Five Flames Merge Into One, Purple Extreme Shines Upon the World
Within the Star Domain, the purplish-black Sea of Fire that once filled every inch of space has now become thin and dim, as if most of its essence has been devoured by an invisible behemoth.
Only in the central area, the enormous vortex of Purple-Black Flame continued to rotate slowly, but its scale and power were no longer what they used to be. At the core of the vortex, Lin Ming floated quietly, his aura restrained to the extreme, like the calm before a storm.
At this moment, the Three Thousand Burning Flame Origin in Lin Ming's right hand, after absorbing almost all the remaining energy of the entire Star Domain, had grown to an extremely terrifying level.
The cluster of purplish-black flames was no longer small, but had transformed into a ball of flame the size of a human head, as deep as Black Hole in the universe. The starlight inside was dazzling, as if it truly contained a miniature galaxy, exuding a breathtaking sense of immortality and vastness.
"It's time..."
Lin Ming slowly opened his eyes, his gaze calm and undisturbed, except for a flickering flame of relentless pursuit of power deep within his pupils.
Lin Ming sensed that the Three Thousand Burning Flame had reached its limit under its current condition; absorbing any more would be counterproductive. The next step, and the most crucial one of this seclusion, was fusion!
With a thought, Lin Ming's figure slowly descended from the center of the Flame Vortex, and sat cross-legged once more within the protective light barrier formed by the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame. Outside the barrier, there were still lingering but much gentler flames; inside the barrier, the miracle he was about to create was about to unfold.
He stretched out both hands again. In his left palm, the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame danced alluringly, the power of the four Heavenly Flames achieving a delicate balance and resonance within it, radiating a sharp aura that could destroy all laws.
In his right palm, the enhanced Three Thousand Burning Flame appeared calm and heavy, its purplish-black light deep and restrained, containing the vast and boundless essence of eternal stars and immortality.
Two equally powerful flames, yet with vastly different attributes and characteristics, danced silently in his palm, like two worlds about to collide.
Without much hesitation, Lin Ming's eyes narrowed, and his hands slowly came together.
"Laugh--!"
Just as the two flames were about to touch, an extremely violent and repulsive energy wave suddenly erupted! As if water and fire were incompatible, or as if natural enemies had met, the destructive nature of the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame and the indestructible nature of the Three Thousand Burning Flame clashed at their most fundamental level!
A piercing sound of energy friction rang out. At the edge where the two flames touched, space was torn open with fine black cracks, and terrifying energy turbulence spread out in all directions, causing the light shield formed by the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame to shake violently!
Indeed, fusing Heavenly Flames in this way is by no means easy! Especially for Heavenly Flames that rank so high and have such distinct characteristics, each of them represents the ultimate of a certain flame rule in the world. Forcibly fusing them is like forcibly unifying two opposing Law, and the difficulty and risk are far beyond ordinary!
However, Lin Ming had anticipated this, and his expression remained unchanged.
He took a deep breath, not inhaling air, but rather immersing his mind completely into the ninety-zhang-long nascent World Prototype within his body constructed by the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art>!
"Five Elements Roulette, suppress!"
With a low shout in Lin Ming's mind, the huge Five-Colored Wheel in his Inner World, which had been slowly rotating and exuding Chaos aura, suddenly shone brightly! The five Origin Power metal, wood, water, fire, and earth surged up with unprecedented activity, transforming into five thick pillars of light that shot into the sky, and then, like five giant pillars supporting the heavens, crashed down!
This force did not act directly on the external flames, but rather on Lin Ming's body, on his meridians, and on the two sources of the fiercely clashing Heavenly Flames energies!
In an instant, Lin Ming felt his control over his body and energy rise to an unprecedented microscopic level! The power of the Five Elements Roulette seemed to transform into the most precise control instrument, forcibly intervening in the core of the conflict between the two Heavenly Flames.
The sharp power representing "metal" is not an attack, but rather transforms into countless tiny energy chisels, precisely dissecting the most unstable and conflict-prone nodes in the two Heavenly Flames energy structures, and temporarily "stripping" or "blunting" them.
The Vitality Energy representing "wood" acts like the gentlest cushion, seeping into the gaps between conflicting energies, smoothing out the Energy Ripple caused by intense repulsion, and maintaining the basic stability of the fusion interface.
Representing the gentle power of "water," it meanders and guides the two raging energy flows, like channeling a flood, allowing them to begin initial contact and penetration along a specific trajectory, rather than colliding violently.
The incinerating power representing "fire" acts as a neutral mediator, neither favoring the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame nor the Three Thousand Burning Flame. It simply maintains an absolute "fire" domain, allowing the two Heavenly Flames to gradually diminish their individual characteristics under its influence, moving closer to the most fundamental concept of "fire".
The profound power representing "earth" forms the most solid foundation, stabilizing Lin Ming's dantian, meridians, and entire body, bearing the enormous energy load generated during the fusion process, and ensuring that the carrier does not collapse first.
Under the incredibly powerful regulation and suppression of the Five Elements Roulette, the two Heavenly Flames that were originally in fierce conflict and on the verge of exploding out of control were actually contained and eased!
With unwavering determination, Lin Ming's palms continued to slowly close in distance.
One foot, half a foot, three inches...
The moment the two flames finally came into complete contact and began to be forcibly squeezed and merged by Lin Ming, the imagined devastating explosion did not occur.
Instead, a deeper, more profound, and dramatic change has taken place!
"Buzz buzz buzz--!"
A deep humming sound emanated from the fusion point, like the Daoist Dao Sound at the beginning of time.
The purplish-red of the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame and the purplish-black of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, like two drops of mercury of different colors, began to frantically erode, penetrate, and merge with each other!
The colors are changing and distorting violently! Sometimes purplish-red takes the lead, sometimes purplish-black launches a counterattack and suppresses, sometimes bursts out with dazzling white light, and sometimes falls into a Chaos gray.
At the fusion point, the energy density reached an alarming level, even swallowing up light and forming a tiny area of absolute darkness. Only the terrifying hum proved the intense evolution taking place inside.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lin Ming's forehead, but they were quickly evaporated by the high temperature around him. His entire mind was focused on guiding and controlling the fusion process.
The power of the Five Elements Roulette was pushed to its limit, like a master craftsman forging an unprecedented Divine Weapon.
Lin Ming guided the profound Mysterious Yellow Flame as the "foundation" of the new flame, bearing the characteristics of other flames; he mobilized the agility and change of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, giving the new flame greater plasticity and control; he incorporated the depth and inclusiveness of the Sea Heart Flame, enhancing the new flame's energy reserves and endurance; and he activated the invisible soul-scorching power of the Fallen Heart Flame, making the new flame's attacks more unpredictable and difficult to defend against.
Finally, Lin Ming used the enhanced Three Thousand Burning Flame ' "undying" and "starry" characteristics as the core, serving as the "soul" and highest Law of the new flame, governing all other characteristics!
This was an extremely complex and dangerous process. Any slight mistake could lead to the loss of all previous efforts or even backfire. However, Lin Ming, with his powerful Soul Power at the Spirit Realm Grand Perfection and his profound understanding of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art> and the origin of the Five Elements Origin, managed to steadily advance this process.
Time seems to lose its meaning in this profound fusion.
I don't know how much time passed; it could be a moment, or it could be eternity.
The drastically changing colors finally began to stabilize. The purplish-red and purplish-black were no longer clearly opposed, but had found a wonderful balance, and began to truly and completely merge into one!
A completely new color, from that fused core, slowly unfolds like the breaking of dawn!
It was a color that defied precise description—deeper and more restrained than the crimson of the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame, yet brighter and more noble than the purplish-black of the Three Thousand Burning Flame! It was as if the deepest night sky and the most dazzling sunset glow had been fused together, ultimately solidifying into an extremely noble—dark purple!
This dark purple hue doesn't appear gloomy; instead, it's full of a mysterious vitality and majesty.
It is as deep as the universe, yet it seems to contain a brilliant light as if the world had been created.
As the flames flickered, faint, deeper starlight could be seen rising and falling within them, a preservation and sublimation of the Three Thousand Burning Flames' indestructible stellar characteristics; and around the edge of the flames, there seemed to be an almost invisible ring of destructive ripples capable of distorting space, a manifestation of the ultimate destructive power of the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame.
Once the last bit of energy had completely merged, the new flame finally stabilized.
It hovered quietly between Lin Ming's hands, about a foot in diameter, its entire body displaying a noble and mysterious dark purple color. Its form no longer changed drastically, but rather, as if it possessed life, it slowly undulated and burned with a constant, rhythmic pace.
A terrifying aura, far surpassing any other Heavenly Flames before, slowly spread out, like Ancient Deity awakening from its slumber!
This aura possesses the ultimate destruction of the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame, the eternal indestructibility of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and various characteristics of the other three Heavenly Flames, and is perfectly integrated to form a powerful force that surpasses them, is of a higher level, and is closer to the origin of flames!
Lin Ming gazed at the newly born Heavenly Flames in his palm, feeling its immense power that was both devastating and full of life, and a surge of heroic spirit welled up in his heart.
He could clearly tell that the power of this new Heavenly Flames had absolutely surpassed all those ranked fourth and below on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, truly placing it among the top flames on the continent!
After carefully savoring the aura and characteristics of this new flame and pondering for a moment, Lin Ming finally smiled slightly.
"Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame... This name originally meant the ultimate purple color and final destruction. Now, having fused with the ninth-ranked Three Thousand Burning Flame, its purple color is even deeper, its destructive power even greater, and with its inherent immortality, it is endlessly regenerating. This name is not outdated at all; on the contrary, it is even more fitting, better reflecting its essence and majesty."
"If that's the case, why bother changing it?"
"From this day forward, you are the new Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame!"
As Lin Ming finished speaking, the Dark Purple Flame in his palm seemed to understand its master's will. It trembled violently and emitted a joyful yet majestic hum. As the flame rose, its noble and mysterious dark purple radiance illuminated the gradually cooling Star Domain, as if announcing the formal coronation of a Flame King!