Why was Chen Yi, this individual, alive? Where was the boundary between this individual's life and death?
What about flames?
For a moment, Chen Yi even forgot to wear away the backlash within him.
The anomaly sealed within Chen Yi appeared again, and specks of Heart Fire emerged out of thin air around him.
The flames swayed and danced with the wind, as though they possessed life.
It was more than ten minutes before Chen Yi finally came back to his senses.
This was not an epiphany. He had simply figured out a problem that had troubled him for a long time.
Burning as a process brought light and heat.
Burning as an outcome brought destruction.
Burning as a beginning brought the life and death of flame.
"Flames are alive precisely because they burn."
Chen Yi gained a new understanding of burning.
In the past, Chen Yi's burning had burned his enemies. But now, Chen Yi's burning had reached himself.
Chen Yi pressed one hand over his heart. Under his guidance, his life force, mental power, and Soul Power gathered within it.
Essence, Qi, and Spirit Unity could not bring life into being, but it could symbolize Chen Yi's "life."
As for life, it would be completed through burning.
There was also the Sacrifice Ritual.
Very soon, a cluster of Silver Flame ignited.
Burning was not merely proof that flames were alive. It was also a process of sacrifice and sublimation.
As Chen Yi continued casting, the flames began to merge with his heart.
This was an idea Chen Yi had long possessed. He had merely completed it now.
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
His heart began beating powerfully. A warm current emerged—this was a higher level of power formed through burning.
Now he only needed to make use of this power.
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