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Battle Through the Heavens 03: Ascension of the Flame God
Episode 2: Flames That Refuse to Die
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The divine flames that had once engulfed the entire Heavenly Realm gradually calmed, leaving only faint embers flickering in the night sky. The world stood eerily quiet. Xiao Yan—the God Flame Emperor—had vanished into the void after releasing his final divine technique, the Ancestral Flame Reversal. Many believed he had perished. But legends never die so easily.
Deep within the ruins of the Skyfire Divine Temple, hidden beneath layers of scorched stone and collapsed altars, a flicker of crimson flame still pulsed rhythmically—like a heartbeat refusing to fade.
Within that ember… a consciousness stirred.
"Where… am I…?"
Xiao Yan's voice echoed in his own mind. He couldn't move. His body felt weightless, his soul adrift. But the warmth of his Heavenly Flame still embraced him—it hadn't abandoned him. Not yet.
Suddenly, ancient runes lit up across his chest. The Ancestral Flame Seal—left behind by the Flame Ancestor himself—had activated. His last technique didn't kill him. It transported him.
"A sealed world...?"
Xiao Yan's soul drifted toward a new realm, a dimension unlike any he had seen. The skies were permanently ablaze. Rivers flowed not with water, but molten flame. Mountains floated in midair, some cracked, some entirely turned into lava lakes. It was a land where flame was law.
A powerful voice echoed in this realm:
"You who carry the Flame God's Will… awaken. The Path has not ended—it has only begun."
Suddenly, Xiao Yan's soul was pulled toward the core of this world: a giant crimson altar surrounded by 108 pillars, each inscribed with flame techniques long forgotten.
On the altar, a figure knelt. Clad in ancient golden-red robes, with a crown of fire above his head—it was the original Flame God.
He raised his head slowly, eyes meeting Xiao Yan's soul.
"You used the Ancestral Flame Reversal and survived… just as I once did."
Xiao Yan, stunned, could barely form words. "You are... the original Flame God?"
The man nodded. "What you know as history… was only the first cycle. You are the second. I burned the heavens to make this realm. You… will now ascend beyond it."
Suddenly, the altar beneath Xiao Yan burst into pillars of fire, forming a seal beneath him. His broken soul began to rebuild, slowly forming bones of flame, veins of magma, and flesh forged from divine essence.
"From this day forward," the Flame God declared, "you are no longer just a user of Heavenly Flames. You are their heir."
Xiao Yan's new body took shape. His black robes reformed with burning gold edges, his eyes lit like twin suns. On his back, nine blazing flame wings unfurled.
"The Flame God Bloodline… has awakened."
He fell to one knee, overwhelmed by the sheer weight of power flowing into him.
Suddenly, the vision blurred. The Flame God's altar began to crack.
"This realm cannot hold your rebirth. You must return—go to the Lower Flame Worlds and conquer. From there… ascend again."
A massive fiery vortex opened behind Xiao Yan, pulling him backward through space and time.
As his body was sucked in, the last words of the Flame God echoed:
"This world needs a new Flame Emperor. Burn the path, Xiao Yan. Become the Ascended Flame God!"
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On the other side of the continent, in a land where the power of Dou Qi had started evolving once more, a meteor of fire crashed into a barren valley. The ground split, forests burned, mountains trembled.
From the crater, a man stepped out—his eyes burning like twin stars.
Xiao Yan had returned.
But this time, he wasn't here to fight for survival.
He was here… to reignite the heavens