"Foolish!"
Fire Spirit swept his flame-red sleeve and said, "Who says nirvana must be for a Phoenix? Who says the Human Race cannot be reborn through fire? I have studied this path for tens of thousands of years and worked through countless possibilities! Daoist Friend Lin Xiao's current condition happens to meet the requirements for the most extreme—and most promising—form of Outer Dao Nirvana I have conceived!"
His words came like a volley of shots. "His old Dao Foundation is crumbling, but his Life Origin has not yet gone completely still. A thread of unwillingness remains in his Divine Soul. He is like an old house on the verge of collapse, with one spark still alive deep beneath its foundations!"
"We need not waste our strength repairing the old house. That would be defying heaven—harder than climbing to the sky! We must use that last spark to ignite a towering blaze and burn the house, its foundations, and every impurity within them to ash! Then, upon the ashes and ruins, we will use a higher Bloodline as our catalyst to shape an entirely new, stronger embryo of life!"
"Reborn through fire, alive by passing through death!"
Fire Spirit waved his arms, his voice rising with excitement. "Nothing new can rise until the old is broken! His Dao Foundation is collapsing, isn't it? Then let it collapse completely! At the height of destruction, we will nurture the height of life!"
The idea shook stone and shattered heaven. It overturned the traditional healing arts' approach of mending what was broken and carried the Demon Race's wild, domineering spirit of seeking life on the brink of death.
Immortal Emperor Yun Yi stroked his beard in thought. "Daoist Friend Fire Spirit, you mean to guide Daoist Friend Lin Xiao's collapse ourselves, push him into