The moment Xiao Yan's Dou Qi broke through to late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, his terrifying aura once again shook Yan Jin, Clan Chief of the Yan Clan.
Refining the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Flame, and Red Lotus Karmic Fire in succession had naturally brought Xiao Yan considerable benefits. All three were highly ranked heavenly flames.
Had Yan Jin refined all three flames, the strength he had accumulated over his many years as an Eight-Star Dou Sheng would likely have made a breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Sheng far from difficult. But compared to Xiao Yan, where could Yan Jin find the opportunities and backing needed to accomplish such a feat?
Even as the esteemed Clan Chief of the Yan Clan, he still fell short of Xiao Yan.
"Clan Chief Yan Jin, Zhi'er... I'll be leaving the Flame Realm for now. I won't forget the Yan Clan's kindness. Once I become a Dou Di, I will return these three heavenly flames to your clan."
At the entrance to the Flame Realm, Xiao Yan looked with smiling eyes at Yan Jin and the beautiful woman behind him, whose forehead bore a flame mark.
"Hehehe, of course, of course. We of the Yan Clan will await the day you become a Dou Di, Xiao Yan."
Yan Jin merely smiled at Xiao Yan's words without saying much more. The red-robed beauty behind him, however, could not hide the reluctance in her lovely eyes.
"Xiao Yan, I'll be waiting for you... here in the Yan Clan!"
That was all Huo Zhi said.
At first, her relationship with Xiao Yan had been nothing more than a matter of their clans' interests. But affection had blossomed over these months together, and Xiao Yan certainly knew how to charm a woman. By now, she had