Perhaps because it was a Heavenly Flame born in the depths of the sea, the Sea Heart Flame possessed the authority to command the ocean, easily summoning tsunamis to swallow creatures on land.
The Sea Heart Flame gave Ye Uchiha the ability to control the ocean. Along the coast, he could use its power to raise towering waves, burying hundreds or thousands of towns and countless lives in the ocean's ravenous maw.
But that only applied to coastal regions. On battlefields without rivers, seas, or lakes, the Sea Heart Flame's power would be drastically reduced, leaving it useful only as a scorching flame that devoured people. That was also why it ranked fifteenth in the Heavenly Flame Rankings.
Every Heavenly Flame possessed power that terrified the world. Even those at the bottom of the rankings inspired dread in most Dou Huangs and Dou Zongs, and some possessed abilities far beyond what their rankings suggested.
One example was the fallen heart flame, known as a "cultivation cheat." Its heart fire constantly tempered its user's Dou Qi, allowing their strength to advance by leaps and bounds even when they cultivated without much conscious effort.
Indeed, in the original story, Xiao Yan had subdued the fallen heart flame, which tempered and strengthened his Dou Qi every second. That was how he had reached the Dou Zun and Dou Sheng realms in his twenties or thirties. Otherwise, even with his extraordinary talent, he could never have become a Dou Di in just over a decade. This showed that a high ranking alone did not make a Heavenly Flame invincible.
"Now, tell me honestly where the Hall of Souls is." Ye Uchiha put away the Heavenly Flame and stared at Han Feng.
Although he had devoured and read the memories of two Hall of Souls