"Lord Vulcan! I will never mistake you this time! Lord Vulcan, you truly live forever young and your appearance never fades!"

Zhao Xi went down into the lava and discovered a volcanic cave at the very bottom.

I jumped down and saw the big red toad shouting at the top of the mountain.

The volcanic cave was incredibly hot and stuffy, like a sauna.

The fire elemental energy here is many times higher than that of the volcano in the Five Spirits Hall.

As soon as she landed on the ground, Zhao Xi felt a splitting headache and bent over to cover her head.

"Lord Vulcan! Are you alright?"

The toad's call instantly flooded Zhao Xi's mind with a flood of memories.

"No, I am not the God of Fire."

"Yes, not yet, but it will be soon! Please, my lord, take back the Fire Prison! Our Fire God Clan has been in decline for a long time, but today we finally welcome your return! With your resounding call, my lord, we will surely regain the followers of all cultivators in the world!"

The giant red toad transformed into an old man, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly to her.

"So, in other words, I can become the God of Fire once I reclaim the Fire Hell, but until then, I am not?"

“Yes!” Huo Gulu clearly didn’t understand her implication and led her to the front of the Fire Spirit Array.

Will she awaken?

Zhao Xi, filled with curiosity, stood before her own source of flame.

The white flame burned silently, surrounded by a fiery wind.

Its warmth shone into Zhao Xixiang's eyes and fell on her cheeks, like the morning sun she saw when she woke up.

So this is the origin.

Zhao Xi was initially worried that this thing would awaken her memories, turning her into someone she didn't want to be and forcing her to accept her mission.

But it didn't.

It even softened its edge, gradually losing its heat, as if it were connected to her soul, retreating into a small flame.

"How...how could this be?!" Huo Gulu stood to the side, his smile gradually fading.

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"What star gate? This is just a giant cauldron, and we're all food in it! We've been trapped here for days, and I don't think that guy ever intended to let us out alive! Eight or nine out of ten of my brothers are dead or wounded. I don't know if they were eaten by monsters or by that guy!"

"Ha, you only just found out now? But once we practice this demonic art, our golden core and spiritual platform will be completely destroyed. Apart from currying favor with the Demon Lord, what other path do we have to take?"

At the bottom of the abyss, in a cave near the volcano, a temporary quiet room was set up. Two cultivators sat together, set up a water spirit array, and drank the little spiritual spring water they had left.

The water elemental energy deep within the volcano is extremely scarce; it needs to be refined through air and demonic beasts to yield even a tiny amount.

Although they don't need to cultivate, they can still feel thirsty.

If Jiang Yanhan hadn't secretly set up the Water Spirit Array with Lu Tianshuo, she would have died of thirst yesterday.

"That's not right!" The hall master's voice suddenly came from outside the Water Spirit Array.

The two men stood up from their prayer cushions, drew their weapons, and pointed them at the leader.

The figure of the hall master, Yu Xiang, emerged from behind the glowing red volcanic rocks, walked calmly to them with his hands behind his back.

The two exchanged a glance, then their eyes hardened as they looked at Yu Xiang's magical artifact and the weak demonic energy surrounding him.

Lu Tianshuo: "You can't speak ill of the Demon Lord in the Star Gate. Now that you've heard it, there's no reason for you to live!"

Jiang Yanhan: "You've come here to die!"

Yu Xiang, however, didn't care at all. He leisurely walked into the Water Spirit Array, even taking out a high-level array stone from his ring to show them, placing it in the center of the array to replace the low-level one. A gurgling stream of clear spiritual spring water circulated within the array, nourishing the three people inside.

Nourished by the water's spiritual energy, the two gradually withdrew their hostility.

Lu Tianshuo: "What does the Hall Master mean by this? Could it be that you also..."

Yu Xiang shook his head and smiled: "If you knew him well enough, you wouldn't have such a misunderstanding. Eating? That's the most rudimentary understanding. We weren't eaten by the Demon Lord, but rather devoured."

Jiang Yanhan: "Heh, what's the difference between these two words? Do you think we've been cultivating immortality for so many years, and we're really just illiterate bumpkins?"

"Of course! If you were just a piece of rotten meat, and the demonic beasts devoured you, that would be food. But being devoured is entirely different. If you were devoured by the Demon Lord, you would be returning to become a part of him. Do you know who the Demon Lord is?"

"He is the God of Bedrock, the Lord of Earth Spirits!"

"Indeed!" Yu Xiang raised a hand and slapped the volcanic rock hard, his tone excited. "Rocks are everywhere. If you return to the Demon Lord, you will have the power to control all things and be able to merge with this earth elemental energy. How can that Water God or the Hundred Beasts Garden compare?"

"But if that's the case, then we're no longer immortals..."

Why did Brother Lu choose to cultivate immortality?

"To live as long as heaven and earth, to control everything, and to become stronger!" Lu Tianshuo's eyes shone with a burning light. He clenched his fists, and the entire formation sensed the demonic energy emanating from him, even the speed of the spiritual energy circulation increased.

Yu Xiang nodded, then prompted, "Our Demon Lord is this very place. What does his will matter? After you joined the Star Gate and cultivated the demonic path, did you not share our hearts?"

Jiang Yanhan and Lu Tianshuo felt as if a flash of inspiration had passed through their heads, and their long-suppressed resentment suddenly vanished.

If they were still cultivating, they might have already broken through to a higher realm!

What is the purpose of cultivation? Isn't it to control the power of heaven and earth, become the strongest being, and live as long as heaven and earth?

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