Chapter 5805

Crimson Flame Canyon, located in the southwest of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, is named for the strange, ever-burning crimson flames deep within it.

The canyon’s steep walls are a dark red, scorched by intense heat, and the air is thick with a scorching, dry atmosphere.

Ordinary plants struggle to grow here; only a few fire-resistant, exotic ferns and lichens dot the landscape.

When Ling Shuang led Lie Tian and the other wounded remnants of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, after a grueling ordeal, to the deepest part of the canyon, everyone was exhausted.

Days of fleeing, tense nerves, and untreated injuries had brought the team’s morale and stamina to rock bottom.

Before them stood a hundred-zhang-high, smooth, mirror-like crimson rock wall.

This wall was not ordinary rock, but a rare mineral called “Crimson Flame Crystal,” upon which burned a seemingly faint yet eternally burning pale golden flame, the intense heat distorting the air itself.

This was the entrance to the Blazing Fire Secret Realm that Ling Shuang had spoken of.

“This is it.”

Ling Shuang stopped, her pale face flushed an unnatural red from the intense heat, but a glimmer of hope shone in her eyes.

She turned to Lie Tian and the others, saying, “Please wait a moment while I open the entrance to the secret realm.”

Lie Tian and the others gazed at the burning rock wall, feeling the vast and pure fire-attribute energy contained within, and felt somewhat relieved.

This entrance to the secret realm was so unique and well-hidden; perhaps they could truly escape the pursuit of the Demon Sect and the Fusion Beast Clan for the time being.

Ling Shuang took a deep breath, suppressing her fatigue and the lingering pain from her injuries, and walked to about three zhang in front of the rock wall.

She took out her crimson feather jade pendant, the same one she had given Kai—the “Fire Pendant”—and formed hand seals, transforming her pure Xuan Tian Sword Qi into blazing fire-attribute spiritual power, which she then poured into the pendant.

The “Fire Pendant” immediately shone brightly, emitting a clear phoenix cry, and a crimson beam of light shot out, striking the center of the burning rock wall.

At the same time, Ling Shuang focused her divine sense and began to inscribe the complex and profound opening seals.

However, just as the magic seal was about to be completed, and the flames on the rock wall began to fluctuate rhythmically, faintly revealing a portal’s phantom image—

“Hmph!”

A cold and authoritative snort exploded in everyone’s ears like thunder!

The snort contained a powerful impact on the divine soul and a blazing sword intent. Ling Shuang was the first to be hit, feeling a sharp pain in her sea of ​​consciousness, and the divine seal she was inscribing instantly collapsed!

She groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, and staggered back a few steps, the light of the Li Huo Pendant in her hand dimming .

The portal’s phantom image that was about to take shape on the rock wall dissipated, returning to its original burning state.

“Who goes there?!”

Lie Tian mustered his strength and stood in front of Ling Shuang, his silver pupils scanning the surroundings warily.

The other disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect also braced themselves, assuming defensive postures.

“Shuang’er, how dare you!”

Accompanied by an authoritative voice, the space in front of the burning rock wall rippled like water, and a figure slowly emerged.　　The newcomer was a middle-aged man who appeared to be around forty or fifty years old. He wore a crimson robe embroidered with golden flame patterns, his face was ancient, and his eyes shone brightly, like two leaping flames.

He carried a strangely styled crimson longsword on his back. Although it was not drawn, it naturally exuded a scorching and sharp sword intent that seemed capable of incinerating everything.

The strength of his aura far surpassed that of Lie Tian at his peak, clearly indicating that he was a top-tier sword cultivator at the eighth or even ninth rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!

“Master!”

Upon seeing the newcomer, Ling Shuang’s face instantly turned deathly pale. Ignoring her injuries, she hurriedly bowed and paid her respects, her voice trembling.

This man was none other than Ling Shuang’s master, Ling Yan, a genius sword cultivator of the previous generation of the Xuan Tian Sword Sect who later left the sect to venture out on his own and was later revered as the Heavenly Fire Sword Venerable!

Ling Yan’s gaze was like lightning. He first swept over Ling Shuang, noticing the bloodstains at the corner of her mouth and her listless aura. A barely perceptible pity flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly overshadowed by even greater anger.

His gaze then swept over Lie Tian and the other beastmen, who were clearly not sword cultivators and were all injured with mixed auras. His face immediately turned so gloomy it could drip water.

“Shuang’er, have you forgotten my rules?”

Ling Yan’s voice was icy cold, devoid of any emotion. “The Blazing Fire Secret Realm is my place of quiet cultivation, and I absolutely forbid any outsiders from setting foot here!”

“You left the secret realm without permission to meddle in the conflict between our sect and the Demonic Sect, and I haven’t even pursued the matter yet. Now you dare to bring so many… random strangers here without permission, and you still want to open the secret realm?”

“Where do you place my rules? Where do you place the precepts of the Xuan Tian Sword Sect?”

“Master, please calm down!”

Ling Shuang knelt down with a thud, and said urgently, “Disciple knows her mistake! But there was a reason! The Myriad Beasts Sect was ambushed by the Myriad Souls Demonic Sect and a traitor, and the sect was destroyed.”

“Sect Master Lie Tian and the others fought desperately to break through the encirclement, and now they are pursued from behind and have no way forward. Disciple… Disciple really couldn’t bear to see them being slaughtered by the Demonic Sect, so I dared to bring them to the secret realm for temporary refuge.”

“We implore Master to have mercy and allow them to enter the secret realm to hide for a while. They will leave once the storm has passed! Father… Father also agreed to my assistance!”

“Ling Yunzi agreed?”

Ling Yan frowned, but his anger did not diminish. “His agreement is his business! This is the Li Huo Secret Realm, my territory! The rules are set by me!” ”

Don’t even mention Ling Yunzi, even if the ancestors of the Xuan Tian Sword Sect were resurrected, it wouldn’t change anything!”

He looked at Lie Tian and the others with cold eyes, as if looking at a group of ants: “A bunch of stray dogs, do you even deserve to defile my place of cultivation?”

“Get out of the Crimson Flame Valley immediately! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being merciless with my sword!”

“Senior!”

Lie Tian endured the humiliation, stepped forward, and bowed deeply. “This junior, Lie Tian, ​​is the sect leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. The sect has suffered this calamity, which is truly unavoidable. I have absolutely no intention of offending your cultivation, senior.”

“We only beg for your help, senior, to allow us temporary refuge. We are willing to offer all the remaining resources and treasures of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect as a reward. In the future, if you command us, the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Sect will go through fire and water without hesitation!”

“Ten Thousand Beasts Sect? Hmph, what right does a piece of trash that can’t even protect its own gate have to negotiate with me?”

Ling Yan sneered mercilessly. “Your resources and treasures? I don’t care! Get out of here now! Don’t force me to personally send you on your way!”