"Mother Goddess, Kun'er..." Jiang Zhuohua stood beside the Phoenix Lord, frantic with worry.
The Phoenix Lord's gaze fell upon the lush crown of the Phoenix Tree below her as she murmured, "It seems this is your test for the little one."
She made no effort to conceal those words, and Jiang Zhuohua froze after hearing them.
"You mean this Phoenix Zed was sent down by the Wind Origin God?"
The Phoenix Lord's expression turned distant. "I was favored by Him back then, which was why I drew this tribulation. The name later generations came to know was one I gave it, but this Phoenix Zed has another true name. It is..."
"Wind God Tribulation!"
"Passing this tribulation means one possesses the potential to reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao of Wind."
The Phoenix Lord at her peak stood on the same level as the supreme gods operating under the Heavenly Dao, equivalent to the "Lord" worshipped by the Angel Race.
"But Kun'er is only in the second realm."
"This has nothing to do with one's realm. Only after I passed the Wind God Tribulation did I gain the title of Phoenix based on wind. As for him... he is the Fated Person capable of merging the two Daos into one."
"With his Phoenix Core newly born, undergoing the Wind God Tribulation is not a disaster, but merely a tempering."
"You old fellow, it was one thing for your daughter to take after you, but even this grandson of yours refuses to inherit my legacy and instead integrates into your Great Dao. You really are... one step ahead of me!"
The treetop swayed without wind, as though responding to the Phoenix Lord's words.
Meanwhile, Xu Kun, who had triggered the Six Aspects Return-to-One Wind Dao Tribulation through the Nine Heavens