The bright moon hung high overhead.
Long Jiuyyao, who had fallen off the cliff and passed out, slowly opened his eyes. His whole body ached. He rubbed his brow and surveyed the dark cave around him.
Luckily, he had found this cave while falling. With his current cultivation and physique, if he had hit the bottom of the cliff, he would have been nothing but a pile of mush.
Long Jiuyyao took a Luminous Pearl from his Universe Bag and used its light to make his way slowly deeper inside.
He had no idea whether the man in black was still at the top of the cliff. What's more, there was a Flame Beast comparable to the Life Profound Realm. Going back up would be suicide. He was better off exploring the cave to see if there was another way out.
As he ventured deeper, waves of heat washed over him. The cool night grew stifling, and the cave, once pitch-black, began to glow faintly red.
Red crystals that radiated heat came into view. The farther Long Jiuyyao went, the more spacious the cave became, until it was as magnificent as a palace built from an entire vein of red crystal.
As Long Jiuyyao stepped forward, the red crystals covering the rock walls began to crack and rattle. He felt the ground tremble. As the shaking grew stronger, the crystals split apart and fell away.
With the crystals gone, the secret markings they had concealed on the rock walls were fully exposed before Long Jiuyyao.
The markings were strange and mysterious, like writing from the heavens. Curious, Long Jiuyyao slowly ran his finger over them. At once, the faint markings blazed with dazzling light, leaving him temporarily blind.
While Long Jiuyyao was blinded, a huge teleportation array that covered the