"Oh? So your Flame Emperor has agreed to see me?" Wang Yufan said with a smile.

"That’s right. I can’t sense your strength, but from your actions just now, I know you must be above the God Emperor Realm. In the past thousand years, no outsider in our Yan Realm has reached the God Emperor Realm. You are the first. And today, Red Wang spoke to our Flame Emperor, saying that you wanted to see him, so now you can," Ao Wu said.

Hearing what Ao Wu said, Wang Yufan smiled and said,

"Alright, since your Flame Emperor wants to see me, I’ll go then."

Hearing Wang Yufan’s words, Ao Wu was speechless. He thought, ’Didn’t you say you wanted to see him? Now it’s as if our Flame Emperor wants to see you.’

But Wang Yufan didn’t care about any of that. He looked at Ao Wu and said, "Then lead the way." Wang Yufan said, standing up.

Ao Wu glanced at him, opened the door, and leaped into the sky. Wang Yufan turned to look at Feng Hong behind the secret door and said,

"Goodbye, Hong Hong." After saying that, Wang Yufan’s figure vanished from the spot.

When Feng Hong heard Wang Yufan call her by that name, she immediately emerged from the secret door and started cursing in the direction where Wang Yufan had disappeared. After she finished cursing, Feng Hong felt a sense of curiosity about this newcomer from outside. This curiosity was like a desire to understand him more deeply, and she was startled by her own thought.

...

About a hundred breaths later, Wang Yufan and Ao Wu arrived at the center of the Yan Realm, the place where Flame Emperor resided. Wang Yufan saw that this place was vastly different from Feng Hong’s residence. He didn’t know the reason, nor did he want to ask too many questions.

Ao Wu directly led Wang Yufan towards Flame Emperor’s secluded cultivation area, stopping at a massive stone gate about dozens of feet high and over ten meters wide.

"Reporting to Flame Emperor, your subordinate has brought the person," Ao Wu said.

"Hmm, bring him in," an old voice came from behind the stone gate.

Wang Yufan didn’t say anything, just followed him inside.

Behind the stone gate, the space was a forest spanning several miles. This place was completely different from the red world outside. Wang Yufan knew that this was another small world that had been opened up.

The two walked for another hundred breaths.

They stopped in front of a pavilion. In Wang Yufan’s eyes, a white-haired old man in a red robe sat quietly on the railing outside the pavilion, holding a fishing rod. Wang Yufan knew that this person was the Flame Emperor of this place.

"Ao Wu, you may leave."

Hearing Flame Emperor’s command, Ao Wu responded and retreated. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Old man, you can’t fish like this. Your heart isn’t calm," Wang Yufan said at this moment.

"Oh? Young friend can tell that my heart is not calm?" Although Flame Emperor had his eyes closed, he clearly heard Wang Yufan’s words.

"Not only can I tell that your heart isn’t calm, but I can also tell that you probably failed your recent heavenly tribulation, which is why your aura isn’t very stable."

As soon as Wang Yufan finished speaking, a chill emanated directly from Flame Emperor’s body, but Wang Yufan just smiled and said nothing.

"How did you know?" Flame Emperor’s fishing rod was now suspended in the air, and he had turned his head to look at Wang Yufan. When he clearly saw Wang Yufan, Flame Emperor was visibly taken aback, because Wang Yufan looked far too young, yet possessed such high talent.

"Oh, ho, if I said I guessed, would you believe me?" Wang Yufan asked.

"No!"

"Then that’s it, isn’t it? If I say I guessed and you don’t believe me, then why should I say it? However, what I said is true. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. You probably don’t know why I came here, do you?" Wang Yufan said.

"Did you not come here because you accidentally fell into this realm?" Flame Emperor began to say.

Wang Yufan shook his head and said,

"I came here specifically for the black and white divine flower you speak of. And I heard that this divine flower is being cultivated here with you, so, based on the principle of responsibility, I came to find you."

Hearing Wang Yufan say this, Flame Emperor smiled and said,

"That’s right, that black and white divine flower is indeed being cultivated here with me, and only one plant remains so far. You should go back, I won’t give it to you. I have a use for this one."

Hearing Flame Emperor say this, Wang Yufan shook his head and said,

"No, I’ve decided to take this flower of yours. Since I’ve come, I don’t want to go back empty-handed." Wang Yufan said.

Hearing Wang Yufan’s words, Flame Emperor sneered:

"Are you trying to steal it? But with your strength, do you think you can? Or do you think your backing is strong enough to make you say such words?"

"No, no, no, you’ve got that wrong. My backing is always just myself. Besides, I’ve already sensed that this black and white divine flower is right here, isn’t it? If I’m not mistaken, it’s at the bottom of that small lake in front of you," Wang Yufan said with a smile.

At this moment, Flame Emperor’s face grew colder and colder. He didn’t know why Wang Yufan knew the location of the black and white divine flower so quickly, and also knew about his failed breakthrough during seclusion. This was the first time since he became Flame Emperor that someone had seen through him so clearly, and this feeling made him extremely displeased.

"Enough, young man. I see you’re not afraid of death. Do you know that in this Yan Realm, no one has ever dared to speak to me like this? Even the kings of the other territories, including geniuses from the outside world, never dared to be presumptuous in front of me. But what you’re doing is truly something. I think it’s necessary to let you experience the consequences of acting this way," Flame Emperor said.

"Oh? They are them, and I am me. What they don’t dare to do, I do. What they don’t dare to say, I say. What’s wrong with that? Besides, do you really think you can so confidently take me down? I don’t think so. I still want you to just give it to me, so you don’t have to cry out in pain later," Wang Yufan said with a smile.

"Hahaha, make this Emperor cry out in pain? You, young man, really do dream big. Unless you are in the Divine Emperor Realm, you are nothing to me. If you were in the Divine Emperor Realm, you wouldn’t need to waste so many words with me; you’d just unleash your power and I’d have no choice but to hand over whatever you want. However, you are not. For someone your age to reach the God Emperor Realm is already astonishing.

So, just for what you said, I will let you thoroughly experience the consequences of provoking me. You won’t be leaving this Yan Realm ever again." After Flame Emperor finished speaking, a pressure belonging to the late Divine Venerable stage directly pressed down on Wang Yufan.