Within the magma-filled depths of Burning Heaven Volcano, fiery red stretched in every direction, while a rose-red flame barrier sank toward the deepest reaches.
At one point, the rose-red barrier passed through the magma and entered a world of crimson flames.
Only scarlet flames burned throughout this crimson world; the magma was nowhere to be seen. The terrifying heat contained within this world of flames had burned even the magma away, reducing it to nothingness.
"We're here..."
The rose-red barrier dispersed, and Liu Yu and Xiao Yao slowly emerged, looking toward the center of the endless world of flames. There, a strange scarlet flame hovered, burning quietly.
"Asleep, are you... Xiao Yao, I'm counting on you now."
As soon as Liu Yu finished speaking, Xiao Yao sprang from his shoulder and transformed into a huge mass of rose-red flames.
The rose-red flames surged, transforming into twenty-two Fire Infants of different colors. They flashed around the scarlet flame, forming a circle and making hand seals. Twenty-two strange flame powers intertwined and flowed, instantly enveloping the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame, which had already awakened.
Boom!
The entire world of flames shook. Surging scarlet flames swept toward the twenty-two Fire Infants as though protecting their master, only to turn into pure flame energy and be devoured by them instead.
At that moment, a huge, multicolored Fire Lotus was connected to the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame above it, while the flame itself was enveloped in twenty-two streams of flame power!
With a movement, Liu Yu sat cross-legged atop the multicolored Fire Lotus. Instantly, the endless flame power within it seemed to find an outlet, pouring madly into his body.
As that vast, mighty flame power tempered Liu Yu's body, it also transformed into pure spiritual energy, strengthening him...
A month slowly passed. The scarlet