Entering the Cave Heaven Fire Region

Xiao Ming pondered for a moment, deciding to postpone his talk with Ma Weiwei until after the Fire Domain trip.

In the time that followed, everyone prepared themselves, and the cabin returned to quiet.

After half a day, the formation airship arrived at a continuous volcanic region. Looking down from the airship, many volcanoes were erupting dark red magma, some still spewing various substances and hot gases.

These were all active volcanoes!

Due to the volcanic eruptions, the air quality here was very poor, and the temperature had risen significantly.

Although everyone possessed cultivation, the underground magma posed no threat, but it still looked shocking.

The airship flew forward for a while longer, then arrived above a large canyon.

"We've reached our destination. The Fire Domain Grotto-heaven is inside the great canyon. Let's go down now," Li Yunxiao said, then was the first to fly down.

Xiao Ming and the other two quickly followed.

After flying down from the airship and landing on the ground, Xiao Ming noticed that two teams were already waiting at the edge of the canyon.

One of the teams wore uniform purple attire, with the three small characters 'Ziguang City' embroidered on their chests.

There was no need to guess; they were from Ziguang City.

The other team was similar.

They wore light red clothes with a large golden sun on their chests. Clearly, these were people from Sunset City.

Both teams were led by a strong cultivator in the Yuqi Realm, who should be their respective City Lords.

"Old Li, you're a bit late this time," the City Lord of Ziguang City greeted first.

As he spoke, the City Lord's gaze swept past Li Yunxiao and then repeatedly scrutinized Xiao Ming and the other two.

Li Yunxiao said indifferently, "What does it matter if I'm early or late? Without my help, you wouldn't be able to open the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven anyway."

It was clear that the relationship between Lingxiao City, represented by Li Yunxiao, and Ziguang City was not that bad.

At least they were in a state where they could communicate with each other.

Sunset City, however, was completely different.

The City Lord of Sunset City's eyes narrowed sharply the moment he saw Li Jianshi. Then he looked up at the sky, and his expression grew even more somber when he saw the formation airship Li Yunxiao was controlling.

"Li Yunxiao, that formation airship you're controlling, isn't it from our Sunset City?!" the City Lord of Sunset City angrily demanded.

"Oh? What's this about?" Li Yunxiao feigned surprise. "A few days ago, some scoundrel tried to harm my precious daughter, but we easily counter-killed him."

"This formation airship is the spoils of war we obtained after killing that scoundrel."

"City Lord of Sunset, you say the formation airship is yours. Could it be that the scoundrel who tried to assassinate my daughter was also from your Sunset City?!"

As soon as his words fell, everyone from Ziguang City and Li Yunxiao's group all looked at the City Lord of Sunset City.

"City Lord of Sunset! Although our three families have conflicts, attacking children is simply too shameless!" the City Lord of Ziguang City sneered.

He had actually heard about Li Jianshi's incident long ago.

Now was a good opportunity to put pressure on Sunset City.

Because Sunset City had always been arrogant and overbearing, relying on its strong power, Ziguang City and Lingxiao City had long been dissatisfied.

And in power struggles, secretly attacking the younger generation is the most despicable act. Now that they had finally caught this opportunity, they could humiliate Sunset City to their heart's content.

Upon hearing Ziguang City's ridicule, even the thick-skinned City Lord of Sunset City couldn't help but blush.

Secretly assassinating a junior was a very despicable act that could not be openly discussed, otherwise, it would cause great reputational damage to Sunset City.

If Sunset City didn't care about its reputation, it wouldn't have secretly attacked Li Jianshi.

"Haha, what are you talking about? How could that scoundrel be from our Sunset City?" the City Lord of Sunset City chuckled dryly. "I made a mistake just now, a mistake, haha..."

"With the City Lord of Sunset's discerning eye, to actually mistake his own formation airship, should I say you're old, or just short-sighted?" Li Yunxiao said with a strange cry.

"Exactly, exactly! Who that assassin scoundrel belongs to, everyone knows in their heart, and everyone has long understood!" the City Lord of Ziguang City also said in a sarcastic tone.

Upon hearing this, the City Lord of Sunset City's face turned even redder, looking somewhat ashamed and indignant at being exposed so openly.

Xiao Ming, who had been watching the show from the side, secretly clicked his tongue.

He thought that Li Yunxiao and the City Lord of Ziguang City were truly sharp-tongued, their words making people uncomfortable with all sorts of taunts and sarcasm.

It seemed that in the future, when traveling in the cultivation world, one must not only improve one's own strength but also enhance one's ability to retort.

Because retorting was also a form of combat power!

The City Lord of Sunset City, filled with shame and indignation, said, "Anyway, that matter has nothing to do with our Sunset City. Think what you want. Shouldn't we get down to business now?"

"Alright, let's prioritize business first," Li Yunxiao said indifferently.

As he spoke, the three City Lords simultaneously walked to the edge of the canyon and then simultaneously unleashed spiritual light incantations towards the void within the canyon.

Something astonishing occurred.

After the spiritual light incantations struck the void, they were like hitting an invisible wall, erupting in dazzling light. As more incantations were unleashed, a massive formation slowly appeared in the void of the canyon.

The formation was semi-circular, like an inverted bowl, firmly protecting this area of the canyon.

In just a moment, the bowl-shaped formation melted open to reveal a massive passage. The entrance to the passage was the size of a house, and as soon as it appeared, astonishing surges of fire-elemental spiritual energy violently gushed out from within the formation.

Through the passage, one could clearly see the situation inside.

Inside was a wondrous world of flowing magma, a world primarily composed of magma, yet also featuring a wide, winding path that led straight to the end of the world.

As for what lay at the end of the path, it was unclear; one could only know by entering.

"The formation has been opened by us, you can now enter the Fire Domain!" Li Yunxiao turned to Xiao Ming and the other two, saying in a deep voice, "Be warned, the formation's opening time is limited. You can only stay inside for half a month."

"If you haven't come out by then, you'll have to wait for the Fire Domain's next opening."

He paused, then Li Yunxiao added, "Remember, you must rush out in time, because many powerful fire-elemental demonic beasts live inside the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven. Staying inside is practically a death sentence!"

And while Li Yunxiao was speaking, the other two City Lords were also anxiously instructing their disciples. It was clear that they, too, were quite wary of the Fire Domain Grotto-heaven.

As the instructions concluded, the three disciples from Sunset City were the first to rush towards the passage entrance, disappearing without a trace in moments.

"Let's go, we should go in too."

Xiao Ming said, then took the lead and rushed forward.

Li Jianshi and Ma Weiwei behind him exchanged glances, then quickly followed.

Whoosh!

As he entered the passage, a brand new world of flames appeared before Xiao Ming's eyes.