"The True Flame Emperor?"
Looking at Xiao Yan's burning gaze, Tou She Ancient God paused briefly, then gave an easy laugh.
"I originally planned to tell you about this later. It seems I'll have to tell you ahead of time."
"Perhaps you already suspected it.
I am... the True Flame Emperor."
Those two sentences alone stirred towering waves in Xiao Yan's heart.
So it was true. Tou She Ancient God really was the True Flame Emperor!
Countless thoughts arose in Xiao Yan's mind as he looked at the black-robed elder before him.
Back when he was with the Nine Nether Saint Ancestor, he had already sensed a faint similarity between the True Flame Emperor and Tou She Ancient God.
The True Flame Emperor had been the foremost master of fire on the Dou Qi Continent, and even in the Great Thousand World, gathering countless flames to forge his invincible True Flame Dharma Form.
Although Tou She Ancient God had not accomplished that, he had attained imperial status as a Heavenly Flame, likewise becoming a peerless Dou Di through Heavenly Flames.
Of course, if it had only been those two points, Xiao Yan would have dared do no more than entertain the possibility. What truly connected the two in his mind was the cultivation technique he practiced-the Flame Mantra!
The True Flame Emperor had created the Flame Mantra, and anyone he chose as his successor had to have practiced it. Tou She Ancient God imposed precisely the same requirement on his successor.
Besides, how could Tou She Ancient God, a Heavenly Flame spirit, have obtained the Flame Mantra through sheer coincidence?
Everything pointed toward a single answer: Tou She Ancient God... was the True Flame Emperor!
Yet despite having suspected it for some time, Xiao Yan still found it a little