Nine-colored flames crisscrossed and soared, burning wildly through the void.
This underground cavern at the exit of the Nine Poison Earthfire had been baked white-hot by the blazing fire qi, like some kind of porcelain—smooth and extraordinarily hard.
White Azure Dragon, Bai Kui, and the Black Tortoise Demon King waited at the cavern entrance. Black Tortoise activated a Dark Yin Sky-Covering Banner, blocking the searing fire qi outside and concealing their forms and auras.
The three demon kings had not stationed themselves here with the deliberate intent of ambushing anyone. It was only that, when they had forcibly passed through the Nine Poison Earthfire just now, even with Black Tortoise's Beiming Sea-Overturning Whip, they had been unable to fully ward off the Nine Poison Earthfire.
All of them had been assailed by the poisonous qi of the Nine Poison Earthfire or injured by its toxic flames. To varying degrees, they were in rather sorry states.
They remained here to take medicine and regulate their breathing, hoping to recover their mana and spiritual sense as quickly as possible.
Jade Firmament Blessed Land was exceedingly dangerous. There were still five more heavenly passes ahead, along with numerous seventh-rank cultivators. No one dared let down their guard in the slightest.
At their level of cultivation, because of the Creation Golden Talisman seeds, all those who had come were their true bodies. Moreover, the Creation Golden Talisman seeds restricted their use of substitute-death methods.
The main issue was that the Creation Golden Talisman seeds were far too profound and intricate, and were connected to both their souls and essence wheels.
Put plainly, a substitute-death method was no more than using a proxy to transfer damage. Their souls and Yang Spirits could be transferred away, but the Creation Golden Talisman seeds could not.
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