Tang San couldn’t help but shake his head with a wry smile, but at the same time, he felt a pair of burning gazes upon him. He looked over subconsciously and met the eyes of Huo Ling’er, whose beautiful pupils were intently fixed on him.
"If you want the protection of the Fire God Scepter, your only choice is to be with me. Because I am the heir to the wand, the Messenger of the Fire God. No one in the clan has caught my eye before. You are very powerful, and I like that."
The straightforward confession of the Huoli Clan girl made Tang San somewhat embarrassed.
"I actually don’t need the protection of the Fire God," Tang San hurriedly said.
The Chief of the Huoli Clan, Huo Quan, who was flying onward, suddenly stopped, his face darkening, "What do you mean by the previous bet then?"
Tang San knew there had been a misunderstanding and quickly explained, "Please don’t get me wrong. I simply wish to help the Huoli Clan. Just gaining the friendship of the Huoli Clan is enough. I have no desire for the Power of the Fire God."
Chief Huo Quan couldn’t help but be stunned. "Simply help?"
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Tang San said seriously, "Exactly. I am willing to help the noble clan unconditionally to stabilize the Godhood of the Fire God Scepter."
Huo Quan spoke in a deep voice, "Follow me." As he spoke, he suddenly accelerated, shooting towards the center of Fire God City.
He flew straight to the central area of Fire God City and only stopped there, descending from the sky, landing slowly toward the heart of the city.
Below them was a huge stone house. As they descended, the roof of the stone house opened naturally, and the Fire God Scepter in Huo Quan’s hand emitted a faint seven-colored flame. Suddenly, seven-colored flames responded and rose around them. These Seven-colored flames enveloped the three of them and then slowly sank downward.
Below the open roof was not the floor of a room but a cavern. Yes, a cavern.
Huo Quan led Tang San and Huo Ling’er down, plummeting straight into the heart of the cavern.
Even with Tang San’s Cultivation base, he could feel the searing heat here. The Undying Fire Phoenix Bloodline within him surged wildly, greedily absorbing the pure fire elements.
The fire elements inside Fire God City were already dense to the point of being thick, but here the fire elements were solid-like, several times more concentrated than outside.
As the three descended together, they dropped for several hundred meters before bright flames began to shine. But these flames were flickering, appearing as a golden-red color.
Footsteps firm on the ground, Huo Quan didn’t speak but walked straight ahead. Bathed in the illumination of the Fire God Scepter, everything around became clearly visible.
Tang San and Huo Ling’er followed behind, delving deeper into the inner sanctum. Although it was Tang San’s first visit, he understood that this place was undoubtedly the Huoli Clan’s most essential and sacred site, likely only accessible by the patriarch.
After nearly a kilometer descent, the cavern ahead suddenly enlarged, with a splendid golden-red light engulfing their vision, tinting the entire cavern in gold and red.
Tang San fixed his gaze and couldn’t help but gasp in awe; the cavern walls were entirely composed of golden-red crystals. They were the purest of fire element crystals! The immensity and intensity of the fire elements they contained were unmatched in his life. Comparable only to the existence of Purple Crystal Coins. While Purple Crystal Coins nurtured divine consciousness, these crystals were indeed treasures for those cultivating the fire attribute.
The cavern had a diameter of around two hundred meters and a height of roughly thirty meters, and at the very center stood something akin to an altar.
Huo Quan slowly stepped forward, carefully placing the Fire God Scepter upon it. Instantly, the fire elements within the cavern started to converge towards the scepter, causing the temperature inside to drop slightly.
Nourished by the dense fire elements, the Fire God Scepter emitted an intermittent radiance, casting a delicate seven-colored halo over everything around.
It was then that Huo Quan turned to face Tang San, his expression once again filled with reverence, "Your Excellency, this is the core hub of our clan. Therefore, there are some questions I must ask you. How did you come by your divine essence? Are you also from another world? In you, I sense the presence of a true god."
Tang San did not conceal anything, nodding slightly, he said, "Correct, I come from a different plane, and due to some special circumstances, I arrived in this world. I am in the process of gradually restoring my state, and now my Godhood has been restored. As you have witnessed before, I am the Sea God. The Endless Blue Ocean is my domain in this plane."
Upon hearing Tang San’s acknowledgment, Huo Quan’s eyes lit up with dazzling brilliance, "The Sea God, a real Godhood, the Sea God!"
"Are you, truly a Godhood?" Huo Quan’s voice quivered with emotion.
Tang San nodded slightly and said, "In the world I once belonged to, yes. I was reborn in this plane with a strand of divine consciousness, retaining my original memories, and have been gradually awakening. I have now recovered some of my powers. That is why I sensed the presence of divinity in the Fire God Scepter, something that can only be born from a true deity. Since Falan Planet itself does not rely on any Divine Realm and lacks the presence of a god, I surmised that you came from another world."
The Chief of the Huoli Clan breathed more rapidly, "Yes, you are correct. We indeed came from another world. To be precise, our Divine Realm perished. The Lord Fire God, at the cost of His fall, protected us, His clansmen, as we dispersed and fled across the universe. We are one of those groups that later, fortuitously, arrived on Falan Planet. It was only after reaching an agreement with the plane master here that we were able to survive."
Tang San asked with curiosity, "What agreement did you reach with the plane master?"
Without hiding anything, Huo Quan answered directly, "Purification."
"Falan Planet is an exceptionally rich and powerful world. To our ancestors, this planet was just as bountiful as our former Divine Realm, making it suitable for our propagation. But such a rich planet, without the protection of a Divine Realm, is prone to problems and is highly unstable in many areas, like the planet itself was inherently unstable. When we first arrived, Falan Planet often suffered various natural disasters, with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions being the most common. Our Huoli Clan excels at mitigating elements of the fire attribute. After negotiating with the plane master, our ancestors settled here, and utilizing the power left by the Lord Fire God, they opened up Fire God Mountain, effectively providing a release valve for the internal pressure of the planet, allowing continuous venting to stabilize its core and facilitate better propagation of life across the plane."
"At the same time, we promised the plane master that our clan would never exceed the twelfth rank. We would always suppress ourselves below rank 12. Whenever a clan member approached a breakthrough toward rank 12, they would offer their excess energy as a sacrifice to the Fire God Scepter to maintain the remaining spark of the Lord Fire God’s divinity. And so, we have lived on Falan Planet for thousands of years."
"The Fire God Scepter, having lost the protection of the Lord Fire God, has witnessed its divinity dissipating like a rootless duckweed. If not for the abundant fire elemental energy here, it probably wouldn’t have been sustainable. We have tried every means, including trading with the Sunflower Spirit Clan, to slow down the rate of divine dissipation. But no matter what we did before, we were only able to slow it down or temporarily halt the dissipation. Never before, like today, had we seen divinity actually return, however slight, and that is incredibly moving for all of us. To have a true Godhood in our presence, if you could help our Fire God Scepter restore its former glory, then no matter the condition, we will do our best to fulfill it."