"Crack... crack, crack..."
More and more fissures spread across the entire cocoon of light like a spiderweb.
Bang!
The cocoon shattered completely, turning into a shower of glittering golden motes that vanished into the air.
A tall, slender figure hovered silently where the cocoon had been.
A faint golden halo enveloped him. His skin was like jade, glowing with healthy radiance.
His features were still Lin Xiao's, yet they had grown more perfect. An indescribable nobility and heroic spirit rested between his brows.
His black hair had turned reddish gold. It stirred without wind, and tiny golden flames seemed to dance at its tips.
His eyes were closed, his long lashes casting faint shadows beneath them.
Most striking of all, the faint image of a pair of phoenix wings formed entirely from golden energy slowly unfurled behind him. Though not yet fully solid, they radiated a sacred heat that made even space warp slightly.
The pressure flowing around him had reached the Immortal King Peak!
And it was extraordinarily solid and pure, brimming with the vitality of limitless possibility!
Immortal King Peak!
His foundations were so deep and his potential so vast that both far surpassed others at the same level!
His foundations were even firmer than those of many who had just entered the Immortal Emperor Realm!
Fire Spirit trembled with excitement, tears streaming down his aged face. "It worked! It really worked! The Lesser Celestial Cycle Nirvana Array! A hundred drops of Emperor-Grade Phoenix Blood! The Innate Dao Fetus! Hahaha! Daoist Friend Lin Xiao, you truly have been reborn!"
He could see that Lin Xiao was in astonishing condition. The surging true essence of the Phoenix within his bloodline, along with that faint trace of innate Dao Resonance, foretold a Dao Path of boundless breadth—one that might even