Chapter 154: An Ancient Spatial Magical Treasure

With the Earth Fire Bead, Yitian found that his cultivation speed was more than a dozen times faster than before. The essence of the earth fire far surpassed energy crystals such as abyss crystals and dragon crystals.

Yitian could feel that the Earth Fire Bead contained an incomparably majestic essence of earth fire, vast and boundless, enough to cause a stir in anyone's heart.

One must know that once the power of the Earth Fire Bead fully erupted, even giants would find it difficult to resist, making it comparable to a top-tier medium-grade magical treasure.

In the days that followed, Yitian immersed himself in rapid cultivation.

Every day, he could feel his cultivation realm steadily improving, and the true essence within his dantian space growing increasingly dense.

Every day, he polished his true essence, making it denser and denser.

When the density of the true essence reached an extreme limit, one could attempt to condense the primordial core. From then on, the primordial core would remain undissipated and endlessly generate power, granting immense advantages in both cultivation and recovery.

With this Earth Fire Bead, Yitian sensed that in less than a month or two, he could condense the primordial core and become a top-tier existence among the human realm.

Without a treasure like the Earth Fire Bead, attempting to condense the primordial core would likely take several years of effort, or even longer.

Of course, Yitian could not spend all his time in seclusion.

After practicing in seclusion within the cave for half a month, seeing that the Crimson Demon's figure seemed to no longer appear, he began to use his spare time from cultivation to explore the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes.

Flame Kirin Grass, Five-Flame Flowers, Magma Fruit, and other unique precious herbs and spiritual fruits of the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes were harvested by Yitian in large quantities.

Even the Stardust Mud avatar was sent beneath various volcanic craters to voraciously devour massive amounts of magma, causing the color of the Stardust Mud to become increasingly dark and glossy.

The Hundred Thousand Volcanoes truly deserved its reputation as a blessed land.

Here, the Stardust Mud avatar devoured a vast sea of energy. To the Stardust Mud avatar, this magma laden with the essence of earth fire was a rather delectable ration.

Consequently, wherever Yitian went, he would let the Stardust Mud devour to its heart's content.

The black Stardust Mud resembled the night sky, incomparably dark. Individual specks of stardust shone brightly like black holes, devouring endless energy without rest.

The magma of one volcano after another was devoured by Yitian's Stardust Mud avatar.

This caused the temperature of the volcanoes Yitian passed by to drop drastically, with some volcanoes even turning into extinct volcanoes because their magma had been completely devoured.

During those days in the City of Suppressing Dragons, Yitian had learned a great deal of information regarding the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes.

Legend had it that beneath the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes, incomparably massive subterranean fire veins converged, leading to the formation of the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes, and the terrifying earth fire would vent and erupt at regular intervals.

The earth fire energy devoured by the Stardust Mud was merely a drop in the ocean compared to the entire Hundred Thousand Volcanoes.

Therefore, Yitian had few scruples.

As he traversed the volcanoes, Yitian encountered fierce beasts surviving within the volcanoes and magma no less than dozens or hundreds of times.

However, these fierce beasts were all slain by Yitian one by one.

The blood crystals in his storage ring gradually grew more numerous, and the meat of some delicious fierce beasts was also collected by him, filling more than half of his storage ring.

For Yitian, this was a matter of preparation for the future.

These days, Yitian had been wandering around the outer periphery of the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes.

One must know that many high-level fierce beasts lived in the depths of the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes, and they were extremely formidable. Even if Yitian forced his way in, it would be a narrow escape from death.

After continuously devouring the magma of thousands of volcanoes, the devouring speed of the Stardust Mud avatar gradually began to slow down.

The Stardust Mud avatar had devoured the magma of a thousand active volcanoes in total, which deeply shocked Yitian.

An ordinary volcano contained at least several million tons of magma, equivalent to the energy of tens or hundreds of energy crystals. One could imagine how massive the energy devoured by the Stardust Mud avatar was becoming.

During this period, the Stardust Mud had a feast, and its gluttonous appetite was finally satisfied like never before.

Later on, after devouring the energy of a few dozen more volcanoes, the Stardust Mud stopped devouring energy altogether.

At this moment, it seemed to have reached a limit.

Thus, the Stardust Mud had reached the extreme limit of its current tier and could no longer contain any more energy.

Rumble!

Thunder suddenly cracked within Yitian's dantian space.

At this moment, countless strands of true essence within the boundless dantian space began to circulate under Yitian's guidance.

The true essence of the entire dantian rotated in a single direction. The initial force was not strong, but as time went on, all the Great Sun True Essence rotated, forming a gigantic vortex.

At every moment, Yitian could feel that the Great Sun True Essence collapsed and was crushed amidst the rotation, undergoing tempering time and time again.

With every revolution, the already incomparably dense Great Sun True Essence was forged once more.

The vast true essence rotated faster and faster, and the dantian vortex grew larger and larger.

Gradually, the vortex encompassed the entire dantian space, and all the Great Sun True Essence was refined and polished repeatedly.

Massive energy rotated, causing the void in the center of Yitian's dantian space to become unable to withstand the terrifying suppression, even collapsing.

Rumble!

What collapsed was a small black dot, which frantically began to devour all the true essence around it.

The true essence of the entire dantian space was drawn in.

The small black dot grew larger and larger, devouring increasingly majestic true essence. When all the true essence in the dantian space had been devoured, with a loud bang, a spinning primordial core appeared within the dantian.

Just when Yitian thought completion was at hand, the primordial core suddenly cracked with numerous fissures.

Immediately, the primordial core collapsed with a roar, and countless strands of true essence swept across all directions. The terrifying impact nearly caused Yitian to suffer internal injuries.

"What on earth is going on? Why would the condensed primordial core collapse repeatedly?"

Yitian was utterly baffled.

This was already his third attempt to condense the primordial core in recent days.

Initially, his condensation of the primordial core had been unsuccessful, but during the second and third attempts, the primordial core had successfully formed only to subsequently collapse. He still did not understand the underlying cause.

Yitian began to try again and again.

However, Yitian gradually noticed some abnormalities.

Every time the primordial core he condensed collapsed, the true essence became more refined and formidable. Although the change was minute, amidst the repeated collapses, he still noticed the shift.

This gave Yitian a vague understanding.

The primordial core he was currently condensing was unable to support the operation of the Sixth-Grade Great Sun Heavenly Skill.

Consequently, Yitian continued to refine his true essence amidst the endless cycle of condensation and collapse.

Time passed day by day.

Yitian had been training and cultivating in the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes for over two months. Although the breakthrough to the primordial core had not yet succeeded, his Vajra Indestructible Xuan Skill had made significant progress.

He ventured deep into the volcanic magma, using the Vajra Indestructible Xuan Skill to temper his physical body.

Stimulated by the magma, the cultivation speed of Yitian's Vajra Indestructible Xuan Skill was more than eight or nine times faster than usual. Through continuous destruction and tempering, repeating over and over, the effect was exceptionally stellar.

He even employed the Earth Fire Bead to practice the Vajra Indestructible Xuan Skill, and the effect was even more terrifying.

In these short two months, Yitian's Vajra Indestructible Xuan Skill was nearly on the verge of breaking through to the third layer. Such cultivation speed was truly astonishing—this was the formidable effect of such powerful natural treasures as the Earth Fire Bead.

Just as Yitian was in hard cultivation within the Hundred Thousand Volcanoes, a piece of news shocked the entire City of Suppressing Dragons.

Someone had found a supreme-grade ancient magical treasure at the edge of the ancient battlefield forbidden zone: the Tianfang Pagoda!

This Tianfang Pagoda had an extraordinary background.

According to the ancient classics passed down on the Dragon Sky Continent, the Tianfang Pagoda was an extremely powerful spatial magical treasure containing a blessed land within it, capable of accommodating hundreds of thousands of people.

Not only could the Tianfang Pagoda allow an entire clan or sect to escape when calamity struck, but it was also an extremely powerful suppression treasure; even a Heavenly Realm overlord would find it hard to escape doom if suppressed within it.

For reasons unknown, this news had spread far and wide.

Ancient spatial magical treasures were enough to drive even giants among powers like major sects and the Dragon Sky Dynasty mad with desire.

Therefore, during this period, countless powerhouses had gathered in the City of Suppressing Dragons overnight, all eyeing that Tianfang Pagoda with covetous gazes, stirring up a storm.