"Where are you going?"
"Above."
"What's up there?"
"The Three Thousand Burning Flames, a Heavenly Flame."
"Could that be what summoned me?"
"Mm."
Ye Feng nodded and continued to ascend toward the sky with Zi Yan. As they soared higher into the heavens, the temperature gradually rose. Just as they were about to cross a certain threshold, a group clad in uniform armor blocked their path—Danta's Law Enforcement Team.
"No flying is allowed above Saint Dan City," one of them barked.
"Move."
That one word from Ye Feng echoed like thunder.
A terrifying wave of sound surged out like a tidal wave, sweeping across the enforcement team. The force alone ruptured their internal organs. Blood spilled from the corners of their mouths as they were hurled back like broken kites. Zi Yan, unfazed, hovered beside Ye Feng—she alone knew that he had held back. But others didn't. To them, Ye Feng had just declared war on Danta's authority.
"Presumptuous!"
The squad leader of the law enforcement team rose swiftly into the sky, trying to intercept Ye Feng and Zi Yan. But compared to their speed, he was a crawling insect in the wind. Desperate, he fired off long-range attacks, trying to block their path.
Ye Feng's eyes narrowed. Spatial ripples stirred around the squad leader, and in an instant, an invisible giant hand materialized out of thin air. With a crushing force, it slammed down—turning the man into nothing but a mist of blood.
The onlookers below were stunned into silence.
To serve as the leader of Danta's enforcement team, one needed at least the strength of a Dou Zong. Yet he was obliterated in the blink of an eye by a man barely in his twenties.
Fear took root in every heart.
Even Dou Zong-level experts felt a cold dread crawling up their spine. Someone who could slaughter a Dou Zong with a glance… was no ordinary cultivator.
"Monster…"
Within Danta's Elder Hall, all eyes turned toward the three top giants of Danta: Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi.
The trio stood silently, gazing upward with furrowed brows. Though proud and powerful, even they had to admit the truth: even if the three of them joined forces, they might not be able to stop that youth. If they acted rashly, they would become cannon fodder.
Yet this was their city. Their territory.
Killing Danta's law enforcement commander here was nothing short of a direct slap to their face.
Just as the three giants prepared to take action, a figure stepped forward—Ye Tong, patriarch of the Ye family.
"Brothers," Ye Tong spoke, halting them, "that young man… he's the one who beat up our ancestor."
"What?"
"Him?"
"No wonder…" Realization dawned across their faces. "No wonder his strength is so deep. I was wondering where such a terrifying genius came from… so it was him."
With the mystery unraveled, the three Danta giants didn't make a move. Instead, they watched Ye Feng calmly as he flew higher toward the starry realm above.
"Master, he's heading toward the star region. Shouldn't we stop him?" one elder hesitated.
"Stop? Who can stop him?" Tian Leizi scoffed.
"But he's behaving so recklessly… he doesn't take Danta seriously at all!" the elder muttered.
"If you think it's so easy, Elder Cao, why don't you stop him?" Tian Leizi turned to the man with a cold grin. "Oh, and by the way—he's the one who wiped out all your Cao Family's spies in Ye City."
"What?! It was him?!"
Elder Cao's face turned pale.
For over two decades, the Cao family had schemed to take control of Ye City after the Ye family lost their elder seat in Danta. They planted spies, bribed the inner ranks, and manipulated from the shadows. But one night, everything crumbled. Every spy was rooted out, every plan dismantled—and they never knew who had done it.
Until now.
"That's not all," Tian Leizi added. "You're an alchemist. Didn't you notice? That young man's spiritual realm... it's already at the Emperor level."
"Em—Emperor?!"
Elder Cao staggered back, breath shallow. Terror flickered in his eyes.
The title "Emperor" wasn't just a rank. It was a symbol of absolute power.
Across the continent, only two others were known to have reached the Emperor level—one was the Soul Clan's Soul Emperor, the other the vanished Dragon Emperor. Even Gu Yuan, head of the Gu Clan, had only reached half a step into that realm.
"To attack from any distance, to shape space with intent—this is the mark of a Emperor," Tian Leizi said solemnly, awe seeping into his tone. "But how… how does someone so young possess such terrifying spiritual might?"
"Are we just going to stand here and do nothing?"
"What else can we do? Be cannon fodder?" Tian Leizi scoffed. "If Elder Cao is eager to die, I won't stop him. In fact, I'll even issue him a martyr's certificate afterward."
His words were cutting, but they silenced the hall. Elder Cao's face twitched in anger, but he knew Tian Leizi was calling him a fool—and he wasn't wrong.
"Besides, you've all forgotten something," Tian Leizi said coldly. "That star region… it's where the Three Thousand Burning Flames is sealed. If the seal is broken, what do you think will happen to Saint Dan City?"
Everyone froze.
The Three Thousand Flames bore a deep grudge against Danta. When it was sealed, it had left a warning: if it ever escaped, it would burn Saint Dan City to ash.
Right now, Ye Feng was heading straight toward it.
"We provoke him, we die. We leave him alone… we might still die." Elder Cao clenched his fists.
"But one thing is clear—if we interfere now, we're not just facing his wrath… we're facing the wrath of the flame."
Up in the sky, Ye Feng and Zi Yan continued to rise. The temperature grew scorching. Zi Yan looked around.
"Master, is the Heavenly Flame near?"
"Yes."
"Then… why can't I see it?"
"Because it's sealed inside a special space—a realm known as the Starfield."
This so-called Starfield was a fractured space, forcibly torn open and stabilized by the three giants of Danta. Unlike Dan Realm or other independent worlds, the Starfield was unstable and incomplete.
Ye Feng lifted his hand and brushed the air above him. His eyes closed as his spirit senses extended.
He felt a desolate void. A faint heat rippled through it, and soft threads of light seeped into the realm.
"The light of the stars?" Zi Yan reached out to touch it, but the beams were cold.
"Yes," Ye Feng murmured, staring down at the city below and the three giants still watching him. "The starlight. And sealing the Three Thousand Flames up here… was incredibly foolish."
His gaze turned sharp.
"The sky can't block starlight. And the Three Thousand Flames is born from starlight. The longer it remains here, the stronger it becomes. In my eyes, the three Danta giants might be decent alchemists… but in everything else, they're absolute idiots."
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