By now, Qin Feng had learned some information about the Emberfire Grand Authority from various sources.
One effect of the Emberfire Grand Authority was that it could apply "emberfire" to a target. Once the target took fire damage, that fire damage would persist permanently until the target died.
But this effect was basically useless against the thick-skinned Rock Giant Race.
That was because the damage from "emberfire" was not fixed, but depended on the fire damage the target received...
If they became NPCs and were attacked by players from the Cycle Civilization, the Rock Giants' regeneration would far exceed the players' fire damage. In fact, most of the time, the players' fire damage could not even penetrate their defenses, rendering it effectively useless.
So the Emberfire Heavenly Emperor, the successor to the Emberfire Grand Authority, had decided to use another method to deal with these surviving Rock Giants.
He would turn these Rock Giants into "Emberfire Disciples"!
Creating Emberfire Disciples was another function of the Emberfire Grand Authority, and it could likewise be cast broadly. After all, they were in the same Blueprint World. Once he developed enough to possess sufficient divinity, he could single out all the remaining Rock Giants in that Blueprint World in one go.
After becoming an "Emberfire Disciple," a target would lose most of their memories and be permanently surrounded by fire damage.
Under normal circumstances, this was also a way for the Emberfire Heavenly Emperor to create subordinates for himself.
After all, once targets lost their memories, they would generally obey the Emberfire Heavenly Emperor's commands.
Most importantly...
As the successor to the Emberfire Grand Authority, the Emberfire Heavenly Emperor could directly control every action of his Emberfire Disciples!
Under these circumstances, regardless of whether these players from the Rock Giant civilization who had