Afterward, the Ancient Clan found the twenty-third-ranked Mysterious Yellow Flame deep in the vast, yellow-sand-swept wastelands of the Western Desert.
This flame was dark yellow throughout and contained the weighty, surging power of the earth. It could condense energy and shake the painted realm, utterly unlike the nimble, spirited nature of ordinary Heavenly Flames.
Xiao Ze suppressed its spirit with the domineering power of the Golden Emperor Heaven Burning Flame, then used the purifying power of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to fuse its energy, successfully bringing it under his control.
Over the following six months, Xiao Ze pressed on without pause, tracking down every Heavenly Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking one after another, refining them and incorporating them into his own energy system.
During that time, he also encountered plenty of obstacles.
Some ancient factions refused to surrender the Heavenly Flames they guarded and fought fiercely against him.
Some powerful Heavenly Flame spirits were untamed and resisted with all their might.
The Hun Clan's remnants also obstructed him in secret, trying to seize the Heavenly Flames.
But Xiao Ze had now reached the Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng level and controlled several top-tier Heavenly Flames. His strength was unfathomable, and he crushed every faction that stood in his way.
When the Hun Clan learned that Xiao Ze was frantically collecting Heavenly Flames, they sent powerful fighters to ambush him, even dispatching an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng elder.
But Xiao Ze faced a hundred alone, weaving five top-tier Heavenly Flames together into an assault that burned the heavens and destroyed the earth. He forcibly slew the Hun Clan elder, striking fear into every faction secretly coveting the flames.
A year later, Xiao Ze had subdued a full twenty-two Heavenly Flames.
Aside from the first-ranked Heavenly Flame, the legendary Tou She