Having reached a deal with True Lord Xiao Yuanmei, Liang Zhaohuang was in no hurry to head to the center of the Underground Sea of Fire to cleanse the Red Dragon Wood and study the Red Dragon's 'Immortal Shedding.' Instead, he remained for the time being.
He and True Lord Xiao Yuanmei each sent messages to their family disciples, first arranging for a group of people to come to the Underground Sea of Fire as a trial in subduing flame sprites and spirits.
More than a month later, the Liang Family and Xiao Family each dispatched a hundred-person team. There were Foundation Establishment cultivators and Qi Refinement cultivators among them. They did not venture deep into the Underground Sea of Fire, only subduing first- and second-order flame spirits around its outskirts.
After several years of cleansing by Liu Province's Human Way Destiny, the first- and second-order flame sprites in the Underground Sea of Fire had now basically all transformed into flame spirits. They were more compatible with Human Way cultivators, making them easier to subdue.
Liang Zhaohuang personally went to the outskirts of the sea of fire as well, observing the Xiao Family disciples subduing flame spirits and assisting Liang Family cultivators in doing the same.
He had originally hoped to discern the foundations of some Xiao Family secret arts through the process by which those Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment cultivators subdued flame spirits.
Yet he discovered that the Xiao Family disciples relied more on the 'Heavenly Fire Altar' they had set up, borrowing the power of 'Heavenly Fire' to complete the task.
However, everything within the Heavenly Fire Altar was entirely obscured by the Heavenly Fire. Even with Liang Zhaohuang's current cultivation and strength, activating both the Five Elements Dharma Eye and Heavenly Eye Insight still did not