The enormous Central Fire Sea, which had originally spanned tens of millions of li, was now rapidly shrinking.
Twenty million li...
Ten million li...
Five million li...
In less than half a day, the entire Central Fire Sea had shrunk to less than a million li in diameter.
Yet the aura of Fire Origin permeating the entire secret realm had become denser than ever before.
Although the many cultivators could not sense Fire Origin's exact location, countless cultivators surged toward the Central Fire Sea.
If there was any place that could be called the most extraordinary in this secret realm, it was undoubtedly the Central Fire Sea.
Thus, anyone with even a shred of ambition hurried toward the Central Fire Sea.
Unlike the others, Qin Huaian could directly confirm through his connection with the World Tree that Fire Origin lay at the very center of the Central Fire Sea.
When the fire sea began shrinking, he had already started flying toward it.
Chen Nian, Zhu Yue, Qin Lu, and the others were likewise speeding toward the heart of the Central Fire Sea.
By now, those cultivators not far from the Central Fire Sea had all noticed its abnormality.
Although the temperature of the secret realm had dropped to an extremely low level, it did nothing to cool the burning hearts of these powerful cultivators.
Not a single powerful cultivator in this secret realm did not have designs on Fire Origin.
But for all these years, they could only sense the aura of Fire Origin and had no idea where it was located.
Even if someone had guessed that Fire Origin was within the Central Fire Sea, they had no way of entering its core region.
Therefore, it had previously been impossible for them to obtain Fire Origin.
But now,