A vast flaming valley spanned over a million li.
On either side of the valley, flaming cliffs a hundred thousand feet tall stood like walls of heaven. Magma seeped from cracks in their faces, gathering into dozens of rivers of fire that wound down into the valley floor.
Purple fire filled the valley floor, where earth vein fire intertwined with Burning Heaven Purple Fire. The temperature was so high that even space warped slightly.
Around the flaming valley, Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts of varying sizes, the smallest a hundred thousand feet long, patrolled their territory, letting out low growls from time to time.
Not only did they refrain from fighting one another, they cooperated in orderly fashion.
Tribulation crossing stage Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts patrolled in formations of three to five, like an army, utterly unlike the solitary Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts scattered across the outer region.
Once true immortal-level Purple Fire Gold Crystal Beasts gathered, they seemed to use some instinct to control their tribulation crossing stage kin, forming a clan structure.
There were three True Immortals at the Fire Beast Race's position, all late-stage True Immortals.
Working together, they could slay a true immortal peak stage cultivator and contend with a half-step Heavenly Immortal.
The three late-stage True Immortals of the Fire Beast Race occupied a peak on the valley's eastern side, their Primordial Spirits spread out over several million li.
"That useless Huo Zhuo has probably died somewhere."
"He didn't show up when the Burning Heaven Gate opened, either."
"Heh, if you ask me, with the Great Elder as his grandfather and a veteran half-step Heavenly Immortal backing him, he grew used to throwing his weight around and bullying the weak. He probably capsized in a gutter."
Their leader had thirty-five Immortal Apertures, needing