Battle Through the Heavens 03: Ascension of the Flame God
Episode 1: The Emperor's Legacy
The scorched winds of the Heavenly Flame Realm had finally settled. The once roaring skies were now silent, as if mourning the departure of the God Flame Emperor—Xiao Yan. His final battle had torn the heavens apart, leaving behind nothing but a glowing scar in the void above.
At the heart of that scar, where flames once devoured time itself, floated a single spark.
Not just any spark.
It was the essence of Xiao Yan's will. A divine ember containing his cultivation, memories, and the origin of the Flame God's path.
Time passed.
A hundred years.
A thousand.
And still that spark floated in the void… untouched, unseen, waiting.
Until one day, the void trembled.
A rift tore open within the sky of a distant world—one not yet touched by heavenly flames. A silver-blue light emerged from it, and the ember streaked across dimensions, crashing into the Mortal Flame Continent below. The land cracked, volcanoes awakened, and the skies turned blood red. But when the firestorm ended, only silence remained.
From the center of a smoldering crater, a young man slowly rose.
His eyes… were burning.
Not with fear.
Not with confusion.
But with purpose.
His name—Xiao Zhan. The last descendant of the fallen Xiao Clan. A boy born without Dou Qi, laughed at by the world, beaten by fate. But now…
Something had changed.
Within his soul, a voice echoed.
> "Child of fire... awaken the forgotten path. The throne of flame awaits."
Xiao Zhan gasped. His body surged with unbearable heat. His veins lit up like molten rivers, and an ancient, spiral-shaped mark formed on his chest—the Seal of the Flame Inheritance.
Suddenly, memories not his own flooded into him—Xiao Yan's battles, his breakthroughs, his losses, his love, his wrath. Everything. Like a divine script etched into the soul.
The first step had begun.
In the charred sky, three ancient emblems appeared—the Nine Flame Lotus, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and the Ancient Burning Pagoda.
And so, the world would remember:
The Flame God was gone.
But the next one… had awakened.