The Soul Realm...
Ever since Xiao Xuan had detonated himself and gravely wounded Hun Tiandi a thousand years ago, the Soul Clan had sealed every passage to the outside world and concealed all the Soul Realm's spatial signatures!
Thus, even a Nine-Star Dou Saint like Gu Yuan could not detect the Soul Realm's spatial fluctuations after spending decades on Void Exploration.
That made the Soul Realm the most mysterious independent world among the Ancient Seven Clans.
Within the Soul Realm's main hall, a scholar in white robes sat upon the lofty throne, his eyes closed in concentration as he leisurely toyed with a folding fan...
He was none other than the Soul Clan Leader, Hun Tiandi, a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint.
The next instant, the space surrounding Hun Tiandi trembled slightly, and wisps of black flame emerged from within it.
The flames slowly coalesced into a figure that approached Hun Tiandi.
This was the nihility devouring flame, ranked second on the Heavenly Flame Ranking!
Strictly speaking, the nihility devouring flame should have ranked first.
After all, the emperor flame that currently occupied first place on the Heavenly Flame Ranking was a fused heavenly flame formed from all the heavenly flames, unlike naturally born heavenly flames such as the nihility devouring flame.
Thus, the nihility devouring flame was extraordinarily powerful!
After escaping from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion back then, the nihility devouring flame had known that establishing a foothold on the Battle Qi Continent alone would be difficult, and had chosen to cooperate with Hun Tiandi. Now, the flame had become the Soul Clan's second-in-command.
With the Soul Clan's assistance, the nihility devouring flame had also successfully reached the level of an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, though the flame's soul power had yet to truly enter the Emperor Realm.