The Dao of Fire

Yao Lao understood what he meant upon hearing those words.

Before an Immortal senior whose depths could not be fathomed, his worries had indeed been unnecessary.

"If Senior wishes to see it, then I shall naturally present it."

Yao Lao took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the tremor in the depths of his soul as he slowly raised his aged palm.

"Whoosh—"

A cluster of ghostly white flame, carrying heart-palpitating extreme cold and extreme heat, slowly rose from Yao Lao's palm.

As the flames danced, the surrounding air instantly froze into ice crystals, only to be evaporated into nothingness by the terrifying heat a moment later.

This was the Bone Chilling Flame, ranked eleventh on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!

Yang Xuan looked at the strange flame before him, a realm of ice and fire, and a glint of interest flashed through his eyes.

"Extreme cold and extreme heat coexist, yin and yang converge, endlessly giving rise to one another..."

Yang Xuan extended a finger and lightly tapped through the air.

The Bone Chilling Flame, which had still been faintly resisting and radiating a violent aura, seemed to have encountered a supreme king and instantly quieted down.

It floated obediently at Yang Xuan's fingertip, even taking the initiative to separate a wisp of its purest flame source and gently wrap it around his finger.

"What exquisite laws of the Dao of Fire!"

Yang Xuan silently praised it.

Though the Bone Chilling Flame was not considered top-tier in the Primordial World, the Great Dao of yin and yang it contained was exceptionally suited to his deduction of the Great Burning Heaven Chapter.

With a thought, the wisp of Bone Chilling Flame source at his fingertip instantly entered his body and was analyzed from a higher dimension.

In but an instant, Yang Xuan gained an extremely profound understanding of this flame.

Heavenly Flames could be compared to a bowl of noodles. Heaven and earth hid the recipe, and one had to gradually understand the flame before slowly tasting whether the noodles contained salt, light soy sauce, chicken essence, MSG...

But Yang Xuan had directly opened the complete recipe book for this bowl of "Bone Chilling Flame" noodles. It was like taking an open-book exam.

Not bad. Though it cannot compare to the divine fires of the Primordial World, it is still a wondrous treasure of this world.

Yang Xuan withdrew his finger and returned all the flames. Looking at Yao Lao, he smiled faintly.

"Venerable Yao, there is no need to be nervous. I merely borrowed your Heavenly Flame for a look, in order to comprehend a little of the Dao of Fire."

Only then did Yao Lao realize that not only had his Bone Chilling Flame suffered no damage whatsoever, it had instead become more condensed and pure after undergoing that supreme baptism!

Even his soul body had received unimaginable benefits.

"Thank you for fulfilling my wish, Senior!"

Yao Lao's voice trembled with excitement as he hurriedly bowed.

Yang Xuan nodded, then turned his gaze toward Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying, who had been hiding for quite some time.

With a casual wave of his hand, the two of them appeared before him just as Xiao Yan had.

Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying's expressions changed drastically the instant Yang Xuan casually brought them before him.

Ling Ying in particular, as the Ancient Clan's foremost Dou Emperor, knew full well that before absolute power, any struggle was futile.

He almost instinctively stepped in front of Xiao Xun'er. His entire body tightened, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

Though Xiao Xun'er was still young, she possessed a calmness far beyond her years.

Her clear, beautiful eyes remained fixed on the senior before her, dressed in white as pure as snow.

She could sense that this man inspired a reverence deep within her soul even greater than her father, Gu Yuan.

"This junior, Ling Ying, pays respects to Senior!" Ling Ying did not dare show the slightest negligence. He dropped heavily to one knee, his voice carrying an irrepressible tremor.

Xiao Xun'er also obediently bowed. "Xiao Xun'er pays respects to Senior."

Yang Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, his tranquil gaze resting on Xiao Xun'er.

He could clearly sense an immensely tyrannical and sacred golden flame lying dormant within Xiao Xun'er's body—the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame!

The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, ranked fourth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Yang Xuan thought to himself, a trace of approval flashing through his eyes.

"At such a young age, you can already control such a divine treasure. You are indeed worthy of the Ancient Clan."

When Yang Xuan revealed her secret in a single sentence, stormy waves surged in Xiao Xun'er's heart.

The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame was the Ancient Clan's highest secret, yet this senior had seen through it with a single glance?

Yang Xuan smiled faintly, paying no heed to their shock as he continued.

"I descended today not only to see Xiao Yan, but also to see the favored daughter of heaven of this Dou Qi Continent. Xiao Xun'er, you possess the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, yet because you are still young, you cannot fully unleash its power."

"May I borrow your flame for a look?"

A hint of hesitation flashed across Xiao Xun'er's beautiful young face.

The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame was the Ancient Clan's inherited flame, and also the trump card her father, Gu Yuan, had sealed within her body to protect her. It could not be casually revealed to others.

But looking at the unfathomable senior before her, as well as Ling Ying beside her, who had been so intimidated by his casual display that he did not dare move...

She understood that she had no room to refuse.

"If Senior wishes to see it, Xun'er shall comply."

Xiao Xun'er took a deep breath and no longer suppressed the power within her body.

She extended her fair jade-like hand. With a thought, a golden flame, sacred and noble yet carrying an endless aura of destruction, instantly rose from her palm!

Boom!

The temperature within the already somewhat stifling cave abruptly soared.

The instant this golden flame appeared, even the Bone Chilling Flame in Yao Lao's palm instinctively shrank back.

"Flames like flowing gold, scorching like the heart of the sun, resplendent with imperial aura..."

Yang Xuan looked at the golden flames, and an unprecedented brilliance erupted in his eyes.

If the Bone Chilling Flame had merely struck him as interesting, then the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame before him was a truly delightful "great tonic"!

What this flame contained was not merely ultimate destructive power, but also an extremely faint yet genuinely existing... world origin!

"As expected of the existence ranked fourth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. It has actually already touched the threshold of world origin."

Yang Xuan then extended a finger and lightly touched the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame instinctively tried to resist, to burn to ashes this being who dared touch it.

Yet the moment its flames came into contact with Yang Xuan's fingertip, a terrifying power of laws from a higher dimension instantly suppressed it!

That power was like a dimensional strike, causing the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to instantly lose all ability to resist. It could only obediently coil around Yang Xuan's fingertip, even proactively revealing its most fundamental flame seed.

With a thought from Yang Xuan, that wisp of golden flame seed instantly entered his body.

Boom!

In Yang Xuan's mind, it was as though the phantom of a golden ancient emperor flashed past.

Sure enough, it is much like the speculation of countless readers from my previous life. Tou She Ancient God truly became a Dou Emperor through the Dao of Fire.

There were differences even among Dou Emperors.

In Yang Xuan's perception, this Tou She Ancient God's strength had already approached the level of a Celestial Immortal. However, unlike a Celestial Immortal of the Primordial World, he possessed only combat power at that level and lacked the origin of an Immortal.

This made it even more meaningful. So long as Yang Xuan collected every Heavenly Flame, it would be enough to truly deduce the laws of fire to the True Immortal level, becoming one of his trump cards.

Yang Xuan was currently in the Primordial World. He possessed only the realm of a True Immortal, without methods corresponding to the True Immortal level.

That was more than enough to bully lower planes, but against others of the same realm in the Primordial World, which one of them was not an ancient fossil who had lived through countless kalpas?

The sheer number of their methods would only surpass his imagination!

A moment later, Yang Xuan returned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

"Not bad."

Yang Xuan looked at Xiao Xun'er and nodded with a smile. "With the Ancient Clan's divine-grade bloodline and the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, you will be able to walk much farther."

Xiao Xun'er withdrew the flame. She only felt that the Heavenly Flame within her body, which had previously been somewhat difficult to control, had become incomparably compatible with her after being tempered by the senior, as though it had completely become a part of her body.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"

Xiao Xun'er was utterly shaken and hurriedly offered her respectful thanks.

Yang Xuan waved a hand, his gaze sweeping across Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Xiao Xun'er, and Ling Ying.

"Very well. I do not have much time, and I still have matters to attend to, so I will not remain any longer."

After speaking, before the others could react, Yang Xuan took a single step and instantly vanished.

The cave fell into dead silence.

Everyone within the cave had their own thoughts.

"Brother Xiao Yan, that senior..." Xiao Xun'er walked over to Xiao Yan. Her beautiful eyes shone with excitement she could not conceal.

Yao Lao floated in the air nearby, his soul body still trembling slightly as he said hoarsely.

"Little Yan, with a casual display, that senior not only greatly increased the purity of my Bone Chilling Flame, but even my damaged soul body seems to have been reforged.

With such methods, let alone on the Dou Qi Continent, even in the legendary Great Thousand World, he would absolutely be a supreme, peerless existence!"

Xiao Yan nodded slightly, thinking to himself.

I will never forget Senior's kindness.