True Fires Merge

Using the excuse that he needed to focus on his cultivation, Song Wen sent Bai Jinge away from Bamboo-Hidden Ravine.

After three days of quiet meditation, Song Wen arrived at the square of the Heaven and Earth Treasure Hall.

He sat cross-legged about ten feet off the ground and summoned the Great Sun Golden Flame and the Azure Firmament True Fire.

In an instant, two balls of flame, one platinum and one azure, emerged into the air.

The flames roared and soared into the sky, but were blocked by an invisible barrier—the defensive formation inherent to the Heaven and Earth Treasure Hall.

Song Wen didn't want the two balls of True Fire to rage and destroy the entire Bamboo-Hidden Ravine.

Under Song Wen's deliberate manipulation, the two flames began to recede, eventually transforming into two flames several feet in size, hanging on either side of Song Wen.

Suddenly, a Storage Bag floated out of Song Wen's sleeve; it was the same one Bai Jinge had given him a dozen days ago.

The Storage Bag opened automatically, and a jade bottle flew out.

A faint light appeared on the jade bottle, and black liquid transformed into a thin thread, continuously flying out.

The black lines, like serpentine snakes, meandered across the plaza, leaving behind intricate Profound Patterns that eventually formed a design that resembled an array but wasn't quite one, covering an area spanning several miles.

Song Wen then took out several silver stones from his Storage Bag, crushed them into powder from a distance, and sprinkled them onto the pattern below.

The pattern suddenly seemed to come alive, with silver-gray spiritual light constantly moving along the Profound Patterns on the ground.

The light moved faster and faster, and the entire pattern began to rotate at high speed.

The pattern was suddenly divided into two equal parts, black and white, clearly distinct yet intertwined due to the high-speed rotation.

Black and white spiritual light burst forth, enveloping the two balls of True Fire above.

The two balls of True Fire, drawn together by the two colors of spiritual light, began to swirl around the pattern below, their distance from each other decreasing, but they did not touch.

From the Storage Bag, several ingots of black metal, a clump of transparent spiritual liquid, some unknown Demon Beast skeletons and scales, and scattered spiritual herbs flew out.

The metal melted into liquid, bones and scales were crushed, and medicinal herbs were extracted. All of these elements, relying on the transparent spiritual liquid, merged into one, transforming into a mass of pale blue spiritual liquid.

The pale blue spiritual liquid split into two balls, which then rushed towards the two balls of True Fire.

The True Fire possessed the power to burn the heavens and boil the seas, but under the shroud of the black and white spiritual light, its power seemed to be greatly suppressed, causing no damage to the two clumps of pale blue spiritual liquid, which were completely enveloped by the spiritual liquid.

Enveloped in the spiritual liquid, the two balls of True Fire swirled and gradually drew closer to meet.

There was no violent collision as expected, nor any towering flames; only the pale blue spiritual liquid on the surface swayed slightly.

Although the two True Fire met, they did not merge but remained distinctly separated.

Another transparent jade bottle flew out of the Storage Bag, inside which was a wisp of milky white flame, only the size of a finger.

This fire, named Moonlight Frost Flame, is the rarest of all the spiritual materials used this time. It has the ability to promote the fusion of True Fire.

Moonlight Frost Flame flew out, passing through the pale blue spiritual liquid, and reached the point where the two balls of True Fire intersected. Then, like flowing water, it silently seeped in.

In an instant, the platinum and emerald flames trembled simultaneously, and a thin layer of crimson appeared at the originally distinct boundary—this was the result of the initial fusion of the two True Fire.

As time passed, the two balls of True Fire continued to swirl around each other, the crimson color becoming increasingly solid and heavy, and the two balls of True Fire drew closer and closer together.

Eight months later.

The two balls of True Fire had shrunk by more than half, while the crimson flame in the middle had grown to exceed the sum of the two.

At this moment.

The two balls of True Fire suddenly pressed down towards the middle.

"Bang!"

With a deafening roar, flames shot into the sky, turning a deep crimson red.

The platinum and azure True Fire had vanished without a trace.

At this point, the Great Sun Golden Flame and the Azure Firmament True Fire had completely merged.

Looking at the newly born crimson flames, Song Wen couldn't help but smile.

"It's done!"

The fusion of the True Fire proceeded more smoothly than expected; the commotion it caused was even less than when he fused three spiritual fires with the Great Sun Golden Flame.

With a thought, Song Wen summoned a Bronze Furnace and absorbed the crimson flames into it.

Looking at the raging flames inside the Bronze Furnace, Song Wen spoke up.

"It needs a name. What should we call it... True Fire?"

He had originally planned to take one character each from the Great Sun Golden Flame and the Azure Firmament True Fire, but then he immediately realized that the name was somewhat inappropriate.

"Then let it be called... Crimson Firmament True Fire."

After deciding on the name, Song Wen put the Bronze Furnace away.

Then, he soared into the air, rising to the heights above the Heaven and Earth Treasure Hall, where he saw:

On a high mountain beside the stream, Bai Jinge was waiting in the Purple Qi Bamboo.

Bai Jinge had clearly been waiting for a long time and was extremely bored. Her feet were covered with purple bamboo leaves, which she had torn off piece by piece from the Purple Qi Bamboo when she was bored.

Upon seeing Song Wen appear, Bai Jinge's expression brightened, and she immediately flew over.

"Extreme Yin, you've finally emerged from seclusion!"

"Yes," Song Wen replied, "The Great Sun Golden Flame and the Azure Firmament True Fire have merged instantly."

"Extreme Yin, you're amazing! You succeeded on your first try!" Bai Jinge exclaimed joyfully.

"We really have to thank you for the 'Nine Luminaries Fire-Controlling True Scripture' and those auxiliary spiritual materials," Song Wen said. "But I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Soon! I'll wait for you, I'm happy to." Bai Jinge smiled brightly.

In fact, Bai Jinge had been waiting for more than a month.

During the fusion of the True Fire, Bai Jinge visited four times. The first three times, Song Wen was too busy to attend to everything, so she returned home after reaching the outside of Bamboo-Hidden Ravine and did not even enter the great formation.

One last time, she absolutely refused to leave.

Song Wen was too busy to see her at the time, so he had to focus on controlling the array and creating a crack in the barrier to let her enter the Bamboo-Hidden Ravine Valley and wait for her.

"Where is the True Fire that the Extreme Yin fused together? Show it to me quickly," Bai Jinge said.

Song Wen had no choice but to summon the Bronze Furnace again.

Bai Jinge examined the flames in the Bronze Furnace and asked again.

What is this fire called?

"Crimson Firmament True Fire," Song Wen said.

"Nice name. Shall we try it out and see its power?" Bai Jinge was eager to try.

"That's exactly what I was thinking," Song Wen said.

"Then let's go, I want to see it too."

The two then left the formation and saw Hu Rui standing alone atop a hill.

After exchanging brief greetings, the three of them set off together in the southeast, where the Spiritual Qi was relatively sparse.

"Jin Jinge, has Nine-Thunder Profound Lord made any moves recently?" Song Wen asked as he flew through the air.

Eight months ago, when Bai Jinge left Bamboo-Hidden Ravine, Song Wen had instructed her to pay attention to Nine-Thunder Profound Lord's actions.

"Nine-Thunder Profound Lord has left the sect," Bai Jinge said.

"When?" Song Wen asked.

"Six months ago," Bai Jinge said.

"Do you know where he went?" Song Wen asked.

"That's unclear," Bai Jinge said. "He left the sect alone, without mentioning his whereabouts to anyone beforehand. No one within the sect knows where he went. However, six months ago happened to be the time when the Teleportation Array between Central Mu City and Great Granary City was opened."

Song Wen's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that Nine-Thunder Profound Lord... actually went to that small lake?

But he has been gone for six months. Given his speed, he must have already reached the lake. I just don't know what happened to him.

But whether Nine-Thunder Profound Lord is alive or dead, he cannot Central Mu City in a short time.

After all, the Teleportation Array between Central Mu City and Great Granary City only opens once every three years. If Nine-Thunder Profound Lord wants to return, he will have to wait at least another two years.

"Jinge, continue to keep an eye on news about Nine-Thunder Profound Lord. If there's any movement, remember to inform me immediately." To prevent Hu Rui from overhearing, Song Wen deliberately used Divine Sense to transmit this message.

"Okay." Bai Jinge nodded without hesitation.