Chapter 396: Chapter 196: Tier Four Spiritual Fire: Demon Incineration

Then, the Beidou Spirit Fire in the secret chamber finally seemed to awaken and began to expand with incredible speed.

Below, the Fire Cultivation Platform immediately flickered with Spiritual Light as countless runes rose to form a protective shield, attempting to contain the Spiritual Fire.

But it was shattered in an instant, utterly failing to provide any effective restraint.

Waves of intense pressure radiated outward, and within a few breaths, its intensity had already soared to the peak of Tier Three.

BOOM!

With another deafening roar, the entire Fire Cultivation Platform came crashing down.

The immense pressure began to recede, but the ambient temperature started to skyrocket.

In less than a breath, the surrounding rock walls changed color and even began to show signs of vitrifying.

Even Xiao Chen could feel waves of heat surging back toward him.

Since he had already completed the Refinement of the Beidou Spirit Fire, he was not directly affected by it.

Nevertheless, he could feel the ground beneath his feet beginning to grow scorching hot.

The surrounding air instantly became incredibly dry. With each breath, a torrent of heat rushed into his lungs; it felt as if a few more gulps of air would roast his organs from the inside out.

Immediately after, a massive amount of Fire Qi began to surge forth.

Even with the Fire Storage Treasure Talisman, Xiao Chen felt that the secret chamber was so saturated with Fire Qi that it was becoming difficult to absorb it all.

He immediately retreated to the entrance and tore down the wall of the secret chamber with his bare hands, opening a path to the mine tunnel outside.

Yet, just as the Fire Qi was reaching its peak, the Beidou Spirit Fire in the center stopped expanding.

It seemed to have either reached its limit or completely exhausted its power.

Xiao Chen’s brow furrowed at the sight. He activated his Divine Sense and swept it over the base of the Beidou Spirit Fire, discovering that the fourth ordinary Spiritual Fire, which had been serving as fuel, was also completely depleted.

’It can’t be... can it?’

He hurriedly pulled out the fifth Spiritual Fire, then, after a moment’s hesitation, took out the sixth one as well and tossed them both toward it.

Instantly, it was like water hitting a pan of searing oil, like dry kindling tossed into a raging furnace.

BANG!

CRACKLE!

Sparks flew and flames billowed, instantly incinerating the entire secret chamber.

The raging, all-consuming flames bored straight through half the mountainside, blasting open a massive hole hundreds of feet wide in the peak above.

Such was the terrifying power of a Tier Four Spiritual Fire. In fact, this outcome was only so contained because the Beidou Spirit Fire specializes in killing living things and is not adept at incinerating inanimate objects.

Otherwise, the entirety of Cangyan Mountain would have been obliterated, and the surrounding area for dozens of miles would have been reduced to a scorched hellscape.

Outside, pandemonium erupted.

Fortunately, when the pressure had first surged, the nearby cultivators had realized something was amiss and evacuated in time, so there were no casualties.

"Junior Brother Xiao, what’s going on?"

Master Ming Yan asked while casting Magic to shield the area from the overflowing Fire Qi, "Are you alright?"

He had a suspicion of what was happening but didn’t dare to be certain.

"Don’t worry, Senior Brother, I’m fine!"

Xiao Chen shouted in reply, his attention still fixed on the transforming Beidou Spirit Fire.

The great fire blazed for a full hour before a tiny white flame suddenly flickered to life in its center.

And how small was it?

It was only about the size of a walnut.

Compared to the Spiritual Fire, which had reached a height of over a thousand feet, it was utterly inconspicuous.

And yet, the moment this tiny flame appeared, it began to rapidly devour the surrounding Spiritual Fire.

In just a few short breaths, it had consumed the entirety of the once-vast Spiritual Fire.

It even devoured every last wisp of the dispersed Fire Qi, leaving nothing behind.

If not for the scorched and cracked rock walls, it would have been as if nothing had ever happened.

’Success!’

Xiao Chen’s eyes lit up. This tiny white flame was the true Beidou Spirit Fire.

Despite having devoured an inferno thousands of feet tall, the tiny flame had not grown in the slightest. It swayed gently in midair, looking as if a faint breeze could extinguish it.

Aside from its peculiar color, it radiated almost no heat.

However, through his True Essence connection, Xiao Chen could clearly sense the devastating power contained within the Beidou Spirit Fire.

’The Southern Dipper governs life; the Northern Dipper commands death!’

Any living being below Tier Four that so much as touched the Beidou Spirit Fire would meet a single end: death.

Even a Tier Four Cultivator would have to treat it with extreme caution and the utmost respect.

"Return!"

Xiao Chen walked forward and made a gentle beckoning motion with his hand.

Like a fledgling swallow returning to its nest, the small white flame immediately shot into his Dantian.

It circled his Golden Core once, then orbited his Fake Pill, before finally drilling into the Golden Core itself.

This signified that the Beidou Spirit Fire had completed its evolution.

He flew straight out through the massive hole in the peak and saw that nearly all the pavilions and structures on Cangyan Mountain had collapsed.

Much of the nearby grass and flowers had been scorched to a crisp brown.

The fruits of Master Ming Yan’s full day and night of labor had been all but wiped from existence.

"Uh, my apologies, Senior Brother."

Xiao Chen apologized sincerely. "I never expected this would happen during the Spiritual Fire’s evolution."

Master Ming Yan waved his hand. "It’s fine, Junior Brother, don’t give it a second thought. I was halfway through the repairs when I suddenly had some new ideas, and I was just wondering if I should redesign the structures anyway."

"Now I have the perfect opportunity to build the branch hall according to my new design."

A day or two sooner or later didn’t matter to him; after all, the cultivators under his command were the ones doing the labor.

"Ah, alright. In that case, I’ll head to Hezhou to deal with the White Bone Demon Body. Farewell, Senior Brother."

Xiao Chen didn’t dwell on it. The most urgent task was to hurry to Hezhou.

The Divine Fire Sect may be gone, but the White Bone Demon Body remained a massive threat.

As long as it existed, no cultivator could rest easy.

The sooner the White Bone Demon Body was eliminated, the sooner order could be restored to Hezhou and reconstruction could begin.

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