Several months passed in the blink of an eye!
Ancient Dragon Island fell silent, with the entire island under lockdown. Entry was permitted, but no one could leave!
Meanwhile, in the outside world, the remaining survivors had spread word of Xiao Yan's slaughter at the Ancient Ruins that day.
Now, everyone was curious about this almost absurdly young "Half-Saint" expert named Xiao Yan, and speculation about his origins ran rampant.
He was far too mysterious, as though he had appeared out of nowhere, and he had even killed a Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerable without a second thought.
Coupled with the extraordinarily terrifying Heavenly Flame he had wielded, this led some to speculate that he most likely came from the Yan Clan, one of the Ancient Eight Clans.
It was not just outsiders. When the news reached the Yan Clan, even its patriarch, Yan Jin, was startled.
Our mighty Yan Clan has a genius like this?
How could I, the patriarch, not know about him?
Of course, others speculated that Xiao Yan was an unparalleled prodigy secretly nurtured by the Pill Tower, and that the Heavenly Flame he controlled was the Three Thousand Burning Flame within the Star Domain.
This also explained why Xiao Yan had dared to kill a Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerable without hesitation. After all, the two factions had been enemies for years.
Meanwhile, factions such as the Flower Sect and the Four Pavilions secretly counted their blessings.
Fortunately, the journey had been so long that they had not reached the Ancient Ruins after receiving the news. Otherwise, their prospects would likely have been grim.
After all, even those peak Dou Zun had died at Xiao Yan's hands. They were merely three- or four-star Dou Zun. Would going there not have been marching to their deaths?