Early morning, Jia Ma Imperial Capital
This supercity, towering over the plains, burst with vibrant life the moment dawn arrived.
Nearly a year had passed since the battle at the Misty Cloud Sect ended. The upheaval that had nearly overturned the entire Jia Ma Empire's power structure had gradually subsided, becoming a tale often told among the people. Yet its effects had not faded. Instead, they had grown ever more profound with the passage of time.
For after the colossal Misty Cloud Sect fell, a hegemonic force known as the Flame Alliance began to rise within the Jia Ma Empire. This newly established super faction, jointly formed by the Xiao Family, the Jia Ma Imperial Family, the Three Great Families, the Alchemist Guild, and the Snake People Tribe, held even greater control over the Jia Ma Empire than the Misty Cloud Sect ever had.
And the Flame Alliance's leader was none other than Xiao Yan, the supreme expert who had fought the Five Great Dou Zongs alone during the battle at the Misty Cloud Sect and remained undefeated. The people of the Jia Ma Empire respectfully called him the "Flame Emperor"!
"Pfft, hahahaha! What the hell is a Flame Emperor? Hahaha!" A breathtakingly beautiful girl with soft pink hair clutched her stomach and laughed without the slightest hint of ladylike restraint in the carriage entering the city. "So now that you're a Dou Zong, should you be called the 'Flame Zong'? Then Flame Venerable, Flame Saint, Flame Emperor? Flame Heaven? Flame First Emperor? Hahahaha... Ow! I can't, my stomach hurts from laughing..."
The black-haired young man sitting across from her was covered in black lines. His fists clenched and relaxed, then clenched again, as he repeatedly calmed his breathing and suppressed the urge to teach the girl a lesson.
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