It began with one of Chen Yi's absentminded moments.
Chen Yi stared at the Heart Fire he had casually formed, his thoughts drifting.
The Heart Fire flickered in the wind. Though no wood supported it, it simply would not go out.
The surrounding Fire Elemental Particles seemed to sense the will within this flame.
They gathered around the Heart Fire, pulsing along with it.
Wait!
Will?!
Countless thoughts flashed through Chen Yi's mind. After a long while, he wrote down two words:
Will.
Two words that seemed utterly unrelated to the Power of Existence and the inner world.
Yet they were the answer Chen Yi had found by taking another path.
Chen Yi could easily burn away the Power of Existence within an enemy's attacks.
But he could not erase an enemy's existence by burning their Power of Existence.
The Power of Existence was existence, but existence was not the Power of Existence.
If an enemy was killed,
only then could Chen Yi burn their Power of Existence and, to the greatest extent, burn away their existence.
What was the difference between the two?
Will!
Killing an enemy reduced their existence!
Then could the reverse be achieved?
An increase in existence!
Through will!
The Dao was an artistic conception, a powerful will twisting reality.
I think, therefore I am.
Why did I have to form an inner world?
If I said it was a world, then it was a world.
The Power of Existence was merely the trace I left behind in this world.
Then I would cover that trace with flames and twist the world with my will.
Myself, eternal!
Flame Will +30
The Silver Flame danced. The Heart Fire, which had only entered the Saint Spirit grade with the help of the Game World, began changing itself because