The Burning Sky Sect.
Located inside an active volcano range, this sect was a fortress of lava and ash. The heat was enough to melt steel.
Mo Tian stood on the rim of the caldera. He didn't need stealth here.
"Xue Yao."
"Yes, Master!"
"Is the Frost Array ready?"
"Deployed!"
Around the volcano, thousands of Eternal Night disciples activated formation flags.
"Freeze."
A massive blue dome of ice energy descended on the volcano.
HISS.
Lava turned to obsidian. The temperature plummeted. The Burning Sky disciples, used to extreme heat, shivered as their fire arts were suppressed.
"Who attacks my sect?!" The Burning Sky Ancestor (Golden Core Peak) flew out, wrapped in flames.
Mo Tian stepped off the rim.
"The Rainmaker."
He drew the Heaven-Splitter.
"Metal cuts Wood. Water kills Fire."
He channeled the power of the newly acquired Metal Pearl. His sword turned into a beam of liquid mercury.
"Sword Art: Silver Rain."
He slashed.
Thousands of silver droplets fell. They weren't water; they were condensed sword intent.
The Burning Sky Ancestor roared, summoning a fire dragon.
But the silver rain shredded the dragon. It shredded the disciples. It shredded the volcano itself.
Mo Tian landed in the courtyard. He walked through the carnage.
The Ancestor fell to his knees, bleeding from a thousand tiny cuts.
"My fire... why is it weak?"
"Because I stole the sharpness of the world," Mo Tian said.
He walked into the Main Hall. Floating above the magma pool was the Fire Pearl. An orb of pure red destruction.
Mo Tian grabbed it.
It burned. His skin blackened.
"Perfect Chaos Core: Fire Integration."
He fused it with the Purple Nether Flame already in his body. The two fires fought, then merged.
[Acquired: Fire Pearl] [Progress: 2/5]
Mo Tian walked out. The volcano behind him crumbled, extinguished forever.
"Two down," Mo Tian said, his eyes now containing a ring of silver and a ring of fire. "Next."