đ Sutra of Immortal Flame
Volume 1: Ember of the Forsaken
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Burned the Sky
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đ Scene 1: Beneath the Scorched Sky
The horizon was ablaze.
Not from fire⊠but from memory.
The once lush forest of LuĂČyĂĄn Plains now stood as a graveyard of blackened roots and smoking soil. Trees had been carved by flame, wildlife had fled, and even Qi in the air felt scorched and broken. There was no wind, no soundâonly heat, rising like waves of grief.
And in the heart of it all stood YÄ«nghuÇ, barefoot, shirtless, skin etched with flickers of golden flame veins, his breaths slow but terrifyingly deep.
He looked like a boy.
But even the sky above him feared blinking.
Floating around him were ember petals, each one a fragment of the Immortal Flame Sutra's awakening. His clothes, charred and falling apart, revealed a glowing Burning Core (çæ ž) pulsing faintly beneath his sternumâlike a second sun. It was not just a dantian anymore. It was an altar.
A temple where the past had died and something new had been born.
"...So this is what it means to start again," he murmured.
No one answered.
Only the sky cracked, thunder rolling like drums of war in the distance. Something⊠had noticed his rebirth.
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đ„ Scene 2: The Messenger from the Heaven-Eyed Sect
Somewhere above the shattered ridge, a young cultivator hovered on a flying sword â robed in grey silk, eyes glowing with spiritual sight. His name was JÄ«n RuĂČyÄ (éè„ć€), an outer disciple of the Heaven-Eyed Sect, known for his sensitivity to energy imbalances.
He stared at the valley below â the one now glassed by fire.
"âŠThis kind of Qi fluctuationâŠ" he whispered.
His spiritual mirror trembled, showing flickers of a forbidden flame scripture that should've been locked away in the Vault of Endless Night.
"Impossible. The Sutra of Immortal Flame was destroyed during the War of Nine Suns."
But the proof danced below â in the form of a boy.
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đ§ Scene 3: Fragments of Flame Memory
As YÄ«nghuÇ stood amidst the ashes, visions flashed before his eyes.
Each ember was a memory shard, not his own⊠but from the former wielders of the Sutra.
> âA screaming girl chained to a pyre, laughing as the flames consumed her.
âA blood-soaked man carving flames into his bones to remember the faces of those he failed.
âA phoenix weeping over its shattered egg, burning its own wings to keep the ashes warm.
YÄ«nghuÇ collapsed to his knees, gripping his head. The weight of centuries, of death, of suffering â all burned into his soul.
But he didn't resist.
Instead⊠he smiled.
> "If you're all dead, then let me carry you."
"Let me burn in your place."
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âïž Scene 4: The First Enemy â Iron-Fang Mercenaries
Far off, a caravan of Iron-Fang Mercenaries marched across the ruins. Bandits disguised as cultivators â hired by small kingdoms to plunder forbidden lands. Their leader, a brutal man named ZhĂ o KuĂ, bore a beast-tooth blade and wore armor made of stitched flame beast hides.
"Boss," one scout said, "we saw a kid in the valley."
ZhĂ o KuĂ spat on the soil.
"Then let's gut him before the Sect dogs find him. If the rumors are true, the Immortal Flame relic is down there."
The mercenaries descended with no honor, no warning.
But they didn't find a boy.
They found wrath.
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đ„ Scene 5: First Fight â Ember Mirror Counter
YÄ«nghuÇ opened his eyes as they charged. One mercenary swung a halberd at him.
Too slow.
YÄ«nghuÇ didn't dodge. The blade neared his throatâand passed through flame.
A false body.
The real YÄ«nghuÇ reappeared behind him.
> [Sutra Technique â Ember Mirror Counter (ç°éćć»)]
Creates a reflection made of heat mirage. When the enemy attacks the image, it captures their Qi and redirects a burning strike at a pressure point.
With a flick, flame struck the man's spine. He collapsed, unconscious.
Others screamed, charging together. YÄ«nghuÇ's fingers ignited.
> [Echo Flame Strike: Level 2 Activated]
"Return what you gave. But hotter."
The sky rained fire.
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đŻïž Scene 6: A Child's Softness Hidden in Fire
Once the mercenaries were goneâdead or fleeingâYÄ«nghuÇ returned to stillness.
A child from a nearby village had been caught in the chaos â a little girl with one arm, hiding under a burnt tree.
YÄ«nghuÇ knelt beside her.
She was trembling, eyes wide.
"You're not⊠going to burn me too?"
YÄ«nghuÇ lowered his flame aura instantly, gently wrapping her in his robe.
"No. I only burn monsters."
She wept. He held her, eyes distant.
Deep inside, YÄ«nghuÇ hated that he could still cry.
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đŻ Scene 7: The Three Great Sects Stir
In the floating citadel of the Glass Sky Pavilion, a bell rang for the first time in 600 years.
At the Sect of Verdant Thunder, lightning statues cracked from resonance.
And in the Heaven-Eyed Sect, the grand elder opened a forbidden scroll and gasped.
> "The Sutra⊠has awakened again."
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đ Scene 8: The Flame that Will Never Go Out
As dawn rose over the ruined LuĂČyĂĄn Plains, the golden light of the sun touched the boy's shoulder.
But it no longer warmed him.
He didn't need it anymore.
YÄ«nghuÇ stood with the child sleeping in his arms. He looked toward the horizon â toward kingdoms he didn't know, sects he hadn't yet challenged, and powers that would soon try to kill him.
The Sutra pulsed in his core like a heartbeat.
> "Let them come."
"Let them try."
"I won't burn for revenge..."
"...I'll burn for everyone who couldn't."
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