So.
After the system relayed the information about Pink Shen Shihuang, Shen Shihuang understood the situation. In the end, Pink Shen Shihuang wasn't wrong: the two of them were indeed the same person.
But.
The other had clearly relied on the power of a Heavenly Flame to become a special individual.
Although Pink Shen Shihuang was a special individual, he was completely copying certain things from Shen Shihuang, such as his Dou Techniques.
Unfortunately, though.
He didn't have the system.
When Pink Shen Shihuang heard Shen Shihuang's words, his expression changed dramatically.
"How do you know?" Pink Shen Shihuang watched Shen Shihuang warily.
Shen Shihuang smiled and slowly walked up to Pink Shen Shihuang. He punched the Dragon Subduing Seal hanging in the air.
Bang!!
The Dragon Subduing Seal shattered.
Shen Shihuang looked at him. "You know where my weakness lies."
"You only want to become stronger."
"You're just trying to make me feel negative emotions again."
As he spoke, the Taisui Flame appeared in Shen Shihuang's hand and instantly became a sea of fire, engulfing the entire city before them. Everyone inside was burned to ashes in an instant. "This city was created by the Heavenly Flame in your possession, wasn't it?"
Sure enough.
After the black Heavenly Flame covered the city, everything inside turned pink.
It was just like an illusion.
Pink Shen Shihuang gritted his teeth and glared at Shen Shihuang. "What are you trying to do?"
"With your current strength, you can't do anything to me!"
Pink flames shielded him.
He wasn't wrong. Though Shen Shihuang now understood everything, killing Pink Shen Shihuang was nearly impossible.
"I want to know another way to resolve this weakness."
"Your method might be simple, but have you ever considered that you were born from me? If I sever our connection completely, do you think you'll still be able to live? Even with a Heavenly Flame protecting you, you'll disappear!"
Pink Shen Shihuang's face turned pale at those words.
"Of course there's another way."
"You become me!"
At that, Shen Shihuang smiled faintly. "You said it yourself: you have a Heavenly Flame protecting you, and I have the Taisui Flame. Do you really think you can do it?"
"The way things are between us, neither of us can do anything to the other. There's no point in saying such pointless things, is there?"
Just as Shen Shihuang had said.
Shen Shihuang couldn't kill Pink Shen Shihuang because the other was protected by a Heavenly Flame. And the other couldn't kill Shen Shihuang because he had the Taisui Flame.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Heavenly Flame you have and my Taisui Flame aren't actually two completely different flames, are they?"
"Time Realm."
"So your Heavenly Flame is also connected to time!"
Pink Shen Shihuang slowly relaxed.
"You're right."
"You and I are one, so naturally, our Heavenly Flames are one as well, though they're also different."
"Time is the difference."
"I woke up before you did. When all is said and done, you are me, but I am not you!"
Shen Shihuang didn't care.
"Tell me how to resolve this. If I can't become stronger, you'll be stuck here forever. More importantly, the one who possesses the Sea Heart Flame isn't far from you. I don't believe you don't know that."
"Do you even believe the things you're saying?"
"Only when I become stronger can you become stronger!"
How could Pink Shen Shihuang not know? He was Shen Shihuang, not the other way around.
"You're right. The Taisui Flame isn't complete."
"Only when the Taisui Flame is complete can you continue growing stronger. Once the energy of the Heavenly Flame Origin in my possession merges with your Taisui Flame, it will become complete."
Shen Shihuang had suspected as much.
But.
Once the pink Heavenly Flame disappeared, Pink Shen Shihuang would probably disappear too. He had no idea what other unexpected consequences might follow.
"So..."
Pink Shen Shihuang seemed to know what Shen Shihuang was thinking, and smiled faintly. "You're overthinking it. Even if the energy of the Heavenly Flame Origin in my possession is given to the Taisui Flame, neither I nor it will disappear."
"An independent individual, yet still subject to me?"
Shen Shihuang understood at once.
"Then give me the energy of the Heavenly Flame Origin in your possession!" Shen Shihuang held out his hand.
Pink Shen Shihuang looked at him.
"You..."
"Don't worry. You're my negative side. Positive and negative must coexist for me to be a complete person. If you disappear, you know what will happen to me."
Pink Shen Shihuang looked at Shen Shihuang and asked, "Aren't you afraid that one day I'll turn you into me completely?"
"That depends on what you can do."
Pink Shen Shihuang reached into the pink flames and drew out a wisp of fire. "Take it. I hope you can keep growing stronger. Don't disappoint me."
Shen Shihuang caught the pink flame.
A look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"Fengxiao Shiyan?"
Shen Shihuang looked at Pink Shen Shihuang. "Not the Taisui Flame?"
Pink Shen Shihuang said, "I told you, it and I have become completely independent individuals. Just as you said, I'm your negative side, and Fengxiao Shiyan is the negative side of the Taisui Flame."
Shen Shihuang: "Hiss!"
Time really was wondrous!
It had actually separated him and the Taisui Flame like this?
"Go ahead and fuse them."
"If you trust me."
"Fengxiao Shiyan won't clash with the Taisui Flame."
With that, Pink Shen Shihuang sat down.
"There's one more thing I don't understand."
Shen Shihuang didn't rush to fuse the flames. Instead, he asked.
"Are you asking why I know all your Dou Techniques? Or whether I feel everything you see, experience, and encounter?" Pink Shen Shihuang answered at once.
Shen Shihuang nodded. "That's right."
"With Fengxiao Shiyan, I can only copy your Dou Techniques completely. Of course, once the Taisui Flame fuses with it, I won't be able to copy them independently. I'll need your permission, or you'll have to give them to me directly."
"As for everything else, there's nothing more."
"I can't even copy your cultivation technique. It belongs to you, and no one but you can cultivate it."
"Of course, you have your own cultivation technique, and I have mine."
"The Millennium Art is my cultivation technique."
Shen Shihuang understood. "The Ten Thousand Year Technique and the Millennium Art really do match!"
One was ten thousand years.
The other, a thousand autumns.
"Although I don't know how we became like this, I have a feeling that once you become a Dou Di, you'll understand." Pink Shen Shihuang said.
Dou Di?
Shen Shihuang shook his head.
That was too far off.
"Then do you know Wu Ci?" Shen Shihuang asked again.
Pink Shen Shihuang shook his head.
"I don't."
"I'm your negative side, not... you." Although it was the truth, Pink Shen Shihuang, who already had an independent consciousness, still couldn't accept it.
With that, Shen Shihuang didn't waste any more time.
He sat cross-legged and began fusing the Taisui Flame with Fengxiao Shiyan.
When the two Heavenly Flames met, it was like a stream flowing into the sea. Nothing happened at all.
But inside Shen Shihuang's body—
A tumultuous storm raged, while a sense of completeness filled his heart.
At that moment.
After merging with the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Taisui Flame erupted completely, its tremendous energy surging through Shen Shihuang's body.
"Is he about to break through?"
Watching the aura around Shen Shihuang, Pink Shen Shihuang also felt the energy welling up inside him.