Necropolis Immortal

no, causing Ashu to squirm in agitation.
If he could cultivate here for a year or two, he’d become a living man.
However, he’d given up on that plan after Carmine Eternal’s warning: the moment he came back to life, the zombie tree would come for him.

“The door leading to the yin tomb lies within the volcano.” The priest of earth turned to Lu Yun.
“Given your cultivation and strength, though, you’ll be burned to death by the endless fire elements before you can even get close to it.”

Whoosh!

White flames burst out of the demon sovereign’s body, releasing a conflicting energy of extreme cold and heat.

Boom!

The fire elements in the area gathered at tremendous pace, scattering the demon sovereign’s Hadal Bonefire and turning it into elemental fire.
Eyes wide with horror, the demon sovereign barely kept himself from knee jerking into his skeletal manifestation.

“My Hadal Bonefire cannot burn here!”

That meant a flame more powerful than Hadal Bonefire had taken root in the area, claiming the five hundred thousand radius as its territory.
No fire lesser than it could burn here.

“Hadal Bonefire?” an icy female voice remarked from the mouth of the volcano.
A young woman donning palace attire emerged with fire swirling about her.
She was the priest of fire, the one who had left earlier.
The volcano below was the real altar of fire!

“That’ nothing but a lowly yin fire.” The priest of fire flicked a glance at the demon sovereign and curled her lip, her delicate features arranging themselves into slight derision.

“What we saw earlier wasn’t the true fire altar, but a manifestation created by the volcano!” Realization struck Lu Yun as soon as he saw the priest of fire emerge.

The five elemental altars were each a unique entity that could not be duplicated, but the power of the altars could be manifested by various corresponding treasures.
Before Emperors Fall, the five altars were controlled by the priests under Xuan Yuan’s banner.
The five priests now were able to manifest the five altars through their treasures and legacies.

The tomb realm created by the Moat Snake allowed no cultivation, so the five priests were no cultivators.
All of their power came from tributes and faith.
The Xuan Yuan Slaves treated the five priests as divine spirits and worshipped them, granting power similar to that of sacrifice-born divine spirits.

“The art of incantation isn’t about tapping into the world’s power and manipulating it on your own, but connecting to the five priests and tapping into the world’s power through them!” With his formula dao operating at its limit, it didn’t take long for Lu Yun to come to an informed conclusion.

The five priests each ruled over a part of the tomb realm, and these five treasures of the world were the sources of all power here.
The priests received their strength from the Xuan Yuan Slaves, and the two parties complemented one another perfectly to form a perfect cycle.

“We aren’t the biggest obstacle you face, little fellow, that’d be the fire elements in the environment.” The priest of fire chuckled, “If you can make your way to the door and open it, no one will be able to stop you.” She suddenly changed the audience that she addressed.
“Alright, there’s nothing for you to do here anymore.
You are all dismissed.”

The Xuan Yuan Slaves lurking around the volcano retreated silently.

“That’s it?” Lu Yun blinked, nonplussed.

The priests of fire and earth exchanged a look and shook their heads.

“Outside of special occasions,” sighed the priest of earth, “Even I have trouble passing through the great fires to reach the door.”