Another month passed, and the flame filling the Flame Mountain had suddenly receded, causing the cultivators training there to be flabbergasted.

"What's going on? A few days ago, I had sensed the flame becoming weaker. And now, it is downright extinguishing?"

"It can't be because someone has harvested the millennium earthcore fire, right? Otherwise, I really can't understand how this is happening."

"Yes, that is plausible. Someone might have gotten the millennium earthcore fire for real. But why is it still so calm if that is the case?"

"Don't waste time. Let's go take a look. With the receding power of flame, we can even approach the volcanic crater now."

"No, it is still safer to stay away. It is a place filled with flame beasts. It...