In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since Xiao Yan descended to the bottom of the magma.
Everyone outside believed that Xiao Yan must have died.
During that time, after recovering, Su Qian, the Inner Academy's Great Elder, personally visited the Xiao Empire to apologize to the Xiao Emperor, hoping to gain his forgiveness.
Yet after arriving in the Xiao Empire, Su Qian discovered that the Xiao Emperor was not angry in the slightest. He even declared that his son had not died.
That answer left Su Qian astonished. Moreover, his visit to the Xiao Empire had given him a true glimpse of its strength.
The Xiao Empire had two Dou Zong experts, one of whom was actually the Xiao Emperor's wife, Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Tribe. Beneath those Dou Zong experts were another ten Dou Huang experts.
Of course, what astonished Su Qian most were the Fifth-Rank Griffins in the Xiao Empire, as well as its Dou Wang experts, whose numbers were so vast they were difficult to count.
During a single visit to the Xiao Empire's imperial capital, Su Qian had seen no fewer than three hundred Dou Wang experts. That discovery filled his heart with horror.
After returning, Su Qian dispatched people to guard the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower strictly and closely monitor any movement inside.
Meanwhile, the Xiao Empire's territory continued to expand. Almost every day, two or three small countries along its borders were destroyed.
That wave of expansion would soon reach the fringes of the Black Domain Great Plains. If the Xiao Empire occupied the Black Domain Great Plains as well, it would mean that the empire would begin advancing toward the Black-Corner Region.
It could be said that the Xiao Empire's territory was now almost ten times the