Chapter 5809
As Kai stepped into the golden flame-filled light curtain, a scorching energy, a hundred times more concentrated and pure than that of the Crimson Flame Canyon outside, carrying an ancient and primordial aura, like a primordial beast awakening, opened its fiery maw and instantly enveloped and devoured him.
“Buzz—”
After a brief period of dizziness from the spatial shift, the scene before him suddenly opened up.
Even with Kai’s composure, he couldn’t help but be slightly moved by what he saw.
This was far beyond the description of an ordinary cultivator’s cave or a small secret realm; it was a truly complete and magnificent world of fire origins, independent of the Tenth Heaven!
The sky was an eternally burning, ever-changing dome of flames.
There were no sun, moon, or stars, only endless, thick, liquid-like divine fires of various colors.
Near the eastern horizon was a crimson-gold color like the rising sun, radiating a warm yet domineering fire of life.
The west was permeated with the orange-red of the setting sun, containing a serene and majestic stillness of all things returning to silence.
In the southern sky, a dazzling, blazing white light churned—the illusory phantom of the sun’s true fire, purifying all things.
In the north, however, drifted deep, mysterious, purplish-black flames, seemingly capable of devouring light, heat, and even the soul.
These flames were not static; they flowed, intertwined, and collided as if possessing a life of their own.
At times, they transformed into soaring phoenixes, their cries echoing through the air; at other times, they coalesced into roaring fire dragons,
swirling and radiating light. The entire sky was painted with a shimmering, breathtaking beauty, yet also terrifyingly dangerous.
The earth, a dark red crystalline rock forged over millions of years, was incredibly hard, yet riddled with deep, spiderweb-like cracks.
From the depths of each crack, pure pillars of fire, several meters or even tens of meters high, erupted from within, each a different color.
Some were a deep, icy blue yet unbearably hot; others were pitch black yet blazing brightly.
These pillars of fire shot skyward, merging with the fiery tassels hanging from the heavens, forming fiery waterfalls connecting heaven and earth, their roars incessant.
The magma wasn’t merely confined to fissures; it flowed freely across this land like rivers and seas.
Crimson, golden, and dark purple magma rivers crisscrossed, slowly surging.
Floating on their surfaces were unsinkable fiery lotuses and burning pumice.
The air was thick with a complex odor, a mixture of sulfur and a strange, fragrant aroma.
In the distance, colossal mountains, purely composed of fire crystals, stood majestically.
These mountains weren’t rock, but naturally formed from the purest “Crimson Flame Crystal Essence,” “Solar Fire Crystal,” and “Earth Core Flame Jade”—top-tier fire-elemental treasures powerful enough to cause bloodshed in the outside world!
They were translucent, their interiors seemingly sealed with flowing flames, refracting a dreamlike, ethereal halo under the interplay of external sunlight and internal firelight.
Atop the mountain peaks burned “Eternal Flames” of various shapes.
Some had coalesced into giant crimson fiery lotuses covering half a mountain, slowly rotating, each petal flowing with runes of the Great Dao.
Some transformed into the phantom of a crouching, head-raised fiery Qilin, roaring silently yet exuding overwhelming power.
Even more strikingly, some appeared as the outline of a blazing palace, its eaves soaring upwards, its doors faintly visible, as if an ancient fire god resided within.
In the air, the intensely concentrated fire-attribute spiritual energy was no longer gaseous, but had formed a mist of pale red, gold, and purple, flowing slowly like a veil.Even a single breath brings a searing heat to the lungs.
But for fire-elemental cultivators, this is undoubtedly a top-tier cultivation sanctuary.
Even more miraculously, this land of origin for fire has nurtured unique fire creatures.
There are fist-sized “fire spirits,” shaped like flickering candle flames, yet possessing lively little eyes; they frolic and weave in groups through the flames.
There are “flame-scaled dragon carp,” several feet long, their scales like rubies, swimming freely in lava rivers, occasionally leaping out of the water, sending sparks flying everywhere.
There are also magnificent “fire sparrows,” with wingspans exceeding ten feet and trailing ornate seven-colored fiery tail feathers, gliding gracefully through the air, emitting clear, phoenix-like cries. One
can even see “lava giants,” several feet tall, pieced together from burning boulders, moving slowly yet possessing immense strength, lingering at the foot of distant mountains, each step causing the earth to tremble slightly.
Everything here showcased the fury, brilliance, creation, and destruction of flames, forming a magnificent picture of primitive, wild, yet vibrant life.
The completeness of its fire-based laws and the high level of its energy far surpassed any known perilous or blessed land in the Tenth Heaven.
“Cough…cough cough…”
Following Kai, Lie Tian, Shi Yan, Ying Wu, and the dozens of surviving disciples of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect experienced a sudden and dramatic change the moment their feet touched the dark red crystalline ground!
The omnipresent, dense, and terrifyingly high temperature and violent fire elemental energy seemed to find an outlet.
No longer a gentle embrace, it transformed into countless red-hot, barbed steel needles, frantically drilling into every pore of their bodies!
Their skin felt like it was being branded with a hot iron.
The air they inhaled through their mouths and noses felt not like air, but scalding magma steam, directly burning their trachea and lungs! Even
with their eyes closed, they could feel the intense light and heat from the outside world piercing their eyelids, causing stinging pain and dizziness!
“Ugh!”
A Qinghu Clan disciple, whose cultivation was only at the second rank of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, was the first to succumb, letting out a short, painful scream.
His exposed skin instantly swelled with countless blisters, which then burst, oozing yellowish-brown pus.
He collapsed to the ground, his breath rapidly weakening.
“Hold on! Circulate your cultivation technique to protect your heart meridian!” Lie Tian roared hoarsely.
He himself was in no better shape.
As a Silver Moon Sky Wolf, he was biased towards wind and moon attributes, naturally incompatible with this extreme fire environment.
At this moment, he felt as if his internal organs were being roasted over a fire, and the demonic energy that had flowed smoothly through his meridians became sluggish and scalding.
His injuries were aggravated; a sweet taste rose in his throat, and another mouthful of blood surged up, which he forcibly swallowed, his face turning purplish-red.
Shi Yan, whose true form was a Rift Earth Demon Ape, possessed a strong earth attribute and slightly higher resistance to fire, but he too was scorched red all over.
Sweat evaporated as soon as it seeped out, leaving behind white salt stains.
He gritted his teeth and shielded the nearly fainting Shadow Dance behind him.