Even though Xiao Yan had tightly sealed his aura within his body, Zhao Li could still sense it growing wildly.
That growth was as if his Dou Qi had been a seed all along, while the nourishment of the Heavenly Flame acted like fertilizer, causing it to strengthen at an astonishing rate. In merely a few days, he had actually crossed beyond the Dou King Level!
Through the feedback from the Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body, Zhao Li understood. The root of the leap in strength Xiao Yan gained from swallowing the Heavenly Flame was that special cultivation method—the Flame Mantra!
Even if it was merely a method left behind by the Immortal Great Emperor to fuse Heavenly Flames and reassemble the Plane Embryo, and could not even be considered a true cultivation method, it had still come from the hands of a Half-step Dominator. Its underlying concept was extraordinarily lofty.
Once Xiao Yan cultivated the Flame Mantra, he himself could be regarded as a Plane Embryo. However, this Plane Embryo only possessed the form, with little substance behind it. When Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame through the Flame Mantra, the rules contained within it supplemented Xiao Yan's foundation. Coupled with the immense energy within the Heavenly Flame, he quickly reached the limit of his current stage.
In other words, when others absorbed a Heavenly Flame, it was more like gaining an extra piece of equipment. But after cultivating the Flame Mantra, one could inherit that equipment's attributes for oneself—the crucial part being that the Heavenly Flame itself still remained a piece of equipment.
Under normal circumstances, the two would naturally appear much the same. But once both of their Heavenly Flames were taken away, one would be returned to square one, while the other, though