I, a centenarian, sweep through the gates of immortality.

Even a top-tier divine fire like the Heavenly Nether Flame, if left unattended, will still be within a controllable range despite its astonishing destructive power.

But once it has a master, under the master's control, its destructive power becomes incalculable.

After a brief observation, these sect leaders immediately concluded that the Heavenly Nether Flame already belonged to someone.

Everyone said this with incredulous expressions.

"How is this possible? The Heavenly Nether Flame has only just been born, how could it have already recognized a master?"

"No wonder we searched for so long but couldn't locate it."

"This is terrible. With the divine fire under our control, we may have a hard time controlling it anymore."

Although these sects are not large and their foundations are not deep, they still have basic common sense.

Whether it's a celestial artifact, a spiritual treasure, or divine fire, once it recognizes a master and establishes a spiritual connection with other cultivators, severing this connection becomes extremely difficult.

Thinking of the difficulties involved, the group looked at each other in bewilderment.

However, considering the value of this divine fire, none of them were willing to give it up.

After much deliberation, they finally decided to take another gamble.

One of the sect leaders, with a gloomy face, spoke in a cold voice.

"Now that things have come to this, if we back down, we'll have nothing left."

"Let's take a gamble; maybe there's still a chance!"

After reaching a consensus, the group immediately began to shrink the formation.

"First, we need to control this Heavenly Flame, and then we'll figure out a way to refine it slowly!"

Just as these sect leaders were shrinking their formation, Lin Feng, who had been hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but frown.

He couldn't understand how this newly born divine fire had already recognized a master.

Who is its owner?

Why didn't its owner take this divine fire with him after taking it in?

Regardless, Lin Feng's original plan to fish in troubled waters is likely to fall through.

In Lin Feng's original plan, the Heavenly Nether Flame was an unclaimed object, and Lin Feng could take advantage of the chaos to seize it.

Now that the divine fire has recognized its master, if Lin Feng were to forcibly try to seize it, not only would it be of no benefit, but it might also bring trouble upon himself.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng frowned and remained silent.

Seeing this, Liu Qingqing, who had been staying by Lin Feng's side, guessed what Lin Feng was thinking and could only offer her words of comfort.

"Lin Feng, the immortal opportunities you have received are several times greater than those of ordinary people. Even if you didn't obtain this divine fire, there's nothing to be discouraged about."

"There's no point in staying here anymore, let's go back."

Liu Qingqing knew her identity was sensitive and that staying there might bring trouble upon herself, so she advised Lin Feng to leave quickly.

Lin Feng had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Okay, let's go back."

The two glanced at the leaders of the various sects, shrugged, and then concealed themselves and quickly left.

When they returned to the mountain forest where they lived, Lin Feng heard a group of children cheering.

"Sister Yun, you taught so well!"

"Does this mean we've embarked on the path to immortality? I can feel the spiritual energy in my dantian."

Lin Feng and Liu Qingqing stepped forward and saw the children they had chosen earlier gathered around Yun Shu, cheering and celebrating excitedly.

Seeing Lin Feng approach, Yun Shu smiled and said to him with considerable pride.

"Lin Feng, did you choose all these children? They all seem to have good talent."

"I just taught them a little bit, and they've already learned how to refine spiritual energy."

Seeing that the children had such talent, Lin Feng was very happy. He smiled and took out a few pills from his storage bag and handed them to the children.

"You have just learned how to refine spiritual energy, and these Qi-stabilizing pills can help you solidify your foundation."

The children knelt on the ground with joyful faces, about to kowtow to Lin Feng, and kept praising him.

"Thank you, Master!"

Lin Feng quickly helped the children up, patted their heads with a smile, offered a few words of advice, and then let them go back to their cultivation.

Yun Shu also noticed that Lin Feng's mood was off and asked him with concern.

"Lin Feng, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

Lin Feng trusted Yun Shu completely, so there was no need for him to hide anything. He told her everything that had just happened.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Lin Feng's story, Yun Shu's expression changed slightly, and she said...

"Lin Feng, is the place you mentioned near Hongyang City?"

Lin Feng nodded and asked in return.

"What's wrong? You went there too?"

Yun Shu remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking.

"Lin Feng, I once mentioned to you that in order to survive, I refined the dragon-patterned black gold you gave me. The place where I refined it was near Hongyang City."

After hearing Yun Shu's words, Lin Feng and Liu Qingqing both opened their mouths wide, as they thought of a very unbelievable possibility.

That day, the Heavenly Nether Flame had already recognized its master, and Yun Shu had even used the Heavenly Nether Flame to refine it.

Could it be that the master Tian Youyan has recognized is actually Yun Shu?

Seeing Lin Feng and Liu Qingqing's surprise, Yun Shu silently took out her dragon-patterned black gold and handed it to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took a look and, sure enough, found traces of Heavenly Nether Flame burning on the dragon-patterned black gold.

"You! It really is you!"

"Yun Shu, the day the Netherflame recognized you as its master, it was you!"

Even though Lin Feng spoke with absolute certainty, Yun Shu still couldn't believe it.

After all, when she chose to refine the dragon-patterned black gold, it was purely out of desperation. She saw divine fire emerging from the ground and decided to give it a try, never expecting such an outcome.

"Could there be some misunderstanding? My cultivation level hasn't even reached the Core Formation stage yet. How could a divine fire of the Heavenly Nether Flame's level possibly recognize me as its master?"

Yun Shu didn't believe it, and Lin Feng actually didn't dare to believe it either.

But it's not a big deal. The Heavenly Nether Flame is right there. Whether it is or not, we'll know once we go and try.

Lin Feng grabbed Yun Shu's hand and started walking out, talking as they went.

"Come on, I'll take you to try it."

"How can we so easily give up such a fortunate opportunity?"

Liu Qingqing stayed behind to look after the children, while Lin Feng led Yun Shu quickly toward Tian Youyan.

At this moment, the leaders of the various sects had already set up the formation and were working hard to tighten it, trying to completely seal off the Heavenly Nether Flame.

If their cultivation levels were higher, reaching the Nascent Soul stage, then such a large group of people could control the Heavenly Nether Flame.

However, embarrassingly, these people's cultivation levels were not particularly strong; they were only at the peak of the Core Formation stage, and there wasn't even a single Nascent Soul expert among them.

In this situation, even if they worked together and did their best, they could only control the Heavenly Nether Flame within a certain range, and could not control it at all.

Faced with this battle situation, the sect leaders looked at each other helplessly and said...

"What should we do? Our strength is completely insufficient."

"It will be very difficult for us to control the Heavenly Nether Flame."