The Fire of Eternal Calamity, also known as Abyssal Fire, was a powerful flame that existed only in the deepest reaches of the Abyss. Throughout the multiverse, it was rivaled only by the Crimson Lotus Karma Fire, which existed on a certain layer of the Abyss within the true Netherworld.
Unlike the Crimson Lotus Karma Fire, which targeted the sins of humanity, the Fire of Eternal Calamity was a genuine world-ending flame. It required no fuel; so long as space itself existed, it would continue burning until that world had been reduced entirely to ashes.
Over countless years, an unknown number of planes had been destroyed by the Fire of Eternal Calamity that occasionally leaked from the Abyss.
As the flames surged and spread, they not only blocked the surrounding sword qi but also scorched the Void Realm Shin had just created, causing it to tremble.
"On the Origin of the Dao—Twelve Jades!"
Shin's gaze changed. Through a special adjustment of his own power, he had completely attuned his strength to that of a certain being from his memories. Combined with his current cultivation, even the original might not necessarily have been stronger than him.
Twelve streaks of sword qi slashed out in succession. The once-pure energy transformed into the purest immortal essence, its radiance illuminating the entire Void Realm as it struck at Lucifer from several directions.
"Hmm?" Lucifer gave a soft murmur of surprise, immediately sensing the change in Shin's energy. Of course, he recognized such pure essence. It was a common energy system in the Primordial Plane at the center of the multiverse. As the Demon King, he had dealt with quite a few experts from there.
"It seems this successor of Dark Gaia has more than just an impressive command of the laws of time and