This flame was extremely special.

In the deep sea, it was still raging fiercely.

There was a record of it in the memory of the Holy Spirit Body—

Star Fire is the fire of the heavens. Bestowed upon humans, it becomes ordinary fire, which can be used for cooking, for Priest rites, for burning mountains and setting fires;

Fire is a gift that nature has given to mankind.

Flames symbolize warmth, yet they also symbolize scorching heat...

But all of that.

Is mortal fire.

Mortal fire fears water and is easily extinguished. The heavens were worried humans would grow powerful relying on flame, so they placed limits on the fire they gifted.

...

However.

The Star Fire in front of Fang Yu was not included in those restrictions.

Even more miraculous was that around the Star Fire, the burning flames had scorched out a space unique to it.

This overturned the physics knowledge Fang Yu had learned.

"Combustion needs oxygen, and you just go ahead and burn without oxygen."

In this dark world at the bottom of the sea, the burning Star Fire was more like a sun pointing out the way.

A miniature sun.

Perhaps because of the light, the nearby fish and other creatures gradually returned.

Fang Yu had no choice but to once again use the Spiritual Will of the Desolate Divine Sense to drive away the nearby Fierce Beasts.

These were definitely not ordinary fish.

To survive in such a harsh environment, with Spiritual Energy so abundant, they had long since mutated.

Fish like to travel in schools.

If he didn’t disperse them in time and they gathered in large numbers, that would be quite a headache.

Still, no matter how many Fierce Beasts of this Level there were, they posed no difficulty to Fang Yu at all.

What Fang Yu wanted was an extremely quiet environment.

To observe this Star Fire.

"The Attribute of Star Fire is really special. It’s different from True Fire, and different from Earth Core Fire as well."

His Mind moved slightly.

As if sensing Fang Yu’s thoughts, the Divine Dragon let out a Dragon Roar.

It appeared in the seawater.

The golden, gleaming Divine Dragon circled Fang Yu once in the water.

Then it spat out Earth Core Fire.

The two flames were like a pair of eyes, radiating blinding light.

However...

For the Cultivators floating on the sea surface, this was a completely different feeling.

A Flood Long frolicking in the water!

Two gigantic, golden, gleaming eyes, and a massive body of light...

Matched with the Dragon Roar.

Terrifying!

"It’s a Fierce Beast!"

"Run! It’s a Divine Level Fierce Beast! My god—"

"A Divine Level Fierce Beast? How is that possible?"

"It’s absolutely a Fierce Beast above Divine Level. Even the most trash Divine Level has a lifespan of over billions of years! Run... anyone who wants to die can stay here!"

Swoosh swoosh swoosh.

The Cultivators scattered in an instant.

A Fierce Beast that had lived billions of years—who would dare stay here?

Even a Human Immortal wouldn’t dare cross hands with a Fierce Beast that ancient.

The sea surface grew quiet once more.

As if nothing had ever happened.

No one knew why Nine Stars in a Row would cause such a strange phenomenon, and no one knew why Nine Stars in a Row would generate shockwaves.

...

The Star Fire and Earth Core Fire shone off each other, and in the undersea world, they really looked like a pair of gigantic eyes, glittering brightly.

Fang Yu’s blood boiled at the sight.

"This truly is a mysterious power from the universe—Star Fire. It’s absolutely not something that the mortal fires of Earth can compare to."

"The question is, how am I supposed to control it?"

He couldn’t just keep using Gang Qi to make a cage and trap it inside forever.

Or just lug it around, and whenever he wanted to fight someone, he’d use the Star Fire to smash his opponent to death? Walking around with a ball of fire like that would look cool, sure, but also a bit mentally unstable.

Thinking of this.

Fang Yu’s gaze fell once more on the Star Fire.

"Am I supposed to swallow the Star Fire like the Divine Dragon?"

Swallow fire?

The fact that he could even come up with that idea was something.

Let’s try fusing it with the Qi Sea first.

Fang Yu casually waved his hand, and the Divine Dragon carrying the Earth Core Fire disappeared.

It burrowed into his body.

Fang Yu controlled his Gang Qi to move closer...

Trying to grab the Star Fire with his bare hand.

Fizz.

Fizz fizz——

As if the flames had burned onto something.

They let out a sizzling sound.

"What a Star Fire."

Fang Yu jerked his hand back.

With his Realm of a quasi-body, just touching this Star Fire, he actually felt dry heat and a burning sensation.

Moreover, Fang Yu’s palm naturally carried a Vigorous Air Shield. You could say there was a very thick protective layer in between, and not just any protective layer—yet he still felt the pain of being burned.

So grabbing Star Fire with his bare hands was out of the question.

"Qi Sea Disperse!"

After all, Fang Yu was the consciousness of the Desolate Divine Sense. Borrowing the pressure and cold of the seawater, he suppressed the heat energy brought on by the Star Fire.

Otherwise, the surrounding seawater would have long since turned into boiling hot water.

Or it would have evaporated dry already.

The Qi Sea instantly spread out, trying to wrap around the Star Fire.

The Qi Sea was equivalent to a vast ocean.

Adding one more sun above an ocean is perfectly reasonable. Put this Star Fire in the Qi Sea, let it coexist with the two great Divine Artifacts, and his strength would definitely climb to yet another level!

However.

Just as the Qi Sea was about to swallow the Star Fire—

Whoosh!

The Star Fire actually started fighting back violently.

The flames flared, burning wildly.

Can water burn?

The answer was yes.

The seawater, under the terrifying temperature and special effect of Star Fire, actually started to burn.

The seawater was like gasoline.

"You want to resist!? Feng Yu, thunder and lightning!"

The Five Elements method of Divine Dragon Transformation practically had the ability to summon wind and rain.

In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and pouring rain came down in sheets.

Pat pat pat.

It pressed down the flames on the sea surface.

Even then, it was only with Fang Yu’s extremely pure Yang Primordial Qi working in tandem that the flames could be suppressed; ordinary water simply couldn’t douse Star Fire.

"This method isn’t right. Then let’s try Spiritual Will."

Spiritual Will was Fang Yu’s strongest skill.

In the human world, Fang Yu was confident that no one’s Spiritual Will Level was stronger than his.

Under the suppression of Spiritual Will that was almost tangible—

The Star Fire finally loosened a bit and sank downward.

It submitted!

A godlike Will forced the Star Fire to keep sinking.

Once it reached a certain depth, the pressure of the seawater surged dozens, hundreds of times.

Finally...

With a bang, the Star Fire shot upward.

Like a missile launched from underground.

Its speed was extremely fast.

And this was in seawater—yet it could still have such speed. One could imagine how terrifying this Star Fire was.

The moment it broke through the surface of the sea—

Splash!

Huge splashes and columns of water burst from the sea surface.

A streak of golden radiance shot straight toward the sky.

Fang Yu followed it out as well... his gaze swept.

"Trying to run? Divine Dragon Transformation, Hidden Abyss Shrink!"

He could shrink space, and roam freely through sea and sky as he pleased.

His figure flickered rapidly.

He arrived directly above the Star Fire.

"I get it now... I should treat you as a wild beast! Today, in the name of Emperor Yu, I shall conquer you..."

Swish!

The Dragon Roar Sword appeared.

The Dragon Roar Sword, a Free Heaven Divine Object, appeared—and the Star Fire immediately weakened by thirty percent. It was as if it had seen something inferior to itself, and its arrogance suddenly disappeared.