Before setting out for the Yan Clan, Xiao Yan first glanced at Xun'er. Her belly was now slightly rounded, and the smile in her eyes held a mother's love, adding a maternal radiance to her already exquisite face.
By his calculations, the child in her womb would likely be born in less than half a year.
Unlike that little girl Xiao Xiao, a human child, no matter how astonishingly gifted, would spend only nine months in the womb.
Even though Xiao Yan had used the very finest pills to nurture the child, that remained unchanged.
Among Xiao Yan's targets, the golden emperor burning heaven flame had been left for last. Given Xun'er's current condition, he did not dare entertain the slightest thought of touching it.
After spending some time with her, Xiao Yan flapped the Heavenly Phoenix Gold-Splitting Wings and left the Xiao Realm. A few turns later, he had arrived at the Yan Clan.
When the Yan Clan's clan chief heard that Xiao Yan wanted to borrow all three of the clan's great heavenly flames, the warm smile on his face vanished instantly.
Among the Ancient Eight Clans, the Yan Clan possessed more heavenly flames than any clan except the Xiao Clan, including the sixth-ranked eight desolations destruction flame, the seventh-ranked nine nether golden ancestor flame, and the eighth-ranked red lotus karmic fire.
As for flames such as the fire cloud water flame and volcanic stone flame, Xiao Yan no longer considered them.
The Yan Clan's clan chief did not particularly care about those lower-ranked heavenly flames, either.
But the heavenly flames ranked sixth, seventh, and eighth were the treasures that safeguarded the Yan Clan. Even with a terrifying power like the Xiao Clan behind Xiao Yan, the clan chief was visibly reluctant.
Faced with the slightly resistant clan