The devouring art and the completed art were two similar techniques, yet their meridian pathways were utterly different. Xiao Fan could not help feeling that something was suspicious.
He took out the Burning Mantra Yao Lao had given him again and reread it. "Devouring Heavenly Flames... Tou She Ancient God..."
In his previous life, Xiao Fan had learned from Nihility Devouring Flame that Emperor Flame, ranked first on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, was the legendary Tou She Ancient God, formed after absorbing every Heavenly Flame and gathering spirit.
Both followed the path of devouring and evolution. The reason the Burning Mantra possessed completely different pathways was that Tou She Ancient God's true form had not been human, but a cluster of flame. This also meant that absorbing Heavenly Flames through the Burning Mantra would produce unforeseen effects.
The Spirit Devouring Art was the same. Xiao Fan had discovered long ago, when making a puppet for Xiao Yi Xian, that the Spirit Devouring Art simply could not circulate within anyone else.
Perhaps it was not because the technique was exclusive, but because, like the Burning Mantra, the Spirit Devouring Art had not been created by a human.
Xiao Fan had merely been an orphan adopted by the Great Elder. Even the Great Elder had no clue about Xiao Fan's origins. In his previous life, Xiao Fan had tried to investigate his background, but too much time had passed, leaving him with no way to uncover the truth.
Yet Xiao Fan was not entirely without leads: a body as formidable as a Magical Beast's, the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils originally limited to Snake-Person and human bloodlines yet perfectly compatible with him, the entirely controllable Woe Poison Body... and the origin of that peculiar fragrance on him...
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