The Star Domain returned to silence. Star sand drifted slowly through the sky, while the lingering essence of stellar fire gently wound through the void.
The Pill Tower elders led Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and the other contestants out of the Star Domain's secret realm. Within the vast starry expanse, only Yao Xuan remained, seated alone in the air.
In his palm, the palm-sized violet-gold fire dragon coiled obediently. Brilliant starlight flowed across its scales and claws, with none of its previous arrogance or savagery remaining. The Fire Spirit's origin had completely submitted!
Subduing it was only the beginning. The true tempering and refinement had only just arrived.
Yao Xuan sat cross-legged at the center of the star platform, his eyes gently closed as his consciousness sank completely into his body.
The Flame Mantra roared into full operation. Within his meridians, the eight origin Heavenly Flames awakened simultaneously and slowly revolved, forming a vast Fire Dao furnace that steadily enveloped the newly absorbed origin of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
The ninth-ranked stellar flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking possessed boundless reserves, containing starforce essence accumulated over tens of thousands of years and the fire essence of heaven and earth. It far surpassed any Heavenly Flame Yao Xuan had previously refined, except for the Nine-Dragon Thunderflame Dragon!
Strands of violet-gold stellar flame followed the Flame Mantra's circulation path and slowly merged into the eight great Heavenly Flames. The nine entirely different flame origins collided with one another before finally blending into one.
The process was gentle, yet incomparably domineering. This peerless Heavenly Flame became the foundation of Yao Xuan's Fire Dao.
Vast, pure stellar flame power washed through his limbs, bones, meridians, and skeleton. Layer upon layer of immense energy surged continuously into Yao Xuan's body.
Yao Xuan's originally stable