Xiao Tian stared at the illusory old man before him, clasped his hands in greeting, and asked, "May I ask who you are, senior? And why are you here?"
"Hehehe..." The old man in white chuckled, raising his aged hand, but his expression quickly stiffened.
"How is that possible? Is your fire control technique even more advanced than mine?"
As the previous master of the Fallen Heart Flame, was his fire control technique, as Heavenly Fire Venerable, inferior to that of a mere Dou Emperor?
Xiao Heavenly Eye blinked, noticing the Heavenly Fire Venerable's slight embarrassment. He understood what was going on and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Old man, you're dumbfounded now! If Er Huo Flame had appeared, you would have surely transferred him out of the Fallen Heart Flame and then continued to show off. Too bad, you ran into me! I'm the Heavenly Dao Inheritance! You think you can compete with the future Deva Path for Heavenly Flames? You're dreaming!"
While inwardly grumbling, Xiao Tian feigned confusion and asked, "Senior, what are you doing?"
"Ahem..." Heavenly Fire Venerable really wanted to say 'How embarrassing!', but as a Dou Zun, he had to maintain his composure in front of the juniors.
"It's nothing. I was just woken up by you. I haven't been active for so many years, even this wisp of my soul is a little uncomfortable."
"A remnant soul?" Xiao Tian feigned disbelief, exclaiming in astonishment, "Senior, you've managed to survive until now with just a wisp of a remnant soul? What was your original peak cultivation level?! That's incredible!"
Heavenly Fire Venerable felt he had finally regained his long-lost sense of pride; vanity was a comforting feeling.
"Young man, we are destined to meet. You have refined the Fallen Heart Flame Fallen Heart Flame, while I was its previous owner."
"Oh no! Senior, you're not going to kill me and then steal the treasure, are you?!"
The Heavenly Fire Venerable said with a wry smile, "I don't have that much power now. With your current cultivation, you are more than capable of killing me. I was originally Dou Zun, known to the world as the Heavenly Fire Venerable. I came here to refine the Fallen Heart Flame and should have left, but I trespassed into a place I shouldn't have entered. You must have encountered some lizardmen where you came from."
Xiao Tian nodded and said seriously, "We encountered them. They're quite weak, just a bunch of experience Baobao."
Heavenly Fire Venerable's lips twitched as he said, "You really got a great deal, kid. When I refined the Fallen Heart Flame, I was already injured. After breaking in, I fought a fierce battle with a lizardman at the Dou Zun realm, and even many lizardmen at the Dou Zong level came to attack. If they hadn't been ignorant of spatial power, you wouldn't be seeing me now."
"Well, I guess I'm lucky. Thanks to Grandpa Tianhuo for clearing the way for me."
Heavenly Fire Venerable almost burst out laughing in anger.
"Young man, you certainly know how to talk," Heavenly Fire Venerable said helplessly. "This remnant soul of mine can't last much longer. We are destined to meet, and I have some things I wish to pass on to you. Would you like to learn them?"
Xiao Tian had been eagerly anticipating these words from Heavenly Fire Venerable, and couldn't help but ask with delight, "Grandpa, are you sure?"
"Naturally," Heavenly Fire Venerable smiled. "Your Fire Energy control is quite good. Since you can refine the Fallen Heart Flame, you must be a high-level alchemist."
Xiao Tian's heart skipped a beat; he knew the old man's true purpose had arrived.
"Grandpa, do you want me to create a body for you and then resurrect you?"
Heavenly Fire Venerable remained expressionless, but inwardly he was shocked. How did this kid know what he was thinking?
"That's not it. If you were an alchemist, your Soul Power would be much stronger, making it much easier for you to cultivate my Five-Wheel Flame Separation Technique."