Seven Star Island, Yue'er and Little Fox

Looking at the Top-grade Spirit Stone in his hand, Lin Xuan's gaze seemed rather hesitant. Though this object contained abundant fire spiritual power and would have no problem raising the temperature of the Earth Fire, still...

Should I really use it? There was only one Top-grade Spirit Stone. Trying to gather another was practically impossible. If he used it up here, how was he supposed to leave Demon Spirit Island?

Yet if the temperature was insufficient, the Heaven Dust Pill could not be refined successfully. Lin Xuan was caught between a rock and a hard place.

Even with his shrewdness, he did not know what choice to make.

Wuu...

A strange sound entered his ears. Lin Xuan raised his head and discovered that the Purple Dragon Cauldron had begun trembling slightly. He could not let this continue.

A resolute light flashed through Lin Xuan's eyes. How to leave Demon Spirit Island could wait until later. The urgent matter at hand was not to waste all his previous effort.

Lin Xuan tossed the Top-grade Spirit Stone into the air and spat out a streak of sword light.

Hiss...

A crack appeared on the surface of the spirit stone, then spread outward like a spiderweb before shattering apart.

The world before him turned fiery red, and the surrounding temperature suddenly soared wildly. Yet Lin Xuan had long since prepared. Calm and unhurried, he shook his sleeve, and a sheet of rosy mist immediately shot out from in front of him. With one roll and one sweep, it wrapped up the fire spiritual power released from the spirit stone.

It drifted unsteadily toward the cauldron.

Lin Xuan's face was full of solemnity as he controlled it with the utmost care.

The process was far more difficult than he had imagined. The fire spiritual