Chapter 1113

"The Flame Lord's power in the endless ages past must have been terrifyingly high; I suspect the Flame Lord was severely wounded and fell into slumber after failing to ascend to Supreme Deity."

Some deities made such speculations.

Although the Ancient God Ruogai discovered Lin Yan's secret, his discovery could not be transmitted out.

Thus, these deities still believed Lin Yan had once been a powerful Ancient God.

The failure rate for attempting to ascend to Supreme Deity is extremely high.

Even without any interference, the failure rate is over a hundred times higher than that of attempting to reach the fourth tier.

Within the Star Map, countless stars glittered.

But how many Supreme Deities are there?

Only a handful!

Even a powerful Sovereign like the Fairy Sovereign had never heard of a new Supreme Deity being born!

It has been far too long since a new Supreme Deity was born.

It has also been far too long since any deity attempted to ascend to Supreme Deity.

If one fails to ascend to Supreme Deity, even if one survives, one often must slumber for countless years.

"I feel the same way—otherwise, why would the Flame Lord be so powerful? I have a feeling that soon, the Flame Lord may return to his peak, even... attempt to ascend to Supreme Deity!"

One deity spoke with shocking boldness.

"You really dare to imagine such things..."

In the Heavenly Realm, discussions about Lin Yan grew increasingly exaggerated.

Lin Yan was unaware of the Heavenly Realm's discussions; even if he knew, he wouldn't care much.

He was still in the Void Lands.

The Fairy Sovereign and the Flowing Frost Sovereign had long since departed, but the Eternal Night Goddess remained there, accompanying Lin Yan.

Lin Yan stayed in the Void Lands for a simple reason.

After killing the two Ancient Gods, he, by virtue of his nature as Flame, sensed a peculiar flame in the surroundings.

This sensation was faint.

Yet Lin Yan was almost certain: there was, without doubt, a peculiar flame nearby.

This peculiar flame, having sensed Lin Yan's flame form, had been drawn to him and might have developed some intention toward him.

The peculiar flame possessed no sentience or soul, but certain rare flames still harbored instincts—instincts that were extraordinarily powerful!

Like Lava Flame, it would flee upon sensing danger.

Abyssal Demon Flame would even escape the Abyss, seeking to burn the souls of countless beings to grow stronger.

And this peculiar flame had been drawn to Lin Yan.

"The flame of the Void Lands?"

The Void Lands existed in a peculiar manner, partially suppressing the power of deities.

Of course, this suppression was relative, not absolute—it depended entirely on the comparison of power.

Yet, the flame of the Void Lands, one need only think to know, must be exceedingly rare.

Not only rare, but likely also incredibly powerful!

Thus, Lin Yan stayed, transformed into his flame form, and began to burn there.

He was luring the other toward him.

Yet that peculiar flame was also cautious and did not rush out recklessly.

Lin Yan was patient.

He began steadily reducing his energy output, slowly lowering the temperature of his flame.

This made Lin Yan appear as if he were growing weaker by the moment.

To make the act more convincing, Lin Yan did not ask the Eternal Night Goddess to leave; instead, he urged her to draw closer.

This would make the peculiar flame believe Lin Yan needed the Eternal Night Goddess's protection.

To make the act more convincing, Lin Yan did not tell the Eternal Night Goddess the reason.

After all, even though the Eternal Night Goddess was a fourth-tier Goddess, she probably had no concept of acting.

Soon, one day passed.

The Eternal Night Goddess furrowed her brow.

Because she sensed the flame's temperature had dropped and its range had shrunk considerably.

"What is the Sovereign doing?"

The Eternal Night Goddess was filled with curiosity.

Curiosity, mixed with a trace of worry.

After all, the energy fluctuations radiating from Lin Yan's flame had clearly weakened significantly.

Another day passed like this.

While the outside world buzzed with heated debate over the recent battle, the Eternal Night Goddess's worry grew heavier.

Because the flame's temperature was weakening further.

The Eternal Night Goddess did not speculate much on Lin Yan's form.

It wasn't that she wasn't intelligent.

It was simply that she had never considered such a possibility.

Yet the Eternal Night Goddess at least understood what a weakening energy fluctuation signified.

"Could it be that the Sovereign is injured, and is absorbing energy from the flame to heal?"

The Eternal Night Goddess gazed at the sea of fire, thinking to herself.

"When fighting the first Ancient God, Zunzhu mobilized the power of the Dao, and his arm collapsed outright from the overload; when fighting the second Ancient God, Zunzhu's expenditure must have been immense, and he even drained my strength..."

The Goddess of Eternal Night thought of this, and her heart grew increasingly worried.

Amid such worry, another day passed.

It had now been three days since Lin Yan killed the two Ancient Gods.

Lin Yan sensed that the peculiar flame of the Void Land had drawn near—not far from him—watching him.

This meant his strategy had succeeded.

But the opponent was within the Void Land, where it held the home-field advantage; if Lin Yan moved now, the opponent might still slip away!

"What kind of flame is this?"

Lin Yan wondered.

He continued reducing the energy supply, further lowering the temperature.

Lin Yan wanted to be even safer!

In the blink of an eye, another day passed.

Lin Yan sensed that the flame was drawing ever closer to him!

And the Goddess of Eternal Night's worry grew ever greater.

Yet she did not speak to disturb Lin Yan.

She feared that if she spoke, it would disrupt Lin Yan!

"When I arrived, Zunzhu had already defeated the second Ancient God; the second Ancient God may have already used forbidden power, and wounds from forbidden power are exceedingly difficult to heal!"

The Goddess of Eternal Night thought.

She had herself encountered forbidden power.

But it was far inferior to the forbidden power possessed by the Ancient Gods.

Wounds from forbidden power were harder to heal than those inflicted by the power of the Dao.

Their difficulty of healing was probably second only to wounds inflicted by the power of the Dao.

As the Goddess of Eternal Night thought this, her worry deepened further.

"No wonder Zunzhu never leaves the Void Land—he likely fears the hidden Ancient Gods seeing his true condition. But staying indefinitely in the Void Land is no solution either; here, his power has no replenishment, only depletion..."

The Goddess of Eternal Night thought.

"I must do something for Zunzhu."

The Goddess of Eternal Night thought again.

But what could she do for Zunzhu?

"Only a forbidden technique can heal a wound caused by forbidden power. Among the marks left by Morning Star Zunzhu, there happens to be one such technique—but the cost..."

As the Goddess of Eternal Night thought of this, she paused, her face slightly flushed.