Chapter 1453: Everything Burns

What is fire?Fire is the radiant flame produced when objects burn.Fire is scorching, brilliant, luminous, and full of vitality.Fire is even the genesis of civilization...Tracing back from the end of history to the present, the dance of flames has ever been visible.Countless philosophies, countless paths have stemmed from it, and perhaps they are all correct.For as the ancients declared, "Ten thousand paths obscure the sight, the path I see when I see the Dao is not the same."The venerable sages long ago expounded that there are myriad paths to the Dao.Fire, of course, can also have myriad interpretations.The 'Fire Source Canon' inherited from the Fire Celebration Tribe of Floating Land has a unique explanation of fire—Fire is merely fire; fire is one of the elemental forces that constitute this world.All other concepts are but "attachments" to fire, not fire itself.The people of Floating Land regard only pure fire as a totem.They do not even acknowledge the existence of fire deities in the world, nor do they recognize a great will that can represent fire.Because..."Where there is a god, there is 'I'; where there is 'I', there is selfishness."Jiang Wang has always remembered this phrase.And he has always used fire in this manner.His experience in Floating Land was not lengthy, but its impact on him was profound.He kept a respectful distance from the divine path, similarly showed no reverence for any so-called great will, absolutely did not worship fire as a god, but only treated fire as fire.Why can fire boil water?Why can fire burn wood and melt iron?Of course, because of high temperature.The hotter the flame, the faster water boils, and the more resolutely iron melts.He had always pursued even more terrifying high temperatures, but limited by his own cultivation, there was always a limit.Earlier, when his opponents were unaware, a full burst of Samadhi True Fire would often reduce them to ashes.But as he became more famous, and more people came to know and understand him...Samadhi True Fire fell into a difficult predicament where it was hard to achieve success.After opponents had taken precautions,the strength of cultivators was naturally more difficult to melt than gold and iron.Jiang Wang had been trying to resolve the predicament of Samadhi True Fire, but limited by his strength and vision, he was indeed lacking.After all, he could not be born with all knowledge.He had never met any senior skilled in wielding Samadhi True Fire, nor had any elder instructed him in the cultivation of divine abilities, possessing no divine ability inheritance like the Chong Xuan clan. It was even more impossible for him to take out his divine ability seed and ask someone to help analyze it.All along, he had been exploring alone, progressing slowly.The development of the Fire Realm was certainly one path. If one day the entire Fire Realm could be composed of Samadhi True Fire, and not just serve as the core flame that ignited vitality, the power of the Fire Realm would be unimaginable.But with Jiang Wang's current realm, it was impossible to accumulate so much Samadhi True Fire; even draining the divine ability seed would not be enough.This path might succeed, but its fruition lay in the future.This time, encountering the Bi Fang in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and being personally incinerated by its fierce flames, he finally understood what "Samadhi True Fire" truly meant!He gathered a massive amount of Samadhi True Fire into his Five Mansion Sea, burning it with his Dao Origin, Good Fortune Azure Cloud, flesh and blood, and the power of his spirit... burning it with everything he possessed, precisely to discern the Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire from every possible angle that could glimpse reality.For this, he harbored the resolve to "die" in the Mountain and Sea Realm if necessary.In the haze of impending incineration, he finally glimpsed the true meaning.His Fire Element Dao techniques were powerful due to the Fire Source Canon, and even in the creation of the Fire Realm technique, the Fire Source Canon was a crucial link. But he was also shackled by the Fire Source Canon from Floating Land.Fire is certainly fire itself, certainly one of the elemental forces that constitute myriad things.This is, of course, a truth beyond doubt.But fire is not merely fire.Those symbols, those concepts, those so-called "attachments" that Floating Land concepts scorned as insignificant, are also fire.They are not meaningless.And Samadhi True Fire is not merely Samadhi True Fire.The Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire, from its root, was different from the path he had always taken.When Jiang Wang's Samadhi True Fire was ignited, the first thing he felt was not the terrifying high temperature igniting his flames, but that his divine ability fire, at that instant, was decomposed by the Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire.Thus, the foundation of all existence was disintegrated, and naturally, the possibility of defense was lost.Only then did it turn into fuel for the fierce flames.Divine ability fire should be impossible to burn, but after being decomposed, fire also becomes fuel.The subsequent light of the Samadhi divine ability, the light of the Sincere Heart divine ability, and even the Dao Origin, and the Good Fortune Azure Cloud serving as the medium for immortal techniques... all were the same.Jiang Wang had always believed that the essence of Samadhi True Fire lay in the true fire.Even solely in "fire."This was the principle he had realized through cultivating the Fire Source Canon, and also the shackles left by the Fire Source Canon.Now, he was suddenly enlightened that, at least for the Bi Fang, the core of Samadhi True Fire lay in "Samadhi."What is "Samadhi"?It is the essence of all matters, the fundamental truth of all things, the ultimate reality of all existence.See it, penetrate it, then decompose it, and thus burn it!The human world can be divided into three: Heaven, Earth, and Man.The star sea can be divided into three: Sun, Moon, and Stars.Space can be divided into three: upper, middle, and lower.Time can be divided into three: past, present, and future.All matters and things in the world can be divided into three.This "three" is not merely "three," but infinite.The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to myriad things, even to infinity.Why can Samadhi True Fire burn everything?Because it grasps its Samadhi, divides and decomposes it, naturally, it can burn everything!"Grasping its Samadhi," isn't this precisely insight?The process of dividing and decomposing it is precisely the completion of insight.The first inner mansion and the second inner mansion, Samadhi True Fire and Forked Path, can be so intimately connected.With just this point of enlightenment, the Heavenly Mansion Body can become more rounded, and the light of the five divine abilities can naturally become more as desired.One thought connected, a hundred methods achieved.The mist shrouding the Samadhi True Fire divine ability was gently dispersed in unimaginable pain.Jiang Wang felt a sense of satisfaction.This was the acquisition of the Dao, surpassing the sensation of pain.Within the Five Mansion Sea, the first inner mansion, the second inner mansion, and the fifth inner mansion all emerged.Forked Path was hidden within, supplementing insight.The light of the Sincere Heart divine ability and the light of the Samadhi divine ability blended together, locking down the endless flowing flames.The scarlet Samadhi True Fire, which had been burned down to mere residual flames, suddenly surged up like a dragon, roaring and churning in the Five Mansion Sea, encircling the Samadhi True Fire belonging to the Bi Fang once more, and then igniting it.Jiang Wang wielded Samadhi True Fire with his Sincere Heart, using fire to burn fire!Even having penetrated the true meaning, Jiang Wang's current Samadhi True Fire was, of course, far inferior to the Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire.But this was Jiang Wang's Five Mansion Sea.Everything being burned was also everything that supported Jiang Wang's existence.The Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire was, after all, a rootless wood; once Jiang Wang understood its true meaning, it could no longer achieve success.And Jiang Wang's Samadhi True Fire had infinite support, infinite fuel.With the experience of being burned from the inside out in all aspects, and with the divine ability of Forked Path to supplement him, he had long ago "grasped its Samadhi."When he concentrated his strength and incinerated the first wisp of Samadhi True Fire belonging to the Bi Fang, the situation reversed.This three-flame fierce fire turned into a pure scarlet color and fell back into the giant fireball.Like a spark falling into a pot of oil, it instantly spread out!In an instant, a single spark had ignited a prairie fire.The scarlet Samadhi True Fire replaced all the three-flame fierce fire, illuminating the Five Mansion Sea.He completely converted all of the Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire into his own.But there was too much of this true fire, this power was too immense, and Jiang Wang's current divine ability seed was simply insufficient to fully contain it.Such terrifying power expanded within the Five Mansion Sea, almost exploding, and under the suppression of the Sincere Heart divine ability and the mobilization of the Samadhi True Fire divine ability, it exited in an orderly manner...Thus, the flames in his eyes soared tens of thousands of feet, overlooking the misty waves, piercing the sky.This was an unimaginable scene.High in the sky, two powerful strange beasts fought a battle of life and death.Their qi locked together, causing ripples in space, the aftermath spreading for hundreds of miles.The Disaster Dog strange beast, large as a galloping horse, pounced on the Bi Fang with azure feathers and white beak, its claws pressing down on the Bi Fang's wings, its mouth still spewing flames, but its fangs had already bitten into the Bi Fang's neck.Gloomy light and fierce flames clashed at their teeth, the battle raging intensely.At this critical juncture of life and death, the Bi Fang held nothing back.Its flames seemed to burst from the depths of its soul.Piercing through its skeleton, piercing through its flesh and blood, and also leaping onto its wings...Finally, incinerating this divine body!With a fierce cry, it called out, "Bi Fang!"Burning flames covered it, and also covered the Disaster Dog king beast that was pouncing on it.This frantic true fire opened up like a cloud of fire high in the sky.Within the fiery cloud, two powerful strange beasts rolled and tumbled.San Cha urgently tried to resolve it with gloomy light, but for a moment, it could not keep up with the speed at which the Samadhi True Fire spread.The gloomy light shrank, and the fierce flames grew more intense.The fierce flames decomposed its fur, decomposed its flesh and blood...The Bi Fang knew it could not escape, yet it used its own body and soul as fuel, fiercely determined to perish together with the Disaster Dog king beast!What made the surrounding Disaster Dogs roar in distress was... their king had no intention of avoiding it at all.Its claws still firmly held down the Bi Fang's wings.Its teeth still firmly bit into the Bi Fang's neck.The two fell together, burned together.At this very moment, endless flames surged into the sky.The Samadhi True Fire that had swept the sea surface instantly retracted, and along with the flames in Jiang Wang's eyes, it surged mightily, piercing the high dome, directly colliding with the two entangled strange beasts.Using fire to burn fire.Using the Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire to burn the Bi Fang's Samadhi True Fire!Endless flowers of fierce flames decomposed each other and withered together.The fiery cloud that had covered dozens of zhang in the air rapidly shrank.And the gloomy light on San Cha's body flared brightly, its sharp teeth snapped shut, and it twisted its tail with a fierce bite!The Bi Fang with the green body, red markings, and white beak was thus separated from its body.After its vitality dissipated, its body could no longer resist the Samadhi True Fire, and with a roll of fierce flames, it vanished without a trace.Jiang Wang emerged from the sea surface, and with a wave of his hand, the fierce flames that had been flickering everywhere in the sky and on the sea surface completely dissipated.The fiery world that had almost filled his vision was thus gently erased by him.Returning to a clear sky and a blue sea.A drop of blood containing flowing fierce flames fell from the sky, landing before his eyes.Jiang Wang reached out and caught it.This was Bi Fang's essence blood.Holding it in his palm, he looked around.In the eyes of the surrounding Disaster Dogs, Jiang Wang for the first time saw emotions of awe, beyond hunger and disdain.Of course, San Cha's gaze was different.Its gaze was very affectionate.But while looking at Jiang Wang with affectionate eyes, it was still chewing on the Bi Fang's remaining bird head — it had been mostly burned by Samadhi True Fire, but the skull had still remained.This scene and this gaze left Jiang Wang at a loss for words for a moment.He could only raise a hand, as if to greet it.San Cha chewed the Bi Fang's skull into tiny pieces, slowly swallowing them, and then cried out, "Aw!"This cry was softer than any previous one.Like calling out to a loved one."You too, San Cha," Jiang Wang replied.Seeing that it didn't mind, he put the drop of Bi Fang's essence blood into his storage box.San Cha turned around, stepped into the air, and went alone to the floating mountain where they had fought all the way down.There was a subtle emotion that Jiang Wang somehow sensed.San Cha was affectionate towards him, but at this moment, San Cha was not happy.Why was it not happy even after killing the Bi Fang?He subconsciously followed behind San Cha—Perhaps he had become accustomed to being tamed by San Cha, perhaps he was concerned about San Cha... who knew?The Disaster Dog army, more than half of which were injured or dead, scattered in various places, without mournful cries, silently licking each other's wounds.And San Cha's target was very clear, stepping straight through the air, it soon arrived at the cliff where the Bi Fang had previously stopped.Beneath that naturally extending stone platform, there was actually a hidden stone cave.The stone platform looked like a door eaves.San Cha walked directly in, and Jiang Wang followed closely behind.This was, of course, the Bi Fang's nest.Was there a treasure that the Bi Fang guarded inside?The inheritance of Huang Weizhen?Or the mystery of Divine Arrival? The Chapter of Nine Phoenixes?As he walked through the cave, Jiang Wang imagined many possibilities. But he never expected that when he and San Cha walked to the depths of the stone cave, what they saw was just a dense collection of pale white skulls.Only skulls.Belonging to different strange beasts, they seemed to be the Bi Fang's collection.And San Cha rummaged through the mountain of skulls for a while, picked out a small dog skull, quietly placed it in front of itself, its eyes sorrowful, and lowered its head to lick it.Seeing this scene, Jiang Wang suddenly understood...That was San Cha's child.San Cha leading the great army here today to surround and kill the Bi Fang was not for爭奪 something, or to prove something; this was just a long-planned revenge.He could almost imagine such a scene—Fire-eating Disaster Dogs and fire-wielding Bi Fang were naturally enemies, constantly in conflict.One day, a powerful Bi Fang flew across, spewing Samadhi True Fire that burned everything, incinerating countless Disaster Dogs. It carried off a tender young beast in its mouth, returning to its nest to savor it slowly.Its posture was naturally beautiful, even elegant, and as usual, it left behind a collection.But this time, the young beast's father (or mother?) was determined to seek revenge.It frantically tempered itself, rapidly growing into the king of the Disaster Dog pack, training and controlling the Disaster Dog army.Where the army passed, not a blade of grass grew.It tirelessly trained the two-legged beast, feeding it precious fire lotuses, allowing itself to quickly adapt to Samadhi True Fire...Everything was for today.Including its previous attempt to hunt the Kui Niu, which must have something on its body that could deal with the Bi Fang.Looking at San Cha silently licking the young beast's skull, Jiang Wang fell silent.Although between strange beasts, perhaps there was no right or wrong to speak of.But at this moment, he was extremely glad that in the previous battle, he had made a choice that was true to his heart.Otherwise, he really wouldn't know how to face this scene."Aw!"San Cha suddenly cried out again.Jiang Wang looked at it.It gently pushed the young beast's skull inward, then raised its claw, swept over the dense skulls, looked at Jiang Wang again, and made a blowing motion.Jiang Wang raised a finger, conjured a wisp of flame, and tentatively sent it forward: "Do you want me to burn them?"Whether San Cha understood his action or understood his words, it stepped back and nodded.Jiang Wang then flicked his finger lightly, and this wisp of Samadhi True Fire leaped out, burning fiercely. In an instant, it burned all the skulls, including the Disaster Dog young beast's, into ashes.San Cha took one last deep look here, then turned and walked out.When it reached the cave entrance, it stopped and looked at Jiang Wang.Jiang Wang looked at it, not understanding why.At this moment, San Cha had returned to its normal size, like a sleek little black dog. It slowly came closer, put its head under Jiang Wang's palm, and rubbed gently.

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