Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

Under the leadership of Chi Liantian, the sect leader of the Holy Flame Sect

The two passed directly through the barrier behind the main hall and continued downwards.

The deeper they went, the hotter the air became. But Xia Jin sensed something unusual: the lower they went, the more abundant the life force around them became.

"It seems that the fire-attribute spiritual vein beneath the Sacred Flame Gate is indeed extraordinary!" Xia Jin nodded to herself.

Soon, Chi Liantian, who was leading the way, stopped.

"Senior, this is the place."

Xia Jin looked ahead and a huge cave came into view.

In the very center of the cave, the source of a fire-elemental spiritual vein resembles a crimson dragon coiled underground, its dense spiritual energy almost condensed into liquid, permeating the entire space.

Xia Jin took a deep breath, and the extremely rich fire-attribute spiritual energy surged into his body through his limbs and bones, giving him a long-lost feeling of comfort.

However, his gaze was drawn to the egg in the very center.

It was a golden monster egg, as tall as a person, quietly floating above the core of the spiritual vein.

The nearly liquefied spiritual energy overflowing from the spiritual vein was being frantically devoured by the egg at a visible speed.

From a distance, it looks like streams of crimson energy, visible to the naked eye, continuously flowing into the egg.

"This is the monster egg you mentioned?"

Xia Jin was slightly surprised after noticing the aura emanating from the egg.

No wonder the Holy Flame Sect Master said he had no way to deal with this demon beast egg. Just the pressure it exudes is at least at the seventh level of the Great Power Realm!

If the monster inside were to hatch, wouldn't it be comparable to a ninth-level Great Power Realm expert?

Is a newly born demon beast already at the ninth level of the Great Power Realm?

Xia Jin suddenly frowned.

wrong.

Although he hadn't been in the Mirage Realm for very long, he had heard quite a few rumors and read quite a few books.

At least so far, he has never heard of any powerful demon beast that possesses such monstrous talent before it is even born.

Could it be that what's inside isn't a demon beast yet to be born! But rather a contingency plan left behind by a powerful demon after his Nirvana?

After all, his own cultivation technique, "Burning Heaven Nirvana Technique," had a similar effect.

A glint flashed in Xia Jin's eyes as she stared intently at the giant golden egg.

"Senior? Senior!"

Seeing Xia Jin staring blankly at the egg, Chi Liantian felt a little uneasy, but in the end he couldn't help but call out twice.

Xia Jin snapped out of her daze, glanced at Chi Liantian beside her, and couldn't help but frown.

"Senior, could there be something wrong with this monster egg?" Chi Liantian asked tentatively.

Although he deliberately wanted to tie the Sacred Flame Sect to Xia Jin's powerful backing, this egg was indeed very troublesome. If even this great man couldn't solve it, and he ended up being blamed by Xia Jin, then all his efforts would have been in vain.

After a moment of silence, Xia Jin waved his hand and said, "You leave first, let me try to subdue this monster egg."

Upon hearing this, Chi Liantian was overjoyed and quickly said, "Alright! Then I'll leave in your care, Senior! I'll depart immediately and wait for you outside."

After Chi Liantian left, only Xia Jin remained in the underground cavern, along with the quietly floating golden egg.

Xia Jin did not rush to make a move.

He stood with his hands behind his back, quietly examining the egg, a faint purple light gleaming in his eyes.

"Strange, why does this aura seem somewhat familiar to me?" Xia Jin actually felt a sense of familiarity from this egg, but couldn't quite place it for the moment.

"Fine, I'll give it a try!" He shook his head, no longer hesitating, and walked straight ahead.

One step, two steps, three steps.

When he reached within three feet of the egg, an invisible force suddenly appeared, directly preventing him from getting any closer.

Xia Jin narrowed her eyes, snorted coldly, and slowly raised her right hand.

A white flame ignited in his palm. As soon as the flame appeared, the exposed deep red crystals in the underground cavern emitted a series of subtle cracking sounds.

Xia Jin didn't pay attention to anything else and reached forward to press down.

But the result was beyond Xia Jin's expectations; that power actually devoured all the white flames in her hand.

"Hmm?" Xia Jin rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

What on earth is inside this egg that can even devour its own flames?

He was secretly amazed, and his interest was piqued.

"Hmph! Since that's the case, then I'd like to see just how much flame this egg of yours can devour."

As Xia Jin unleashed his aura as a ninth-level Great Power Realm expert without reservation, a sun mark between his brows emitted a dazzling golden light.

At the same time, three halos of sunlight appeared behind him, as if three blazing suns were descending simultaneously into the depths of the earth.

A fierce glint flashed in Xia Jin's eyes, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing an arrogant smile.

"You want flames, huh? Then go ahead and drain me dry."

Xia Jin slapped her hands forward, and two white pillars of fire shot out from her palms, crashing straight into the golden giant egg.

But the moment the flame touched the eggshell, the egg seemed to come alive. The patterns on the eggshell surface began to flash wildly, and a powerful devouring force emerged.

The surrounding space was forcibly distorted, and a powerful suction force tore the flames into it, as if filling a bottomless abyss.

An hour has passed.

Xia Jin remained in that posture, continuously emitting white flames from her hands.

However, his breathing was noticeably heavier than before. This was the first time he had unreservedly expended his power since he entered the ninth level of the Great Power Realm.

"Is this thing really a bottomless pit? If it stays for another hour, won't it drain me dry?"

Xia Jin's eye twitched involuntarily, and a sense of helplessness arose in her heart.

Moreover, he discovered that the more he produced, the more the egg devoured, like a glutton that could never be satisfied.

"We'll try for another half an hour at most. If it's still the same, we'll suppress it inside the Eastern Emperor Bell and deal with it later!" Xia Jin made a helpless decision in her heart.

But at that moment, the egg unexpectedly stopped consuming the flames.

"Huh? It's stopped?"

Xia Jin was slightly taken aback. At this moment, he could feel a very strong life force emanating from the egg.

However, what truly surprised Xia Jin was yet to come.

At that moment, the sun mark between his eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

Immediately afterwards, a beautiful white figure flew out directly from his sun mark.

She wore a white dress as white as snow, and her long black hair flowed like a waterfall.

is her?

Xia Jin's expression changed drastically as she looked at the familiar figure who was still asleep.

Back when he was in the demonic cave of the temple, on the verge of succumbing to demonic possession and mental collapse, it was this white-haired woman who appeared and single-handedly helped him suppress his inner demons and overcome that near-death ordeal of demonic possession.

He fell into a coma afterward, and when he woke up, the white-haired woman was nowhere to be found. Unexpectedly, she had been hiding in the sun mark between his eyebrows all along!

After the white-haired woman emerged from the sun mark between Xia Jin's eyebrows, she flew uncontrollably toward the monster egg and quickly merged into it.

"What? Could it be that this egg contains the body of this white-haired woman?"

Xia Jin's eyes widened as she stared intently at the egg.

Ten breaths later, the egg finally transformed into a golden stream of light, and with a gentle leap, it actually flew into the sun mark between Xia Jin's eyebrows.

Warmth—that's how Xia Jin felt.

He took a deep breath and slowly withdrew his aura.

The three halos of sunlight behind him gradually dissipated, and the sun mark between his eyebrows also gradually faded away.

Xia Jin reached out and touched her brow, feeling the faint warmth, but the doubt in her eyes did not disappear.

"Who...is this woman?"

"Very well, since I can't figure it out, then I won't think about it anymore. I have a feeling that we'll meet again soon!"