The golden morning glow gathered into countless beams of golden light above the distant layered mountains, twisting within the sea of clouds and gradually forming a crimson mist that dyed the brilliant clouds around Daybreak Peak a vivid scarlet.
"Since you know what must be done, why not do it at once? Are you hesitating over this old man's worthless life? That doesn't seem like your style! Besides, I've already lived for over four thousand years. I've lived enough, and I'm tired of living. To accomplish something so meaningful at the very end of my life, I would die without regrets!"
"Don't make yourself sound so great, and don't make your life sound so cheap. Sometimes, the one who needs courage and resolve isn't the person making the sacrifice, but the one personally sending the sacrificer on their way. Isn't that right?"
On Daybreak Peak, Jiang Dali and Xiao Sanxiao stood side by side, conversing. They suddenly turned to look at each other. One old, one young, both faces glowed brightly beneath the morning sunlight, radiant and brilliant. They could not help bursting into laughter together.
Xiao Sanxiao nodded. "You're right. I've found where my life belongs. Sacrifice is my destination; it brings me joy and release. But you, who will send me on my final journey, need even more courage and resolve, because you bear more."
Jiang Dali stood with his hands behind his back, his face as cold as iron covered in frost. "So, Senior, don't be hasty.
"Once everything is ready, I will send you to do what must be done. But before then, your sacrifice would be meaningless.
"At the very least, I need to enter the Human Emperor's Treasury first and obtain the Phoenix Blood Pendant, ensuring that the Fire Phoenix can truly be resurrected."