Karmic Ties, Nothing More

The moment the Yao Emperor said this, Nihility Devouring Flame's tone turned shocked and furious, leaving everyone staring at one another.

Even Zi Yan and Xiao Yan could not help exchanging a glance. It seemed that the relationship between the Yao Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame was far more than a mere chance encounter in the past.

Even the Hun Clan experts, who had just believed victory was firmly within their grasp, could not avoid falling into hesitation. As they exchanged looks, doubts about the outcome of this operation inevitably arose in their hearts.

After all, in their minds, Nihility Devouring Flame should have been the very existence whose intervention had already decided the Yao Clan's fate.

But now...

The Yao Emperor held that streak of flowing light entwined with black flames and could not help smiling.

"It was merely a safeguard I left behind on instinct."

"A safeguard?"

Nihility Devouring Flame, no longer able to maintain human form, muttered instinctively. Memories from an age just as ancient to him, long shattered like a broken mirror, gradually began to awaken within his mind.

"Though I call it a safeguard, it is not truly such a terrible thing for you."

The Yao Emperor said, "I merely sensed that something was amiss back then. When I calculated it vaguely, it seemed that this bloodline of mine had even more entanglements with you."

"That was why I left a contingency behind. I never expected that, after I had left this world for so long, the safeguard I left behind would actually be activated by my remnant soul."

"Such are fate and destiny. If you did not now harbor ill intentions toward the Yao Clan, what use would this trump card be in the hands of a mere remnant soul like me?"

The Yao