It was no wonder the Fire Spirit Ancestor was so shaken. Even among the Fire Spirit Clan, only a handful had comprehended the True Flame Realm over tens of thousands of years.
Most of their clansmen failed to advance to Heavenly Sovereign because they could not fully comprehend even the Jing Lian Realm despite spending their entire lives trying.
How could the True Flame Emperor's Peerless Divine Ability possibly be so easy to cultivate?
Even the current Fire Spirit Ancestor, the most gifted member of the Fire Spirit Clan in nearly ten thousand years, had only just entered the True Flame Realm.
That alone allowed him to contend with a Saint Grade Heavenly Supreme when drawing upon the entire Fire Spirit Clan's accumulated reserves. Yet this Xiao Yan had actually comprehended the True Flame Realm in a resource-starved lower plane.
"Is the True Flame Realm really that difficult?"
Xiao Yan looked at the Fire Spirit Ancestor with a smile, making the corners of the latter's mouth twitch in anger.
In truth, entering the True Flame Realm was naturally an immensely difficult feat. Talent, insight, and strength of character were all indispensable to reaching this stage.
Without the Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation beneath the Bodhi Tree and the insights imparted by Tou She Ancient God, Xiao Yan would have struggled to develop True Flame World Purification to the level of the True Flame Realm. Even if he could, the Jing Lian Realm alone would probably have taken him over a hundred years.
For experts who reached the Heavenly Sovereign level, fortunate opportunities were just as crucial as talent and perseverance.
"Is it really that difficult?" The Fire Spirit Ancestor felt like cursing. Throughout their endless history, only a handful of Fire Spirit Clan members had comprehended the True Flame Realm, yet this