Before leaving the Hun Clan, Xiao Yan did exactly as he had planned—he swept through the clan's treasure vault and took everything of value. Even the so-called Soul Refining Gale was not spared. This stuff, which inflicted damage on the soul comparable to the Fallen Heart Flame, could be considered a form of "Heavenly Flame" hidden within tempestuous winds. If refined into Dou Qi or soul power, it could marginally boost offensive strength. With such a valuable resource, how could he possibly leave it behind?
Not long after Xiao Yan left the Hun Realm, the entire realm sealed itself off. All spatial paths leading into the Hun Realm were destroyed, and somehow, Hun Dai'er managed to shroud the realm entirely from detection. Not even Xiao Yan could pierce the spatial barrier again.
That didn't surprise him. The Hun Clan had just exterminated the Yan Clan, and although Fairy Huo Ling and others had escaped, the rest of the Five Clans would certainly have received the news. They might have even begun to rally their forces, preparing to exact revenge. With both Hun Tiandi and the Void Devouring Flame now dead, the Hun Clan had no way to withstand a coalition led by Gu Yuan. They had no choice but to lay low.
Hun Dai'er's decision to ally with him in killing Hun Tiandi proved she had contingencies in place. She clearly intended to control the Hun Clan without needing Hun Tiandi anymore. As long as she successfully cultivated to the Nine-Star Dou Sheng level and refined the energy from the Fallen Crest, she would be able to break into the Dou Di realm. At that point, no one on the continent would be able to oppose her.
What made the situation even more dangerous was that, apart from Xiao Yan, no one knew her true intentions. The other ancient clans might even be smug, thinking the Hun Clan sealed itself out of fear. In truth, they had no idea what was really going on.
'I underestimated her,' Xiao Yan sighed, shaking his head. Her plan was seamless—so much so that not even he knew how to stop her, let alone anyone else. The only way to break the game would be for a new Dou Di to emerge.
But in today's world, the only sources of Dou Di breakthrough energy were the bit sealed at the Fallen Crest and the mysterious Dou Di Mansion left behind by the legendary Tuoshe Ancient Emperor. Unfortunately, one of the keys to unlocking the mansion was in Hun Dai'er's hands. Without all the pieces of the ancient jade, no one could open that place, let alone obtain the energy hidden inside.
Thinking about this, he felt a twinge of regret. Not for rejecting Hun Dai'er's proposal, but because… he had stormed off in a fit of anger and completely forgot about his carefully prepared "stick plan." He had even brought along his fire-wielding cudgel.
Still, Xiao Yan wouldn't have rejected her so casually unless he had some leads of his own. That same energy fluctuation—he had sensed it once before, back in the Ruins of Return. Maybe that place held a similar power. That's why he intended to return to the Black-Corner Region for a deeper investigation.
Before that, however, there was still unfinished business. His next priority was the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. Among the Heavenly Flames on the ranking, only the mysterious number one, the third-ranked Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, and the fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame remained unrefined.
After assimilating the Void Devouring Flame's memories, Xiao Yan learned that the so-called top-ranked Heavenly Flame wasn't a single flame. It was a fusion—formed when multiple Heavenly Flames devoured one another and merged into the strongest of all flames. The process was so perilous and complex that it was practically impossible. The only person known to have accomplished it was Tuoshe Ancient Emperor.
That revelation left Xiao Yan stunned. He had never imagined that Tuoshe Ancient Emperor had actually been a Heavenly Flame himself. What's more, buried deep within the Void Devouring Flame's memories, Xiao Yan learned what lay within Tuoshe's mansion: a Proto-Emperor Pill and a personal inheritance. Hun Tiandi's true target had been that pill. The Void Devouring Flame had concealed the existence of the inheritance—obviously harboring his own ambitions.
Others might not know where the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame lay, but Xiao Yan knew exactly. Though it was sealed in the Flame Realm by the Purifying Lotus Saint, Xiao Yan, now a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, could tear through that seal with his mastery of space manipulation and the Dragon-Phoenix Power in his body.
His current strength far exceeded that of the flame's true form. He didn't need to piece together any broken maps. With his raw power, he directly suppressed and refined the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. He had already dealt with the Void Devouring Flame—how hard could this one be? In no time, he refined it and regained his peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength.
Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran had reached the Four-Star Dou Shi level and was diligently advancing toward the fifth.
After refining the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, Xiao Yan also gained access to the Nightmare Mist technique sealed within the flame's memories. Though he had once coveted it, he now found little use for it. More unexpectedly, he discovered an ancestor of the Xiao Clan trapped in the Flame Realm—an elder who had tried to refine the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame a thousand years ago but failed. Fortunately, the elder had survived the clan's massacre due to this mishap.
After a brief moment of nostalgia, Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Chen in tow. Xiao Chen was a Five-Star Dou Sheng, and with his presence combined with Yao Lao, who had likely reached the Dou Sheng level by now, Starfall Pavilion's strength was more than enough to dominate the Central Plains. As long as the ancient clans didn't intervene, no one would be able to threaten them.
Back at the Pavilion, Xiao Yan didn't idle. First, he helped the Little Fairy Doctor resolve the problem of her Misfortune Poison Body. Then, he gifted Qinglin the ancient Heavenly Serpent bloodline along with the space of the Nine Nether Serpent Clan he had looted from Ancient Dragon Island. After making sure they successfully broke through to the Dou Zun level, he left them with all the Dou Sheng marrow he had gathered.
That marrow was extremely beneficial to Dou Zun-level practitioners. Of course, Xiao Yan himself had long since outgrown its usefulness. As for the Saint Beast blood he had obtained from the Nine Nether Serpent Clan, he gave most to Yao Lao and some to Qinglin's group. With both the marrow and the blood, they were certain to reach the Dou Sheng level in a short span.
After all that, Qinglin resumed her old habit—climbing into his bed at night to warm it for him. Seeing this young girl so devoted and knowing how cold the weather had become, how could Xiao Yan possibly let her warm the bed only to return alone to her own cold room?
So, the warm-hearted Wrathful Demon Saint simply pulled her under the covers to warm up together. And since things were getting too warm, wasn't it only natural to take off some clothes? A man and a woman sharing a bed, unclothed—if something happened, wasn't that perfectly normal?
And seriously… how did this even become a discussion about loli-con?
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