Chi Rontian, Great Unity Sect's deputy sect master, was, like Yan Shuitian, a reincarnated natural deity of the The Great Primordial World. The difference was that one had been the fire god among the natural deities, while the other had been the water god.
However, Chi Rontian had broken through into the Longevity Secret Realm a hundred years before Yan Shuitian, reaching the second level, the Undying Body, in one stroke.
The price he had paid was the artifact spirit of the high-grade Dao artifact left behind from his previous life.
His reason for coming to Dragonwood Star was to use its star core to give his high-grade Dao artifact a new artifact spirit, restoring it to its former state and perhaps even taking it a step further.
Otherwise, if Yan Shuitian broke through to the third level of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Grotto-Heaven Realm, within the Eternal Furnace, it would become difficult for him to compete for the position of Great Unity Sect's supreme sect master.
"This old man is Jidu Dharma King. Greetings, Fellow Daoist Chi Rontian, deputy sect master of Great Unity Sect."
At this moment, Fang Yu and Fang Han were both concealed within Jidu Dharma King's Jidu Divine Smoke, so they were not worried about Chi Rontian discovering them.
"Jidu Dharma King, I have heard of you. You actually dared to slaughter all living beings on an entire star and irrigate its star core. Your crimes deserve ten thousand deaths."
"However, considering how difficult your cultivation has been, and that you have broken through into the Longevity Secret Realm, I can spare your life if you submit to me and assist me in obtaining this Dragonwood Star Core."
Chi Rontian's expression turned cold as he sternly rebuked him with an air of righteous authority,