Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

The outside world is unaware of the entanglement between the Lu family and True Monarch Tianhuang.

Only the Linggu Sect and Lu Chengyue, who are close to the Lu family, know something about this matter.

On the day that True Lord Tianhuang launched an attack on the Lu family, Lu Chengping was communicating with Liu Miaozhen and listening to True Lord Dahuang of the Ancient Desolate Sect preach.

After the arrival of the Heavenly Locust True Lord, Lu Chengping hurriedly cut off his communication with Liu Miaozhen.

Afterwards, Golden Core cultivators such as Liu Miaozhen from the Linggu Sect expressed concern about the Lu family's situation, but they had no way to help the Lu family.

They had always wanted to know the current situation of the Lu family, so they would send messages to Lu Chengping every now and then to inquire.

However, it wasn't until the troubles brought to the Lu family by the Heavenly Locust True Monarch subsided that Lu Chengping sent a message to the Spirit Gu Sect to briefly inform them of the Lu family's situation.

Lu Chengping's message was very brief, only stating that the Lu family, along with the cultivators of the Jin Yuan Sect and Dan Ding Sect, had fought with all their might to block the attack of the Heavenly Locust True Monarch and thus survived.

However, Lu Cheng'an and his fellow cultivators at the Golden Core, Foundation Establishment, and Qi Refining stages suffered severe injuries, and many Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators also died in battle.

The Lu family is in dire straits. If True Lord Tianhuang were to return, the Lu family would face annihilation.

Lu Chengping did not inform the Linggu Sect about the fact that Lu Chengan and Shi Ningyu had joined forces to severely injure the Nascent Soul of the Heavenly Locust True Monarch.

This matter is too shocking; if too many people find out, it could bring even greater trouble to the Lu family.

For now, the Lu family needs to continue to lie low until Lu Cheng'an's cultivation breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, at which point the Lu family will have the power to protect themselves.

The Lu family cultivators also specifically instructed the cultivators of the Dan Ding Sect and the Jin Yuan Sect not to leak this information, lest any further trouble arise.

The relationship between the Dan Ding Sect and the Lu family was extraordinary, and they naturally understood the implications.

Although the Jin Yuan Sect's relationship with the Dan Ding Sect and the Lu family is not as close, the three families are now in the same boat.

If the Lu family runs into trouble, the Golden Origin Sect will not escape the danger of destruction.

They, including Geng Qiuhuai, a Golden Core cultivator from the Golden Origin Sect, also ordered all other cultivators in the sect not to spread this information.

After learning about the Lu family's situation, Liu Miaozhen and the other cultivators from the Linggu Sect felt much more at ease, but more doubts also arose in their hearts.

However, Lu Chengping did not provide details during the interrogation, and they did not inquire further.

The cultivators of the Linggu Sect also recorded the teachings of the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Desolate Ancient Sect. They told Lu Chengping that if any cultivators from the Lu family came out of the Yunling Mountains, they could go to the Linggu Sect to retrieve their records of the Nascent Soul cultivators' teachings from the Desolate Ancient Sect.

Lu Chengyue also sent a message to inquire about the Lu family's situation and told them that she had recorded in detail the process of the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Desolate Ancient Sect giving a sermon.

She also mentioned that she would be going into seclusion to cultivate and break through to the Golden Core realm, as she had already exchanged for a Core Formation item from the sect.

Lu Wenxing personally sent a message to Lu Chengyue. He did not tell Lu Chengyue about the current difficult situation of the Lu family. He only told Lu Chengyue not to worry too much about the clan and told her that her younger brother Lu Chengjue's family was safe and sound and had not encountered any danger.

He instructed Lu Chengyue to focus on cultivation and strive to break through to the Golden Core realm.

He also expressed his apologies to Lu Chengyue, as the Lu family was in a rather special situation, and at the crucial moment when Lu Chengyue's cultivation was breaking through to the Golden Core realm, the family was unable to provide any assistance.

Lu Chengyue sent a message to Lu Wenxing, telling him that he had never complained about the family and that he understood the family's current situation, and that the cultivators in the family should take care of themselves.

In addition, Lu Wenxing and other cultivators in the Lu family's mountain gate also sent messages to inquire about the current situation of the Desolate Ancient Sect.

Although the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Ancient Desolate Sect held a sermon outside the mountain gate, the policies they had previously implemented remained unchanged.

Currently, the Ancient Desolate Sect has virtually no control over its cultivators within its borders. Cultivators from the Ancient Desolate Sect rarely venture out these days, and the entire sect is practically under lockdown.

This has led to a relatively chaotic situation within the Ancient Desolate Sect. The heretical cultivators who entered the Ancient Desolate Sect from the Sacred Heart Sect have become increasingly rampant, making life increasingly difficult for the lower-level cultivators.

This did not have a significant impact on Golden Core sects such as the Spirit Gu Sect, because the most powerful rogue cultivators who broke into the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect were only at the Golden Core realm, which was not enough to destroy a powerful Golden Core sect like the Spirit Gu Sect.

After the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Ancient Desolate Sect finished his sermon, all the cultivators who had gone to listen to his sermon returned home.

However, this did not have any impact on the Ancient Desolate Sect, because the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Sacred Heart Sect had not attacked the Ancient Desolate Sect again.

This is also related to the decisions made by the Ancient Desolate Sect.

Now, the Ancient Desolate Sect is not only facing the Ancient Desolate Sect itself, but also other Nascent Soul sects like the Haoyang Sect.

Their strength is far greater than that of the Ancient Desolate Sect, putting considerable pressure on the Sacred Heart Sect.

Now that the Ancient Desolate Sect has taken the initiative to close its mountain, the Sacred Heart Sect naturally has no time to pay attention to the Ancient Desolate Sect anymore.

Lu Cheng'an didn't pay much attention to these external matters. Since his last seclusion to learn about the current situation of his family and the Desolate Ancient Sect, he had gone into seclusion again to recuperate from his injuries.

All of Lu Cheng'an's injuries came from his physical body, which was far stronger than that of other cultivators at the same level.

With the addition of the minor supernatural ability of Returning Fire to Heaven, his injuries healed very quickly.

Even though there is residual power of the Heavenly Locust True Monarch in his body, that power is like a tree without roots. Although the power is extremely strong, it has no support. As long as he is willing to spend time and effort, he will definitely be able to remove this power.

Time passed slowly, and two years went by in the blink of an eye.

Only then did Lu Cheng'an's injuries fully recover.

After exchanging some words with Lu Wenxing and the other Lu family cultivators, he returned to the underground lava river of the Burning Flame Mountains to devote himself to cultivation.

The Lu family has not changed much in the past two years. Many of the Lu family cultivators, like Lu Cheng'an, have been focusing on treating their injuries.

Lu Chengping and Lu Jingkun had fully recovered from their injuries, and without further delay, they immediately began to repair the severely damaged Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Array.

The materials needed to repair this formation are quite precious. The Lu family had previously prepared a lot of materials for repairing the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Formation in case of emergency.

However, the damage to the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining Divine Array was more severe than expected. Even if all the materials prepared by the Lu family were used, they would still be insufficient.

At this time, the Dan Ding Sect and the Jin Yuan Sect took the initiative to provide some materials to help the Lu family repair the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining Array. The cultivators from these two sects had already witnessed the power of the Lu family's protective array. They were now hiding inside the Lu family's mountain gate, and only with the Lu family's protective array restored to its original state could their safety be guaranteed.

However, the cultivators from Dan Ding Sect and Jin Yuan Sect were still somewhat worried, unsure how much longer they would be trapped in the Lu family's territory.

They are now completely isolated from the outside world, and the resources they obtain are only a small amount of spiritual items produced from the sect's spiritual peaks, which is far from enough for the daily cultivation needs of the sect's cultivators.

The resources that cultivators in sects use for cultivation are all accumulated by the sects in the past, but these will eventually be exhausted.

Moreover, the sect has not recruited any new blood, resulting in the loss of a considerable number of personnel. If this continues, even if it stops recruiting evil cultivators, the sect will slowly perish.

Of course, this is just the predicament of the Dan Ding Sect and the Jin Yuan Sect; the Lu family's situation is far better than these two sects.

Although the Lu family's income was affected to some extent by the influence of the Heavenly Locust True Monarch, the impact was not particularly significant.

The Dan Ding Sect and the Jin Yuan Sect could tell that the Lu family wasn't in a hurry, but they still asked the Lu family's Golden Core cultivators when they could change their current situation.

The Golden Core cultivators of the Lu family couldn't explain it either, only saying that they would take it one step at a time.

They weren't lying, because only Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu, the husband and wife, knew the truth.

The cultivators from the Jin Yuan Sect and Dan Ding Sect were not entirely satisfied with this answer, but they had no other choice but to continue waiting patiently at the Lu family's mountain gate.

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu ignored these matters. After Lu Cheng'an's injuries were healed, Shi Ningyu returned to her cave and devoted herself to cultivation.

Now that Shi Ningyu's cultivation level has widened somewhat, it has given Shi Ningyu a sense of urgency.

She didn't want to fall too far behind Lu Cheng'an; ideally, she wanted to keep pace with him!
Therefore, after announcing her seclusion, Shi Ningyu never left her cave dwelling.

When Lu Cheng'an recovered from his injuries and prepared to go to the underground lava river in the Burning Flame Mountains for secluded cultivation, he was unable to meet Shi Ningyu, which shows Shi Ningyu's determination.

As for Lu Cheng'an, because of the Heavenly Locust True Monarch, he spent a relatively long time away from the underground lava river of the Burning Flame Mountains this time.

When he returned to the Five Spirits Lake, the underground magma river, it had undergone considerable changes.

Today, the entire Five Spirits Lake is covered by a dense array of energies, including fire evil, fire poison, spiritual energy, and fire elemental energy, with a thick layer of red mist swirling on the lake's surface.

The power mixed within this crimson mist poses a great danger to ordinary cultivators. Even cultivators at the Golden Core stage risk physical collapse if they remain in such an environment for an extended period.

However, these powers did not harm Lu Cheng'an at all, because his physique was special. He could refine and absorb these powers that destroyed his physical body and use them as resources to improve his cultivation.

After seeing the condition of the Five Spirits Lake, Lu Cheng'an felt quite satisfied and went to the central area of ​​the lake, where his cave dwelling was located, at an even faster speed.

"The power of this Fire Elemental Realm has been greatly weakened; all the first-tier fire demons within it have perished!"

After arriving at his cave dwelling, Lu Cheng'an first checked the situation of the Fire Element Secret Realm.

He had been worried that if he left for so long, the fire demons in the Fire Elemental Realm would drag the Fire Elemental Realm away.

But as it turned out, he had overestimated the power of the fire demon in the Fire Elemental Realm.

Not only did those fire demons fail to drag away the Fire Element Secret Realm, but all the first-tier fire demons within the secret realm were wiped out.

The second and third-tier fire demons were also greatly affected, but because of their superior strength, they were still able to struggle in the secret realm.

However, if this continues, these second and third-tier fire demons will only be slowly waiting to die.

Lu Cheng'an thoroughly examined the Fire Elemental Realm and then determined that there was no chance of those fire demons surviving.

Because he discovered that, at some point, the fire veins and spiritual veins of this Fire Elemental Secret Realm and the Five Spirits Lake had completely merged into one.

Unless the underground magma river experiences another violent fluctuation like before, causing the spiritual veins within it to collapse on a large scale, there is absolutely no possibility that this Fire Element Secret Realm will be separated from the Five Spirit Lake spiritual veins and fire veins.

Perhaps because the Lu family absorbed too much energy from the underground magma river, the underground magma river in the Burning Flame Mountains has now completely subsided and has not erupted again.

"Perhaps in a few more years, this place will be able to nurture fourth-order spiritual veins and fire veins. It's just a pity that this secret realm has nurtured all sorts of fire-attribute treasures!"

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly. The energy drawn from the spiritual veins and fire veins of the Five Spirits Lake came not only from those fire demons, but also from various fire-attribute treasures nurtured in the secret realm.

Now all the first-tier fire demons in the secret realm are dead, and the energy of the large number of first-tier fire attribute materials nurtured in the secret realm has been extracted.

Those second- and third-tier treasures were also affected. Since they were inanimate objects, they had no chance to cope with the energy extraction from external spiritual veins and fire veins.

Many second- and third-tier treasures have already dropped in quality. If this continues for a longer period, these second- and third-tier treasures will eventually become just like the first-tier treasures, completely useless.

Although Lu Cheng'an felt it was a pity, he did not stop the change.

While these fire-attribute treasures are not insignificant, they are far less valuable than a fourth-tier spiritual vein or fire vein.

If the Five Spirit Lake could nurture a fourth-order spiritual vein or fire vein before his cultivation breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, it would be of great benefit to his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.

Not long after, Lu Cheng'an withdrew his divine sense from the Fire Element Secret Realm. After making some adjustments, he devoted himself to cultivation in his cave.

Time flies, and more than 30 years have passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, there are less than two years left until the sixty-year mark agreed upon by Lu Cheng'an and the Heisha father and son.

The situation in the Nether River is quite special. The Black Sand father and son were born in the Nether River and are naturally restricted by it, unable to leave its boundaries.

However, since they are third-tier ghosts, they still have some methods and can detect some information about the area outside the Netherworld River.

The Black Sands father and son knew some of the current situation of the Ancient Desolate Sect and had also sent messages to inquire about Lu Cheng'an's situation.

They highly valued Lu Cheng'an, their human ally.

Because the Black Sand father and son's strength was not particularly advantageous in the Nether River region, without Lu Cheng'an's assistance, they would have had a difficult time snatching the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom from the other third-tier ghosts. (End of Chapter)