Once the pledge of allegiance was complete, Wang Daoyuan willed it, and the Lava Spirit let out a loud cry of agony.
"What exactly did you do to me?"
With that, flames blazed all over its body, and it opened its mouth to spew fire.
Wang Daoyuan activated the Spirit Taming Technique again, forcibly interrupting its move.
"The secret art I used on you is a kind of Spirit Taming Technique. With a single thought from me, no matter where you run, you'll suffer pain worse than death.
If I want you dead, that will be easy enough too."
He summoned another stream of Crimson Sun True Fire. "I have an endless supply of sixth-rank spirit fire. As long as you obey me properly, your cultivation speed won't be any slower than it was at Sunset Abyss. In the future, you may even have a chance to become a true spirit race.
But if you keep playing tricks, Forging Immortal won't be the only one waiting to eat you."
"A spirit race?" The Lava Spirit looked puzzled.
Forging Immortal explained, "Artifact spirits like us, as well as natural spirits like you, cannot be considered complete living beings.
But we can all take another step forward and become true lifeforms.
When the Qianyuan Realm first formed, it was barren everywhere, without even a trace of life.
Later, a group of spirit races naturally came into being between heaven and earth. Many of them possessed strength surpassing that of Earth Immortals the moment they were born.
Some of these spirit races gradually died out, while others left behind bloodlines.
The one wrapped around you now is one of the strongest spirit races from back then—Yinglong.
The Five Elements Divine Beasts at the very pinnacle among divine beasts are all descendants of Yinglong.