"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
As the final three spheres of light shot into Tang Zhen, Old Man Shennong, and Xun'er respectively, the last three Heavenly Flames—Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, Life Flame, and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame—officially returned!
Among these eleven Heavenly Flames, Bone Chilling Flame and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame had benefited the most. They were already able to transform into human form and cultivate independently. Xiao Yan merely kept this change hidden for now, as a small surprise for Yao Chen and Xun'er.
Of the twenty-two Heavenly Flames on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, Xiao Yan had originally controlled six. Taking advantage of his ascension to emperorhood, he had summoned the other sixteen and forged Emperor Flame.
After Emperor Flame was born, Xiao Yan separated the eleven Heavenly Flames that had owners and returned them to their original masters, while keeping the remaining six ownerless Heavenly Flames for himself.
Of course, through the forging of Emperor Flame, Xiao Yan had already replicated the Origin Flames of all twenty-two Heavenly Flames. If he wished, he could evolve any one of the twenty-two Heavenly Flames at any time.
It could be said that all twenty-two Heavenly Flames were external manifestations of Emperor Flame.
"Xu Wu, if you don't come out now, then when will you?"
Xiao Yan looked at Crimson Flame before him with a faint smile.
"Buzz!"
In an instant, the crimson flame manifestation floating quietly in midair began changing rapidly—Mysterious Yellow Flame, Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame...
After transforming through twenty-one manifestations in succession, Crimson Flame's final form finally settled upon a dense mass of black flame.
"Bang!"
As the black flames writhed and climbed, they slowly condensed into a human figure—a middle-aged man in a black hooded robe, his entire body