Nobody knows how the Heavenly Flames were created, but some people speculated that they were created naturally, born with the world itself.
The Heavenly Flames are very special.
Not only are they extremely hot, surpassing all the other flames in the Xuan Continent, but they also have some special powers.
Based on their strength and that special power, powerful cultivators in ancient times made a ranking including all the well-known Heavenly Flames.
The Saint King that left this inheritance possessed one of these famous Heavenly Flames, the 96th-ranked Blood Burning Flame that is known for its insidiousness.
Not only is the Blood Burning Flame extremely hot, but just like its name suggests, it has the effect of attaching to the enemy's blood, burning them from the inside.
Even if it is only ranked in the 96th place of the Heavenly Flame Ranking, possessing this fire is enough to increase a cultivator's strength by a lot, enough to leapfrog in battle.
Although this flame seed was not the true Blood Burning Flame and could only be considered its "child", its essence was still very high.
Just by looking at it, Li Yuan had the illusion that he was staring into the mouth of a volcano that was ready to explode and burn everything around it.
In just a second, the runes that he had previously memorized became more and more clear and Li Yuan felt that he was about to realize something.
Unfortunately, just like when he faced the runes, this realization never came and Li Yuan soon woke up.
Staring at the fire seed, Li Yuan shook his head without reluctance.
"Even if it comes from the Heavenly Flame, it is only a seed after all."
"Compared to the runes in the passage, it is quite lacking."
Then, he turned to Xiao Huo and spoke.
"Just take it and absorb it into your body."
Xiao Huo heard his words and did as he was told to.
He stepped closer and stretched his hand, wanting to pick the seed up.
The moment his hand touched it, the fire seed dissolved into pure power and poured into his body.
In the blink of an eye, the fire seed had disappeared.
When Xiao Huo saw this, he "looked" inside his body and found that a fire seed had formed in his dantian, right above his mana.
There seemed to be a connection between the fire seed and his mana, making the fire seed look as if it was about to sprout at any moment.
But no matter how much time passed, nothing happened.
"Sure enough, if I want to get the complete Blood Burning Flame, I will have to collect many such fire seeds."
Xiao Huo judged and confirmed the information he had bought from Li Yuan.
Thankfully, in this world made out of fire, killing a creature would cause them to turn into fire seeds that could be absorbed.
As long as Xiao Huo killed the animals in this place and collected many fire seeds, he was sure to awaken the Blood Burning Flame.
He could already imagine himself using the Blood Burning Flame to burn his enemies.
With that in mind, Xiao Huo didn't waste any more time and scanned his surroundings with his spiritual consciousness, looking for his next prey.
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When the cultivators left the narrow dark passage and arrived in front of the opened red gate, they were shocked by what they saw.
Glancing at the boundless darkness that was gushing out of the red gate, dying everything it met black, their first reaction was to escape this place.
Before they could react however, the darkness seemed to notice their existence and spread at an extremely fast speed, engulfing all of them.
Next second, the hundreds of cultivators that entered this place appeared in a large hall.
The solemn appearance of the hall, the majestic stone statues, the sacred golden circle and the eerie dark coffin at its center caused the cultivators to turn solemn.
Even if it was very obvious that the dark coffin contained clues about this inheritance place, no one dared to step forward.
Even though they wanted to get the treasures in this place, they were not blinded by their greed.
Most people here were casual cultivators that were used to being extremely careful and rarely took risks that could cost them their lives.
An awkward scene happened, where hundreds of cultivators stared silently at a dark coffin and from time to time sized each other up.
Most of the people that came here were in the Foundation Building Realm, with a part of them being in the Core Formation Realm and only a couple of them reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
Everyone here had the potential to become opponents in the fight for the inheritance, so, they hoped to find some clues from each other's appearance.
"Hmph! A bunch of cowards want to get the treasures here with that mentality?", a disdainful voice broke the silence in the hall.
Everyone turned their heads to look at the source of the sound and saw a middle aged man in black clothes, with a cute small spider standing on his shoulder.
The man's cultivation was only at the Peak of the Foundation Building, but the cultivators didn't underestimate them.
Since he dared to speak in this situation, he might have something to rely on.
The middle aged man looked at everyone around him with contempt and glanced at the little spider on his shoulder with a gaze that was filled with love.
This middle aged man was Ruan Ling, who had previously been robbed and tricked by Li Yuan.
After he left the Heaven's Secret Pavilion, he followed the map, only to find a cave filled with powerful spiders.
He was originally a little scared, but after some "in-depth communication", he managed to gain the Spider Queen's appreciation.
The little spider on his shoulder was the Spider Queen, a level 5 monster, equivalent to a Nascent Soul human cultivator.
She was his source of confidence.
With this in mind, he ignored everyone's gazes and walked towards the dark coffin.
The cultivators around him hesitated, but in the end, they didn't stop him.
No matter what he relief on, with his mere Foundation Building cultivation, even if he found something, there was no way that he would be able stop all of them.
Ruan Ling didn't care about their little thoughts and stopped in front of the coffin.
Even though it exuded an ominous aura, Ruan Ling wasn't afraid and stretched out his hand, wanting to pick it up.
However, something surprising happened.
No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to shake the dark coffin even a little bit.
Just as he was angry and was about to try again, a creaking noise resounded throughout the hall.
Every cultivator quickly became alert and took a few step back, afraid that they would be sneak-attacked.
But next, they were all stunned.
The hundreds of tall, majestic stone statues in the hall shone with a brilliant golden light at the same time, illuminating the entire hall and making it difficult for even cultivators to see.
"Creak..creak."
The creaking noise sounded again and the next second, scattered sand fell of the stone statues and their eyes opened.
Under the gaze of hundreds of cultivators' shocked eyes, they moved.