As Xiao Yan smiled faintly, dazzling flames had already begun burning along the pitch-black Void Annihilation Sword.
At his current level, the Imitation Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler was becoming somewhat inadequate. A battle between Heavenly Sovereigns required at least an exceptionally high-quality Quasi-Peerless Saint Relic to withstand combat at that level. The Void Annihilation Sword, however, was more than sufficient. Its terrifying power of annihilation even gave Xiao Yan a slight boost.
"You-you're a Heavenly Sovereign who ascended from a lower plane!"
Hearing Xiao Yan's words, a savage look appeared in the Lust Demon Emperor's eyes, while realization dawned in Qing Yanjing's and the Tailing Saint Daughter's.
No wonder Xiao Yan was so powerful. He was a Heavenly Sovereign Expert from a lower plane to begin with. That explained his tremendous strength.
At that thought, the two women looked at Xiao Yan with renewed curiosity.
Ever since the ancient war, quite a few Heavenly Sovereign Experts had ascended to the Great Thousand World from lower planes, but their numbers were still exceedingly small.
Of course, one important reason was that Heavenly Sovereigns were rare to begin with. Those who had ascended made up less than a third of all Heavenly Sovereigns in the Great Thousand World.
Yet every one of that minority had achieved extraordinary things. After all, anyone who could reach the pinnacle in the barren lands of a lower plane and refine its plane embryo possessed talent and resolve that placed them among the finest in that plane.
Throughout the Great Thousand World's history, over ninety percent of Heavenly Sovereign Experts who ascended from lower planes had reached Immortal Grade. And among Saint Grade Heavenly Supremes, that small group of ascended Heavenly Sovereigns accounted for half of the Great Thousand World's total.
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