Chapter One Hundred and Fifty: The Three Forbidden Zones

During his days in True Dragon City, Yi Tian came to understand the general situation surrounding the Dragon-Sealing City and the Fulong Mountain Range.

Within the Fulong Mountains lay three great forbidden zones.

These three were the Fierce Beast Zone, the Ancient Battlefield Zone, and the Abyss of Demons.

The Fierce Beast Zone occupied the deepest parts of the Fulong Range, a realm where colossal, terrifying beasts dwelled—beasts as massive as mountains, whose roars could shatter rivers and mountains. Each creature possessed formidable power beyond reckoning.

Truly, the Fierce Beast Zone was the heart of the Fulong Mountains.

Beyond it lay only the mountain outskirts.

Between the Fierce Beast Zone and the center of Dragon-Sealing City stretched the renowned Ancient Battlefield Zone.

Countless fallen fierce beasts, Heavenly Tier overlords, and titans littered this ancient battlefield.

Formed since antiquity, the Ancient Battlefield had witnessed millions of years of countless fallen beings, birthing some fearsome existences.

Yet, it also concealed the legacies and treasures of numerous overlords and titans, attracting countless cultivators who dared venture within despite the high death toll.

Thus, the Ancient Battlefield Zone was a perilous yet sought-after place for many cultivators within Dragon-Sealing City.

Beyond the Fierce Beast and Ancient Battlefield Zones stood the Abyss of Demons—undeniably the most enigmatic and terrifying region.

Legend held that the Abyss was formed after the fall of a Demon God from an ancient war against the Celestial Dragon. It was unfathomably deep, a place where no living being returned once entered.

After grasping the nature of these three forbidden zones, Yi Tian fully comprehended the dreadful threats lurking within the Fulong Mountains.

However, for the time being, none of these dangers directly concerned him. His foremost goal was to rapidly strengthen his own power.

He turned his attention to the places most suitable for human-tier warriors to cultivate and hone themselves.

Sure enough, besides the three dreaded forbidden zones, this ancient wilderness held numerous areas rich in invaluable resources.

These included Thousand Island Lake, the Hundred-Thousand Volcanoes, the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, Heavenly Bird Mountain, and the Dragon Pool.

It was astonishing that such a vast mountain range contained so many diverse environments. Even titans frequently ventured in and out, with many perishing within.

For human-tier warriors, the dangers were even greater.

Yet the allure of these places lay in their incredibly rare and precious heavenly materials and treasures—so coveted that even elders and disciples of powerful sects longed for them.

After gathering ample intelligence in Dragon-Sealing City, Yi Tian set out immediately toward the Hundred-Thousand Volcanoes, located some 120,000 miles away.

The Hundred-Thousand Volcanoes formed a vast fiery realm, where countless volcanoes converged, temperatures soared, and eruptions and lava flows occurred daily.

Within this blazing world grew exceedingly rare fire-elemental treasures—fiery medicinal herbs, fire-elemental spiritual roots, and even the fabled Heavenly Fire.

Each of these heavenly materials was extraordinarily precious.

For practitioners of fire-element cultivation methods, the Hundred-Thousand Volcanoes were an unparalleled treasure trove.

Thus, to swiftly advance his cultivation, this place was undoubtedly Yi Tian’s best choice.

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A dozen days later, Yi Tian arrived before the Hundred-Thousand Volcanoes.

He beheld a desolate expanse of barren, rocky volcanoes rising endlessly before him. Even before stepping inside, an overwhelming wave of scorching heat washed over him.

Within a hundred miles of the volcanoes, not a blade of grass could survive.

With a swift surge, Yi Tian plunged into the fiery domain.

Wave after wave of searing heat assaulted him, warping the very void itself.

Yet Yi Tian activated his Great Sun Heavenly Skill, rendering himself immune to the heat. Instead, he absorbed and refined the blazing energy surging into his body.

He pressed ever deeper.

After several thousand miles, signs of life finally appeared.

On some volcanoes sprouted bright red Fire Spirit Grass, radiating potent fire elemental energy.

A few bore thumb-sized fiery fruits—Fire Spirit Fruits—nurtured by the grass, rich in pure fire elemental energy, capable of rapidly replenishing true energy for fire cultivation practitioners.

Yet Yi Tian paid no mind to these fruits, pressing onward.

Deeper into the volcanoes, the heat grew ever more intense.

Ordinary human-tier warriors would have long since succumbed; even some fire cultivation experts at the Nascent Soul stage would be forced to halt.

Now, he had ventured 15,000 miles into the volcanic range.

Here, some volcanoes produced fire-elemental medicinal herbs. Though of lower grade, they still brought great delight and bounty to human-tier warriors.

Despite the silence of the volcanoes, danger lurked unseen.

At a volcanic crater, Yi Tian discovered a nine-thousand-year-old Flame Lotus. A single Flame Lotus Seed could restore a Nascent Soul-level top human-tier warrior to peak condition in moments.

Such a Flame Lotus was a top-grade lower-tier treasure, worth at least two or three hundred elemental crystals.

Just as Yi Tian reached to harvest it, a fiery python suddenly burst from the lava, nearly swallowing him whole and causing a narrow escape.

Fortunately, under the might of Yi Tian’s Great Sun Flame, the beast was incinerated.

Although immune to fire to a strong degree, even the fire-type fierce beast could not withstand Yi Tian’s overwhelming flames.

Yi Tian’s Great Sun Heavenly Skill was at sixth grade, rivaling the flames of advanced fire beasts—unstoppable by mid-tier beasts.

Aware some beasts hid within the lava to ambush prey, Yi Tian grew cautious yet thrived in this fiery realm, harvesting rare fire-element treasures in increasing numbers.

Occasionally, he spotted other fire cultivation practitioners. Upon meeting, both sides would immediately part ways warily.

As Yi Tian ventured deeper, a sudden scream echoed from afar.

What was happening?

The figure was only a hundred miles away, yet Yi Tian sensed no presence of fierce beasts nearby. How could such an attack come without resistance?

Suddenly, a strange sensation came from behind him.

Boom!

In the next moment, Yi Tian found himself trapped inside an unbearably scorching furnace, flames relentlessly burning his flesh.

Startled, Yi Tian realized he had been swallowed by a fire-elemental fierce beast.

The merciless flames seared his body crimson. Were it not for his flesh having broken into the second level of Diamond Indestructibility, he would have melted instantly.

He activated the Great Sun Heavenly Skill, which functioned like a black hole, voraciously absorbing the surrounding fiery energy, rendering the flames powerless to harm him.

Simultaneously, Yi Tian pondered what beast could have swallowed him without warning.

Had it not been for his own abilities, he likely wouldn't have even known how he died.

“Fire Cloud Beast!” a sudden insight flashed through Yi Tian’s mind.

According to his knowledge, the Hundred-Thousand Volcanoes hosted a strange beast called the Fire Cloud Beast.

It could disperse and condense at will—when dispersed, it was formless, like blazing energy dissipating into the void, invisible and silent. When it silently approached prey, it would suddenly coalesce and swallow them whole.

Though only a mid-tier fire beast, it was a nightmare for human-tier warriors below Heavenly Tier titans.

Countless cultivators had perished in its jaws, making it a dreaded threat among fire cultivation practitioners.

Yet, despite its terror to others, it inflicted no harm upon Yi Tian.

He fully wielded the Great Sun Heavenly Skill, continuously absorbing the Fire Cloud Beast’s internal fire essence, strengthening his true energy.

The Fire Cloud Beast that had swallowed Yi Tian began to panic.

As time passed, it sensed its internal fire essence draining away, weakness creeping in.

Roaring fiercely, it tried to disperse its form, but Yi Tian’s presence inside prevented the transformation.