That heavenly fire did not fall from the sky.
He threw it himself.
Fire pits are not a natural disaster.
These are the traces he left behind.
And that white flame, the flame he touched with his fingers, was the last trace of purity the Balrog left behind before he left.
Untainted by the desire to devour, undistorted by the pursuit of power, he was simply a genuine child, the first fire lotus to form under the guidance of the old man.
A pure, warm, vibrant flame.
David closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Then, he opened his mouth and swallowed the white fireball.
The moment the fire entered his body, David felt as if his body had been burned.
It’s not pain, but a burning sensation that is difficult to describe in words.
The burning sensation spread from his throat to his chest, from his chest to his limbs, and from his limbs to every inch of flesh, every bone, and every meridian.
The fiery energy inside his body started to boil.
Countless fire powers lay dormant deep within his bloodline, and now, awakened by the divine fire essence, they were like a slumbering dragon opening its eyes.
The essence of heavenly fire flowed into his meridians, merging with the supreme fire source.
At first, there was resistance.
The essence of heavenly fire was too domineering, while the origin of supreme fire was too complex.
The two collided, tore each other apart, and devoured each other within his body.
David felt as if his body was a battlefield, with two fiery forces fighting in his meridians, sizzling as they burned through his flesh.
Golden blood seeped from his pores, evaporating into golden mist under the intense heat.
His skin began to crack, and dark red light shone through the cracks, like magma flowing through the cracks in the rocks.
painful.
The pain was so great that he wanted to scream, but he couldn’t.
The pain was so intense that he wanted to cry, but his tears evaporated before they could fall.
The pain was so great that he wanted to give up, but that thought of giving up was immediately suppressed by another thought.
“Fire is not power. Fire is life.”
The old man’s voice echoed in his mind.
David gritted his teeth, endured the excruciating pain, and began to direct the fire power within his body.
He did not suppress the essence of heavenly fire, nor did he reject the origin of supreme fire. Instead, he allowed the two to meet, collide, and fuse within his dantian.
As the old man taught the fire spirit, do not try to control the fire, but understand it, accept it, and become a part of it.
The essence of the heavenly fire began to soften.
The origin of fire is pure.
The two flames intertwined, fused, and merged within his dantian, finally turning into a new flame.
The flames kept changing colors: dark red, yellow-orange, white-gold, dark blue, and transparent.
Each color represents the origin of the fire’s power.
They rotated slowly inside David’s dantian, like small suns.
His cultivation level began to rise rapidly.
The peak of the seventh rank in the Immortal Realm.
Eighth level of the Upper Immortal Realm.
Intermediate stage of the eighth rank in the Immortal Realm.
High level, ranked eighth in the Immortal Realm.
The power only gradually subsided when he reached the peak of the eighth rank of the Immortal Realm.
He was only one step away from reaching the ninth rank of the Upper Immortal Realm.
David opened his eyes and took a deep breath.
That breath was dark red, carried an extremely hot temperature, and burned the air for a moment before dissipating.
He looked down at his hands.
The cracks on the skin had healed, replaced by a faint golden pattern.
The lines resembled traces of fire, spreading across the back of his hand and extending to his fingertips.
He clenched his fist, and a ball of fire gathered in his palm.
The flames were no longer just chaotic purple power, but a new power intertwined with purple and gold.
Chaos Fire.
He stood up and looked around.
The fireplace was still burning, but the flame was much fainter than before.
The fire creatures lay on the rocks, watching him quietly. The fierceness in their eyes had disappeared completely, replaced by relief.
It was as if it was saying: We have finally waited for this moment.
David looked at them and was silent for a moment.
Then, he jumped into the air and flew out of the Heavenly Fire Pit.
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Q: What is the central philosophical debate in the chapter?
A: The chapter explores the contrasting views of fire as power versus fire as life, presented through the dialogue between a boy and his grandfather.
Q: How did the ‘Fire Demon’ earn his title?
A: The character pursued ultimate fire power over thousands of years, eventually embracing the demonic path and transforming into the feared Fire Demon.
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