When Xiao Yan had previously used his Soul Body to secretly release the seal on the fallen heart flame, he had noticed that a Magma World lay beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower. The fire energy there was far denser than what he had discovered while searching for the green lotus core flame years ago. Cultivating there would offer considerable benefits even to a Dou Zong like him.
There was another reason as well: most of the pills he intended to refine during this seclusion were seventh-tier or even eighth-tier, which would inevitably summon pill lightning. Refining them outside would cause quite a stir, and he disliked being watched while wholly absorbed in a task. To avoid that unnecessary trouble, he had chosen a place where nothing could be detected from the outside world.
Not long after entering the bottom of the tower, Xiao Yan felt two inexplicable calls. One came from the fallen heart flame within him, while the other came from his storage ring. After searching through the Nether Sea Storage Ring for a short while, Xiao Yan took out an incomplete jade fragment.
The sight of the fragment made Xiao Yan pause slightly, for this was none other than the so-called Tou She Ancient God Jade.
The Xiao Clan in this life had also inherited this jade fragment. Given Xiao Yan's disposition, he naturally would not leave a treasure tied to the secrets of a Dou Di in the Xiao Clan. Thus, before leaving the clan, he had already switched out the Tou She Ancient God Jade in Xiao Zhan's possession. The piece Xiao Zhan now held was merely an ordinary jade fragment that looked exactly like the Tou She Ancient God Jade; Xiao Yan had kept the genuine article with him all along.
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