"With you here, I feel completely at ease."
Xiao Yi Xian let him pinch her cheek, her eyes curving into crescents.
Liu Bai withdrew his hand, sat down cross-legged, and raised a hand to place the Fallen Heart Flame before him. Black flames rose from his palm and enveloped it.
The Fallen Heart Flame had been left incredibly weak by Xiao Yi Xian's casual strike, and now, suppressed by the Nether Prison Black Emperor Flame, it had no strength to resist at all.
It could only curl into a ball of invisible flame and tremble.
But Liu Bai knew this was only temporary.
The Fallen Heart Flame had been nurtured in this Molten World for countless years and possessed a natural connection to this sea of fire.
Given enough time, it could absorb the lava's energy and recover quickly.
So he would not give it that time.
Liu Bai closed his eyes. The Nether Prison Black Emperor Flame instantly surged, completely swallowing that wisp of Fallen Heart Flame.
Refinement began!
Xiao Yi Xian stood quietly behind him, dressed in white like snow, graceful and ethereal.
Her gaze swept over this Molten World before settling upon the boundless ocean of magma in the distance.
The rolling flames, boiling magma, and distorted space all seemed like toys in her eyes.
She merely stood there without making a single move.
Yet the entire Molten World lay under her control.
Around Liu Bai, black flames and invisible flames intertwined, collided, and merged.
His aura began to rise slowly.
Xiao Yi Xian withdrew her gaze and looked at Liu Bai's back. Her lips curled slightly into a gentle smile.
With her here, no one would be allowed to disturb him!
This refinement of the Fallen Heart Flame took far longer than Liu Bai had expected.