Exposed?

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit gradually saw through the situation.

It disdainfully exhaled a puff of reddish-brown smoke, certain that Ning Zhuo's actions were completely futile.

However, just as it was about to raise a fingertip to stop Ning Zhuo, it dismissed the idea.

It suddenly found watching the spectacle quite interesting.

It was like playing with a small ant, raising its palm each time to block the ant's path. Seeing no way forward, the ant could only turn and take another route. By constantly blocking the path with its palm, the ant was forced to keep changing direction.

Wasn't that interesting?

Ning Zhuo, unaware that he had been reduced to a small ant, felt immense pressure.

"It has to succeed."

"I must destroy my name!"

Ning Zhuo was very clear about the seriousness of the matter.

Success or failure in this matter would almost certainly determine his life or death!

Even if he didn't die, his fate would definitely be extremely miserable.

Join the Ning Family and confess to the family?

Ning Zhuo barely considered this point.

According to the Ning Family's style, if he confessed voluntarily, the high probability was that they would support him on the surface but suppress him in secret.

Support? They would just treat him as a tool.

From now on, his life would definitely be extremely stifling, and any gains he made in the Immortal Palace would be seized by the family.

Freedom? Don't even think about it!

"What about joining the other three sides?"

Ning Zhuo shook his head inwardly.

Joining them now was not good. Meng Chong, Zhou Zhu, and others had been secretly harmed. As an outsider with such excellent results, he would definitely be targeted by the other major forces.

His small frame couldn't bear it, absolutely couldn't bear it!

"My biggest advantage was always hiding my capabilities, staying in the dark. But now, a simple ranking list has broken my concealment, turning my decade-plus of hidden efforts into nothing."

"I'm not reconciled!"

With this pressure and emotion, Ning Zhuo quickly assembled a simple Catapult.

He aimed the angle, calculated the distance, and then quickly cut the rope.

The next moment, the Thousand Jun Heavy Hammer platform in the throwing basket was launched.

Bang.

With a muffled sound, the Thousand Jun Heavy Hammer platform heavily struck the stone pillar, accurately landing on the position of Ning Zhuo's name.

Then, there was another loud bang.

The Thousand Jun Heavy Hammer fell onto the floor tiles, shattering the nearby ones.

However, on the Stone Pillar Ranking, Ning Zhuo's name remained completely undamaged, still as conspicuous and outstanding as before!

Seeing this scene, Ning Zhuo's heart sank heavily.

He clenched his fists, staring intently at his name.

He had never expected to encounter a life-or-death crisis during his second exploration of the Magma Immortal Palace!

If he weren't in a puppet body right now, he would surely be drenched in sweat by now.

All sorts of negative emotions inevitably arose and quickly spread in his heart.

Ning Zhuo couldn't help but recall his mother's dying instructions.

"Mother told me to stay safe. If my life is in danger, it's perfectly fine to give up this Immortal Palace."

"Life is still the most important thing!"

"Perhaps I shouldn't have been greedy and come to explore the Magma Immortal Palace."

Ning Zhuo shook his head abruptly, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"Heh, what's wrong with me?"

"If I had another chance, I would still choose to do this!"

"With such an opportunity presented before me, if I don't fight for it and live so cowardly, I might as well die."

"Calm down!"

"Even if I'm ultimately exposed, I accept this worst-case scenario."

"Because these are all my own choices!"

Ning Zhuo adjusted very quickly, returning to a calm and composed state.

Once he calmed down, he quickly had other ideas.

"The Stone Pillar Ranking is difficult to destroy, but perhaps the Magma Immortal Palace itself provides a function to change or disguise names?"

"There are still many places in the Preparation Room that I haven't explored."

Ning Zhuo began to explore everywhere.

He quickly scanned the workbenches, mechanism crafting tools, and various types of mechanism bases. He recognized some, but more were unfamiliar.

He went to the exit of the room and touched the door, but there was no reaction.

"It seems the Preparation Room doesn't offer any rewards."

Finally, he focused his gaze on the Five-Sided Stone Pillar in the center of the room.

He had touched the stone pillar earlier when trying to grind off his name, and there was no reaction.

But Ning Zhuo thought about it and still felt that the stone pillar shouldn't be so simple.

He tried to infuse spiritual power into the stone pillar. The next moment, the stone pillar shot out a thin beam of light, hitting Ning Zhuo directly in the chest.

A thin beam of light landed on Ning Zhuo's chest, stamping an imprint.

Within a few breaths, the imprint vanished.

"Trial Disciple?" Ning Zhuo saw the imprint clearly and felt a sense of familiarity.

Suddenly, he understood: the style of the imprint's characters was consistent with the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal.

"That's not strange. My Buddha Heart Demon Seal was taken by mother from the Magma Immortal Palace."

The Magma Immortal Palace's imprint hadn't vanished; it had merely become invisible.

Following this, subsequent information was transmitted to the depths of Ning Zhuo's heart.

"So, being on the ranking list means weekly rewards. And these rewards are related to the specific ranking. The higher the rank, the more generous the rewards."

"A week's time... when does it start counting?"

"What the specific rewards are wasn't clearly stated either."

Ning Zhuo leaned against the stone pillar, looking up at his ranking, sighing bitterly in his heart.

"That's not the problem."

"I'd rather give up these rewards than have my name stay up there."

For Ning Zhuo, rewards were just icing on the cake. But having his name exposed was almost a disaster!

"I want to get off the list, off the list!"

"How do I do it?"

"I don't want my name to be on there."

Ning Zhuo racked his brain but couldn't think of a good method.

But because he was searching his mind and thinking exhaustively, he gradually developed a very vague but quite familiar sensation.

"This sensation..."

"It seems to be the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal?!"

In an instant, Ning Zhuo was like a drowning person grasping at the only straw. Whether it was useful or not, it was his only hope at the moment.

Immediately, he concentrated his mind, cast aside distracting thoughts, and fully strengthened his connection to the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal.

Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Ning Zhuo's physical body lay on the bed, indistinguishable from normal sleep.

But within the Upper Dantian Divine Sea, the majestic, mountain-like treasure seal began to glow slowly.

Its light continuously strengthened, emanating from the physical body, following the Life Hanging by a Thread, and transmitting to Ning Zhuo's soul.

Ning Zhuo's soul resided in the puppet, and the puppet had been in contact with the Five-Sided Stone Pillar.

Through this transmission, the influence of the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal covered the Five-Sided Stone Pillar.

Ning Zhuo: "It's effective, it's really effective!!!"

As Ning Zhuo's intense desire grew, his name actually began to slowly sink.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had been watching Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo's attempts to erase his name by any means necessary had failed, and his subsequent deep contemplation struck the spirit as quite amusing.

It lay on the throne, its gaze piercing through space, watching with great interest.

The next moment, its movements froze, and blinding red light suddenly shot out from its eyes.

It sensed the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal!

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was incredibly excited. It abruptly stood up, leaped into the air, and flew into the sky.

Roar!

It opened its mouth and roared. Its small, exquisite body emitted an astonishing roar. The entire Magma Immortal Palace once again erupted with dazzling treasure light!

At the peak of Fire Persimmon Mountain, the treasure light formed hundreds of giant pillars that shot straight into the sky.

The entire Immortal Palace trembled incessantly, the magma churned violently, and thick smoke billowed endlessly.

The Fire Persimmon City Lord, who had been guarding the area, was startled awake. He quickly took action to suppress the mountain, preventing Fire Persimmon Mountain from erupting.

"What happened?!" His heart was filled with confusion.