After absorbing these factions, the Endless Fire Domain's power swelled severalfold. After all, Xiao Yan had swallowed up the factions of more than half the Southern Region. Yet faced with this sudden surge in membership, the Endless Fire Domain did not simply accept everyone who came. Only those who passed a series of exceptionally strict screenings were allowed to stay.
As for the leaders of those factions, Xiao Yan personally placed his Curse Mark on them. Naturally, they resisted the idea somewhat, but they also understood that circumstances left them no choice but to bow their heads. Who had told them to fall for the Heaven-Covering Gate's sweet talk and join that so-called Southern Region Alliance? They had no one else to blame for their current plight.
With that, they would keep an even tighter rein on their former subordinates, lest any of them stir up trouble and drag them down with them.
While the Endless Fire Domain steadily grew in strength, Xiao Yan, the sole master of this colossal force, quietly left the Sky Luo Continent. Before departing, besides leaving some things for Mandala and the others, he also sent someone to deliver a letter to the Heaven-Covering Gate and those other major factions.
It was said that upon receiving the letter, those ruthless figures who had long made their names in the Southern Region all spat out a mouthful of blood before fainting on the spot. There was actually nothing particularly remarkable about its contents: Xiao Yan had merely told them the truth about the medicinal herb shop. Of course, that alone could never have made them cough up blood. The real reason was that Xiao Yan had poisoned the letter...
By Xiao Yan's estimate, his poison would keep those fellows bedridden for several months, enough time for