Chapter 559

Wan Huozong’s guest quarters.

Today, Lin Chen unusually did not cultivate; instead, he read the jade slip in his hand.

This jade slip was sent by Elder Zhuang—the lower volume of the “Wan Huo Yuanliu Pu.”

Back then, Elder Zhuang gave Lin Chen the upper volume, but even Wan Huozong disciples needed merit points to exchange for the lower volume.

Even as an Elder, Zhuang could not easily give Lin Chen the lower volume.

This time, Elder Zhuang sent the lower volume as an early reward, citing Lin Chen’s entry into the Sacred Fire Realm to search for missing sect members.

The excuse was casual, but no one would seriously question it.

Ultimately, the “Wan Huo Yuanliu Pu” was not a powerful cultivation technique; like the upper volume, it was purely theoretical.

The upper volume recorded types of primordial fire, including methods to advance their rank, while the lower volume detailed techniques for fusing and refining primordial fire.

For Lin Chen, although he had the [Snatch Every Second] prompt, after several panel updates, he could no longer be certain it would remain.

The [Snatch Every Second] on his panel was like a dictionary—with built-in search suggestions. With it, he need not master knowledge himself, but if it vanished in an update, he’d be lost.

The best thing was to master this knowledge himself.

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The next day.

As dawn broke, Lin Chen had just risen when his spiritual sense stirred—he immediately stepped out of his room.

“Elder Zhuang.”

“Come with me to the Sacred Fire Realm.”

“So early?”

Lin Chen was surprised; though he knew today was the day to enter the Sacred Fire Realm, he hadn’t expected Elder Zhuang to take him in so early.

Had something happened in the Sacred Fire Realm?

“Let’s go. Better early than late.”

Zhuang Lie offered no further explanation, motioning for Lin Chen to follow him toward the volcanic range behind Wan Huozong.

Wan Huozong was built before a volcanic range, with thousands of volcanoes behind it; over time, the flames within these volcanoes slowly evolved into primordial fire, and over half of Wan Huozong’s primordial fire originated from this range.

Of course, Wan Huozong’s strong cultivators also placed primordial fire within these volcanoes to let them absorb the unique earth vein qi and grow.

The volcanoes erupted intermittently, sending out heatwaves that formed towering clouds of fire; even non-primordial cultivators trembled before this force of nature, and even primordial cultivators moved with caution.

Fortunately, Zhuang Lie and Lin Chen—one at Primordial Fifth Realm, the other at Primordial Fourth Realm but with strength rivaling Primordial Fifth—were unaffected in this volcanic range.

The two sped through the air when a roar erupted from a volcano below—a fire dragon surged upward. Zhuang Lie raised his hand and slammed down: “Beast, you seek death!”

A massive flame palm roared downward, crushing the fire dragon back into the volcano’s mouth.

“Most primordial fire here remains unrefined and will attack any living thing that approaches.”

“Disciple understands.”

Hearing Elder Zhuang’s explanation, Lin Chen nodded; primordial fire inherently burned all things, even the gentlest Qing Li Flame.

The two sped through the volcanic range for half an hour before halting before a lake encircled by mountains.