Immortal Fire? Quasi-Immortal Emperor Fire!

Ji Hao hurriedly took out a bottle of Sacred Spring Water and drank it. Vital essence continuously surged from his abdomen, and his condition improved immensely.

The Lihuo Divine Furnace acted again, capturing a large amount of Nine-Colored Divine Fire and injecting it into the Saint Spirit Furnace.

"Keep going! Come on, blacksmith!"

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The deserted ninth level was filled with the sound of hammering metal.

One day, two days, three days... fifteen days... one month.

The Saint Spirit Furnace hung high in the sky as one Emperor character after another transformed into massive hammers, endlessly branding and pounding its surface.

Threads of nine-colored fire flowed through the hollow patterns engraved upon the Saint Spirit Furnace.

Ji Hao let out a sigh of relief. After an entire month, he had finally forged the Saint Spirit Furnace.

If not for the endless supply of Sacred Spring Water, Ji Hao would have long since died from exhaustion after continuously inscribing Emperor characters for a month.

"Come on, let me see how powerful this Saint Spirit Furnace is!"

Ji Hao activated the Saint Spirit Furnace, and its lid rose.

The next instant, an enormous roar resounded through the ninth level.

Towering divine flames burst from the Saint Spirit Furnace, filling the heavens and earth and covering everything around them. Then, carrying countless strands of Nine-Colored Divine Fire, they returned to the Saint Spirit Furnace as a streak of nine-colored divine light blossomed.

Innate Patterns condensed once more. Heaven and earth fell silent, leaving only the crackling of flames.

A Wisdom Light Wheel emerged behind Ji Hao's head as he entered a state of enlightenment once again.

Three days later, Ji Hao slowly opened his eyes. There was no great commotion; he seemed plain and unremarkable, as though he had returned to his original simplicity.

"That was fast. Once I get through the tribulation, I'll probably reach Four Extremes Grand Perfection," Ji Hao said with a sigh.

As expected of a cheat. It really was incredible!

"It's time to enter the final level." Ji Hao put away the Saint Spirit Furnace and looked ahead.

Immortal Fire was not something one could simply encounter whenever one wished.

At the end lay an entirely different region. There were no flames of any color here, only utter deathly stillness. It was bare and desolate, without the slightest trace of life. Legend had it that an immortal had been burned to death here, and the Desolate Pagoda had once risen and fallen in this place for thousands of years while repairing itself.

"So this is the tenth level of the Fire Domain!" Ji Hao said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Immortal Fire?"

Holding the Lihuo Divine Furnace, Ji Hao walked forward. Before long, he saw a small tree in the center, just over half a meter tall and remarkably ancient-looking.

The little tree was moving, making a rustling sound. It was not a tree, but fire—Immortal Fire!

This cluster of flames leaped and surged, terrifying beyond measure, as if it could burn down all heavens and worlds. Its temperature was scorching, and laws intertwined within it.

This was not fire in the ordinary sense, but Immortal Flame. It was formed from runes and woven from divine chains, with symbol after symbol flickering within it.

Staring at the sapling, he discovered that it was entirely composed of countless Great Dao runes. Great Dao divine chains intertwined through it as symbol after symbol danced.

"I wonder if I can extract an Immortal Dao Seed from this True Immortal Fire."

"Let's test it!"

Ji Hao activated the power of the fishing rod, turning the Dao laws contained within the Immortal Fire into a seed. The process was slow; after all, only a cluster of flame remained.

Whatever living being had once existed had ultimately perished, and utterly so. Unlike an Immortality Elixir, whose Dao laws hid within its body and awaited the day they could sprout again, perhaps granting it another chance at life.

Just like the Azure Emperor.

The fishing rod's power connected to the River of Time. Anything that existed was bound to leave traces behind. Threads of seven-colored radiance shone from the Void, supreme and unmatched. Though tiny, they surpassed all things in this world.

"This is actually a Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Seed!" Ji Hao said in shock.

The Immortal Fire before him seemed to sense something.

Chirp chirp!

Suddenly, the small tree swayed, and a little bird appeared on one of its branches. Its feathers were gorgeous, and it chirped without pause, as though searching for something. Like the flames, it too was composed of runes. The runes continuously flickered, and with every flap of its wings, layer upon layer of runes brightened and dimmed. It was unfathomably mysterious, as though it could burn down the heavens and destroy all worlds.

"A Phoenix?"

Ji Hao was somewhat startled. It resembled a Phoenix, vividly lifelike and no larger than his palm. It moved amid the fire, mysterious and unfathomable.

"Could he sense the existence of the Dao Seed?" Ji Hao was deeply surprised.

"Perhaps it's only a coincidence."

"And this should be a flame left behind after a True Immortal died. Why has it become that Quasi-Immortal Emperor Fire from back then?"

Ji Hao's mind was filled with question marks.

"Could it be because of me? But can the butterfly effect influence the past?"

The palm-sized Phoenix shook its head as if searching for something.

"Could he have sensed something?"

"Forget it. At my current realm, I can't comprehend it anyway."

"I should study the runes within the Immortal Fire instead."

"If this is the flame left behind by the Footprint Emperor,"

"Then this Immortal Fire seems to record many Great Daos. It merged with Liu Shen and even temporarily blocked a Quasi-Immortal Emperor for Huangtian Emperor."

"Perhaps I can't comprehend anything at my realm, but I can inscribe the runes onto the Saint Spirit Furnace."

Ji Hao opened his Martial Dao Heavenly Eyes. His glassy eyes fixed intently upon the evolution of one rune.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard Ji Hao tried, he recorded only a pitiful few runes.

Before long, the fire tree returned to calm, and the Phoenix transformed back into a cluster of flame, returning to the Immortal Fire.

Ji Hao frowned deeply, unwilling to accept this. Although he could still comprehend it, most of the runes remained hidden, making them difficult for him to glimpse at his realm.

Moreover, the surrounding temperature was simply too high. The Lihuo Divine Furnace's automatic protection could no longer withstand the heat; he had to channel divine power into it.

Ji Hao took out the seed once more, and the Immortal Fire changed again. A tiny Qilin strode out of the Immortal Fire with its head raised proudly.

Its pair of bright eyes curiously looked toward where the Dao Seed had appeared.

Finding nothing, it could only return helplessly.

"Six runes. Nine is the limit, so I'll comprehend three more."

Ji Hao took out the Dao Seed again. This time, the Immortal Fire's transformation lasted much longer, as though it had realized something.

Within the Immortal Fire, rune-light blazed brilliantly. This time, a person actually walked out of it!

He did not look very large, yet he possessed an aura capable of swallowing mountains and rivers, like a Kun Peng about to soar into the skies.

"This is?"

Ji Hao stared at the humanoid flame in astonishment. It was truly shocking; this humanoid flame was simply too astonishing.

It seemed to possess intelligence, and its eyes were exceedingly lively!

After looking Ji Hao over from head to toe, he could clearly sense that it seemed to pause briefly at his Sea of Reincarnation.

Then it quickly vanished.

Ji Hao let out a sigh of relief. "Nine runes will do. You can't chew more than you can swallow."

He had a feeling that his current spiritual power could endure at most nine runes. Any more, and either he would fail to record them or his primordial spirit would be injured.

Ji Hao slowly retreated. The Immortal Fire remained a small tree, quietly burning. Its runes flickered in and out of existence. Though it possessed the might to incinerate countless worlds, it seemed utterly harmless as it stayed quietly there.

After retreating to the ninth level, he took a gulp of Sacred Spring Water to replenish his fluids.