The moment this thought arose in his mind, it swiftly spread through every part of Xiao Yan's body, impossible to shake off.
"Phew..."
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and suppressed the storm raging in his heart. If his guess was true, then Tou She Ancient God was truly terrifying. He had actually gathered every Heavenly Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking apart from the one ranked first. Such ability was simply unfathomable.
"Although these Heavenly Flames still retain their original flame sources, their power seems to have completely drained away. Now, they are merely ordinary flames that retain their original forms..."
Xiao Yan's gaze swept over the towering stone pillars behind him, and he could not help feeling some regret. If he could refine and devour all these Heavenly Flames, his strength would likely reach an extremely terrifying level.
Devouring more than twenty Heavenly Flames in one go—throughout all of history, it seemed no one had ever accomplished such a feat.
Little Yi sat on Xiao Yan's shoulder, staring at the second stone pillar with a complicated expression on his little face: confusion, pain, and fear...
Xiao Yan gently patted Little Yi's head. He could now confirm that Little Yi and Nihility Devouring Flame had once been bound to these stone pillars as well. However, for some unknown reason, they had later escaped. Perhaps something had gone wrong during that escape, causing their memories to become blurred—or perhaps fragmented.
Of course, this was merely Xiao Yan's guess. As for what had truly happened, perhaps no one in this world could know anymore. After all, Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame, the ones involved, had both become hazy about those distant memories.
"Where is the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill?"
Hun Tiandi also withdrew his gaze from the stone