Don't Look

Just as Lu Ban had seen.

Pure Fire came from absolute extremes of emotion. Only the most profound emotions, combined with the despair of an entire civilization, could create such pure flames.

Likewise, to control Pure Fire, one had to possess despair and intense emotions equal to it.

The deeds of the Harmony Island Grand Shrine and the fates of those shrine maidens were precisely the nourishment of Pure Fire.

Using pain to suppress pain, and despair to counter despair.

That was the true state of countless foreign lands.

As for why the Glorious Realm differed from those other foreign lands that resembled tombstones, and why it had intervened in this foreign land, it was because they had seen Pure Fire devour even the Old Ones and believed it might be a way to resolve the difficulties they currently faced.

Unfortunately, after sampling it, the Glorious Realm discovered that the Old Ones had not actually been devoured.

They had fused with Pure Fire and gained an entirely new form.

Of course, after all that commotion, the half-awake Old Ones had fallen into a deep sleep. They would not awaken anytime soon—at least not for ten million years.

That was also why Pure Fire possessed such powerful strength to eliminate other forms of corruption.

Because it had originally been part of the Old Ones, one of the strongest sources of corruption.

The countless scattered flames of Pure Fire were countless incarnations of the Old Ones.

There were many similar things in the Glorious Realm.

Some were remnants that had not been erased after the destruction of foreign lands. Some were things that had accumulated vast amounts of corruption. There were also some that were the Glorious Realm's own research results.

It could be said that when it came to resisting corruption