At the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony in Douluo Dalu, six-year-old Xiao Yan, who should have been an ordinary boy, can only summon a tiny “flame” in his palm that might go out at any moment. Everyone declares him a good-for-nothing: his Trash Martial Soul is worse than even a beast flame, and his Innate Soul Power is only half a level. He is not even as promising as the blacksmith’s son in his village!
But no one knows that this seemingly feeble flame conceals the source of the Burning Flame Art, a technique from another world! Xiao Yan uses modern theories of flame devouring to work backward and discover how to achieve Martial Soul Evolution. He devours and fuses the Green Lotus Core Flame, Bone Chilling Flame, and Sea Heart Flame from the Heavenly Flames ranking, one after another. And when the black-and-red “Emperor Flame” blooms above Douluo Dalu...