Before long, the three of them arrived at the end of the passage, where a fiery red world lay before them.
Within the enormous underground cavern, crimson magma continuously erupted and flowed, radiating scorching heat.
In the boundless sea of magma, one spot glimmered faintly with an azure light. A wisp of azure flame drifted through the magma there.
The flame was extraordinarily sentient. As it wandered through the magma, it sometimes took the form of a lotus, and at other times turned into a small azure flame serpent that spiraled through the air.
Its tail flicked up streams of magma before sending them scattering with a howl, as though it were a child playing in the molten lava.
This azure flame was the Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked relatively low on the Heavenly Flame Ranking at nineteenth place.
However, when Jia He saw this wisp of Green Lotus Core Flame, he sensed that its power seemed somewhat weak.
"That is the Green Lotus Core Flame!" Medusa said as she looked at Jia He.
"This is merely a clone of the Green Lotus Core Flame. Its true body should be beneath this magma!" Jia He said.
"You know a great deal about the Green Lotus Core Flame?" Medusa asked, glancing at Jia He.
Jia He nodded slightly. "The Green Lotus Core Flame is born from the heart of the earth. It gains sentience after ten years, takes form after a hundred years, and after a thousand years, it can assume the shape of a lotus. Upon reaching maturity, it takes on an azure hue, with a cluster of azure fire in its lotus heart. That is known as the Green Lotus Core Flame!"
"Then this Heavenly Flame must be quite tempting to you?" Medusa asked.
Jia He smiled. "Alchemists do