Zhao Li had not forgotten that ten thousand years ago, an Exotic Flame had gained intelligence, merged with many Exotic Flames through the Flame Mantra, and become the last Dou Di in ten thousand years—as well as the most mysterious Dou Di.
If the fusion of Exotic Flames resulted in the Plane Embryo, then what was Tou She Ancient God?
Calling it the Plane Embryo did not fit, because the current Dou Qi Continent clearly did not yet possess such a thing. But saying it was not also did not fit, because the fusion of Exotic Flames was extremely similar to what he had experienced during the Contention for Dao Confluence.
It was precisely this contradiction with his own conjecture that had kept Zhao Li from ever being fully certain about the secret of Exotic Flames. But now that he had seen it with his own eyes, Zhao Li no longer doubted the origin of Exotic Flames. As for Tou She Ancient God, he was more inclined to believe that something he did not know about had happened there—for example, that it had not been refined!
Judging from how his own Golden Elixir had been contested and refined by the World Origin, even if many Exotic Flames merged, perhaps they still needed to be refined by the World Origin and become part of it before they could become the true Plane Embryo!
Otherwise, it was a treasure, a treasure similar to the Creation Jade Plate in primordial tales—one could use it to comprehend the Great Dao within the world, but could not directly control the Great Dao. Yet by controlling the Plane Embryo, one could directly wield every force within the world and be invincible inside that realm!
At the thought of the Flame Mantra, Zhao Li's gaze flickered slightly.