"Calm down, calm down!"
Taking a deep breath inwardly, Xiao Yan steadied himself. With a flicker of his will, azure flames surged out of the Naling space at the center of his Dou Qi Vortex. At his command, they raced through his meridians, then swept in from every direction to encircle that strange, invisible flame of unknown origin.
Only when the green lotus core flame appeared was the intense heat seeping from that wisp of invisible flame completely cut off.
"How did this damned thing get inside me?"
Now that the danger had passed, Xiao Yan began to wonder. After entering the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, he had touched nothing, and Dou Qi had been circulating ceaselessly through his meridians to protect him. How had this wisp of flame entered his body without a sound?
"Invisible and colorless, manifesting through the heart, leaving no trace to follow... it seems there really is fallen heart flame here!"
As Xiao Yan puzzled over it, an aged voice suddenly rang out in his mind, filled with astonishment.
"Fallen heart flame?"
His mind jolted. In that instant, Xiao Yan was so overjoyed that he nearly lost control of his emotions. The azure flames surrounding the invisible flame also surged violently, almost dispersing altogether.
"That's not right!"
Yao Lao murmured in confusion, "Its form and nature certainly match the fallen heart flame, but it shouldn't be this weak... this wisp doesn't seem to be the fallen heart flame's true body. Rather, it seems to be an offshoot projected into your heart because you're close to its true body."
"What do you mean?"
Hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan was somewhat bewildered.
"This wisp of invisible flame isn't the true fallen heart flame. It's merely an offshoot flame that the fallen heart flame projected into