A scorching aura filled the air and rippled in all directions. Invisible flames burned on the surface of Chu Mu's body, turning the surroundings into a vacuum.
The last bit of energy contained in the fire origin was drawn out and split into three. The three strands of energy rushed into Chu Mu's body. Chu Mu's body trembled and his tyrannical aura shrunk. Then, it expanded and exploded. Terrifying rumbling sounds continued and shocking sharpness cut in all directions.
At the same time, the Grand True Wheel behind Chu Mu's back trembled for a moment and started to fluctuate as if it was about to collapse. In the next breath, the Grand True Wheel trembled and started to rotate again. The speed of rotation wasn't as fast as before, but it emitted rumbling sounds. It was as if the wheels of history were rolling, pushing time forward and crushing everything.
Below, the red magma-like liquid started to vibrate and soared into the sky. It directly hit the ceiling of the cave and exploded. It turned into countless thumb-sized droplets that rained down like a storm. However, before Chu Mu's body, the droplets melted into nothingness and couldn't affect Chu Mu in the slightest.
The Grand True Wheel slowly rotated as if it was dragging the long river of time and space. The rumbling sounds became louder and louder, and the Grand True Wheel's shadow became clearer and clearer.
In the end, the Grand True Wheel behind Chu Mu's back changed from the original thirty-six corners to forty-eight corners. It looked like it was real and illusory at the same time. It was in between the two and exuded a unique and tyrannical aura.
On Chu Mu's body, a sharp aura resonated with the Grand True Wheel behind him.
The tyrannical aura of a low-level Second Step Emperor spread out and suppressed all directions. The boiling magma below quickly calmed down.
"The strength of a low-level Second Step Emperor is indeed much stronger than a peak First Step Emperor." Chu Mu muttered to himself. His body's energy also calmed down and the Grand True Wheel behind him disappeared.
This piece of fire origin, which still had more than half of its energy, allowed Chu Mu's cultivation to break through from high first step Emperor Realm to low second step Emperor Realm. However, he was only at the beginning of second step Emperor Realm. He still needed a period of time to consolidate his cultivation.
According to the increase in strength, a low-level Second Step Emperor Realm cultivator should be comparable to a low-level Third Step Emperor Realm cultivator. However, Chu Mu still needed to consolidate his cultivation before improving his other aspects.
When one's cultivation base had just broken through a major realm, it was in an unstable state. This instability not only meant that one's cultivation base might drop again, but it also meant that one could rapidly improve in all aspects in a short period of time.
Taking revenge on the Crimson Blaze Palace wasn't as important as consolidating his own cultivation base and improving his comprehension of the various mysteries.
The entire Crimson Flame Territory was still searching for the so-called murderer, but the murderer had continuously broken through in the Crimson Flame Mountain. Now, he was consolidating his cultivation.
He was doing two things at once, consolidating and comprehending at the same time.
This cultivation lasted for another year before it ended.
"My cultivation base has finally stabilized." Chu Mu muttered to himself. He felt that everything around him seemed to have changed, and it was much clearer.
Then, Chu Mu's right hand made a grabbing motion in the air. His strength surged, and flames spat out. A sharp light shot out and condensed into a fiery-red longsword.
Fire Sword of the Heavens!
His left hand made a grabbing motion as well. Golden light and sharp light gathered and condensed into a long and narrow golden sword. It was the Fire Sword of the Heavens.
Chu Mu looked at the Fire Sword of the Heavens and then looked at the Fire Sword of the Heavens. He could clearly feel the difference between the two. That kind of difference was the difference between the two.
Just like Great Emperors, Great Emperor-level swords were also divided into different grades. Naturally, they were divided into Extreme Grade, Upper, Middle, and Lower Grade.
Previously, Chu Mu had merged the Fire Sword of the Heavens' sword dao with the Fire Sword of the Heavens to forge the Fire Sword of the Heavens. Overall, all the Fire Sword of the Heavens was at grade one. Of course, because the Fire Sword of the Heavens did not contain a grand dao, but a higher level origin energy, each of the Fire Sword of the Heavens was comparable to a mid-grade emperor grade sword.
But now, from the energy fluctuations exuded by the Fire Sword of the Heavens, Chu Mu knew that the Fire Sword of the Heavens had advanced to a mid-grade emperor grade sword. Its power was comparable to a high-grade emperor grade sword.
The reason why the Fire Sword of the Heavens could advance to a mid-grade emperor grade was closely related to the fire origin energy.
When the fire origin energy was refined, its power was divided into three parts, and one part was obtained by the Fire Sword of the Heavens.
"Good, the mid-grade Fire Sword of the Heavens is even more powerful. If I go all out, I might be able to suppress a low-level Third Step Emperor Realm expert." Chu Mu thought to himself.
He glanced around and took out twelve Origin Stones with a thought.
Among them, two were origin stones, two were origin stones, two were origin stones, two were origin stones, two were origin stones, two were origin stones, and the last two were origin stones of earth.
"What a pity." Looking at the twelve origin stones, Chu Mu muttered to himself. His hands moved rapidly, and one by one, Chu Mu poured his energy into the origin stones and threw them out in all directions, forming two interconnected array formations.
On the path of formations, Chu Mu didn't intentionally spend time to comprehend them, but he had more or less accumulated experience. If he were to create a profound formation, he wouldn't be able to do it. However, he could create a few formations with decent strength.
Currently, Chu Mu was arranging two array formations, one was called the Five Elements Array Formation, and the other was called the Five Elements Array Formation. These two array formations were relatively common array formations that could be arranged by those who had a certain level of attainment in array formations.
Whether it was the Five Elements Array Formation or the Five Elements Array Formation, both used an origin stone as the core.
Then, the two Five Elements Array Formations formed a Positive and Negative Yin Yang Array Formation.
Array within array!
This was a relatively delicate method of arranging array formations. It not only required a certain level of attainment in array formations, but also a certain level of talent.
Chu Mu's purpose of arranging the array formation with the twelve origin stones was naturally to make it explode and destroy the foundation of the Red Flame Mountain.
After sitting down and making various preparations, Chu Mu poured his energy into each origin stone again. After doing all this, his body flashed, and at an even faster speed, he went straight ahead to the tunnel that he had dug.
It took a lot of time to come, but it took him a lot of time to leave. As there was no need to dig, the journey was smooth and unimpeded.
In just a short while, Chu Mu rushed out of the tunnel. He displayed his maximum speed. The moment he rushed out of the mountain, he displayed the third level of the Close Proximity World Body, and after a breath's time, he displayed the second level of the Close Proximity World Body, and in an instant, he was far away.
The burst of speed caused Chu Mu's aura to leak out. In an instant, the experts of the Red Flame Palace sensed it. This unfamiliar aura was somewhat familiar, and it was very similar to the aura left behind by the murderer.
If it was not the murderer himself, then it was related to the murderer.
In an instant, even the Palace Master of the Red Flame Palace, Chi Long, left the Red Flame Palace in an instant to chase after Jian Wushuang.
However, they were a little too slow. It was not that easy to catch up with Chu Mu. Moreover, Chu Mu's arrangement had already begun to take effect.
Terrifying auras locked onto Chu Mu from afar. With Chi Long as the leader, the Great Emperors of the Red Flame Palace chased after him closely. They would not give up until they killed Chu Mu.
Suddenly, there was a loud roar, as if a huge hammer had slammed into their hearts, causing them to feel suffocated for a moment. Their faces changed, and they subconsciously looked in the direction of the Red Flame Mountain. As soon as they saw it, all of them turned pale with fright, as if their souls had left their bodies.
They did not know why the Red Flame Mountain was shaking. The shaking became more and more obvious, and in less than ten breaths of time, a crack appeared on the Red Flame Mountain in the eyes of the experts of the Red Flame Palace. The crack started from the bottom of the Red Flame Mountain, and it shot up like lightning, as if it was going to tear the Red Flame Mountain apart.
"Attack! Stabilize the Red Flame Mountain!" Chi Long finally came to his senses. He immediately roared, and the energy in his body surged.
If they did not stabilize the Scarlet Fire Mountain, it might collapse. Once the Scarlet Fire Mountain collapsed, the Scarlet Fire Palace would be destroyed as well. Even if they survived, at least half of the disciples of the Scarlet Fire Palace would die. Most importantly, if the Scarlet Fire Palace was destroyed, it would feel like it existed in name only. Even if it was rebuilt in the future, its prestige would be severely affected.
Moreover, in the entire Red Flame Territory, the Red Flame Mountain was the most suitable place for the Red Flame Palace.
Regardless of the reason, the Red Flame Mountain had to be stabilized.
The Great Emperors of the Red Flame Palace unleashed their energy recklessly, and appeared around the Red Flame Mountain. Their energy combined, and supported the Red Flame Mountain, stabilizing it. At the same time, many figures appeared from the Red Flame Palace, and fled outside.
Scarlet Fire Mountain continued to shake. Scarlet Dragon and the rest of the Scarlet Fire Palace's experts all looked terrible because they could clearly feel the shaking coming from Scarlet Fire Mountain. The shaking made their blood boil.
In less than three breaths of time, those One-step Great Emperors spat out blood. Their faces were pale, and they looked dispirited.
After another ten breaths of time, those Second-step Great Emperors also spat out blood.
On the Scarlet Flame Mountain, cracks appeared one after another. The cracking sounds caused their hearts to stop beating. They were extremely terrified.
In the distance, countless people of the Red Flame Territory stared at the Red Flame Mountain in fear. They did not know what was going on, and why the Red Flame Mountain was shaking and cracking.
The Red Flame Mountain had existed for millions of years, and it had never been shaken. It was incomparably stable.
It was a symbol, a symbol, and a belief. It was also a yearning of the cultivators of the Red Flame Territory. But now, this yearning was shaken, and this meaning was about to be shattered.
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