The Demon Lotus phantom stared at the Demon Lotus. With a change of hand seals, the two great formations covering heaven and earth suddenly swept down from above and up from below. Huge curtains of fire shot out from the centers of the formations, swiftly forming a square prison of fire pillars that sealed the Demon Lotus within.
"I gave you your intelligence and memories, and now I will take them back. From now on, you will once again possess the purity you had when I first discovered you!"
"Nether Flame Saint, you heartless bastard! I will never let you have your way!"
A furious roar rang out from within the Demon Lotus once more. Immediately, the Demon Lotus began spinning at high speed, and streams of exceptionally terrifying blood-red flames suddenly shot forth from it. Faced with those strange blood-red flames, the fire curtains condensed by the formations actually twisted violently.
"When my end was nearing, I once considered erasing your memories, but I could not bring myself to do it. Thus, I sealed you away, hoping you would dissolve the violence and killing intent in your heart. Yet now it seems that thousands of years of sealing have only deepened your hatred. Since that is the case..."
As Nether Flame Saint watched the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame struggle madly, he let out a soft sigh and changed his hand seals. The enormous formation spanning hundreds of thousands of feet actually began collapsing from the outside inward. Yet as the outer edges of the formation crumbled, the fire pillars sealing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame became increasingly solid.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the formation operated, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame also frantically attacked the fire curtain, producing earth-shattering impacts.
"Ancient Heaven Refining Array, strip away!"
Nether Flame Saint's illusory