[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation":3,"chapter-record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation-record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation-chapter-345":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Record of a Demon's Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},951939,1246,"Chapter 345: Collecting Spiritual Flame","record-of-a-demon-s-cultivation-chapter-345",345,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translator: Cinder Translations\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen endured the raging fire poison within him and the extreme cold from the outside, a clash of ice and fire that brought immense pain. He began to examine the stone chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire stone chamber was completely sealed, with no visible doors or openings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the floor of the stone chamber, there was a formation for gathering spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This formation, inscribed many years ago, was still functioning, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It supplied the green flame on the high platform, allowing it to burn continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water from the cold pool above continued to flow in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water inside the stone chamber had already risen to Song Wen's waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving in the water was inconvenient, so at Song Wen's command, the silver corpse returned to the cold pool above, moved a large stone, and blocked the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen looked at the green flame in the oil lamp, feeling a surge of desire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold emitted by the green flame made it clear that this flame was no ordinary fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The oil lamp containing the green flame was a top-grade spiritual artifact. As long as he could refine it, he could seal the green flame within and store it in his storage ring to take it with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process of refining the oil lamp was not easy, and Song Wen suffered greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While resisting the extreme cold, he also channeled his spiritual power to refine the oil lamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slowly passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen had turned a shade of crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long exposure to extreme cold had caused some degree of necrosis in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many areas were frostbitten and cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood flowed out and was quickly frozen again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Song Wen's appearance look extremely terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the intense pain endured over these ten days was worth it, as he had successfully refined the oil lamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen activated the oil lamp, which immediately shimmered with a dark light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark light surged toward the lamp base where the green flame resided, gathering together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, a black lampshade appeared, enveloping the lamp base and trapping the green flame within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the continuous release of coldness abruptly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the oil lamp stored in his storage ring, the absence of the green flame's light plunged the stone chamber into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen summoned a fireball the size of a washbasin, using its light to carefully observe the stone chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, when he had roughly scanned the stone chamber, he noticed there were no doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a completely sealed space, the only way in and out would be through a teleportation array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Song Wen had not discovered any signs of a teleportation array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indicated that the stone chamber must have an exit; he just hadn't noticed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Song Wen had spent effort searching for a door was that:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cold pool above the stone chamber, there were branches of Yin-Yang Blood Weeping growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, if a similar environment existed outside the door of the stone chamber, it was very likely to nurture the Yin-Yang Blood Weeping branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than half a quarter of an hour of careful searching, Song Wen finally found a place\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on the eastern floor of the stone chamber that seemed to resemble a door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone chamber was carved out of a solid piece of rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the floor, surrounding walls, and ceiling of the stone chamber were all a single massive\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>rock, with no visible seams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at this spot was there a square slab of rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In general, stone doors in houses are usually located in the surrounding walls, and it would be unusual to have a door set into the floor. The slab fit perfectly with the surrounding ground. Inside the stone chamber, there was still water from the cold pool about three zhang deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why Song Wen hadn't initially noticed this suspicious slab that looked like a door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to the stone door, Song Wen searched for a slightly raised mechanism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attempted to press it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stone chamber had been unopened for many years, and he couldn't be sure whether the mechanism was still functional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Click!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled sound of a mechanism came from the rock layers below the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the sound of the massive stone sliding began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The square stone on the ground started to slowly sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of the stone's descent gradually increased. In the end, it was completely weightless, plummeting downwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the massive stone hitting the ground echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen stood at the entrance, looking down into the dark pit below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What caught his eye was a square passageway about five zhang deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further down, there was just emptiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the stone chamber, there was a larger cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand and waved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fireball shot toward the entrance of the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it entered the lower cave, the fireball suddenly exploded, transforming into a shower of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sparks that fell everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the upper stone chamber, Song Wen's line of sight was obstructed, making it impossible to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>see the full scope of the lower cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could roughly deduce that the lower cave was quite spacious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could faintly see shimmering reflections of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There should be a river or lake within the lower cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen released the Sacred Gu and entered the lower cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that there was no danger near the exit, Song Wen flew into the passageway,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>entering the cave below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand again, sending several more fireballs flying in different directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Song Wen was able to see the entire layout of the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave was vast, at least several dozen zhang wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the cave, there was an underground lake about ten zhang in diameter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen was positioned at the edge of the lake, with some scattered stones beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cave, Song Wen had not yet discovered any presence of other cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered himself and landed by the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver corpse and the ghost king flanked him on either side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the extreme cold released by the green flames in the upper stone chamber over the years, the temperature inside the cave was very low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment in this cave was very similar to the previous cave where the Yin-Yang Blood\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weeping branches grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen decided to carefully explore this cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lake, about ten zhang (~33m) in diameter, had a shoreline of only around thirty zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while flying and exploring, it didn't take half an incense stick's worth of time for Song\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen to circle halfway around the shoreline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen noticed fresh signs of movement on the stony beach ahead, as if someone had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stepped on the stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place had been untouched for years, with chaotic piles of stones stacked together,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>forming unique imprints over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, if a few stones suddenly moved, the traces left behind would be\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>quite clear and noticeable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The marks were fresh and must have been left in the past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that someone has already arrived here ahead of me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Wen felt a surge of disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this place had Yin-Yang Blood Weeping branches, they were likely taken long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding onto a last glimmer of hope, Song Wen continued to explore along the lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After searching for a little while longer, Song Wen noticed that about three zhang from the lakeshore, there was a stone forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cave, it was too dark, and the distance to the stone forest was not close, so Song\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen couldn't see clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, he summoned a fireball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fireball exploded above the stone forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone forest was about several zhang wide, filled with standing stones of varying heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The taller stones exceeded ten zhang, while the shorter ones were less than two feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the standing stones were extremely thick, with smooth surfaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed as if something had been rubbing against these standing stones for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stones gave off a slippery, oily sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long before, there must have been a battle near the stone forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aftermath of the battle had broken many of the standing stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broken edges of the stones were still quite fresh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a massive white shadow burst forth from within the stone forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of the Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read (RDC) ahead on (patreon.com\u002FCinderTL) - Chapter 534.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early access starts at $5. 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