Crimson Blaze Realm, Sky-Patrol Palace.
A thin, middle-aged cultivator in a hemp Daoist robe sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
"Hmm?" Venerable Daoyan opened his eyes, a strange look flashing through them.
The Crimson Blaze Realm was merely a medium-sized world. After its dragon vein origin had been stripped away, most of it had collapsed, leaving its actual area far smaller than a tenth of its size at its prime. With his Spirit Transformation cultivation and the fifth-tier origin formation the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect had laid down over the years, Venerable Daoyan's divine sense could encompass almost the entire Crimson Blaze Realm. This also meant that, should he wish, everything that happened within the realm, from ants foraging to natural treasures reaching maturity, could be reflected clearly in his mind, as plainly as the lines on his palm.
"The Upper Purity Immortal Sect's True Lord prodigy is extraordinary indeed. She has added another variable to who will claim the Flame Emperor," Venerable Daoyan murmured.
Heavenly evolution numbered forty-nine, with one escaping.
At Venerable Daoyan's realm, he had long understood that the workings of heaven and earth could never remain unchanged forever. Variables and unexpected events always existed, so it was reasonable that Zhao Yue could discover Crimson Blaze's secret.
But Venerable Daoyan had no intention of intervening. Instead, his gaze shifted, and he "looked" toward the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
Affinity was hard to come by; fall behind one step, and every step thereafter would lag.
Before Zhao Yue discovered the Flame Emperor's secret, that opportunity had already set its sights on a prodigy of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
Clearly, that little fellow already had a target, but had yet to make up its mind.
Now that Zhao Yue had thrust herself into the matter, who would claim