"Hum!"
Crimson flames swept into the sky, surging like tidal waves.
The light formed from Li Qingyue's will merged with them little by little.
She seemed to have become flame herself, burning everything in the world.
That expanse of spacetime seemed to be collapsing and melting without end.
As time passed, understanding gradually dawned in her heart.
She sensed the changes within the flames. At times they were violent, filled with endless destruction, burning everything.
At times they were calm, like a quietly flowing stream, able to embrace all things, melt them down to their origins, and ultimately draw them into itself.
The flames' myriad transformations brimmed with elusive meaning, interweaving Dao and Principle.
They also seemed like endless Dao principles flowing, constantly changing form.
They shifted like the five elements and yin-yang, capable of grinding everything into nothingness.
They also possessed something akin to the cycle of life, death, and reincarnation, with life and destruction blending and revolving, returning everything to one.
When calm, they appeared utterly ordinary at first glance, but once they erupted, all things would fall into destruction.
Was this what flame truly was?
It contained yin-yang and all five elements. Life and death revolved, and all things fell still within it, as though it were a complete world.
"Hum..."
As Li Qingyue gained understanding, wisps of crimson firelight converged on her.
Those flickering lights eventually became strange Dao patterns, gathering around Li Qingyue.
Following the hand seals Li Qingyue formed.
They rapidly changed shape and entered Li Qingyue's body.
They swiftly headed toward the swallowing life spring.
"Hum!"
The swallowing life spring resembled an enormous treasure vase, or a gate to hell, a black hole ceaselessly spinning and devouring all things.
Now, as the flame Dao patterns entered it, the entire swallowing life spring began