Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 401 Heavenly Flame, Heaven and Earth Unite!

When Li Wushou and Zizhen arrived outside the Yanyang Mountains, a large number of people had already gathered there.

Xueyan and Kunshan joined the teams of Yanwu Grandmaster and Xuanhuang Grandmaster respectively. After a brief exchange, both sides headed towards the Yanyang Mountain Range.

Having noticed the movements of the Sealed Spirit Path, both sides clearly chose to cooperate.

"The one next to Xueyan is named 'Zhuorong,' who is at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. The other two are disciples of True Monarchs, Xueyan and Zhuorong, respectively."

The two Nascent Soul cultivators beside Kunshan are 'Zaiwu' and 'Panshi', both at the mid-stage of Nascent Soul cultivation. The rest are mostly from other sects near the Yanyang Mountains, such as the Tuling Temple and the Zhuque Sect.

Standing beside Li Wushou, Master Zizhen gave a detailed introduction to the many people who had entered the Yanyang Mountains at that moment.

Li Wushou nodded from time to time, and couldn't help but marvel at the strength of the Central Region. There were more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators appearing before him alone.

However, Master Zizhen said that this only accounts for about one-fifth of the Central Region.

In other words, the combined number of Nascent Soul cultivators in the Central Domain of Xuanhuang and the Yanwu Domain is an astonishing sixty.

How many are there in the Fubo Domain? Including the Zhenhai lineage and the twelve outer sea continents, it's only about twenty.

Li Wushou of Fenglingdao was not sure, but he figured it was probably similar.

In other words, the combined size of the two domains is likely to be significantly less than that of the central domain.

However, this is also related to the vastness of the Central Region. The Central Region already includes the Fubo Region and the Fengling Dao Region, which together make it so large, so this is normal.

After Zi Zhen finished her detailed explanation, Li Wushou instructed her:
"You should catch up with Bloodflame's group and join them. I'll let you know if you need anything else."

Zi Zhen was taken aback, then bowed and agreed, chasing after the group ahead.

Li Wushou stood motionless in the void. After almost all the teams had entered the mountain range, he touched his brow, and the Taiji Dojo transformed into a stream of light that flew out from his divine aperture.

A hum reverberated in the void as Master Xuan Yang, clad in a Yin-Yang Daoist robe, emerged from the Tai Chi Daoist arena. He stood still in the void and respectfully bowed to Li Wushou, saying:

"Greetings, Second Master!"

Looking at the plump and lifelike Xuan Yang Shangren, Li Wushou nodded slightly in praise:
"Not bad!"

He then continued:

"The Tree Goddess and the Paper Goddess are inside the Taiji Dojo. The three of you go to Golden Flame Mountain to secretly seal off the Luo clan and await my orders."

Master Xuan Yang's expression turned solemn. He gladly accepted the order, transformed into a streak of light, and flew towards Golden Flame Mountain.

Li Wushou then moved and flew towards the Yanyang Mountain.

Within the blazing sun mountain, not a blade of grass grows.

The mountains are dark red, like red-hot iron, and lava flows through the valleys like streams, with the subterranean fire burning year-round.

The air was filled with a large amount of toxic gas. Even a Golden Core cultivator could not stay in such a harsh environment for long.

Along the way, Li Wushou kept a close watch on Zi Zhen's aura, hovering far behind the group. He activated his divine aperture with his primordial spirit to conceal his own aura and observed the movements ahead through his unique vision.

He had a sudden urge to act; the events at Yanyang Mountain seemed to have gone beyond his expectations.

For Li Wushou, who was well-versed in the Five Elements, he also realized that the strange phenomenon that triggered the Yanyang Mountain did not come from the Heavenly Flame refined by the Luo Clan, but from the earth's veins.

If the girl in the black dress was only trying to refine the Heavenly Flame, then who instigated the unusual activity in the Flame Sun Mountains?

Li Wushou looked around at the mountain range, lost in thought, as he hurried forward.

The girl in the black dress, carrying the Fire Worship Cult Leader, had already reached the center of the mountain range.

The surrounding towering mountains enclose the area, forming a basin.

In the low-lying area in the middle, magma gathered and formed a magma lake.

Luo Zhenyi and Luo Xuanxu, the two Azure Lotus Envoys, stood with their backs to the girl in the black dress on either side, facing Xue Yan, Kun Shan, and the others who had followed them.

A golden lotus shone brightly between her brows, surveying the crowd with an unmistakable warning.

The girl in the black dress stood calmly beside the Fire Worship Cult Leader. After observing the lava beneath her feet, she gave the Cult Leader an order:
"let's start!"

The leader of the Fire Worship Cult nodded, solemnly took a step forward, and stretched out his hands, creating two more cracks.

Two streams of flame flowed from the wound, transforming into two flames that burned in the palm and between the eyebrows, forming a "品" shape.

A gentle breeze quietly swept across the molten lava lake, which was steaming with intense heat.

Although the sun was obscured by fiery clouds above the valley, the onlookers immediately noticed that the sun had suddenly dimmed. The three flames on the Fire Worship Master's body suddenly intensified, especially the one between his eyebrows, which was almost impossible to look at directly.

The terrifying temperature was unbearable even for the Fire Worship Cult Leader, who was at the Nascent Soul stage; his forehead even began to wax.

However, the leader of the Fire Worship Cult remained unmoved, and the girl in the black dress beside him also looked calm.

This amazed the onlookers. How could a Nascent Soul True Monarch withstand a temperature that even a Deity Transformation cultivator would find difficult to bear?
Li Wushou, who had been keeping a close eye on the girl, glanced intently at her palm and sensed a strange Daoist aura flowing from it, protecting the girl's body.

What does this power taste like?
……

On the other side, the leader of the Fire Worship Cult was completely focused, slightly bowing his head to let the round flame of the sun on his forehead shine into the lava lake at his feet.

The lava lake rippled and then began to boil.

A scorching heat rose from the lava lake, like the rising sun.

A burst of flames erupted, and a fiery-colored root sprouted from it, instantly transforming into a fiery-colored lotus plant.

The lotus leaves unfurled, the void trembled slightly, and the fiery clouds that filled the sky were instantly pierced, allowing the sun's rays to shine on the top of the lotus plant.

A lotus flower made of flames slowly opened.

The next moment, the entire valley was filled with joy. It was the fire elementalists celebrating. The people who practiced fire magic in the Yanwu Territory were also inexplicably happy. Even Zi Zhen, Li Wushou could sense that his heart was pounding.

"Is this the Heavenly Flame?"

Someone murmured something, and the onlookers immediately erupted in an uproar.

The girl in the black dress and the two Luo family Qinglian envoys both revealed a hint of a smile; it was finally done.

The Heavenly Flame wasn't something that started today; it was something that began the day the Luo family moved to Golden Flame Mountain and subjugated the Fire Worship Sect.

The hardships they endured during that time were beyond words; only the Luo family knew how much they had sacrificed for the path of immortality!

He slipped behind the crowd and looked at the blooming fire lotus, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

It wasn't that the fire lotus was wrong, but Li Wushou felt that he had overlooked something.

As he watched the backs of the onlookers, no one noticed Li Wushou's gaze. Suddenly, Li Wushou's mind stirred, and he finally realized that something was wrong.

His gaze radiated outwards at lightning speed, and within a radius of a hundred miles, there was not a single person except in the mountains surrounding the lava lake.

Where are the people from the Sealed Spirit Path?

The Yan Yang Mountains are showing unusual activity. Feng Lingdao entered the mountains long ago, but why is there no one there now?
It's impossible that they've been guarding for so many days, only to have Fenglingdao withdraw today, right?
As Li Wushou pondered, the round sun between the brows of the Fire Worship Cult Leader finally ran out.

A lotus seedpod emerged from the center of the blooming fire lotus. The fire lotus withered and transformed into scorching fire elemental power, which flowed into the lotus seedpod.

The fire elemental energy from the surrounding Yanyang Mountains also rapidly converged towards the lotus pod, within which a fiery red lotus seed was contained like a spark of fire.

As the power of fire is depleted!
The churning lava lake, visibly solidified and turned black.

After several dozen breaths, the lotus seeds finally matured, and everyone in the valley felt a cool sensation.

The girl in the black dress raised her hand, about to open her palm and take the lotus seed into her hand.

Zi Zhen, who was observing, felt a sense of doubt. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt as if the sky was pressing down on him.

Li Wushou's expression changed; he too had sensed something amiss.

The sky did indeed press down, and not only the sky, but also the solidified lava lake's terrain quietly rose a few degrees.

However, this evolution is extremely deceptive, seemingly even difficult for a Nascent Soul cultivator to detect.

"Watch out, something's wrong with this place!"

After gathering his primordial spirit, Li Wushou transmitted a message to the girl in the black dress, then flashed towards her direction.

Upon hearing this, the girl in the black dress looked surprised, paused in her actions, and looked back in Li Wushou's direction.

Just then, the heavens and earth roared.

Heaven and earth merged together at an extremely fast speed.

While flying, Li Wushou felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, followed by a dizzying sensation.

(End of this chapter)