The Great Fiery Demon Qi Art was the foundation upon which the Fire Demon lineage had established itself within the demonic sects. It cultivated an inner force of yang fire and Yin Sha Qi, advancing gradually through thirty-three levels, symbolizing the utmost limit of ascending to heaven.
The thirty-three levels of inner force in fact corresponded to only three major realms. Each level advanced upon the last, and the difference in power was clear-cut.
The first realm was Yang Fire Energy. This fire was like the ordinary flame visible to the common people, used to cook meals and burn wood for warmth. It was warm yet tyrannical; once its force was unleashed, it often left its victims with their five viscera ablaze, their flesh and skin withering them to death.
The middle realm blended Yin Sha Qi into Yang Fire Energy, adding a trace of yielding, sinister mystery to the fierce and violent Fire Energy. It became hardness with softness within it, ferocity with yin within it. Not only was its power not diminished in the slightest, it became even more difficult to deal with.
Generally speaking, masters who cultivated this level to its peak possessed inner force whose power had few equals across the world. The insidious Fire Energy once used by the commander of the Fire Mist lineage to torment Dao Lord Qingsong beyond endurance was precisely the power of this realm at its peak.
Cultivating the Great Fiery Demon Qi Art to the thirtieth level meant one had already reached the pinnacle in terms of inner force mastery. Yet this was still not the ultimate power of the art.
The final three levels of this martial art were Demon Sun True Fire. Beneath the vast heavens, the great sun reigned supreme—peerlessly blazing, capable of burning away the