Mount Primordial Flame.

With good intentions, Mo Tie came to the rescue, but ended up being injured by Mo Zheng, leaving everyone utterly shocked.

“Mo Zheng, wake up! You are the deceiver, the one who practices the art of mind manipulation. How can you be manipulated by someone else?”

Mo Tie exclaimed, trying to awaken Mo Zheng.

But Mo Zheng, with a snarling voice, retorted:

“Shut up, you impure being! Your existence is a desecration to the universe. Dark life, must be exterminated!”

With that, he charged again towards Mo Tie.

“Mad, he’s completely gone mad!”

Mo Tie shouted, saying:

“Fire Emperor, Wood Emperor, quickly save me!”

He was now heavily injured from Mo Zheng’s sneak attack and was no longer a match for him in direct confrontation.

Seeing this, the Dark Fire Emperor and Wood Emperor also hurriedly stepped forward to intercept!

On the other side, Fire Spirit and Mu Wanqing were utterly shocked.

“How on earth is this possible?”

“That’s a Dark Emperor…”

They simply couldn’t comprehend it.

A cultivator who hasn’t even completed the Five Elements Realm, tricking a Great Emperor into becoming their puppet and follower? Who would believe it?

Lu Rang commented: “It seems that the Dark Firmament isn’t so great after all. Just throw a monk over there, and in a few years, they’d all become his followers.”

But Qing Chen shook his head, smiling slightly, saying:

“Brother Lu Rang, you’re mistaken.”

“The reason I was able to convert him is that he initially wanted to convert me.”

“When he tried to convert me, he actually gave me the opportunity to convert him. Luckily, the Zen teachings my master imparted were able to guide him into the trap of self-awareness.”

In just those brief moments, it seemed to others that Qing Chen and Mo Zheng were merely exchanging a few words, but in truth, both were pushing their cultivation techniques to the utmost!

Mo Zheng’s art of mind manipulation was in full attack mode. If there were the slightest flaw in Qing Chen’s heart, he wouldn’t have withstood Mo Zheng’s conversion.

From the perspective of realms, Qing Chen should have been at an absolute disadvantage, with the opponent’s art of mind manipulation already at its pinnacle.

But what Mo Zheng didn’t expect was that Qing Chen was truly flawless, leaving him no opening at all.

When Mo Zheng’s attacks failed, Qing Chen’s Zen methods took over, quietly dominating Mo Zheng’s art of mind manipulation with techniques like Silent Zen and Debating Zen.

So, it’s less that Qing Chen converted him, and more that Mo Zheng converted himself!

“In short, he was conned to the point of foolishness.”

Lu Rang spoke up, saying:

“But now what do we do? The three Young Saints have had their Dao hearts shattered by this group, and we can’t ignite the Human Fire to retrieve the Lamp of Origin within that barrier.”

Qing Chen calmly stated:

“The Human Fire… it can certainly be ignited.”

With those words, he stepped forward, and at that moment, countless lights suddenly emanated from around him. He was like a Buddha above the ninth heaven, like a transcendent saint monk!

“Confucianism reveres the noble, but with distance and selfish desires close by, it ultimately breeds hypocrisy. Ethics and rites become tools that devour humanity.”

“Legalism admires good creators, naively seeking an era of prosperity through the hand of law, but it’s merely presenting a handle for those in power to oppress the common people.”

“But why should one revere saints and noblemen, or honor good creators and national teachers?”

Qing Chen spoke, each word carrying a peculiar magical power. Around him, amidst a myriad of lights, infinite scenes unfolded. They depicted the struggles of the common folk and the cyclical nature of history, from which no one could escape. The suffering in the rise, the suffering in the fall of the people!

“Whether revering noblemen or sages, or relying on enlightened emperors and celestial rulers, it all leads to placing one’s fate in the hands of others!”

“Noblemen are rare, good creators even rarer. One must understand that in this world of endless Sea of Suffering, only one can save oneself!”

At this moment, countless followers who came with Han Shengfa, Zhu Meng, and others were listening, comprehending. Qing Chen’s words were akin to a wake-up call invigorating them.

“Indeed… no messiah, no celestial emperor, only oneself can save oneself!”

“Rise up, only when everyone rises, relying neither on heroes nor sages… only then can the cycle of fate be broken, only then can one resist the cyclical recurrence!”

“We hope to find noblemen, to find good laws… it’s all a form of laziness, hoping for others, for other forces, to help us realize our own possibilities… but, this has all been wrong! In the end, we only become slaves to the thoughts of others…”

At this moment, around countless cultivators, starlight glittered, and firelights gathered. They were awakening, with sparks of the Human Fire gradually merging!

“Stop… stop him, he’s about to enter the true Forbidden Divine Fire Realm!”

Elsewhere, Mo Tie, along with the Dark Fire Emperor and Wood Emperor, initially intended to deal with Mo Zheng. But now, seeing the situation in the field, Mo Tie sensed a premonition of something ominous.

This is… a sign that the Human Fire is about to ignite!

“You hold off Mo Zheng, I’ll go kill him!”

Mo Tie shouted, breaking away and heading towards Qing Chen.

He transformed into the illusion of an ancient behemoth of enormous size, capable of devouring the sky. Its giant ears fluttered, stirring winds, and its massive nostrils breathed, shaking mountains and rivers… Mo Tie’s true form was actually… a large black pig!

“Your meat would taste delightful!”

Mo Tie eyed Qing Chen with drool in his eyes, opening his mouth wide, intending to swallow Qing Chen!

“Damn it, you damned fat pig, eat grass instead of people!”

Lu Rang charged over, and the pot of grass in his hand at this moment bloomed with endless green illusions, reaching the sky and earth, extending infinitely, directly blocking the large black pig.

“Hmm, this grass isn’t bad either!”

The Mo Tie pig’s eyes lit up, and then it devoured Lu Rang’s grass in one bite!

Seeing this, Lu Rang was dumbfounded.

“It’s over, damn it… he really ate it!”

“Give me back my grass!”

Lu Rang got anxious!

Meanwhile, Qing Chen stood amidst a group of cultivators, like a saint monk preaching. At this moment, countless fires of faith were born from the hearts of many cultivators, then gathered around him.

“There’s no need to believe in celestials, no need to seek a savior, no need to wait for a hero.”

Qing Chen clasped his hands together, his face now one of great compassion, a stark contrast to his usual casual demeanor. Word by word, he spoke like the peal of an Ancient Bell:

“The place where you stand is the Pure Land, the view upon your gaze is the other shore, the Sea of Suffering is endless, only one can save oneself!”

“Rise!”

His shout seemed to reverberate through the universe, transcending time and space, and in that moment, those who had been kneeling or sitting, listening to his teachings, suddenly stood up. At that moment, in the eyes of every ordinary person, a brilliant light erupted!

That light, like the starry sky illuminating the darkness, like a prairie fire spreading, ultimately surged into a pure, resplendent flame!

Boom!

At that moment, before the barrier, a campfire that had been extinguished for countless ages, whose fuel had turned cold, suddenly blazed intensely.

The endless Human Fire, formless and intangible, yet surpassing all, now surrounded Qing Chen, as if refining and elevating him!

The Human Fire… was ignited!

Qing Chen, the fire igniter!

At the same time, at this very moment.

The world roared, an invisible Sacred Flame erupted from Mount Primordial Flame, like a volcano spewing, like a torch illuminating, causing all living beings in the world to feel.”

In an instant, throughout the world, on the Nine Forbidden Continents, countless shrines, altars, and divine temples suddenly collapsed.

“The Human Fire has ignited… what is happening?”

“The ignition of the Human Fire will make all false gods retreat, the fire of belief of all people is converging towards the Divine Fire Continent!”

“The Human Fire has been ignited, could the next realm of the Forbidden Realm now be completed?”

At this moment, the world was in an uproar.

From the Nine Continents to the Immortal Land, everyone had their eyes set, their gaze fixed on the Divine Fire Continent!

…

In a place unknown, within the darkness.

“No!”

The Silent One’s expression changed, saying:

“The Human Fire… has been ignited?”

The Stopper also furrowed his brows, saying:

“The Human Fire… with its ignition, the two realms of the Forbidden Path, the Divine Fire and Casting, can now be traversed…”

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly raised his hand, pointing in the direction of the Human Fire in the Forbidden World, and said:

“The Human Fire… must be extinguished!”

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