Apotheosis

Laquisha's preternatural fire had always been considered to be one of the mysteries in the divine land.

In the early days, even Samuel didn't know about why it existed.

Since Laquisha left the divine land, her cultivation base had improved greatly. She was able to hone her preternatural fire even if she did not know where it came from.

It soon dawned on Zen just how serious things were. "The counterattack of the fire?" he asked with his heart beating rapidly in his chest. "What happened to her?"

Elvinia heard the anxiety in Zen's voice. She was actually skeptical about Zen's identity, and his reaction confirmed her guess. "This has nothing to do with you, right?" she replied with a cold smile.

"Tell me! What happened to her?" Zen clenched his fist and stepped closer. His aura grew boldly.

He left the girls with Elvinia because he thought that the Phoenix Palace was a safe place as it was the core of the whole Oneness Sky Palace.

He didn't expect anything bad to happen. Now he was worried.

Zen's reaction surprised Elvinia. He was standing directly in front of her with the veins of his neck bulging in anger. Elvinia summoned a golden whip and charged it at Zen's face.

Zen snickered. The divine flames of the Sun Crow race had already failed to harm his physical body while he was in the Source World. It was much less of a threat to him right then.

He reached for the divine flames and broke the golden whip into pieces. With the other hand, he grabbed Elvinia by the collar and shouted, "Tell me!"

"She...she's fine!" Elvinia stammered. "Why are you so angry?" she added with a trembling voice.

A huge wave of relief swept over Zen. For a moment, he was calm. And then he quickly realized Elvinia's real purpose. It was obvious that she was testing him.

Elvinia calmed down and sneered. "You are indeed a disciple of our Oneness Sky Palace, Thad. Or should I call you Zen?"

Zen's eyes widened. His identity was finally revealed. He could no longer deceive Elvinia. What she had just said meant she'd been suspicious of him for a while. Zen sighed. "Is Laquisha really okay?" he asked once more.

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the few items in this hut. Once the wax solidifies, then it's done," Zen explained.

"Can we try to light up the candles we made?" Elvinia asked.

"Let's try." Zen nodded.

In no time, the wax was already dried up and densely packed together, turning into white candles.

Elvinia pointed at a candle, and a golden flame rushed towards it. However, no matter how many times the flame got in contact with the wick, the candle wouldn't light up.

"There must be a specific way," Zen said nonchalantly as though he had already expected the result.

Elvinia sighed. "So how can we leave?" she asked in a hesitating voice.

Zen rubbed his chin to think. "Maybe if we could finish the task in advance, the three-eyed boy would let us go," he said.

No matter what they had to do, he couldn't let her take out the candles in her space ring within a short time. He didn't even bring up this option.

After comforting Elvinia, he put more Burning Crystals in the big pot and spread the green powder on them. She continued to heat them up.

Then he held the vessels in his hand and pulled out the embedded candles one by one.

They continued to work in harmony for at least ten hours. Soon after, they had more than forty candles.

After using up all the Burning Crystals, Zen and Elvinia finally had the time to rest. They leaned on a wall of the wooden house, and rested as they waited for the three-eyed boy to return.