Within Origin Return Manor, Zhukun kept staring in the direction where Xiao Yan and the others had vanished. Ever since Nihility Devouring Flame had leaped out of Xiao Yan's body, Zhukun's attention had remained fixed on Xiao Yan. Now that Xiao Yan's true body was here, Zhukun was one of those closest to him. He had been carefully sensing the energy within Xiao Yan, sensing the connection between Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame's true body, even though that true body was no longer here for the moment.
Everyone was surprised that Xiao Yan could enter Demon Flame Space in the form of a Heavenly Flame. Only Zhukun's thoughts and concerns differed from everyone else's.
He could not help cursing inwardly, "Xiao Yan's Nihility Devouring Flame truly reacted to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. My original guess was indeed correct. What a pity—the Gu Yu is now divided among those people, so I cannot verify my hypothesis any further. Damn Tou She Ancient God! Why did he have to make things so complicated? Damn it!"
The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame differed from ordinary Heavenly Flames. It bore an immensely powerful master's imprint—the imprint of its former master, Purifying Lotus Demon Saint, whose strength had nearly reached the level of a Dou Di.
Because it had such a master, it could possess an independent space. That was why, despite remaining in the Central Plains for so long, no one had ever truly subdued and refined it.
After Xiao Yan, in the form of Nihility Devouring Flame, entered Demon Flame Space, he too experienced a strange sensation. It was a faintly antagonistic state. Xiao Yan could feel that the entire space seemed to be reacting to him. It was not simple rejection, nor was it the space drawing him in.
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