"What?! This is the origin of hell?!"
At this moment, inside a treasure vault in Burning City.
After the coronation ceremony ended, Xia Ping arrived at the treasure vault built by the demons. It contained treasures amassed over countless years by the nine immortal lords.
These treasures had originally been the lords' private collections, but since they had all been killed, they naturally now belonged to Xia Ping.
The moment Xia Ping entered the vault, he sensed peculiar waves of energy emanating from its depths, stirring the bloodline within his body.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!
With a sweep of his hand, nine black beads immediately flew out from the depths of the vault. Each bead contained dense hell energy, seeming to resonate with heaven and earth—with the entirety of Flame Hell—as they hummed.
Without a doubt, these nine beads were the origin of Flame Hell.
Originally, Flame Hell's origin had been only a single bead. But when the nine immortal lords fought over it, it split into nine pieces, each stored away in one of their treasure vaults.
These nine beads originally would never have seen the light of day again. But now that the nine immortal lords were dead, the nine origin beads had naturally gathered together and fallen into Xia Ping's hands.
"Refine."
At that thought, Xia Ping did not hesitate. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he circulated the mana within his body and condensed the Hell Furnace, immediately refining the nine origin beads.
Splash!
The nine origin beads swiftly melted into liquid, surging into his limbs and bones before finally entering the sea of qi in his dantian, where they condensed into a golden bead.
"Hm?!"
A frightening golden light flashed through Xia Ping's eyes. The golden bead was trembling, seemingly connecting to the origin