"Creating something from nothing."
Such a phrase surfaced in Liszt's mind.
It was one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems: insisting something existed when it had not, as though fabricating it out of thin air. It was also an inspiration that had suddenly struck him. Perhaps the barrier of magic was precisely creating something from nothing. Yet this creation from nothing was not creation based on something—it was creation from "nothing."
In the triangular theory, magic could be transformed from matter and spirit. Those were both forms of creating something from something.
Thus, ordinary flames and fire-element magic belonged to this category of creating something from something, and therefore involved no information about any barrier. But the relationship between volcanic supermagic and magma was one of creating something from nothing. This led him to believe that volcanic supermagic was a product created by a barrier.
"The source of volcanic supermagic is 'nothing,' but forming that 'nothing' requires harsh conditions. In my view, the high-temperature environment of magma and the dense fire-element magic are both excellent breeding grounds for this 'nothing.' And this 'nothing' resembles the essence of the world itself."
Words could hardly explain Liszt's inspiration at this moment. It was like saying, "There should be applause here"—the environment represented by that "nothing" was that "it ought to be so."
Where supermagic ought to exist, supermagic came into being.
Magic barriers were, more or less, such an abstract concept.
"So, to touch the barrier of fire-element magic, I need to understand this 'nothing' and achieve 'it ought to be so'... Looking at it now, this seems more like an idealist worldview?" He sent Rio a message—"Follow me"—then abruptly shot out of the magma.
He transformed into a phoenix blazing with fire and circled above the Volcanic Crater.
Soon, Rio also burst out