For years, only elders of the Inner Academy had been allowed to enter the lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. If students wished to enter, their only chance was the annual Strong Ranking competition, where they had to place among the top ten.
Yet today, someone who was neither an Inner Academy elder nor an Inner Academy student had appeared on the lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
"Who goes there?" Elders cultivated and stood guard on the lowest level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower year-round. Seeing the space above the hollow ripple repeatedly, they immediately called out a warning.
Soon after that elder spoke, an old man with white hair and beard appeared on the lowest level. He looked at the rippling space and frowned slightly.
"Great Elder." The two elders on duty respectfully saluted the old man.
The newcomer was Su Qian, the Great Elder of the Inner Academy and a Dou Zong expert.
Su Qian looked at the two elders and asked, "What is going on?"
"We have been on guard here without leaving. Then we suddenly noticed that the spatial fluctuations here had become abnormal." The two elders exchanged looks, and one of them stepped forward to answer.
"You raised the alarm in time. Now, summon all the tower-guarding elders and reinforce the seal on the Fallen Heart Flame. The other elders are to stand by outside the tower," Su Qian ordered decisively after pondering for a moment.
Although the Fallen Heart Flame had been very quiet for the past month or so and had not attacked the seal, anything unusual was cause for concern, and he felt deeply uneasy. Now, spatial fluctuations had even appeared at the bottom of the tower. He could not be sure whether