Kuroyukihime's Pain (Continued)

"You know what your flames represent."

Li Ke immediately thought of the flames that always made people think so highly of him, and of what made them special.

"The power of motion in the universe? Does that mean this world can still be saved?"

He swung the Holy Sword, and flames instantly consumed everything before him, incinerating all the monsters in sight.

And this time, Li Ke finally understood why his flames could hurt these monsters so badly!

The instant the flames touched them, the black power enveloping their bodies—and the monsters themselves—became fuel.

The aura that should have been utterly dead began to swell and break down. In the flames, it transformed into matter teeming with life, even turning into organic matter.

The ashes left behind when they died brought a spark of life to this world. His flames were merely the kindling; they immediately set everything around them alight. Wherever the ashes spread, the land became fertile enough to plant crops again, and life could return.

Even—

Water appeared.

The monsters were swept away, and the world gained a little more life, a few more flickers of firelight in its all-consuming darkness.

But Li Ke's flames were simply too few. Though fuel was boundless all around him, his fire was still smothered by the oppressive air of death, until at last it went out.

"Ha..."

Li Ke lowered the sword in his hand and shook his head helplessly.

"Looks like this won't work."

This world was simply too vast. And, as far as he could tell, there was no World Will or anything like it. He would have to burn through everything himself; without anyone else to help, restoring this world was impossible.

Fire needed fuel. Though his fuel could set the entire world ablaze, that wasn't enough.