Everyone stared at the scene before them in astonishment. This Demon King had already taken the stage twice, but they had only seen that it possessed the bloodline of the Divine Beast Phoenix.
Its flames surged to the heavens, and they carried the power of purification.
After Chen Fei blew apart the Thunder Dragon Ape, it immediately stepped forward to challenge a Holy Land disciple and revealed its true strength.
It crushed its opponent completely, not giving that Holy Land disciple even the slightest chance.
"Does our Endless Sea have a Divine Beast Phoenix?" Zhan Xuming turned to look southeast, where more than a dozen Demon Emperors stood.
"Our realm can at most possess Divine Beast bloodlines. Where would a true Divine Beast come from?"
The Crimson Roar Elephant shook its head. Its lips moved slightly, and its voice reached Zhan Xuming and the others' ears.
"This Bloodwing Phoenix was originally just an ordinary bird beast. But when it broke through to the Third Order, it awakened its Phoenix Bloodline. After that, its bloodline continuously revived. When it broke through to the Fourth Order Demon King realm, it achieved Ancestral Return."
"Ancestral Return?" Zhan Xuming and the others' expressions shifted slightly.
Naturally, Zhan Xuming and the others understood demon beast cultivation extremely well. Demon beasts had once been their enemies, so they had certainly studied them in depth.
The highest level of a demon beast excavating its own bloodline was, in truth, Ancestral Return—transforming all of its bloodlines into the strongest branch at their source.
Yet this was exceedingly difficult, or rather, nearly impossible to achieve.
Even among Fifth Order Demon Emperors, none had completely transformed their bloodlines through Ancestral Return. At most, the circulation of demonic power within their bodies more closely aligned with that source bloodline.
No one