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"Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower."

Xiao Yan studied the towering structure before him, a glimmer of delight flashing in his eyes. Suppressed beneath the tower was the Fallen Heart Flame.

Although acquiring a Heavenly Flame would not directly increase his cultivation, the boost to his combat strength would be terrifying.

His current combat strength was enough to rival an ordinary Dou Zong expert.

Voices clamored outside the tower. Countless students had gathered to wait for the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower to open, and the many new students surrounding Xiao Yan, all disciples who had joined the Dao Sect, drew quite a few looks.

Those gazes settled on the three at their head: Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian.

The last of them, a woman in white, had lasted a full four hours on her first visit to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower. Word of her terrifying cultivation had already spread like wildfire yesterday. Supposedly, she was a Dou Wang. Although it was baffling that a new student could possibly have reached that level, something even more baffling followed...

According to the news Luo Hou had spread, there were three Dou Wang among this year's new students.

The news swept through the entire Inner Academy in just a few days.

Thus, even now, nobody dared trouble these new students. Everyone merely probed from the sidelines, trying to discover what this new batch was truly capable of.

It made their livers tremble.

"Let's go..." As a clear bell rang out from the tower, its doors slowly opened. Countless Inner Academy students poured inside, and Xiao Yan waved for the Dao Sect disciples behind him to follow.

The instant he entered the tower, he felt a sneaky wisp of heartfire slip silently into his body.

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