"Cough..."
"Am I..." When Xiao Yan opened his eyes, the Sacred Flame Space appeared exceptionally tranquil, and that terrifyingly ominous Ten-Color Tribulation had long since vanished into thin air.
"You're awake?"
"How do you feel?" the Soul Devouring Master couldn't help asking.
Xiao Yan had been unconscious for a full ten days. Although the Sacred Flame Space possessed unique properties that meant only a single day had passed in the outside world, those ten days had frightened the Soul Devouring Master terribly.
The clan marks had surfaced on Xiao Yan's body, and the subsequent phenomena had indeed resolved his crisis, but at the same time, they had made his body even heavier, plunging him into unconsciousness.
The Soul Devouring Master knew a thing or two about those ten mysterious markings surrounding Xiao Yan's clan marks, but obviously, he had no intention of telling Xiao Yan.
The mighty reputation of the Ten Protectors of the Xiao Clan commanded deep awe even from someone as powerful as the Soul Devouring Master, so since Xiao Yan's strength was insufficient, the Soul Devouring Master would not tell him.
"I'm fine... just that my head feels quite heavy," Xiao Yan said, slowly rubbing his head with both hands.
"As long as you're fine."
"The vast majority of the power from that final Ten-Color Tribulation just now was resisted by your own body, and I only helped you shoulder a tiny fraction of it," the Soul Devouring Master stated indifferently.
Naturally, the Soul Devouring Master would not tell Xiao Yan about the events that had manifested on his body. Furthermore, when Xiao Yan's clan marks had emerged at the very end, he had already fallen unconscious, so he clearly had no idea what had happened.
Yet Xiao Yan knew that after his breakthrough to the Dou