In the southern reaches of the land, at the Immortal Volcano, the endless Yin Fire from the earth's depths steamed continuously. Countless bubbles formed in the lava, only to burst in an instant, releasing poisonous Qi from deep underground. This poison was vicious beyond measure. Ordinary cultivators could not withstand it, and even cultivators with the cultivation of Heavenly Immortals would be reduced to ashes by the fire.
The most vicious thing about this Yin Fire was that it could stir up the evil fire within a cultivator, trapping them in the calamity of demonic possession.
Yet the Immortal Volcano's vast Yin Fire had never spread throughout the Great Luo Immortal Realm. This was thanks to the Phoenix Queen of the Phoenix Clan, who guarded the volcano, and to the innate fire spirit root, Fusang Wood. The Fusang Wood constantly absorbed the poison expelled by the Immortal Volcano and released even purer True Sun Fire through its branches.
As the Heavenly Secrets gradually cleared, Di Jun used divination to determine that the Fusang Wood his master had ordered him to seek was at the Immortal Volcano. He was overjoyed, but he was at a crucial stage in refining the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars and could not leave. So he sent his wife, Chang Xi, to investigate in his stead. Who could have known such a calamity would befall her?
When Di Jun learned what had happened, he was grief-stricken. The Wu Clan had been outrageously brazen.
The True Sun Palace seethed with flames of fury, making the fires throughout the world restless.
Taiyi hurried toward the True Sun Palace, his expression bleak.
Di Jun asked, "Younger brother, did you find any news of the Fusang Wood?"
Taiyi sighed. "When I reached the Immortal Volcano, the Fusang Wood was