Lin Ming strode through this Sea of Fire, formed from countless different Heavenly Flames.
As he walked, the flames gathered around him like stars surrounding the moon, appearing remarkably intimate.
A few tiny flames even mischievously curled around the hem of his robe and circled his fingertips several times before reluctantly drifting away.
Purifying Lotus walked beside Lin Ming, accompanying him through this sea of flames.
Multicolored halos radiated from his body. Sensing his aura, some of the Heavenly Flames took the initiative to approach and touch him, as though examining an old acquaintance who had once been trapped here.
Purifying Lotus wore a complicated expression as his gaze slowly swept across the flames. There was nostalgia, emotion, and a trace of relief, as though the dust had finally settled.
"Hmm?"
As the two slowly walked deeper into the Sea of Fire, an aged voice carrying a faint smile suddenly echoed leisurely through the flames without warning.
The voice was not loud, yet it clearly reached Lin Ming and Purifying Lotus's ears, like a spring breeze brushing over a lake and stirring ripples across its surface.
"I never expected the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to fuse with so many Heavenly Flames. Even Nihility Devouring Flame was fused into it..."
The sudden voice made Lin Ming's heart tremble. He hurriedly raised his head and looked toward its source with lightning-like eyes.
Not far ahead, within the Sea of Fire, the dazzling flames that had been endlessly churning suddenly seemed to receive some sort of summons, rapidly converging toward a central point from every direction.
More and more flames gathered, growing denser and denser. In the end, they condensed into an incomparably enormous flaming flower bud.
Countless flame colors flowed across the entire bud—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, pink, and