Part 27: Love must be selfless

Ren Zu obtained love, courage, and betrayal; he was no longer unable to progress due to fear. He continued to move forward. On this day, he walked on his road, hearing a voice behind: “Oh Ren Zu, I finally found you. Slow down, wait for me.” Ren Zu stopped moving, turning around. He saw a Snowman running up to him. “What is it, Snowman?” Ren Zu asked curiously. The Snowman said: “Oh Ren Zu, I finally found you. I am the strongest Snowman in my tribe. Snowmen are said to be afraid of fire, and I want to prove that it is untrue. I travelled the world, and I have already conquered the Bright Light Glorious Ring Fire in the sky, the Azure Divine Stone Furnace Fire in the earth, and the Raging Wave Rising Dragon Fire in the sea. But I heard that there is a fourth type of fire in this world, called the Fire of Love. Once it burns, it can turn all life forms in this world into cinders. I do not believe it, and I heard that you have just obtained Love Gu, thus I wanted to try it.” “Fire of Love?” Ren Zu was surprised, hearing it for the first time. Thus, he called out Love Gu, asking: “Oh Gu, oh Gu, can you emit the Fire of Love?” Love Gu replied: “I can, and I cannot.” Ren Zu and the Snowman were curious, and they asked: “What do you mean by can and cannot?” Love Gu explained: “I can because I am necessary to emit the Fire of Love. But I cannot because I alone am not sufficient; two hearts are needed.” “Two hearts?” The Snowman was worried, and she took out her heart from her chest. This heart was huge and tough, emitting strong pressure.

The Snowman said: “This is my Heart of Domination, and it is a pity that I only have one heart.” Ren Zu said: “Don’t worry, I have a heart too.” Ren Zu originally had one heart, but he gave it to Hope Gu. He next obtained a Heart of Loneliness, and Self Gu was residing within it. He also had a Heart of Discontent. Thus, right now, he took out the Heart of Discontent. The Heart of Discontent was dry and shrivelled, small and weak, because this heart had little blood left. Ren Zu had once used almost all of his heart blood in Ordinary Abyss to grow the grass and trees of achievement. Love Gu flew into the Heart of Discontent and flew out, then it flew into the Heart of Domination and flew out again. It flew into the sky and said: “Alright, you want the Fire of Love, let these two hearts clash.” The Snowman and Ren Zu took out their respective hearts, putting them together. Crackle, sparks were created. The sparks grew rapidly, turning into a Blazing Flame — Fire of Love. The Fire of Love burned on Ren Zu’s heart of discontent; it instantly turned this heart into ashes. Ren Zu was stunned. Love Gu said: “Love has a price; it makes people willing to sacrifice.” The Snowman laughed: “Oh Ren Zu, thankfully you have two hearts; otherwise, without a heart, you would die.” The Snowman turned to look at the Heart of Domination in her hand. The Fire of Love enveloped this heart, but this heart shone brighter and brighter. The Snowman was nonchalant: “Oh, what? This Fire of Love only has an impressive appearance, it neither has the heat of Bright Light Glorious Ring Fire, nor the heaviness of Azure Divine Stone Furnace Fire, nor the chaos of Raging Wave Rising Dragon Fire.” As she said that, she placed the Heart of Domination into her chest. Next, her body started bursting out in flames; she started melting like snowflakes under the sun. She turned pale from shock, she quickly patted and attempted to put out the Fire of Love. But the Fire of Love could not be extinguished. Eventually, the Snowman completely melted, only her heart was left, burning in raging flames. Ren Zu was extremely shocked; he felt that this Snowman was very strong, to think that she would vanish like this. “The Fire of Love is so scary.” Ren Zu was shocked.

Love Gu said: “The result of love varies from heart to heart. The heart of the Snowman was domination, but you had the Heart of Discontent, and it was completely burned from the fire. Thus, this was the result. Actually, there are good results that can occur when the Fire of Love burns. The results of love varied each experience of love was a risk and gamble.” Ren Zu suddenly thought of something, becoming stirred up: “Oh Love Gu, you said that love can make people willing to sacrifice. This is wonderful, I will fall in love with the Feathermen and make them willing to fly for me so that they can save my daughter from Ordinary Abyss.” Right at this moment, a voice could be heard: “Father, father.” From the burning flames of the Heart of Domination, a boy jumped out. He was Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance. Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance jumped into Ren Zu’s arms as he said: “Father, father, so I have a sister as well. I support you, let’s go save sister.” Ren Zu was extremely overjoyed; he rubbed Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance’s head as he said: “My son, you are so smart and sensible.” Ren Zu brought Blazing Glory Lightning Brilliance and went on a journey again, not long after, they returned to the gathering spot of the Feathermen. Ren Zu took out his Heart of Loneliness, saying to the Feathermen: “Do you all have hearts?” The Feathermen answered: “We all have the Heart of Freedom.” Ren Zu laughed: “Then let us fall in love. I have a heart too, as well as Love Gu.” The Feathermen shook their heads: “The Heart of Freedom will be completely burned in the Fire of Love. The process of pursuing love was also the process of losing freedom.” Ren Zu was persistent: “The results of love vary from hearts to hearts. Don’t just look at one heart; my Heart of Loneliness is part of the process too.” But no matter how Ren Zu urged, the Feathermen would not agree. Ren Zu was helpless; he asked Love Gu: “Oh Gu, oh Gu, they don’t want to love me, you have to help me, and ignite the Fire of Love in our hearts.” Love Gu sighed: “This is beyond my abilities. I cannot force others to love, no matter what heart, it has to collide on its own free will.” Ren Zu shook his head: “No, this is a good chance to save my daughter; I cannot give up. Self Gu, I will rely on you.” Self Gu nodded, using its strength. It had once eaten a mouthful of Strength Gu, and right now, Ren Zu had his strength. Thus, these Feathermen were all cap76

tured by Ren Zu; their hearts were dug out and used to collide with Ren Zu’s heart. But no matter how they collided, there were no hearts that created the spark of love. Love Gu sighed: “Oh Ren Zu, forcing others to love is impossible, you will only create hatred.” As it said that, a Gu Worm appeared before Ren Zu. Ren Zu took a look, and it was Hatred Gu indeed. Hatred Gu made all of the Feathermen feel hatred. They shouted: “Oh Ren Zu, you are too much; you are bullying us, and we will make you pay the price.” Thus, these Feathermen flew up together, shining worms were flying out of their bodies; they were wild Freedom Gu. The Freedom Gu fused together into a gigantic Freedom Gu. This Freedom Gu easily took away Ren Zu’s Love Gu. “Henceforth, love is free.” This giant Freedom Gu said. Ren Zu’s Self Gu quickly flew out, wanting to snatch Love Gu, but it could not overpower Freedom Gu; it only managed to take a bite of Love Gu. Self Gu said angrily: “Love also belongs to oneself.”