Life on the line
Jason had no clue how neither did he remember when exactly the black origin flame had evolved into a Tier-1 black origin flame!
After he had accepted its pain that was stronger than he had expected, Artemis and Scorpio had utilized their own fortified soul conjunction which they had with him to borrow the pain he had transferred from the black origin flame to himself.
Once that happened, the pain he felt reduced considerably, but at the same time Jason could feel that something about the black origin flame began to change as his sight blurred.
He couldn't remember much of what happened after that.
Time seemed to pass slowly and by the time he had regained his senses, the black origin flame had completed the fusion with the mana core.
While the fusion was underway, the black origin flame's mana core changed slightly which allowed it to liquefy mana into drops.
However, what happened afterward shocked Jason greatly.