For thousands of years, [Human Poison] burned into blazing flames. The Cangtu God was both shocked and enraged!
"Shock" was one of the seven emotions; "rage" was one of the seven emotions. The emotions He produced because of the Red Dust Tribulation fire in turn made the tribulation fire blaze even fiercer.
It was a vicious cycle.
The Cangtu God had meant to use the power of greed-devouring to swallow and extinguish the flames burning His body. But "greed" was also "desire"! "Greed" too was kindling for the Red Dust Tribulation fire. The moment the thought arose, it was like pouring oil on the flames. Startled, He abruptly withdrew it. And with that shock, the fire surged higher still.
What flame in this world could possibly ignite upon an immortal divine body?
Unless what was burning... was Himself!
For thousands of years, Helian Qingtong had been the Cangtu God. And was the Cangtu God who had swallowed this [Human Poison] not also Helian Qingtong? His seven emotions and six desires burned Himself. Every wisp of flame was kindled from the deepest depths of His Divine Position.
"The Sea of Bitterness sinks forever—yet that is no more than the suffering of mortals. What could they know of Transcendence!" The Cangtu God's voice was vast and majestic, yet He held fast to His divine heart and gazed down upon heaven with indifference, avoiding any overly violent emotional fluctuations that might feed the might of the Red Dust Tribulation fire.
At the same time, His eagle wings spread. The "heaven" that the blue sky had already torn apart fell like a long cloak, seeking to shield Him from wind and snow and extinguish the blazing flames.
In ages past, the Heavenly God Lord had commanded Megrez and acted in the stead of heaven's