The phosphorus fire here was scorching hot. Even though I kept wiping it away with Star-Annihilating Arts, the flames around me were so hot it felt as if they were seeping into my marrow.
"I say, kid, even you have times when you can't take it. Weren't you quite capable just now?" Ying Shi chuckled.
I snorted. As I slipped inside, I also took out a fire-repelling star artifact, temporarily shielding myself from the flames' scorching heat.
"He's only at the Great Primordial Heaven realm. Back in our day, we might not even have been able to touch the hem of his clothes." Ying Luan stood beside me as he spoke.
Ying Shi immediately fell silent. After a long while, he finally said, "There are truly so many geniuses in this world!"
Xiu Hui said nothing. After moving through the flames for a while, he opened a set of star-button ice chains and encircled everyone with them. The temperature suddenly dropped as a result.
"Many thanks, Venerable." I breathed a sigh of relief.
"No need." Xiu Hui did not waste words either, accelerating as he led us away from the boundary of the Soul-Shocking Sea.
The pools of fire here stretched for who knew how many miles. With Xiu Hui leading us, the group flew for an entire day before finally arriving in a deathly silent expanse.
Floating in the darkness, I looked back. The path we had come from was the entrance to the enormous pool of flames, which looked like a miniature star.
All around us were shattered stars. Some were so vast they seemed boundless, and there was far more than one or two fragments of broken continents. Others floated overhead in pieces, with not the slightest trace of life remaining upon them.
"I heard the Shattered