The core of the World-Destruction Black Lotus is the ultimate abyss where the Karmic Fire of the Primordial World’s ley lines converges. There is no light here, only the eternally churning, ink-thick, viscous Karmic Fire. The flames burn silently, releasing not heat, but an extreme negative force capable of freezing souls and dismantling the foundations of existence—greed, hatred, despair, curses... The evil thoughts of billions of living beings settle and ferment here, transforming into a toxic blaze that incinerates the primordial spirit.
Right at the heart of this Karmic Fire, three distinct halos of light bob and collide amidst the ink-black tide, like lonely boats struggling on a storm-lashed sea:
* **Lady Shiji’s pure spiritual essence:** A halo as cold and bright as the solitary moon over a winter pond. It is translucent and flawless, radiating a heartbreaking peace and transcendence, like a glass soul stripped of all dust and Karma. The Karmic Fire scorches its surface but cannot penetrate it in the slightest; instead, the pure light illuminates the surrounding fire, making it appear all the more hideous and filthy.
* **Taiyi Zhenren’s life essence:** A core as scorching and boiling as molten lava from the earth’s center. It is a blinding, vivid red, within which the life source of a Golden Immortal seems to surge violently, radiating an intensely masculine, destructive power and vast vitality. As the Karmic Fire licks at it, it triggers even fiercer blood-flame…
Chapter 464