Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"I haven't had the chance to tell him that the Earth Fire below has become more temperamental, and the damage to the Spiritual Energy will be even more severe."

"Let's hope for a safe return."

"You go down first and get ready to move to Southern State. The Earth Fire has become increasingly violent. In less than a month, it will erupt in large quantities, and by then, the entire sect will be covered by the Earth Fire, making it uninhabitable."

"Already..." The Great Elder paused, exchanging an incredulous look with the Third Elder, "Have we reached the point where we must move the sect?"

"Yes."

After a long silence, the middle-aged man spoke with a somewhat hoarse voice, "The ancestral master has passed away just now. Do not spread the word. The ancestral master was already low on life expectancy, and he didn't survive after sustaining some injuries from the Earth Fire."

...

At this moment, Chen Qiu had already led Fat Long and headed deep into the Earth Fire.

At a glance—

The surroundings were filled with countless Earth Fires, which flowed like liquid, constantly corroding his Protective Spirit Qi—even though the Spiritual Energy capacity inside him far exceeded that of his fellow cultivators of the same level.

But even so, it couldn't withstand more than thirty breaths.

The corrosion of the Earth Fire on the Spiritual Energy was too strong.

The entire underground seemed to be hollowed out, with nothing but Earth Fire. It was as if there was a vast Underground Fire Sea made up of flowing liquid flames.

"Let's go."

Feeling the heat waves seeping into his body, Chen Qiu didn't say much. Spiritual Energy surged into his armguards, countless sharp points piercing into his body, restoring Spiritual Energy while he repeatedly teleported multiple times within the Fire Sea.

He did not know whether this would work.

But now, this was the only path to take. He didn't know what had happened below the Earth Fire to make it so violent. All he could do was to prolong the timeline by continuously teleporting to find the anomaly.

...

And so—

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Chen Qiu was still randomly teleporting deep within the Fire Sea without a single thought, but he was not irritable. With a calm expression, he surveyed his surroundings. Having experienced it twice on the Forbidden Sea, these mere two hours did not perturb his heart.

"I had never known that beneath the Endless Desert lay a hollow space, and that there was so much Earth Fire."

The scholar felt the complicated sensation of the distance from his younger brother growing, "I can feel that my brother is getting farther and farther from us, which means we have been delving deep into the Endless Desert, but just beneath its surface."

"Moreover, we've already gone as deep as several miles."

"If nothing unexpected happens, there might be an entire Fire Sea flowing under the Endless Desert, and this Fire Sea could be several times larger than Xuzhou. No wonder the ancestral master of the Star Battle Sect was unable to explore to the end of the Fire Sea."

"Here, nature's spiritual energy has merged with the Earth Fire. Absorbing the spiritual energy here will make one's body unbearably hot and if too much is absorbed, even the meridians could ignite spontaneously. We can only rely on our own body's Spiritual Energy here."

"The Spiritual Energy stored within someone at the Golden Core Peak is not enough to explore this Fire Sea."

Chen Qiu scanned his surroundings and to this point, he had not seen anything special. He only felt that the surrounding heat waves were getting more intense, and the speed at which they corroded his Spiritual Energy was increasing—meaning the temperature of the Earth Fire here was even higher.

...

Star Battle Sect.

By the side of the Fire Well inside the house, the Sect Master of the Star Battle Sect flashed a complex look in his eyes. It had been two hours, and Daoist Chen still had not shown any signs of returning.

Most likely...

He had perished.

The ancestral master had only stayed half an hour in the Earth Fire before returning, and even then, due to miscalculations and absorbing some of nature's spiritual energy infused with the Earth Fire at the last moment when he was nearly back to the Fire Well, he sustained damage to his meridians.

As a result, he did not survive long before passing away prematurely.

The elderly Golden Core Peak Cultivator was like a precious yet fragile piece of porcelain.

It would shatter upon contact.

...

When another three hours had passed.

The sky had darkened, and there were only two more days left before the competition for the Heavenly Pride Leaderboard.

By now, Chen Qiu, deep within the Earth Fire, had no idea how far he had ventured into the Endless Desert, but as the surrounding heatwaves grew stronger, he finally found the source of the rampant Earth Fire.

At the deepest part of the Underground Fire Sea.

An Eight-petal Fire Lotus, rootless and drifting freely within the fire sea, its petals moving as if breathing. With every tremble, it caused the surrounding Earth Fire to become even more volatile.

And with that, it sent waves of heat rolling towards the depths of the fire sea.

The source of the entire Earth Fire's volatility was none other than this Fire Lotus growing within the fire sea.

However—

Chen Qiu had only stood and observed for less than a moment before he had to once again repeatedly teleport away from the area, needing to restore his Spiritual Energy with Teleportation, which invariably took him farther away from the Eight-petal Fire Lotus.

"..."

Chen Qiu turned and looked at the Eight-petal Fire Lotus several dozen meters behind him, gauged the amount of Spiritual Energy left in his body, took out a heap of Qi Replenishing Pills from his chest and shoved them all into his mouth, then proceeded without activating his arm guard.

He charged towards the Eight-petal Fire Lotus in the depths of the fire sea, protected by his Protective Spirit Qi!

His Spiritual Energy burst out forcefully, swept up the Eight-petal Fire Lotus, and stuffed it into a wooden box; however, being composed entirely of flames, the wooden box was instantly burnt to ashes, and when he attempted to place it into his Storage Ring, the Storage Ring was instantly burnt to ashes as well.

He hesitated for a moment.

Then he tossed it directly into his small world, and this time, it was stable.

The Eight-petal Fire Lotus floated in the sky of the small world}, turning the originally dim small world into one with its own sun for the first time; the blistering light showered down upon the ruins of the Chao Tian Sect in the small world, as if a scorching heat wave swept through the entire space.

After the Eight-petal Fire Lotus was taken into the small world, the ground fire that had been violently surging around it suddenly began to calm down, and the wild aura gradually dissipated.

Seeing that the Spiritual Energy in his body was about to be exhausted.

Chen Qiu directly took Fat Long and the others into the small world.

...

"Phew!"

Inside the small world, Fat Long, bare-chested and sweating profusely, vigorously waved his fan and looked up at the Eight-petal Fire Lotus acting as a mini sun overhead, his face barely concealing his excitement, "Brother Qiu, I'm telling you, this thing is definitely a major treasure!

"I've never seen a flower like this, rootless and growing in a fire sea, composed entirely of flames.

"With such a big Underground Fire Sea going wild because of this thing, it definitely can't be underestimated. Scholar, do you know what treasure this is?"

"I don't know."

The scholar shook his head helplessly, "You're overestimating me. Even at the peak of my Cultivation, the Underground Fire Sea was not a place I could come to, and this thing was not something I was qualified to touch."

Chen Qiu, on the other hand, felt the temperature was bearable. The three resentful spirits of the Golden Core on his back cooled him down quite nicely, so he didn't feel very hot. He, too, looked at the Eight-petal Fire Lotus floating in mid-air with a fair bit of emotion.

This was the disadvantage of being a Loose Cultivator.

Having finally encountered a treasure, he had no idea what it was or what it was used for, but then he thought that even the Major Sects of Da Xia probably didn't know what this thing was for, and that made him feel a bit better.

Only...

He couldn't just let it float in the air forever; he felt somewhat of a headache. How to find out what this thing was for? He could be certain of one thing, the Eight-petal Fire Lotus was definitely a top-notch Spiritual Treasure.

The problem was he didn't know how to use it. If only he had the chance to meet Old Man Cao, perhaps he would know.