At the farthest reaches of the boundless universe, a resplendent Flame Flower bloomed. Its core flame was gold, its inner flame crimson, its outer flame white.
The gold of Upper Flavor lay in its nobility. The crimson of Middle Flavor lay in its sincerity. The white of Lower Flavor lay in its purity. And at the end of nobility, sincerity, and purity alike was "indestructibility."
Countless gazes, bearing real weight, crushed the void around that Flame Flower until it nearly collapsed.
Yet every gaze that truly touched the Flame Flower was ignited by it... Thus, it trailed innumerable tails. At first glance, it seemed merely that its bloom was too dazzling, bursting into a riot of purples and reds, ribbons of every hue!
Only the gaze of the Eternal could fall upon the flower without perishing.
Only then could one see, within that blooming Flame Flower, the desolate and withered great world!
But even beings of supreme Transcendence were mostly unwilling to gaze upon it for long—because the Samadhi True Fire, when it burned long enough, made itself known.
No one wished to become the footnote to the words, "and then burn them."
From this moment on, the earth-shaking Demon-Purging War was no longer visible to the heavens.
Once, when Jiang Wang faced Seven Hates in the Imperial Devil Palace, he opened his sight and hearing to the heavens, displaying his sincerity to the myriad worlds like an enthusiastic host inviting all under heaven to share in a devilish feast.
Unfortunately, the various parties showed little interest, and those who attended harbored their own thoughts. Before, the immortal dynasty had not taken the lead; after, events had not followed the script. When Ji Fengzhou restrained Transcendence, all under heaven answered the call; when Yu Xi replaced devils with immortals, there