Although Xiao Yan had concealed his aura, only one person knew that name.
Yun Zhi trembled all over, her eyes widening. She had never imagined they would meet again under these circumstances.
"You're already a Dou Wang?!"
Disbelief filled Yun Zhi's face. Half a year ago, the young fellow before her had only just become a Da Dou Shi.
The last time they had traveled together, he had still been only a Two-Star Dou Ling. Yet now, upon meeting again, he was already a Dou Wang, and with the aid of a Secret Art, he could even briefly gain the upper hand against her.
His cultivation speed left Yun Zhi utterly astonished. She could not imagine what heights the young man before her would reach in the future.
"You're-Yan Xiao?"
Xiao Yan recognized her identity. There no longer seemed to be any need to continue this battle.
"That's me. I was wondering why that black-robed Dou Emperor looked after me so much along the way. So it was you. That explains everything."
Xiao Yan laughed. Without Yun Zhi's help along the way, he could never have joined Gu He's party, and it would have been difficult to reach the Green Lotus Core Flame straight away.
Had that happened, the most likely outcome would have been the Wind Fury Dragon Flame absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame and becoming an even more terrifying new heavenly flame.
By then, there probably would have been few people in the entire Northwest Continent capable of subduing it.
"So that's how it is. You were after the heavenly flame too, weren't you?"
Yun Zhi had never expected the young man before her to be so daring, venturing alone to seize a heavenly flame and surviving its terrifying destructive power.
"Yes. For certain special reasons, I