#9072 - There is a soul in the monument

Although the Fire Clan's strength is formidable, they possess a significant weakness: they only cultivate the power of Primordial Fire.

Or rather, they only cultivate Primordial Fire power infused with the aura of the Primordial Ember Flame.

It's not that they don't want to cultivate other powers, but they cannot!

The Primordial Fire power imbued with the aura of the Primordial Ember Flame is extremely domineering.

Unless it's a power that also contains the breath of the Primal Beginning, any other power will be directly burned into nothingness.

Therefore, the current Yan Zang is even weaker than the Xu Ba, whose fire power Jiang Yun sealed back then.

Apart from his relatively strong physical body and soul, he's practically a cripple.

Jiang Yun directly manifested as a divine consciousness avatar and appeared before Yan Zang, saying, "I ask you, what is the specific function of the eighty-one stone tablets in the great formation at the bottom of the magma lake in your clan grounds?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Zang's expression changed drastically at first, but then he revealed a smile, saying, "It seems that Fire Clan Elder Yan Huo has already captured you and imprisoned you in our clan grounds!"

Within Jiang Yun's body, he couldn't use his divine consciousness, so he had no idea that Yan Huo had already taken action, captured Jiang Yun, and brought him back to his clan grounds.

However, since Jiang Yun asked about the formation and stone tablets at the bottom of his clan's lake, he naturally understood what had happened.

Jiang Yun looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, saying, "You can still laugh?"

"Don't you know that I also possess the Primordial Ember Flame?"

The smile that had just appeared on Yan Zang's face instantly froze.

Although he didn't possess the Primordial Ember Flame, from the moment he embarked on the path of cultivation until today, tens of thousands of years, he had been cultivating Primordial Fire power infused with the aura of the Primordial Ember Flame.

Therefore, he naturally knew that for Jiang Yun, who also possessed the Primordial Ember Flame, the formation at the bottom of his clan's lake was completely useless.

To make Yan Zang completely believe him, Jiang Yun directly showed him the situation outside, saying, "I told you before that I would pay you a visit."

"Now, I have arrived."

"And you should also know my purpose in coming here."

"If you don't want to die, then honestly tell me the specific purpose of these stone tablets and statues."

While speaking, Jiang Yun had already extended a finger and pressed it against Yan Zang's forehead.

A wisp of Primordial Ember Flame emanated from the fingertip and drilled into Yan Zang's body.

Yan Zang's expression instantly became extremely painful.

Although the Fire Clan's Primordial Ember Flame and Jiang Yun's were the same kind of flame, the effects they produced in different hands were different.

Even if Yan Zang's own fire power hadn't been completely sealed, he wouldn't have been able to resist Jiang Yun's Primordial Ember Flame.

Immediately afterward, ten colorful imprints appeared in Jiang Yun's eyes as he stared at Yan Zang's eyes, saying, "Your Fire Clan found two strands of Primordial Ember Flame, so giving me one strand wouldn't be a big deal, would it!"

For a strong person like Yan Zang, Jiang Yun was certain that there must be a restriction within his soul.

Moreover, it was highly likely that the restriction was left by that Yan Huo.

If he were to search his soul, not only would it be useless, but it would probably also alarm Yan Huo.

Therefore, Jiang Yun could only try to bring the other party into a dream and then extract the information he wanted from his mouth.

Yan Zang, who had practically lost his cultivation, was easily brought into a dream by Jiang Yun.

His eyes were hollow, and his expression was dull as he said, "Those stone tablets, along with the symbiotic spirits of our Fire Clan's eighty-one powerhouses, are to suppress the Primordial Ember Flame beneath the Molten Heart Lake."

"As for the statues above, they are for Yan Huo Clan Elder to allow our symbiotic spirits to attach to them and absorb the Primordial Ember Flame."

"Unfortunately, our aptitudes are not as good as Yan Huo Clan Elder's, and we cannot directly absorb the Primordial Ember Flame."

"Therefore, Yan Huo Clan Elder created these statues, urging the aura of the Primordial Ember Flame to be absorbed by us, and then integrated into our own fire power to enhance our strength."

Listening to Yan Zang's narration, Jiang Yun also understood.

The Primordial Ember Flame is extremely domineering, and if you want to absorb it, you must defeat it and make it willingly be absorbed by you.

The reason why I was able to absorb and fuse it was because the source fire of the New Territory that I absorbed back then was of the same origin as the Primordial Ember Flame, so it gave up resisting.

Only after absorbing the Primordial Ember Flame can one urge its aura to integrate into the Primordial Fire power.

Back then, the Void Prowess Clan was merely recognized by the Primordial Ember Flame.

But because no one could truly absorb the Primordial Ember Flame, they couldn't even urge its aura, and could only absorb ordinary Primordial Fire power.

In short, if the fire of the Old Territory were to be divided into levels, there would be three levels.

The highest level is naturally the Primordial Ember Flame.

Jiang Yun's divine consciousness once again looked at the eighty-one statues, saying, "Yan Zang and the others cannot absorb the Primordial Ember Flame, but I can!"

"However, if I want to absorb it, then I must possess a symbiotic spirit."

"Moreover, it must be the same symbiotic spirit as these eighty-one Fire Clan members."

"This is impossible for me to do!"

"If I directly destroy this formation, I should be able to release the Primordial Ember Flame, but it will also alarm Yan Huo and the entire Fire Clan."

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Yun made a decision.

"Instead of going through so much trouble, I might as well take Xu Ba Pan Yue and directly kill the injured Yan Huo!"

"Once Yan Huo dies, no one in the entire Fire Clan will be my opponent."

However, as Jiang Yun continued to inquire about Yan Zang, this idea of his quickly shattered.

The Fire Clan only has three Lord Realm powerhouses!

However, the entire Empty Eternal Shackles Abyss has hundreds of clans, and there are as many as eight Lord Realm powerhouses alone.

All clans are led by the Fire Clan.

Moreover, there are teleportation formations connecting their clan grounds.

Once the Fire Clan's clan grounds are attacked, cultivators from other clans will immediately come to support.

In other words, if Jiang Yun dares to move Yan Huo, the strength of the enemies he faces will even exceed the time when he was being chased down before.

Jiang Yun didn't want to swallow another fruit given by Little Flower again.

But if he used his Lightning Source Dao Body, Jiang Yun didn't have complete certainty either.

"In that case, I can only destroy this formation and directly seize the Primordial Ember Flame!"

"Even if Yan Huo discovers it, I should still be able to escape."

"If it really doesn't work, I'll use the Grand Void Shadowing Art and return to the Nether Doom Domain!"

After thinking it over, although this method is also risky, at least it still has a certain possibility.

Thus, Jiang Yun began to ask Yan Zang in detail about the power of this formation, preparing to break the formation.

Yan Zang answered with a dull look, "Breaking the formation is impossible."

"Within the eighty-one stone tablets, there is not only a wisp of our symbiotic spirits' souls, but also a vast amount of fire power nurtured within."

"As long as it senses an external force attacking the formation, eighty-one symbiotic spirits will appear, locking onto the location where the external force appears, and launching an attack at the same time."

"That attack is almost equivalent to the full-force strike of a Lord Realm powerhouse."

"Even if you can withstand this strike, Yan Huo Clan Elder will also notice and rush over."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun's eyes suddenly lit up, saying, "Are you sure that within each of these stone tablets, there is a wisp of your symbiotic spirits' souls?"