The danger that Yuan Ming's clone mentioned does indeed exist. If someone truly designs this from behind the scenes and shuts down the entrance to the space spiritual treasure, then those who enter would truly be trapped like fish in a barrel.

The reason Yuan Ming wants to leave a clone outside is naturally for surveillance purposes. After all, once everyone enters the spiritual treasure space, they may not be able to promptly know the external changes, posing some risk.

"Fellow Daoist Wan, your words are reasonable. Wei Ling, you should also stay behind to guard the entrance for everyone," Wang Fulong instructed.

"Yes," Wei Ling agreed.

Master Tantai, Long Hou, Jin Chen, and others heard the words and left people outside to watch over.

Soon, the selection of those entering the space spiritual treasure was finalized.

Sima Changqin and his six Black Demon Guards, led by Master Tantai from the Daluo Sect and four disciples, Long Hou from the Heavenly Dragon Hall with Long Yinkong and Long Yuhuan, Jin Chen from White Emperor City with Gu Chuanting and three Returning to Void cultivators, and Wang Fulong from the Sunset Sect with two gold-robed youths at the Returning to Void Stage.

Besides these, only Wulu and Xi Ying were entering.

Of course, Yuan Ming, who had transformed into a stone hiding in Wulu's sleeve, was also among them.

On the Ten Thousand Demon Country's side, Wu Yu brought along seven or eight sixth-level demons, including the Five Great Demon Kings.

The Flame Wolf King also flew over, hearing that Wu Yu was unexpectedly teaming up with Sima Changqin and others for the treasure hunt, feeling displeased but not daring to defy Wu Yu's decision.

In addition to several sixth-level demons, about a dozen fifth-level demons accompanied, both sides maintaining roughly equivalent strength.

"Everyone, let's meet inside the spiritual treasure space," Wu Yu led a group of the Demon Clan, flew into the silver vortex, and disappeared.

"Let's go in as well," Sima Changqin said, taking the six Black Demons, walking into the silver vortex, their forms enveloped in a faint ripple, then vanished.

Seeing this, the others also went over one by one and disappeared into the spatial ripples.

Wulu, carrying Yuan Ming and Xi Ying, were the last to enter.

Initially, a distortion came before Wulu's eyes, then darkness ensued, and after it brightened again, they had already arrived in another world.

It was a vast expanse of crimson mountains and rivers; wherever one looked, there was red scorched earth and clusters of flaming fire.

In the distance, winding rivers could be seen.

However, the rivers did not flow with water but with bright red molten magma.

The most immediate feeling upon entering this space was not the intense heat but an indescribable force of space.

It resembled an omnipresent mountain, heavily pressing on everyone's shoulders.

Fortunately, those who entered were all high-cultivation human and demon clans, hence not unable to withstand this formidable space power. However, everyone's Divine Sense and eyesight were greatly affected.

The range at which Divine Power could be externalized wasn't even a tenth of what it was outside, and as for eyesight, at most one could see the magma river ten or so miles away; beyond that was a distorted, blurred scene, with nothing visible.

"To avoid conflicts in the beginning, how about we use that magma river as the initial boundary and each explore half?" Wu Yu suggested.

"Alright, but we'll choose first," Sima Changqin said.

"Please go ahead, Qin Demon," Wu Yu nodded.

Sima Changqin narrowed his eyes, looking around; moments later, he pointed towards the left side of the river, saying, "We'll take this side."

"Then let's split up and see whom destiny favors more," Wu Yu replied.

Having said that, she led the Ten Thousand Demon Country's team towards the right side of the river, swiftly disappearing at the horizon's edge.

"Let's move out," said Sima Changqin.

After speaking, he headed towards the left side of the magma river, leading the team to move out.

Yuan Ming wasn't used to following others, but unfortunately, at this moment, he didn't have a suitable opportunity to detach from the team, so his clone had to keep up.

Due to the powerful suppression of space power, flying through the air in this mountain and river space wasn't an easy task.

Fortunately, the team had cultivators no lower than the Returning to Void Stage, so even with the space power suppression, their flying escape speed wasn't too slow.

In no time, the group tunneled hundreds of miles, yet they had not seen the boundary of the space spiritual treasure.

At this point, they understood what Wu Yu meant by saying this place was vast and extensive.

After flying for a while, Sima Changqin waved to stop everyone.

"No one knows how big this ghostly place is; searching like this is pointless. We need to stop moving collectively and act separately to quickly find where the Heavenly Fire is," said Sima Changqin.

"Separate exploration?" Upon hearing this, a hint of hesitation appeared on everyone's faces.

"Lord Qinmo, the Ten Thousand Demon Country people came here long ago; they might have already set up an ambush within this space, separating and acting is somewhat risky," Master Tantai said with a frown.

"Delaying here too long is also very dangerous. If the Ten Thousand Demon Country finds the Heavenly Fire first, our situation becomes very passive," Sima Changqin shook his head.

The others heard this and for a moment, no one spoke.

"All of you are elite warriors of the Human Clan. I believe you have confidence in your own strength. You wouldn't become so timid just because you've come here, would you?" Sima Changqin continued.

"Lord Qin Mo is right. However, in this Spiritual Treasure Space, the Space Power is abnormal, and the Divine Power is suppressed. The Communication Talisman will likely be affected too. Once we disperse, if we encounter danger or find the location of the Heavenly Fire, how should we inform the others?" Long Hou spoke.

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed, yet there was no good solution.

"You don't need to worry about this; I've been prepared." Sima Changqin said, turning his wrist, revealing a deep purple lacquered wooden box in his palm.

With a "snap," he opened the lid of the wooden box, revealing twenty to thirty small purplish-red wooden blocks, roughly half the size of a palm.

"This is..."

Everyone looked over in confusion, and after careful observation, found that they were miniature handcrafted wooden zithers, with all the necessary shapes and parts of an Ancient Zither, except for the strings.

"These are Demon Sound Talismanic Zithers I handcrafted from Dragon Roar Wood. They are refined with a wisp of my Essence Blood. Please carry them close to your body. When you encounter danger, just channel mana to activate them, and I can sense it. I may even be able to use the Demon Sound Talismanic Zither to assist remotely," Sima Changqin explained.

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression turned to joy, except Master Tantai and Xi Ying, who remained unchanged.

With the assistance of Lord Qin Mo, their chance of survival would certainly increase significantly.

Yuan Ming, hiding in Wulu's sleeve at the moment, heard this and scoffed inwardly.

Soon, everyone received a Demon Sound Talismanic Zither from Sima Changqin's hand.

"Take care, everyone." Sima Changqin cupped his hands, glanced at Xi Ying, and with six Black Demons, flew into the air, quickly disappearing into the distance.

The others also chose their directions and flew away.

Only Wulu and Xi Ying remained on the spot.

"I'll be off too," Xi Ying said, transforming into a tunneling light, and disappeared.

Yuan Ming originally wanted Xi Ying to travel with him, but seeing this, he had no choice but to give up.

Wulu also transformed into a flying rainbow, flying hundreds of miles away before stopping after completely distancing himself from everyone.

The stone in his sleeve shot out, and after a flash in mid-air, it quickly returned to human form.

Wulu was about to speak but was stopped by Yuan Ming raising his hand, followed by Yuan Ming's voice transmission sounding in his Sea of Consciousness.

"Throw away that Demon Sound Talismanic Zither, let's leave here first and discuss later."

"Why?" Wulu paused, but also replied via voice transmission.

"This Demon Sound Talismanic Zither contains a surveillance Forbidden. Besides the functions Sima Changqin mentioned, it also serves to monitor everyone at all times," Yuan Ming transmitted.

Wulu, upon hearing this, his expression changed dramatically, without the slightest hesitation, took out the small wooden zither, and threw it away.

Immediately, the two accelerated their flying escape, distancing themselves from the area quickly.

"I didn't expect Sima Changqin to be so despicable, wanting to surveil all of us." Wulu spoke angrily.

"He's acting under orders from Ancestor Bing Lan, naturally trying to control the progress of searching for the Heavenly Fire as much as possible," Yuan Ming said calmly, not angry at all.

"Brother Yuan, this region is vast, even if everyone separates, it's like searching for a needle in the ocean. Do you have any good solutions?" Wulu stopped scrutinizing Sima Changqin and asked.

For some reason, he always felt that Yuan Ming would have a solution to break the impasse.

"I have a rather crude method; I just don't know if it will work," Yuan Ming pondered.

"What method?" Wulu's eyes lit up in delight, asking.

"I once read about a cultivator who specialized in detecting Spirit Veins, writing a Classic on mining. Whenever he arrived in unfamiliar places to find mines, he would start from the Spirit Veins. Places rich in spiritual power are likely where mines are born. In this space, it's filled with Fire Attribute Spiritual Power, and the space is entirely enclosed. You can see a lot from the spiritual power distribution. What do you think is the main factor affecting the abundance of spiritual power?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Heavenly Fire..." Wulu's eyes sparkled; he immediately thought of this answer.

In fact, this answer was not accurate; factors affecting the distribution of Fire Attribute Spiritual Power were definitely more than just this one.

This wasn't a normal world but a Spiritual Treasure Space, no matter how vast, it was ultimately a refined spiritual treasure, and couldn't possibly entirely emulate the external environment.

But the most likely factor affecting the Fire Attribute Spiritual Power distribution here was undoubtedly the existence of Heavenly Fire.

The closer to the Heavenly Fire, the more concentrated the Fire Attribute Spiritual Power would be.

"Brother Yuan's method makes sense, but how to explore the underground Spirit Vein path when the Space Power here suppresses the sensing of Divine Power?" Wulu asked.

"Leave this to me," Yuan Ming said with a smile.

He had the Undying Tree, and by releasing the roots deep underground, he could explore the distribution of the Spirit Veins below.

The suppression on the Undying Tree Roots here was not severe; he had just tried it.

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