{I'm back from my break. Since everyone felt the content was a little bland, I'll be pulling out something big later.}
The Phlogiston burning on Lumine gradually changed from fiery red to golden red, a Sourceflame level very close to that of the Pyro Archon Mavuika.
If an ordinary Natlan warrior's Phlogiston was candle-level, then that of advanced Ancient Name warriors like Kinich was a roaring bonfire, with heat and damage that ordinary Natlan warriors could not match.
The Pyro Archon Mavuika's Phlogiston was of the finest Sourceflame level-the source of fire in Teyvat-and both its destructive power and the strength it bestowed were near the very top.
But the Sourceflame fire at the pinnacle had belonged only to the long-dead Pyro Dragon King, Xolotl, because such flames were by no means something mortals could command.
Yet one warrior had successfully defeated Xolotl: Xibalba, the first Pyro Archon!
To be precise, Xibalba had been no match for the Dragon King either. He had only managed to kill him because his opponent had held back enormously.
The reason was that the Abyss Nibelung brought had corrupted Xolotl, leaving him in such agony that he wished he were dead, and reducing his full strength and authority to less than thirty percent.
Even then, he was by no means someone Xibalba, the first Pyro Archon, could defeat.
At first, Xibalba had truly been beaten within an inch of his life by the Abyss-corrupted Dragon King. Even without his own consciousness, the Dragon King's combat instincts had still kept Xibalba pinned down under a relentless beating.
But midway through, Xolotl's consciousness had awakened, and he had done everything he could to suppress both his Primal Fire Authority and the incomparable strength of his draconic body.
Meanwhile, Xolotl's familiar, Kukulkan, who regarded Xolotl as an