Huo Zhi lost control of her emotions, consumed by the grief of losing her clansman.
Yet Xiao Yan's brows remained tightly furrowed as he stared fixedly at Huo Xuan—or rather, Tang Qiying's—corpse. The lesson from Sound Valley continually reminded Xiao Yan that he could not let his guard down against Tang Qiying in the slightest. He was a troublesome fellow, as cunning as the most devious magical beast.
The destruction of his body was not the end. Just as today, Tang Qiying's physical body had been killed in Sound Valley, yet he had somehow revived shortly afterward. Only by personally and completely annihilating Tang Qiying's soul could Xiao Yan truly rest easy. Xiao Yan's powerful Heavenly State Soul perception repeatedly swept over the broken body. The life force in the flesh had indeed been utterly severed, while the aura of the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame had quieted, clinging to Huo Xuan's corpse.
Yet Tang Qiying's remnant soul could not be found.
Xiao Yan knew clearly that this was far from over. Tang Qiying's soul could not possibly have been destroyed just now. That fellow had even had the presence of mind to impersonate Huo Xuan and deceive Huo Zhi moments ago.
With a stir of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan directly drew Huo Xuan's corpse before him, intending to examine it carefully. But just as the corpse came under Xiao Yan's control, a mass of black light suddenly shot out.
The black light was a Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame, a Heavenly Flame sharing Xiao Yan's origin. At its core was a distorted, unstable soul body. Xiao Yan recognized it at once—it was Tang Qiying!
He had once again relied on the Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame to keep his soul from being annihilated. Seeing that he