Xiao Xuan, I Have Found My Successor. Your Xiao Clan Descendant Should Not Be Far Off Either, Right?

The lingering shockwaves of thunder and flame gradually faded.

The trembling void throughout the ancient secret realm also slowly calmed at this moment.

The interwoven arcs of violet-gold lightning and streams of seven-colored flame filling the sky all receded, leaving only a dense, desolate aura of the Fire Dao quietly permeating heaven and earth.

Yao Xuan stood where he was, the surging battle qi within him gradually settling.

After that brief exchange, Yao Xuan already understood.

The Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame wielded by the remnant soul of Flame Ancestor before him was entirely different from the flame Tang Zhen normally controlled.

What Tang Zhen possessed was merely the source flame passed down through generations, while this wisp before him was a complete source Heavenly Flame that had truly endured ancient wars and accompanied a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint across the world.

Twelfth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame.

Its might was so tyrannical that it was not inferior in the slightest to the sixth-ranked Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.

Only such a supreme Heavenly Flame could have allowed Flame Ancestor, who possessed neither Dou Emperor Bloodline nor peerless medicinal pills, to force his way into the ranks of the five greatest ancient experts and stand alongside figures such as Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Hun Tiandi.

"Your command of flame is quite good."

Flame Ancestor gazed calmly at the youth before him and slowly spoke.

His voice was not loud, yet it carried the weight of countless ages, stirring solemnity within one's heart.

"Back then, Xiao Xuan possessed talent unmatched beneath the heavens. He once forcibly suppressed three Heavenly Flames within his body at once. That alone was already shocking beyond measure."

"But in the end, he used strength to suppress flame. It was domineering and powerful, yet difficult