"Boom!"
The flames soared into the sky, dyeing the void red.
Tens of thousands of Yan Huang Alliance Division members gazed up at the sky in shock, their eyes filled with astonishment and awe.
A gigantic Bagua Furnace Cauldron stood tall in the sky, enshrouded by flames, in harmony with the Power of Heaven and Earth within, as the fire rose higher.
Even the heatwaves that spilled over filled everyone with immense dread.
They all knew that even a single spark from within could cause their instant death, burning them to ashes.
The Abyssal Emperor, who was previously tyrannically invincible, now wailed in agony within the Furnace Cauldron, desperately smashing against its walls, only to be repelled back.
He could only watch with wide-open eyes as his body became more and more ethereal, the abyssal plane's power refined out of him, little by little.
All of it being absorbed into the Golden Fire Lotus.
Above it, each Lotus Seed shimmered with light, waiting to be birthed.
Luo Yu, with his dignified appearance, sat with the Ten Great Golden Dragons below him, protected by the Nine-colored Dragon God Phantom overhead, and the Sea God's Trident and Nine Heavens Execution Sword floating behind him.
He appeared like the Nine Heavens God Emperor, inviolable and beyond all scrutiny.
Controlling the Heavenly Earth Furnace Cauldron, he refined the Abyssal Emperor.
Seeing this scene, everyone understood that the Abyssal Emperor had no escape, and they felt like they were dreaming.
Their emotions on this day were like a roller coaster, full of ups and downs.
They had thought that Luo Yu was doomed, and Soul Land would be annihilated, devoured by the Abyssal Emperor.
Who could have anticipated such a reversal, with Luo Yu on the brink of death, suddenly fully revitalized, completely overwhelming the Emperor endowed with all the power of the abyss?
Now, he was but a caged beast still struggling, his life being refined away.
All the people's spirits were lifted in that moment, filled with gratitude, and they couldn't help but kneel on one knee, pressing their right fists against their chests.
They looked up at the figure seated in the void above.
Their faces brimming with infinite reverence.
No one spoke, afraid to disturb Luo Yu's refining of the Abyssal Emperor, but all their words seemed to scream out in their hearts.
They just quietly waited there, knowing that staying wouldn't help much and enduring the scalding heatwave, their foreheads dripping with sweat, soaking their clothes, their skin flushed, yet unwilling to leave.
No matter how many days it took, they would wait for a cheer, a word of thanks.
...
"Rumble!"
For three whole days, tens of thousands of Yan Huang Alliance troops knelt like statues, gazing up at the sky.
Their bodies were exhausted, yet their eyes became increasingly bright.
Because everyone could see with their naked eyes, the Abyssal Emperor inside the Furnace Cauldron had already lost the ability to struggle, becoming increasingly small, while the flames within grew more powerful, turning the sky red, like a purgatory.
If it weren't for a transparent shield flying out from between Luo Yu's brows midway, which quickly expanded to cover the tens of thousands below him, they might have fainted from the heat.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
Inside the Furnace Cauldron, each Lotus Seed absorbed the power of the abyss and bloomed, forming new and Strange Flames.
Each flame was unique and possessed its own divine powers.
Incredibly peculiar.
All of them burned together toward the Abyssal Emperor.
As one waxed and the other waned, the Abyssal Emperor finally issued a reluctant and desperate wail after three days and dissipated within the Furnace Cauldron.
Yet, things were not over because Luo Yu did not rise.
He drew in nature's spiritual energy from all directions, pouring it in.
It seemed to penetrate the walls of the cauldron, surging directly into it, and the Golden Fire Lotus inside began to spin.
The last Lotus Seed blossomed, turning into an ethereal black flame.
"Boom!"
Under the shocked eyes of the crowd.
The Furnace Cauldron, in harmony with the ultimate truth of Heaven and Earth, exploded violently, and a great fire covered the entire sky.
The multitude was dazzled to the point of being unable to open their eyes.
When they finally saw the scene in the sky clearly again, each one's pupils dilated, their heart rates accelerated.
"What… what is this situation?"
"This…"
Voices filled with extreme shock rang out because there were precisely twenty-six peculiar flames hanging in the void.
Thunder rolled.
The flames burned.
The sea waves undulated.
The ice was bone-chilling.
The stars shone brilliantly…
Every flame was releasing a distinctly different power, yet they were all so strong, making everyone almost furious, desperate to see clearly what was happening.
At this moment, Luo Yu also rose from his sitting meditation.
After three days of refining the Abyssal Emperor, he felt no fatigue, but rather his strength felt even more abundant, and he appeared full of vigor.
Delight shone in his eyes.
Finally.
After absorbing all the power of the abyssal plane, all twenty-six flames had been born, and all had reached maturity.
These flames were like his children, full of spirit and yet so powerful.
Nurturing them brought him a great sense of accomplishment.
He had gained another trump card... No, it was a hidden ace!
Luo Yu was about to collect them, but saw them shaking, rejecting the intention to be put away.
They began to tremble.
"Hmm?"
Luo Yu frowned, puzzled.
Could it be that these "children" had grown up and no longer listened to their "old father"?
Suddenly, the twenty-six strange flames collided under the astonished gaze of the onlookers.
Intense colors burst forth.
The whole Soul Land brightened, as if two suns had appeared in the sky, even closer and more dazzling.
Luo Yu activated his Creation God Pupil, watching intently at everything that was unfolding.
When he saw the final scene, he couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat.
The twenty-six flames disappeared, replaced by a new kind of flame. It had no fancy colors, no strange performances.
A milky white, chaotic hue.
It quietly hovered in the void, seemingly harmless.
But the space around it kept shattering, all space ripples vanishing in an instant upon touching the flame.
Luo Yu's eyelids twitched.
This flame was too domineering, capable of burning away even the force of space?
He didn't even dare to touch it, fearing instant immolation, playing himself out of existence.
One flame was strange enough, the fusion of a dozen could threaten the Abyssal Emperor, so what about twenty-six mature flames?
At that moment, the domineering chaotic colored flame sensed Luo Yu's presence and excitedly began to tremble.
Instantly breaking through space, it appeared before Luo Yu in a blink.
It affectionately pounced on him.
"Damn it!"
Luo Yu was startled, don't come over here.
You'll burn your "dad" to nothing.
He mobilized the power of space to dodge, but this made the flame even more excited, seeming to think that "dad" was playing hide and seek with it.
With a flicker, the flame split into thousands.
Each one broke through space, surrounding and intercepting Luo Yu.
"Hacking much!!"
Luo Yu inwardly exclaimed, truly startled; he had never anticipated the flame to have such cheeky tricks.
Caught off guard.
The flame touched his skin.
"I'm done for."
Luo Yu operated his Soul Power to cover his body for protection, then hesitated.
Because nothing happened?
Hmm?
"Awkward."
"How could my flame 'son', even if powerful, harm its own 'parent'?"
"Must be too tired from fighting, made me dumb."
Luo Yu withdrew his defenses, no longer dodging.
The flame eventually merged, shrinking and affectionately landed in the palm of his hand, rolling back and forth as if to act spoiled.
At that moment, Luo Yu had a stroke of insight, and he spoke the true name of the flame.
"Chaos—"
"Extinguish World Yan!"