The bottom of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower connected to an endless crimson realm.
Here, boundless magma engulfed everything. As far as the eye could see, there was only crimson.
Deep within the magma, an enormous body crushed through everything around it. In this deathly silent world, a colossal creature seemed to churn within its depths.
On closer inspection, the creature churning through the magma was none other than the fallen heart flame, which had been sealed again within Jia Nan Academy.
At this moment, however, the fallen heart flame's enormous body rolled ceaselessly through the molten rock, letting out one terrifying roar after another.
But in this deathly silent world, its anguished cries were destined to go unheard.
Its enormous body was now indistinguishable from the surrounding magma. Yet a careful observer would have noticed a faint black glow seeping from its abdomen.
Surrounded by warmth, Xiao Fan slowly opened his eyes. All he could see was crimson.
"Hm?"
Xiao Fan surveyed his surroundings, then involuntarily let out a startled cry.
The chaos flame within him had enveloped his entire body, keeping out the scorching magma and wisps of inscrutable burning energy around him.
After a brief look, Xiao Fan understood his predicament.
"Looks like the fallen heart flame swallowed me after all."
Looking at the constantly surging magma around him, Xiao Fan froze briefly before coming to his senses and examining his surroundings.
"So this is inside the fallen heart flame? It doesn't look particularly special..."
There was nothing in Xiao Fan's field of vision besides endless magma. Apparently, this body was merely something the fallen heart flame had constructed from energy, without any of a normal creature's organs.
Focusing his attention on the chaos flame enveloping his body, Xiao Fan narrowed his eyes.
"Automatically protecting its