Phoenix Heart was an energy body that absorbed light and constantly grew stronger—a peerless legendary divine artifact of the world. It could even be described as a "divine miracle."
It was like how the world had earthenware vats made of wood, earthenware vats forged from black iron, and perhaps even earthenware vats made from divine iron from Mount Buzhou.
But no matter what material an earthenware vat was made from, it had a fixed capacity and could hold only a certain amount of matter.
If a vat could originally hold only one dou of rice, but you suddenly stuffed three or five thousand dou—or even more—inside it, the result would be either that the rice could not fit, or that the vat would burst from being overstuffed.
Of course, that example was not quite appropriate.
After all, Phoenix Heart was not solid matter but an energy body. It possessed the ability to absorb and devour things on its own.
It was like a pig's bladder. You could fill it with a bucket of water all at once, or a vat of water, or even three to five vats of water. It could keep stretching and swelling larger.
Of course, that example was even less appropriate.
Song Gudú knew this special quality of it, and forcibly stuffed three to five thousand dou of grain inside in one go. Phoenix Heart was unable to bear the burden, and its core exploded instantly, severely injuring Lu Qiji's true body.
Suffering the backlash from that powerful internal force, Lu Qiji was gravely injured. Even her Primordial Spirit, linked to her very life, had been struck and wounded, while pain roiled through her internal organs as though rivers and seas had overturned inside her.
A tearing sensation spread through her body.
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