After wrapping things up with the Thousand Rocks Sect, Xu Anchang immediately led his group back to the Iron Forest.
Though he did not believe the Demonic Path could possibly take first place, the pressure it put on him was no joke. If he showed any signs of slacking and word got back, he would have no way to account for himself.
Shi Chun also took Shen Moming away, leaving the Four Cauldron Sect's people to continue tracking the infiltrator along this route.
On the way, at Shi Chun's direction, the Bright Mountain Sect's group deliberately fell behind, temporarily shaking off Xu Anchang's group and changing course for the place where Tong Mingshan and the others were hiding.
Who knew when the sky would finally brighten?
When they arrived, Shi Chun and the others did not see Tong Mingshan. Zhu Xiangxin had emerged from seclusion, and Tong Mingshan had gone in to absorb ice flame in his place.
They did not get to see Zhu Xiangxin either, because An Wuzhi had also emerged, and Zhu Xiangxin had gone in to take his turn.
While the other sects were constantly busy searching for divine fire, these few from the Bright Mountain Sect were constantly busy absorbing it, running around in circles.
Fang Zicheng was rather stunned to see the two divine fires An Wuzhi held up. Had they actually amassed so many that they had nowhere to put them?
An Wuzhi's whole bearing had changed as well. The way happy events lifted a person's spirits was plain to see, and once his companions arrived, the smile never left his face.
Wu Jinliang asked with a grin, "How does it feel now that you've absorbed ice flame?"
An Wuzhi copied his chuckle. "My cultivation has broken through to grand completion. Not just