Long River Eternity

As a roar of anger rang out, the dark clouds in the sky were instantly dispersed by a blazing air current, and the moonlight bathed the earth. Yang An and his companions involuntarily looked in the direction of the voice, their eyes gleaming with anticipation.

"That voice is... Old Man Zhurong!" Shi Gang exclaimed in surprise.

Sure enough, a figure flew over from the horizon, wearing red armor. His burly body gleamed in the moonlight, he had white hair, and was surrounded by a layer of faint flames. It was none other than the leader of the Fire Sect - Zhu Rong.

Compared with ten years ago, Zhu Rong's appearance has not changed much. He still looks old, and his silver hair is still as white as snow. As Nuwa said, the loss of life essence is irreversible. However, Zhu Rong's spirit is much better than before.

He smiled and nodded to Yang An, then flew in front of the crowd, protecting them behind him. He said to Qinglong in a deep voice, "Qinglong, Xuanwu and Zhuque betrayed Gonggong and me, resulting in Gonggong's death. Although Dijun passed this debt to the deceased Xuanwu, I advise you not to provoke me, otherwise I don't mind collecting some interest from you first."

"I was truly unaware of Xuanwu and Suzaku's sudden betrayal. Later, it was confirmed that the embezzled taxes were hidden by Xuanwu in a secret realm in the Eastern Wasteland. As the lord of a region, shouldn't you be reasonable?" Qinglong nervously argued. "And this matter has nothing to do with what happened today, right?"

"What happened today? I only saw you old people surrounding a group of young people and plotting something bad. Nothing else." Zhu Rong responded with a sneer.

"You... they killed nine golden crows. Didn't you hear Di Jun's roar? They were about to break the sky!" Kunpeng said angrily.

Zhu Rong was stunned. He was also attracted by the sight of ten suns in the sky and Di Jun's roar, but he didn't know what was going on. He wanted to understand the situation, but unexpectedly encountered Yang An and his group being surrounded.

Ten years ago, Yang An had protected Zhu Rong, and Zhu Rong remembered this favor in his heart, so he naturally would not stand idly by. He just didn't expect them to do such a shocking thing.

No wonder the aura of the solar law and the origin of the sun here is so strong, Zhu Rong thought to himself.

As a being at the peak of the Fire Element Domination Realm, he has an extremely keen perception of flames, and the Yang Pond True Fire in his body is in no way inferior to Xihe's Sun True Fire.

Although he was surprised, this did not shake his decision to protect Yang An and his group. Even if they killed Di Jun today, he would definitely protect them.

"You said they killed him. Do you have any evidence? The sun's essence is so rich here. What if those Golden Crows were not skilled enough and played with fire and got burned?" Zhu Rong said lightly.

"Damn, this is also possible. What Mr. Zhu Rong said is really irritating, but I like it." Shi Gang sent a message to Yang An.

"Talk less and take time to heal your injuries in case of emergency." Yang An responded helplessly.

"Zhu Rong! You are the lord of a domain, but you are here to confuse right and wrong. You are so shameless!" A figure from the sky flew to Kunpeng with a strong wind, revealing its true form. It was a monster with a deer body, a sparrow head, horns, a snake tail, and leopard spots. It stared at Zhu Rong with anger in its eyes.

It was Fei Lian, one of the ten great demon generals, who was in the middle stage of the Domination Realm.

"Who told you to speak to me like that? Are you looking for death?" Zhu Rong's eyes flashed with ferocity. He raised his hand and struck Fei Lian casually. The flaming fist flew towards him in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the flaming fist approached Fei Lian. He had no time to dodge and could only raise his front hooves to block. After a loud bang, Fei Lian was knocked back more than ten meters before he barely stopped.

"Zhu Rong, how dare you take action? This is the Eastern Wilderness, not your Southern Border!" Kunpeng shouted angrily.

"What? How about you call all your ten demon generals and see how many of them can survive under my hands?" Zhu Rong was still dismissive and didn't care about the other party's threats.

"This is too much!" Fei Lian was extremely angry, but under Zhu Rong's pressure, he dared not say anything.

Seeing that the three great monsters were silent, Zhu Rong turned to Yang An and the others and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to Southern Xinjiang first."

He waved his hand, and a warm wave of air swept everyone up. Before leaving, he glanced at Qinglong indifferently and said coldly: "Don't forget, they are the only disciples of the Taoist Master. They can represent the Taoist Court, but you cannot represent the entire demon race, not even Di Jun."

After saying that, Zhu Rong led everyone to fly towards the south and disappeared into the night sky in the blink of an eye.

Fei Lian's face was filled with resentment. He wanted to chase after him, but Qinglong stopped him. Qinglong shook his head and said, "Zhu Rong's appearance is enough for us to complete our mission. What's the point of chasing after him? Can you defeat Zhu Rong?"

"Get over it, get over it, you only think about getting over it. Bo Yan and the others are dead! Are we just going to watch the murderer leave? Besides, Di Jun has already said that he wants to go to war with the human race, why are we still being polite here?" Fei Lian said angrily.

Qinglong glanced at Fei Lian with disdain, then turned and prepared to leave, saying coldly, "Di Jun is your boss, but not mine. If you want to chase him, it's up to you. And Zhu Rong is right, Di Jun can't represent the entire demon race. He's not yet the Demon King!"

After saying this, Qinglong quickly left and disappeared into the clouds in the distance.

Fei Lian and Kun Peng looked at each other in bewilderment. Kun Peng then sighed softly, "Let's go back and report. Even if we are punished, it's better than losing our lives."

After saying that, he took Fei Lian and flew towards the Demon Emperor Palace.

After an hour's flight, Zhu Rong, Yang An and others finally arrived at Chihuo City in southern Xinjiang.

Although Yang An and his companions had visited Southern Xinjiang many times in the past ten years, this was the first time they had seen the Red Fire City with their own eyes.

The entire Chihuo City is located at the foot of an active volcano, with hot magma constantly surging from the volcano, like a fiery red river rushing down from the top of the mountain.

However, the towering Fire God Temple on the mountain wall cleverly blocked the invasion of magma, causing it to form two streams of lava that just meandered through both sides of the Red Fire City.

The temple of the God of Fire is carved from pristine rock and bathed in flowing magma. It is like an immortal temple, intact and awe-inspiring.

Zhu Rong led everyone straight to the gate of the Fire God Temple, and the heat wave of scorching magma rushed towards them, as if it was going to swallow them up.

However, the moment they followed Zhu Rong into the temple, the temperature around them suddenly dropped, and surprisingly, they could not feel any heat at all.

This mysterious contrast made everyone look at each other with surprise in their hearts.

Zhu Rong led everyone into the main hall, then called the servants and said to Yang An, "Go and treat your injuries first. We'll talk again after your injuries stabilize."

At this time, Hao Fei suddenly said, "Master Zhurong, you are well versed in all the flames in the world. Can you take a look at what kind of flame is inside Nüba's body and why she always goes crazy and uncontrollably?"