Over the next several days, Li Qingyuan encountered only one team, crossing paths with two late-stage True Immortal cultivators.
As the two sides passed each other, they remained wary, but neither made a move.
Aside from them, he encountered no other competitors.
Of the thirty-eight True Immortal cultivators in total, three from the Fire Beast Race, two from the Ground Lizard Race, and Guihai Yuan, Wen Xingyue, and Zuo Qiuyue had already died.
"Eight True Immortal cultivators have already died by my hand."
As Li Qingyuan flew onward, he mused, "In the Cultivation World, the strong truly do devour the weak."
"Either they kill me, or I kill them."
Had Li Qingyuan not possessed formidable strength, enough cunning, and countless trump cards, never mind entering the Burning Heaven Gate-he would probably have been slain when he first encountered Huo Zhuo.
Inside the Mysterious Feminine Space, he tossed out all the Tribulation Crossing Stage, True Immortal Early Stage, and True Immortal Mid Stage Purple Fire Crystals, feeding them to the Southern Bright Illusory Fire.
The Southern Bright Illusory Fire devoured vast quantities of Purple Fire Crystals while refining the essence of the second-grade immortal fire, Sea-Heart Kunyuan Fire.
The two forces mingled and collided within the Fire Spirit, while the nirvana property of the Innate Divine Fire continually digested, absorbed, and fused them.
The purple within the orange-red flames grew increasingly intense. Their temperature continued to climb, and the might of second-grade immortal fire within grew ever stronger as a deeper nirvana began.
"Soon, soon..."
Li Qingyuan thought, Before long, the Southern Bright Illusory Fire will be the first to complete its nirvana transformation, giving me another means of overcoming my enemies.
The Jianmu Dao Foundation and Earth Marsh Sword Array were powerful killing moves, but their enormous consumption made them