Chapter 581 - 681: Illusory Fire
Previously mentioned, the Hellfire Snake highly values its own territory, so when Ye Tianfan touched the lava, it immediately rushed towards him.
Yet, upon witnessing this, the pink exotic treasure was unwilling to let it happen. After finally waiting for its owner, how could it allow him to be harmed?
In an instant, the pink exotic treasure emitted a wisp of pink aura, directly charging at the Hellfire Snake.
When this wisp of pink aura reached the Hellfire Snake, it instantly became dazed, halting motionless on the spot.
All of this was unknown to Ye Tianfan. He only knew he was engulfed in a grand illusion.
Within the illusion, Ye Tianfan saw.
The ancient world endured a great catastrophe.
That catastrophe nearly destroyed the entire world. Without help, the world would quickly fall apart, drifting across the universe.
At that moment, the first elemental forces of earth, wind, water, and fire, born from this world, emerged to help. Since the birth of the world, it was their duty to aid in times of world crisis.
Subsequently, the first earth energy sacrificed itself to stabilize the land, making it steadfast; the first wind energy sacrificed itself to stabilize the air, transforming fierce storms into gentle breezes; the first water energy sacrificed itself to stabilize rivers and seas, purifying them and enabling life to flourish once more; the first fire energy sacrificed itself to suppress the lava at the earth's core, lowering the world's temperature to make it habitable.
It was the sacrifice of these elemental forces that brought about the current world. After sacrificing themselves, they shattered into nine fragments each.
The entire pink exotic treasure Ye Tianfan found was one of the nine fragments of the fire energy, the Illusory Fire.
The Illusory Fire can trap life in endless illusions, and Ye Tianfan's previous impulsiveness and loss of control were due to the Illusory Fire's use of its illusion technique.
The dazed state of the Hellfire Snake was also because Illusory Fire used its power.
The Illusory Fire recognized Ye Tianfan as its master simply because Ye Tianfan possessed a special aura, an aura that for millions of years, no other life form possessed.
Thus, when Ye Tianfan entered Huo Rong Town, the Illusory Fire already knew it had met the person it had been waiting for.
The Illusory Fire also knew that if anyone could merge the fragments and reunite the elemental fire energy, it would undoubtedly be Ye Tianfan, because the aura within Ye Tianfan is one of encompassing.
It should be known that not every fragment of the fire energy can seamlessly merge.
Given that they haven't met in millions of years, they have developed unique characteristics, making it incredibly difficult to unite them.
Unless these nine fire energy fragments can simultaneously come into contact, they can't fully merge to reform the fire energy.
However, this method is exceedingly difficult, not just gathering the fragments together; they must be placed at equal distances, otherwise, close proximity results in immediate chaos!
Essentially, recomposing the fire energy was almost impossible, but with someone possessing the encompassing aura, merging them becomes much easier.
A person with such an aura can contain any energy within, preventing mutual harm. Fusion won't cause discord or explosion due to incompatible attributes.
Feeling this encompassing aura, the Illusory Fire kept calling for Ye Tianfan.
Ye Tianfan didn't disappoint the Illusory Fire; he came. Despite some setbacks, such as Ye Tianfan's attempt to leave, all were blocked by the Illusory Fire.
The Illusory Fire enveloped Ye Tianfan and rendered him unconscious for two reasons: first, to verify if it had correctly identified him, and second, because Ye Tianfan was unaware of these circumstances due to lacking the aura of other fragments. The Illusory Fire, adept in illusions, used them to reveal the entire series of events.
Ye Tianfan felt as if he had lived for millions of years. Upon waking, his eyes were full of profound wisdom.
Ye Tianfan nearly went mad in the illusion, as the Illusory Fire lacks intelligence and acted purely on instinct, wanting Ye Tianfan to understand everything. Thus, he relived the entire history from the elemental salvation of the world to now, as seen from the Illusory Fire's perspective.
At first, Ye Tianfan wasn't bored, treating it like a grand movie. But as the elemental forces saved the world and became fragments scattered across the world, with Illusory Fire remaining here waiting for a kindred soul, the passage of millions of years nearly drove Ye Tianfan insane with boredom.
Fortunately, Ye Tianfan, on the brink of collapse, created two secret techniques — a sleeping technique and a memory-severing technique.
After crafting these techniques, Ye Tianfan severed unnecessary memories from his mind, retaining only a brief understanding of events, removing the monotony, and restoring his thoughts to their original state.
However, deeply affected by near-collapse, Ye Tianfan employed the sleeping technique, setting a time period of millions of years, and sank into a slumber.
Eventually, Ye Tianfan woke shortly after his slumber began.
For the scenes had all been played.
Upon awakening, Ye Tianfan felt a stream of national curses surge within, but knowing the Illusory Fire lacked consciousness and scolding it would be futile, he restrained his words.
Fortunately, Ye Tianfan understood he had gained significantly.
Not only did he acquire the Illusory Fire, but despite millions of years in slumber, he experienced the elemental salvation and fragmentation without being asleep.
