thump thump thump--
A knock sounded at the door, and a young man dressed in light armor walked in.
" Great Sage, you summoned me?"
Qin Ze remembered him.
He was one of the first five young men to follow the Great Sage in learning and improving the Fire Movement Technique.
"Ling, you are the most talented in the academy. I originally intended to cultivate you as the next Great Sage, but time waits for no one." The Great Sage couldn't help but sigh.
"Actually, I..."
The Great Sage interrupted him and took out a blue crystal ball the size of an adult's fist.
"Two-thirds of the Source of the World is contained within; it's yours now."
Ling accepted it solemnly.
The Great Sage slowly walked to the window, looked at the chaos outside, and noticed a few more strands of white hair at his temples.
"You are already aware of the Severance Plan."
"This is not only my decision, but also the decision of the World Will."
"After this battle, the World Will of my Blue Flame Race will be completely annihilated."
Ling gripped the crystal ball tightly, her thoughts a jumble of emotions.
The Great Sage turned around and looked at him with a smile.
"But you will carry on the hope of the Blue Flame Race."
"As long as the people of our race unite as one, and endure the long wait, a new World Will will be born."
"At that time, the Blue Flame Civilization will reignite."
Ling raised her right fist and placed it over her heart. "The blue flame will never die, the fiery heart will live on forever."
"No matter what the circumstances, I will stand with my people."
The Great Sage nodded. "Go."
Ling's eyes reddened, and her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something.
The Great Sage waved his hand.
Ling bowed deeply, then turned and left.
The last group of evacuated residents stood in the magic circle in the square.
Ling was also among them.
He looked towards the tower where the Great Sage resided and shouted:
"Master, I will never let you down!"
The formation is activated.
Ling, along with tens of thousands of civilians, was teleported out of the capital.
The once bustling and vibrant streets are now a scene of utter devastation, devoid of any human presence.
The guards on the city wall are still fighting off the alien beasts; the battle has reached a fever pitch.
Qin Ze sighed.
He didn't know what adjectives to use to describe his current state of mind.
I witnessed firsthand the rise and fall of a civilization.
He couldn't help but wonder, would Human Race face the same choice a thousand years from now?
The Great Sage gently tapped a cabinet on one side of the room.
The cabinet door opened, and a black Image Recording Stone floated out.
The Great Sage placed the Image Recording Stone on the table and then sat down behind it.
"The supply for 10,000 people is ready."
"The city's guards alone number 20,000."
"I've explained the situation to them, and they've decided to stay voluntarily."
An old man appeared at the door.
The Great Sage looked at him in surprise. "You didn't leave?"
The old man smiled and said, "Didn't you say that no one is needed forever?"
"Besides, we old folks can't take any more trouble. Let's leave the future to the younger generation."
The Great Sage raised an eyebrow. "You?"
The old man explained, "I forgot to tell you."
"Eight hundred old men in Council aren't leaving either; they're all on the first floor now."
"To be precise, you now have 20,800 resources available."
The Great Sage smiled with relief.
"Besides the Source of the World, severing the world also requires the consent of all living beings within it."
"Although the World Will can offset the vast majority, it will still require the sacrifice of some living beings."
The old man nodded. "You don't need to explain anything to me. You've sacrificed so much for the Blue Flame Race over the years. I will always believe in you."
"In my final moments, I'll go and chat with my old buddies."
The old man turned and went downstairs.
Qin Ze watched the old man's figure disappear down the corridor, feeling a deep sense of admiration.
He never expected that these old folks would voluntarily stay.
In comparison, the Human Race are nothing but rotten garlic.
The Great Sage sat upright, facing the Image Recording Stone.
"July 5th, 4309 of the Blue Flame Calendar."
"This time of year is when the subterranean fires burn most intensely."
"Today I will sever the Eastern Domain from the main world, preserving the lives of my other races while unleashing the subterranean fire suppressed beneath the Flame Temple to incinerate the giant beasts."
The Great Sage seems to be recording.
As he spoke, he placed a token on the table.
Qin Ze's eyes widened when he saw the token.
Isn't this the one the Dharma King brought back?
The Dharma King was taken aback at first, but then his face lit up with joy.
Although he doesn't know what this thing is for, since it was personally retrieved by the Great Sage at this critical juncture, it must be of great significance.
Such an awesome thing, and I got it for only two thousand dollars.
Is your Dharma King powerful or not?
The Dharma King looked at Qin Ze, beaming with pride as he sought credit.
The Great Sage opened his palm, and blue flames appeared.
He pressed the ball of flame into his chest, and instantly, a ghostly blue flame erupted from his body.
"Gentlemen, are you willing to use yourselves as the source to sever the world?"
The voice of the Great Sage, like the morning bell and evening drum, echoed over the capital.
The city guards fought valiantly, shouting as they went:
"The blue flame will never die, the burning heart will live on forever!"
call--
They burst into flames, their Flesh and Blood vanishing, leaving only bones.
Streaks of blue light shot out from their bodies and converged in the sky above the capital.
With the guards gone, the city walls were quickly breached by the giant beasts.
Tens of thousands of giant beasts surged into the inner city.
They rampaged and wreaked havoc.
Buildings collapsed one after another, and the once bustling city was reduced to ruins in an instant.
The beasts roared and howled, as if celebrating their victory; the place had become a paradise for giants.
The lobby on the first floor of the tower.
Eight hundred councilors, all over seventy years old, held hands and hummed an unknown ballad.
Their bodies burned one after another, turning into skeletons as they fell, while blue streaks of light flew into the sky.
On the second-to-last floor of the tower, the Great Sage said in a deep voice:
"In the name of the Chosen One of the world, using one-third of the Source of the World as a medium, and with the consent of the World Will and all living beings, I hereby sever the Eastern Domain to resist the invasion of alien races."
"The blue flame will never die, the burning heart will live on forever!"
The Great Sage himself burned to ashes, his withered bones slumped in a chair.
A blue beam of light rose from the bones and shot straight into the sky.
The streams of light in the sky gathered around this pillar of light, gradually condensing and compressing into a single point.
With a loud "boom," it exploded.
Countless blue lights flew in all directions and fell to the earth.
Qin Ze looked out the window.
A blue curtain of light rose on the distant horizon, and the earth began to tremble violently.
If one could look down from the air at this moment, one would see that light curtains had risen all around the Eastern Domain.
Like slicing tofu, the entire Eastern Domain separated from the main world and disappeared into the endless void.
The ground shook for a long time before it stopped, and the giant beasts in the city raised their heads in confusion, not knowing what to do.
Swish--
The token next to the Image Recording Stone suddenly flew out of the window and disappeared into the horizon.
boom--
The next second, surging blue flames rushed in from afar.
The flames grew increasingly fierce, transforming into a blue wall of fire tens of meters high by the time they reached the capital.
Those incredibly powerful behemoths were instantly reduced to ashes the moment they touched the wall of fire.
In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of strange beasts in the city were burned to ashes.
All was silent.