When Xiao Yan heard Yao Lao's words, he froze.
"Nalan Yanran!"
"Teacher, you're saying she's Nalan Yanran?!"
After a moment of stunned silence, Xiao Yan turned to his teacher, Yao Chen, in disbelief.
Nalan Yanran!
Back when Xiao Yan had fought Nalan Yanran during the Three-Year Agreement, she had only been a Five-Star Da Dou Shi.
Yet the Black-Robed Woman opposite him was now a Peak Dou Wang.
In other words, in just one short year, Nalan Yanran had advanced from Da Dou Shi to Peak Dou Wang.
This...
Even Xiao Yan found it hard to believe.
After all, even he might not have possessed the strength of a Dou Wang now if he had not successfully devoured the Fallen Heart Flame.
After devouring the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Yan had broken through an entire major realm, soaring straight from Peak Dou Ling to Peak Dou Wang. Such a breakthrough was nothing short of astonishingly fast.
What shocked Xiao Yan was that, despite his own monstrous rate of advancement, Nalan Yanran had actually managed to keep pace, reaching Peak Dou Wang as well.
"Now do you understand?"
"The geniuses of this world are nowhere near as simple as you imagine."
Yao Lao spoke calmly as he looked at Xiao Yan.
"Teacher, even so, isn't this far too fast?" Although Xiao Yan had not underestimated Nalan Yanran, this rate of growth was truly inconceivable.
"You can refine heavenly flames, and other factions naturally have their own methods. I suspect Nalan Yanran entered the Misty Cloud Sect's Ancient Grounds and obtained a tremendous opportunity. Only then could she have made such a breakthrough."
Yao Lao was not particularly surprised.
This world held countless powerful figures, and its endless mountains and dense forests concealed innumerable experts, ruins, and the like.
There were even