"All right!"
At Yan Hai's invitation, a smile curled across Xiao Yan's lips. He stepped forward and entered the rift without hesitation. His skill gave him courage, and he had no fear of Yan Hai plotting against him. With Xiao Yan's current strength, no one could deal with him unless a Heavenly Sovereign appeared.
Seeing Xiao Yan stroll in as casually as if he were walking through a courtyard, Yan Hai gritted his teeth and stepped in after him.
The moment they entered this space, the temperature surged again. The terrifying heat could burn a cultivator below the Sovereign level to death in an instant.
Golden flames filled the entire space. Some had even turned liquid and flowed everywhere. The terrifying heat they released forced Yan Hai to raise his Spiritual Energy to protect himself.
"As expected of a sea of fire formed from a fragment that fell from a real sun. Even these outermost flames nearly match the power of ordinary Heavenly Flames."
Xiao Yan casually caught a tongue of flame and felt its terrifying heat. Strangely, the flames Yan Hai had to fend off with painstaking care instantly became much more docile in Xiao Yan's hand.
Xiao Yan continued deeper inside. The entire space shone gold, looking magnificent and grand. Unfortunately, this was not gold, but golden flames like those of the sun.
Amid these countless flames grew all manner of strange ores and plants. These were Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures born through years of tempering in the sun's fire, containing pure fire-aspected Spiritual Energy.
When Xiao Yan reached a region so hot that Yan Hai had to proceed with extreme caution, an ancient tree a thousand zhang tall appeared before him.
The ancient tree's roots spread effortlessly through the endless sea of golden fire, constantly absorbing