The gigantic flame cauldron towered a hundred thousand zhang high, its three legs as majestic as pillars holding up the heavens. Its handles thrust almost straight into the clouds, seemingly on the verge of touching the Heaven-Sealing Formation beyond the Dou Qi Continent.
The terrifying heat radiating from the cauldron burned the surrounding space into nothingness, exposing layer upon layer of pitch-black void. The temperature across the desert soared, and all moisture within hundreds of thousands of li evaporated in an instant.
Even the countless grains of sand on the ground slowly melted, threatening to turn into magma.
The sight stunned countless living beings throughout the Central Plains, then filled them with horror.
Never mind seeing anything like it in their lives-they had never even encountered such a spectacle in legends.
The indescribably enormous flame cauldron stood between heaven and earth like a great sun fallen to the ground. Even tens of thousands of li away, people could feel dry, scorching waves of heat rushing into their faces. It was impossible to imagine how terrifying the temperature at the cauldron's center must have been.
"Wh-what is that? How could such a spectacle appear in the Central Plains?!"
Some people could not help crying out in shock. Even some Dou Sheng Experts were utterly bewildered, unable to understand what had happened.
Inside the flame cauldron, Xiao Yan sat quietly cross-legged. His face was calm, but a tremor stirred deep in his eyes.
With a turn of his palm, a fist-sized pill shimmering with golden light appeared in his hand.
Though the pill looked no larger than a fist, the aura it contained made even Xiao Yan's heart tremble.
What lay within the pill was far more than mere medicinal ingredients. It was more like a small world.
This small world was