Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 27 The monstrous sea of ​​fire
Duan De's departure was very swift; he disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye, leaving only Qi Zhe in the mountains in just a short while.

Looking in the direction Duan De left, one could see clouds and mist swirling among the mountains, resembling a fairyland on earth, with an extremely unique and beautiful landscape.

However, this place is sparsely populated, and apart from birds and beasts, there is nothing else in the mountains. It is overgrown with weeds and there is not even a path.

"A primeval forest." After identifying the direction, Qi Zhe left. Although the mountain range was beautiful, there was nothing to leave behind.

Duan De ventured deep into the Demon Emperor's Yin Tomb but found nothing. However, he reaped a great harvest, picking up eight Chaos Stone Pillars, which can be described as a great stroke of luck.

Qi Zhe is now preparing to find a secluded place to try to integrate the Chaos Stone Pillar into his own artifact. He is not going to leave the mountain until the artifact is perfected.

With a "whoosh," as Qi Zhe's thoughts turned, he transformed into a divine rainbow and disappeared into the mountains, leaving no trace of human voices among the peaks.

Chaos Stones are rare treasures of heaven and earth. Generally speaking, they often give birth to divine treasures and may even give birth to special creatures. Once they are born, they are bound to be extremely extraordinary beings.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the Great Emperor Wushi obtained a Chaos Stone. He took out the celestial treasures inside and forged it into an imperial bell. With just a gentle shake, it could shatter the starry sky, leaving a significant mark on ancient history.

Even after hundreds of thousands of years, the name of the Wushi Bell is still remembered. Although the Great Emperor has long since disappeared from ancient history, the bell has endured for tens of thousands of years, attracting countless cultivators to explore the Emperor's Tomb.

In addition, if the celestial treasures within the Chaos Stone are sentient, they can transform into a naturally born and nurtured Holy Spirit. Once it reaches Great Perfection and is born, it will be an invincible existence, capable of vying for the opportunity to attain enlightenment.

Unfortunately, there are very few holy spirits in the world who can be born into this world perfectly; you can count them on your fingers. And only a handful of them can attain enlightenment and become emperors.

Returning to the Chaos Stone itself, it can be considered a rare treasure in the world. Even a small piece is incredibly heavy, like the unshakable root of heaven and earth, and it is accompanied by a strange force field that can easily immobilize cultivators.

It has the potential to be forged into a great weapon. Whether or not it can be refined into an imperial weapon, it is more than enough to be a legendary holy weapon. For Qi Zhe, this is the best material for forging weapons.

Moreover, even if the Chaos Stone is not forged into a weapon, simply sitting on it for cultivation can help people achieve enlightenment. Even the Great Emperor Wushi once used the Chaos Stone as a platform to sit on and cultivate.

However, using Chaos Stone to forge artifacts is somewhat different from using divine iron or immortal gold. It is originally a stone, and it is extremely hard, making it difficult to refine using ordinary methods.

Therefore, if people were to use Chaos Stone to forge artifacts, they would often need to put in more effort and face numerous difficulties.

"How can it be so hard!"

Now, Qi Zhe has distanced himself from the hustle and bustle of the world. He has secluded himself in a mountain ridge and opened up a cave, trying to use earth fire to refine the Chaos Stone, thus transforming it into the shape of a door.

Unfortunately, ordinary earth fire is completely unable to move the Chaos Stone; it can't even be heated slightly, let alone melt it.

This made Qi Zhe feel inexplicably emotional. He had obtained a rare treasure, but he couldn't really use it. Now he could only think of another way.

"I wonder if the Fire Domain can help me refine my weapon." As Qi Zhe pondered, he thought of the Fire Domain, which was famous in the Southern Region, and prepared to go there to refine his weapon.

Qi Zhe had heard of the Fire Domain's fame long ago when he was cultivating with the old cultivator. It was a region covered by multiple layers of flames, with the nine layers of fire covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles. The flames here were rare in the world and extremely strange. They seemed to be able to help objects take shape, and could even imprint the patterns of the Dao on the objects, allowing the objects to generate their own 'Dao and reason'.

Since the Fire Domain appeared in the Eastern Wilderness, countless cultivators have used it to refine weapons, and even powerful figures have used it to forge divine weapons.

However, the Fire Domain is not a peaceful place. There are nine layers of flames here, each more dangerous than the last. Only powerful beings can reach the sixth layer, and the later layers are beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators.

Moreover, its origin is extremely mysterious. Even though Qi Zhe knows most of the secrets of this world, he can't explain the Fire Domain. He only knows that there is a ball of immortal fire here, but he doesn't know who left it.

As Qi Zhe rode at breakneck speed, he arrived at the Fire Domain in less than ten days and is now staying in one of the surrounding cities.

This is a country called Jin. Although it is vast, it has few cultivators. However, it is located tens of thousands of miles away from Jin, which makes Qi Zhe secretly wary.

To Qi Zhe's surprise, there was a bounty poster with a fat face on it in the capital of Jin and in many other cities he had traveled to. The person in the poster was none other than Duan De, who was now being hunted down by various holy lands.

"This fatso is really valuable. Capturing him would yield 200,000 jin of resources, and even just providing information would get you 10,000 jin of resources. I'm tempted!" Qi Zhe rubbed his chin and clicked his tongue repeatedly.

Qi Zhe was somewhat surprised that all the major holy sites had offered bounties for Duan De but not for him. After all, he had entered the tomb with Duan De, yet no one had offered a bounty for him, which was quite puzzling.

This reminded Qi Zhe of his precious mirror, and he couldn't help but take it out of his mind.

"What a treasure!" Qi Zhe touched the ancient mirror in his hand, unable to help but feel a little surprised. This precious mirror was indeed extraordinary; perhaps it blocked others from making calculations and peeping.

However, Duan De was discovered, and Qi Zhe guessed that he did not yet have a great treasure to cover up the cause and effect, or perhaps he had not yet obtained the Devouring Demon Cover, so he could not stop others from making calculations.

"That fatso will make a move on the Cloud Broken Mountains sooner or later. Who knows when he'll pull out a broken bowl?" Qi Zhe thought to himself, already imagining Duan De's methods. For a moment, he envied Duan De's ability to navigate various dangerous places with ease.

Thinking of this, Qi Zhe was also motivated. He also had a grand ambition: to forge a great treasure, so that his fame would spread far and wide and future generations would worship him. And this first step was to set out in the Fire Domain.

"Let's go." Qi Zhe soared into the sky and flew straight towards the Fire Domain.

The fiery domain, stretching for hundreds of miles, was now engulfed in flames. The towering sea of ​​fire swayed and shot straight into the sky, so violent that birds flying across it were instantly turned into game and fell from the sky. Qi Zhe was stunned as soon as he landed.

At the edge of the fiery domain, many cultivators lingered. Some looked at the raging sea of ​​fire and sighed, "I never imagined that after traveling so far, I would arrive just in time for the fiery domain to rage. What utter bad luck!"

The state of the flames in the Fire Domain is unpredictable. Sometimes it is extremely quiet, as if it is about to go out, and ordinary cultivators can easily penetrate it. But at other times it is extremely violent, with flames soaring into the sky that even powerful beings find it difficult to set foot there.

Qi Zhe was currently caught in the midst of the Fire Domain's fury. The towering sea of ​​fire stretching for hundreds of miles before him was enough to deter any cultivator. Even he could only feel a chill run down his spine, and couldn't help but mutter, "An eight-hundred-mile-long fiery mountain? It's a pity I don't have a banana leaf fan."

Even if the flames were raging, Qi Zhe was determined to give it a try; he didn't want to wait there.

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