[v]Laugh at me for being a loser? You'll all kneel down after you awaken your talent!

Bai Huang felt that the crimson flames enveloping her were incredibly warm and clean.

It's like the purity of a newborn baby.

Crimson flames enveloped her entirely. The inner demon held her, a fleeting glint of joy in its eyes. "Sleep, you'll feel better once you're asleep!" it hummed, patting the drowsy Bai Huang as if singing a lullaby, before slowly closing its eyes. "Let me take over your body!"

The last inch of her skin was completely engulfed in flames. Bai Huang's eyelids were heavy, and she finally succumbed to sleepiness and fell into a deep slumber.

……

Inside the crater, Tangtang and Bai Wenxiao anxiously stayed by Bai Huang's side.

She closed her eyes, sometimes frowning, sometimes gasping for breath, and sometimes writhing in agony.

"What's going on? Mother, wake up!" Tangtang flapped its wings anxiously.

"She's starting to fight her inner demons." Yan Huang sat cross-legged to the side, his eyes also filled with solemnity, and his clenched fists betrayed the tension in his heart. "Back then, I was defeated by my own inner demons, which led to endless troubles!"

"My mother will definitely win!" Tangtang said confidently. "My mother is very strong!"

"You're wrong, little chick!" Yan Huang glanced at the little red bird with disdain. Tangtang's feathers stood on end. If her mother hadn't told her not to release the phoenix fire, she would have blinded the old man!

"The battle against inner demons has nothing to do with strength!"

He sighed, perhaps thinking of the peace and quiet he had experienced back then.

Bai Wenxiao struggled to organize his thoughts. His long life as a invisible man had prevented him from speaking again, and when he did, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

"How, can, win?" He stared at Yan Huang, each word distinct and stubborn.

"It has nothing to do with strength. You can't defeat your inner demons with mystical techniques." The Flame Emperor pointed to his heart. "To defeat her, you must be strong inside and face your fears head-on."

Everyone has a darker side to their heart that they don't want others to discover.

Overcoming this aspect of oneself is arguably an impossible task.

When Emperor Yan was able to rise to the position of a regional emperor, did he not possess extraordinary composure and willpower?

Isn't a person's greatest enemy themselves?

"You'd better try your best, little girl... Oh no!" Yan Huang's eyes widened suddenly, and in a flash, he appeared in front of Bai Huang.

Tangtang and Bai Wenxiao quickly looked over and discovered that blood-red flames were spreading beneath her feet. The flames were fierce and had already enveloped her feet, even showing a tendency to rise and engulf her entire body.

"She's lost to her own inner demons. If she doesn't wake up..." Cold sweat beaded on Yan Huang's forehead as he grabbed Bai Wenxiao and Tangtang, "Quickly! Shout her name! She's about to be swallowed up by her inner demons!"

Golden Flame represents herself, while Blood Flame represents her inner demons. Now that Blood Flame has overpowered Golden Flame, it seems that her inner demons have gained the upper hand. Someone needs to wake her up no matter what.

"Mother!" Tangtang threw herself at Baihuang, but was pushed away by the scorching heat of the flames.

"Huang!" Bai Wen laughed and hurriedly patted her face.

At this moment, Bai Huang was in a daze, as if she had fallen into one nightmare after another from which she could not wake up.

In her dream, she saw her master die a horrible death.

It was as if she had been told that her friends had died heroically!

It's like holding their black and white photo frames, wanting to cry but unable to!

"White Phoenix!"

Her master suddenly appeared in front of her, and she seemed to have turned back into the twelve-year-old girl who had just been adopted by her master.

She clung pitifully to her clothes.

"Master, please don't go. Let's not be police officers, okay?"

Her master gently patted her head. Her master was a well-known beauty in the police station. She pinched Bai Huang's little face, making her wince. "Little brat, I thought you were three years old. Let go of me right now!"

The driver turned around, his smile blooming in the soft glow of the setting sun streaming through the police station window.

"My biggest dream is to be a SWAT officer. How can you be so shameless as to ask me to stay home with you, little girl!" She flicked her forehead with her fingertip. "I only feel alive when I'm working, little girl. This is a dream... you don't understand!"

Before the master's smile had faded, the scene suddenly shifted to that rainy day.

She knelt on the ground, looking at the worker who had been carelessly thrown into the trash can. He was missing an arm and his thigh was covered in scars.

Her beautiful face was all scratched up.

The raindrops pelted her master's face, and each drop also pierced her heart.

After that, she became somewhat violent and eccentric, covered in thorns.

She knelt in the pouring rain, head bowed, thinking... So be it!

This world may be inherently so corrupt and filthy; people like my master never meet a good end.

She felt extremely tired and just wanted to lie down and sleep, not wanting to care about anything.

"Bai Huang!" Her master's voice suddenly rang in her ears. She looked up and was met with a slap from her master.

She turned her head to the side after being hit.

"Master, you're not dead...."

With a 'bang,' she took a heavy punch to the face from her master and fell face-first into the dirt.

"Who died!" Her master stood in front of her.

Bai Huang suddenly realized that the rain had stopped and rays of sunlight were pouring down.

The master was very angry.

"Bai Huang! Stand up!"

Bai Huang almost instinctively jumped up in a somersault.

"Attention!" the instructor's voice was sharp.

Bai Huang immediately stood up straight.

"You stupid girl, didn't I tell you that only I can beat you!" The master waved his fist. "Look at you, being beaten to the ground by something called... a demon? What kind of ghost is that? Are you out of your mind? Shake your head and see if you can hear any water splashing!"

Bai Huang swallowed hard, utterly terrified.

Yes!

It seems like she's... battling her inner demons?

"Bai Huang, you are my disciple. What is our principle?" the master asked, squinting his eyes.

"I can beat others, but others can't beat me!" Bai Huang shouted immediately.

"Fine! Since you still remember, hurry up and clean up that monstrosity outside, it's an eyesore!" The master kicked her on the shoulder. "Get the hell out of here!"

"But Master, aren't you dead?"

"Pah!" Her master slapped her again, completely waking her up. "As long as you, Bai Huang, live, I will not die!"

She raised her eyebrows and, in the bright sunlight, pointed to Bai Huang's heart.

"Aren't I here? Always with you."

Bai Huang was stunned, but her eyes gradually cleared.

"Get lost!" the master scolded with a laugh.

"Yes!"

……

The crimson flames were about to devour the White Phoenix completely, and the Flame Emperor finally slumped to the ground in disappointment.

"She failed, she lost, I ruined this child."

The blood flames reached the corners of her lips, and Yan Huang looked as if she had aged ten years in an instant.

"No, Mother!" Tangtang suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

The Flame Emperor suddenly looked up, only to see that the blood flames seemed to have encountered something terrifying, and began to retreat in panic.

Countless golden flames erupted behind her.

They looked majestic and imposing, like a triumphant general returning home.

Golden flames enveloped Bai Huang completely.

It carried her slowly into the air.

With a 'whoosh', golden flames unfolded, dazzling as a golden crow, and gathered into a pair of magnificent fiery wings behind her.

Rise from the ashes!