Mountain Fire Domain—a forbidden zone for humans.
At the southernmost tip of the Star Luo Empire lies the Star Sand Kingdom.
The Star Sand Kingdom has a vast territory, but its population is the smallest among all the kingdoms.
This is because the environment there is extremely unsuitable for human habitation.
The Star Sand Kingdom borders the Southern Fire Domain Desert, the largest desert on the Douluo Continent.
Theoretically, this desert belongs to the Star Luo Empire, but in reality, the Star Luo Empire has no jurisdiction over it.
The Southern Fire Domain Desert is sparsely populated, practically a no-man's land; little is known about its inhabitants.
Most who enter never return.
This is not a technologically advanced world, so desert development is minimal.
On the Douluo Continent, only areas inhabited by large numbers of spirit beasts are truly valuable for development.
Although the Southern Fire Domain Desert also has many powerful spirit beasts, the boundless desert makes it easy to get lost.
In the desert, even a Title Douluo can die of thirst if they get lost.
And the Fire Domain lies at the very depths of the Southern Fire Domain Desert.
A Soul Master who had ventured there and emerged alive recounted the scene at the deepest part of the Southern Fire Domain desert.
It was like a living hell; scorching flames baked the earth, and the oppressive heat alone was enough to dehydrate a Soul Master to death within half a day.
Most terrifyingly, the Fire Domain was home to unknown and powerful Soul Beasts.
One can imagine how monstrous and powerful these beasts must be to survive in such an environment.
Ordinary Soul Masters dared not venture too far.
The Soul Master who returned possessed a fire-attribute Martial Soul.
Records of the Fire Domain in the Star Luo Empire are scarce; it remains entirely unknown and mysterious.
However, there's little point in exploring such a place. Unlike the Star Dou Great Forest, it's not full of value, and exploring the Fire Domain is far too costly, much like exploring the ocean—humans lack the means to do so.
The Soul Beasts in the Fire Domain are beyond the reach of ordinary Soul Masters, and even powerful Soul Masters have no reason to risk their lives there.
Most importantly, due to the separation caused by the Southern Fire Domain's desert, even if a Soul Master wanted to go to the Fire Domain, they might not be able to get in. It's easy to get lost in the desert, regardless of one's strength.
Learning about the Fire Domain from the Star Luo Empire's library was a sobering thought for Ma Hongjun.
Going to the Fire Domain wasn't as simple as he'd imagined.
However, he had to go regardless, as the Fire God's inheritance location was there.
In the Douluo Continent, there weren't many known locations for divine inheritance.
One was the Sea God's inheritance on Seagod Island,
another was the Asura God's inheritance in the City of Slaughter,
and yet another was the Fallen Angel God's inheritance in the Spirit Hall.
As for the Rakshasa God's inheritance, no fixed location seemed to be mentioned.
In fact, many gods didn't have fixed inheritance locations. Some inherited directly through the descent of their will, like the Evil God's inheritance.
Others selected their successors through inheritance locations attached to high-ranking gods.
For example, in the original story, the Shrek Seven Devils all obtained corresponding divine inheritances on Seagod Island
because those gods belonged to the same faction as the Sea God.
The Star Sand Kingdom is too far from Star Luo City, located at its southernmost tip, at the very end of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Range. Traveling south along the Dragon Tiger Mountain Range leads directly to the Star Sand Kingdom.
The Southern Fire Domain Desert is essentially uninhabited, rarely venturing in, and the risks are unimaginable; countless people have proven its arduousness over the years.
Ma Hongjun hesitated, wondering whether to agree to let the others accompany him to the Fire Domain.
This was no longer tourism; the risks of others going with him were too great—a single misstep could lead to their annihilation.
With the guidance of the Martial God as a guarantee, Ma Hongjun believed there must be the Fire God's legacy within.
However, the Fire Domain was unsuitable for others to survive in. Without fire-type martial souls, they might not last long. Even Liu Erlong couldn't guarantee what would happen if the Fire God's legacy wasn't approved by the Fire God.
Ma Hongjun secretly made up his mind: this trip to the Fire Domain would be a solo journey.
The will of the Evil God had descended upon the Douluo Continent, slowly shattering its existing order.
At this time, the Douluo Continent was filled with uncertainty.
Two great empires, the Spirit Hall, the Three Upper Sects, the Evil God Cult, and the forces of the Soul Beasts.
Besides the Evil God, there may be other unknown deities descending, and the inheritance of various divine positions is gradually beginning.
Undercurrents are surging!
It's estimated that a major event will occur on the Douluo Continent soon.
With the intervention of gods, Title Douluo are no longer the pinnacle of combat power.
Improving strength is now urgent.
After the battle against the Evil Soul Masters, everyone has sensed this change, so they no longer have the leisure for leisure. With
the arrangements in Star Luo City nearly complete, everyone prepares to enter the Dragon Tiger Mountain Range for training.
After this battle, everyone made breakthroughs.
Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan broke through to level 50, Jiang Zhu to level 40, and Chen Cheng to level 30.
Adding to this, Yang Feng, who just joined the team, also broke through to level 60.
All six need to hunt for spirit rings.
Ma Hongjun is currently level 59.
He also hopes to quickly break through to level 60 by training in the Dragon Tiger Mountains, then obtain a spirit ring and become a Spirit Emperor.
Higher strength will increase his chances of finding the Fire God's inheritance site.
Ma Hongjun also plans to traverse the Dragon Tiger Mountains directly to the Star Sand Kingdom.
Liu Erlong and Grandmaster entered the mountains, but their destination is unknown.
The entrance to the Dragon Tiger Mountains from Star Luo City is in the middle of the mountain range, which runs north-south.
Ma Hongjun and the others have been heading south.
With a Title Douluo leading the team, hunting isn't difficult; the challenge lies in finding suitable spirit beasts.
In the vast mountains, finding the right one truly requires fate.
Fortunately, Yu Tianheng had been to the Dragon Tiger Mountains several times. Although he hadn't ventured into the southern part of the mountains, he knew a great deal about the distribution of spirit beasts there.
Powerful spirit beasts were concentrated in the heart of the mountains, so the group first ventured horizontally before proceeding vertically.
The environment of the Dragon Tiger Mountains differed from the Star Dou Great Forest. The Star Dou Great Forest consisted mostly of endless forests and was much flatter.
The Dragon Tiger Mountains, however, were different; they were interconnected mountains with complex and varied terrain, earning them the name "Ten Thousand Mountains. "
Traveling through the Dragon Tiger Mountains was far more difficult.
On the tenth day of their journey, they finally encountered their first suitable target: the Demon God
Tiger Clan.
"This should be the famous Demon God Mountain,"
Dai Mubai said, comparing it to the map. The mountain before him was truly majestic and towering.
"Roar!"
A loud tiger's roar confirmed the mountain's name.
Hunting spirit beasts here would be challenging, as this was the home of the Demon God Tiger Clan, home to hundreds, if not thousands, of Demon God Tigers.
The Demon God Tiger is the king of tigers, possessing immense strength and the ability to fight beyond its level. A hundred-year-old Demon God Tiger can battle alongside thousand-year-old soul beasts without defeat.
There are over a dozen such Demon God Mountains in the Dragon Tiger Mountain Range, and the Demon God Tiger is one of the most powerful soul beast races in the region.
Members of the White Tiger and Tiger Soul Blade families both choose Demon God Tiger soul rings as one of their own. For long-term development, the royal families have a rule against indiscriminately killing Demon God Tigers.
In essence, the Demon God Tiger is a wild soul beast raised by these two families. Of
course, now only one family remains.
Hunting Demon God Tigers is no longer an option; one wouldn't dare venture onto a Demon God Mountain to hunt them, as even two Title Douluo wouldn't be able to handle hundreds or thousands of them.
Due to their immense strength and gregarious nature, many Demon God Tigers are tens of thousands of years old,
and some may even be hundreds of thousands of years old.
A ten-thousand-year-old Demon God Tiger is equivalent to a Soul Saint in human terms; a thirty-thousand-year-old one can rival a Soul Douluo; a fifty-thousand-year-old one can contend with a Title Douluo; a seventy-thousand-year-old one is comparable to a Super Douluo; and a one-hundred-thousand-year-old one requires a Limit Douluo to hunt.
However, it is said that Demon God Tigers find it very difficult to advance beyond ten thousand years.
According to the White Tiger Clan's experience in hunting Demon God Tigers over the years,
they usually wait for the Demon God Tigers to come down the mountain to hunt and then attack any lone one.
The group split into four teams, surrounding Demon God Mountain from four directions to find their target.
Dai Mubai needed a Demon God Tiger in the ten-thousand- to twenty-thousand-year-old range.
A day later, Ma Hongjun's team found a suitable Demon God Tiger coming down the mountain. Like
a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind
, Ma Hongjun and the others quietly followed this ten-thousand-year-old Demon God Tiger.