Wan'er's First Kiss; Huofen Kingdom's Great Change

"Wan'er!"

Feeling the increasingly dense and violent fire spiritual energy, Lan Ruo spoke up, "You stay here and chat with the Senior. The other Nascent Soul Ancestors of the sect and I are going to seal the volcano!"

"You cannot seal it!"

Qin Hao suddenly interjected, "This time, the Fire Beasts of the Huofen Kingdom are actively breaking the seal. Unless you slaughter every single one of them, they will simply break through again even if you reinforce the seal!"

"What? The Fire Beasts are breaking the seal?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of both Lan Ruo and Feng Luan changed drastically.

The Huofen Kingdom was filled with volcanoes and rich in fire-attribute spiritual energy; most of the cultivation techniques and divine abilities they practiced were fire-based.

Those Fire Spirit Beasts were natural fire spirits. Any fire-attribute spell would not only fail to harm them but would instead bolster their power.

In the past, for reasons unknown, those Fire Spirit Beasts had never left the volcanoes, nor had they ever interfered with the humans sealing them.

If it were truly these Fire Spirit Beasts breaking the seal, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the Huofen Kingdom.

Not only would the mortals suffer, but even cultivators like them would be forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge in other countries.

This was because if these volcanoes were not sealed, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth would become extremely violent.

Even with regular sealing, they still needed to use Burning Gold Fruit to refine Spirit Melting Pills to regulate and dilute the fire attributes.

Spirit Melting Pills were not only the most consumed pills in the Huofen Kingdom, but there were also dozens of different pill recipes for them, varying in quality and effect.

"Brother Qin Hao, can you help the Huofen Kingdom?"

Li Muwan looked up at Qin Hao, unable to help but plead, "Once these Fire Beasts break the seal, the cultivators might be able to leave their homes and flee, but the mortals of the Huofen Kingdom will have no path to survival!"

"Very well!"

Qin Hao gently stroked Li Muwan's pretty face and said with a smile, "The Huofen Kingdom is your home; naturally, I will not let those Fire Spirit Beasts destroy it!"

"That's wonderful, thank you!"

Li Muwan was overjoyed.

"Mua~"

Unable to restrain herself, her fiery red lips pressed directly onto Qin Hao's cheek.

She pulled away the moment they touched.

Li Muwan said shyly, "You... you should go now!"

"You actually kissed me, so I have to kiss you back!"

Qin Hao smiled and leaned in, planting a kiss on Li Muwan's delicate cheek.

He knew Li Muwan was thin-skinned, so he did not go too far.

"Let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, Qin Hao teleported away alongside Feng Luan and Lan Ruo.

"Phew!"

Only after Qin Hao had left did Li Muwan finally let out a sigh of relief.

For some reason, she felt as if she were a bad girl—nervous and worried, yet also feeling a sense of excitement.

She touched the lingering warmth on her cheek and hurriedly shook her head, saying, "I am not a bad girl; he is the big bad guy!"

Zhou Zihong walked over with a complex expression and asked with a smile, "Little Sister Wan'er, you are quite bold to take the initiative to kiss the Senior. How did it feel?"

"Sister Zihong, please don't tease Wan'er."

Li Muwan's face turned beet red with embarrassment. Her little heart was pounding, and she felt particularly guilty.

In the eyes of others, she had always been a well-behaved girl, but today she had kissed Qin Hao in front of so many people—it was truly mortifying.

Changing the subject, Zhou Zihong asked, "Little Sister Wan'er, have you and the Senior known each other for a long time?"

"Yes!"

Li Muwan nodded and said, "It seems to have been over ten years ago. Back then, he was only at the Nascent Soul Early Stage!"

"What?"

Zhou Zihong's eyes widened, and she said in shock, "Little Sister Wan'er, are you saying that the Senior only took a little over ten years to advance from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to the Spirit Transformation stage?"

She had been cultivating for decades and was only at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Compared to Qin Hao, Zhou Zihong felt as if she had lived her life in vain.

Above a vast, endless stretch of volcanoes, the air was filled with thick black smoke and violent, scorching spiritual energy.

Even if a Nascent Soul Cultivator came here, they would not dare to absorb the spiritual energy at will, fearing that fire toxins would invade their bodies.

Inside the volcanic craters, a massive number of Fire Beasts were attacking the seals.

"BOOM!"

Suddenly, the largest volcano erupted, and scalding magma spewed forth, surging hundreds of feet into the high sky.

"Roar!"

A Fire Beast of immense size let out a heaven-shaking roar.

Immediately after, a dense swarm of Fire Spirit Beasts, both large and small, surged out from within the volcano, numbering well over one hundred thousand.

It was under these circumstances that Qin Hao and his group arrived at this location.

"There are far too many of these Fire Beasts!"

Zhao Chuanliang, Sect Master of the Corpse Yin Sect, felt his scalp tingle as he gazed at the Fire Spirit Beasts covering the mountains and plains.

Among the army of Fire Beasts, sixteen massive creatures radiated fluctuations characteristic of the Nascent Soul Realm.

While the entire Huofen Kingdom possessed a similar number of Nascent Soul cultivators, those at the Nascent Soul Early Stage were simply no match for Fire Spirit Beasts of the same level.

Only cultivators at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and Nascent Soul Late Stage could hope to contend with them.

Song Ming said to Qin Hao, "Senior, we can help you hold off ten of these Fire Beasts!"

"No need!"

Qin Hao replied with a calm expression, "There isn't even a single Spirit Transformation level Fire Beast among them; I can handle them all by myself!"

As he spoke, his hands moved in a continuous series of hand seals, and he let out a low shout in his heart: "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones!"

"Hum!"

The next moment, three auspicious clouds appeared above Qin Hao's head.

Then, three streams of pure energy emerged and merged into the clouds, blending and shifting until they transformed into three human figures.

They were identical to Qin Hao; they were not mere external avatars, but each was a true manifestation of his self, radiating the cultivation fluctuations of the Spirit Transformation Early Stage.

This was the Divine Dao Art that Qin Hao had obtained by triggering the system in the War God Temple.

Although the Dao Bodies created by One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones could only exist for a short time, for that duration, Qin Hao was effectively four people with four times the combat power.

As soon as the four Qin Haos appeared, they stood in four different directions, surrounding the swarm of Fire Beasts.

"Roar! Roar!"

Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from Qin Hao, the Fire Beasts began to roar in unease.

"Is this the Divine Dao Art of your War God Temple?"

Watching the three figures suddenly appear, Zhao Chuanliang could not help but exclaim in shock.

One had to realize that having three additional Dao Bodies of the same cultivation level was equivalent to having triple the power.

Whether for combat or escape, it was of immense utility.

"It doesn't seem like it!"

Song Ming shook his head and said, "We have also cultivated the Divine Dao Art, but according to the method imprinted in the memory of Progenitor Chen Chong, one can only cultivate a single clone with a lifespan of merely thirty years."

"Even if one piles on medicinal resources, it can at most reach the Core Formation stage; it is impossible to manifest three clones of the same cultivation level like Senior has done."

What he did not say was that it was highly likely Progenitor Chen Chong had left behind other inheritances.

And this particular inheritance had happened to be obtained by Senior Qin Hao.

It seems that once this matter is settled, I should go and contemplate the Divine Dao Art again, Song Ming thought to himself. If there truly are other inheritances, I could also gain some extra combat power.