Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?

Chapter 811: The Demon

All things originate from the Dao and exist within the Dao.The sword has its Sword Dao, and fire naturally has its Fire Dao.

To master the Fire Dao is to master all flames under heaven.

Whether it be Phoenix Divine Fire or Samadhi True Fire, before the origin of fire, they must all submit.

That is a rule.

A rule named scorching heat and ashes, it should not be called fire.

Fire is merely the definition living beings give to this rule.

But the rule itself has no definition; it only manifests in the form of a rule.

"All of you, for This Venerable One—"

"Stop!"

A furious roar tore from Chen Huaian's throat.

It also reverberated through the Divine Souls of the Phoenix and the Vermilion Bird.

Boom—!

Like ripples on disturbed water, the Divine Souls of the Phoenix and the Vermilion Bird trembled with waves, as if on the verge of being torn apart.

They both let out pained cries, and the Phoenix Divine Fire and Samadhi True Fire receded like tides amidst this shockwave.

Only one flame remained within Chen Huaian's body.

Its front was pale as paper, its back dark as a shadow, seemingly woven from countless twisted lines.

Both the Phoenix and the Vermilion Bird stared at that flame with terrified expressions, like quails spotted by an old cat.

"This is... the origin of fire?" The Phoenix gazed at the flame, her voice trembling. "How did the Dragon Soul inheritor do it? He actually managed to grasp the origin of fire?"

"Hmph! He is the Dragon Soul inheritor, the one chosen by the Ancestral Dragon. If he didn't have something special about him, how could he become the inheritor?" The Vermilion Bird's voice carried a hint of smugness. "Our fight might seem like a conflict, but aren't we actually giving him an opportunity? These were all my tests! How could you and that old beast Azure Dragon possibly understand?"

The Phoenix stared at the Vermilion Bird, who was shamelessly taking all the credit, momentarily speechless.

"Fight!"

At that moment, Chen Huaian spoke.

His Yang Spirit appeared beside the origin flame. That wisp of fire containing the rules of destruction and scorching obediently landed in his palm like a tame bird.

"Why aren't you fighting? Weren't you having a great time just now?"

Chen Huaian coldly regarded the Phoenix and the Vermilion Bird.

He respected these Auspicious Beasts.

After all, they were willing to sacrifice their own flesh and souls completely to benefit others, content to remain as Remnant Souls within the small plot of land that was his dantian.

If it were him, he could never do something so noble yet self-sacrificing.

But respect was one thing; that didn't mean they could treat him like a pushover!

They had turned his body into a battlefield. Did these Auspicious Beasts respect him, the Dragon Soul inheritor, at all?

In the past, when those other Auspicious Beasts always complained about his weak strength, fine, he was truly weak, but at least they still somewhat respected his status.

Except for this Vermilion Bird and this Phoenix.

This was simply outrageous.

"Inheritor brother, I was wrong." The Phoenix adopted a meek tone, lowering her head, speaking honestly. "I won't dare next time. It was all this Vermilion Bird's fault. As soon as she entered, she wanted to assert dominance. I just didn't want brother to get hurt, so I protected brother immediately. But she escalated things, and I... I just couldn't hold back anymore..."

Her words sounded nice, but the thick, manipulative tone made Chen Huaian's scalp go numb.

Aren't you too old for this? An Auspicious Beast thousands, even tens of thousands of years old, still acting like a little fairy throwing a tantrum? How disgusting?

The Vermilion Bird, with her fiery temper, didn't bother with that act. "What's this? Kid, you think you can discipline me?

Let me tell you, if I hadn't sacrificed myself, could your strength have broken through to the peak of the Void Shattering realm?

If I hadn't sacrificed myself and fought with this bitch Phoenix, could you have comprehended the Dao and grasped the origin of fire?

You should be thanking me! Call me 'big sister,' and I'll forgive your rudeness!"

The corner of Chen Huaian's mouth twitched.

He directly shot a strand of origin fire at her.

Seeing this, the Vermilion Bird screamed in fright, turned, and ran, cursing Chen Huaian as a beast while fleeing.

Chen Huaian watched this scene with great interest.

The Azure Dragon had said that he was the Dragon Soul inheritor. All the Auspicious Beasts, including the Ancestral Dragon, were counting on his future achievements.

He was their only hope.

And the moment he became the inheritor, his status was far above these Auspicious Beasts.

So the Vermilion Bird was simply taking advantage of him.

Before, he didn't know, so it didn't matter. But now that he knew, how could he let the Vermilion Bird jump around arrogantly in front of him?

However, with the origin fire under his control, at least within his body, he could arbitrarily alter the rules of fire.

For example, he could keep the scorching characteristic but remove the destructive characteristic. Then the fire would only produce a burning effect without causing burns.

This rule itself was contradictory, because fire's burning requires energy.

So what provides that energy?

After a while, the Vermilion Bird, with all her feathers burned off, flew back to Chen Huaian with a bitter face and landed. Her proud head lowered, and she let out a resentful hum. "Inheritor, I was wrong. Please retract your Divine Ability! My feathers grow a little, then get burned a little. The fire won't go out. How am I supposed to face the Azure Dragon later?"

To know one's fault and correct it is a great virtue.

Seeing that the Vermilion Bird truly understood the severity, Chen Huaian withdrew the origin fire.

The feathers, which served as the energy for the burning, immediately regrew on the Vermilion Bird's body.

Both the Vermilion Bird and the Phoenix were in a Divine Soul state. As long as their Divine Souls remained intact, they could almost freely change their forms.

"Inheritor, Zhu Huai has not yet dissipated. When you make Zhu Huai sacrifice to the Taotie, the ninth Well of Heaven will completely open."

The Vermilion Bird straightened her feathers, her tone completely serious. "Once the nine Wells of Heaven open, the restrictions of heaven and earth will also be lifted.

For you, this is both an opportunity and the most severe trial. Do you know the reasons?"

Chen Huaian nodded. "I'm all ears."

"Calling it an opportunity is because the Spiritual Energy of the entire world will become incredibly dense. Various resources and treasures that only existed in ancient times will surge forth at this time.

Almost every few days, rare natural treasures will be born. As time passes, this eruption of treasures and resources will gradually stabilize.

And you, Inheritor, can rely on these resources to quickly increase your strength and build your own power."

"You've finished talking about the disadvantages. What about the advantages?"

Chen Huaian's words made the Vermilion Bird pause.

What do you mean, 'finished talking about the disadvantages'...

Aren't these all advantages?

Aren't so many resources an advantage?

She didn't know that, for Chen Huaian, more resources also meant his enemies would become stronger.

The Vermilion Bird gave Chen Huaian a strange look and continued, "The disadvantage is that the passage between the Immortal Realm and the mortal world will open. The gods, buddhas, and immortals from the mythological stories you watched as a child can descend normally. The barrier between the Immortal Realm and the mortal world will disappear. They only need to pay a small price to descend into the human world. Your survival pressure will become extremely high."

Images of figures like Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, Erlang Shen, Tathagata Buddha, and Guanyin immediately appeared in Chen Huaian's mind.

Thanks to watching various TV dramas since childhood, he instinctively said, "Aren't these gods and immortals good people? Why..."

"Good people? Heh." The Vermilion Bird let out a cold laugh. "They're all a bunch of demons who devour people without spitting out the bones!"