A Vast Difference

"Trouble actually found me just for attending a trading fair. I'd better behave myself over the next few days and stay in the inn." Yuan Ming quickly left the Myriad Goods Immortal Trading Post, his figure vanishing into the crowd on the street.

Rather than returning to his previous inn, Yuan Ming simply changed to another one. After skillfully setting up restrictions in the room, he immediately slipped into the Asura Palace and began dealing with the crystal.

The crystal's shell was extremely hard, and Yuan Ming cut it with exceptional care, afraid that removing even a bit too much would damage the Blazing Fire Elemental Stone inside.

It took him a full half day before Yuan Ming finally ground away the crystal shell bit by bit, revealing the fiery red round stone hidden within.

Aside from its color, the round stone looked no different from an ordinary rock. Yet the moment Yuan Ming grasped it, his entire body became unbearably hot, and the blood and qi within him seemed to boil from the heat.

In mere moments, even the air around him was ignited by the heat radiating from his body, evaporating into great swathes of white mist.

What formidable fire elemental power. If it were refined into a spirit treasure, even a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator might not be able to withstand it. Yuan Ming thought.

The next instant, the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron suddenly emerged. A beam of light flew out from it, drawing the Blazing Fire Elemental Stone inside and embedding it into the altar formation.

A red halo immediately lit up across the formation, spreading rapidly in all directions before merging into the void.

Yuan Ming promptly examined it and discovered that the seal on the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron's space had loosened further. The spatial passage he could