As the Central Fire Sea shrank ever smaller, more and more Fire Crystal Stones appeared.
The Central Fire Sea now covered only a hundred li, while vast quantities of Fire Crystal Stones lay scattered across the ground around it.
By this point, none of the cultivators around the fire sea were fighting over Fire Crystal Stones anymore.
They were all desperately snatching up the newly appeared Fire Crystal Stones from the ground.
No one dared approach within several li of Qin Huaian, fearing that he might misunderstand their intentions.
If Qin Huaian mistook them for trying to compete with him for Fire Crystal Stones, that would be no laughing matter. The fate of that late-stage Immortal Venerable cultivator was still fresh in their minds.
Qin Huaian merely gathered some of the Fire Crystal Stones around him into his Storage Ring and did not compete with the others.
His attention was focused entirely on the continuously shrinking fire sea. Though Fire Crystal Stones were important, they were far less important than the Fire Origin.
Besides, although he had displayed formidable strength, he absolutely did not want to become a target for all.
If he seized Fire Crystal Stones without restraint, he might very well stir up everyone's fury and prompt them to join forces against him.
That was far from impossible. Many people wanted to obtain the Fire Origin.
Yet the two strongest people present were Qin Huaian and Zhu Yue.
If the others wanted to obtain the Fire Origin, the best way would be to join forces and kill those two first.
That way, the chances of the other cultivators obtaining the Fire Origin would increase dramatically.
As the fire sea shrank from a thousand li across to a hundred li across, even without deliberately competing for Fire Crystal Stones,