Before him stretched a boundless ocean of Exotic Flames. As far as the eye could see, blazing fire surged into endless waves, even warping the void slightly with its heat. Heatwaves carrying the pressure to burn all things filled every inch of space.
Compared to this, the sea of fire that had sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was no more than a tiny lake before a vast ocean. Their energy grades, scale, and imposing presence were worlds apart, utterly incomparable.
Multicolored flames were the sole rulers of this space. Scarlet, deep blue, violet-gold, dark green, crystalline white... all manner of Exotic Flames intertwined and writhed, surging and churning layer upon layer. At times, they gathered into towering pillars of fire that pierced the heavens.
At other times, they scattered into a rain of flames that drifted down with a soft rustle, beautiful beyond measure and tyrannical beyond measure. One glance was enough to shake the heart and soul, as though even one's soul would be devoured by that ultimate blaze.
This was the supreme Exotic Flame that had firmly occupied the top rank of the Dou Qi Continent's Heavenly Flame Ranking.
Legend had it that it was born from the Heaven and Earth Origin. A thousand years formed the embryonic shape of flame; ten thousand years gathered Innate Spiritual Charm. Then, after another ten thousand years of devoted cultivation, it quietly transformed amid endless magma and developed its own Spiritual Wisdom.
After its Spiritual Wisdom first awakened, it roamed along the scorching magma veins beneath the earth, wandering for a thousand years through the Core Magma deep beneath the continent. It fed on devouring all the flames in the world, steadily strengthening itself step by step.
It was exceptionally intelligent. Not only did it understand how to grow stronger