Refining Emptiness, Entering Nine Star

However, that did not mean Void Swallowing Flame had no resistance left at all.

Rather, Void Swallowing Flame had simply chosen to break himself into pieces.

Even if Xiao Yan devoured him, he would still be Xiao Yan's strongest Strange Fire, and could even become Xiao Yan's fire spirit. With the many Strange Fires he had devoured beforehand, he might even grow stronger.

...He just might not be as free as he had once been.

But even so, it was still better than having nothing. Besides, Xiao Yan was so astonishingly talented that he might truly have the chance to break through to Dou Di. This all-or-nothing gamble might not necessarily be wrong.

Moreover, even a Dou Di would die, would fall, while Strange Fires lived as long as the heavens. One day, he would be like the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had been to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint in the past—regaining his freedom and rising to a higher level.

Unfortunately, how could Xiao Yan not know of such thoughts?

"Beset by Evil Thoughts. Void, void. Your name contains the word void, yet you are not void at all."

Xiao Yan slowly spoke.

"What do you mean?"

Void Swallowing Flame's voice involuntarily carried a little confusion, yet confidence also rose in his heart. He felt that Xiao Yan could no longer do anything to him.

"Beset by Evil Thoughts, with a savage nature that is hard to change. I don't need a fire spirit like you."

Void Swallowing Flame was suddenly startled, and thought of the most terrifying possibility for him.

"You truly intend to have a desperate struggle with me?!"

Void Swallowing Flame subconsciously wanted to backlash against Xiao Yan, but he sensed that the power that had originally belonged to him was gradually being stripped away from