"Even if a god descended, they would still have to cast everything aside and reincarnate as an ordinary mortal. By then, you would no longer be apostles, merely humans. Though your souls would still exist, it would be no different from death." Li spoke softly, then looked at the two of them. "The choice is in your hands now."
Mu and Saga exchanged a glance, both showing traces of fear. Karmic fire was a power Li had condensed within his body while cultivating the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art. It was actually useless in battle; he could not simply throw it at someone. Or rather, it could not leave a certain range around Li's body.
Yet it was terrifying. Even Saints did not dare touch it. As for anyone below the level of a Saint, the moment they came into contact with karmic fire, they would immediately be reincarnated, with no room for mercy. Karmic fire itself had little destructive power, but it was formed from endless evil karma. Once it stained someone, it was equivalent to defiling them, making it impossible for them to continue along the path of cultivation.
For Mu and Saga, this flame was also exceedingly familiar. They remembered that someone had once challenged the Supreme God, only to be thrown into this very fire in the end. It was the harshest punishment, because those who entered those flames could only abandon everything and start over from scratch.
This abandonment was not an ordinary kind of abandonment. When ordinary people reincarnated, they still carried the karmic ties and destiny of their past lives. But those tainted by this fire had to abandon even all of their karmic ties and destiny.
For descended apostles like them, this was an utterly terrifying punishment.
Li clapped his hands, then said,