The crimson fire maples painted the sky a brilliant red. As the evening breeze swept through them, they looked like a mountain blaze burning the heavens, a breathtaking sight.
Beneath the maple forest, a cave stretched deep into the mountain, spilling scorching heat. Clearly, a dormant volcano still lay within.
Deep inside the cave, a stone marked with python patterns blocked the way.
The next moment, the stone silently vanished, and two figures abruptly appeared. Behind them stood two black crows that had shrunk their bodies.
The one in front held its head high, as though it had won a great victory, while the one behind looked rather dispirited, its eyes continually darting forward.
"Father, the Soul-Devouring Black Crow Clan is actually preparing to make a move too!" The two newcomers were none other than Ye Jingcheng and Ye Qingfeng.
Ye Jingcheng had waited in Golden Sand Prefecture for two months and bound three more Sixth Stage members of the Jade Soul Race with Soul Pacts.
After Thunder Spirit Child set off for the Celestial Pivot Spirit Domain, Ye Jingcheng brought Ye Qingfeng, Ye Jingzhong, and the others to the Soul Crow Spirit Domain.
Both the Soul Crow Spirit Domain and the Black Armor Spirit Domain lay beside the Wildlands Ancient Road, with no particularly distinct stretch of the Wild Sea separating them from the Mortal Dust Continent.
Even so, it had taken Ye Jingcheng and his companions a considerable amount of time to get here.
Of the two black crows following them, the one in front was the spirit beast Ye Qingfeng had owned in the Mortal Realm. It had already reached the Middle Sixth Stage and possessed the bloodline of a Lunar Yin Ancient Crow, making it quite formidable.
Unfortunately, the Ye Family had never found the spirit