The heat within the Sky Flame Stone was constantly replenished. As Elder Da Gu and the others took out various treasures that increased the temperature, the small city grew hotter and hotter. Cultivators who had not reached the strength to stroll through the stars could not endure it and all withdrew.
The original city walls and other structures in the small city ruins had also vanished in many places after being touched.
Few people realized that the vanished city walls had not turned to ashes. They had simply disappeared.
The Sky Flame Stone was the source of the fire dragon's power. The fire dragon could delay Madam Hong's attacks and join forces with the Sky Flame Dao Master to fight powerful Illuminators. Its inherent heat was beyond what ordinary people could imagine. Even now, the heat these people provided was still insufficient—far from sufficient.
Lu Yin could only open the door a tiny bit at a time to tempt them. If he had not thought of this method, he would not even have been able to find this much heat.
Meng Tianlong, Mu Nishang, and the Eastern Frontier Alliance experts had taken out quite a few things that increased the temperature. The Eastern Frontier Alliance had been searching for ancient fire sources all along. Everyone knew this, but they had not exposed themselves.
Lu Yin did not blame them. They were not his subordinates; they had merely formed an alliance to take what they needed. Besides, the alliance had not been entirely voluntary. It was perfectly normal that they did not want to cooperate with him.
More than ten days later, the door was still open only a tiny crack. Though the gap was minuscule, it gave everyone hope.
"This is the gate to an ancient inheritance. It must be