The vast lingering echoes faded away, and the last wisp of thunderfire radiance within the secret realm slowly withdrew into the void.
Flame Ancestor's remnant soul, which had swept across the ages and dominated an era, completely dissipated without a trace.
As the remnant soul vanished, the entire independent ancient secret realm suddenly began to tremble violently.
The Fire Dao principles lingering between heaven and earth rapidly dispersed. The once-stable spatial barrier became covered in countless pitch-black cracks, while continuous thunderous rumbles echoed in all directions.
The immense force of the collapsing space swept through the entire secret realm. Rubble exploded, fiery winds raged, and this ancient world that had formed a realm of its own began crumbling inch by inch.
Yao Xuan's expression turned solemn. He gave one final deep bow, gazing at the secret realm that had carried an inheritance spanning countless ages, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
"Yao Xuan bids farewell to Senior."
With those words, Yao Xuan no longer hesitated.
The seven-colored Heavenly Flames around him slowly circulated, protecting his meridians and body. With a flash, he followed the spatial passage of the ancestral land, transforming into a streak of light that burst through the collapsing secret realm barrier and exited the core of the Flame Valley Ancestral Land in an instant.
Outside, upon the plaza of the Flame Valley Ancestral Land.
Firecloud Ancestor, Tang Zhen, and Tang Hu'er stood silently, their gazes locked tightly upon the entrance to the ancestral land.
The terrifying spatial fluctuations released by the collapsing secret realm earlier had shaken their hearts and minds, even through layer upon layer of restrictions.
Firecloud Ancestor in particular, as a mid-stage One-Star Dou Saint, understood better than anyone the level of that ancestral land secret realm.
It was an independent space left behind