Star Palace Master

"Speaking of Xun'er, I have to mention something." Gu Yuan paused, his gaze turning somewhat unfriendly. "You seem to have several wives already?"

"..." Xiao Yan's face suddenly turned ashen, his breath became weak and feeble, and he swayed and fell to the ground, instantly losing consciousness.

"Patriarch, did you glare him to death?" Black Annihilation King's mind went blank.

"I'll settle the score with you after Xun'er's Coming of Age Ceremony!" Gu Yuan snapped irritably, then coughed twice and prepared to leave.

"Need Ninth-grade Treasure Pill? I'll refine it for you for free." Old Yao's pimping voice came, and then he flashed to Xiao Yan's side and kicked him into the Three Thousand Burning Flame of the Heaven Array.

The Black Annihilation King's mind went blank again, and he wondered if he had been in seclusion for too long and was no longer keeping up with the changes in the world.

"Then please invite the Medicine Saint to stay with the Gu Clan for a while!" Gu Yuan glanced at Xiao Yan, who was full of energy in the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and then looked at the Old Yao.

The two then began to flatter each other, their buddy-buddy-like manner leaving Black Annihilation King and the Ancient Clan Three Immortals looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Is the Patriarch very familiar with this Medicine Saint?"

"Perhaps they're related by marriage?"

The four discussed amongst themselves and followed in Gu Yuan's footsteps, tearing through space and heading towards the Ancient Realm...

The Three Thousand Burning Flame surrounding Xiao Yan continuously devoured the power of the stars, repairing Xiao Yan's body.

However, Xiao Yan selectively divided the Purple-Black Sea of Fire into two parts—one part was the pure Three Thousand Burning Flame, and the other part was the Three Thousand Burning Flame influenced by the power of the Ancient Void Dragon.

Yan Li used the latter part of the flame as a bridge, and at the same time used his own Soul Power as a guide to communicate with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, attempting to integrate the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into the Emperor Flame.

Although Xiao Yan's body is now riddled with holes, under the control of his powerful Soul Power, the two Heavenly Flames continuously emit power to repair his body and accelerate their fusion in the process of repair.

The Three Thousand Burning Flame that served as a bridge in the Heaven Array were quickly used up, and a cluster of purple flames appeared between the Emperor Flame and the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

This flame is different from the profoundness of the Emperor Flame, and also different from the domineering nature of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame; it only appears exceptionally noble.

The original black spots and golden luster completely disappeared, leaving only pure purple.

Xiao Yan's mind was immersed in the Heavenly Flames, as if he had entered a starry sky.

It was a very strange feeling, seemingly because Xiao Yan's Soul Realm had broken through again, and being in the pure Three Thousand Burning Flame, his mind was being called by some kind of starry sky.

However, Xiao Yan was not affected by the call, and instead steadily promoted the fusion of the Heavenly Flames and the evolution of the Flame Mantra.

"This call seems to originate from the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Indeed, there are still many unknown places on the Dou Qi Continent."

"I remember there was a palace built among the endless stars in the Nightmare Heavenly Mist, and that's where I found the Three Thousand Burning Flame."

"In other words, this Star Palace is even older than the era of the Nether Flame Demon Saint, and it is indeed related to the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which is why it still exists."

In my memory, those stars seemed to have formed some kind of grand formation, but because of the great antiquity, the power contained within the stars had disappeared, and some stars had even deviated from their original orbits, rendering the grand formation completely ineffective.

However, that Star Palace was still extraordinary, and it could even autonomously escape into the void.

At that time, Xiao Yan only felt that there was an aura in the Star Palace that was no weaker than that of the Nether Flame Demon Saint, but there was no Origin Qi, so he did not explore it further and instead turned around to continue searching for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

After a brief moment's thought, Xiao Yan calmed his mind, ignored the call, and focused on Fusion Heavenly Flame.

However, when Xiao Yan completed the fusion and broke through to the Heaven Realm Soul and Six-Star Dou Zun, he opened his eyes and wanted to roar to the sky, only to find that he had left the Heaven Array at some point and was now in the endless stars.

Looking at the palace radiating a faint starlight and the door with a crack in it, Xiao Yan's eyes twitched involuntarily.

"Well, what's meant to be will be. Since we've been summoned here, let's go in and take a look."

Xiao Yan shook his head and sighed, then took out the Space Jade Slip given to him by Old Yao from his Storage Ring and crushed it.

At the same time, Xiao Yan summoned the Emperor Flame to envelop his entire body, activated the Heavenly Phoenix Wings, and his figure suddenly retreated.

"Bang..."

A dull thud rang out, and Xiao Yan saw the door being kicked open by a small foot, the flying door panel smashing the newly formed spatial passage.

Holy crap!

Xiao Yan's face twisted in pain. Without hesitation, he activated the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.

Three terrifying flames erupted directly in Xiao Yan's meridians, instantly boosting his strength from Six-Star Dou Zun Xiao Yan Zun to a first-turn Dou Zun.

But this meager strength did not bring Xiao Yan any sense of security, because a slender hand tore through space and grabbed his shoulder.

"A member of the Xiao Clan?" A light, melodious voice reached Xiao Yan's ears.

Before me stood a girl dressed in a purple robe embroidered with countless stars.

The girl had a pair of mesmerizing starry eyes, a slender and petite figure, yet her robes exuded an air of majesty. She was currently floating in mid-air, holding Xiao Yan by the shoulder in a strange, downward-looking posture.

"Does Senior have some connection with the Xiao Clan?" Xiao Yan asked, putting away the Heavenly Phoenix Wings and the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.

The girl frowned, tossed Xiao Yan into the palace with a backhand motion, and then flashed to sit on a chair in the palace, coldly saying, "Call me Palace Master!"

Are you a little kid? And you call yourself a princess?

Xiao Yan struggled to his feet from the crater in the floor, then said in a low, humble voice, "Yes, Your Highness!"

"Hmph!" The girl, sitting high on the throne, snorted coldly and looked down at Xiao Yan from the nine steps below, saying, "Anyone who possesses the Dou Di Bloodline deserves to die!"

"Your Highness, you may not know this, but a thousand years ago, a Nine-star Dou Sheng of the Xiao Clan, for his own selfish desires, stripped the entire clan of their Dou Di Bloodline in an attempt to break through to Dou Emperor. As a result, he not only failed, but also indirectly caused the destruction of the Xiao Clan."

"When I was born, the Xiao Clan was already in a state of extreme decline, and even Dou Emperor could bully them at will."

"Therefore, I do not have the Dou Di Bloodline. That Clan Mark is just a special effect of a Secret Technique and has no actual effect."

Just as Xiao Yan was distancing himself from the Dou Di Bloodline, he saw the girl reveal a wicked smile, "But the Xiao Clan is different. Since you don't consider yourself to be one, then die!"

"Although I don't have the Dou Di Bloodline, I inherited the surname Xiao and bear the deep-seated hatred of the Xiao Clan's annihilation. I can never forget it!" Xiao Yan interrupted loudly.

The girl and Xiao Yan looked at each other across the nine steps, and she laughed even more happily, as if she had found an interesting toy. Her tone changed again. "It would be better to keep the Xiao Clan alive and tormented for tens of thousands of years."

"Sometimes I think, carrying that deep-seated hatred is too much pressure, maybe I should just give up..."

145-147 is a bit rough, you can skip it.