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Before setting off, Xiao Yan visited his mother's grave at Lingyao's ancestral home, the Xiao family's ancestral site.

"Mother, Yan'er is about to leave Wutan City to make a name for himself in the world. When he returns, he will surely surprise Father."

After saying this, Xiao Yan kowtowed three more times, then got up and prepared to leave.

As he left, the ancient jade piece hidden on Xiao Yan's body suddenly began to glow.

Meanwhile, in that ancestral land, a similar light flickered in the distance.

Xiao Yan looked into the distance, towards the deepest part of the ancestral land, where the ancestors of the Xiao family were said to be buried.

Xiao Yan was curious and realized the special nature of the situation, so he walked step by step into the depths of the ancestral land.

Located at the very front of the ancestral land is the legendary nameless tomb of the Xiao family's ancestor, and the emerald green light emanates from this nameless tomb.

However, this tomb is actually a cenotaph, because it is too old and no one knows the identity of this ancestor of the Xiao family.

Suddenly, the ancient jade on Xiao Yan's body merged with the light emanating from the nameless tomb.

Xiao Yan felt the surrounding scenery become blurry, and then it turned into a strange space.

In this space, a tall young man stood with his hands behind his back, about twenty or thirty meters away from Xiao Yan.

"Hmm? A member of my Xiao clan has actually entered this place?"

The young man turned around. His figure was ethereal, but his every move exuded an aura of dominance.

"I am Xiao Yan of the Xiao family. May I ask who you are, senior?"

The young man before him evoked a strange sense of familiarity in Xiao Yan.

The young man glanced at Xiao Yan, then laughed: "Indeed, so much time has passed, and the people of the Xiao clan can't even remember me. My name is Xiao Xuan, and I was the patriarch of the Xiao clan a thousand years ago."

A thousand years ago?

Xiao Yan looked incredulous. He knew that although a high enough cultivation level could extend one's lifespan, even a Dou Huang only had a lifespan of five hundred years. To live to a thousand years, one would have to be at least a Dou Zong.

The person before him was not in his complete state, but rather a remnant soul. How could he have survived for so long? Xiao Yan could not imagine how strong this person must have been in life.

It's even more unimaginable how he ended up like this.

"Young man, since you have come here, it means we are destined to meet. Let me ask you, how many people are left in the Xiao clan, and what is the realm of the strongest among them?"

Even after more than a thousand years, Xiao Xuan still remembered the Xiao clan.

"Reporting to our ancestor, the Xiao family, including collateral branches and direct descendants from Wutan City, should now have about three hundred members. The strongest among them is my father, who is currently a six-star Great Dou Master."

After Xiao Yan finished explaining the current situation of the Xiao family, the unfathomable man in front of him suddenly became incredibly furious.

"Very well, very well, the ancient clans have taken over my Xiao clan's Heavenly Tomb slots and nurtured countless powerful individuals. Is this how they treat the Xiao clan?"

However, his anger gradually subsided. Xiao Xuan was well aware that there is no such thing as eternal friendship in this world, only eternal interests.

The fact that one branch of the Xiao clan is still alive is the best news.

"Your current strength is too weak. Knowing some things would only be a burden for you. However, the fact that you are here means that your soul power is enough to awaken this wisp of my remnant soul."

Xiao Xuan once absorbed the bloodline of his entire clan to attack a Dou Di, but ultimately failed and was besieged by the Soul Clan, whereupon he tragically perished.

He had actually anticipated this possibility long ago, so he deliberately left this as a backup plan.

A backup plan to ensure the continuation of the Xiao clan's bloodline.

He merged a wisp of his remaining soul into his belongings from his previous life, and instructed the Xiao clan to guard them for generations.

Although the Xiao family has declined over the centuries, they have still taken great care in preserving this ancestral artifact.

Then, Xiao Xuan pointed his finger at Xiao Yan, and a strange power slowly revived within his body.

A divine mark appeared on Xiao Yan's forehead!

At this moment, Xiao Yan felt his fighting spirit becoming more active, and he also gained some new insights into flames.

"Ancestor, what is this?"

Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Xuan excitedly. Although his strength had not increased directly, his combat power had indeed increased.

"This is the clan mark of my Xiao clan, a power contained within our bloodline. Unfortunately, the bloodline of my Xiao clan has now been completely depleted, making it impossible to accelerate your cultivation. However, with this divine mark, you can use special flames to enhance your power."

"Once the clan emblem is activated, even battles against opponents of higher levels will be a piece of cake for my Xiao clan."

"So powerful? Then Xiao Yan thanks the Ancestor!"

Xiao Yan was very excited and subconsciously touched the divine mark on his forehead.

However, as the battle aura subsided, the divine runes gradually disappeared.

"Don't be too happy yet. Right now, your bloodline power can only activate one divine rune. Just one divine rune can at most increase your power by one or two stars."

Back then, my Xiao clan's ancestor, Dou Di Xiao Yang, proved his Dao with fire, awakening ten divine runes, which, like the blazing sun in the sky, illuminated the entire Dou Qi Continent!

"And if you wish to perfect this divine rune, you must collect the most ferocious and scorching flame in the world—the Strange Fire!"

Xiao Xuan's mention of the Strange Fire again shocked Xiao Yan. Most importantly, he actually had some information about the Strange Fire.

"Each time you collect a different kind of flame, your divine runes will increase accordingly. When you collect all ten divine runes, that will be the day my Xiao clan rises again!"

At this point, a long-lost hint of pride appeared in Xiao Xuan's eyes.

Xiao Xuan was born with nine divine runes, and he eventually completed them by subduing three different flames, thus reaching the Emperor Realm. However, he failed to break through due to the lack of a certain key element.

Currently, he can only awaken one divine rune for Xiao Yan, which is far weaker than when the Xiao Clan was at its peak.

In fact, the Xiao clan did not awaken entirely using different flames, but rather various beast flames, and their divine runes were generally limited to three to six.

But the situation is different now. The Xiao family's bloodline is completely depleted, and ordinary beast fire is far from enough.

Only a different kind of fire can complete the ten-pattern awakening in a short period of time!

Xiao Xuan did this partly out of self-interest. The Soul Clan is now very powerful and has entered the final stage. Once all the plans are completed, not only the Xiao Clan, but probably not even one in ten of all living beings in the world will survive.

The remnant of his soul was left behind to await a descendant with exceptional talent in soul power and battle aura, so that he could entrust everything to him and complete the final reversal.

Xiao Xuan knew, of course, that even with the power of his Xiao clan bloodline, he would still face a near-certain death against the strange fire, but he had no other choice. Only this method offered him a one in ten million chance of a comeback.

"The strange fire is the most violent and untamable flame in the world; countless people will turn to ashes just by getting close to it."

But you are a member of my Xiao clan, and the power in my Xiao clan's bloodline originates from fire. When you encounter the strange fire, do not fear, do not be afraid, try to conquer it. When it feels that you are stronger than it, it will fear and submit to you!

"Go, child, I believe you will find the right path."

Xiao Xuan flicked his sleeve slightly, and Xiao Yan's vision blurred again. When he came to his senses, he was back in the Xiao family's ancestral land.

Everything that just happened seemed like a dream, but Xiao Yan could feel that the power of his bloodline had been activated.

"The Xiao Clan? Divine markings?"

Although he hadn't spent much time with Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan was still processing the information the other had given him.

The Xiao family's power originates from flames, and to awaken the complete divine runes, they must collect different flames.

And he happened to possess detailed information about a strange fire!

Xiao Yan took out the coordinate map of the strange fire, which recorded the location of the twenty-second ranked strange fire, the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire!

"We need to cross the Monster Mountain Range to get to the Tagor Desert, so a slight delay shouldn't be a big problem."

Xiao Yan put away the map of the strange fire, bid farewell to his mother once again, and officially embarked on his journey away from Wutan City.