Serpent Ancestor

In Xu Hei’s line of sight, the sun appeared as a massive fireball, emitting a dazzling and blinding light, drawing closer and closer, with the temperature of the space rising rapidly.

Anyone who looks directly at the blazing sun would be blinded, let alone observe it from such a close distance, and the temperature was climbing at a terrifying speed.

Gradually, Xu Hei’s hair twisted and charred, black smoke rose from his skin, and the thick crystalline layer on his body transformed into a lava-like state.

After strengthening, Xu Hei’s physical body was almost entirely crystalline, his skin melting into magma, resembling a giant lava beast being pulled towards the sun.

”This harsh environment surpasses even that of the Dark Star. I wonder if there’s any life within the sun, and if so, in what form?”

Various thoughts flashed through Xu Hei’s mind.

Fortunately, this level of environment wasn’t lethal to him. If an ordinary Divine Transformation cultivator were here, they would have long turned to ash.

The Solar Essence Fire of the Flame Demon Ancestor was extracted from within the sun. It’s unknown which predecessor from the Blood Refining Sect had such power to draw fire from the blazing sun.

Since someone else could do it, Xu Hei believed he was no weaker than anyone else and should be able to accomplish it as well.

”Whoosh!”Hot streams of air shot out from Xu Hei’s nostrils, and heat emanated from his ears, producing a sharp sound. His body turned red, smoke billowed from his seven orifices, like a machine running at high speed, accumulating energy with all its might.

”I’m going in!”

Xu Hei held his breath, and the True Essence within him surged out instantly, forming a thick insulating layer on the surface of his body, wrapping him like a sponge.

Then, he plunged into the sun’s massive sphere of light like an inconspicuous speck of dust.

Light was everywhere, making it impossible to discern the environment with the naked eye. Only his Divine Sense could barely probe a radius of ten thousand feet.

There was no solid ground, just a thick layer of atmosphere.

”What intense heat!”

Xu Hei spread out his Divine Sense and discovered some golden specks of light floating inside the sun, which were sparks emitted by the Solar Essence Fire.

The deeper he went, the more sparks there were.

Suddenly, there was a slight movement in the fire seed within Xu Hei.

In his Dantian, a black-and-white flame appeared, a strand of fire seed that was originally dormant, now unusually active.

Xu Hei’s eyes flickered, and with a thought, a wisp of flame emerged from his fingertip. In an instant, this wisp of flame shot out, enveloped a spark, and quickly retracted, slowly refining it.

”It can do that?” Xu Hei was surprised.

Under his observation, the spark gradually shrank, taking half an incense stick’s time to be completely refined by the fire seed.

After refining a single spark, the black-and-white flame at his fingertip became a bit brighter.

It was evolving!

Xu Hei’s flame, a new kind of fire formed from the Lunar Mystic Fire, Solar Essence Fire, Heavenly Phoenix Demon Fire, and various other flames, was not yet fully formed.

At this moment, after devouring a spark, it seemed to be progressing towards forming.

”Continue!”

Xu Hei’s heart surged with excitement as he continued to wander deeper into the sun, releasing the flame in his hand to quickly pounce on those sparks, capturing and refining each one.

The sun’s center not only had extremely high temperatures but also possessed a strong gravitational pull.

Xu Hei had to exert all his strength to slow his descent. If he fell into the sun’s center, he couldn’t guarantee he’d be able to return.

However, to capture these sparks, he could slowly approach the sun’s center.

…………

Time passed by second by second.

Unknowingly, Xu Hei had been here for three days.

At this moment, Xu Hei’s fire seed had grown to the size of a palm, its color gradually transforming from black and white to golden yellow, as brilliant as a newborn sun.

”Golden flame...”

Xu Hei pondered for a moment, shaking his head.

He knew nothing about the flames of the Spirit Realm, nor did he know where this flame would rank on the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Fire list.

But with this flame, Xu Hei’s resistance to high temperatures had greatly increased, at least on the sun’s surface, he was unharmed.

Suddenly, Xu Hei abruptly turned his head, looking behind him.

For some reason, he always felt like he was being followed, yet every time he turned to investigate, he sensed nothing, which was puzzling.

At Xu Hei’s level, it was impossible to have such a misconception without reason; something must be following him.

This made Xu Hei thoughtful.

”Whoosh!!”

Suddenly, a beam of flame shot from afar. Just as Xu Hei was about to react, the golden flame in his palm automatically surged forward, enveloping the flame beam.

The flame beam struggled fiercely, constantly expanding and contracting, as if trying to break free from its confines. The golden flame also exerted its power, flickering brightly at a high frequency, entangling with the beam in a mutual devouring battle.

”What is this?”

Xu Hei stared at the trapped flame beam, his eyes filled with uncertainty.

This flame seemed wild, possessing spiritual essence, like a formless creature, with its core being the small spark seen earlier on the periphery.

Could it be that the spark had developed spiritual essence?

”Zee!!”

Suddenly, the flame filament emitted a sharp and piercing sound wave, like a wail, spreading heavily within the sun, visible to the naked eye, but it dissipated in an instant, vanishing into nothingness.

The flame filament had been refined, and Xu Hei’s golden fire seed grew a bit stronger.

At this moment, the golden fire seed in Xu Hei’s palm had taken on a slight form, resembling a slender golden worm coiling in his palm.

This change was something Xu Hei hadn’t anticipated.

”Who would have thought I’d have such an opportunity! Truly heaven’s blessing!”

Xu Hei was overjoyed.

The more this mysterious flame evolved, the stronger Xu Hei’s abilities became. Not to mention dominating the mortal realm, it might even prove immensely useful in the Spirit Realm.

Xu Hei’s joy didn’t last long before he seemed to realize something.

”Wait!”

Xu Hei’s eyes flickered as he muttered to himself, ”Just now, before that flame beam was devoured, it seemed to let out a scream. What was the meaning of that scream?”

The sound wave spread rapidly, rippling through the sun’s interior. Xu Hei didn’t believe it was just a simple scream before death; there must be a purpose behind it.

Xu Hei had a foreboding feeling.

He glanced around, spreading his Divine Sense, and in an instant, he seemed to see something, feeling a chill run down his spine.

In the depths of the distant light, there were countless flame filaments approaching at an incredible speed, too numerous to count.

At the center of each flame filament was a black speck of light.

”Not good!”

Xu Hei felt a cold rush from his spine to the top of his head. Without hesitation, he turned and fled, rushing towards the sun’s periphery at the fastest speed possible.

Yet, the golden fire seed within Xu Hei showed no awareness of danger, eagerly wanting to rush out and engage in battle with the approaching flame filaments.