Chapter 496: The Advent of the Phoenix

Chapter 496: Chapter 494: The Advent of the Phoenix

But that was impossible. The Divine Burning Country was a first-rate Great Sect, but there was no way they could possess an Immortal Emperor Longevity Technique or Immortal Emperor’s Techniques. If they did, it would have stopped being a secret long ago.

And yet, the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady was now cultivating an Emperor Technique. In that instant, everyone realized her Emperor Technique didn’t come from the Divine Burning Country, but from the Ten Thousand Bones Throne.

A chill went down many spines at the thought. What a grand gesture from the Ten Thousand Bones Throne! The Shen Ran Phoenix Lady hadn’t even married into their sect yet, but they had already bestowed an Emperor Technique upon her. One had to understand that this wasn’t a decision a single person could make. Even the heir of the Ten Thousand Bones Throne wouldn’t have the authority to teach an Emperor Technique to an outsider.

Without a doubt, the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady had earned the approval of the Elders of the Ten Thousand Bones Throne! This demonstrated just how much they trusted and valued her.

Li Qiye looked at the Immortal Emperor Dao Patterns floating around the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady and smiled. “A little interesting. However, an Emperor Technique is nothing to me. Bring out whatever trump cards you have. Otherwise, I’m afraid you won’t get another chance.” As his voice fell, he unleashed the Thousand Hands Reverse Nine Realms!

At that moment, Li Qiye seemed to shoulder the Ten Thousand Realms with his thousands of arms. No matter how vast the world, he could hold it aloft.

Everyone had witnessed Li Qiye’s Thousand Hands Reverse Nine Realms before. With this technique, Li Qiye alone was more than a match for a thousand foes. Anyone facing this cultivation technique would be at an immediate disadvantage.

The Shen Ran Phoenix Lady didn’t dare to underestimate him. With a sharp cry, Divine Rings began to open around her. In an instant, forty-one Divine Rings unfurled, swirling about her and making her appear even more divine.

“A Baosheng Venerable!” Seeing the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s power, even the experts of the older generation were stirred.

For a Cultivator, even one from a Great Teaching Territory, reaching the Saint Venerable realm at such a young age was incredibly difficult. Anyone who could was a genius among geniuses.

Furthermore, the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady now possessed forty-one Divine Rings. Fifty was the number of perfection; a Saint Venerable with fifty Divine Rings had reached the Great Perfection of the Baosheng Venerable level. Although she still had a long way to go to reach that peak, possessing forty-one rings was already heaven-defying.

Even the heirs of Emperor Immortal Gates wouldn’t dare claim they could reach the Baosheng Venerable realm at her age. In fact, Saint Child Ji Que and the Ghost Insect Demon Child, both heirs of Emperor Immortal Gates, were not necessarily any stronger than the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady.

“A little interesting.” Li Qiye chuckled. His Life Wheel emerged, and in an instant, the Yin Yang Blood Sea roared to life. Waves of blood surged into the Celestial Vault, engulfing the very stars.

When Li Qiye unleashed his power and the Yin Yang Blood Sea roared, everyone present couldn’t help but feel their legs tremble. Such a Sea of Blood was simply too domineering. A Longevity Treasure like this could support any incomparably domineering and invincible cultivation technique!

The Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s expression flickered at Li Qiye’s provocation, but she remained fearless. “An invincible Longevity Treasure doesn’t make you invincible!” she said coldly. As her words fell, the spot between her eyebrows began to blaze with heat.

“SCREEE—” A high-pitched cry echoed through the Nine Heavens as a Phoenix flew out from between the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s brows. The moment it appeared, a monstrous yin energy erupted from it. Like an Undying Phoenix, it brought with it the sinister, ominous aura of the Netherworld.

“A Yin Phoenix—” Many were shaken to see it appear. Rumor had long held that a Yin Phoenix had been born alongside the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady, but no one had ever seen it before.

Now, this Yin Phoenix flew forth, carrying the sinister and ominous aura of the Netherworld. As it unleashed its monstrous yin power, a chill ran down many spines. ‘This thing is terrifying.’

“HUMMM—” But it wasn’t over. At that moment, one of the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s Treasure Artifacts flew out. It was a Treasure Artifact she had forged herself, refined with her own Fire of Life. The artifact was a Jade Pendant.

It was the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s Phoenix Pendant, forged from a piece of Dao Treasure Gold containing four Golden Texts. The moment the Phoenix Pendant appeared, True Words descended from it.

The Phoenix Pendant emitted a dazzling light, as if a phoenix was about to fly out from within. A stream of True Words descended, vast and boundless. When the True Words instantly locked onto the Yin Phoenix, it suddenly burst into flames.

The cry of the phoenix was unceasing. As if being reborn from the ashes, the Yin Phoenix was instantly immolated by countless streams of Essence Fire. In the blink of an eye, the Yin Phoenix, once brimming with monstrous yin energy, underwent an unbelievable transformation thanks to the Phoenix Pendant.

In that moment, there was no Yin Phoenix, no Shen Ran Phoenix Lady. Before everyone’s eyes, there was only a single Phoenix—a Fire Phoenix that seemed to have devoured all the Essence Fire in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Among Cultivators, the term “phoenix” was often just a symbol. At most, someone might possess a thin trace of the Phoenix Bloodline.

A true Phoenix was a legendary Divine Beast, said to be the mount of Immortals—an invincible being.

But now, as this Fire Phoenix appeared, everyone felt as if they were looking at a real one. It radiated the incomparably ancient aura of a Divine Beast.

This Fire Phoenix looked as if it could swallow the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and refine the Ten Thousand Realms. Between heaven and earth, it alone seemed supreme.

As the Fire Phoenix materialized, countless onlookers found their legs trembling uncontrollably. A sense of awe filled their hearts—the primal reverence of a lesser being for a Divine Beast. Even the Great Sect Ancestors hidden in the shadows paled. They knew this wasn’t a real Divine Beast, but its aura was so authentic, so terrifying.

“Phoenix Coming with Ceremony… A remarkable Dao Treasure Gold. Although it’s only four words, it’s an extremely rare set of True Words. The four words form an inseparable whole. A True Word Treasure Gold like this is far superior even to a Nine-Character Treasure Gold. It’s a priceless treasure,” Li Qiye couldn’t help but marvel at the sight.

Dao Treasure Gold contained the Scriptures of the Great Dao. For any given piece, the more scriptures it contained, the more precious it was.

However, that wasn’t always the case when the Daoist Golden Text formed a complete set of True Words. A Dao Treasure Gold with a full set of True Words could be even more precious than a Nine-Character Treasure Gold!

“Phoenix Coming with Ceremony” was the set of True Words from the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s Dao Treasure Gold. After obtaining this True Word Treasure Gold, she had refined it into her personal Treasure Artifact.

Although “Phoenix Coming with Ceremony” consisted of only four words, it was extremely heaven-defying because the four words formed a complete, inseparable set! Its power was immeasurably greater than that of four ordinary True Words.

Once this Phoenix Pendant was forged, it was as if it had been tailor-made for the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady, as its “Phoenix Coming with Ceremony” power allowed her Yin Phoenix to be reborn in fire instantly.

The Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s Yin Phoenix was already powerful on its own. But empowered by the four-word True Words of “Phoenix Coming with Ceremony,” it was immediately reborn in fire, transforming into the legendary Fire Phoenix.

Although it wasn’t a true Divine Beast, the power of the “Phoenix Coming with Ceremony” True Words was enough to grant the Yin Phoenix the Divine Power of the legendary Fire Phoenix.

Imagine the terrifying Divine Power of a Divine Beast. No one had ever seen a real one, but legends claimed they could stand shoulder to shoulder with Immortals. One could only imagine the might of such a creature’s Divine Power.

Seeing the Fire Phoenix before him, it was no wonder Li Qiye was so impressed. A Dao Treasure Gold capable of “Phoenix Coming with Ceremony” was an absolutely priceless treasure!

“BOOM—” At that moment, the Fire Phoenix stomped down with one foot. Beneath its Phoenix Claw, the world seemed to shrink, and the stars became as insignificant as dust.

“Rise—!” Facing the descending Phoenix Claw, Li Qiye didn’t retreat an inch. The Yin Yang Blood Sea churned, raising monstrous waves of blood. In that instant, Li Qiye pushed the Thousand Hands Reverse Nine Realms to its absolute limit. His thousands of arms held up the Three Thousand Worlds, shining with incomparable brilliance. Boundless Life Force surged to the heavens, forming a supreme, colossal hand that reached up to catch the descending Phoenix Claw.

“BOOM—!” A deafening crash resounded. As heaven-defying as Li Qiye’s Thousand Hands Reverse Nine Realms was, it still couldn’t fully withstand the Divine Power of a legendary Divine Beast. The Fire Phoenix’s might was too domineering, too overwhelming.

And so, with a single stomp of its claw, Li Qiye was overwhelmed. He was slammed down from the sky and driven deep into the earth.

Such a domineering strike made everyone gasp. One Great Sect Ancestor was visibly moved, exclaiming, “The Ten Thousand Bones Throne intends to groom her into an Unrivaled Empress!”

Without a doubt, the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s current invincibility was not something the Divine Burning Country could have provided. A priceless Dao Treasure Gold like the one that produced “Phoenix Coming with Ceremony” was beyond the Divine Burning Country’s means. It had to have come from the Ten Thousand Bones Throne.

“CRASH!” With a shower of rock and soil, Li Qiye burst out from the ground at incredible speed.

“SCREEE—” The cry of the phoenix rang through the Nine Heavens as the Fire Phoenix soared through the sky. Li Qiye was fast, but the Fire Phoenix was frighteningly faster.

Li Qiye had barely taken to the air when the Fire Phoenix swept by, striking him with one wing at an unparalleled speed. He was sent flying, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

“How terrifying! Is this the invincibility of a Divine Beast?” Seeing the Fire Phoenix’s perfect fusion of speed and power, even the Great Sect Ancestors paled. ‘A creature like this is simply too heaven-defying.’

“BANG!” Li Qiye slammed heavily into a mountain, crashing through several peaks before he stopped. His blood stained the earth red.

This visually shocking scene made many people gasp. Only now did they truly understand the meaning of Divine Power. This was the might of a Divine Beast!

Having sent Li Qiye flying with a single wing, the Fire Phoenix circled high above the Nine Heavens, eyeing him like prey. Its monstrous Divine Power made everyone tremble to their very core.

Everyone knew this wasn’t a real Fire Phoenix, not a true Divine Beast. And yet, the Divine Power it radiated was so authentic, and it looked so lifelike, that it was indistinguishable from the real thing. Even when viewed with a Celestial Eye, one couldn’t tell it wasn’t a true Divine Beast.

“CRUNCH…” Li Qiye climbed out from the rubble of the shattered peak. Though he was covered in blood, his spirit was high, and he looked completely uninjured.