After sending Xuan Pao away, Liu Xi personally led everyone toward the Burning Heaven Continent. Even though Zhu Kun and the others didn't understand why he chose such a dangerous place, they still respected his decision.
With his father-in-law and several wives in tow, Liu Xi tore open space and left the Northern Flame Continent, heading straight for the Burning Heaven Continent.
As for what Xiao Yixian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun discussed with Qing Yanjing during their private chat… Liu Xi had no idea. But ever since they returned, the four women became close enough to call each other "sisters," and each time they smiled sweetly at him, Liu Xi felt a chill down his spine.
Hopefully… they wouldn't stab him in his sleep.
The Burning Heaven Continent.
On the crimson earth, not a single sign of life existed—only countless active volcanoes, like colossal magma beasts, sprawled across the land. Because of them, violent fire-attributed spiritual energy permeated the entire continent.
Purely in terms of energy density, it absolutely rivaled the Ten Great Super Continents.
It was simply… unsuitable for ordinary life.
At this moment, atop the Burning Heaven Mountain Range, fire-attribute spiritual energy suddenly roared violently. Space ripples spread out one after another, and a spatial vortex gradually twisted open.
Moments later, Liu Xi stepped from the vortex with everyone behind him.
Standing here again filled him with emotion—years ago, when he first arrived at the Burning Heaven Continent, he was only at the Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereign level, and he had broken through to Immortal Grade here.
Although he was still at the Immortal Grade, his strength now rivaled a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign—standing at the summit of the Great Thousand World.
Only the continent itself remained unchanged.
When Zhu Kun emerged from the vortex and sensed the environment, he frowned. The fire-attribute spiritual energy here was extremely dense—far denser than that of the Northern Flame Continent—but it was also far more violent, wholly unsuitable as a foundation for a sect.
"You really intend to settle here?" Zhu Kun asked. "Even that previous continent was more suitable than this."
Liu Xi scooped a handful of fire-attribute spiritual energy. Within it swirled faint crimson mist—whoever absorbed this into their body would quickly lose control, turning into a slaughtering monster at best… or exploding on the spot at worst.
"Actually, this place is perfect. Once I properly reshape it, even the Ten Great Super Continents won't compare."
He took a single step; his sleeves swept outward as the space before him shattered like a mirror.
Tear after tear spread across heaven and earth, and one Dou Saint after another appeared on the continent.
They had been sealed inside his personal dimension since departing the Dou Qi Continent—and now he finally released them.
Suddenly thrown into a new world, many were shocked, some excited, and others bewildered.
Liu Xi looked at them and smiled:
"This is the Great Thousand World. And this is the Burning Heaven Continent—one of its countless continents. It's also the place I've chosen as my foothold. Of course, it still needs a lot of work. For now, just familiarize yourselves with the environment."
He then turned to Qing Yanjing—the only native among them.
"Jing'er, help everyone adjust to the Great Thousand World's spiritual energy. I need to think about how to remodel this continent."
Qing Yanjing nodded gently.
"I'll take care of everything."
Liu Xi smiled and nodded at Xiao Yixian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, then launched himself into the sky.
Moments later, he reached the heavens. The violent fire-attribute spiritual energy gathered like roiling clouds.
Standing atop the fiery sea of clouds, he contemplated.
The reason the Burning Heaven Continent's energy was so violent… lay beneath the ground.
There, an ancient sea of magma had accumulated since the birth of the Great Thousand World. Within it, nourished by endless years of energy, slept the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame—its accumulated power already at the Saint Grade level.
He could try reforming the continent from below, but doing so might collapse its foundational structure entirely.
So Liu Xi placed his hopes in the sky.
He needed a purification system.
Something to filter out the violent impurities within the fire-attribute spiritual energy.
"That's it."
Liu Xi clapped once, eyes glittering.
He looked across the churning sea of flames.
"Then let's begin."
"Heart of Heaven and Man."
Human emotion faded from his eyes, replaced by the cold indifference of a deity. His consciousness detached and merged with the continent itself.
In that moment, Liu Xi became the Burning Heaven Continent—violent, fiery, terrifying.
He could command the magma deep below, the fire-attribute spiritual energy in the sky, and even the lives scattered across the land.
This was the gift of the Plane Fetus.
With it, Liu Xi could temporarily "hack" into the Great Thousand World's system and seize control of a continent.
Of course, controlling the entire Great Thousand World was impossible—it would obliterate his consciousness instantly.
But controlling the Burning Heaven Continent?
Barely manageable.
Then, Liu Xi began.
From his physical body on the cloud sea, a terrifying azure flame erupted—his Azure Lotus Flame—expanding endlessly like a sky-swallowing tide.
On the ground, countless Dou Saints gasped as the heavens were swallowed by that azure inferno, forming a massive Sky Curtain of azure flame.
The oppressive force pouring from the blazing Sky Curtain froze even space itself.
Suddenly, as if pulled by invisible hands, the violent fire-attribute spiritual energy across the entire continent surged upward—turning into countless spiraling fire dragons that shot toward the sky, rushing into the Azure Flame Sky Curtain.
"What terrifying power… At what realm is the Emperor now, to wield such world-shaping might?!"
"All that violent energy is being drawn into the Sky Curtain… What is he trying to do?"
The more they understood the Great Thousand World, the more overwhelming Liu Xi's strength seemed.
Xiao Yixian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Qing Yanjing gazed up at the majestic scene, their eyes filled with pride.
This man was theirs.
And now, all of heaven and earth bowed before him.
(End of Chapter)
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