Changes in the Ruins

"This is—Flameburning Fire!"

Within his mind, Black Snake Xiao Qi, the parasitic soul,

saw the ring glow. Its dark snake eyes gleamed brightly as it transformed into a phantom and appeared on Robert Kava's left shoulder.

It urgently instructed, "Quick! Follow the ring's resonance and find where the Fire Seed of Flameburning Fire is located."

Flameburning Fire?

Robert Kava's eyes widened. This thing actually existed?

And it had not appeared in Flameburner Undercity, but in the Lansya Region, a thousand miles away?

"So this is the Flameburning Fire you wanted to find? It doesn't look like anything special."

Robert's palm passed through the white light without suffering the slightest harm or receiving any enhancement. It was like passing through dawnlight—nothing could be grasped, and nothing seemed to be there.

"Heh heh..." Black Snake Xiao Qi sneered disdainfully and spared no effort in mocking him. "Because with your strength, you're not qualified for it to harm you."

"And you are?" Robert Kava asked casually.

"Perhaps I am!" Black Snake Xiao Qi fell silent for a moment before replying in a somewhat profound tone.

"..."

The closer they came to the place where the Fire Seed lay, the brighter the ring shone.

Robert Kava arrived before a stone door and saw a Tribal Era totem carved upon it.

Three primitive people stood before a bonfire. One sat cross-legged, stirring the dying Ember with a branch. One had risen to his feet, his shadow stretched impossibly long by the firelight. The last was feeding wood into the bonfire, making its blaze flare up with light that drove back the darkness.

It seemed like one bonfire, then three bonfires, then one bonfire again—three states from three different moments in time.

"Ember, Shadow Touch, Flameburn..."

Robert Kava frowned, suddenly realizing something.

He turned to Black