While the Spiritual Treasure sect was being baptized by unending, bloody battles, Nie Tian and his party were quietly sitting down at the peak of the stone mountain, waiting.


    They had already used spirit stones to recover the spirit energy that they had lost earlier. Currently, they were gazing off in the direction of the Spiritual Treasure sect, unsure of what to do next.


    The low-lying ground around the mountain had already been turned into a sea of boilingva, and many mountains had copsed.


    Unless they could grow wings, there was no possibility that they could leave the Scarlet me Mountain Range, which had already turned into a purgatory of smolderingva.


    Fortunately, because of the food deficiency incident that they had endured in the Green Illusion dimension, Jiang Lingzhu and Pan Tao had both picked up the habit of storingrge amounts of dried meat in their bracelets of holding. Therefore, no one was worried about food.


    Time flew. The day passed and night descended.


    When the cold crescent moon once again rose into the night sky, the entire Scarlet me Mountain Range had already be dazzling and bright due to theva that was practically everywhere.


    Pan Tao looked off into the distance. Face grim, he said, “After this battle, not only our sect, but the Ghost sect and Blood sect will also suffer great losses. They would never have thought that there was a terrifyingly strong Earth me Beast hidden within the earth’s core under the Scarlet me Mountain Range. God knows how long that Earth me Beast had been confined there, and for how many years it has been gathering enough me energy to form enoughva to fill the entire Scarlet me Mountain Range.


    “Admittedly, our sect will suffer disastrous losses after this battle. However, I believe that the Ghost sect and the Blood sect will also regret invading us.”


    An Shiyi heaved a sigh and said, “If the Ghost sect, the Blood sect, and our sect all suffer great damages because of this incident, and the three Profound realm experts also sustain different degrees of injuries, this might cause a profound andsting impact on the entire Realm of me Heaven.”


    Upon hearing her words, Pan Tao seemed to have thought of something, and his expression slightly flickered.


    Curious, Nie Tian asked, “What are you worrying about?”


    “The nine realms of the Domain of the Falling Stars aren’t exactly getting along peacefully.” Pan Tao frowned. “If Lai Yi and his people can use the ancient inter-spacial teleportation portal to get to the Realm of me Heaven, so can others. If experts from the other eight realms learn about the ongoing turbulences in the Realm of me Heaven, and that the major sects have all taken heavy blows, perhaps they wille up with the idea of invading our realm.


    “Although fights between realms are pretty rare, it doesn’t mean that they have never happened before.


    “No matter how bitter and fierce the internal fights are in the Realm of me Heaven, they won’t be evenparable to inter-realm wars. If an inter-realm war were to break out, that would be the ultimate danger to the Realm of me Heaven. If that day actuallyes, people will be plunged into an abyss of misery. Qi warriors, mortals, mountains andkes, cultivation Blessed Lands, and spirit beasts could all disappear because of it.”


    Nie Tian’s expression flickered. “An inter-realm war!”


    He had also learned from his master Wu Ji that the nine realms hadn’t always maintained peaceful rtions, and that wars would break out between them every now and then.


    ording to Wu Ji, even at present, two realms of the Domain of the Falling Stars were still engaged in a bloody war which had already dragged on for over a hundred years...


    In inter-realm wars, whether it was the scale, or the number of experts that participated in them, or the damages that were caused to both realms, they would all far surpass the internal wars in the Realm of me Heaven.


    Furthermore, ording to Wu Ji, there seemed to have been more than nine realms within the Domain of the Falling Stars once upon a time.


    Some realms had been gued by never ending wars and ended up damaged to a point where they were no longer suitable for any living creature to inhabit. Now, those realms were no longer part of the Domain of the Falling Stars.


    The most terrifying result of an inter-realm war would be an entire realm beingpletely destroyed and turned into a wastnd.


    At that moment, An Ying pointed to a river ofva and joyfully said, “Sister! Look! Look what’s in theva river!”


    Everyone looked over with rapt attention, and noticed that there were shiny, crystal-like gems in theva river. Even though they were within a river of mes, it was hard to cover up their radiance.


    They were transparent, sparkling, and reflected red res like shining stars within the burning river.


    An Shiyi’s eyes lit up. “me Crystals! Those are level two Premium grade fire-attributed spirit materials!”


    Surprised, Pan Tao said, “It seems that, with the eruption of the magma, the me Crystals, products of the condensation of the pure power of fire, were flooded out of the depths of the earth’s core. They are a true blessing. To any equipment forger, or fire-attributed cultivator, me Crystals can be considered as very rare and valuable items.


    “What a waste. If only we could collect some of them. We would make a fortune out of them.


    “Not only are me Crystals very hard to find in the Realm of me Heaven, they are also highly valued in the other eight realms, and can be traded for many treasures.”


    Those who knew about how valuable the me crystals were, all had greedy looks in their eyes, but their faces were filled with pity and disappointment.


    “Over there!” Jiang Lingzhu extended her arm and pointed towards an enormous rock.


    That rock came from a surrounding mountain that had recently copsed. Following the copse of the mountain, it had rolled out from the belly of the mountain.


    Embedded in the huge rock, sparkling and brilliant strings of me could be seen, which were very much resembled the crystal-like ribbons that Nie Tian had previously seen in the depths of the earth’s core. There were faint, mysterious patterns of me within each of them, and those patterns... seemed to be constantly flowing, as if there was some kind of profound truth about the power of fire hidden within them.


    “They have me channels inside! They are... Earthme Crystal Strings!” An Shiyi’s body shook with excitement, and a brilliant light shed across her pupils. Eyes fixed on the glittering strings of me, she excitedly said, “They are level seven Premium grade spirit materials! There are me channels within the Earthme Crystal Strings, within which lie the secrets of the me power! They are indispensable materials if one wishes to forge Spirit Channeling grade fire-attributed spiritual tools!


    “Even Qi warriors who don’t refine spiritual tools or practice fire incantations can use the crystal channels within the Earthme Crystal Strings to gain enlightenment of the profundity of me power hidden within them!


    “The depths of the earth’s core under the Scarlet me Mountain Range has actually created the perfect environment to give birth to Earth Fire Crystal Strings! This is definitely thanks to the Earth me Beast!”


    An Shiyi was endlessly excited, and she danced about as she shouted. Her appearance suggested that she wished that she could immediately charge down to collect those Earth Fire Crystal Strings.


    “God damn!” Pan Tao cried out. “Feng Luo and that witch Yu Tong have made a move!”


    Nie Tian looked over toward the other mountain peak, and discovered that Feng Luo and Yu Tong were sliding down from the top of the mountain.


    At the foot of that mountain, there was also a longva river, within which arge number of me Crystals were sparkling with bright light.


    “Do they want to die?” After a moment of silent pondering, Jiang Lingzhu continued, “Wait a minute! There’s actually is a way that will allow us to collect the me Crystals! As long as we put big rocks in theva river, we can step on them to gradually move closer to the side of thatva creek where we can then use our spiritual tools to fish up those me Crystals from the river!”


    Upon hearing these words, everyone became thrilled and mored to get down the mountain and collect the me Crystals.


    As they knew, the me Crystals were considerably valuable, especially for disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect, since their sect might not be there when the whole thing was over. If they could gain some me Crystals, they could still use them to exchange for the spirit stones and spirit materials needed for their cultivation.


    If there was an opportunity, they could even leave the Realm of me Heaven and exchange them for high-ranked spiritual tools in other realms!


    As the saying goes, birds die for food, people die for money. Despite the fact that they hadn’t truly escaped danger and their future was still full of uncertainty, every one of them was now seething with excitement due to the appearance of the me Crystals.


    Nie Tian hadn’t expressed his stance in this, yet the group of people had already moved out, imitating Feng Luo and Yu Tong by descending from the mountaintop.


    “These guys...” He whispered to himself.


    However, he didn’t want to stay behind on the mountaintop by himself. Thus, he followed them down.


    The mountain wasn’t high, and it took far less time to get down the mountain than to climb to the top. An hourter, they had all arrived at the foot of the mountain. An Shiyi and the others lifted up enormous rocks from the bank of theva river and continuously hurled them into theva.


    The huge stones continued to pile up from the bottom of the river. When everyone saw that the rocks had piled to a point where they were protruding out of theva’s surface, they all became high in spirits and excitement could be seen on their faces.


    Before long, the rocks that had stuck out formed a line of stepping stones that led into the creek that contained sparkling me Crystals.


    “Let’s go!”


    An Shiyi lunged forward so quickly that she turned into a line of fiery light, and in the next moment, she gracefullynded on the rock that was the closest to the bank.


    She only adjusted for a moment before continuing to jump to the next rock. Using the rocks as stepping stones, she headed towards the target creek.


    Behind her, An Ying and Pan Tao followed suit and jumped forward, as they also longed for the me Crystals which they could make good use of in the future.


    Nie Tian was about to move out when he suddenly sensed the aura of the me Dragon Armor. He couldn’t help but narrowed his eyes to sense it with rapt attention.


    He found that the me Dragon Armor was still quite far away from him. Apparently, it had already flown out from the depths of the earth, and was now wandering about in the Scarlet me Mountain Range.


    Just like them, it also seemed to be collecting something.