"Brat, I won't let you off!"
The Black Emperor roared madly from the ground, his eyes bloodshot, his maw wide open, every hair on his body standing on end.
"Hm?"
Ji Hao glanced back, a teasing glint flashing through his eyes.
"Whimper..."
The Black Emperor immediately shut his mouth, not daring to speak again, like a wronged little girl.
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"Dog, watch yourself. If you provoke me again, I'll really have you neutered next time."
Ji Hao smiled brilliantly.
He remembered seeing a news story before his transmigration. A stray dog had been neutered at a pet hospital and had gone to the hospital entrance every day to curse them out for three months straight. The doctor's response had been that they had already apologized.
To deal with the Black Emperor, extraordinary measures were necessary.
Otherwise, that damned dog would never let the matter rest.
Jin State had some renown in the Southern Region. Cultivators knew of it entirely because of a Fire Domain within its borders.
From the Desolate Ancient Era until now, no one knew how many ages it had burned. It was difficult to say just how many years it had existed.
Ji Hao did not know the details either. He only knew that ever since the Immortal Fire had fallen here, it had continued burning without end.
And this was Ji Hao's destination. He had crossed tens of millions of miles from the Northern Region to the Southern Region through a Domain Gate.
Ordinary cultivators did not dare approach the Fire Domain, but when supreme cultivators refined vessels, they would inevitably make this place their first choice. The flames here possessed mysterious power, able to help a "vessel" take form and imprint it with "Dao" and "principles."
Of course, Ji Hao had not come to refine a vessel. Although it was somewhat troublesome to use an unfinished embryo without forging it, without Immortal Metal, Ji Hao would rather use a crude embryo. He was simply 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 for training. There was no rush anyway.
Ji Hao looked into the distance. The scenery before him was no longer as crimson and desolate as the Northern Region, but filled with layers of verdant peaks. The cries of birds, beasts, and insects were pleasing to the ear, brimming with a peaceful, vibrant vitality.
There were also splendid flowers and bustling crowds, with lush vegetation everywhere, forming a stark contrast to the crimson desolation covering most of the Northern Region.
Ji Hao took out a folding fan and flicked it open. The Immortal Qi around him vanished, and he transformed into a refined young gentleman, blending into the bustling Mortal World and perfectly merging with the crowd.
Watching all sorts of people come and go along the streets, Ji Hao felt somewhat wistful. After sealing away thousands of years, leaving behind everyone and everything familiar to come to the Big Dipper, how much of that bitterness could others possibly understand?
At last, he smelled the scent of the mortal world again.
"Candied hawthorns! Candied hawthorns! One coin per skewer!"
"Donkey meat buns! Dragon meat in the heavens, donkey meat on the earth! Freshly baked donkey meat buns!"
"Lamb skewers! Fresh off the grill! Sir, have a lamb skewer!"
Ji Hao rather enjoyed breathing in the atmosphere of this mortal world.
His entire body relaxed. Ji Hao narrowed his eyes, exuding a lazy air as he gently waved his feather fan, a graceful young gentleman amid the dusty world.
His every movement drew the gazes of the women on the street. He was the type to charm both young and old.
After wandering around for some time, Ji Hao gradually found it dull and meaningless. Though he wished 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 fiercely, their scorching heat baking the earth. The outer region was charred black, filled with countless cracks in the dry ground.
Ji Hao strode forward and stepped directly into the flames, crimson fire rushing toward him.
Even ordinary cultivators in the Wheel Sea Secret Realm would gain nothing from such scorching heat. After all, not everyone possessed a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. But to Ji Hao, it was nothing.
With a wave of his hand, he summoned the blue-gold Living Flame. Ever since it had been tempered 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, transforming into a vast blue-gold net that swallowed every flame within several miles.
The Living Flame boiled ceaselessly in Ji Hao's hand, clearly refining the crimson flames it had just captured and incorporating them into the origin of the Strange Flame.
A flash of crimson passed over the Living Flame. Clearly, the flames of the outermost layer could not bring it any real change.
The Living Flame had now become one of Ji Hao's Supernatural Powers.
As it happened, Ji Hao knew how to strengthen this Supernatural Power. That was why he had come.
Ji Hao continued another seven or eight miles deeper. The flames changed from crimson to pale blue, and the temperature grew even more scorching. Even with Divine Power protecting his body, he could still feel waves of searing heat.
He released the Living Flame again and repeated the same process, though this time it was considerably slower.
After refining them, a strand of pale blue flame appeared along its outermost layer, though it quickly vanished again.
The Living Flame also grew somewhat stronger.
He passed through the layers one by one, capturing a portion of the flames at each layer and integrating them into the origin of the Living Flame.
Originally, the Living Flame could only be considered support. Its vitality was vigorous, but its offensive power was severely lacking.
Now, merely holding the Living Flame made Ji Hao feel a burst of scorching heat.
The sixth level of the Fire Domain was known as Purple Qi Comes from the East. The flames here did not resemble blazing fire, but rather purple mist drifting about in a hazy expanse.
No one came to this layer year-round, because its scorching temperature was not something ordinary people could endure. Generally speaking, no Powerful Expert below the Immortal Platform could enter, yet today, someone had broken that rule.
A hazy layer of firelight emerged over Ji Hao's body as he stepped into the sixth layer, Purple Qi Comes from the East. The Living Flame in his palm was still blue and gold, except it had changed from being primarily blue to primarily gold.
Purple Qi Comes from the East was extraordinary and intensely hot, but 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 a Powerful Expert could not enter Purple Qi Comes from the East relying on the Physical Body alone; they would have to combine it with their overwhelming Divine Power.
The hazy firelight covering his body was the bloodline power of the Great Emperor Hengyu. The Great Emperor Law Fragments were reviving on their own.
Resonating with the flames, it caused the fire to refrain from harming him. The Great Emperor Hengyu had also attained extraordinary achievements in the path of fire.
Both the Lihuo Divine Furnace and the Hengyu Furnace were closely connected to flames. There was a reason Shennong was also known as the Flame Emperor—he was born able to command all fires.
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, drawing strands of hazy purple mist into the furnace and refining them into the origin 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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