Because the quantum state itself had no concept of time, and even transcended it, if the consciousness of any burning "Ashes Apostle" could sink away as his just had, that meant countless "Ashes Apostle" consciousnesses existed within the dimension of time. This also explained the origin of those countless swirling patterns!
An "Ashes Apostle" could be "one," or it could be "all"!
Moreover, this "state" of the "Ashes Apostles" was probably extremely unstable. Ashes themselves were unstable; even someone who could bear them would burn to the extreme once the amount became excessive, just like that "Ashes Apostle · Fire Man."
Once they burned out, perhaps they themselves would perish as well.
"Like... a 'heavenly tribulation'?"
"Right! Maybe a 'heavenly tribulation' is a fitting comparison!"
Becoming an "Ashes Apostle" meant a heavenly tribulation had descended. Only by breaking free of the constraints of an "Ashes Apostle" within a limited time would it be possible to gain new life and become a higher form of existence!
Failure meant death.
As for those entities that could not even bear ashes, they were the unlucky bastards who died and lost everything the moment they touched the aura of a heavenly tribulation.
That was an "Ashes Apostle"!
Lin Yi felt he had seen through the secrets of the "Ashes Apostles" pathway!
Thus, he mentally divided "Ashes Apostles" into several stages-the "scorched level," those who had initially come into contact with ashes but could not bear them, such as Head Teacher 039 back then; the "bearer level," those like himself who bore ashes without dying; and then the "burning level," those like the "Nonexistent Person," who had already begun to burn...
As for the "Concept-Level Sculpture," he believed it was actually the projection of the "Ashes Apostles" pathway into the real world, the "complete state"