Battle Through the Heavens: Reap the Red Lotus Karmic Flame at the Start

After the Heavenly Tomb incident, the Soul Emperor went into seclusion to recuperate, while the Void Devouring Flame took control of the entire Soul Clan. Although he lost contact with Zi Huo, the Void Devouring Flame was still able to understand Xiao Yan's progress.

Xiao Yan first entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree, successfully obtained the opportunity within, and directly defeated Hun Feng, the strongest genius of the Soul Clan.

Afterwards, they established the Guiyuan Mansion, successfully launched a surprise attack on the Spirit Clan, and completely annihilated this family of Dou Di descendants.

Xiao Yan frequently caused a great disturbance for the Void Devouring Flame, and his strength soared, reaching the level of a three-star Dou Sheng. Considering that Xiao Yan also had the remnant soul of Xiao Xuan behind him, the Void Devouring Flame even regarded Xiao Yan as a five-star Dou Sheng.

Until this time at the Pharmacopoeia, Xiao Yan displayed his talent beyond the soul, powerfully refining a ninth-grade Xuan Pill. The Void Devouring Flame resolved not to wait any longer and would seize this opportunity to attack Xiao Yan.

The ultimate goal of Void Devouring Flame was to seize Xiao Yan's body. He was well aware of the effects of the Burning Technique and the Strange Flame, but he himself had already reached the Nine-Star Dou Sheng level and could no longer rely on the Burning Technique to cultivate. The best way was to directly use Xiao Yan's existing body, which had already mastered the Burning Technique.

Deep down, he still hoped that Xiao Yan could grow for a while longer, ideally reaching the strength of a five-star Dou Sheng, so that he could ensure the stability of his strength after taking over Xiao Yan's body.

However, the Void Devouring Flame knew this was his best opportunity. Firstly, Xiao Yan's soul was too powerful, posing a risk of failed fusion; secondly, he knew his time was running out. Having cooperated for millennia, he knew his partner, the Soul Emperor, all too well. Once the Soul Emperor awoke, he would have no more chances to target Xiao Yan. And he genuinely didn't believe the Soul Emperor's claim of ten years of recuperation. The Soul Emperor was indeed injured, but it certainly didn't require that long of rest.

In fact, after the raid on the Yan Clan failed, a very serious crisis of trust had already arisen between Void Devouring Flame and Soul Emperor.

After the failed attempt to silently annihilate the Flame Clan, the Soul Clan became the target of everyone's hatred across the continent. Subsequently, the Soul Emperor chose to ally with Gu Yuan, explaining his reasons to the Void Devouring Flame, but the Void Devouring Flame no longer believed him. He had once been the Soul Emperor's most important ally, trusting that the Emperor wouldn't harm him before achieving his grand plan. But now, with Gu Yuan's intervention, the Void Devouring Flame felt a strong sense of crisis.

Promises are fragile; only interests are eternal. People like Void Devouring Flame can only feel truly at ease when they have enough leverage in their hands.

For Void Devouring Flame, seizing Xiao Yan's body and mastering the Burning Technique, an important cultivation method unknown to others, was the most crucial step. With Xiao Yan's body, he would be more confident, and this was a trump card that no one else knew about!

His final choice was to attack the Thunder Clan, Medicine Clan, and Stone Clan, while he himself used the Soul Clan's ultimate trump card—the four living dead—to ambush Xiao Yan and Yan Jin. With the Soul Emperor absent, he held absolute decision-making power within the Soul Clan, and no one could question his decisions.

As expected, everything proceeded according to his plan, and Xiao Yan and his group successfully fell into the encirclement. Although Xiao Yan managed to escape by luck, he relentlessly pursued him, and ultimately, the Void Devouring Flame successfully entered Xiao Yan's body.

"Just one last step. Once we completely obliterate his soul, we can take over this body!"

"Although I was severely injured by Xiao Xuan, I can still barely accept it by absorbing this kid's soul for nourishment, plus this ready-made body!"

While Void Devouring Flame may appear omnipotent now, he is actually at his wit's end.

When he first planned this ambush, he only saw Yan Jin as the biggest obstacle, so he didn't hesitate to use the four undead as his secret weapons. When Yan Jin was actually intercepted, he almost thought the operation was a success, but the variables along the way far exceeded his expectations.

He first pursued Xiao Yan and Qing Lin relentlessly. He didn't know what method Xiao Yan and Qing Lin had used to make it impossible for him to catch up in a short time, wasting a lot of time and affecting his originally calm emotions. When he finally caught up with them, he thought they were exhausted, but he didn't expect that this was another of their schemes. Xiao Xuan was willing to sacrifice himself and the entire Heavenly Tomb space to perish together with him.

Fortunately, Xiao Xuan had been dead for many years, and even with the help of the Heavenly Tomb, he was still far from his peak fighting strength.

The Void Devouring Flame used its core devouring ability to dodge the fatal blow of the self-destruction, but Xiao Xuan's triggering of the Heavenly Tomb's self-destruction was indeed extremely threatening, and he was now severely injured.

The situation before him no longer allowed him to take his time. If he wanted to preserve his power to the greatest extent possible, he had to destroy Xiao Yan's soul in a short period of time and forcibly take over his body.

However, when the Void Devouring Flame actually entered Xiao Yan's body, it couldn't help but feel excited.

He was right; Xiao Yan had cultivated the Burning Flame Technique, which he both feared and craved most. He himself possessed a body of flames, and his strength had already reached its peak; it was impossible for him to switch to cultivating this technique. The best option before him was, as he was doing now, to forcibly possess the body of someone who had already mastered the technique.

The best news is that Xiao Yan has already mastered this technique. After absorbing five different flames, this technique is now a genuine Heaven-rank technique, and there is no need for Void Devouring Flame to make any further efforts.

Void Devouring Flame couldn't help but fantasize: once he perfectly merged with this body, and incorporated the second-ranked Strange Flame on the Strange Flame Ranking, he would surely be able to elevate this technique to an unprecedented new level. At that time, he probably wouldn't be able to find a second technique stronger than this in the entire Dou Qi Continent!

The most important thing about the Void Devouring Flame technique is that it relates to the opportunity of becoming a Dou Di!

Now he needed to focus on dealing with Xiao Yan, so he prioritized eliminating external threats. He couldn't let this woman ruin his grand plan. If Qing Lin destroyed Xiao Yan's body, while the Void Devouring Flame wouldn't die immediately, his plan would be completely ruined.

With its main body severely injured and unable to possess Xiao Yan's body, the Void Devouring Flame will have far fewer things to rely on, making its alliance with the Soul Emperor even more dangerous.

The Void Devouring Flame's insight was also very sharp. Just as he guessed, the relationship between Qing Lin and Xiao Yan was extraordinary, or rather, Xiao Yan was an extremely important existence to Qing Lin. She couldn't bring herself to attack Xiao Yan. As long as she didn't make a move, everything would be fine.