As time slowly passed, Yuan Ming continued to move forward silently, but suddenly, he noticed that the surrounding temperature seemed to no longer fluctuate greatly, and the power of the spirit vein ahead was even more abundant to the extreme.

"It seems I've finally reached the core region of the Red Mountain Range." He was pleased at heart and quickly extended his divine sense, looking forward.

He saw that ahead was an unusually long steep canyon, bottomless, and filled with blazing white flames, far more dazzling than the Earth Core Purifying Fire, the temperature scorching several times more. Just a glance from afar made his eyes burn, as if the moisture was being baked dry.

Yuan Ming erected a protective shield and flew to the front of the canyon, but the white fire in the canyon burned intensely, filling the entire gorge and blocking the way.

After a moment's thought, he summoned the Emperor Yan's Ruyi Scepter, attempting to disperse the obstructing white fire.

However, the power of the Emperor Yan's Ruyi Scepter fell upon the blazing white flames, as if a mud bull entered the sea, with no response at all.

"What kind of flames are these? Even with the Zhu Rong Heart Technique and Emperor Yan's Ruyi Scepter, I still can't disperse them!" Yuan Ming was greatly surprised, and after pondering for a moment, he once again used the Circular Light Technique to probe the situation in the canyon.

But the light ball he summoned was still a blank white, with only the flames quietly burning; the Circular Light Technique couldn't investigate either.

This left Yuan Ming in a difficult position, staring intently at the flames before him, his mind turning over thoughts, striving to find a solution.

Just then, a low whistling sound suddenly came from behind.

Yuan Ming's expression changed slightly, and he immediately flickered aside, simultaneously activating the Heavenly Escape Stone Talisman. His body quickly turned transparent, then completely vanished, as if he didn't exist in the valley at all.

Yuan Ming had previously only indirectly used the Heavenly Escape Stone Talisman through Wulu, and now, activating it himself, he finally understood the mysterious aspects of the Heavenly Escape Stone Talisman.

At this moment, an invisible force emerged from the stone talisman, enveloping him as if it were a barrier.

This layer of invisible barrier had no defensive power of its own but had an extremely strong concealment effect, such that even Dharma Phase Cultivators couldn't detect a trace of it from the outside.

Yuan Ming showed a hint of joy, but before he could feel it in detail, the whistling sound approached rapidly, forcing him to put aside his investigations and turn his head towards the horizon.

He saw, approaching quickly in the direction opposite to where he had come from, a red great cauldron protecting five people who soon landed before the canyon.

As the distance narrowed, Yuan Ming discovered that the newcomers were led by Master Tantai, along with Yang Fan and Gan Wenqing, his two disciples, and two other elderly men in yellow robes. Both were in the Late Stage of Returning Void, ordinary-looking, seemingly unremarkable.

Yuan Ming's brows furrowed slightly; in his impression, there were no such yellow-robed elders among the people who entered from the Daluo Sect. Where did they come from?

However, thinking of his own Shura Palace, he quickly relaxed.

Master Tantai, as the sect master of the Daluo Sect, having a space treasure wasn't surprising.

Yuan Ming looked at the red great cauldron suspended above the five, its shape rectangular, with countless floating cloud fire patterns carved on its body. Spirit light flickered, and the fire patterns continuously flowed and swirled, colors hazy and dreamlike, seemingly containing some peculiar rhythm, bringing up bursts of intangible ripples.

A red twilight beam fell from the great cauldron, tightly protecting the five below, preventing the mountain flames from touching them in the slightest.

Seeing the five's relaxed expressions, they didn't seem to feel the unbearable heat.

Yuan Ming's eyes moved slightly, the fire-repelling and heat-insulating effect of this red great cauldron seemed to exceed that of the Emperor Yan's Ruyi Scepter by quite a margin.

The Emperor Yan's Ruyi Scepter had as many as thirty-five runes and specialized in fire control, yet it couldn't compare to this red great cauldron. Who knows what kind of wonder this cauldron contained.

With this thought, Yuan Ming secretly extended a wisp of divine sense, wanting to probe what was so special about the red great cauldron.

But when his divine sense touched the cauldron body, it was gently flicked away by an invisible force.

Yuan Ming was taken aback and tried other methods but to no avail.

The invisible force around the red great cauldron wasn't particularly thick, yet it blocked all his methods.

"Fellow Daoist Nan, I saw your master using a red great cauldron to shield himself from the flames. It seems quite miraculous. How much do you know about this treasure?" Yuan Ming, disinclined to waste more effort, directly asked Nan Shangfeng.

"Red great cauldron? What does it look like?" Nan Shangfeng's voice sounded.

Not wanting to describe it, Yuan Ming waved his hand to cast a Circular Light Technique in the Shura Palace, revealing the situation outside.

"This is the Daluo Sect's Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod. How did Master bring it out?" Nan Shangfeng exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the red great cauldron.

"Is this cauldron very precious?" Yuan Ming asked upon seeing this.

"Not just precious, it's unique. The Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod is the Daluo Sect's heavy treasure, inscribed with thirty-six runes, a Great Perfection Spirit Treasure, not to be used lightly, even by the sect master, unless in critical situations." Nan Shangfeng, without hiding anything, directly stated.

"A Great Perfection Spirit Treasure? It's the first time I've heard this term. Perfection... does it mean the internal runes have reached the limit?" Yuan Ming curiously asked.

In terms of artifact refining, he had some achievements, but in recent years, he had devoted most of his energy to cultivation and had not delved deeper into artifact refining. He truly hadn't heard of the so-called Great Perfection Spirit Treasure.

"Indeed, a spirit treasure, regardless of how good the material is, can accommodate up to thirty-six runes. Anything that reaches this standard can be called a Great Perfection Spirit Treasure. Not only is the power of this kind of spirit treasure several times higher than other spirit treasures, but the key point is that the Great Perfection Rune Array composed of thirty-six runes can communicate with the heavens and nurture a bit of the power of a Dao Treasure. This alone is enough to outshine all ordinary spirit treasures." Nan Shangfeng spoke eloquently.

"Dao Treasure?" Yuan Ming was once again taken aback.

"It is my oversight; Fellow Daoist Wan has not heard of the Great Perfection Spirit Treasure, and naturally doesn't know about the Dao Treasure. The so-called Dao Treasure is an existence above the spirit treasure, extremely rare, and there may not be a few in the entire Chuyun Realm. Each one contains the immense power to reach the heaven and earth." Nan Shangfeng explained.

"I see, then what is the difference between a Dao Treasure and a spirit treasure?" Yuan Ming asked.

"It can't be described in words. Dao Treasures and spirit treasures are not existences of the same level and cannot be measured by the same means." Nan Shangfeng said seriously.

"Have you seen a Dao Treasure, Fellow Daoist Nan?" Yuan Ming pressed on.

"No, the Dao Treasures of our Chuyun Realm are all held by reclusive Mahayana Realm experts, how could I have seen one? But I have heard my master mention it once or twice." Nan Shangfeng said.

"Alright, let's not talk about Dao Treasures for now. Why can the Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod isolate divine sense probing?" Yuan Ming was quite upset about his divine sense being blocked by the Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod.

"That is one of the effects of a trace of Dao Treasure power within a Great Perfection Spirit Treasure. The power of a Dao Treasure is incredibly mysterious, and one of them is the ability to block the probing of divine soul power." Nan Shangfeng said.

"Doesn't this mean that if you have a Great Perfection Spirit Treasure as protection, you can be completely undefeated against a Soul Cultivator?" Yuan Ming was very surprised.

"Not necessarily, soul cultivation divine powers are enigmatic and unfathomable, and simply blocking divine sense does not guarantee peace of mind." Nan Shangfeng said.

Yuan Ming recalled the curse killing divine power of the Wu Yue God, which could kill someone from a thousand miles away. Relying solely on a Great Perfection Spirit Treasure for protection was indeed not immune.

However, the ability of Great Perfection Spirit Treasures to block divine soul power is equivalent to nullifying most of a Soul Cultivator's methods, and that is quite terrifying.

"Great Perfection Spirit Treasures are scarce. Even with our Daluo Sect's status, we only have one, and other sects won't have many either. It's unrealistic to rely on Great Perfection Spirit Treasures to resist Soul Cultivators." Nan Shangfeng continued.

"Fellow Daoist Nan, you seem to know a lot about Great Perfection Spirit Treasures. What are the conditions for advancing a spirit treasure with thirty-five runes to a Great Perfection Spirit Treasure?" Yuan Ming nodded and asked again.

The Ruyi Scepter in his hand was a spirit treasure containing thirty-five runes. If he could find a way to inscribe one more rune and thus advance it to Great Perfection, it would be greatly beneficial to him.

"How would I know? Fellow Daoist Wan, you overestimate me." Nan Shangfeng immediately shook his head.

Yuan Ming was just asking casually, so he quickly put the thought aside and continued to observe the movements of the Daluo Sect's group.

Master Tantai's group of five arrived in front of the canyon and, upon seeing the blazing white flames in the valley, Yang Fan and the others each used their means to probe but, like Yuan Ming, all were unsuccessful.

So they stopped wasting effort, turning to look at Master Tantai: "Master, what should we do?"

"Judging from the situation here, there is a big problem under the canyon, so naturally, we need to go down and have a look!" Master Tantai said immediately, raising his hand and casting several spells towards the Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod.

The Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod instantly radiated a red light, and from its opening, it emitted a vast fire pillar of three colors: red, orange, and yellow, striking directly upon the blazing white flames.

"Don't just stand there, help me out!" Master Tantai reprimanded.

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan and the others hurriedly channeled their mana into the Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod.

The fire pillar from its mouth grew several times larger, and the frenzied, dense cracking sound became overwhelming. After a moment of duel between the two flames, the blazing white flames were finally defeated, leaving a large gap.

However, the blazing white flames at the gap continued to extend towards the center, and if not for the support of the three-colored fire pillar, they would have quickly fused again.

"Let's go!"

Master Tantai recited this, and then led everyone through the gap under the protection of the Emperor Yan's Mysterious Fire Tripod, widening the path as they went.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming's eyes brightened, and he quickly followed them before the gap closed.

However, to avoid being discovered, he didn't dare follow too closely, and the speed at which the blazing white flames fused was too fast. Even though Yuan Ming did not slow down, he was still burned by part of the blazing white flames.

For the same reason, he didn't dare to openly use the Emperor Yan's Ruyi Scepter for protection, so he could only store it in his dantian, trying to gather his strength, barely protecting vital organs like his heart and lungs.

Under the constant burning of the blazing white flames, half of Yuan Ming's body was scorched black, appearing like a charred corpse from the outside—really a pitiful sight.

Fortunately, the Undying Tree's vitality was strong, continuously providing him with life force to repair the damage to his physical body.

Therefore, although he appeared pitiful at the moment, he was actually not much harmed.