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In the boundless void, energies of various attributes were chaotically distributed; light and darkness intertwined, water and fire mixed, and spatial gales, sharp as knives, occasionally swept through.
A lean young man, wearing a pointed soft hat and a black classical robe, moved swiftly. Starlight shimmered on his monocle, a layer of silver-white flames covered his feet, and in his hand, he held an ancient, incomplete map, missing a quarter of its pieces.
This map was of the Nether Lotus Demon Flame. One-quarter from an unnamed cave in the Monster Mountain Range, one-quarter from Hai Bodong's possession, and one-quarter from the Black-Corner Region had already fallen into Amon's hands.
The location of the Nether Lotus Demon Flame was not a secret; those ancient and long-standing powers basically knew where it was.
However, due to the mutual restraint of various factions and the ancient races' agreement that Five Star Dou Saint should not make a move to keep conflicts within a certain range, it remained unowned.
The Nether Lotus Demon Flame's power was indeed strong, but for the small fraction of people who could subdue it and stand at the peak, its value was limited. It wasn't worth going to war and fighting a bloody battle with other ancient races over it.
However, the most important aspect of the Demon Flame map wasn't that it marked its location, but that after collecting all the fragments, it could summon a trace of the Nether Lotus Saint's will contained within, which could suppress the Demon Flame.
Of course, for Amon, its most important feature was that it, along with the Demon Flame Space that trapped the Nether Lotus Demon Flame, were both creations of the Nether Lotus Saint, sharing a subtle connection.
Amon didn't want to wait for the Demon Flame Space to naturally descend before entering. He wanted to go directly into the void, forcibly break into the Demon Flame Space, and retrieve something from within.
In a lush mountain range, a dark crack suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a large expanse of silver-white flames.
A hand reached out from the crack, followed by an arm, then a body, and finally, a head.
Amon arrived at the location marked on the Demon Flame map where the Nether Lotus Demon Flame was prophesied to descend.
Holding the ancient map, and using that subtle connection, he looked up towards a certain direction in the sky, starlight swirling in his eyes.
His gaze pierced through the clouds, through layers of the void, and saw an area radiating brilliant light. Terrifying energy gathered in this area, forming waves of tides.
At the center of that area, a space, mostly intact but with shattered edges, slowly moved, approaching the Dou Qi Continent at an extremely slow pace.
Chunks of spatial fragments crumbled under the impact of the energy tides, turning into even finer debris.
As these fragments disintegrated, they ignited one by one, enveloped by a milky-white flame, forming patches of fire clouds.
An extreme heat permeated from the space; even from a great distance, Amon could feel that terrifying high temperature that seemed capable of incinerating anything.
"I thought it would take more effort, but I didn't expect to find it so easily."
Amon took a step, and as if stars were shifting, he instantly arrived at the void corresponding to the Demon Flame Space.
Looking at the surging energy tides ahead, Amon's expression remained unchanged.
"Is this the energy tide formed by the power of heaven and earth? It's truly terrifying… Even a Seven or Eight Star Dou Saint would have to exert some effort to force their way through."
Amon advanced, and when the energy tides encountered him, they naturally dispersed. Around him, the chaotic and terrifying energy currents became as docile as sheep.
These energy tides surrounding the Demon Flame Space were also one of the Nether Lotus Saint's many arrangements. They not only regularly pushed the Demon Flame Space back to the Dou Qi Continent but also prevented those who wished to force their way in. At the same time, they facilitated the formation within the space, which bound the Nether Lotus Demon Flame, to absorb energy, making the Sealed Artifact more stable.
Of course, the Nether Lotus Saint, who set up these arrangements, was only at the late-stage Nine-Star Dou Saint, still one step away from the Dou Emperor realm. Compared to the current Amon, his cultivation was only slightly higher.
The methods he left behind, no matter how long ago, naturally couldn't stop Amon, nor could they even give him much trouble.
As starlight permeated, the void around Amon distorted, and spatial fragments that shot towards him all spontaneously diverted.
He transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the bright, scorching space filled with milky-white flames.
As he approached the Demon Flame Space, a thick spatial membrane blocked his path, slowing him down.
This layer of space was so solid that Amon felt as if he were walking through a quagmire, each step arduous.
Above the Demon Flame Space, there was also a formation set up by the Nether Lotus Saint to solidify the space.
The Taixu Ancient Dragon's talent for spatial traversal was achieved by forcibly distorting space, but spatial distortion would cause the formation to react and correct the distorted parts.
Therefore, Amon's forced entry with this talent was, in fact, a direct confrontation with the space-reinforcing formation left behind by the Nether Lotus Saint.
"It's a pity. The 'breaking Sealed Artifact' ability brought by my 'Door' characteristic and the ability to find and create loopholes brought by the 'error' characteristic have greatly declined after fusing with Zhu Kun's corpse. Otherwise, it wouldn't be this difficult; it would be much easier…" Amon thought to himself.
After a long period of confrontation, Amon finally squeezed his way in.
The reason it was so laborious was also related to his unwillingness to destroy the overall structure of this Demon Flame Space; otherwise, a twenty-two-colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus would have blown away more than half of this space!
After his body entered the space, the temperature suddenly rose significantly, and milky-white flames were everywhere.
Amon let out a soft "heh," and adjusted his monocle. A deep light suddenly bloomed from the crystal lens, and a semi-transparent insect-like creature with twelve rings and starlight-like colors appeared on the monocle.
This deep light formed a vortex targeting flames, swallowing all the surrounding milky-white flames.
The flames disappeared, and the temperature dropped, becoming cool and comfortable.
At the same time, deep within the Demon Flame Space, in a sea of Magma, a handsome man in a white robe slowly opened his eyes.
This handsome man was the Nether Lotus Demon Flame, transformed into the appearance of the Nether Lotus Saint.
Although he had been restricted from cultivating properly for so many years, he hadn't spent the time idly.
He was gradually understanding and mastering the various formations within this space, and he had spread his own flames to every part of the space, managing this place like an impenetrable fortress.
Any change in any area of the space could not escape the Nether Lotus Demon Flame's perception.
Upon discovering Amon's intrusion and the absorption of flames from a certain area, he immediately sensed it and murmured softly with a hint of confusion:
"Strange, it's not yet time for the tide to push the space to descend. How did he get in?"
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