With a crisp bird cry, Su Shi'er could clearly sense a subtle change in the atmosphere around him.
His gaze flickered, and Su Shi'er swiftly turned his head.
Before his eyes, flames soared above the fire gourd containing the Fen Tian Karmic Fire, dyeing the entire room red.
The terrifying temperature that surged sharply upward made even Su Shi'er feel a faint pressure.
Had he still possessed his former Body Integration Realm cultivation, Su Shi'er feared he would have found it difficult to endure such terrifying flames.
But with his current cultivation realm, though he felt somewhat uncomfortable, it had not reached the point where he could no longer hold on.
Compared to this slight pressure, what Su Shi'er felt now was greater curiosity and anticipation.
He could understand why Southern Bright Leaving Fire had remained within the ten-thousand-year earthfire.
After all, ten-thousand-year earthfire was inherently mild.
But the Fen Tian Karmic Fire was a slaughtering flame that did not lose out to Southern Bright Leaving Fire in the slightest.
If they were truly compared, it might even be somewhat stronger.
If Southern Bright Leaving Fire had truly existed within the Fen Tian Karmic Fire, it would likely have long since been devoured completely.
Under such circumstances, how could the Fen Tian Karmic Fire still cause such a commotion?
The bird cry that had suddenly sounded earlier also felt incomparably familiar to Su Shi'er.
"Could it be..."
With a thought, Su Shi'er immediately formed a guess in his mind.
The instant the thought surfaced, a familiar figure appeared within the Fen Tian Karmic Fire.
The figure spread its wings and flew high, circling through the secluded cultivation chamber.
It was none other than the artifact spirit firebird from within the Half-Immortal Artifact treasure umbrella.
At this moment, the artifact spirit