Chapter 3966: A Ball of Yang

The Fire God felt that Alex’s words were more provocation than anything. To him, Alex had already lost the match, so he was grasping at straws to try and salvage the situation before inevitably losing in the end.

It was not that different from what he had done in the last contest.

Lose, but do so while leaving an impact on the audience.

That could not be allowed.

"You can say whatever you want, but do remember that you don’t have much time remaining. Just five more minutes," the Fire God said. "If by then you still want only this Sun of yours to count, then be my guest."

Alex didn’t respond right away. "May I have my sword back for now?"

The Fire God looked down at his hand. He had forgotten he was even holding this. With the Crown on his head and the sword in his hand, he had two different Primordial treasures, each made from the heart no less.

Did he have to give it back? Now that he had it in his hand, who could take it back from him?

He was Ashmaker, the Fire God. Who here would dare tell him to give it back?

"Senior?" Alex called out again. "My sword. Please."

The Fire God looked up, but still kept his hand gripping the sword. He opened his mouth, about to speak, when something drew his attention right back.

He looked down at his palm and felt heat building up within the sword. To his surprise, it was burning him. The sword’s handle was releasing such heat that a Celestial like him, a Half-God no less, was being burned.

He quickly let go of the sword, and the sword flew right back toward Alex. In its departure, it left behind another red mark on his palm, this time not from an attack, but from simply being held. The other gods were surprised as well.

No one there had known that Alex’s sword held a defensive measure built within it, one that could stop it from being stolen.

Truth was, Alex was surprised to see that as well. That had been entirely Nightslayer’s doing. He wasn’t even aware the sword could do that.

"Good job," he said anyway and placed the sword away.

Then, he focused back on the matter at hand. Since there weren’t many more minutes remaining, he decided to continue with his talk.

"With the degradation of Qi, no true element can appear all on its own," Alex said, looking toward all. "That is true for every element, but for Yang and Yin, it is especially true."

"Yang cannot appear without Fire being attached to it. And Yin cannot appear without Water being attached to it. And a lot of the time, that ends up not really being that important because everyone understands they appear together. They are connected."

"What one does end up forgetting during that period is that, in the end, Yang and Fire are still two completely different elements. While complementary, they are not the same. And they cannot be used the same."

Alex took a step forward, moving closer to the Fire God.

Instead of addressing the Fire God, however, Alex turned toward the audience since they would be the only ones to answer him at this point.

"Who among you seniors can claim to be stronger than the Sun itself?" Alex asked. "Who among you can head toward the Sun and reach it unharmed?"

He looked around.

"Anyone?"

"That’s a death wish," the Golden God answered without wasting any time. "No one, and I truly do mean no one, can go to the sun. There is no protection in this world that can keep you safe."

"Even that bastard Godkiller would likely die if he tried to head to the Sun," the Forest God said. "The rest of us simply have no chance."

"I believe so as well," Alex said. "Even Celestial realm cultivators would not survive against the power of the Sun. Does that not make the Sun more powerful than the Celestials? And if it is more powerful than the Celestials, what rank could it really be at?"

Alex turned back toward the Fire God, and did not wait for anyone else to answer.

"The God rank," he said. "The Sun has to be, or at least have started at the God rank. And if it is God rank, that can only mean one thing in regard to the element it carries. Senior Ashmaker, you should understand where I am going with this."

Alex pointed toward the Sun again. "The Sun could only ever be made of a single element. Your sun, which is comprised of both Yang and Fire, is wrong."

Something changed just then, like a subtle shift in the air either from the sudden absence or sudden presence of something. Alex waited for more, but it didn’t come.

"Are you saying that the Sun is comprised of Pure Yang?" the Fire God asked. "No Fire. Just Yang?"

"I do believe that, yes," Alex said. "The Sun is a ball of Yang only. What you believe is entirely false."

The Fire God let out a loud snort.

"What a load of crap. You said so yourself: all auras and elements are degrading. Nothing stays singular. Even the Sun cannot be just Yang. It must have Yang and Fire. So, you are wrong."

Alex listened to the Fire God and nodded. "Yes, you are correct in thinking so. But that is assuming such a thing as the Sun can even degrade from its God rank," he said. "I do not believe it has, but I am willing to assume for our conversation that it has. It is now a ball of not just Yang, but also Fire."

The Fire God smiled.

"But the amount of Fire has to be minuscule. Yang needs to be predominant in a Sun, to a point where Fire is an afterthought," Alex said. "Your replica is a sun with a significant amount of both Fire and Yang. That is undeniably wrong. A proper sun cannot have this much Fire at all."