Wu Shattered Star River

“Boom, boom, boom!”

After dozens of strikes, the last Heavenly Emperor was cleaved to death. Jiang Han collected the spatial rings of the two Heavenly Emperors and the nearby slain Emperor-level and King-level cultivators, then flew towards the volcano's mouth.

Although the city's teleportation arrays were destroyed, Mount Heavenly Fire wasn't far from the Cold Moon Sect's headquarters. It was estimated that a Saint Ruler could arrive in an hour at full speed.

Therefore, Jiang Han had to seize the time, quickly obtain the Heart of Heavenly Fire, and then retreat.

He arrived at the volcano's mouth, and a heatwave swept over him, instantly making him feel like his skin was burning.

“Descend!”

He didn't hesitate. This flame shouldn't be able to incinerate him. His physical body was terrifyingly strong now; at most, he would only be injured, right? As long as it couldn't incinerate him, he didn't care.

He plunged into the volcano's mouth. He didn't dare to go too fast, flying downwards little by little. The volcano was very deep. Although it wasn't erupting now, heatwaves constantly surged out from below, making Jiang Han feel scorching hot all over.

After flying downwards for tens of thousands of feet, Jiang Han's skin had turned into charcoal, but he still hadn't reached the bottom and hadn't seen any magma within the volcano.

Continuing to fly downwards, after flying tens of thousands of feet again, he finally saw the magma. The terrain below became wider, and Jiang Han saw a magma pool. The magma inside was constantly churning, and scorching heatwaves kept sweeping upwards.

Having reached here, the injuries to Jiang Han's physical body were already very serious. He scanned the area a few times and sensed it with his soul power, his heart sinking.

Because he hadn't found the Heart of Heavenly Fire, which meant there was only one possibility—the Heart of Heavenly Fire was likely at the bottom of the magma pool.

He hadn't even gotten close to the magma, and he was already quite seriously injured. If he went to the bottom of the magma, he definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it for long.

He hesitated for a moment, then his body entered the Other Shore Space. He placed the spatial ring, the Heavenly Beast Cauldron, the Hao Heavenly Stone, and other items in the Other Shore Space, only taking out one spatial immortal artifact.

He was afraid that his physical body would be incinerated, and the spatial ring would be lost in the magma.

After healing his injuries, Jiang Han flashed out and gritted his teeth, rushing towards the magma.

“Hiss, hiss!”

As soon as he entered the magma, Jiang Han immediately felt his legs burning, being incinerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His mind raced, and he quickly summoned cold energy from the Other Shore Space to resist the high temperature.

As soon as the cold energy entered his body, it indeed had a great effect. This cold energy was very powerful, able to neutralize the high temperature. Jiang Han quickly healed his injuries and continued to dive downwards rapidly.

“This cold energy is amazing!”

He dived thousands of feet below the magma pool, and the cold energy could easily withstand the high temperature.

However, this magma pool was too deep. After diving so deep, he still felt like he hadn't reached the bottom. Moreover, after entering the magma pool, his perception was weakened. Now, the area he could sense was only a few hundred feet nearby.

He continued to dive downwards, feeling the temperature constantly rising, which made Jiang Han very uncomfortable. If the cold energy couldn't withstand it, his physical body would be instantly incinerated.

Being incinerated was no big deal; he could be reborn in the Other Shore Space.

The problem was…

After he was reborn, emerging from the Other Shore Space would still put him back where he was. He would be incinerated again as soon as he came out, meaning he would be trapped in this area.

“The Heart of Heavenly Fire should be below, otherwise, the temperature couldn't be constantly rising!”

Jiang Han continued to dive downwards, sensing that the temperature was still constantly rising, and he made his judgment.

Something that gave him a headache happened. After continuing to dive thousands of feet, he felt that the cold energy was becoming somewhat unbearable.

“I can't continue diving!”

Jiang Han stopped. The temperature was getting higher and higher, and he was afraid that the cold energy wouldn't be able to withstand it, and his physical body might be instantly incinerated.

He hesitated for a moment and decided to reduce the injection of cold energy. If he wanted to continue diving, he had to strengthen his physical body or increase his tolerance to high temperatures.

Constantly being scorched by the high temperature, the physical body constantly repaired itself, would form antibodies, and the ability to withstand high temperatures would slowly increase.

Just like how he was constantly frozen by cold energy back then. After being frozen too much, his cold resistance would improve. After being bombarded by lightning for a long time, his lightning resistance would also increase.

But there was a problem here…

Increasing heat resistance required time. The Cold Moon Sect's Saint Ruler was probably already on the way and would arrive soon. The Cold Moon Sect's Saint Ruler wouldn't give him this time.

He could retreat now, but after this retreat, it would be even more difficult to obtain the Heart of Heavenly Fire next time. The Cold Moon Sect would definitely be prepared, and there might even be a Saint Ruler stationed here.

Jiang Han pondered for a moment, deciding to take a gamble and obtain the Heart of Heavenly Fire in one go.

He began to reduce the injection of cold energy, allowing his physical body to be burned by the flames. When the injuries became severe, he began to repair them.

He didn't continue to dive downwards, just staying here, continuously injuring his physical body, continuously repairing his physical body, allowing his physical body's heat resistance to increase.

This continuous repair of his physical body required the consumption of life essence, but fortunately, he had many elixirs in his spatial ring that replenished life essence.

If he felt that his life essence was being consumed too much, he could enter the Other Shore Space to recover.

Time passed quickly, and soon, half an hour had passed.

Jiang Han's physical body had been repaired hundreds of times, and to his surprise, his physical body's heat resistance was indeed increasing. Although the rate of increase wasn't fast enough, it was indeed increasing.

He became nervous!

Because the Cold Moon Sect's Saint Ruler could arrive at any time. When they arrived, they would definitely enter the volcano. With the Saint Ruler's strength, entering here wouldn't be a problem, and he would soon be killed.

It depended on whether he could be reborn in the Other Shore Space. If he couldn't be reborn, he could only be reborn from Yu Qi's side, which might lead to failure.

“咻!”

Soon, another incense stick's worth of time passed, and two sounds of air being pierced rang out outside. Jiang Han sensed two powerful auras.

The Cold Moon Sect's Saint Rulers had arrived!

Above the volcano, two powerful figures appeared. They scanned the countless remaining limbs and severed arms nearby, their expressions becoming gloomy.

The two Saint Rulers released their soul power, quickly locking onto the volcano. They sensed the aura of a living being within the volcano.

“咻!”

An Emperor-level cultivator flew up from below and bowed to the two Saint Rulers, saying, “Greetings, Third Elder, Fourth Elder!”

The Cold Moon Sect's Third Elder coldly asked, “What cultivator attacked you?”

The Emperor-level cultivator replied, “It was a cultivator named Dongfang Han, with Heavenly Emperor battle prowess. He said he was a rogue cultivator. He should have a grudge against the Xu Tribe, saying that if we didn't divorce all the Xu Tribe women, he would destroy our sect. He… entered Mount Heavenly Fire!”

“Rogue cultivator?”

The two Elders exchanged a glance, a sneer appearing on their lips. A rogue cultivator dared to attack their sect? What nonsense.

“Go down!”

The Fourth Elder didn't waste any more words, taking the lead and rushing into the volcano, with the Third Elder following behind.

A red light shield appeared on the surface of the two Saint Ruler experts' bodies. They were very fast, arriving above the magma pool in an instant.

They didn't sense Jiang Han's location, but they sensed an even stronger aura of a living being, which meant that Jiang Han was below the magma pool.

“So strong? Could he be cultivating the Supreme Fire Laws?”

The two experts exchanged a glance, both slightly surprised. They were very clear about the high temperature deep within this magma pool. Even they couldn't withstand it for too long inside.

Jiang Han should have been inside for some time. Either he was a fire-attribute expert, or he had heaven-defying treasures.

“Kill!”

The Fourth Elder produced a long sword in his hand, and the Third Elder took out a long spear. The two experts charged into the magma pool.