At the far edge of the square rose a towering crystal tower, shrouded head to toe in pulsing Chaotic Origin Flame. Around its foundation, the flames thickened to near-liquid, sliding like molten glass.
Jared’s own aura blazed just as fiercely; the Chaotic Fire Lotus inside his elixir field trembled with excitement. He raised a hand, palm sheathed in solid spiritual light, and pressed against the massive door of the tower, its surface etched with esoteric flame runes.
A deep hum answered. The living flame upon the doors sang in delight, parting like water to reveal a lotus-shaped recess at the center. Every contour of that recess matched the Chaotic Fire Lotus in his core to flawless perfection.
Without thinking, Jared guided the lotus to quiver and released a thread of its nascence aura.
In the next moment, a tiny but dazzling flame of chaotic colors coursed along his meridians into his palm, then gently seeped into the waiting recess.
A string of delicate clicks promptly rang out like cosmic clockwork. Hidden gears turned with a music that felt like the very voice of the power of law.
The crystal gate, weighty as a mountain and sealed by ages, swung inward—slow, solemn, unstoppable.
From the widening gap spilled no blinding glare, only a warm, maternal radiance of chaos and an ancient, welcoming breath.
Jared did not hesitate for a single moment. He stepped forward, and his figure vanished into the chaotic glow, disappearing inside the crystal tower.
From a distance, Reiner’s spiritual sense watched the slowly opening doors of the crystal tower—doors that even the Blazefire Demon Lord had once solemnly warned him never to enter—and saw Jared stepping inside without the slightest obstacle. His entire body stiffened, as if turned to stone, unable to regain composure for a long while.
Finally, he faced the direction of the tower, reined in all his aura, straightened his robes, and, in the most solemn manner, performed a deep, earth-shaking bow.
He knew that the secrets and duties he had guarded for thousands of years might finally meet their destined master. And he had also witnessed the birth of a legend powerful enough to shake the heavens and all worlds—a legend that, at this very moment, officially set sail.
The instant Jared completely disappeared into the warm light flowing from the gates of the Chaotic Crystal Tower, it was as if he had crossed some boundary of time and space, entering a bizarre realm constructed entirely from fire and the power of law.
Inside the tower, there were no halls or rooms as one might imagine. Instead, an endless expanse of chaotic void unfolded, seemingly boundless, yet somehow fully visible at a glance.
Within the void, there was no up or down, no left or right, only countless fire runes and strands of law, flickering and glowing in every color, slowly rotating, flowing, and intertwining like a river of stars.
Those runes and strands formed innumerable shapes of fire: tiny as candlelight, colossal as stars; gentle as a warm stream, violent as a thunder calamity; alive as a budding sprout, fading as drifting embers.
It was as if a living encyclopedia of fire itself had taken shape.
At the center of the void floated the most condensed, most dazzling chaotic light source. Though seemingly still, it constantly underwent countless cycles of birth and death, emitting an indescribably ancient, vast, familiar, and majestic aura.
It was none other than the core of the Blazefire Secret Realm, the true imprint of the fragment of the Chaotic Origin Flame, and the very thing the Blazefire Demon Lord had long desired but could never obtain.
As soon as Jared stepped into the space, the nascent Chaotic Fire Lotus within his elixir field resonated violently with the Chaotic Light Origin. Without any guidance, the fire lotus flew out of his elixir field, hovering above his head. It slowly rotated, scattering chaotic radiance.
The Chaotic Light Origin at the center of the void, as if recognizing its counterpart, divided a gentle yet incomparably pure stream of chaotic light, forming a bridge that connected to the lotus above Jared’s head.
Buzz!
A boundless torrent of information, interwoven with an unimaginable flood of chaotic fire essence, surged along this bridge straight into Jared’s body.
However, it was no longer the relatively coarse, extractable energy of the outer Chaos Sea of Flame. It was the most primordial, pure essence of Chaotic Law Fire!
Every strand contained the complete secrets of fire-related laws.
Jared’s consciousness field was instantly filled with golden flame runes and torrents of profound ultimate energy. At the same time, the massive influx of Chaotic Law Fire essence was absorbed by the Chaotic Fire Lotus without obstruction.
The lotus grew at a visible speed as it repeatedly condensed and bloomed! Its petals shifted from ethereal to tangible, from blurry to clear. On each petal appeared naturally intricate and profound chaotic patterns, as if recording the epic history of fire since the creation of the world.
At the center of the lotus, a dazzling, nascent chaotic seed slowly took form.
Under the infusion of this primordial inheritance and the baptism of supreme ultimate energy, Jared’s cultivation began a second, far more rapid leap.
The barrier at the Top Level Human Immortal Realm Level Eight melted away silently, like snow under a spring breeze.
Before he knew it, he had broken through into Human Immortal Realm Level Nine!
Additionally, the momentum of his breakthrough had increased. The essence of Chaotic Law Fire seemed endless, and the growth of the Chaotic Fire Lotus appeared limitless.
Just like that, Jared steadily progressed from Level Nine beginner phase to Level Nine middle phase and Level Nine advanced phase.
Finally, the torrent of growth reached a vast, fated chasm that existed between the Human Immortal and Heavenly Immortal realms. Only then did it gradually stabilize.
By the time it ended, Jared had achieved Top Level Human Immortal Realm Level Nine.
He was now just one step away from the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the stage that truly marked entry into the ranks of high-level cultivators and the first qualitative transformation of life itself.
