Xiao Fan examined the inside of his body, checking the black flame in his dantian first.
"System, what is this thing?"
"This is the innate flame seed of the Chaos Flame Body. It only awakens once the host reaches Da Dou Shi. Its name is Chaos Flame."
"Chaos Flame? Is it powerful?"
"Chaos Flame is the first flame born between heaven and earth. It can burn all things and is the origin of every flame in existence. It is known by the saying, 'Before Chaos, all flames bow.'"
"Before Chaos, all flames bow? Sounds fucking awesome. Chaos Flame, manifest!"
With a thought, the pitch-black flame appeared in Xiao Fan's palm.
"This is the Chaos Flame that makes all flames bow?"
Xiao Fan studied the flame in his hand. It was nothing but pure black. There doesn't seem to be anything special about it beyond that. Toss it somewhere dark, and you wouldn't even see it. It doesn't look intimidating at all, he thought blankly, watching the pitch-black flame burn in his palm.
Then, to test it, he split off a thread of his attention and sent a wisp of flame streaking toward a large tree a short distance ahead.
There was no earth-shaking boom as he had imagined, nor even the slightest ripple. Had Xiao Fan not launched it himself and watched closely, he would not have sensed so much as a trace of fluctuating energy.
Under Xiao Fan's horrified gaze, the tree ahead, so thick it took two people to encircle it, gradually vanished beneath the pitch-black flame. Not a sound emerged throughout the process, and Xiao Fan sensed no change in energy.
He looked at the flame in his palm in horror.
*This is Chaos Flame? It's a killing weapon! If I became an