The Flaming Mountains.
A mountain range burning with fire year-round.
They were formed five hundred years ago when Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Court and knocked over Lord Lao's Eight-Diagram Furnace.
The flames burning upon them were the Six Ding Divine Fire.
This fire burned for five hundred years without extinguishing, and it was said that even if a body of Indestructible Vajra Gold entered, it would be smelted into golden liquid.
Truly formidable.
Back then, Sun Wukong was calcined in Lord Lao's Eight-Diagram Furnace for forty-nine days and did not die, not because Sun Wukong truly possessed an indestructible body.
Rather, Sun Wukong hid in the wind vent of the Eight-Diagram Furnace, specifically the Xun trigram position of the eight diagrams.
Thus he avoided being burned to death, though he was left with an eye ailment.
This fire was also exceptionally good for forging weapons. With the help of this fire, Wang Ming was already close to forging this black battle halberd into shape.
Only the final few steps of the process remained unfinished.
Without the aid of this fire, Wang Ming would have needed at least another fifty years to successfully forge it.
After all, Wang Ming did not dare to use his own flames to process the weapon.
As it happened,
because Tang Sanzang had taken in the ruler of the Nü'er Kingdom to join the pilgrimage team, he felt a guilty conscience and did not dare face Wang Ming.
Therefore,
he broke away from the group and left a step ahead.
At this time, the attention of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Buddhist Sect was basically attracted by Wang Ming, and their focus on Tang Sanzang had diminished quite a bit.
Through their time spent together during this period, Tang Sanzang's Buddha