The round sun shone upon a vast and majestic sky.
Zhu Lin seemed to tread invisible stairs, ascending step by step. With each step, he grew younger, and by the time he reached the summit, he had transformed from a middle-aged man into a young man.
His flesh regenerated, filling out his frame. His face was fair and beardless, his bearing proud and vigorous. True Person Zhu Lin had been handsome in his youth, utterly unlike the shriveled, scrawny figure of his old age.
"Thump, thump..."
He stood with his hands behind his back, flames coloring his pupils. An invisible pressure spread across the entire gathering, accompanied by an immense heartbeat.
"Upper Flame Heart!"
Beneath the thunderous heartbeat, Zhu Lin's voice sounded remarkably calm.
The sound rang out in every direction. That abrupt heartbeat seemed to make everyone's own heart skip a beat, leaving them inexplicably ill at ease, almost coughing up blood.
Fortunately, Xuan Guang blocked ninety-nine percent of the divine power's might head-on. As the remaining shock waves swept past, Jiang Yang took a deep breath and suppressed his nausea.
"Upper Flame Heart? Shouldn't it be called Attached Separation Heart?"
Someone noticed something amiss and spoke hesitantly.
"This divine power once underwent a Transformation. Today, it is called Attached Separation, but in ancient times, it was Upper Flame. This is... the oldest fate divine power of the Sovereign Fire path. Strictly speaking, Attached Separation Heart can only be considered its lower-ranking substitute."
"Indeed, it is that very Upper Ignorance Lordly Flame Destiny Divine Power. It rectifies hearts and accords with the people's will. Judging by its might, it is probably the orthodox divine power passed down through the Flint Sun Dao Lineage."
"The Vermilion Flame Palace of Xiangli... has solid roots if you trace its ancestry back. It's