Above the Demonic Flame Plains.
Xiao Xuan and Zi Yan stood suspended in midair.
Previously, when Xiao Xuan had come here, he had tried to find the Demonic Flame Space that the Demonic Lotus Saint had sealed in this region!
The Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, was inside that space.
However, despite possessing an Emperor Realm Soul, he could only sense that the Demonic Flame Space existed.
He couldn't enter it!
Later, he thought of how the Ancient Void Dragon Clan excelled at manipulating space!
So he took the opportunity to invite Zi Yan over to help.
"Is this the place?"
Zi Yan's purple-and-gold eyes gazed curiously at the sky.
Xiao Xuan nodded.
"I can sense that the Demonic Flame Space is right here, but I can't get inside!"
"If you want me to find that space, I might not be able to. But if you know where it is, Big Brother Xiao Xuan, then with my current strength, I should be able to take you inside."
After refining the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, Zi Yan's strength had soared. She had also gained an understanding of spatial techniques from the knowledge of her predecessors contained within the fruit.
Zi Yan beat the wings on her back, her graceful body shooting toward the sky like Chang'e flying to the moon.
Dazzling purple-and-gold light blazed from her body!
The light wrapped around her!
Then a dragon's roar that shook heaven and earth rang out across the region!
A giant dragon covered in purple-and-gold scales appeared, shimmering with both colors!
This was Zi Yan's true form!
She came before Xiao Xuan.
"Big Brother Xiao Xuan, climb onto my back. I'll take you inside!"
Climb?
Xiao Xuan moved and appeared on the dragon's back.
"Sit a little farther forward, or... I'm afraid I'll bounce you right off."
There was no need to worry about that.
Xiao Xuan had an Emperor Realm Soul!
Still, he did as she asked.
He sat at the base of Zi Yan's neck.
"Hold on tight. We're... off!"
Zi Yan reminded him in a sweet voice.
She slashed one dragon claw through the air!
Rip!
A deep-purple rift split open in the space ahead.
Zi Yan darted into it!
"Big Brother Xiao Xuan, where is that space?"
Xiao Xuan sensed for it before replying, "Right in front of us."
Zi Yan spat out a purple beam that shot into the void ahead!
Boom!
Space trembled!
A tiny rift split open!
Xiao Xuan immediately released his soul power. Using the soul technique Heavenly Soul Wind-Tearing Hand, he formed two enormous palms that seized either side of the rift.
"Break!"
Xiao Xuan swept his sleeve!
The two enormous palms blazed with dazzling light!
Whoosh...
Gust after gust of wind rushed out from the rift!
Along with the wind came waves of searing heat so intense they made it hard to breathe!
As expected of a Heavenly Flame ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. Even its residual heat was this powerful!
But to Xiao Xuan, it was like the heat from a bathroom heater.
It barely bothered him!
"Whoa! Big Brother Xiao Xuan, you were right! That so-called Demonic Flame really is in here!"
As the spatial rift was torn wide open, Zi Yan changed back into human form. Seeing the scene inside, she couldn't help exclaiming!
"Let's go!"
Xiao Xuan took Zi Yan by the hand and darted into the Demonic Flame Space!
The Hun Clan, Soul Realm.
Hun Tiandi sat on Patriarch Peak, drinking tea brewed with rare treasures.
"Hun Tiandi, you're awfully relaxed. At a time like this, you're still sitting here drinking tea."
Nihility Devouring Flame rolled his eyes and couldn't help complaining!
Hun Tiandi chuckled.
"Everything's going according to my plan. What's there to panic about?"
"Is that so? Were the two Dou Sheng-level magical beasts who suddenly appeared in the Central Plains part of your plan too?"
"They weren't before, but they could be from now on."
Hun Tiandi shook his head.
He had secretly gone to take a look at those two.
They were indeed strong!
But those two seemed like children whose minds hadn't matured and whose intelligence hadn't fully developed.
They did whatever they pleased, without any rhyme or reason.
Sometimes they'd argue fiercely over the most trivial things.
They were practically on the verge of coming to blows.
Yet their arrival, along with some of the bizarre things they'd done in the Central Plains, had secretly helped him.
Nihility Devouring Flame paused, then said, "I don't think there's anything worth watching at the Heavenly Tomb. It's been completely calm. Maybe what Hun Yang said back then was something Gu Yuan deliberately arranged."
At the mention of Gu Yuan, Nihility Devouring Flame gritted his teeth.
"That old bastard Gu Yuan injured me back then. Sooner or later, I'll make him pay me back twice over!"
"Hmm? What was that?!"
Suddenly, the ground seemed to tremble!
Hun Tiandi furrowed his brow!
Nihility Devouring Flame's eyes suddenly lit up!
"I sense it! It's the aura of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame!"
Nihility Devouring Flame froze.
"That can't be right! The Demon Flame's descent... the timing's all wrong! By my reckoning, it shouldn't happen for another twenty years!"
"It looks like someone tore open the space and entered the Demonic Flame Space!"
Hun Tiandi narrowed his eyes.
A look of astonishment spread across his face!
Several hundred years ago,
he and Nihility Devouring Flame had joined forces and tried as well, but they hadn't been able to tear open the Demonic Flame Space.
That was why Hun Miesheng had established a branch hall on the Demonic Flame Plains. That way, if anything unusual happened with the Demonic Flame Space, he could send people there immediately.
Now, someone had actually managed to tear open the space and enter it.
Could it be those two magical beasts?
If they hurried over now, they might be able to snatch the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
Hun Tiandi waved his hand. "Let's go! We'll take a look!"
"Big Brother Xiao Xuan, the temperature here is terrifying!"
As soon as they entered this space, it was like stepping into a furnace!
Zi Yan was soon drenched in sweat.
Xiao Xuan stamped his foot. A barrier formed from soul power immediately blocked out the terrifying heat.
The two now stood in a strange space filled with swirling milky-white flames!
"Big Brother Xiao Xuan, where is the thing you're looking for?"
Zi Yan asked.
"Right ahead."
Xiao Xuan led Zi Yan to a plaza thousands of zhang across.
The next moment,
figures surged out of the hall ahead. White flames filled their eyes!
Like walking corpses, they raised the weapons in their hands and rushed toward Xiao Xuan and Zi Yan!
Seeing this, Zi Yan prepared to charge forward.
Xiao Xuan stopped her.
He waved his hand!
"Die!"
Xiao Xuan's calm voice echoed through the space!
At the same time, countless arrows formed from soul power shot in every direction!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft...
The zombie-like figures vanished into nothing!
"Intruders, die!"
A shout came from inside the hall.
Then an enormous, bizarre-looking Blood Red Giant Axe, several zhang long, descended from above!
Bang!
The axe struck the ground in front of them.
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