Fire Cloud Mountain.
The foundation of Flame God Cave Heaven lay in an endless crimson mountain range. The rocks and soil here were steeped in the power of an eternal fire source that had burned for ten thousand years, taking on the dark-red hue of cooled lava.
The range's main peak thrust straight into the clouds, shaped like a blazing greatsword pointing at the heavens, grand and domineering.
Most peculiar were the clouds that coiled around the mountaintop and mountainside. They were not ordinary white clouds, but "Crimson Flame Flowing Clouds" that burned without end all year round.
The clouds were like blood, like flowing molten gold, like a blood-red ocean slowly churning. Scorching magma wound through the mountains like veins.
The palace complex built against the mountain was rugged in style, and even the spirit springs were crimson, blending into this land as one.
Yet at this moment, this Cave Heaven Blessed Land was shrouded in the grim chill of a coming mountain storm. Runes from the Mountain Protection Grand Array flickered faintly across the mountain's surface.
Within the various pavilions and halls, as well as among the recently returned stewards and disciples, quiet conversations passed between them.
"Why did Cave Master Sir summon us back? Was it really so urgent? I'd just dug out some top-grade fire spirit stones from that premium spirit mine."
"The atmosphere is so stifling. Did something major happen recently?"
"You've been shut away in the mountains for too long, haven't you? Your news is completely cut off. I heard Ancient Ancestor Sir has already fallen in the Land of Chaos, slain by Chu Jiang, Chief of the Chu Tian Division."
"Beyond that, Flame God Cave Heaven has already suffered four Heavenly God Realm casualties. Including the Cave Master, only three Heavenly God Realm