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The Fire Source Stone emanated a rich aura of the Heavenly Dao of Fire. The mysteries contained within pointed directly to the essence of the Heavenly Dao of Fire.

“This is a great treasure for enhancing my understanding of the Heavenly Dao of Fire!” Xu Ming was pleasantly surprised.

Battle-type treasures, elixir-type treasures, and so on, could be refined with some effort.

However, treasures that enhanced one's understanding of the Heavenly Dao and directly pointed to its essence could not be refined; they could only be formed by the essence of Heaven and Earth.

“Fire Source Stones are hard to find even one of. Yet, there are three in this Demon Clan treasure vault!”

Xu Ming felt that this looting was truly the right choice.

At this moment, Yin Ran's voice rang out from within the World Ring: “Xu Ming.”

“What's wrong?” Xu Ming asked, puzzled.

“I think I just saw a Fire Source Stone in the treasures, right?”

“Yes!” Xu Ming admitted directly.

He guessed that Yin Ran might also want a Fire Source Stone. After all, Xu Ming had noticed that Yin Ran seemed to cultivate many Heavenly Daos; among them, there was the Heavenly Dao of Fire.

If Yin Ran wanted it, Xu Ming would naturally not be stingy. After all, finding the Shadow Alliance treasure vault this time was all thanks to Yin Ran's dog-like sense of direction.

Yin Ran said, “I have something to remind you about Fire Source Stones!”

“Oh?” Xu Ming listened attentively.

“Fire Source Stones should not be used excessively!” Yin Ran said, “For someone like you, it's best not to use a second one. Otherwise, it will affect your path to becoming a god in the future!”

Fire Source Stones were good, but after all, they were treasures born from the natural world; the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao of Fire contained within were extremely violent. Using one was fine, but using too many could easily damage one's original heart of Heavenly Dao understanding.

Xu Ming, of course, understood these principles.

After Er Ha used the Fire Source Stone, stepping into the Invincible Dao Lord realm should not be a problem. When Xu Ming and Yin Ran entered the Myriad Ancient Demon Pit together, Er Ha would also be a powerful force.

As for Gu Hanmo…

It wasn't that Xu Ming hadn't considered it. However, Gu Hanmo's current understanding of the Heavenly Dao was still too weak, and she was not suitable for using the violent Fire Source Stone. When her strength improved in the future, Xu Ming would naturally find even better treasures.

“Yin, Er Ha.” Xu Ming called out.

Er Ha immediately guessed something, and its spirit jolted. Its dog eyes were filled with anticipation. This time, it didn't even refute Xu Ming calling it “Er Ha.”

As expected, Xu Ming said, “You each get one of these Fire Source Stones.”

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Two Fire Source Stones flew towards Yin Ran and Er Ha, respectively.

“Woof!”

Er Ha was very excited, catching the Fire Source Stone in its mouth. Its heart was filled with complex emotions.

It realized that it really had a deep connection with Fire Source Stones! — If it had succeeded in assassinating Xu Ming, it would have received a Fire Source Stone as a reward upon returning. Now that the assassination had failed and it had been enslaved, it still received a Fire Source Stone.

In other words, Er Ha was destined to obtain a Fire Source Stone.

Yin Ran accepted the Fire Source Stone, a sly glint flashing in her eyes, and said, “Xu Ming, since you've given me this Fire Source Stone, does that mean I can do whatever I want with it?”

“Of course!” Xu Ming didn't think much and said.

“Then…” Yin Ran blinked playfully, and then directly tossed the Fire Source Stone to Er Ha.

Xu Ming was stunned — Yin Ran was going to use her Fire Source Stone to feed the dog?

Er Ha was extremely excited — happiness had come too suddenly! In an instant, it possessed two Fire Source Stones!

“Yin.” Xu Ming couldn't help but say, “Didn't you say it's best not to use a second Fire Source Stone? Why are you letting it use two?”

Yin Ran said, “The reason I told you it's best not to use a second one is because using too many Fire Source Stones will affect your path to becoming a god. But it…” Yin Ran patted Er Ha's head, “It doesn't have the potential to become a god!”

Er Ha was not annoyed at all.

It was very clear that it indeed did not have the potential to become a god.

Not to mention becoming a god, it would be overjoyed if it could achieve the level of a demigod! It would be so happy that it would fly up to the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun!

Since it didn't need to become a god, Er Ha naturally had no scruples about using treasures like Fire Source Stones — if it could use them, it would use them with all its might!

“Oh…” Xu Ming said again, “Then doesn't that mean you don't have a Fire Source Stone to use?”

“I…” Yin Ran tried to make herself appear low-key, “I've used treasures that are better than Fire Source Stones, so I don't need Fire Source Stones…”

Xu Ming was speechless.

He had just remembered that Yin Ran came from the Divine Domain; and from the looks of it, her status in the Divine Domain was not low. It was normal for Yin Ran to look down on “trash” like Fire Source Stones.

“Alright, never mind!” Xu Ming felt a sense of frustration — there was nothing he could do, who told him that his starting point was too much lower than Yin Ran's!

However, Xu Ming was not discouraged at all. With the cheat in hand, his future was probably even more limitless than Yin Ran's!

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Above the clouds in the independent space.

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Xu Ming held the Fire Source Stone in his palm and entered a state of cultivation.

As for Er Ha, it was in the World Ring, holding the Fire Source Stone in its mouth, closing its dog eyes, and cultivating with a look of enjoyment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Xu Ming's palm.

Waves of violent Heavenly Dao of Fire aura continuously surged out from the Fire Source Stone.

The aura of fire sometimes soared into the sky, transforming into fiery clouds that covered the sky; sometimes it spread across the ground, flowing into a sea of fire. Sometimes it condensed into a fire dragon, roaring across the sky; sometimes it transformed into a fire phoenix, its cry shaking the mind…

The endless changes of the Heavenly Dao of Fire constantly flashed before Xu Ming's eyes.

Xu Ming's understanding of the Heavenly Dao of Fire rapidly improved. The sapling of the Heavenly Dao of Fire within his sea of consciousness also grew rapidly.

The sapling grew taller and taller, gradually becoming strong and powerful, and began to sprout branches and leaves.

The sapling of the Dao finally grew into a mature Dao Tree.

This signified that Xu Ming had stepped into the “Dao Lord” level in his understanding of the Heavenly Dao of Fire!

After a long time, the various phenomena of the Heavenly Dao of Fire around Xu Ming dissipated. The Fire Source Stone in his hand had also turned into a gray-brown waste stone; with a light pinch, it would turn into stone powder.

Xu Ming suddenly opened his eyes.

In the depths of his pupils, there were fire dragons soaring.

“One-Step Dao Lord!” Xu Ming carefully sensed his current realm.

His understanding of the Heavenly Dao of Fire had stepped into the One-Step Dao Lord realm, and his strength had naturally soared again!

“In the cheat state, my human clone should be enough to rival an Invincible Dao Lord!” Xu Ming secretly calculated.

As for the Willow Tree clone, its strength was naturally even stronger!

“I've finally broken through to Dao Lord!”

The stronger he was, the more confident Xu Ming was in exploring the mysterious Myriad Ancient Demon Pit.

“It's time to head to the Myriad Ancient Demon Pit!”

Although Er Ha was still refining the Fire Source Stone, Xu Ming needed a period of time to travel to the Myriad Ancient Demon Pit. This journey should be enough for Er Ha to refine the Fire Source Stone.

“Then… let's set off!”

However, before setting off, Xu Ming was also preparing to bring a very important treasure.