In the dense forest, Li Xiaotian hid in a mountain hollow, sorting out his gains from this excursion.
Just as he had suspected, beings from the Divine Realm and the twelve supreme worlds possessed information about this world.
Upon learning everything, Li Xiaotian was filled with shock, his eyes wide with disbelief.
Because the truth was simply too astonishing to fathom.
The inhabitants of the Fire Spirit Realm were all outsiders!
The reason the Fire Spirit Realm was filled with lava and flames was due to a war that had erupted in the distant past.
A war so earth-shattering that it could be said to have altered the very dominion of the Western Domain!
The Mountain Realm!
This was the former name of the Fire Spirit Realm. In a very distant past, so ancient that time could not measure it, the Mountain Realm and the Divine Realm were the two most powerful worlds in the Western Domain.
This was because the rulers of both worlds were invincible eighth-tier powerhouses.
But unlike the Divine Realm, the ruler of the Mountain Realm harbored no ambition to conquer the Western Domain. It rarely left the Mountain Realm and was an extremely peaceful, powerful being.
This was because its true form was a mountain, a colossal mountain that occupied half the area of the Mountain Realm.
The ruler was a unique form of life. Mountains and trees, after all, were inanimate objects without consciousness.
But the ruler of the Mountain Realm was a mountain. No one knew how it gained consciousness, only that it was terrifyingly powerful when it first appeared.
In those days, the Mountain Realm also had many inhabitants who lived on the body of the Mountain Realm's ruler, surviving and multiplying.
The ruler of the Mountain Realm was named Mountain Emperor, who was once on par with the ruler of the Divine Realm as the strongest in the Western Domain.
The Divine Realm waged war in all directions, enslaving myriad worlds, while the Mountain Realm remained secluded. Mountain Emperor had no interest in power or dominion whatsoever.
However, his non-contention did not mean others would not contend.
One day, the ruler of the Divine Realm, leading the powerful beings of the Divine Realm, descended unexpectedly. War erupted between the two sides, a war that lasted for ten thousand years, during which countless powerful beings perished and innumerable worlds were destroyed.
Ultimately, however, the ruler of the Divine Realm gained a slight advantage and slew Mountain Emperor.
Their final battle took place in the Mountain Realm itself. At that time, the Mountain Realm was torn apart, its land shattered, and the heavens and earth inverted.
The entire world was submerged in lava, transforming into a fiery realm.
In the end, Mountain Emperor perished, and the Mountain Realm crumbled.
But Mountain Emperor's true form remained, a great mountain.
The ruler of the Divine Realm at that time refined Mountain Emperor's true form into a world and then relocated countless races into this world. He was perhaps trying to evolve something, seeking to understand the secret of how Mountain Emperor gained consciousness.
However, as time passed, he discovered nothing. Instead, the world formed from Mountain Emperor's true form flourished, giving rise to the Fire Spirit race, a race that lived by fire.
This was the origin of the Fire Spirit Realm.
Finally, the ruler of the Divine Realm departed, leaving the Fire Spirit Realm to evolve on its own.
The present-day Ancient Battlefield was the site of the final confrontation between the ruler of the Divine Realm and Mountain Emperor. So many powerful beings had fallen in that war that, over time, it had become as it was now.
As for the Blood Lake, it was actually formed from a drop of the Divine Realm ruler's blood.
Li Xiaotian's eyes flickered. So, the coffin suppressed within the palace in the Blood Lake, and the strange rules of the Blood Lake, were all set by the ruler of the Divine Realm.
He frowned, knowing that the memories he had obtained might have been edited, containing both truth and falsehood.
If the ruler of the Divine Realm had discovered nothing, why would he have gone to such lengths to suppress a coffin?
Therefore, there must be a hidden, unknown secret involved.
"Mountain Emperor," Li Xiaotian murmured. It was highly possible that even Mountain Emperor's existence was a fabrication, for with the ruler of the Divine Realm's power, it was entirely possible to alter everyone's memories.
The Fire Spirit Realm was not simple! Li Xiaotian thought, the Fire Spirit Realm must have once produced a powerhouse comparable to the ruler of the Divine Realm, and after a great battle, the ruler of the Divine Realm had emerged victorious.
Li Xiaotian shook his head. This secret was too distant for him; it was not something he could unravel at his current level. He collected his thoughts, sealing away the secret. He did not need these secrets to affect him now.
However, regarding the world he was currently in, the Guangmen World.
This was actually a sort of backyard for the former Mountain Emperor.
Yes, a backyard that the people of the Divine Realm had not discovered. Everyone believed it had been shattered.
But who would have thought that after countless years, it would suddenly reappear?
Furthermore, within the minds of these three demon race members, this world held five of the most incredible fortuitous encounters!
One was the Great Dao Tree, another was the Dragon Bee Royal Jelly, a chessboard, a heaven-defying inheritance, and this world itself!
These were the most extraordinary fortuitous encounters, and each was of unimaginable value.
Except for the first three, the latter two required exceptionally good fortune to encounter.
As for the first three, the first was encountered by Li Xiaotian as soon as he entered this world – it was the Dragon Bee's nest, containing the Dragon Bee Royal Jelly. The Great Dao Tree was at the center of this world, and the chessboard was located at the westernmost edge of this world.
Li Xiaotian's eyes flickered, his breathing quickened. Any one of these five fortuitous encounters could, with closed eyes, allow a person to break through to a higher level in their final achievement.
No wonder the people from the twelve supreme worlds and the Divine Realm had all come, Li Xiaotian mused.
Of course, besides these, there were many more fortuitous encounters, but they paled in comparison to these five.
After a long while, Li Xiaotian digested his gains, his eyes glinting with sharp light.
But then, his expression turned grim. He had been careless, he shouldn't have exposed his Ancient God body.
This was because his Ancient God body had been seen by many people before, making it easy for them to connect him with his identity as Mo Tian.
Li Xiaotian frowned inwardly. He now had two choices before him. The first was to disregard it; if Mo Tian's identity was exposed, so be it. The second was to kill that group of demon race members and then only use the Devouring Great Dao. This way, even if he caused a massacre in this world, no one would associate him with Mo Tian's identity.
However, the purple-robed demon, Li Xiaotian knitted his brows. That individual was very strong, and he wasn't confident he could defeat them.
Moreover, he didn't know if that person would reveal his information to others. If he did, then no matter how many he killed, there would always be more.
"I'll risk it! I'll snatch resources first, and deal with the rest later!" Li Xiaotian murmured, choosing to go all out and opting for the first choice.
The risk involved was immense, because when he finally left this world, he was bound to be intercepted at the exit. And having killed a few demon race members, the people of the Divine Realm would not let him go.
But now, he dared not choose the second option; it was too much of a gamble and fraught with uncertainty.
With his decision made, Li Xiaotian began to act. His eyes flashed with killing intent; he prepared to hunt, to hunt down that purple-robed demon.
There were five of them, and he had killed three, leaving two. Therefore, he would first eliminate the weaker one and then kill the purple-robed demon.
Li Xiaotian concealed his aura, sank into the ground, and then traced his way back along the path he had left. He was going to counter-kill!