On the Demon Fire Plains, more than a year later, the land was still a stretch of towering mountains.
Yet at this moment, it had turned into a vast white plain, with an enormous pit at its center whose edges could not be seen at a glance.
Even across the plain beside the pit, enormous cracks thousands of zhang long still spread out like giant centipedes.
At the same time, waves of scorching heat continuously rose from those cracks, making this region exceptionally dry.
This plain had naturally been created by the battle more than a year ago, when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame descended and fought the Seven-star Dou Sheng experts of the Ancient and Soul Clans.
The countless surrounding mountain ranges had long since turned to nothingness, completely vanishing from this world.
Even the earth below had been transformed into a living volcano by the terrifying heat released when the Demonic Flame descended.
Then, Gu Dao and Hun Sha's battle had stripped away vast amounts of soil above it, exposing and activating the volcano beneath. After more than a year of constant eruptions, this place had become a region of magma.
However, with the Demon Fire Space closed, reason dictated that this place should have become exceptionally desolate after the powerful experts departed.
But when the experts who had remained outside rather than entering during the Demonic Flame's descent were leaving, some of them discovered a strange crystal brimming with violent Fire Attribute energy amid the soil kicked up by Gu Dao and Hun Sha's battle.
This discovery immediately made the plain, which should have become desolate, extraordinarily lively.
Yet after conducting experiments, those experts discovered that these crystals, filled with violent Fire Attribute energy, actually contained an extremely faint trace of residual Demonic Flame.
Though this residual