Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 3688: Fighting Like Women In An Emperor’s Harem

Even Lin Mu felt the pull of the Hellish Depths Fire Dao Embryo. The temptation of raw power was great. Yet he remained steady and his will firm.

He shook his head.

"No."

The wisp flared violently in response, releasing a wave of heat that swept across the space. It lingered for a moment, as if unwilling to accept the rejection, before finally retreating.

A minute later another Dao Embryo appeared.

This one was entirely different.

It glowed with a soft emerald light, its flames gentle and fluid, lacking the aggressive intensity of the others.

Lin Mu’s brows furrowed slightly.

"New Life Fire Dao Embryo," he said slowly.

He had never encountered this one before.

Yet its name and nature were clear.

This Dao Embryo embodied renewal. Its flames did not destroy. They nurtured, healed, and transformed. It could stimulate growth, restore vitality, and even reshape energy structures into more stable forms.

It was a paradox.

Fire that created rather than consumed.

Lin Mu studied it carefully.

For the first time since the Hellish Depths Embryo, he felt genuine curiosity.

But even this was not the one he sought.

He remained still.

Waiting.

The furnace still lingered in the distance, surrounded by countless others and Lin Mu knew that the true struggle had only just begun.

The flames did not quiet down after the appearance of the higher ranked Dao Embryos. If anything, they grew even more restless. Lin Mu continued to watch as more and more manifestations emerged, each one carrying a distinct presence, each one trying to assert itself in front of him.

There were Dao Embryos that resembled towering pillars of white fire that burned with a sterile intensity capable of purifying even the most stubborn impurities.

There were others that appeared as molten rivers suspended in midair, flowing endlessly while radiating a suffocating heat that could drown entire battlefields.

Some took abstract forms, like a rotating spiral of flame that compressed energy inward, while others were shaped like beasts, their fiery bodies roaring silently as if demanding recognition.

One particularly striking Dao Embryo appeared as a massive flame gate. Its surface flickered with inscriptions that seemed to shift constantly, each symbol representing a different method of ignition.

Lin Mu instinctively understood that it could open pathways for fire to manifest across distances, allowing flames to appear wherever its user desired. It was rare, complex, and incredibly useful. It was a special Fire Dao Embryo that was actually a hybrid of Fire and Spatial Daos. Only appearing for Lin Mu since Lin Mu was proficient in both.

Another formed as a cluster of floating embers that orbited one another in perfect harmony. Though they appeared small, each ember contained an explosive potential that could be triggered at will. This Dao Embryo represented fragmentation and dispersal, turning a single flame into countless independent sources of destruction.

There was even one that appeared as a silent black flame, completely devoid of light. It absorbed heat rather than emitting it, a paradoxical existence that could extinguish other fires while growing stronger itself. Lin Mu could tell that such a Dao Embryo would be incredibly difficult to obtain under normal circumstances.

The list continued.

More appeared, then more after that.

Lin Mu lost count.

At a certain point, he was certain that he had seen nearly everything that the Fire Dao had to offer. What remained unseen were those that required extremely specific conditions, hybrid Dao Embryos that demanded the fusion of multiple Daos, or unique existences that only one being in the entire universe could possess.

He was almost sure that there were many Fire Dao Embryos that had never even been seen by the Dao Forge appearing here. He could only guess that they had been lured by him naturally.

The space around him was now crowded.

Thousands of Fire Dao Embryos floated in every direction, forming a vast, shifting constellation of flame. Their presence overlapped, their heat layered upon one another, creating an environment so dense with fire that even Lin Mu felt its weight pressing against him.

And within that overwhelming sea, the All Melt Furnace was nowhere to be seen.

Lin Mu closed his eyes briefly.

He took a breath.

Then he tried again.

He reached out with his will, searching for the familiar presence of the furnace. It responded, faintly at first, then more clearly as it recognized him.

’There.’

It was hidden among the countless others.

And when Lin Mu pulled, the chaos resumed.

The moment the All Melt Furnace began to move toward him, the surrounding Dao Embryos surged once more. They collided with it from all directions, pushing it back, striking it, suppressing it.

The furnace flared in resistance, its internal flames roaring like a contained star, yet it was overwhelmed. Against such numbers, even its strength was not enough to advance.

Lin Mu watched.

He tried to guide it, to encourage it, to create a path for it.

Nothing worked.

Time passed.

How much time, he could not tell. It could have been hours. It could have been days.

The scene did not change.

The All Melt Furnace was battered repeatedly, pushed back each time it tried to move forward. The other Dao Embryos showed no intention of relenting.

Lin Mu’s brows furrowed slightly.

He had expected difficulty.

He had not expected this.

As he continued to observe, something clicked in his mind.

The behavior.

The patterns.

The way they surrounded the furnace, blocking it, suppressing it whenever it showed even a hint of progress.

It felt familiar.

Uncomfortably familiar.

Lin Mu exhaled slowly, a strange expression forming on his face.

"This... is ridiculous," he muttered.

In his mind, the comparison formed clearly.

It was like a harem.

An emperor surrounded by countless concubines, each vying for favor. The moment one was chosen, the others would unite to suppress her, ensuring she could not rise above them.

Lin Mu rubbed his temple.

He had never imagined that Dao Embryos could behave like this, like humans.

Yet here he was, watching it unfold.

And now, he needed to deal with it.