The cave, once dark and damp, now shone brightly beneath two divine suns, one green and one gold. Their flames blazed fiercely, and their searing heat sent the temperature soaring. Space wavered slightly, as if the cave had become a sea of fire and magma. The heat was unbearable; the clear spring water boiled, the surrounding weeds and shrubs withered, and the ground dried and cracked.
Gu Shenge sat cross-legged on the stone bed with his eyes closed. His aura was even more powerful and profound than it had been a month ago, vast as a great river. The Sun God Mark sent ripples across the air, his hair whipped about, and a faint golden glow flowed over his body. His dignified bearing made him seem like a god descended to the mortal world. The two divine suns circled him, burning heaven and earth and lending him an even more supreme, awe-inspiring presence.
After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes. A brilliant golden gleam flashed through them. His gaze was searing, as if it could burn through space and pierce the clouds of the highest heavens.
The Green Lotus Divine Sun and the Burning Heaven Divine Sun returned to his body, and the strange phenomena around him gradually faded.
Gu Shenge slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. It carried such intense heat that it melted a huge pit into the ground. After briefly sensing his cultivation, he sighed,
"No wonder it's the Heavenly Flame ranked fourth. It really is powerful."
Going from an Eight-Star Dou Emperor to a Three-Star Dou Zong seemed to be a gain of only five stars, but breaking through from Peak Dou Emperor to Dou Zong required an enormous amount of energy.
Earlier, the Second Elder and Third Elder of the Snake-People Tribe