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"Brat, this Emperor won't let you off!"

The Black Emperor roared madly on the ground, his eyes bloodshot, his jaws gaping wide, every hair on his body standing on end.

"Hm?"

Ji Hao looked back, a hint of amusement flashing through his eyes.

"Whimper..."

The Black Emperor immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say another word, like a wronged little girl.

"Mutts, watch yourselves. If you provoke me again, I'll really have you neutered next time."

Ji Hao's smile was exceptionally bright.

He remembered reading a news story before transmigrating. A stray dog had been neutered by a pet hospital and had gone to the hospital's entrance every day to rage at them for three months. The doctor's response was that they had already apologized.

To deal with the Black Emperor, he had to use some extraordinary measures.

Otherwise, that damned dog would never let the matter rest.

Jin State had some renown in the Southern Region. Cultivators knew of it solely because of the Fire Domain within its borders.

From the Desolate Ancient Era until now, no one knew how many ages it had burned for. Its history was impossible to determine.

Ji Hao did not know much either. He only knew that ever since the Immortal Fire had fallen here, it had continued burning without end.

This was Ji Hao's destination. He had crossed tens of millions of li from the Northern Region to the Southern Region through a Domain Gate.

Ordinary cultivators did not dare approach the Fire Domain at all, but when peerless cultivators refined artifacts, they would inevitably make this place their first choice. The flames here possessed a mysterious power that could help an "artifact" take shape and imprint "Dao" and "principles" upon it.

Of course, Ji Hao had not come to refine an artifact. Though using only a crude embryo without forging an artifact would be somewhat troublesome, without Immortal Metal, Ji Hao would rather use one. He was just that proud.

Hands on hips!

The Fire Domain lay in the westernmost region of Jin State. Ji Hao was in no hurry. After arriving in Jin State, he planned to rest properly before heading to the Fire Domain to gain experience. There was no rush, anyway.

Ji Hao looked into the distance. The scene before him was no longer the crimson desolation of the Northern Region. Instead, lush green mountains layered upon one another filled his vision, while the calls of birds, beasts, and insects rang pleasantly through the air, brimming with a peaceful vitality.

There were also flowers blooming like brocade and bustling crowds of people. Vegetation flourished everywhere, forming a stark contrast with the crimson desolation covering most of the Northern Region.

Ji Hao took out a folding fan and flicked it open. The immortal aura around him faded away, turning him into a graceful young gentleman. He blended into the bustling mortal world, perfectly merging with the crowd.

Watching all sorts of people come and go along the streets, Ji Hao felt somewhat wistful. After sealing away several thousand years of time, leaving behind everyone and everything familiar to come to the Big Dipper, how much of that bitterness could anyone else possibly understand?

At last, he smelled the scent of the mortal world once more.

"Candied hawthorns! Candied hawthorns! One coin per skewer!"

"Big donkey-meat buns! Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground! Freshly baked donkey-meat buns!"

"Lamb skewers! Fresh off the grill! Sir, have a lamb skewer!"

Ji Hao savored the atmosphere of the mortal world.

His entire body relaxed. Ji Hao narrowed his eyes, exuding a lazy air as he lightly waved his feather fan, a refined gentleman amid a tarnished world.

Every move he made drew the gazes of the women on the street. He was the kind who charmed both young and old.

After wandering around for a while, Ji Hao began to find it somewhat dull. Though he wanted to blend in, there was always an invisible barrier before him.

Perhaps his realm had not yet reached the level where he could comprehend the mortal world.

Shaking his head, he used the Great Void Technique, entered the Void, and headed toward the flames.

Before long, Ji Hao arrived at the entrance to the Fire Domain.

Ahead, flames danced wildly. The scorching heat baked the earth, and the outer region was charred black, riddled with dried, cracked fissures.

Ji Hao strode forward and stepped directly into the flames as crimson fire rushed toward him.

Even ordinary cultivators in the Wheel Sea Secret Realm would gain nothing from such scorching heat. After all, not everyone possessed the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. But to Ji Hao, it was nothing.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned the azure-gold Living Flame. Since it had been cleansed by Ji Hao's Emperor Blood, the Living Flame had changed dramatically. Its power had not increased much, but its potential had risen to another level.

The Living Flame continuously devoured the surrounding fire. The azure-gold flames transformed into a great net, swallowing all the flames within several li.

The Living Flame boiled continuously in Ji Hao's hand, clearly refining the crimson flames it had just captured and integrating them into the source of the Strange Flame.

A flash of crimson passed over the Living Flame. Clearly, the outermost layer of fire was unable to bring about any change in it.

The Living Flame had now become one of Ji Hao's divine abilities.

As it happened, Ji Hao knew how to make this divine ability stronger. That was why he had come.

Ji Hao continued another seven or eight li inward. The flames changed color from crimson to pale blue, and the temperature grew even more intense. Even with divine power protecting his body, he could still feel waves of searing heat.

He released the Living Flame again and repeated the previous process, though this time, the speed was much slower.

After it was refined, a pale-blue flame appeared on the outermost layer, but it soon disappeared again.

The Living Flame also grew somewhat stronger.

He passed through the layers one by one, capturing some of the flames at each layer and merging them into the source of the Living Flame.

Originally, the Living Flame could only be considered an auxiliary. Its vitality was abundant, but its offensive power was severely lacking.

Now, merely holding the Living Flame made Ji Hao feel a wave of scorching heat.

The sixth layer of the Fire Domain was called Purple Qi Comes from the East. The flames here did not resemble raging fire, but rather purple mist drifting and swirling in hazy layers.

No one came to this layer year-round, because its scorching temperature was not something ordinary people could endure. Generally speaking, only great cultivators above the Immortal Platform could enter. Yet today, someone had broken that rule.

A hazy layer of firelight emerged around Ji Hao's body. Step by step, he entered the sixth layer, Purple Qi Comes from the East. The Living Flame in his palm remained azure and gold, but while azure had once been dominant, gold was now the primary color.

Purple Qi Comes from the East was extraordinary and intensely hot, yet it still could not harm Ji Hao. It merely left his mouth dry and his body's moisture evaporating faster.

This was completely unreasonable. Even great cultivators could not possibly enter Purple Qi Comes from the East relying solely on their physical bodies. They had to support themselves with their overwhelming divine power.

The hazy layer of firelight around his body came from the bloodline power of the Hengyu Great Emperor. Fragments of Great Emperor laws were reviving on their own.

They resonated with the flames, causing the fire to refrain from harming him. The Hengyu Great Emperor had also achieved extraordinary accomplishments in the path of fire.

Both the Lihuo Divine Furnace and the Hengyu Furnace had close ties to flames. There was a reason Shennong was also known as the Flame Emperor—he could command all flames by nature.

He devoured the flames once more. The Living Flame transformed into a divine furnace. It was not merely identical to the Lihuo Divine Furnace—it was exactly the same.

The divine furnace formed from the Living Flame suddenly inhaled. Hazy purple mist streamed into the furnace in wisps and threads, refining into the source of the Living Flame.

After absorbing the flames of six layers of the Fire Domain, the Living Flame finally underwent a transformation.

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