Chapter 409: Golden Flame Fire Seed, Dying with the Same Fate

Simply put, the Vermilion Bird's Southern Brightness Separation Fire burns because it is linked to the Phoenix Fire, ignited by another secret method cultivated following the True Flame Secret Method.

Therefore, its form and shadow could appear in Du En's eyes, but the Holy God's Holy Fire cannot quite manage that; currently, hidden within his eyes is still the legacy of the Phoenix.

Although the Holy God's background is also prominent—a naturally born deity—compared to the legacy of a dignified Divine Venerable, one of a higher status than even a Divine Lord, it is still far inferior.

Don't get wiped out the moment you squeeze in.

Of course, judging by the residual charm of the Phoenix Divine Venerable's manifestation, it probably wouldn't be that extreme; otherwise, his eyes would have already exploded once when he cultivated the Vermilion Bird secret method.

"Hmph~"

Seeing Du En so sensible, pointing out the "high status" himself, the Holy God appeared quite happy, unable to help humming a little tune as she sent the seed of the Holy Fire over.

It is both a fire seed and a heritage.

【Spell: Sun-Illuminating Golden Flame (Beginner 0/10)】

A True Flame Secret Method on par with the Phoenix Red True Flame!

Du En digested it rapidly, yet could not help feeling a bit emotional.

He started out with earth and wood, so how did he end up with three True Flames now?

At the same time, the Holy God was still glowing, helping him skillfully utilize this new True Flame at this moment to fill it into the Red Tip Pot.

In an instant, accompanied by a cry like a monarch descending into the world, a light wheel as brilliant as a solar storm appeared on the Red Tip Pot, directly encircling the divine birds transformed by the other two True Flames; a pair of eyes opened on the light wheel, appearing satisfied and nodding slightly.

"Your Majesty is a bit competitive..."

Who was criticizing the deity? Xuandeng flickered and looked back, seeing only a gaze of reverence, without seeing anyone who dared to speak.

"Damn it! Holy God, you..."

At this moment, the Time-Wheel Flower Demon was collapsing.

Originally, those two types of True Flames had already burned it to the point of despair; the power of the four seasons began to fail to hold up, gradually being refined into essence pill liquid, and it was literally about to melt.

It had even pondered that even if it were a double loss, it could not let them win alone; it had to perform a brilliant self-detonation to end its flower life.

But when it really reached such a juncture, it hesitated again.

Simply put, it was cherishing its life and fearing death!

After being brought back by the Holy God in the past, it had countless opportunities to leave, but although it longed for the taste of freedom, it was afraid that it would be captured by the Dark God to refine medicine, so it never dared to leave the garden.

It was just afraid of death!

And then it also vented its anger and resentment!

Still because it was afraid of death!

The Holy God saw through it, and it was afraid of which day this perfectly good deity would suddenly change her face, especially as the Holy-Dark War drew closer, and during the time they were fighting, it was even more afraid that the Holy God's affection was fake, and that she was keeping it just to refine and eat it as a supplement at a critical moment.

It was just a fellow afraid of death.

It was the same now; it was afraid and did not dare to self-detonate.

And then, it waited for the Sun-Illuminating Golden Flame.

The overbearing Holy Fire didn't appear, but once it did, it directly pierced through its shell, refined its origin, and interrupted all its words.

The Holy God is not some pushover deity; or rather, when facing people and spirits walking the righteous path, she is a pushover, and even if one mutters about her nearby, she won't truly be angry.

But if one walks the evil path, it is different.

Execution!

Total annihilation!

She does not care about words, does not care about reasons, only cares about the result!

The Holy-Dark War was destined to begin, and it was she who would start it, precisely for this reason.

"Ah..."

Now that its origin had been burned through, the Time-Wheel Flower Demon had only short, sorrowful cries, and even the room for self-detonation was completely lost.

The physical form was burned away.

The root of the illness was erased.

Leaving only the essence.

And the mixed mana.

Smelted into a pill!

A pill with four colors repeating, like the cycle of the four seasons, with faint traces of wheel rhythm—a treasure pill that could be called a half-step sixth-tier—was thus freshly baked.

The flames extinguished, the pot shattered, and light flowed; Du En raised his hand to catch it.

He looked at it, felt satisfied enough, and handed it over to Xuandeng.

"For me? A bit of a waste, forget it."

Even though it was a moment when she was in extreme need of recovery, she chose to refuse, and at the same time, her mood seemed quite good; Xuandeng's brightness increased by a tiny bit.

Since she didn't want it, Du En didn't force it, because he estimated that he would be the one bearing the pressure next, so he put it away first; it might be a help for a comeback later.

As for now, with various major and minor injuries, injuries to his body and soul, his gradual recovery was already enough.

Subsequently, the deity and the human both turned their gazes to the position behind them.

The figure of Apostle Lie came into view.

He stood like a high mountain, lying between them and them.

The aftermath of the various battles before had all been blocked by him, just like a typhoon hitting a mountain range; what blew past was only some residual wind and turbulence.

Yun stood behind Apostle Lie, and at the very back were the projections of the living; they looked slightly shaken and drifting, only it made people unable to tell whether they were like this because they were too emotionally stirred, or because they had been affected by the aftermath.

However, although they were behind layers of obstruction, these fragile beings were not existences that could be ignored; rather, the reason why they were able to recall Apostle Lie's reason before, letting him break free from the Time-Wheel Flower Demon's shackles and return to the right side in the face of battle, was precisely because of these projections of the living! There were two main factors!

Firstly, the way the Time-Wheel Flower Demon controlled Apostle Lie was through the root of the illness, mixed with the principles of time, keeping the other party from being completely driven mad by the Fluorite Sickness, in a state that was just right and difficult for others to interfere with.

Because it involved time! Normally speaking, that is a domain that one can only directly interfere with at the level of a True Lord!

If the Time-Wheel Flower Demon itself did not contain the principles of the four seasons' rotation, it would be impossible to pull off such an operation, and it was also because of its operation that those projections of the living appeared! They were the deceased of the past, a projection that swam through time and reappeared in the human world... In other words, as long as one utilized this point well, one could cut into those sick whiskers of time.

And the second is the Gap Flower! That is a flower that grows in the gaps of the human heart; it is a wondrous object that cannot be said to be inferior even when compared to the Flower of Time Wheel! In the previous sickness of the world, it did not receive the slightest influence at all, and was originally growing perfectly well in the garden, or rather, in the gaps of the human heart provided by Apostle Lie!

That was a measure he took just in case, and also to avoid falling into a state of madness and depravity; when Yun first came over, she had an exchange with Apostle Lie and confirmed the safety of the Gap Flower.

And when she left to first investigate the situation of the wondrous object Bone Rain, the rapidly strengthening Time Wheel Flower Demon rose up suddenly, and only then was there the drama of using the Gap Flower to interrogate the Holy God.

However, this Flower Demon did not notice that Apostle Lie actually still had his reason and a bit of remaining strength; when Yun successfully finished her investigation and returned to retrieve the flower, he used the Domain of Silence to place her in a safe spot, and only then did the development of Du En using the Void Salamander to save her occur.

"And at that time, in order to prevent the Gap Flower from being seized and polluted by thieves, which would lead to the antidote being unable to be produced, Lord Lie divided it into many shadows and planted them into the inner heart gaps of the Image-Keepers, which just happened to serve as another element supporting their existence."

Likewise, the remnant of Apostle Lie's reason is also related to this.

He deliberately pretended to have no power to resist, so that after being ambushed by the Flower of Time Wheel, he could retain his reason, and by the call of everyone united in heart, trigger the response of the Gap Flower; this then summoned his reason out from the basin of the Gap Flower, that gap of the human heart.

Two elements, both indispensable.

Only then could Apostle Lie wake up.

It is just that. "You clearly noticed its ill intentions before, why didn't you act sooner, instead of giving it the chance to ambush you?"

The Holy God's hanging lamp drifted over, and on Apostle Lie's sickness-ridden face, a trace of embarrassment appeared, and he smiled honestly: "Haha, as for that, it's mainly because I didn't expect it would really take action; after all, this flower is notoriously timid..."

It sounded like nonsense.

Du En thought to himself.

At the same time, he walked over.

"Oh my, is this the youngest one?"

As soon as he saw Du En, Apostle Lie immediately changed the subject, "Your Majesty, you said before that you could call people back from the Holy Mausoleum; to be honest, we didn't really believe it, as it did sound a bit like a fantasy."

"What? You don't believe in my divine power?"

"It's not that we don't believe, it's just that we didn't have much confidence; after all, if you called back some character similar to us, it would just be a waste of your great power and the time you fought for."

Listening to this, the Apostles that the Holy God can "produce" should have a quota.

"You can be more direct; if you don't believe, you don't believe. Is beating around the bush interesting?"

The Holy God appeared dissatisfied, like a nagging old mother, and began to drift her hanging lamp around, preaching about this and that, which made the living Image-Keepers on the other side drop their jaws in shock.

Was Your Majesty originally this approachable? That was the only feeling they had.

It was mainly because when facing the Time Wheel Flower Demon before, she had an overall appearance of being aloof and distant, not even caring about the insults directed at her, so she gave people the feeling of being different from humans and dwelling in the heavens.

Now, like this, they just felt she was more nagging than their own mothers?

"Who is bad-mouthing the deity again?"

She immediately noticed and turned her head to look.

Or rather, it looked like she turned her head.

Then it caused the group of living Image-Keepers to shake their heads in awe, all at the same time.

It's not me, I didn't, how could I dare!

"Yun, why are you shaking your head too?"

Looking again at Yun, who was trying to hide her guilt, she couldn't help but nag again, "And, you had an unexpected situation, why didn't your brother mention it? Don't tell me you didn't greet him before you came over; you were still in contact at that time..."

When Yun offered her advice before, she had spoken of the matter between Apostle Lie and herself, so could this moment only be described as 'as expected'?

Yun stiffened her body, thinking silently, not daring to continue bad-mouthing.

"Haha, Your Majesty is just like this."

Apostle Lie was no longer being lectured, looking relieved, and looked at Du En, who was just watching calmly, "But you... never mind, you are stronger than all of us; being able to summon you from the mausoleum soil, I can rest easy."

As he spoke, he looked up at the sky.

With the demise of the Time Wheel Flower Demon, the initiator, the Sickness Sea also rapidly stabilized and flowed back; now the sky only had a few purple fluids left, blocking...

Du En raised his hand and waved, a killing wind howling, directly turning these residual sickness liquids into a gust of dust that drifted away, and struck a path leading to the originally bright night sky.

Apostle Lie saw the stars twinkling and closed his eyes, looking satisfied.

The Holy God's nagging had stopped at some point, and she looked back.

"Are you going to sleep now?"

She asked gently.

The root of the sickness was deep and incurable; he had entrusted his life to the flower and was connected to it. With the withering of the Flower of Time Wheel, his life had also reached its end.

Originally, it wouldn't have had to be like this, but he had only maintained his reason by relying on the Gap Flower. Upon learning that the flower would become the antidote, he made a choice: to avoid becoming a lingering harm, and also to backstab the Flower Demon at the critical moment, he deliberately let it succeed in its ambush, thereby binding their lives together and hiding his own reason!

"Yes, as a human, I should have closed my eyes and lain in the earth four hundred years ago."

Apostle Lie's words were peaceful; he had no fear of death, but instead appeared very relieved.

"... I am truly sorry, for letting you accompany me for so long, and finally ending up in this outcome."

"No, how should I put it? Actually, we were all very happy. As for the current result, perhaps it was destined long ago; as long as we wanted to do a little more, it would be like this."

No matter what one wants to achieve, it requires the support of power!

Whether it is martial power or intelligence, therefore, in order to go further, one is bound to dig into one's own potential, and in this way, one begins the path of cultivation.

This is the seed that the True Monarch of Immovability planted long ago, packaged under the name of a divine gift.

Could the so-called Apostles just be ordinary people who performed well at the beginning, and thus had the seeds of the method planted in their minds?

Du En thought to himself.

Otherwise, it is hard to explain why their cultivation, which should have been quite primitive, obtained such obvious release and expansion once infected, revealing a foundation that was laid very well.

"... Since your life is without regrets, then why did you choose to live in seclusion back then?"

The Holy God paused slightly, but still asked this question, "You said you fell in love with a flower; what kind of flower was it?"

She wanted him to be able to sleep truly without regrets.

And since Apostle Lie did not feel regret for the past few hundred years, the relief he just revealed could only have arisen because of this.

At the same time, she also could not understand and was very curious about what kind of flower it was.

"As for that, it always feels strange to say it myself, so rather than talking about this, why not talk about what name you gave the youngest one?"

"..."

The Holy Spirit could not help but be stunned, only then remembering this matter.

Looking over to Apostle Lie, she had already realized what his answer would be.

Her gaze became somewhat complex, then returned to firmness; after thinking for a moment, she gave her usual answer: "Du, the wood growing from the soil, will become the pillar supporting a brand-new sky..."

"No, no, no, that won't do; if you ask me, it should be called En instead..."

This Apostle Lie...

Du En's heart stirred slightly.

A small part of his background had been seen through; Gap Flower, the gap in the human heart, is it a mind-reading technique?

While he was pondering, the Holy Spirit seemed somewhat annoyed, turning to pass the question to the person concerned: "You tell me, which one do you think is better?"

The two put together are exactly my name.

Du En's expression carried this approximate thought.

It made the Holy Spirit's gaze pause involuntarily, and then she sighed: "What a slippery answer."

"Indeed."

Apostle Lie nodded in agreement.

And then, remained silent for a long time.

Because they had already passed away from this world.

(End of this chapter)