Yuan Ming rose to his feet, a brilliant yellow halo spreading around him like the rising sun at dawn.
His body gradually melded into the ground, transforming into a streak of light as he swiftly burrowed deep underground.
In the span of a moment, he was already standing before the towering Hongjun Pillar.
The Hongjun Pillar, once covered in devastation, had regained much of its former splendor under the nourishment of the restoration array. It no longer required the full support of Yuan Ming's World Tree.
The Tianhong Great Array now operated ever more smoothly, like the natural rhythm of heaven and earth.
Yuan Ming's gaze was sharp as torches. After surveying the area for a moment, he did not linger.
He once again employed an escape technique, his body darting through the earth like a swimming fish. Before long, he arrived above a boundless lake of lava.
Scarlet magma churned endlessly across the lake's surface like raging flames. Scorching waves of heat rushed at him, mixed with a pungent sulfurous stench that nearly suffocated him.
Yuan Ming drew a deep breath, and a red membrane of light instantly enveloped his body, completely blocking the searing power of the magma outside.
With a flash, he shot into the depths of the lava like an arrow. Passing through layer upon layer of blazing magma, he finally reached a region of bright crimson lava at the very bottom.
The temperature of the magma here was terrifyingly high. Even Yuan Ming, bearing the Fire Emperor's will, felt an indescribable heat piercing straight into his bones.
Though the heat could not harm him, the sensation of being roasted by flames was far from pleasant.
The surrounding void warped and distorted under the magma's intense heat. Spatial Rifts occasionally surfaced, vanishing in an instant through