With the Fallen Heart Flame subdued, the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower lost its last remaining function. It could no longer temper cultivators' Dou Qi or refine their minds.
When First Elder Su Qian arrived, he froze on the spot, dumbstruck.
Looking at the now-useless Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, First Elder Su Qian seemed utterly defeated. His legs no longer had the strength to support him, and he sank helplessly to his knees.
He stared ahead with lifeless eyes. Before him stood Jia Nan Academy's Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, which had still been able to temper Dou Qi just an incense stick's time ago.
Now, however, it was merely an ordinary tower.
As the First Elder of the Inner Academy, Su Qian knew full well that the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower's ability to temper Dou Qi depended on the heart fire of the Fallen Heart Flame.
Now that something had happened to the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and there was no heart fire within it, something must have happened to the Fallen Heart Flame sealed beneath the tower.
At the peak of Three-Star Dou Zong, Su Qian passed smoothly through the layers of fire surrounding the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and reached its base.
Joining him beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower were Jia Nan Academy's two guardians, the Qian-Bai Elders.
The Qian-Bai Elders were both Dou Zun experts, and the surrounding flames could do nothing to them.
With a single thought, they stirred the power of space and shut out the flames around them.
When Su Qian saw them, they noticed him as well.
One of the guardians, Qian Mu, gave Su Qian a slight nod in greeting.
Then he turned his gaze toward the place before them where the Fallen Heart Flame