Chapter 690: Fire Universe Furnace

‘Living in my Grotto Heaven, using my Spiritual Root, and now she even beats up my pet!’

If he didn’t know he couldn’t defeat the Demoness, Qin Feng would have erupted long ago.

‘Demoness, just you wait until my Cultivation is higher. I’ll get you back a hundred times over, hmph…’ he seethed inwardly.

The Demoness didn’t notice the curses in Qin Feng’s heart. With a flash, she appeared above the Spring of Life. She glanced at the Life Divine Tree seedling beside it, a flicker of memory in her beautiful eyes, before her gaze settled back on the spring itself.

“Finally, I can have a nice, long bath!”

With a single motion, she sank into the Life Spring Water.

Qin Feng almost started screaming curses. A perfectly good Divine Spring was being used by the Demoness as a bathtub!

Suppressing the urge to strangle the Demoness, Qin Feng started to move forward.

Suddenly, the Demoness resurfaced. “Little brother, it’s not nice to peek while a pretty lady is bathing!”

A jade-like hand suddenly shot out and pressed against Qin Feng’s chest.

BOOM!

As if struck by a cannonball, Qin Feng was instantly blasted out of the Grotto Heaven.

“She’s really making herself at home in my Grotto Heaven!”

Qin Feng, covered in dust, looked utterly indignant.

He had never met such a troublesome Demoness before.

‘A wise man knows when to retreat. I’ll let you stay for now, but sooner or later, I’ll be the one to tame you!’ he thought hatefully, re-examining his Grotto Heaven.

He was relieved to find his connection to the Grotto Heaven restored. What frustrated him, however, was that one area seemed to be completely sealed off—the location of the Life Divine Spring.

He glanced toward Ten Thousand Spirits City.

Qin Feng’s expression was grim.

The sixth Demon City was Red Flame City, built atop a volcanic crater and inhabited entirely by Fire Attribute demons.

A fire was smoldering in Qin Feng’s heart. He was about to charge in and destroy Red Flame City when a voice suddenly echoed from within his Grotto Heaven.

“Feeling fiery, little brother? Let me give you a kind reminder. The Red Flame Demon King here isn’t all that powerful, but this place has an extremely potent True Artifact called the Fire Universe Furnace. It’s an Innate True Artifact. If you get trapped inside it, not even your Medium-sized Grotto Heaven will be able to protect you!”

“An Innate True Artifact?”

Qin Feng stopped in his tracks, his expression changing.

Above Pseudo-True Artifacts, there are three tiers of True Artifacts.

Postnatal True Artifact.

Middle-Heaven True Artifact.

Innate True Artifact.

And above those are Eternal True Artifacts.

What sets Innate True Artifacts apart from ordinary ones is that they possess a sliver of Innate Undying Spiritual Light.

The Thousand Leaf Water God Black Lotus was an Innate True Artifact, and a peak Innate True Artifact at that.

A True Artifact that possesses a complete strand of Innate Undying Spiritual Light is an Eternal True Artifact.

Innate True Artifacts are exceptionally precious. They are born of the world itself and possess world-destroying power.

If there really was an Innate True Artifact here, he might not be able to protect himself, even with his Medium-sized Grotto Heaven!

‘How can there be a Fire Element Innate True Artifact here?’ Qin Feng’s eyes flickered. Innate True Artifacts were exceptionally precious.

“Little brother, I’d advise you not to get any ideas. That furnace is a container for a sleeping little fellow. If you wake it up, I’m afraid it will swallow you in one gulp. Then, I’ll be homeless again!”

The Demoness’s lazy voice provoked Qin Feng into gritting his teeth. “My name is Qin Feng, not ‘little brother’!”

The Demoness ignored his anger and continued to tease, “Little brother, I’d advise you not to make too much of a scene. Otherwise, if the Red Flame Demon King activates the Fire Universe Furnace, you’ll be in a world of hurt!”

Snorting coldly to himself, Qin Feng’s figure flashed, and he appeared inside Red Flame City.

The streets of Red Flame City were wide, bustling with countless Fire Demons and even some Aliens.

They were humanoid experts, taller than ordinary people, and they exuded an aura of Fire Spiritual Qi.

They were from the Red Spirit Clan, one of the Barbaric Races. This clan’s members were natural masters of Fire Element Skills.

From the City Lord’s Mansion, a pillar of pure fire energy soared toward the heavens. A Fire Element Law faintly emanated from it, vast and mighty, like a sky-piercing Fire God Pillar.

A Quasi-Saint!

Qin Feng’s eyes narrowed.

It was surrounded by countless auras of fire, guarded by numerous experts.

An assassination would be next to impossible.

“Little brother, it looks like you’ll have a hard time getting past Red Flame City. Why don’t you beg me for help?” the Demoness’s teasing voice echoed from the Grotto Heaven.

When Qin Feng swept his Divine Thought over, he nearly got a nosebleed. The Demoness was soaking in the Life Spirit Spring wearing nothing but a bandeau.

The sight of her pale, glistening skin was overwhelming.

“Where do you think you’re looking!” A chilling intent emanated from the Grotto Heaven, almost freezing Qin Feng’s very soul.

As his True Soul refined that chilling intent inch by inch, Qin Feng discovered that it had actually fused with another sliver of Innate Yin Qi.

He was only a single step away from the Yin God Realm!

After a long moment, Qin Feng finally recovered.

“I don’t need your help! As if killing a mere Fire Element Quasi-Saint would be difficult for me, Qin Feng!” he retorted through gritted teeth. With a fire raging in his heart, he entered Red Flame City and channeled his True Soul, transforming it into a cloud of Heart Demons that spread out in all directions.

‘Since a direct assault isn’t possible, I’ll go straight for an assassination!’

‘Once the Red Flame Demon King is dead, Red Flame City will fall on its own.’

“This aura…?”

The Demoness had been keeping an eye on Qin Feng. When she saw what he was doing, she couldn’t help but narrow her beautiful eyes.

This was the second time he had surprised her.

In the thousands of years since she had awakened, her state of mind had fluctuated more today than in all the millennia prior.

With her experience, she could naturally see the profundity of this Heart Demon Power. It was nearly impossible to defend against; the slightest lapse in concentration would lead to infection and erosion.

‘This technique and the Supreme Method of the Ancient Zen Sect achieve similar results through different means, yet they are polar opposites. If one could see through its secrets, their mental state would be greatly tempered. This little fellow is quite a heretic to have comprehended such a technique. Thankfully, his power isn’t that great yet. If he ever reaches the realm of ‘So long as the Heart Demon is undying, I am immortal,’ he’ll be terrifying. I’m afraid even the Demon Gods of the heavens would have a hard time killing him!’

The Demoness mused to herself, her beautiful eyes shimmering. She felt more and more certain that she had chosen the right person in Qin Feng.

It didn’t take long for him to gather the intelligence he needed.

‘He’s actually a Demon King who transformed from a ball of Earth Evil Spirit Fire!’

Qin Feng’s expression was strange.

The transformation of a Spirit Fire was exceptionally difficult. Since the Red Flame King was a transformed Spirit Fire, his strength was naturally immense.

According to the intelligence, the Red Flame Demon King was often in seclusion, and very few people had access to him.

Only his most trusted confidants.

He had only four such confidants: the Fire Spirit Demoness Huomei’er, the Red Dragon King Ao Yan, the Red Spirit King Hale, and the Sky Fire Sparrow King Feng Jiantian.

The Fire Spirit Demoness was the closest to him. She, too, was a Demon King born from a ball of Spirit Fire.

In a way, she was of the same race as the Red Flame Demon King.

Rumor in Red Flame City had it that the Fire Spirit Demoness was the Red Flame Demon King’s Daoist companion.

The Red Dragon King was a Red Flood Dragon from beneath the earth that had achieved enlightenment.

The Red Spirit King was the monarch of the Red Spirit Race! He commanded a host of powerful Li Huo Dragon Serpents.

The Sky Fire Sparrow King was the monarch of the Fire Sparrow Race. He was rumored to have awakened a trace of the Ancient True Spirit Celestial Fire Sparrow bloodline and to wield a Heavenly Rank Divine Fire.

These four were the ones the Red Flame Demon King trusted most.

Qin Feng decided to target these four demons first.

Having made his decision, Qin Feng stealthily made his way to the Fire Spirit Demoness’s mansion.

The Fire Spirit Demoness had carved out a Cave Mansion beneath the volcano, where she cultivated by absorbing fire energy. Occasionally, she would have some “blood food” sent in for her to enjoy.

The mansion was heavily guarded, surrounded by countless Little Demons, but that was no obstacle for Qin Feng.

Using the corrosive power of his Heart Demons, Qin Feng quickly infiltrated the Fire Spirit Demon Mansion. He tore open a rift in the Void and entered the Demon Mansion directly. There, he saw a demoness sitting on a throne, using a Spirit Fire to refine a Demon Core.

“Who are you?” A flicker of surprise crossed the bewitching woman’s face as Qin Feng suddenly appeared. The next moment, she was completely overwhelmed by a vast surge of Cave Heaven True Power…