Xiao Yi finally understood and realized the situation they were in.

No wonder the temperature in this Land of Flames kept rising.

Clearly, no one had triggered those prohibitions, yet the flames continued to grow stronger.

This place, this Land of Flames, was essentially inside a gigantic Alchemy Furnace.

No wonder he couldn’t find the reason for the continuous rise in flame temperature even when the entire Land of Flames was under his perception.

There were simply no Flame Restrictions being triggered.

Instead, this Land of Flames inherently had a massive Alchemy prohibition.

And this prohibition was extraordinarily profound.

With his skills, he couldn’t detect when this Alchemy prohibition was triggered and activated.

It felt like there were invisible hands outside this gigantic Alchemy Furnace manipulating the refining process.

The flames inside were continuously increasing using alchemical methods.

The 180 prohibitions here were the materials.

In refining steps, it’s the so-called ’Burning Refining Materials’ step.

Thus, the 180 prohibitions were like refining materials, gradually ’melting’ and automatically dissolving.

"Such a brilliant refining method." Xiao Yi murmured in his heart.

This is the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb, so the methods left behind were naturally those of the Ancient Emperor during his life.

Such refining methods were something Xiao Yi couldn’t even discover or perceive.

It is conceivable that in just refining, Xiao Yi and the Ancient Emperor during his life were worlds apart.

At this moment, everyone’s faces were pale.

"Xiao... Vice Hall Master Xiao Yi, does that mean we’re like the materials in the Alchemy Furnace, being refined?"

"Will we... be burned into liquid?"

"That can’t be." Zhang Baicao exclaimed in shock, "Rather than this, we might as well abandon and leave the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb."

"Right." A dozen Heavenly Talents expressed fear.

"The opportunities in the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb are rare, but life is more important."

Guu Lianxing frowned at Xiao Yi, "Young Master Xiao Yi, is there enough time?"

"Hard to say." Xiao Yi frowned.

"Hard to say?" The dozen Heavenly Talents paled again.

Xiao Yi no longer paid attention and began to accelerate the Solidifying Pill process with both hands.

He finally understood the true test within this Land of Flames and its difficulty.

With each prohibition that was broken, the temperature of the surrounding flames would increase.

But even without touching these prohibitions, the massive Alchemy prohibition in the furnace would autonomously increase the flame temperature.

Once the flame temperature was high enough, the 180 prohibitions would melt and dissolve on their own.

This enormous Alchemy prohibition and these 180 small prohibitions were fundamentally complementary to each other.

Breaking these 180 prohibitions would increase the flame temperature.

Not breaking them would see these prohibitions dissolved by the Alchemy prohibition.

This was almost a dead cycle.

Since everyone entered this Land of Flames and touched the first prohibition, the massive Alchemy prohibition had begun operating.

Xiao Yi finally understood what Senior Yun Yuan had said back then.

The Ancient Emperor’s Tomb was filled with dangers.

If only to gain some insight, the danger was not great.

But if one tried to seize the opportunities inside, it was a near-death experience.

Yes, if the prohibitions inside weren’t touched from the beginning, the massive Alchemy prohibition wouldn’t start, and the flame temperature wouldn’t continually rise.

But if one craves the rewards within the prohibitions, danger would erupt instantly.

However, even if everyone didn’t initially touch them, Xiao Yi had to break the strongest prohibition at the end.

This strongest prohibition was the true test to pass through this Land of Flames.

Only by breaking it could they leave and enter deeper into the Cave Mansion.

Of course, if it’s just Xiao Yi touching the prohibition at the end, the flame temperature wouldn’t rise so quickly.

He would have enough time to refine and break prohibitions.

At this moment, everyone looked at the prohibitions around them.

Sure enough, the unbroken prohibitions already showed signs of melting.

"If all 180 prohibitions here are broken, the power of the flames will reach an overwhelming level."

"We would all undoubtedly die."

The Heavenly Talents, although weak, could also see the dire situation.

All eyes turned to Xiao Yi.

Whether they could pass through this Land of Flames, hope rested on Xiao Yi.

However, in everyone’s eyes, this hope was evidently slim.

With less than an hour left, trying to quickly refine the Supreme Elixir? That was almost a fairytale.

And Xiao Yi himself said it was hard to say if there would be enough time.

...

Dozens of minutes later.

More than half of the 180 prohibitions had melted.

The surrounding flames were almost accelerating visibly with the naked eye.

The power of these ordinary flames surrounding them now even surpassed the Eight Wind Flames at the end prohibition.

A Heavenly Talent, whose strength was somewhat weaker, found their Protective Primordial Power becoming thin and unable to resist the extremely hot atmosphere.

"Vice Hall Master Xiao Yi..." A dozen Heavenly Talents called out anxiously.

"Don’t make noise." Gongsun Huowu scolded, "He’s focused on refining, don’t disturb him."

A dozen Heavenly Talents shut their mouths.

"Wait for another ten minutes." Xiao Yi said seriously.

Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh...

Xiao Yi manipulated the furnace with one hand and unleashed Sword Qi with the other.

Sword Qi formed a Sword Net, enveloping the surroundings.

Under the Sword Net, the flames were kept at bay, and everyone’s pressure was instantly reduced.

A few minutes later.

The flame temperature soared to a terrifying level.

More than 150 of the 180 prohibitions had melted.

Even Xiao Yi’s Sword Net and Sword Qi were automatically dispersing.

A powerful wave of scorching heat surged like a tidal wave.

Xiao Yi was unharmed, but a group of Heavenly Talents spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm.

Even Guu Lianxing and Gongsun Huowu turned pale with faltering steps.

"Wait a bit longer, it’s almost there." Xiao Yi gritted his teeth.

He finally knew the true difficulty of the Alchemy prohibition and understood why, since the opening of the Ancient Emperor’s Tomb, no one had ever passed this prohibition.

The true difficulty of the Alchemy prohibition lay in that the one being tested must compete with the Ancient Emperor in refining speed.

Yes, compete in refining speed.

Will the tester refine the Elixir faster and leave, or will the Ancient Emperor’s refining speed surpass them, burning all testers into liquid inside the Alchemy Furnace...

Among these Heavenly Talents, the strongest were no doubt Guu Lianxing and Gongsun Huowu.

But even these two, under the impact of the scorching heatwave, began to have a dazzled look, their bodies unbearably hot.

With glazed eyes, Guu Lianxing glanced at the pill recipe, "Hundred Dao Pill? It’s the long-lost Supreme Elixir from Ancient Times, the Hundred Dao Pill?"

"It’s over..."

"Hundred Dao Pill?" Not far away, Zhang Baicao’s face changed dramatically upon hearing this.

"Damn, so it’s the Hundred Dao Pill? Such a heaven-defying elixir is not something human strength can refine in a short time."

"Damn, Vice Hall Master Xiao Yi, you deceived us?"

"I’m not crazy enough to stay with you."

"Out." Zhang Baicao snapped coldly, and his figure instantly vanished into thin air.

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End of the second Chapter.

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