Beyond the gateway, Li Yun and the other three appeared in a crimson world.
A vast mountain lay sprawled across the earth like a crouching dragon. Not a blade of grass grew upon it, yet every inch of rock burned with scarlet flames.
As though they would never be extinguished.
Fire Element Essence, dense and boundless to the extreme, filled every corner of this space. Even Li Yun's eyes lit up at the sight.
"This is a true Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root!"
"Endless blazing flames, pure fire spiritual energy surging and churning, nurturing vast amounts of Spirit Fire... Damn, if I could devour all the Fire Element Essence and even the Spirit Fire here, the fire Dao Seed within my Mystic Gate could effortlessly transform into a Dao Embryo, perhaps even reach a higher realm..."
"Compared to this, my Tiangu King Mountain is way too pathetic..."
Both were Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots of the Ancient Celestial Continent. Flame Mountain represented fire; one could even say it was the origin of all fire in the entire Ancient Celestial Continent.
Tiangu King Mountain, meanwhile, represented metal and was the origin of metal.
However, Tiangu King Mountain had previously suffered severe damage. Even its Destiny River had only been repaired by Li Yun after he encountered it.
Its origin had been gravely depleted.
Thus, even after Li Yun took control of Tiangu King Mountain, he did not dare draw too much Yuan Qi from it. He could only wait for it to slowly recover.
But now that he saw Flame Mountain, it was an entirely different situation.
Everything was intact.
He could cultivate here without restraint. So long as he did not harm Flame Mountain's destiny and origin, he could still gain an immense boost.
Moreover, although not a blade of