The Fallen Heart Flame Was Stolen!

He did not recall there being such a Dou Saint on East Dragon Island!

Even if there were, it was impossible for them to be stronger than the three of them!

Furthermore, they were joining forces; even if this person were stronger than any one of them individually, with the three of them combined, they still held the advantage!

Therefore...

They wanted both the one bearing the royal bloodline and the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit!

When Zhuli heard him call Xiao Xuan a rat, he couldn't help but mourn for him for two and a half seconds.

He did not understand whether the North Dragon King lacked his own intelligence network, or if all his intelligence networks were focused solely on East Dragon Island.

How could he not even know of Xiao Xuan, who had shaken the continent a thousand years ago?

Of course, it was also possible that the North Dragon King simply hadn't thought in that direction.

At this moment, the North Dragon King stood in mid-air, his sharp eyes sweeping over the people of East Dragon Island!

The disdain on his face grew even heavier!

But!

The next moment!

A terrifying aura, like that of a master of heaven and earth, arrived in an instant, pressing down heavily from above his head!

"Ah!"

The North Dragon King let out a miserable shriek, terrified to discover that he couldn't mobilize even a shred of the Dou Qi within his body!

"What is happening?!"

The North Dragon King felt as if he were a rocket that had lost its propulsion, plummeting straight down!

He slammed heavily into the ground with a loud boom!

The North Dragon King was deeply embedded in the earth!

It was as if he had been growing there since birth!

The South Dragon King and the West Dragon King shuddered all over in fear!

This terrifying soul pressure was actually able to pin a late-stage three-star Dou Saint expert to the ground in an instant, like a dead dog, unable to move!

"This Xiao Xuan... who, who exactly is he?!"

Fear surged into the eyes of the South Dragon King.

The West Dragon King's body trembled, his mind racing as if he had been injected with adrenaline!

He suddenly snapped back to reality.

He said in horror: "Xiao Xuan, could it be... could it be that person!"

"Who?" the South Dragon King asked.

The West Dragon King's face turned deathly pale: "It is said that he is the person closest to becoming a Dou Di in the last two thousand years! The patriarch of the Xiao Clan!"

"Hiss! It's him! Damn it! How did the people of East Dragon Island get involved with him?!"

Clearly, the South Dragon King had also heard of Xiao Xuan's reputation!

Both of them knew that today's mission was impossible.

They immediately turned around to flee!

"Did I give you permission to leave?!"

As the voice fell, a powerful soul pressure struck once again!

Bang, bang, bang...

In an instant, it was as if it were hailing over East Dragon Island!

The people from the West, South, and North Dragon Islands were all suppressed by this pressure!

They slammed into the ground like falling Chiaotzu!

The West Dragon King and the South Dragon King regretted it to death; had they known, they shouldn't have been greedy for that Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

How good it would have been to just stay on their own islands and be local kings!

At this moment, even if they wanted to beg for mercy, they couldn't utter a single word!

Xiao Xuan's figure appeared before the North Dragon King.

He looked down from above at the North Dragon King, who was sprawled on the ground like a dead dog.

"A three-star Dou Saint? Back in my day, you wouldn't even have been qualified to speak to me directly!"

Xiao Xuan said indifferently.

"Senior... Senior, spare my life..."

The North Dragon King gritted his teeth, using all his strength just to manage those few words.

If one were to truly calculate it, his age was actually even greater than Xiao Xuan's!

However, this is a world where strength is respected above all else!

His strength was inferior to Xiao Xuan; if he wanted to survive, let alone calling him senior, he would not hesitate even if he had to call him ancestor!

"In your next life!"

After speaking, Xiao Xuan stomped down, directly crushing him into a bloody mist!

The North Dragon King attempted to escape as a soul entity, but was seized by Xiao Xuan's soul technique, the Soul Control Hand, and tossed into the Heavenly Tomb!

The others saw the North Dragon King crushed to death with a single stomp, his soul unable to even escape.

All of them turned ashen-faced!

Especially their subordinates!

They were cursing the eighteen generations of the three Dragon Kings' ancestors in their hearts!

It was still to no avail; they were all slaughtered by Xiao Xuan!

Their souls were all thrown into the Heavenly Tomb!

"Many thanks to Lord Xiao Xuan for your assistance."

Qing Mu, Qing Shan, and the rest of the East Dragon Island group all bowed respectfully to Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan waved his hand.

"It is merely an equivalent exchange."

Although Qing Mu and the others were very curious about who he had made the exchange with and what exactly was exchanged, they did not dare to ask further.

By now, Xiao Xuan had used the power of his Heavenly Flame to melt away all the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer covering Zi Yan's body, leaving only for her to slowly refine it herself.

As for him, he still had to continue restoring his own physical body.

Bidding farewell to the Ancient Void Dragon clan.

Xiao Xuan entered the Heavenly Tomb directly!

Watching the space rift close, Qing Mu remarked with deep emotion:

"Xiao Xuan's strength is truly terrifying. Although he lacks a physical body, I can sense... that even if Elder Zhu Huo were to emerge from seclusion, he might not be able to last three rounds against him."

"Three rounds? You are too optimistic. Given the methods he displayed just now, I estimate it would be one round... no, it should be a one-sided crushing."

Qing Shan's eyes were filled with a trace of worship.

Stomping a late-stage Three-Star Dou Saint to death with one foot!

If only he could have half of Xiao Xuan's strength one day!

Inside the Heavenly Tomb.

The soul entities of the West, South, and North Dragon Kings prostrated themselves on the ground.

They begged Xiao Xuan to spare their lives.

They even claimed they knew they were wrong!

Did they really know they were wrong?

Obviously not; they only knew they were about to die!

Xiao Xuan did not give them any extra time for nonsense!

He directly activated the Devouring Method, swallowing all the soul entities, medicinal pills, and that Nine Dragon Lightning Flame within the Heavenly Tomb into his belly!

[Ding, detected host has devoured a large quantity of medicinal pills, physical body restoration progress +2.8%, current remaining progress 68.2%]

[Ding, detected host has devoured a large quantity of soul entities, physical body restoration progress +3.8%, current remaining progress 64.4%]

[Ding, detected host has devoured the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, ranked twelfth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, currently refining, system is assisting in refinement...]

[Ding, detected host has successfully refined the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, physical body restoration progress +5.2%, current remaining progress 59.2%.]

The amount devoured this time was substantial, and the progress of his physical restoration was also quite impressive!

Xiao Xuan was very satisfied!

At this moment, the system notification sound suddenly rang out.

[Ding, detected host has devoured multiple types of energy at once, rewarded with a Heaven Tier Dou Skill Gift Pack! Contains 99 types of Dou Skills, please check at your convenience!]

Xiao Xuan: ...

He was currently only a soul entity and lacked even Dou Qi; having these Heaven Tier Dou Skills was like a clever housewife...

No, that's not right; it should be like a hero with no place to display his prowess.

He did not look in detail at which Dou Skills they were.

His process of devouring, refining, and converting this time had taken over a month!

The cooldown for the Possession Technique had long since passed.

Xiao Xuan had a new goal in mind!

Meanwhile.

Jia Nan Academy, Inner Academy!

Without the Fallen Heart Flame, the cultivation progress of the academy's students had slowed to a crawl.

In order to restore their former glory.

Su Qian felt as though he were going bald from all the worrying!

Although the students said nothing.

They could all feel the deep resentment brewing among the student body.

"Little Su Qian, what are you fretting about?"

"What else could it be, the students' cultivation... wait, who is that!"

Su Qian stopped mid-sentence, suddenly snapping to his senses.

He searched his surroundings.

Only to see a familiar figure standing directly in front of him!

"Dean... Dean, you have finally returned!"

"You are already at such an advanced age, yet you are still sniveling like a child—what kind of display is this!"

"Dean, I... I..."

"Speak your mind, and be quick about it!"

"The Fallen Heart Flame has been stolen!"

"What?!"