Chen Yi had decided long ago that the next realm of Burning would be Burning Existence.
But to burn existence, he first had to understand what existence was.
From the Power of Existence to the Illuminating Freedom Law.
Then from the Illuminating Freedom Law to the domain.
All of it represented Chen Yi's unceasing contemplation of existence.
What was existence?
It overlapped with life and death to a certain extent, but it was not the same.
Life encompassed subjectivity, while existence emphasized objectivity.
They said death came three times.
The passing of life, the funeral, and being forgotten from memory.
The disappearance of existence went beyond that. It was total erasure, the dispersal of every trace left upon the world.
So far, Chen Yi had concluded that existence had three realms.
The first realm was living within existence.
It meant becoming aware of one's own existence.
The second realm was existing within existence.
It meant that even without being aware of one's own existence, that existence could already distort the Material World.
Chen Yi still did not know the third realm.
But Chen Yi was certain.
Once he stepped into the third realm, the burning of his flames would enter a new realm as well.
He would truly burn existence itself, rather than borrowing the Power of Existence to achieve a nearly identical effect.
What Fire Dragon needed to do now was reach 0.5 of a realm.
It did not need to truly become aware of its own existence. It only needed to sense it to a certain degree, then influence it through the spell formula.
Within the pitch-black space, the dying Fire Dragon endured the ceaseless devouring of formless darkness, yet its health remained fixed at 1.
Thirty seconds later, the Dark Domain ended.
Fire Dragon walked out with