The followers behind him were like a sea of people.

In contrast, Su Mo, also highly renowned, had very few believers.

All the Young Saints had already arrived.

“Enter the mountain!”

They ventured deep into Mount Primordial Flame.

Before long, they spotted a valley ahead, surprisingly covered in lush green grass!

“Life has returned to this place?”

“Once extinguished in darkness, now life springs anew… It seems the fire of humanity indeed has a chance to rekindle!”

“Excellent! We will ignite humanity’s fire to witness the birth of the Emperor’s Son!”

The crowd was overwhelmingly excited.

They entered the valley, and the further they went, the more verdant the grass grew, thriving upon the charred and barren soil of darkness.

Finally, they came upon a Barrier!

The Barrier appeared like the smoldering remnants of extinguished flames, akin to a flickering light at the edge of extinction, or dew poised to vanish in a fleeting moment… It separated the deepest part of the valley from the people.

Outside the Barrier lay an ancient pile of extinguished campfires.

“This… this campfire pile is the very site where the fire of faith once burned!”

“Only when the flame of faith ignites will the campfire illuminate the Barrier. Deep within the Barrier lies a Supreme secret!”

“The Way of Benevolence must be used to reignite the Sacred Flame of this world!”

Everyone was deeply stirred.

Then, the gathered people suddenly erupted into fierce debate.

“The Way of Benevolence is the true path to salvation. Zhu Meng, the Young Saint, is correct. Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, and Shame—these are the four virtues of humanity!”

“Rubbish! Human nature is fundamentally evil. Advocating for the Way of Benevolence will only cultivate countless hypocrites. Only through the Way of Law, binding the realm beneath regulations, can the true fire of humanity burn!”

“All of you speak of decayed human ideologies! Every internal human discipline is just interpersonal struggles and plots, all superficial schemes! Human study fundamentally doesn’t qualify as true knowledge—it’s no better than toilet paper. Only by seeking the true laws and essence of nature can life across the world be guided toward the genuine Sacred Flame!”

The believers of each ideology clashed furiously, plunging the scene into chaos, and some were even about to resort to violence!

“Benevolence means loving one another.”

By the campfire, the three Young Saints sat in a circle. Leading the discussion, Zhu Meng spoke first:

“The heart of compassion is the beginning of Benevolence. The Way of Benevolence teaches people to treat others with kindness, to love one another, to honor the elderly as if they were their own, and to care for the young as if they were their own…”

His words rang clear and powerful.

But Han Shengfa shook his head and said:

“Wrong. In an era blurred between purity and corruption, in today’s society flooded with material desire, Benevolence cannot save humanity. When true interests are touched, Benevolence and Righteousness become mere lips-service morals, nothing but empty illusions!”

“Only through Law can the world be restrained!”

Su Mo chuckled and interjected:

“The study of nature is the true path to pave the way for the world. If humanity had never learned to make fire by friction, your so-called human ideologies would be nothing but idle fantasies. If humanity had never observed the cosmos and surveyed the earth, all of you would still be living in ignorance.”

They debated fervently, and the power of their words seemed to reflect into reality—with sparks flying around, the cold and extinguished campfire steadily began to heat up!

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At that moment, a voice suddenly echoed through the scene.

A middle-aged man in a black robe strode forward, smiling faintly, and said:

“Benevolence is flawed. Law is insufficient. The study of nature is incomplete… You should all put your faith in me.”

With his arrival, an overwhelming and boundless darkness surged into the valley, and in an instant, the fervent debates among the factions’ believers ceased entirely. Their hearts quivered with dread, and they grew quiet, struck by awe.

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