Chapter 0931: Infiltrating the Lava Blood Cave

“Hehe, kid, die!” Chi Rong was overjoyed when his sword struck the Yellow Dragon, his expression turning ferocious.
The Yellow Dragon was only at the mid-stage of the sixth era; no matter how strong its defenses were, it couldn’t withstand a strike from him, who was at the peak of the ninth era as a half-saint. Moreover, the Mountain and River Sword was a mid-tier great path divine artifact.
As the sword’s light struck the Yellow Dragon, a loud “bang!” resounded.
To Chi Rong’s shock, along with that bang, sword light burst forth from the Yellow Dragon’s body. The Yellow Dragon was sent flying, sliding past the bodies of those two eighth-era half-saints. It then seized both of their bodies, along with two lower-tier great path divine artifacts and a spatial divine artifact, and put them all into the Sacred Cauldron.
At that moment, countless lava blood pythons and divine artifacts spewed out again from the Lava Blood Cave below. First-tier spirit veins, king-tier spirit veins, even supreme-tier spirit veins, along with fragments of upper, mid, and lower-tier great path divine artifacts, sparked competition among the surrounding strongmen.
Seizing the opportunity, the Yellow Dragon vanished in a flash and entered the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron.
The Sacred Cauldron transformed into a stream of light, breaking through the lava and diving beneath the Lava Blood Cave.
“Where can you escape?!” Seeing this, Chi Rong flew toward the void where the Yellow Dragon had disappeared and slashed with his claw, trying to grab it, causing lava blood to splash everywhere.
“Boundless Light Shield!” Just then, Fang Haotian suddenly slammed his palm outward.
Boundless divine power surged, forming a light shield that pushed back the rolling lava blood.
It descended thousands of feet!
However, when it reached that depth, a counterforce erupted from beneath the Lava Blood Cave, instantly shattering Fang Haotian’s Boundless Light Shield. Fang Haotian was also sent flying high, his face pale.
The lava blood in this Lava Blood Cave was not only unbearably hot and capable of melting anything but also contained mysterious power. Countless innate grand arrays meant that even the twelve-era half-saints couldn’t break through its crimson lava!
Let alone Fang Haotian, a ten-era half-saint?!
Chi Rong expanded his divine sense but couldn’t penetrate any further. Frustrated and angry, he was about to capture the Yellow Dragon, only to see it escape!
“Get lost! All of you, get away!” Seeing the strongmen competing over the divine artifacts that had emerged, Chi Rong became enraged. He punched out, sending several half-saints flying.
“What a disappointment!” Fang Haotian stood atop the crimson lava where the Yellow Dragon had disappeared, annoyed.
He had thought he could capture the Yellow Dragon and obtain several great path divine artifacts and countless spirit veins from it, but now it was all in vain!
Now he realized that the Yellow Dragon possessed a sacred-grade great path divine artifact.

“No wonder Chi Rong made such a bold promise to capture this Yellow Dragon! The cauldron he used to escape into the Lava Blood Cave must be the Sacred Cauldron of Heaven and Earth?!“ Fang Haotian’s eyes sparkled. “But what cultivation method does this kid use? How could he withstand Chi Rong’s Mountain River Sword strike and survive?!”

The moment the Yellow Dragon disappeared into the Lava Blood Cave, he knew it was impossible to capture it again! Unless he had a sacred-grade divine artifact! Only with such an artifact could one resist the lava inside the Lava Blood Cave. Otherwise, even if one were a Half-Sage from twelve eras, entering it would result in being melted by its lava—the deeper one went, the more terrifying the lava became. Once, a Half-Sage from twelve eras managed to reach only a little over five thousand zhang deep. Yet, the Lava Blood Cave was unfathomably deep; reaching five thousand zhang was merely the upper layer.

While Chi Rong and Fang Haotian were enraged above the Lava Blood Cave, the Yellow Dragon, using the Sacred Cauldron, continued to descend deeper, already reaching tens of thousands of zhang below. Although the Sacred Cauldron could resist the crimson lava, the deeper the Yellow Dragon went, the harder it became for him to progress. Finally, after confirming that Chi Rong and the others could not follow, the Yellow Dragon stopped at twenty thousand zhang deep.

“Wow!“ Once he stopped, the Yellow Dragon could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood. Its blood, like fragments of a supreme divine artifact, hit the ground within the Sacred Cauldron’s space with a muffled thud.

“Second brother, how are you?!“ Huang Yi and the others rushed to the Yellow Dragon’s side, asking anxiously.

The Yellow Dragon shook his head. “I’m fine!”

Although Chi Rong’s sword strike did not kill the Yellow Dragon, it seriously injured him. If not for the Yellow Dragon having transformed his true body into a lower-grade divine artifact, that sword strike might have truly claimed his life.

Afterward, the Yellow Dragon ordered everyone to activate the Sacred Cauldron formation to resist the external crimson lava, then entered seclusion to recover from his injuries. The top priority now was to heal his wounds. Sitting in the void of the Sacred Cauldron, the Yellow Dragon swallowed ten Supreme Divine Pills at once, then began practicing his cultivation method to recover.

As the Yellow Dragon practiced his method, the World Tree also emitted streams of life energy, nourishing every part of his body. Over time, his injuries gradually healed. Initially, the blows from Chi Rong had caused fine cracks on his body surface, which began to heal under the nourishment of the World Tree’s life energy. After thousands of years, those cracks eventually disappeared completely.

Had the Yellow Dragon’s true body not been so powerful, coupled with the World Tree’s help, even with the Supreme Divine Pills, it would have taken hundreds of thousands of years for him to recover.

Because, after being struck by Chi Rong’s sword, the Yellow Dragon was severely injured. Thousands of years passed; although its wounds healed, it did not emerge from seclusion but continued to meditate, refining and devouring the divine bodies of the four Patriarchs of the Netherworld. Among them, one was from the early stage of the seventh era, two from the early stage of the eighth era, and one from the middle stage of the eighth era! “As long as I devour and refine these divine bodies and harness the essence, life force, and laws of the great path from these four, I can break through to the seventh era!” A cold glint flashed in the Yellow Dragon’s eyes. Breakthrough! Breakthrough! The Yellow Dragon aimed to keep breaking through. Once it reached the ninth era, it would be confident enough to kill Chi Rong! “Chi Rong, wait for me! Next time I see you, I will surely slay you!” the Yellow Dragon thought to itself. First, it refined the half-sage divine body from the early stage of the seventh era. Year after year, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years passed. When it completely refined and devoured that half-sage divine body, it broke through to the middle stage of the sixth era and reached the late stage of the sixth era, approaching its peak. Then, it began to work on one of the half-sage divine bodies from the early stage of the eighth era. It continued to break through, reaching the peak of the late stage of the sixth era, triggering the Catastrophic Thunderstorm and surviving it, after which its physical body and soul underwent complete transformation, allowing it to reach the early stage of the seventh era! It then stabilized its strength at the early stage of the seventh era. Next, it refined the second half-sage divine body from the early stage of the eighth era, continuing to improve and reaching the middle stage of the seventh era. Only after refining and devouring the divine body of the Patriarch of the Netherworld did it finally stop at the late stage of the seventh era. Late stage of the seventh era! After devouring and refining the four divine bodies, the Yellow Dragon began to practice the Supreme Transformation Art, devouring and transforming the lower-grade great path artifacts from those four. It killed those two half-sages from the eighth era, obtaining two artifacts, including one from the Patriarch of the Netherworld, for a total of three.