Symbolika1:
He barricaded her from the unstoppable fire. Haven't he done so=> Xiao Yao wouldn't be able to be saved and brought back to life after. She would just have irrevocably turned to ashes. The end :'(.
100% Love and a beautifull act of self-abnegation. 100% different from suicide.
Because it require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation. This is the martyr path.
Extrait of the novel:
_He kissed her cheek, but her face was still as white as fresh snow. She didn’t blush for him.
He kissed her eyes, but her eyelashes didn’t flutter like a butterfly’s wing.
He kissed her lips and sucked but her lips were tightly shut and cold and hard. She would no longer open like a flower for him so he could taste the world’s sweetest nectar._
Now => :) for the part that Jing couldn't extinguish the flames all by himself , after having used his primordial essence, where a full group with their powers- can very berely access:
(quotes ep21)The final stage of the maze started and every single cherry blossom turned into a flickering flame and a burning inferno lit up to destroy everything so that even if the Grand Emperor and the Yellow Emperor wanted to destroy all there would be no proof left.
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(quotes from Xiao xiao pov) “If we’re not back in half an hour that means we’re all dead. You two take his highness back to Sheng Nong Mountain immediately. ”
The flames licked them from all sides and they could only use all their power to hold off the flames and at most they could withstand only half an hour inside.
Hope it helped! :)