After spending several busy days in Dragon Mountain City and eliminating some of the repercussions caused by the Fallen God Temple's attack, Lin Qi casually submitted an official document to the Church—Lord Taimus had suddenly vanished during the Fallen God Temple attack several days ago. He requested that the Church investigate his whereabouts and have him return to Dragon Mountain City to oversee the vital task of building the Church's army.
Having submitted this document, which was bound to cause a tremendous upheaval within the Church, Lin Qi patted his backside and headed for Dragon Abyss.
Within the territory of the Flame Dragons, inside the primordial volcanic crater where Crimson Flame, once a two-star Dragon General, had slumbered, a boiling lake of magma churned violently. By the side of this lake, where even the magma had been burned blue-white and radiated heat sufficient to melt steel in an instant, young talents from the various ancient clans had been stripped naked and bound tightly to stakes according to the strength of their power and the toughness of their bodies.
Naturally, the closest to the magma lake were the young people of the Xiahou Family and the Lin Family. Their bodies were incomparably powerful, tougher than steel by who knew how many times, so the lower halves of their bodies were immersed in the scorching magma, allowing the flowing lava to relentlessly torment their flesh.
Lin Qi had lingered in the surface world for several days. By the time he leisurely finished dealing with everything and arrived at Dragon Abyss, even peak demigod experts like Xiahou Chu and Lin Fengkuang had been refined to the verge of death. Their bodies below the waist had been burned bright red; if their strength had not been so terrifyingly great, they would already have been