*Era of the Dao, Blue Star Kingdom, World Seed Dimension*
The air inside this pocket dimension was no longer a gaseous substance, but a heavy mass of incandescent heat that seemed to want to burn the lungs with every breath. Xuan BaiShe stood on a ledge of black basalt, observing the rivers of magma that snaked below in a dull roar.
Even in this hell, the young scholar maintained a stable posture, although his forehead was beaded with a fine sweat that the heat instantly evaporated. Beside him, Long Huang, the Black Flame Dragoness, let her demonic aura collide with the pure Yang Qi that saturated the atmosphere. Her ten black horns glowed under the light of the volcanoes, and her eyes of absolute black stared at the shapes that were beginning to emerge from the lava.
About thirty creatures made of liquid fire and molten rock leaped out of the magma. They had no distinct faces, only glowing slits from which destructive Yang energy burst forth.
