Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

Li Rui's gaze swept past the fully armed commandos in front of him, through the drone's lens, and seemed to see the greedy and calculating faces hidden behind the monitor screens—

Gu Heng, the Five Mountains Society, and countless others who were lurking in the shadows of this city.

Zhang Zhaoqing died, and Wang Shijun died.

But the darkness in this world has not been burned away at all!

As long as privileges exist, as long as there are people who try to treat human lives as "consumables" and "samples," countless Zhang Ziqians will be created, and countless Su Xiaos will die in despair.

How could his fire possibly burn away the entire night sky?

If he falls here, if his fire goes out here, then this brief revenge is nothing more than a tiny splash in a dark ocean.

"I am... the fiercest fire..."

Li Rui's lips trembled slightly, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, which was covered with ash and blood.

It turned out to be the case.

He finally understood the ultimate meaning of "karmic fire".

Fire is not just for destruction.

More importantly, it's for the sake of inheritance.

Sensing the host's ultimate obsession, the seed of the soul suddenly awakens from its deepest slumber.

It uses Li Rui's soul as a furnace, forging his memories, his will, his promise to Xiaoxiao, and his obsessive hatred of evil into the purest source of fire.

Flames no longer spewed from his palms.

They emanated from the depths of his soul, reshaping the essence of his existence inch by inch.

"The target is behaving abnormally!" a commando shouted in alarm.

Under everyone's gaze, the thick layer of white flame-retardant foam on Li Rui's body, which was pinned to the ground, began to melt rapidly in a strange way.

It was an extremely pure, extremely tranquil—dark red light.

A radiance emanated from Li Rui's body, shining brightly from the inside out.

Through his skin, through his veins, through the gaps in his bones, his entire being was reflected as a translucent glass statue.

It was the embers of a dying creature, and also a magnificent, sublime bloom.

[Wildfire Spreads]

[Using the entire existence of the holder as fuel, the very essence of the soul is ignited, transforming into an inextinguishable source of karmic fire. All who witness this scene will have a "seed" planted deep within their consciousness. The clearer the observation, the deeper the erosion—those planted with this fire will gradually lose their sense of self, their souls replaced by the holder's will of judgment. They will inherit the holder's pure understanding and standard of judgment regarding "evil," becoming walking judges for the rest of their lives, using the embers of karmic fire bestowed by the holder to burn away every sin they encounter. This seed is irreversible, indelible, and undetectable by any existing means. —"The eternally burning flame, let me burn away all the sins of the world!"]

……

In Room 101, Fifth District, Chenxi City, Wen Yan lay quietly on the bed.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and instinctively pressed his right hand tightly against his heart.

Deep within that "Seed of Souls" network, which only he could perceive, came an unprecedented, violent tremor.

This tremor is very unusual.

It was different from Chen Guohua's volcanic eruption-like rage at the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top.

Unlike Heo So-won's mysterious and unpredictable survival tactics in the underground laboratory, which were as fluid as mercury,...

It is also different from the ruthless, all-or-nothing approach that Han Xiao took when he launched "Kinetic Return to Nothingness".

This is a more pure, yet more tragic, qualitative change.

This is a kind of ultimate sublimation where everything is burned away, and one throws oneself into the flames without hesitation, in exchange for some deeper existence.

Wen Yan closed his eyes and let his consciousness sink into the void.

He saw it.

He saw the proud figure forced to kneel on the ground, he saw the densely packed, fully armed Special Investigations Bureau assault team members all around him as if facing a formidable enemy, and he saw the drones hovering in the sky and the cold infrared sights of sniper rifles.

What shocked him most was the back view itself.

Li Rui's body was burning with an extremely pure dark red light from the inside out.

The light pierced through flesh and bone, transforming Li Rui into a semi-transparent red glass statue.

As the one who sowed the seeds, Wen Yan instantly discerned Li Rui's will at that moment.

Li Rui gave up on physical survival.

He is using his memories, his promise to his wife, his extreme anger at the injustice of the world, and the very essence of his soul as the final fuel to ignite a karmic fire called "Wildfire".

He wanted to transform his soul into countless burning fragments, forcibly imprinting them into the eyes of every enemy who gazed upon him, and scattering them into the souls of every witness.

The dark red light spread along the line of sight in the void, carrying an irresistible corrosive force, attempting to plant the seeds of judgment deep within the consciousness of all observers.

However, when this force touched Wen Yan's consciousness, it dissipated quietly like a gentle breeze.

Wen Yan is the sower, the original source of this power.

His status is above the rules, so he is naturally not subject to such assimilation and backlash.

Wen Yan gazed silently into the void for a long time, his eyes filled with a profound sense of compassion.

Li Rui... you've finally come to this point.

Hating evil as if it were your enemy is the reason you live.

Now, you must make this "hatred" a fire that will never be extinguished in the hearts of countless people.

You are breaking your own soul into countless pieces and scattering them into the hearts of every person who holds a righteous heart.

From now on, in every corner of despair, your embers await rekindling.

This is not death, Li Rui.

This is... becoming the spark itself.

Go forth and burn through this long night.

I will be watching all of this.

……

Inside the frontline command vehicle, the euphoria that had filled the air about capturing a supernatural specimen was abruptly frozen in that instant.

On the big screen, the figure covered in layers of flame-retardant foam, tightly bound by an alloy restraint net, and slumped on the ground suddenly lit up.

At first, it was just a hint of dark red peeking through the gaps in the foam.

Like a tiny ember beneath a thick layer of volcanic ash.

But then, the red light expanded outward at a speed that defied all the laws of physics.

Li Rui himself is shining.

The dark red light, like a tangible sword, surged forth from his body without reservation.

The flame-retardant foam, which was supposed to be able to block all high temperatures, evaporated into nothingness the moment it came into contact with the light.

The alloy binding net, which was strong enough to withstand the tearing of large-caliber bullets, melted away inch by inch, like spider silk exposed to the scorching sun.

The light grew brighter and more intense.

Li Rui's flesh and blood body had become blurred on the screen. His whole body seemed to be transforming into a star that suddenly ignited in the dark night, emitting a blood-gold color that was too dazzling to look at!