When Long Chen first stepped into this world, an unusual aura brushed against his senses. Yet, driven by the urgency to save his people, he chose to ignore it. However, as Long Chen focused on it now, he could sense an enormous black lotus in the distance, its presence as daunting as the black lake in front of it.5

Surrounding the black lotus were flickering black flames. When Long Chen saw it, the name “Yan Xu Flame” came to his mind. He had not expected to see the strongest flame within the nine heavens and ten lands here.20

When the channel to the ninth heaven first opened, a flame lotus formed of the Yan Xu Flame had materialized, bearing a striking resemblance to this black lotus.1

The only difference was that the aura of the flame lotus from back then had shaken heaven and earth, while this black...0