In the blink of an eye, the second and third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking—two existences that represented the most supreme flame powers in the world—finally met.
As the saying went, kings did not meet kings; if they did, superiority had to be decided.
This was an eternal iron law among Heavenly Flames. From the moment heaven and earth first opened, from the day Heavenly Flames were born, there had existed between them an instinctive, irrepressible desire to devour.
Higher Heavenly Flames devoured lower Heavenly Flames to strengthen themselves; when Heavenly Flames of the same level met, there would inevitably be a life-and-death struggle, the victor devouring the defeated and becoming an even stronger existence.
Under normal circumstances, if the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Nihility Devouring Flame met, it would inevitably be an earth-shaking battle.
They would tear at each other madly, devour, merge, until one side completely disappeared and the other became the final victor.
But at this moment, within this Five-Colored Qi Vortex, the instinct that would make Heavenly Flames devour each other upon meeting had no chance to erupt at all.
Because within that Five-Colored Qi Vortex, there existed a power even more domineering and even more irresistible than they were.
And under the pressure of this power, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Nihility Devouring Flame could only be forced, compelled against their will, to begin merging.
There was no struggle, no devouring, no life-and-death clash. They were like two water droplets thrown into the same container, forced by the container's irresistible rotation to draw close, touch, and blend.
At first, they were still resisting.
The radiance of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame flickered madly, and the devouring power of the Nihility Devouring Flame also struggled with all its might. But under the