Evan Yang was deeply grateful for the Flame Behemoth. If not for its help, Ember Yang might truly have been lost. Now, his view of the Flame Behemoth had completely changed.
Watching the Flame Behemoth resting nearby, Evan began to check Ember Yang's condition.
Evan discovered that Ember's power was slowly recovering on its own, and even without him channeling Heaven‑Cold Qi, she was almost fully healed. Not only that—her aura was rising rapidly.
"What's going on?" Evan wondered aloud. Elena Dreamer, the Dream Deity, was also curious, watching Ember quietly.
The Flame Behemoth, noticing this, exclaimed, "She's breaking down and rebuilding herself—this is the Fire Phoenix's rebirth ability. Looks like she's triggered her own rebirth."
"Rebirth?" Evan and the Dream Deity echoed in surprise.
"That's right—rebirth. Only the Fire Phoenix has this. Truly worthy of being a divine beast: suffering such heavy wounds, she can repair herself and become even stronger." The Flame Behemoth spoke with envy.
Hearing the Flame Behemoth's explanation, Evan and the Dream Deity felt reassured. Everyone waited quietly for Ember to wake up on her own.
Time passed bit by bit. While Evan and the others waited, Golden Heaven Temple was in turmoil: the loss of the Sky‑Point Plate, a vice sect master, and five top experts enraged the current sect master.
"Damn it, now there's no way to find them." After realizing even the Tracking Mirror was gone, the sect master frowned.
At this moment in the main hall of Golden Heaven Temple, twelve people stood in two rows of six, with Sect Master Ethan Xiao in the center, gazing down at them. These were all experts on par with Reverend Fang Buyi, but even so, he felt uneasy—unless he personally watched over them, none could stand against that mysterious enemy.
Recalling the message from the vice sect master, Ethan Xiao addressed the group, "I've already told you all what the vice sect master reported."
"Any thoughts?" Ethan Xiao asked.
"He openly opposes our Golden Heaven Temple—first killing Reverend Fang Buyi, then attacking the vice sect master and the others. We can't let him go unpunished," one person said.
Another chimed in, "If he could wipe out the vice sect master and five others, it proves that, besides the sect master, none of us here are his match."
"So what? As long as we find him and work with the sect master, it'll be easy to take him down," the first speaker insisted.
"The main problem now is that the Tracking Mirror is gone. If we had it, we could hunt him down. Now, all we can do is stay here at Golden Heaven Temple and hope he gets cocky and comes to us. If not, and he gets scared, there's no way he'd come looking for trouble," the other replied.
"Enough, you two—stop arguing," Ethan Xiao said.
The two below were the vice sect master's top two experts, always locked in endless rivalry. The first was Miles Mu, the second Trevor Tao.
Both believed themselves to be the vice sect master's number one, but neither had ever managed to win decisively.
Just now, they were about to keep arguing, but Ethan Xiao stopped them.
"Sect master, what do you plan to do?" Miles Mu asked.
"We'll stay in the sect and send scouts everywhere to search for that person. By the way, I heard someone from the Nether Sky Realm brought news—they must be keeping an eye on things too," Ethan Xiao said.
"People from the Nether Sky Realm aren't exactly trustworthy. Are we really going to keep dealing with them?" Trevor Tao asked curiously.
"There's no choice. Let's settle the current matter first," Ethan Xiao replied.
Miles Mu smiled at Trevor Tao and said, "Brother Tao, this opponent is no pushover—be careful you don't get killed."
"If anyone dies, it'll be you first," Trevor Tao laughed.
Seeing the two about to bicker again, Ethan Xiao said, "Enough. I have a task for you both—whoever finds and kills that guy will become the new vice sect master. Make the most of this chance."
This was a big deal. The two were stunned at first, then overjoyed—this was their chance to prove who was stronger. The others were envious, but knew they weren't strong enough to compete. Still, Ethan Xiao didn't want to underestimate their abilities, so he told them, "You have a chance too—if anyone can defeat or seriously injure him, you'll get to enter Jintian Prison once."
This delighted the ten others. While becoming vice sect master was tempting, the chance to enter Jintian Prison—something allowed only once every hundred thousand years—was a rare opportunity. They even wished Evan Yang would show up soon.
However, Xiao Yue had no confidence. If Evan Yang didn’t come, then the Tracking Mirror and the Heaven-Pointing Compass would just disappear like that, and the vice sect master and the others’ grudge could never be avenged.
Jintian Temple was an ancient sect in the Chaos World, occupying its own plane—a realm independent within the Chaos World, surrounded by runes. These runes, at least in their eyes, could ward off all evil things.
Xiao Yue stood atop a tower, gazing at the sky and muttering, "Who could it be? Who wiped out so many people in one go? Li Yue, can you tell me?"
At this moment, Li Yue’s soul had already been absorbed by Evan Yang’s Soul-Devouring Divine Sword. Now, those souls were reminiscing together.
"Vice sect master, how did you end up here too?" Fang Buyi asked in surprise when he saw Li Yue and the others arrive one by one.
"Don’t mention it. That guy is just too terrifying. How did you get involved with him?" Li Yue asked curiously.
"Boss Ming from Nether Sky Realm told me someone was using a blood array. I wanted to go out and train, and strengthen my Heavenly Dao Intent. Who knew I’d run into such a guy—not only does he have the Soul-Devouring Divine Sword, he also inherited the Demon-Ward Eight Arts."
"Demon-Ward Eight Arts?" Li Yue exclaimed in shock.
"Yes, that’s right. It’s exactly the Demon-Ward Eight Arts," Fang Buyi replied.
"But doesn’t he use blood arrays? How does he also have Demon-Ward Eight Arts?" Li Yue asked, puzzled.
"It’s different. There are many things about him that can’t be explained—especially his transformation. It’s truly terrifying," Fang Buyi said.
"Yeah, I saw it myself. He sucked me in without mercy—I didn’t even have a chance to fight back," Li Yue said.
"The Tracking Mirror isn’t at Jintian Temple. How will the sect master find us now?" Fang Buyi sighed.
"It’s all up to luck now," Li Yue said.
"The Chaos World is so vast. Finding one person is easier said than done. I used to have the Heaven-Pointing Compass, and you had the Tracking Mirror," Fang Buyi’s mood sank to rock bottom.
"If he’s bold enough, he’ll just go to Jintian Temple," Li Yue said.
"You mean he’ll go to Jintian Temple? And mess with their other artifacts?" Fang Buyi wasn’t stupid—he caught on quickly.
Li Yue nodded, "Exactly."
Fang Buyi also hoped Evan Yang would get reckless and actually go to Jintian Temple—then he’d have a chance to be saved.
Meanwhile, Evan Yang was still watching Yang Huo. Yang Huo was slowly showing signs of waking up—her eyes fluttered open, and she looked at Evan and the others.
"You guys?" Yang Huo asked, curious at their surprised expressions.
"Looks like you’ve finally come of age," Evan Yang smiled, seeing her transform from a girl into a young woman.
"What? I’m an adult now?" Yang Huo finally realized she’d changed. She was overjoyed.
"Definitely a real beauty," the Dream Deity laughed.
"This is great," Yang Huo got up and looked around, smiling.
Evan Yang smiled, "Get ready. We’re heading out."
"Where to?" Yang Huo asked, curious.
"Jintian Temple. They put you through so much. We didn’t go looking for trouble, but they forced it on us. To prevent this from happening again, let’s take the initiative this time," Evan Yang said with a smile.
"Good. I can finally get revenge. Those Jintian Temple people—I won’t let any of them off," Yang Huo said, thrilled after her breakthrough.
Evan Yang stroked the Flame Behemoth. Its injuries had stabilized; after Evan infused enough Heaven-Cold qi, it was much better.
"Can you move?" Evan Yang asked the Flame Behemoth.
The Flame Behemoth replied, "No problem."
"Thank you so much this time," Yang Huo said to the Flame Behemoth. She knew everything that had happened, so she was grateful.
The Flame Behemoth laughed, "It’s nothing. Being with you guys is always exciting."
Evan Yang smiled, then told everyone to pack up. As for Meng Xiaoyu, she continued cultivating here—under the Dream Deity’s guidance, she’d already entered the cultivation phase.
The rejuvenated Flame Behemoth carried Evan Yang and the others out of the water and into the Chaos World. Once there, Evan asked, "Anyone know where Jintian Temple is?"
"No idea, but you can ask those souls," the Dream Deity said.
Evan Yang nodded, then brought out Li Yue and smiled, "How’s it going?"
"Damn you! You won’t have a good end. Sooner or later, the people from Jintian Temple will find you," Li Yue cursed when he saw Evan Yang and the others in the Chaos World.
"Don’t get excited. If they won’t come find me, I’ll just go find them. So tell me, where is Jintian Temple?" Evan Yang asked.
Li Yue was stunned when he heard Evan Yang wanted to go to Jintian Temple. He stared at Evan, finally asking in disbelief, "You really want to go to Jintian Temple?"
"What, you think I don’t dare?" Evan Yang smiled.
"Fine, you’ve got guts. I’ll tell you." Li Yue wished Evan Yang would hurry to Jintian Temple, so he revealed its location. After Evan heard it, he put Li Yue away.
"Are we heading out now?" Yang Huo couldn’t wait to test her strength. Evan Yang smiled, "No rush. This time, our main goal is to steal their artifacts first, then stir up chaos in Jintian Temple."
"How do we find them?" Yang Huo asked, curious.
"I have the Tracking Mirror. I checked just now—several artifact locations are clustered near one spot. I’m guessing that’s Jintian Temple, and the guy I questioned confirmed it," Evan Yang said.
"Alright, Dad, I’ll follow your lead. However you want to act, I’ll act. I absolutely want to finish off those bastards." Yang Huo still remembered nearly dying before; the memory was fresh.