The moment this thought arose in his mind, it swiftly spread through every part of Xiao Yan's body, impossible to shake off.
"Whew..."
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and suppressed the stormy waves 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 except the one ranked first. Such ability was simply unfathomable, like that of ghosts and gods.
"Although these Heavenly Flames still possess their original flame sources, their power seems to have completely drained away. Now, they are merely ordinary flames retaining their original forms..."
Xiao Yan's gaze swept over the towering stone pillars behind them, and he could not help feeling regretful. If he could refine and devour all these Heavenly Flames, his strength would likely reach a truly 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 tiny face—confusion, pain, fear...
Xiao Yan gently patted Little Yi's head. By now, he could confirm that Little Yi and Nihility Devouring Flame had likely once been bound to these stone pillars as well. For some unknown reason, however, the two had later escaped. Perhaps something had happened during that escape, causing their memories to become blurred—or perhaps broken.
Of course, this was only Xiao Yan's guess. As for what had truly happened, perhaps no one in this world could know anymore. After all, even Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame, the parties involved, had grown hazy about those distant memories.
"Where is the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill?"
Hun Tiandi also withdrew his gaze