Time went back one day.
After arriving in Starfire City, Di Yi City Lord Stewart soon found the Starfire Fiend, Alex.
He recounted what he had seen of Garen on the road and told the Starfire Fiend that Garen had agreed to return to Starfire City after some time.
"A powerful member of the Four Divine Beasts Clan? With exceptionally strong Soul Power, skilled at concealing his aura, extremely fast, and powerful in attack?"
Hearing this, the Starfire Fiend couldn't help looking forward to meeting him. If this man really was an Asura-level powerhouse, it would naturally be best to make his acquaintance.
The two visited each other once every thousand years. They exchanged their experience in using Soul Power and often sparred to test their techniques.
Both were now stuck at the bottleneck of fusing the fifth profound mystery. They were already infinitesimally close to perfection, and once they fully fused all five, their strength would advance by leaps and bounds.
They were far stronger than ordinary Seven-Star Fiends, but still fell short of Asuras. They were Seven-Star Fiends at the peak of their level.
Beyond the rank of Seven-Star Fiend, one was a powerhouse in the Infernal Realm. Battles were rare, so some City Lords often sparred and exchanged ideas, hoping to find inspiration for fusing profound mysteries.
If a powerhouse at the Asura level was willing to befriend them and share his insights into the Laws and Mysteries, that would be ideal.
Although such advice couldn't directly help them comprehend how to fuse profound mysteries, they would always gain something from drawing parallels. Perhaps a single flash of inspiration would let them fully fuse all five profound mysteries.
The two were close friends. They began chatting about things they had experienced over the years, and soon talked