Xiao Yan gently waved his hand. Countless colored threads of flame suddenly shot out of the fiery prison, swiftly weaving themselves into a net. Colored mist seeped from the net and slowly closed in on the purifying lotus demon flame.
"Aah!"
A piercing scream escaped the purifying lotus demon flame. It struggled frantically, but no matter how fiercely it fought or how much energy it unleashed, it could not break free of the fiery net.
"Let me erase those bad memories once and for all."
Controlling the fiery threads with both hands, Xiao Yan gently plucked at them, slowly drawing wisps of milky-white mist that represented the purifying lotus demon flame's memories and spiritual intelligence out of its body, then burning them into nothingness.
"Aah! No! I really know I was wrong! Can you give me another chance? I'll behave from now on." As it felt its mind gradually turning blank, the purifying lotus demon flame begged in terror.
"You really know you were wrong? Give you another chance?" Those words immediately reminded Xiao Yan of Tang San. Killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he shook his head sharply. Without another word, he changed his hand seal, and the many fiery threads within the curtain of flame abruptly crossed through the purifying lotus demon flame's body.
"Aah!"
Another agonized scream rang out as the purifying lotus demon flame struggled madly. Its strength was now less than a tenth of what it had once been; it had no hope of contending with Xiao Yan. It hurriedly dropped to its knees and begged him for mercy.
"Flame Emperor, no! Please, I don't want to become an idiot!"
Xiao Yan looked toward the source of the voice and discovered a white lotus covered in pink veins slowly drifting inside the purifying lotus