickly came to realize how long and hard Yu Tong had been preparing for this battle.

He secretly took a quick glance at An Shiyi and noticed that the Spiritual Flame Pearls that An Shiyi had released a while ago hadn't killed off the five blood imps.

Feng Luo's drifting, distant voice, on the other hand, could be heard from time to time.

It suddenly became clear to him that the Greater Heaven stage Feng Luo was far from giving his best as he battled An Shiyi.

He was only trying to trap An Shiyi temporarily, while his main focus was actually on the battle between him and Yu Tong.

With his life on a thread, Nie Tian didn't lose his lucidity. On the contrary, he calmly read into the battlefield.

"I can't win by being so passive. The only way to turn the situation around is to capture Yu Tong alive! Only if I can use Yu Tong's life to threaten Feng Luo and force him to release the others, will we have a chance to survive!"

Not only had he reached the conclusion that Yu Tong must hold a special status in the Blood sect, but he had also understood Feng Luo's intentions. This whole scheme was clearly to aid Yu Tong in annihilating the devil in her heart. Moreover, Yu Tong's master was Feng Luo's elder martial sister, so surely he wouldn't watch Yu Tong die and do nothing.

"Flesh power!" He roared in his mind, attempting to bring forth the mysterious power that had been hidden within him, which alway followed excessive beating of his heart. He wished to forcibly turn the situation around with that savage power.

However this time, he noticed that there was already power surging forth from within his flesh and bones before his heart even began to beat violently.

He had spent the past half a year at the back of Cloudsoaring Mountain, feasting on the meat of second grade spirit beasts every day.

The energy within the meat that he had eaten hadn't been channeled into his spiritual sea after it was digested by his stomach. Instead, he had let it naturally disperse into every part of his body.

Most of the time, he wasn't able to sense the power. Yet it erupted at that very moment.

Furthermore, it erupted in a way that was extremely violent and fierce!

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Once again, he twisted his shoulders and tried to struggle free with the new force. One after another, the countless bloody hands that had been entangling him burst into drops of blood before splashing outwards and falling into the pool of blood.

"Here it comes!" Yu Tong was in a state of total concentration.

"What?!" Feng Luo's distant exclaim could be heard. It was exactly as Nie Tian had expected; he had been keeping an eye on the battle between him and Yu Tong.

An Ying, Jiang Lingzhu, and the rest of the party, who had been trapped by blood, also opened their eyes wide, staring at him with rapt attention.

They all noticed that Nie Tian was thrumming with an immense aura of flesh, as astonishing fluctuations of life burst forth from within his body.

BAM! BAM!

Each and every one of the bloody hands instantly burst into drops of blood as Nie Tian wriggled free.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, jumped in front of Yu Tong, his eyes full of savageness. He stared at Yu Tong and declared, "Today, I will defeat you for the fourth time!"

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"The fourth time!"

Even though An Ying and the others weren't able to speak, the looks in their eyes flickered. They were clearly shocked by Nie Tian's words.

Did it mean that… Nie Tian had already defeated Yu Tong three times in the Green Illusion dimension?

They simply couldn't believe it.

Meanwhile, to everyone's surprise, Yu Tong didn't refute. She appeared to have acknowledged Nie Tian's words, admitting that she had lost to him three times in the Green Illusion dimension.

Yu Tong's silence made everyone feel increasingly shocked, but at the same time, gave them some confidence in Nie Tian.

Feng Luo's profound, distant voice came through from deep underground. "Three times?"

He only knew that the fact that Yu Tong's failure to complete the Blood sect and Ghost sect's trial task had a great deal to do with a kid named Nie Tian.

However, he absolutely never expected that Yu Tong, who the Blood sect had placed high hopes on, would have actually suffered defeat three times against this Nie Tian kid.

He finally understood why Nie Tian had become Yu Tong's mental demon, why she would always talk about Nie Tian, and why she almost left the Blood sect without permission to go to Black Cloud City and kill him.

Yu Tong's ego would never allow Nie Tian, whose cultivation base was lower than hers and yet managed to beat her three times in a row, to live.

Only Nie Tian's death would wash away the devil in her heart, and allow her to reclaim her confidence.

Provoked by Nie Tian's words, Yu Tong remained silent for a while and slowly raised her hand.

"There won't be a next time!"

FIZZ!

One after another, numerous crescent moon-shaped sabers suddenly chopped towards Nie Tian, each of which was half an arm long with a scarlet blood aura flowing on its surface.

The curved sabers were like a shoal of bloodthirsty fish. Almost in a flash, they had already interweaved into a bloody net of blades and submerged Nie Tian while giving off terrifying glares.

PUFF! PUFF!

Thread after thread, a network of slender wounds suddenly appeared on Nie Tian's body. In the next moment, blood flowed out of the wounds that had just been cut open by the countless curved sabers.

Nie Tian hurriedly flashed here and there to dodge the attacks. However, the curved sabers followed him like shadows; they continuously tailed after him and attacked him.

Even though Nie Tian tried his best to avoid the sabers, the wounds on his body still increased. However, he managed to shift closer to Yu Tong as he dodged non-stop.

Unfortunately, Yu Tong had long since been prepared for him. As soon as she saw him getting closer, she immediately raised the blood shield in her hand.

The thick blood aura filling the air suddenly rushed into the blood shield. The delicate patterns on the face of the blood shield started to wiggle like earthworms. It seemed as if the blood aura had activated the spell formation on the shield.

Yu Tong's expression was especially fierce. "I had this Blood Edge Shield customized just for you." She glared at him, getting ready to face his terrifying fist strike.

PUFF!

Nie Tian's back was once again cut by one of the crescent-moon-shaped sabers, leaving a long and narrow wound.

He felt scorching, stabbing pain all over.

He had already noticed that even though the crescent-moon-shaped sabers that had continuously pursued him were incomparably sharp, they required Yu Tong to use her spiritual power and psychic power to exquisitely control the whole bunch of them.

Since she needed to spare a large proportion of her mind and strength to manipulate the numerous sabers accurately, the power in each of the individual saber turned out to be quite limited.

It was also because of that when they pierced and cut open his flesh one after another, they didn't actually carry excessive power.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have just been his flesh that was cut open, but rather he would have been dismembered and died instantly.

While he was moving and dodging, he was still pondering over whether he should go all out and use the rage fist strike. "Rage punch…"

Clearly, he was aware that the rage fist strike was the most formidable skill at his disposal.

However, its aftermath was also terrifying.

Once the anger fist was unleashed, regardless of whether he was able to kill Yu Tong with it or not, he would end up completely powerless afterward.

If he managed to kill Yu Tong with it, he was sure that Feng Luo would slaughter Pan Tao, An Ying, and the others without even blinking.

An Shiyi might not even be able to escape from his murderous hands.

Once Yu Tong died, the enraged Feng Luo would undoubtedly kill all of them at all costs, including himself!

And that was still thinking on the bright side.

Right now, Yu Tong was holding a Blood Edge Shield in her hand, which was customized for her needs, and thus might be able to withstand the explosive attack of his rage fist strike.

If it indeed managed to resist his fist strike, he would have exhaust all his flesh power, leaving him victim to Yu Tong's insult and torment, like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"No, I can't…" After a brief pondering, he decided to give up on the rage fist strike. He shifted his thoughts to looking for other options.

He continuously flashed, dodging around Yu Tong. Like a school of ferocious fish, the sabers continued to increase the number of wounds on his body, while he still couldn't think of a method to instantly defeat Yu Tong, despite racking his brains.

At that time, he very much regretted not learning exquisite spiritual skills when he was at the back of Cloudsoaring Mountain. There weren't any methods he could use at that crucial moment.

His one and only spiritual weapon, the dragon bone, was also not with him at the moment.

As his wounds gradually piled up, and he lost more and more blood, he had a clear feeling that the power contained in his flesh was also dissipating.

If things continued, even if Yu Tong didn't make her move, he would also die from blood loss.

He grew increasingly anxious.

BOOM!

Right at that moment, the loud, frightening sound of an earthquake came from deep below the short mountain they had run away from.

He immediately realized that the Flame Dragon Armor that he had left behind deep within the earth core should have launched its attack, along with the Earth Flame Beast, towards the restrictive net of crystal-like ribbons.

Actually, they were already quite distant from the short mountain by that point.

However, in the instant that the Flame Dragon Armor launched its attack, an unusual image suddenly became visible in his mind.

He seemingly saw an enormous Fire Dragon, with raging flames burning all over its body, releasing the profound power of it bloodline inside the mysterious place that his soul had previously traveled to. It breathed out the most fearsome flames like it wanted to burn the heavens and destroy the earth.

By this point, the originally vague link between him and the Flame Dragon Armor had suddenly became incomparably clear.

The most bizarre thing was that, as he carefully sensed the strange image within his mind, relying on his mysterious psychic link with the Flame Dragon Armor, he suddenly came to an illusion of himself turning into a Fire Dragon.

The spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth that contained rich flame power seemed to have stopped moving towards the short mountain, as if it was no longer attracted by the Earth Flame Beast after the violent earthquake.

The flame power that had stopped flowing had lost its vent and scattered in mid-air in form of scarlet, fiery threads.

Just at that time, the unusual image in his mind grew even clearer, and the connection between him and the Flame Dragon Armor seemed to have become inseparably close. Then, the fiery threads of power that were lingering in mid-air seemed to have found a new target.

Numerous scarlet, fiery threads suddenly dove from the heavens like a pouring rain.

At first glance, it looked as if there were numerous, unnamed, mysterious experts deep within the clouds, throwing down threads after threads of fishing lines, attempting to fish up all the living creatures in the Realm of Flame Heaven.

The strange thing was that those lines shared the same destination: the area where Nie Tian was in.

FIZZ! FIZZ! FIZZ! FIZZ! FIZZ!

The numerous crescent moon-shaped sabers, that had been pursuing Nie Tian unrelentingly, were instantly pierced by the scarlet, fiery lines.

The bloody aura covering the curved sabers quickly turned dim, as if they had been melted forcibly by the flame power.

CLANK!

A shaft of a curved saber instantly lost its vigor and became completely powerless before abruptly falling onto the ground.

Even more curved swords that had pursued and attacked Nie Tian, one after another, dropped onto the ground and became completely depleted of spiritual energy.

The crisis that had been hovering over Nie Tian was suddenly lifted via such an unfathomable and mysterious way.

"Something is going on underground!"

Feng Luo, who had been lurking in the dark for a long time, slowly rose up from a pool of blood and returned to his original form.

Face grim and eyes filled with questions, he frowned as he looked off into the direction of the short mountain, where the loud noise had come from, trying to figure out what had happened.

On the other hand, Pan Tao and the others, who had been trapped by the blood, had fear written across their faces, as they had all guessed what had just happened.

Even An Shiyi, who was controlling the Spiritual Flame Pearls, was seized by terror. With a pale face, she couldn't help but uttered, "Oh, damn!"

Feng Luo held his attack. He stared at An Shiyi with his wide, tiger-like eyes and said, "You know what just happened?"

An Shiyi snapped back from her reverie, and said in a calm tone, "Let us go if you want to know. Or… we die here together in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range."

"You're only bluffing!" Feng Luo snorted. He didn't pay any more attention to her, but rather urged Yu Tong, "Little Tong, make it quick. Something doesn't feel right."

"Alright!" Yu Tong took out a Blood Bead that looked like an eyeball and prepared to use the Blood sect's secret magic, in an attempt to murder Nie Tian, who was already covered in wounds.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

Suddenly, she found that the numerous, scarlet lines that had fallen from the sky seemed to have assembled together, condensing into the blurry shape of a dragon.

A ten-meter-long dragon, covered in blinding flames, gradually took shape right in front of Nie Tian.

A violent and cruel aura gradually spread out from within the condensing dragon.

Yu Tong glanced at it and immediately realized that the gigantic dragon seemed to be only partly formed. It was still far from its complete shape.

However, even though it wasn't completely formed, the aura that came from the dragon already made her feel extremely terrified.

Yu Tong's expression flickered.

WHOOSH!

Before she could do anything, the Fire Dragon that was condensed from the scarlet, fiery lines abruptly swooped towards her.

Face pale, she hurriedly raised the Blood Edge Shield in her hands, continuously channeling the blood-attributed spiritual power that had been spread in the vicinity by Feng Luo, and forming an enormous blood-colored light curtain in front of the actual shield.

BANG!

With a loud clash, the ten-meter-long Fire Dragon rammed into the curtain, shattering it savagely.

After the head of the dragon had shattered the blood-colored light curtain, it ruthlessly crashed into the surface of the Blood Edge Shield.

Fresh blood came pouring out from Yu Tong's mouth, as if she had just been crushed by a mountain. Meanwhile, the Blood Edge Shield flew out of her hands due to the impact.

Also at that moment, Nie Tian suddenly swooped in. While Yu Tong was still feeling muddled from the attack, he took the opportunity and grabbed her from behind. Then he picked up a curved saber from the ground and pressed it against her slender neck.

"Feng Luo! Let them go! NOW!"

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The Fire Dragon that had been condensed by the scarlet, fiery strings retained its form after knocking Yu Tong's Blood Edge Shield out of her hand.

Meanwhile, even more fiery light strings fell from the sky and converged on the blurry Fire Dragon, lengthening it to twenty meters.

At the same time, Nie Tian held Yu Tong tightly from behind.

Pressing the curved saber up against her neck, he raised his voice and shouted, "Feng Luo! Release them!"

Everything happened so fast that even Feng Luo was caught off guard. By the time he sensed something was about to go wrong, it was already too late, and Yu Tong had already been captured by Nie Tian.

PUFF!

The blood imps that had been besieging and attacking An Shiyi, suddenly fell and melted into the blood pool under her feet.

Feng Luo stopped attacking An Shiyi.

He glared grimly at Nie Tian and said, "Let go of Little Tong!"

"Let her go?" Grinning, Nie Tian pushed the saber up against her neck and began to slowly draw it to the side.

As he did, a long but shallow wound was cut open on Yu Tong's slender, white neck. Almost immediately, blood began to flow out.

Standing with the back of her head towards Nie Tian, Yu Tong's face was filled with humiliation and hate. Yet to recover from her puzzlement, she couldn't remove her gaze from the Fire Dragon that was still in the middle of forming.

She couldn't imagine how on earth Nie Tian had managed to summon a Fire Dragon out of nowhere during their battle.

The impact of the Fire Dragon was far mightier than the fist strike that Nie Tian had used in the Green Illusion dimension.

The Blood Edge Shield that she had specially formed to defend the fist strike had completely failed to hold off even one collision from the Fire Dragon, and had immediately fallen apart.

"Still don't want to let them go?" Ruthlessness filled Nie Tian's eyes, gripping the saber tightly to make another cut.

However this time, the curved saber didn't aim for Yu Tong's neck, but rather, the smooth, fair skin of her face.

When Yu Tong saw the curved saber moving towards her face, she finally looked scared.

From her point of view, Feng Luo not only had An Shiyi under control, but had also trapped Pan Tao and the others. Therefore, Nie Tian would never dare to kill her. At the most, he would use her to threaten Feng Luo.

As for the cut on her neck, she was confident that she could use the secret magics of the Blood sect to heal the wound without leaving any scars.

That was why fear couldn't be seen on her face until now.

However, the face was the hardest part for spiritual power to extend to. Once her face was cut, she wasn't confident that she could heal it completely.

Her delicate face had always been the part of her that she was most proud of. To every woman who cared about her looks, having a scar on her face was almost impossible to accept.

Nie Tian didn't see her fear-stricken face, but Feng Luo, Pan Tao, and the others all had clear views of it.

"Don't!" Feng Luo hurriedly stopped him.

Nie Tian held his hand still. He didn't say anything, but only stared coldly into Feng Luo's eyes.

Feng Luo glared back at him. Time passed silently… Finally, Feng Luo nodded and said, "Alright! I'll release them!"

With these words, he formed an unusual seal with both of his hands, and used a secret spell of the Blood sect to change the fluctuations of the blood under their feet.

As soon as he cast the spell, Nie Tian saw the blood that had wrapped up Jiang Lingzhu, An Ying, and the others slowly retreat from their bodies, and once again merge with the blood pool under their feet.

Originally, Jiang Lingzhu and the others were unable to move a muscle. When the blood retreated, they suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Then, they realized that not only had they regained their mobility, but they were also free to speak.

Elated, Pan Tao exclaimed, "Good job, Nie Tian!"

After they were freed from the constraint, every one of them gazed at him with mixed expressions of disbelief and delight.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

The Fire Dragon formed by scarlet fiery strings floated ten meters high in the air above Nie Tian's head, where it remained, gathering flame power.

They looked over towards the Fire Dragon, and then looked back at Nie Tian, guessing that it might be a powerful spiritual tool of Nie Tian's…

"I've released them, so it's your turn now," Feng Luo said calmly.

Nie Tian still had firm hold on Yu Tong and had absolutely had no intention of letting her go. "Sister An, you take them and leave. I'll catch up to you later."

Having practically drained her own spiritual energy, An Shiyi frowned slightly and said, "Let's take that girl and leave this place. We can release her when we're no longer in danger."

Feng Luo's face suddenly sank. "Don't even think about it!" He glowered at Nie Tian. "I've already delivered my part. You remember the deal, don't you? If you leave with Little Tong, what's to prevent you from going back on your word and killing her? Do you take me as a fool? They can leave, but you… have to stay!"

"Sister An, you guys go first," Nie Tian urged them anxiously. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."

He knew that Feng Luo would definitely not allow them to take Yu Tong and leave as An Shiyi had suggested.

Feng Luo would never allow Yu Tong to disappear from his sight.

The reason why Nie Tian had the audacity to stay behind was because he could detect the aura of the drop of blood from within the Fire Dragon.

At the moment, the flame power that the Fire Dragon had gathered was already so formidable that even Feng Luo wouldn't have the confidence to defeat it.

An Shiyi couldn't decide.

RUUUUMBLE!

Suddenly, a world-shaking explosion rose up from the direction of the short mountain. Apparently, it had completely exploded and was experiencing a catastrophic transformation.

"I'll be fine!" said Nie Tian, giving An Shiyi a meaningful look to remind her that the Fire Dragon was still there.

After hearing the distant, heaven-shaking explosion, An Shiyi took a look at the expanding Fire Dragon, and finally nodded. She said with clenched teeth, "Take care of yourself!"

With these words, she urged Pan Tao and the others to follow her quickly and leave that place as soon as possible.

Knowing that the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range was about to undergo a world-shaking change, everyone was worried about Nie Tian's safety. However, with a look at the Fire Dragon hovering over his head, they were almost certain that Nie Tian would be fine.

Eventually, under An Shiyi's urgings, they chose to leave.

One after another, they all warned Nie Tian to be careful and reminded him of the huge changes that were about to take place in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

"Be careful, Nie Tian!"

"We'll be waiting for you up ahead. Come as soon as possible!"

"You know what's about to happen. Don't waste time!"

Nie Tian nodded vigorously. With a wide smile, he said, "Rest assured, I'll be fine!"

Soon, An Shiyi led the crowd and sped away from Feng Luo's and Nie Tian's sight.

Nie Tian's held his ground. He once again pressed the curved saber against Yu Tong's neck and said calmly, "We will wait for half an hour. Only then will I let her go."

"Alright!" Feng Luo agreed.

He knew that Nie Tian was trying to buy enough time for An Shiyi and the others, but he believed that with his strength, even if they were given a bit more time, he would still be able to catch up to them before they could leave the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

The final result wouldn't change just because Nie Tian had captured Yu Tong.

He was just curious about why this Nie Tian, a kid whose name he had never heard of a year ago, was able to defeat Yu Tong over and over again, overshadowing the pride of their sect.

"How did a kid from the insignificant Nie clan from Black Cloud City manage to cause such huge waves?" Brows knitted together, Feng Luo contemplated. He felt the need to conduct a serious investigation regarding Nie Tian and his growing path.

By this point, he had already begun to consider Nie Tian as the most outstanding junior from the Cloudsoaring sect. He believed that if Nie Tian could continue to make himself stronger, he would definitely be the biggest opponent for Yu Tong, Mo Xi, and the other disciples.

"Little Tong, you only failed this time because he has a powerful spiritual weapon." Feng Luo was quite careful with his choice of words. Seeing that Yu Tong's eyes were filled with frustration, he said, "His spiritual weapon is really weird. Even I can't tell what it is and its exact grade, but I'm sure that it must have been bestowed upon him by Eccentric Wu.

"Being defeated by such a formidable spiritual weapon is not your fault. You shouldn't beat yourself up.

"If it wasn't for that unusual spiritual weapon, this brat would have been long since killed by your blades."

He feared that Yu Tong would drown in despair after this defeat. Therefore, he tried to console her by trashing Nie Tian.

Nie Tian moved closer to Yu Tong's ears and whispered, "Hey, don't listen to his nonsense. If I won because of my spiritual tool, well you… used yours too, didn't you?

"Even if neither of us had spiritual tools, I still would have defeated you with nothing but my bare fist.

"I bet you can still remember me beating you twice with my fist strike when I was only at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"During our third fight, you were so reckless that you used the forbidden technique Earth Web. Yet you still failed to kill me. Quite on the contrary, you suffered greatly from the backlash yourself, am I right?

"You will never beat me, so accept your fate already.

"No matter how many time we fight, you will lose, now and always. "

While Feng Luo was attempting to console Yu Tong, Nie Tian was also continuously attacking her with a low voice, leisurely and carefreely. He wanted to manifest a traumatic experience of defeat in her heart that would haunt her and make her feel humiliated and powerless every time she thought of him.

His goal was to plant a seed in Yu Tong's heart that would constantly remind her that she would never beat him.

He knew that perhaps the conflict between himself and Yu Tong would last for years. For such a powerful opponent, so long as he had a chance, he would attack her in every possible way.

Repeatedly humiliated, Yu Tong's face was as cold as frost. She wished that she could turn around and kill him.

However, whenever she wanted to make a move, Nie Tian would move the saber closer towards her delicate face to remind her that she was his captive, and also what would happen to her if she dared to make a move.

Yu Tong's breath became rapid. Her ample, elegantly curved breasts slightly trembled.

Nie Tian was so close to her that he was able to smell the tempting, sweet fragrance from behind her ears. When Nie Tian once again opened his mouth to speak, his eyes were caught by her rapidly rising and falling chest.

For some unknown reason, Nie Tian seemed to be possessed by something. Dizzy and confused, he stuck out his tongue and licked Yu Tong's earlobe.

Yu Tong's body suddenly tensed up.

She seemed muddle-headed at first and didn't understand what had just happened.

But merely in a flash, she came to realize what Nie Tian had just done to her.

"Nie Tian!"

With no regard of the curved saber that was held close to her face, Yu Tong seemed to have lost her mind. She forcefully turned around and tried to kill him at all cost.

Yu Tong's beautiful pupils were burning with a raging flame. She was like an enraged female lion, wishing to tear Nie Tian apart and swallow him alive.

Feng Luo saw Nie Tian's action and was also instantly enraged. "You pervy little bastard!"

Nie Tian had the audacity to take advantage of Yu Tong!

Fuming with rage, he summoned countless blood shadows, together with beams of fierce blood-colored light from the blood pool under his feet, and shot them towards Nie Tian.

Finding himself in the wrong, Nie Tian didn't cut Yu Tong when she forcefully struggled free. As Yu Tong madly turned around to attack him, a cowardly thought rose in his heart for the first time.

After reclaiming his sober mind, he felt a bit embarrassed and realized what he had done to Yu Tong.

"Ahem. Umm… I don't know what happened to me just now."

Looking very awkward, he immediately stepped back while attempting to communicate with the Fire Dragon.

In the next moment, the Fire Dragon twisted its flaming body, that was now almost forty meters long, and suddenly charged towards Feng Luo.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, turned around and, without sparing the furious Feng Luo and Yu Tong another glance, sped off in the direction of Pan Tao and the others.

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"Nie Tian!"

Yu Tong's sharp screech echoed out from behind Nie Tian, filled with bone-chilling hatred.

"Little bastard! You can't run away!"

Feng Luo's roar was like a sudden clap of thunder that was filled with frenzy.

However, Nie Tian completely ignored him and had no plans of turning around at all. Instead, he further increased his speed to chase after An Shiyi, Pan Tao, and the others.

"That woman's fragrance is quite pleasant…" he secretly thought to himself.

He also didn't understand why he had lost his sound mind and licked Yu Tong's earlobe.

At the time, he had felt that the fragrance on Yu Tong was really quite nice to smell. His eyes had been caught by the fine curves on Yu Tong's chest and her jade-like earlobe that had only been inches away from him. All of a sudden, he had failed to control the desire in his heart and made such a preposterous move.

After that, he also felt that it was very inappropriate. Therefore, when Yu Tong resisted with full strength, he didn't make that cut with the blade.

However, when he turned around and sped away, he tried not to dwell on the matter, and told himself that not making that slash had already neutralized the rude action that he had committed.

In that way, he cast the whole thing out of his head.

RUUUUMBLE!

World-shaking rumbles were still echoing out from the distant short mountain. An enormous surge seemed to have started with that mountain as the center, gradually rippling outwards and affecting the surrounding mountains.

Anxious to rejoin Pan Tao and the others, he didn't know what was happening there and didn't have the time to look back. Right now, time was of the essence.

He also didn't know how long the Fire Dragon would be able to stall Feng Luo, or whether or not Feng Luo would catch up to him.

He unceasingly released his mental awareness and spread it out to the surroundings as he advanced forward, looking for traces of the spiritual aura of An Shiyi and the others.

BOOM!

An enormous rumble suddenly came from a mountain not far from him. That short mountain shook violently, as if it were about to collapse.

CRUNCH!

Deep, narrow gorges suddenly cracked opened below him, within which the faintly flickering glow of lava could be seen, as if smoldering lava was about to flow out of them at any moment.

"This is not good!"

He constantly jumped about to avoid the gradually widening gorges. Suddenly, his heart shook as he realized that an even more terrible catastrophe was looming.

The Heaven Burning Earth Flame formation had been used to seal the Earth Flame Beast deep underground, and also to stop the eruption of magma. By joining forces and chiseling a hole in it, the Flame Dragon Armor and the Earth Flame Beast had caused great damages to the giant, underground formation, and now it was collapsing!

Only when the Heaven Burning Earth Flame had completely lost its effectiveness, would the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range undergo such drastic changes!

The magma which existed within the depths of the earth's core of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range was now no longer held back by the restrictive force of the grand spell formation, and raging flames and lava were now finding their way out in every area of the mountain range!

It wouldn't be long before all of the so-called extinct volcanoes in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range became active and spewed out terrifying, burning lava.

Just as he was pondering in his reverie, An Shiyi's soft cry suddenly rang out, "Nie Tian!"

He looked into the direction which her voice had come from, and saw that An Shiyi and the others were anxiously looking at him from the foot of a sparsely vegetated mountain.

Only after he got closer and everyone had a clear look at him, did they finally let out sighs of relief.

However, he could still see the anxiety and uneasiness within their eyes, as if they had an even more enormous problem waiting for them.

"Why did you guys stop here?" Nie Tian asked with a surprised expression.

According to his calculations, An Shiyi and the others should have been somewhere further away by this time, not here.

The place they were currently at was too dangerously close to Feng Luo and Yu Tong. Once they broke free, they would be able to get to that place within a short time.

If Feng Luo had cast away the idea of helping Yu Tong wipe out her mental devil, and had simply gone all out to kill them, Nie Tian and his group would already be dead.

Nie Tian said in an urgent tone, "This place isn't safe! Let's move out!"

"We also wanted to get further away, but…" A bitter look appeared on Pan Tao's face, as he walked to Nie Tian and pointed to the area in front of them. "See for yourself."

Nie Tian looked over with rapt attention, and immediately understood why Pan Tao and the others had stopped.

In front of Pan Tao and the others was a wide gorge that ran deep into the earth's core, within which boiling lava was slowly surging up to the brim.

Considering their cultivation bases, the gorge was too wide for them to cross.

If they had tried to cross it despite the danger, they would have an eighty or ninety percent chance of falling into the seething lava, and getting themselves reduced to gore.

"Instead of falling into the lava and getting burnt to death, I'd rather battle Feng Luo to the death. Even if we die in battle, it'd still be better than dying in the lava." An Ying sighed.

A scorching red mist rose from the boiling lava within the gorge, making everyone feel as if they were being roasted alive. Soon they were all soaked in sweat.

That lava was still unceasingly rising. It seemed like it would soon spill over, flowing everywhere.

"This…." Looking at the lava, Nie Tian was also at the end of his wits.

Only Qi warriors who had stepped into the Profound Realm, like his master, would possess the ability to soar through the sky, and therefore be able to fly across the gorge.

Other than them, only powerful Qi warriors who possessed spiritual tools that could carry them into the sky would be able to do the same.

However, just by the expressions on An Shiyi's and Pan Tao's faces, he could tell that none of them had that kind of special spiritual tool.

While they were pondering how to cross the gorge, an even more violent surge came from a bald mountain peak nearby.

"Look over there!" Jiang Lingzhu cried out while pointing into a direction.

On the sides of the mountain, boiling lava suddenly spewed out of a number of enormous caves. Following the shaking of that mountain, the streams of lava seemed to be controlled by some unknown force, and shot right up into the sky like a fountain. After reaching their peak, they fell loudly back to the earth like flaming waterfalls.

In an instant, that part of the sky and earth seemed to have become a sea of lava, not allowing any living creatures to survive.

"NO!"

At that moment, a vague yet somewhat familiar figure jumped out from one of the enormous caves, wailing miserably.

The second that man left the cave, boiling, red lava spewed out of the cave behind him.

Just as he reached the point that he would start to drop from the air, the surging lava caught up to him and devoured him.

Although Nie Tian and his group were looking from quite a distance away, they saw perfectly clearly that his flesh had been instantly melted by the lava.

When that fountain-like stream of lava reached its peak and dropped towards the ground, the man was already stripped of his skin and flesh, and reduced to a melting skeleton, falling to the ground together with the smoldering lava.

They all knew that before even reaching the ground, his bones… would be completely melted.

"That was Fei Li." An Shiyi's expression was complicated as she spoke.

Nie Tian didn't see any complacence on her face, but on the contrary, he saw helplessness and bitterness since they were actually in a similar situation.

Nie Tian knew how much An Shiyi had hated Fei Li and wished for his death. However, now that Fei Li had truly died, and in an extreme miserable way, she actually didn't feel the slightest bit of joy.

The reason why she felt that way was because she felt that she would soon suffer same fate as Fei Li.

"Staying here isn't the way," Pan Tao's eyes searched around and he suddenly said, "There are some mountains nearby that haven't collapsed yet. Considering the situation we are in, it would be impossible for us to get out of here before lava fills the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. Instead of staying here, why don't we go find a mountain that hasn't collapsed, and temporarily hide on its peak.

"Of course, this may not change the result, and we could still die in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

"However, we might be able to last a bit longer after the lava covers the land of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

"Perhaps, we can find a way to escape within that period of time. Or… someone may discover us and save us."

Pan Tao looked towards the crowd and gave his suggestion, the idea that seemed wisest at the moment.

"Pan Tao is right." An Shiyi was the first one to agree.

She forced herself to calm down and observe the surrounding mountains. She spotted a stone mountain, on sides of which there weren't too many caves. Despite the violent earthquakes, that mountain was still standing tall and didn't show any signs of collapsing.

"That one!" She pointed towards that stone mountain.

Upon hearing her words, Nie Tian also noticed the tenacity of that mountain. He nodded and said, "Alright! It's decided then. Let's run to the peak of that mountain at our fastest speed!"

By that time, everyone had reached an agreement and tossed away their delusions of crossing the enormous gorge. They turned around and rushed towards the nearby mountain.

CRACKLE!

On their way to the mountain, the earth kept shaking violently, forming more and more long, narrow gorges on the ground.

Accompanied by the loud rumbles, a few nearby mountains could no longer bear the intense quakes and were about to collapse, while some other ones were spewing out tons of burning lava.

"Hurry!"

They drew from their spiritual power and ran madly forward, crossing many long and narrow gorges, and avoiding many streams of slow-flowing lava before gradually reaching that stone mountain.

"Hurry and get to the top!"

Constantly helping each other, they dashed towards the peak of the mountain through the craggy stone path.

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At the same time…

HUFF! HUFF!

In the middle of its fierce fight with Feng Luo, the 40-meter-long, partly-shaped fire dragon seemed to have received some kind of summoning, and suddenly flew towards the short mountain that Nie Tian had escaped from.

It had gathered a considerable amount of power from the air, and it carried the aura of a formidable Flame Dragon.

Currently, it seemed to be attracted by the Flame Dragon Armor. It abandoned Feng Luo and stopped attempting to buy Nie Tian more time to escape.

The Fire Dragon had left. However, Feng Luo didn't have the slightest bit of relief on his face; quite on the contrary, it became increasingly grim.

Moments ago, he was fuming with rage and wished to drain and refine all of Nie Tian's blood.

As Yu Tong's martial uncle, the obscene action that Nie Tian had done to Yu Tong made him extremely angry.

However, he had stopped thinking about the possible damage that Nie Tian could inflict on Yu Tong's soul. Instead, his eyes and all his attention were locked on the nearby trembling mountains and the unceasingly cracking earth.

Yu Tong had also calmed down from her previous frenzied state.

"Uncle Feng, what's happening to the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range?" She sounded panicked.

Mountains collapsed and cracked open, revealing lava-filled gorges that fractured the earth. All of this signified that the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range was undergoing a world-changing upheaval.

Facing such a heavenly power, she was seized by a deep feeling of powerlessness, and felt that she might be destined to die there.

That threat of death was so terrifying that it even made her temporarily forget about what Nie Tian had done to her.

"Now I know why An Shiyi would say something like that just now. They… knew what would happen, and they knew that the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range was about to undergo a drastic change!" Feng Luo took a deep breath and looked off into the direction of the Spiritual Treasure sect. His expression as dark as the deepest ocean, he said, "This time, our operation against the Spiritual Treasure sect might be greatly affected by what's happening to the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. Many of us may die too."

The area that they were in was already rather far from the valley of the Spiritual Treasure sect. However, he knew that because of what was happening, the most afflicted area might be the valley where the Spiritual Treasure sect was located.

A large group of experts from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect were there, but only two of them were in the Profound Realm, and thus possessed the ability to soar in the sky.

The others' cultivation bases hadn't reached the stage that would allow them to fly, which meant that besides those two, all the other experts from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect would have to face the same desperate situation that Yu Tong and he were facing now.

Perhaps they would face something even more desperate.

"What should we do?" asked Yu Tong.

Feng Luo didn't answer right away, but rather took advantage of his profound Greater Heaven cultivation base and unleashed his formidable psychic awareness to scan the area and search for An Shiyi and Nie Tian.

After a long moment passed, he opened his eyes and said, "It seems that Nie Tian and his group have also run out of options. Now they are charging towards the peak of a mountain. By doing that, they may be able to delay their deaths for a period of time; it's hard to say how long it'll take for the lava to reach them and if there's going to be other forms of danger. However, their choice is a wise one!"

"What about us?" Yu Tong asked.

"We'll do the same thing," Feng Luo said decisively. "We'll choose a mountain that seems sturdy, and go to its peak. Then we'll wait for an opportunity to present itself!"

"Alright!" Yu Tong replied.

The two of them adopted Nie Tian and An Shiyi's method. They looked around and found a nearby mountain that looked like it wasn't going to collapse any time soon, and immediately charged over.

On the top of another mountain…

Nie Tian and the others were all panting heavily. They had spent so much energy climbing up the mountain that the moment they got to the top, they dropped to the ground, exhausted.

Normally, they would take out spirit stones and use them to recover their lost energy at the first possible moment.

However, they simply weren't in the mood to restore their strength for the moment. Instead, they all cast their desperate gazes towards the surrounding mountains and rivers below them. Panic and restlessness filled their faces.

They heard heaven-shaking rumbles echo out from the mountains around them. They saw two of them shake violently from side to side and seconds later, numerous cracks appeared on the bodies of those two mountains, indicating they were about to cave in.

On the ground below the mountains, countless cracks were split open by the terrifying shaking.

Lava was already flowing out of the cracks and gradually spreading out to low-lying areas.

Many rivers were were now filled with lava and had turned into blazing rivers of fire. If any living thing fell inside, they would suffer the same fate as Fei Li, and be vaporized without even leaving behind their bones.

ROOOOOOAR!

A terrifying roar echoed out from the short mountain that they had escaped from.

Standing on the summit of the mountain, they looked into that direction with their full attention, and discovered that the short mountain had already collapsed and been reduced to many gigantic rocks which rolled out into the surrounding area.

They saw the figure of an enormous beast that was covered in raging flames suddenly fly out of the collapsed short mountain. The moment it broke free, it threw its head back and roared to vent its burning rage.

Around the mountain that the beast had rushed out of, one short mountain after another continuously shook violently and was constantly hit by the surging magma from the earth's core.

The beast roared for a moment, and after getting a hold of its bearings, it sped off into the distance.

The beast was like a burning meteor with a tail of raging flames. The direction that it chose to charge in was none other than the location of the valley of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Because of the exceedingly far distance, Nie Tian couldn't get a clear look of the beast's appearance. He could only faintly see that it had a body of a lizard, with four legs, a head that resembled that of a Qilin, and three enormous, flaming tails.

The Earth Flame Beast was probably a hundred meters long, and the aura it released was so intimidating that it seemed to be able to suffocate humans.

An Shiyi's face turned pale. "It's at least a sixth grade spirit beast!"

A sixth grade spirit beast's strength could even match that of a Qi warrior of the Profound Realm. Even Nie Tian's master Wu Ji was only at the Profound Realm.

However, the Profound Realm cultivation base was already the pinnacle for Qi warriors in the Realm of Flame Heaven. The Hell sect had two Profound Realm experts, while the other sects each had one who had stepped into the Profound Realm.

Being a sixth grade spirit beast, the Earth Flame Beast could be viewed as a terrifying existence across the entire Heaven Leaving Domain, as it was actually at the peak of the pyramid.

Other than Wu Ji, Fang Hui, and the other Qi warriors at their level, anyone else who were to get in its way would definitely be drowned by the lava flames that it breathed, and be reduced to a bloody mess.

WHOOSH!

It wasn't long before the Earth Flame Beast flew further and further away, and finally disappeared from their line of sight. Like a fleeting, burning meteor, it shot towards the area where the Spiritual Treasure sect was.

"Perhaps, it wasn't a bad thing that it broke out from the earth's core," said Pan Tao.

Everyone was puzzled as they looked toward him.

With a bitter smile, Pan Tao said, "If it was at another time, the escape of the Earth Flame Beast would doom the Spiritual Treasure sect. However, now… the Spiritual Treasure sect is being ravaged by the alliance of the Blood sect and the Ghost sect, and is already on the verge of being destroyed.

"After the Earth Flame Beast charged out of the earth's core, it might not only view disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect as its enemies. It'll attack every Qi warrior that it sees!

"The Earth Flame Beast is extremely grumpy. Having been sealed within the deepest part of the earth for decades, it definitely hates all human Qi warriors. So everyone will be deemed as targets to exterminate."

An Shiyi's expression flickered and with a nod, she said, "That makes sense. With its appearance, perhaps… the situation within the valley can be changed. Those from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect definitely won't imagine that there has been such a terrifying spirit beast hidden within the depths of the earth under the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range."

While they exchanged ideas, Nie Tian didn't speak, but rather used his soul to sense the existence of the Flame Dragon Armor.

He noticed that, when the Earth Flame Beast charged out of the earth core and headed towards the Spiritual Treasure sect, the magical Flame Dragon Armor didn't go along with it.

He could sense that the Flame Dragon Armor had remained in the earth's core under the short mountain… it seemed to have immersed itself deep in the ocean of magma, using the blazing flame power of the magma to restore something.

He had a sudden enlightenment. "The Flame Dragon Armor was damaged?"

Pointing in a direction, Jiang Lingzhu exclaimed, "Look! Over there!"

When everyone looked over, they saw that there seemed to be two human figures on top of another standing mountain that was not very far away from them.

An Shiyi narrowed her eyes to get a better look of the two figures, then she said, "It's Feng Luo and Yu Tong. Those two are pretty lucky. I can't believe they actually survived and found a safe place like ours."

Pan Tao felt relieved and said, "That's actually good news. Lucky for us, they didn't catch up to us. If they did, and got up the mountain where we are, we would have nowhere to run."

After hearing his theory, everyone thought about it, and also let out sighs of relief.

They all realized that the reason why they could escape from Feng Luo and Yu Tong was completely because Feng Luo was too confident and insisted on Yu Tong killing Nie Tian herself, to help her get rid of her inner devil.

If Feng Luo hadn't behaved so arrogantly, but instead went all out to attack Nie Tian, no matter how many mysterious tricks Nie Tian had up his sleeves, he wouldn't have been able to help everyone escape.

Everyone talked to each other about the situation they were facing, about how grateful they were to still be alive, and about how uncertain they felt their future looked.

However, they were completely unaware how lucky they actually were to have a peaceful place to stand on and the privilege of talking to each other.

That was because, at the moment, the Spiritual Treasure sect was already full of scattered corpses. Countless experts from the Ghost sect, the Blood sect, Qi warriors of the Spiritual Treasure sect, as well as guests from other sects that had come to participate in the Treasure Convention had all suffered significant casualties.

While they were in the middle of their fierce battles, the earth under their feet suddenly started to shake violently, and then the three volcanoes that had always stood tall in three directions of the valley, suddenly erupted with blazing lava.

In a split second, the eruption of the three volcanoes turned the valley into a purgatory of burning molten rock!

Just as everyone was shrieking with fear and speeding away in all directions, the Earth Flame Beast that had just broken free suddenly appeared from the sky. Like a flaming meteor, it plummeted toward the mountain valley.

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While the Spiritual Treasure sect was being baptized by unending, bloody battles, Nie Tian and his party were quietly sitting down at the peak of the stone mountain, waiting.

They had already used spirit stones to recover the spirit energy that they had lost earlier. Currently, they were gazing off in the direction of the Spiritual Treasure sect, unsure of what to do next.

The low-lying ground around the mountain had already been turned into a sea of boiling lava, and many mountains had collapsed.

Unless they could grow wings, there was no possibility that they could leave the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range, which had already turned into a purgatory of smoldering lava.

Fortunately, because of the food deficiency incident that they had endured in the Green Illusion dimension, Jiang Lingzhu and Pan Tao had both picked up the habit of storing large amounts of dried meat in their bracelets of holding. Therefore, no one was worried about food.

Time flew. The day passed and night descended.

When the cold crescent moon once again rose into the night sky, the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range had already become dazzling and bright due to the lava that was practically everywhere.

Pan Tao looked off into the distance. Face grim, he said, "After this battle, not only our sect, but the Ghost sect and Blood sect will also suffer great losses. They would never have thought that there was a terrifyingly strong Earth Flame Beast hidden within the earth's core under the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. God knows how long that Earth Flame Beast had been confined there, and for how many years it has been gathering enough flame energy to form enough lava to fill the entire Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

"Admittedly, our sect will suffer disastrous losses after this battle. However, I believe that the Ghost sect and the Blood sect will also regret invading us."

An Shiyi heaved a sigh and said, "If the Ghost sect, the Blood sect, and our sect all suffer great damages because of this incident, and the three Profound realm experts also sustain different degrees of injuries, this might cause a profound and lasting impact on the entire Realm of Flame Heaven."

Upon hearing her words, Pan Tao seemed to have thought of something, and his expression slightly flickered.

Curious, Nie Tian asked, "What are you worrying about?"

"The nine realms of the Domain of the Falling Stars aren't exactly getting along peacefully." Pan Tao frowned. "If Lai Yi and his people can use the ancient inter-spacial teleportation portal to get to the Realm of Flame Heaven, so can others. If experts from the other eight realms learn about the ongoing turbulences in the Realm of Flame Heaven, and that the major sects have all taken heavy blows, perhaps they will come up with the idea of invading our realm.

"Although fights between realms are pretty rare, it doesn't mean that they have never happened before.

"No matter how bitter and fierce the internal fights are in the Realm of Flame Heaven, they won't be even comparable to inter-realm wars. If an inter-realm war were to break out, that would be the ultimate danger to the Realm of Flame Heaven. If that day actually comes, people will be plunged into an abyss of misery. Qi warriors, mortals, mountains and lakes, cultivation Blessed Lands, and spirit beasts could all disappear because of it."

Nie Tian's expression flickered. "An inter-realm war!"

He had also learned from his master Wu Ji that the nine realms hadn't always maintained peaceful relations, and that wars would break out between them every now and then.

According to Wu Ji, even at present, two realms of the Domain of the Falling Stars were still engaged in a bloody war which had already dragged on for over a hundred years…

In inter-realm wars, whether it was the scale, or the number of experts that participated in them, or the damages that were caused to both realms, they would all far surpass the internal wars in the Realm of Flame Heaven.

Furthermore, according to Wu Ji, there seemed to have been more than nine realms within the Domain of the Falling Stars once upon a time.

Some realms had been plagued by never ending wars and ended up damaged to a point where they were no longer suitable for any living creature to inhabit. Now, those realms were no longer part of the Domain of the Falling Stars.

The most terrifying result of an inter-realm war would be an entire realm being completely destroyed and turned into a wasteland.

At that moment, An Ying pointed to a river of lava and joyfully said, "Sister! Look! Look what's in the lava river!"

Everyone looked over with rapt attention, and noticed that there were shiny, crystal-like gems in the lava river. Even though they were within a river of flames, it was hard to cover up their radiance.

They were transparent, sparkling, and reflected red glares like shining stars within the burning river.

An Shiyi's eyes lit up. "Flame Crystals! Those are level two Premium grade fire-attributed spirit materials!"

Surprised, Pan Tao said, "It seems that, with the eruption of the magma, the Flame Crystals, products of the condensation of the pure power of fire, were flooded out of the depths of the earth's core. They are a true blessing. To any equipment forger, or fire-attributed cultivator, Flame Crystals can be considered as very rare and valuable items.

"What a waste. If only we could collect some of them. We would make a fortune out of them.

"Not only are Flame Crystals very hard to find in the Realm of Flame Heaven, they are also highly valued in the other eight realms, and can be traded for many treasures."

Those who knew about how valuable the flame crystals were, all had greedy looks in their eyes, but their faces were filled with pity and disappointment.

"Over there!" Jiang Lingzhu extended her arm and pointed towards an enormous rock.

That rock came from a surrounding mountain that had recently collapsed. Following the collapse of the mountain, it had rolled out from the belly of the mountain.

Embedded in the huge rock, sparkling and brilliant strings of flame could be seen, which were very much resembled the crystal-like ribbons that Nie Tian had previously seen in the depths of the earth's core. There were faint, mysterious patterns of flame within each of them, and those patterns… seemed to be constantly flowing, as if there was some kind of profound truth about the power of fire hidden within them.

"They have flame channels inside! They are… Earthflame Crystal Strings!" An Shiyi's body shook with excitement, and a brilliant light flashed across her pupils. Eyes fixed on the glittering strings of flame, she excitedly said, "They are level seven Premium grade spirit materials! There are flame channels within the Earthflame Crystal Strings, within which lie the secrets of the flame power! They are indispensable materials if one wishes to forge Spirit Channeling grade fire-attributed spiritual tools!

"Even Qi warriors who don't refine spiritual tools or practice fire incantations can use the crystal channels within the Earthflame Crystal Strings to gain enlightenment of the profundity of flame power hidden within them!

"The depths of the earth's core under the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range has actually created the perfect environment to give birth to Earth Fire Crystal Strings! This is definitely thanks to the Earth Flame Beast!"

An Shiyi was endlessly excited, and she danced about as she shouted. Her appearance suggested that she wished that she could immediately charge down to collect those Earth Fire Crystal Strings.

"God damn!" Pan Tao cried out. "Feng Luo and that witch Yu Tong have made a move!"

Nie Tian looked over toward the other mountain peak, and discovered that Feng Luo and Yu Tong were sliding down from the top of the mountain.

At the foot of that mountain, there was also a long lava river, within which a large number of Flame Crystals were sparkling with bright light.

"Do they want to die?" After a moment of silent pondering, Jiang Lingzhu continued, "Wait a minute! There's actually is a way that will allow us to collect the Flame Crystals! As long as we put big rocks in the lava river, we can step on them to gradually move closer to the side of that lava creek where we can then use our spiritual tools to fish up those Flame Crystals from the river!"

Upon hearing these words, everyone became thrilled and clamored to get down the mountain and collect the Flame Crystals.

As they knew, the Flame Crystals were considerably valuable, especially for disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect, since their sect might not be there when the whole thing was over. If they could gain some Flame Crystals, they could still use them to exchange for the spirit stones and spirit materials needed for their cultivation.

If there was an opportunity, they could even leave the Realm of Flame Heaven and exchange them for high-ranked spiritual tools in other realms!

As the saying goes, birds die for food, people die for money. Despite the fact that they hadn't truly escaped danger and their future was still full of uncertainty, every one of them was now seething with excitement due to the appearance of the Flame Crystals.

Nie Tian hadn't expressed his stance in this, yet the group of people had already moved out, imitating Feng Luo and Yu Tong by descending from the mountaintop.

"These guys…" He whispered to himself.

However, he didn't want to stay behind on the mountaintop by himself. Thus, he followed them down.

The mountain wasn't high, and it took far less time to get down the mountain than to climb to the top. An hour later, they had all arrived at the foot of the mountain. An Shiyi and the others lifted up enormous rocks from the bank of the lava river and continuously hurled them into the lava.

The huge stones continued to pile up from the bottom of the river. When everyone saw that the rocks had piled to a point where they were protruding out of the lava's surface, they all became high in spirits and excitement could be seen on their faces.

Before long, the rocks that had stuck out formed a line of stepping stones that led into the creek that contained sparkling Flame Crystals.

"Let's go!"

An Shiyi lunged forward so quickly that she turned into a line of fiery light, and in the next moment, she gracefully landed on the rock that was the closest to the bank.

She only adjusted for a moment before continuing to jump to the next rock. Using the rocks as stepping stones, she headed towards the target creek.

Behind her, An Ying and Pan Tao followed suit and jumped forward, as they also longed for the Flame Crystals which they could make good use of in the future.

Nie Tian was about to move out when he suddenly sensed the aura of the Flame Dragon Armor. He couldn't help but narrowed his eyes to sense it with rapt attention.

He found that the Flame Dragon Armor was still quite far away from him. Apparently, it had already flown out from the depths of the earth, and was now wandering about in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

Just like them, it also seemed to be collecting something.

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In a place that Nie Tian couldn't see, the Flame Dragon Armor flew out of the depths of the earth's core and soared into the night sky.

At that moment, it floated in the air, emanating fierce, fiery light like a wildly burning sun.

WHOOSH!

All of a sudden, the Flame Dragon Armor whistled across the sky and arrived above a lake of boiling lava.

There were hundreds of stones of various sizes within it, with the smaller ones being the size of millstones and the bigger ones being as huge as tall buildings.

BOOM! BOOM!

As soon as the Flame Dragon Armor shifted there and stopped in the air over the lava pool, those stones of various sizes all exploded into pieces.

After two of the enormous rocks shattered, dazzling Earthflame Crystal Strings appeared from within the rubble like slender, flaming ribbons.

In the next moment, those Earthflame Crystal Strings, filled with profound essence of fire, were manipulated by the Flame Dragon Armor and turned into beams of fiery light that suddenly shot towards the armor itself.

The light beams were like water drops that had merged into the sea. Once they touched the Flame Dragon Armor, they instantly vanished into it, not even leaving a trace.

On the other hand, fragmented ancient magical symbols appeared on the surface of the Flame Dragon Armor, along with delicate flame patterns.

After it absorbed all the Earthflame Crystal Strings within the lava lake, the Flame Dragon Armor flew away and proceeded towards its next target.

The Flame Dragon Armor, which had left Nie Tian and spent some time in the magma of the earth's core, seemed to have developed a fully independent consciousness. It unceasingly sought out Earthflame Crystal Strings within the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range and absorbed them one after another.

Meanwhile, Gan Kang and Lai Yi were standing inside of a vast cave that was close to the peak of a certain cave-filled mountain

Even Gan Kang had not foreseen the heaven-shaking changes that had occurred in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. He had originally planned to leave with Lai Yi and go to the Realm of Dark Underworld, but was now trapped by the lava that had filled every corner of the mountain range.

Lai Yi, who came from the Realm of Dark Underworld, was both excited and worried. "Earth Flame Beast! There was actually an Earth Flame Beast deep within the earth's core under the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range!"

He shouted at Gan Kang, "Why didn't you tell me about this? Aren't you the fifth highest ranked equipment forging expert of the Treasure school? Don't tell me that…even you didn't know that it was hiding under there!"

Gan Kang shook his head. With an complicated expression, he said, "I really didn't know."

"What should we do?" Lai Yi's eyebrows knitted together. "My two friends have already been killed by experts from the Blood sect. With the Earth Flame Beast having broken free, the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range is in a state of total chaos. We need to leave this place as soon as possible. If we stay here for too long, it will be very dangerous for us both."

"I don't know how we can get out of here," Gan Kang said helplessly.

While the two of them were speaking, the Flame Dragon Armor, which was burning like a sun, suddenly flew over.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Numerous stones in the river below the Flame Dragon Armor suddenly exploded into fragments.

The sparkling Earthflame Crystal Strings within the shattered stones appeared and released an intoxicating, fiery light.

They could faintly see many snaking, criss-crossed flame channels within them, wherein seemed to lie the secret truth of flame power.

Knowing about how precious the Earthflame Crystal Strings were, Lai Yi suddenly let out a screech of excitement, "Earthflame Crystal Strings! There are Earthflame Crystal Strings over there!"

However, only seconds later, he found that the Earthflame Crystal Strings that flew out of the shattered stones had all been absorbed by the Flame Dragon Armor, and after taking in the Earthflame Crystal Strings, the fiery light that it emanated became even more bright and dazzling.

"The Flame Dragon Armor…" Lai Yi gnashed his teeth.

"A Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool!" Gan Kang's expression suddenly flickered.

He stared fixedly at the Flame Dragon Armor and shouted, "Lai Yi, that armor that you put up for sale in the Treasure Pavilion is a Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool! Why did it not show any signs of its uniqueness previously, and why didn't you tell me that it was such a rare spiritual tool?!"

Gan Kang's biggest dream was to craft a Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool and therefore be promoted to a Spirit Channeling grade equipment forger.

Clearly, the fact that Lai Yi possessed a Spirit Channeling grade spirit equipment but didn't let Gan Kang study the mysteries within it had made him extremely angry.

Lai Yi snorted and said, "Do you really think that I would take it out and sell it in the Spiritual Treasure sect if it was truly an intact Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool? The Flame Dragon Armor was incomplete, and greatly damaged. Without the nourishment of those precious Earthflame Crystal Strings, it couldn't possibly display its true strength, even though it integrated with the Blood Core.

"And the Blood Core was with Nie Tian!

"If I had obtained the Blood Core from him when we were at the cave entrance and sealed the Flame Dragon Armor away, I would have brought it back to my master in the Realm of Dark Underworld. If I succeeded, I would gladly accept any kind of losses within the Realm of Flame Heaven, no matter how great they were.

"Unfortunately…"

With these words, Lai Yi's expression turned grim and disheartened. "After the Blood Core and the Flame Dragon Armor fused, and the Flame Dragon Armor has slowly healed its damage by absorbing the Earthflame Crystal Strings.

"Every Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool has its own soul, and now the soul of the Flame Dragon Armor is already fully awakened. Even I wouldn't be able to do anything now."

Gan Kang was taken aback by his words. He asked, "Who forged the Flame Dragon Armor?"

"I don't know." Lai Yi shook his head and said, "I only know that its last owner died somewhere in a wasted realm within the Domain of the Falling Stars. My master participated in that war. Afterwards, he looted the severely damaged Flame Dragon Armor, but couldn't find the Blood Core.

"We traveled everywhere to ask about the whereabouts of the Blood Core, and went to farthest corners of the domain to search for it. Only recently did we learn that after changing hands many times, it finally drifted to the Realm of Flame Heaven.

"Actually, by coming to the Realm of Flame Heaven, we had hoped find the Blood Core, merge it with the Flame Dragon Armor, and bring the completed Flame Dragon Armor back to our master.

"Who could have thought not only did we failed to obtain the Blood Core, but we even lost the Flame Dragon Armor. The only thing that I can do now is to return to the Realm of Dark Underworld as soon as possible, inform my master of the strange things that are happening here, and see how he wants to take care of it."

Gan Kang's expression flickered. "Don't tell me that he'll personally come to the Realm of Flame Heaven for the Flame Dragon Armor?!"

With a vigorous nod, Lai Yi said, "Yes, he will! In order to get the Flame Dragon Armor, he will spare no cost!"

…

Meanwhile, back near Nie Tian and his group…

Via the line of stepping stones that An Shiyi and the others had made, Nie Tian arrived in front of the creek that had Flame Crystals in them, and started collecting Flame Crystals with the others.

He took out the crescent blade that he had obtained during his fight with Yu Tong, and used it to fish up a Flame Crystal that was as red as heated iron. As soon as he pulled it out of the river of lava, he quickly stored it in his bracelet of holding.

Using this method, he managed to pick up a total of eight Flame Crystals from the boiling river. His heart was filled with joy.

Jiang Lingzhu, An Ying, and the others shouted and wrangled.

"Here's another one!"

"Hahaha! So many high-ranked Flame Crystals! As long as we can get out of here alive, then we will all make a good fortune out of them!"

"Hurry! Get more of them!"

With elated expressions on their face, they concentrated all their energy on gathering Flame Crystals.

At that moment, Nie Tian's eyebrows raised as he suddenly sensed the aura of the Flame Dragon Armor.

He stopped with his hands, and carefully scanned the area with his psychic power. He discovered that the Flame Dragon Armor was rapidly closing in on him, and its speed was getting quicker and quicker.

He immediately looked into the direction that he had detected the aura of the Flame Dragon Armor!

In the next moment, the violently burning Flame Dragon Armor showed up in his vision, charging over towards them from the distant night sky like a flaming meteor.

"What's that?" An Ying stood aghast.

One after another, everyone who had been collecting Flame Crystals sensed the anomaly. They all stood up straight and looked towards the source of the approaching ball of flame.

After awhile, the meteor-like Flame Dragon Armor came closer and stopped over an area that was rich in Earthflame Crystal Strings.

"The F-Flame Dragon Armor!" Eyes wide, Jiang Lingzhu stammered, "Uh… isn't that the armor that you bought in the Treasure Convention?" She looked towards Nie Tian, flabbergasted.

Because the Flame Dragon Armor had been too heavy for Nie Tian, he had once asked her to store it. She recognized it at first glance.

"It really is that armor!" Ye Gumo was also stunned.

BAM! BAM!

In the next moment, the enormous stones that had Earthflame Crystal Strings inside them, suddenly exploded into pieces, and numerous strings seemed to be drawn toward the Flame Dragon Armor, rapidly merging into it.

"It's floating in the air and moving on its own account! This…" Pan Tao was at a momentary loss of words before he suddenly exclaimed, "It can't be a Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool, can it?"

At that moment, everyone forgot about the Flame Crystals, and stared blankly at the Flame Dragon Armor that was collecting the Earthflame Crystal Strings, their minds in total chaos.

"A Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tool!?"

Throughout the entire Realm of Flame Heaven, the number of the spiritual tools that had reached the Spirit Channeling grade could be counted with one hand.

At present, no one in the Realm of Flame Heaven was skilled enough to forge a tool of that level, not even the most powerful equipment forger of the Treasure school, Fang Hui.

All the Spirit Channeling grade spiritual tools that currently existed within the Realm of Flame Heaven had been in their respective sects for many years, and were considered as mystical treasures that symbolized their sects.

The Flame Dragon Armor that Nie Tian had bought in the Treasure Convention for nine thousand spirit stones was actually a spiritual tool of that level!?

They simply couldn't believe it.

Feng Luo and Yu Tong, who were on the bank of another lava creek not far away, also stared at the Flame Dragon Armor that was emanating violent flames with shock written all over their faces. "That's a precious treasure of the Spirit Channeling grade!"

They even forgot to put the Flame Crystals that were in their hands into their bracelets of holding.

"Wu Ji treats this disciple of his a bit too good, doesn't he?" Feng Luo muttered. "He actually gave such a precious treasure to the Lesser Heaven stage Nie Tian? What the hell was he thinking?

"Little Tong, it wasn't your fault that you lost. There's absolutely no need for you to dwell on it."

What he didn't know was that the Flame Dragon Armor was actually purchased by Nie Tian at the Treasure Convention, and not bestowed by Wu Ji.

WHOOSH!

Having finished absorbing all the Earthflame Crystal Strings in that area, the Flame Dragon Armor once again whistled away and disappeared into the distance.

However, when it flew further and further away, a wisp of a vague soul will came from the Flame Dragon Armor and directly reached Nie Tian's mind.

"So you need the Earthflame Crystal Strings." Nie Tian instantly understood its intentions.

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