Once he reached this place, the ground grew somewhat hot, and the deathly aura thinned considerably.
Then a subterranean stream of magma appeared beneath his feet.
He entered the magma. It was like a sea of molten rock, flowing toward different regions.
Far below, a main artery of magma stretched up from deep underground. It gathered here into a sea, then flowed out in every direction.
His gaze turned to the center of the magma sea.
That was where the magma surged up from underground, the point from which the sea spread outward. There was something strange about it.
He approached and reached toward that strange point.
The Light of Civilization spread out. In the next instant, a mysterious ripple emanated from the point, and he vanished from reality in a flash.
When he came to his senses, he found himself in a space no more than a hundred zhang across.
The space shimmered with pure, searing heat and radiated a fiery red glow.
It was vast and empty. Beyond its walls seemed to lie endless magma, and boundless heat was drawn inside to gather at its center.
Looking toward the center, he saw a golden tree of flame burning there, with ten branches extending from it.
A flame of a different color burned on each branch.
A mysterious fluctuation of the Great Dao flickered through the air!
A faint smile touched Li Qing's Present Body. This was another treasure he had been seeking.
The Light of Civilization spread out and instantly suppressed the flaming treasure tree.
It struggled fiercely. This tree of flame had already developed a powerful instinctive intelligence.
But it was no use. That intelligence was stripped away in an instant, and a wisp of Li Qing's fundamental consciousness merged into the tree.
He swiftly refined the