Luo Yue left the seventh layer of five-colored flames and headed into the eighth.
The flames here were ferocious. Only someone with the strength of a Dao-Slaying King could move through them unhindered.
In the original timeline, the main reason Daoist Fire Crow had been able to refine artifacts in the eighth layer was his constitution, which let him thrive in the Fire Domain like a fish in water.
"Hiss-I can't go any farther!"
Even with the Heaven-Mending Stone protecting her, Luo Yue felt an overwhelming heat seep through the barrier of light, making her skin sting faintly.
The blood and qi of her Divine King Body began circulating on their own, while Imperial Dragon Qi rumbled softly within her, finally suppressing the discomfort.
"This is the place! The eighth layer is hot enough to forge dragon-patterned black gold!" A brilliant light flashed in Luo Yue's eyes.
She found a spot where the flames were relatively stable and sat cross-legged. The Heaven-Mending Stone's five-colored radiance formed a secure space around her.
With a turn of her wrist, the peerless immortal gold appeared in her hand-heavy as a mountain, pitch-black throughout, its surface naturally engraved with profound dragon patterns.
It was only the size of an infant's fist, yet holding it felt like supporting a Primordial Divine Mountain!
The instant the dragon-patterned black gold appeared, the surrounding flames seemed provoked. They grew even more violent and surged madly toward it, trying to devour and refine it amid deafening roars.
"Roooar!"
Little Ming, coiled around Luo Yue's wrist, sensed the threat and let out a low dragon cry. His Nethergold Scales gleamed as he watched the surrounding flames warily.
"Be good. It's all right."
Luo Yue soothed Little Ming.
Then she drew a deep breath, fixed her blazing gaze on the dragon-patterned