After leaving that cave abode, Xu Yan traveled for nearly another month and finally reached the border of the Jade Radiance Kingdom.
"Once I cross these volcanoes, I should be within the Fire Prosperity Kingdom."
He murmured to himself. An unbroken chain of volcanoes stretched before his eyes, waves of scorching heat washing over him, making them impossible for mortals to cross.
Only cultivators could circulate their magic power to resist the heat and travel between the two kingdoms.
"The fire spiritual energy here is quite dense. For fire-aspect cultivators, this is a rare haven for cultivation. According to the jade booklet I bought, there are three sects here."
Xu Yan gazed ahead, his eyes narrowing. Along the way, he had encountered a cultivation market, but he had not dared linger. After buying information on the sects and factions within the Fire Prosperity Kingdom, he had hurried on his way.
According to that information, anyone entering the Fire Prosperity Kingdom from the Jade Radiance Kingdom had to pass through these three sects.
Fortunately, all three were minor sects, and even their strongest cultivators had only reached Foundation Establishment perfection.
Xu Yan figured he could flee even if he could not defeat them. The only thing he needed to watch out for was that all three were demonic sects, and they paid particular attention to cultivators traveling between the Jade Radiance and Fire Prosperity Kingdoms.
Disciples of powerful sects from either kingdom would fare well enough, but cultivators from small lineages and rogue cultivators had to exercise extreme caution. A single misstep could land them in these Demon Cultivators' hands.
Being stripped of everything they owned was the least of their worries. Most cultivators who fell into the three sects' hands lost their lives as well.
Xu Yan stopped and carefully