Flame Emperor

"What is that?"

More than the man's appearance, Mu Chen was focused on the violet-gold phantom behind Xiao Chen, which had yet to dissipate.

After the violet-gold phantom appeared, the Great Sun Undying Golden Body he cultivated actually seemed to submit out of a difference in rank.

"The Immortal Golden Body. What you cultivate should be the Great Sun Undying Golden Body. If you take it one step further, it will become the Immortal Golden Body, and beyond that is the Eternal Undying Body, ranked fourth among the legendary Ten Primordial Celestial Bodies."

Xiao Qingyan seemed extremely familiar with these three Dharma bodies and explained their relationships and characteristics to Mu Chen in detail.

"If you can obtain the cultivation method for the Immortal Golden Body in the future and reach the Heavenly Supreme realm, then if you wish to go further, you can visit the Blood Axe Heavenly Domain and participate in the Eternal Assembly."

"The Blood Axe Heavenly Domain? The Eternal Assembly?"

"Once Xiao Yanzi has dealt with this matter, I'll explain it to you properly."

Before her words had even faded, the man who had appeared helplessly turned his head and glanced at Xiao Qingyan.

In the entire Great Thousand World, no more than five people dared to call him Xiao Yanzi.

Yet this little ancestress before him was one of them.

However, when his gaze fell upon Xiao Chen, it became incomparably complex and unreadable.

The man stood tall and straight, his hands clasped behind his back as he stood before the three of them. A somewhat lazy smile hung on his face, and his bearing was calm. Though he appeared to possess no earth-shaking pressure, the moment he stood there, everyone could sense that the vast pressure originally blanketing heaven and earth was receding at an appalling speed.

Upon noticing this change, the scalps of countless experts went numb. Even the stupidest fool knew that the only one capable of resisting the pressure of an Earthly Supreme was another Earthly Supreme.

Amid countless horrified gazes, the man standing before Mu Chen raised his head and smiled faintly at the Divine Pavilion Master. "Rules? With this Emperor here, I am the rule."

A domineering, arrogant voice that allowed no defiance echoed through heaven and earth.

"Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan?!"

The Divine Pavilion Master cried out in terror.

The thunderous words nearly shocked the countless experts present into fainting. Not only had they never expected that three mere Supreme Realm cultivators would summon a Heavenly Supreme to Dragon Phoenix Heaven, they had never imagined that the one summoned would be the Flame Emperor, whose name shook the Great Thousand World!

"Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan?!"

As the Divine Pavilion Master's terrified voice echoed through heaven and earth, expressions of utter horror surfaced in the eyes of experts from every faction. They stared in disbelief at the unfamiliar man standing before the three of them in the sky, their minds roaring because of those four words.

For that name was known to practically every person in the Great Thousand World.

He was a true legend. Whether it was his terrifying, transcendent strength, or the fact that he had established the Boundless Fire Domain within only a few hundred years—giving it foundations that directly surpassed some ancient clans and turning it into a pillar-like superpower of the Great Thousand World—even those ancient, venerable Ancient Clans likely would not dare show the slightest contempt toward the Flame Emperor.

His prestige was in no way inferior to that of his ancestor, Blood Axe Xiao Chen, who had split open the Outer Realm Evil Clan's Myriad Demons Palace with one axe and slain the Saint Sky Demon Emperor.

After all, following that man's departure from the Blood Axe Heavenly Domain, this person had practically supported two divine domains all by himself.

The Divine Pavilion Master had some reputation at most in the Northern Realm, but compared with the Flame Emperor of the Boundless Fire Domain, anyone knew that there was not the slightest basis for comparison.

It was like comparing the richest man in the world to a newly rich villager—there was simply no comparison. Yet figures of such stature were always elusive, and even meeting them was difficult for ordinary people. But now, the legendary Flame Emperor had actually been summoned because of three junior Supreme Realm cultivators.

For a time, the countless experts' gazes toward Xiao Chen and the other two changed, becoming filled with extreme apprehension. That apprehension was even stronger than when they had seen the Divine Pavilion Master appear.

Gulp. The Divine Pavilion Master and the many experts could not help swallowing, their eyes filled with horror. The Boundless Fire Domain was a true behemoth of the Great Thousand World. Forget the Northern Realm—even across the entire Heavenly Net Continent, few powers would dare provoke such an existence.

Moreover, the Flame Emperor before them, the founder of the Boundless Fire Domain, was a true giant of the Great Thousand World. Although the Boundless Fire Domain had been established for a comparatively short time compared with certain other superpowers, everyone knew that among the most untouchable superpowers in the Great Thousand World, the Boundless Fire Domain definitely ranked near the top.

And the vast majority of that was due to the Flame Emperor's prestige. Even among the Heavenly Supremes renowned throughout the Great Thousand World, the Flame Emperor could be counted among the finest.

Then, one gaze after another turned toward the Divine Pavilion Master, whose expression had become incomparably ugly. Within the Northern Realm, he could absolutely be called one of the strongest.

His peak early-stage Earthly Supreme strength was lofty and untouchable in the eyes of countless experts, but compared to the legendary Flame Emperor, he was merely a firefly before the bright moon.

Thus, those gazes inevitably carried a trace of sympathy. They all thought the Divine Pavilion Master was truly unfortunate to have provoked the Flame Emperor.

If this man truly became enraged, the entire Divine Pavilion would likely vanish into smoke in an instant. Under the sympathetic gazes filling the sky, the Divine Pavilion Master's already pale face turned deathly white. He stared stiffly at the Flame Emperor, his scalp tingling. Only those at their level could understand more clearly what a Heavenly Supreme represented. That was true supremacy.

Even if the other party was most likely only a spiritual incarnation, killing him would still require nothing more than a single finger.

"Lord Flame Emperor, this lowly one failed to recognize greatness. I beg that you, in your magnanimity, spare this lowly one just once. This lowly one is willing to hand over all the treasures the Divine Pavilion has collected over the years. I beg Lord Flame Emperor to calm your anger."

Without much hesitation, the Divine Pavilion Master dropped to his knees in the void with a thud and spoke humbly.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan frowned and turned to Xiao Qingyan. The other party had lowered himself so completely that if he continued to act, word of it spreading might damage the Boundless Fire Domain's reputation.

Although he did not care much for fame, he was no longer the passionate youth he had once been. Whatever he did now, he had to consider the impact on the forces behind him.

"Forget it. Entering Dragon Phoenix Heaven is more important."

Xiao Qingyan's willow brows knitted slightly as she spoke coldly.

It was not that her heart had suddenly softened, but there was no need to exterminate them completely.

Since the other party had already bowed his head, there was no need to keep pressing the matter.

Besides, a mere Divine Pavilion was not even qualified to catch the eye of the Boundless Fire Domain or the Blood Axe Heavenly Domain.

As for whether the Divine Pavilion Master would seek revenge afterward, she had even less reason to worry.

Revenge? What could a force that could not even leave the Heavenly Net Continent use to take revenge?

"Fine."

Not long afterward, the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion received a heavyweight guest—the Flame Emperor.

Though the entire Dragon Phoenix Pavilion was overjoyed by the Flame Emperor's arrival, they were even more afraid, fearing that they might fail to serve this great ancestor and the three little ancestors properly.

"What is the Eternal Sacrifice?"

After returning to the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion and Xiao Yan had left, Mu Chen immediately asked Xiao Qingyan.

As for Xiao Chen, he had already slipped away.

"Do you know what Xiao Yanzi's most glorious battle was?"

Though it was not the first time he had heard the words Xiao Yanzi, Mu Chen could not help twitching at the corner of his mouth.

"I don't."

"Then do you know about the Five Great God Clans?"

"I know a little, but I have never looked into them."

"Good. I won't talk about the other four clans. Let's talk about that damned Mo Ke Clan."

"The Eternal Sacrifice was originally held in Eternal City of the Mo Ke Clan. However, some heartless, faithless bastard used who knew what method to seize the Eternal Undying Body that had guarded Eternal City for tens of thousands of years. Three hundred years ago, that man entered the Outer Realm Evil Clan alone and slew its strongest expert, the Saint Sky Demon Emperor. Afterward, he returned to the Great Thousand World and left the Eternal Undying Body in the Blood Axe Heavenly Domain. But not long after, he vanished without a trace. Because of the Eternal Undying Body, the Mo Ke Clan launched a massive invasion of the Blood Axe Heavenly Domain. Had Xiao Yanzi and my mother not broken through to become Saint-grade Heavenly Supremes, the Blood Axe Heavenly Domain might have been erased from the Great Thousand World back then."

Xiao Qingyan's lovely face was filled with indignation.

"That man was your father, right? The strongest person in the Great Thousand World over the past ten thousand years, Blood Axe Great Emperor Xiao Chen."

"What Great Emperor? He was just a heartless, faithless liar."

"He betrayed Mother, and he betrayed Aunt Xian'er."

"System, are you sure that Blood Axe Great Emperor is me?"

After learning about the Boundless Fire Domain and the Blood Axe Heavenly Domain from others, Xiao Chen asked in disbelief.

"According to analysis, there is a 99.9 percent chance that it is you."

"What about the other 0.1 percent?"

"Have you ever seen a paternity test that was one hundred percent certain?"

"..." Xiao Chen fell silent.

The next day, when the first ray of dawn tore through the darkness and shone upon the ancient land of the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to begin boiling faintly.

Countless sounds of rushing wind rang out beyond the mountain range, and figures swept across the sky like locusts, blotting out the heavens as they headed toward Dragon Phoenix Ancient City.

Clearly, news that Dragon Phoenix Heaven would open today had spread to everyone's ears in only one night.

At this moment, Mu Chen and Xiao Qingyan stood atop a towering rooftop. As he looked at the vast sea of people, like dark clouds pressing down overhead, he could not help exclaiming in amazement. Dragon Phoenix Heaven's appeal was simply too great. Probably every young cultivator in the Northern Realm with even a little strength had gathered here. The scale was truly staggering.

Morning light poured down from the horizon, and everyone gazed fervently into the distance. Above the mountain range there, space rippled continuously like water, while a faintly ancient, desolate aura seemed to spread out and permeate heaven and earth.

That was where Dragon Phoenix Heaven would open. Time passed slowly. By the time the blazing sun hung high in the sky, the number of people in the region had reached a terrifying level. Waves of spiritual energy rippled out, directly causing the space in this area to become somewhat distorted.