Keeping a flame from going out in the Land of Darkness was already extremely difficult.
It meant the flame needed rules of its own, and those rules had to withstand the erosion of the Power of Darkness.
Chi Xiao's Undying Flame could clearly do that already, so copying it was easy for Xu Le.
But darkness and fading were different.
The Fading Fire was more advanced than the original darkness, and more powerful.
Even Xu Le's own Power of Darkness gradually lost its color before the fading effect, let alone other powers.
Relying on the Undying Flame alone to resist it definitely would not work.
So Xu Le needed to provide the Undying Flame with new power, giving it the ability to resist or merge with the Faded Flame.
To truly make the Faded Flame an ability of his own.
An ability he could use freely, and one powerful enough.
After a little thought, Xu Le made a decision.
Burn the tree.
Although he had done that many times before, his purpose this time was certainly different.
The Soul Devouring Tree's foundation lay in Xu Le, in the Spirit Energy Icefield.
Burning the Soul Devouring Tree and other Rules Energy could yield vast amounts of Spirit Energy.
That was the essence of it all.
Xu Le was not short of Spirit Energy now, so he intended to burn the tree to give the Undying Flame enough power to contend with the Fading Fire.
"Let's begin."
Whoosh!
Fueled by the Soul Devouring Tree, the Undying Flame soon began burning anew.
The flame was not particularly strong. It felt as though burning the Soul Devouring Tree was itself rather difficult for this kind of flame.
"As long as I provide enough Spirit Energy, there's nothing I can't handle."
Was a small flame