Published: February 26, 2025
The two women smiled lightly and released a surge of Divine Power, transforming it into a light barrier that enveloped them.
Then, Tan Yun led the two women deeper into the cave.
Upon reaching the center of the cave, they saw two flames towering five hundred zhang, slowly burning.
One of them had a red sheen, and Tan Yun recognized at a glance that it was an eleventh-level upper-grade Divine Fire: ice mystic blood flame.
The second flame glimmered with a greenish hue, which was the eleventh-level supreme Ice Attribute Divine Fire: azure wave divine fire.
At the same time, Tan Yun noticed that the intelligence of both Divine Fires had vanished, though he did not care about the reason for its disappearance.
"Hahaha, very good!" Tan Yun smiled with satisfaction. After collecting the ice mystic blood flame and azure wave divine fire into his Divine Ring, he summoned the Tower of Ascending to the Heavens and entered the fourth floor.
Then, he called out primordial ice flame Bing'er.
Dressed in a flowing blue dress, Bing'er bowed and said, "Bing'er pays respect to the master."
"Mm." Tan Yun smiled and said, "With these two Ice Attribute Divine Fires, it’s enough for you to advance from the initial stage of the twenty-sixth level to the minor completion of the twenty-sixth level."
"Refine them well."
"Bing'er obeys." After Bing'er received the command, Tan Yun smiled and left the Tower of Ascending to the Heavens, appearing at the cave entrance and putting the tower away.
"Jing Yun, where shall we go next?" Li Shiyin asked, her voice quite enchanting.
Tan Yun didn't answer immediately. Instead, he inquired the Xiao Longshe within the Tower of Ascending to the Heavens, "Old Xiao, should we first go to the Earthfire Forest, or the Magma Valley, or the Northern Underworld Divine Lake?"
Xiao Longshe transmitted, "First go to the Northern Underworld Divine Lake, then to the Earthfire Forest, and finally head to the Magma Valley."
Subsequently, Tan Yun relayed the plan to the two women.
Then, Tan Yun piloted the Divine Vessel, heading towards the Northern Underworld Divine Lake with the two women…
A day later in the outside world, Li Shimin, who had spent a hundred years recovering from his injuries in the Tower of Ascending to the Heavens, flew out of the tower and appeared on the Divine Vessel.
Tan Yun piloted the Divine Vessel, engaging in lively conversation with the three…
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
Tan Yun piloted the Divine Vessel and arrived at the Northern Underworld Divine Lake.
Upon entering the green and deep Northern Underworld Divine Lake, the four of them went straight to the lake's bottom and found the eleventh-level supreme Ice Attribute Divine Fire: Northern Underworld Divine Fire, and the eleventh-level upper-grade Ice Attribute Divine Fire: Northern Underworld Cang Flame.
Next to the Northern Underworld Divine Fire was a Northern Underworld Divine Beast, standing a thousand zhang tall, though it was only a sixth-rank saint king beast.
Tan Yun took a moment to defeat the Northern Underworld Divine Beast, collecting the Northern Underworld Divine Fire and Northern Underworld Cang Flame, and gave them to the primordial ice flame inside the Tower of Ascending to the Heavens to devour.
When Tan Yun left the Northern Underworld Divine Lake, he did not eliminate the Northern Underworld Divine Beast.
In the following five years, Tan Yun ventured to the Earthfire Forest, but it turned out to be a wasted trip.
The four of them discovered signs of fierce battles in the vast Earthfire Forest, and the divine bird Flame Eagle, which guarded the tenth-level supreme Fire Attribute Divine Fire: Earth Core Divine Flame, had already been killed.
As for the Earth Core Divine Flame, it was nowhere to be found, presumably taken away by someone else.
After a fruitless trip, Tan Yun piloted the Divine Vessel, traversing the grayish God-Eating Abyss for more than a year, before hovering outside a fire valley.
Flames surged high into the sky within the valley, and rolling heat waves poured out, causing Xuan Yuan Rou, Li Shiyin, and Li Shimin to feel their skin sting.