Chapter 6

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a month went by.

In a cave deep within the Magma Domain.

Jiang Chen sat down cross-legged and kept on using his cultivation circulation technique.

Fire spiritual force gathered into a whirlpool and entered his body.

As the spiritual force accumulated, a layer of golden-red flames ignited on his body, making him appear holy and dignified.

The spirit sea in his body continued to expand as the fire spiritual force poured into it.

For the past half a month, Jiang Chen had been minding his own business and doing his job properly. He did not meet with his superior, nor did he interact with other people in the Firesmith Hall. He was like a nobody there and did not cause any ruckus.

Every day, other than completing the mission for the day, he would sign in and cultivate.

Currently, he had two cultivation techniques on him. One of them was Fire Body Tempering, which had reached the fourth level. The Blazing Fire Saber Art had also reached the sixth level of mastery.

He couldn’t help but marvel at the power of the Authentic Solar Fire. Any fire-attribute cultivation technique could be cultivated extremely quickly in his hands. He was over a hundred times more powerful than the other disciples.

As a result, his strength was rapidly increasing. His spirit sea had already expanded to 480 feet. According to his estimations, he would reach 500 feet today and advance to the sixth level of the Dao Initiation realm.

The cultivation speed of the inner court’s Lu Qingtian was already the fastest in the sect in the past 300 years. This Elder Senior Brother had reached the ninth level of the Dao Initiation realm when he was 20 years old and now had the possibility of advancing to the Divine Sea realm at any time. However, it had taken him a full three years to reach that step. Moreover, he had used countless resources to get there.

On the other hand, it had only been slightly more than a month between the time when Jiang Chen first stepped onto the path of cultivation and the moment where he advanced to the sixth level of the Dao-realm.

If word of this got out, it would probably scare a large group of people to death.

Of course, in order to not expose his secret, Jiang Chen had always used the Authentic Solar Fire to conceal his cultivation. If he didn’t intentionally expose it, no one would be able to discover it at all.

In a small mountain peak in the depths of the Magma Domain, which was filled with thick smoke and flames, a panicking voice could be heard.

“Damn it, why did the flames suddenly soar?! Isn’t there still some time before the fire spiritual energy’s eruption?!”

Dozens of fire spirits emitting astonishing heat were surrounding a young girl who was wearing a light blue robe and holding a fan.

The girl looked about fifteen or sixteen years old.

Her originally beautiful face was stained with a few patches of grayish-black color, and a trace of blood dripped from the corner of her mouth. The clothes on her body were also burned through by the flames, revealing large areas of white tender skin.

The young girl could not stop herself from gasping for breath. The robe in front of her chest rose and fell along with her breathing. It was obvious that she had already fought with these fire spirits several times and had almost exhausted her spiritual energy.

This woman was the recently famous genius alchemy disciple, Xu Xin.

A few days ago, when her cultivation had broken through to the ninth level of the Qi Inspiration realm, she had awakened the Yi Wood Spirit Fire, which was ranked 33rd among the earth-quality fires. Her spirit sea even opened to nine feet three inches, and she officially initiated into the Dao, becoming a once-in-a-century genius disciple of the Alchemy Hall.

This time, she had entered the Magma Domain to subdue a fire spirit beast and use it to refine pills and control fire.

She had already initiated into the Dao and had the magic tool, her Flaming Fan, which was bestowed by her master to protect her. Her strength could already be ranked in the top 10 among the inner sect disciples.

She was proud and arrogant, so she naturally didn’t think much of the fire spirit beasts at the periphery of the Magma Domain. She didn’t even listen to the yellow-robed deacon that was watching over the spirit array and entered the depths of the Magma Domain, hoping to find an even stronger fire spirit beast.

Xu Xin already had a target and was about to capture and subdue the fire spirit beast when, all of a sudden, the surrounding fire spiritual energy erupted.

The fire spirit beast that was about to be subdued instantly became enraged!

The battle had then agitated more and more fire spirit beasts.

As a result, Xu Xin naturally became surrounded and attacked by the angered fire spirit beasts.

After several battles and the killing of multiple fire spirit beasts, she was eventually forced to the foot of a small mountain.

The flames and poisonous smoke here were even more intense. They actually went deeper into the Magma Domain.

What was worse was that the spiritual energy in her body was almost exhausted. She could no longer control the Flaming Fan in her hand and was about to end up in a desperate situation!

“Could it be that I, Xu Xin, a genius disciple of the Alchemy Hall and destined to become a spirit pill master in the future, will be dying here today?!”

Xu Xin squeezed out the spiritual energy in her body and prepared for the final gamble.

At this moment, she was filled with regret. If she had known that such an accident would happen, she would have listened to the warning and searched for fire spirit beasts in the periphery of the Magma Domain.

At this moment, the fire spirit beast that had just been repelled launched another attack at Xu Xin.

The fire spirit beast’s attacks were even faster and fiercer, and even worse, more and more fire spirit beasts joined in the attack. One by one, the one-meter-long fire spirit beasts spat out red flames from their mouths.

These dozens of flames then converged in the air and underwent some kind of transformation. They gradually fused together, turning into the magical manifestation of the Giant Flaming Beast. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws as it charged towards Xu Xin.

“I can’t block this attack. Am I going to die from this?”

Xu Xin was in a daze. She could only see the Giant Flaming Beast created by the dozens of fire spirit beasts. With its heat and strength, it broke through her protective spiritual qi.

Its huge body covered her vision.

Xu Xin’s guard was completely broken. The surrounding power of fire, as well as the blazing heat brought about by the flame poison, caused her mind to blur and her eyes to gradually lose focus.

At this moment, the middle-aged man in yellow robes who was guarding the spiritual array outside the Magma Domain had also sensed the changes inside it.

“What?! It’s actually the magical manifestation of the Giant Flaming Beast cast collaboratively by fire spirit beasts!”

He was dumbstruck as he looked at the faint figure of the Giant Flaming Beast that appeared from the flames and poisonous smoke. Naturally, he immediately recognized the origin of that huge beast.

It was a spell that reached the limit of the Dao Initiation realm, the innate spell of the fire spirit beast, Magical Manifestation of the Giant Flaming Beast!

A fire spirit beast was a kind of spirit beast reared by the Skyfire Sect. Normally, the fire spirit beasts were docile, but once they encountered a violent fire spiritual energy, they would lose their minds and become enraged, attacking any human they saw.

And when there were more than fifty fire spirit beasts, there was a chance that they could combine forces to unleash the magical manifestation of the Giant Flaming Beast.

“Could it be Xu Xin?” The yellow-robed man frowned.

He stood up and quickly skittered towards the Magma Domain.

He naturally knew that Xu Xin had entered the Domain. Moreover, he had been entrusted by Xu Xin’s master, Elder Hao, to look after her.

He had thought that the fire spirit eruption stage had yet to arrive. The girl’s cultivation level was not bad, and she had a magic tool to protect her. There should not have been any problems.

But now, he was seeing this unforeseen event occurring in the Magma Domain — the manifestation of the Giant Flaming Beast. This was an attack that was almost at the peak of Dao Initiation. Even Xu Xin, who had a magic tool, could not block it!

The yellow-clothed man rapidly skittered, his fire magic power constantly gushing out from his body, pushing away the surrounding flames and poisonous smoke and leaving a long trail in the middle of the Magma Domain.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, he still wanted to take a look just in case.

If it wasn’t Xu Xin being attacked, it would be fine. But if she was being attacked, he could only hope that it was not too late.