The Eldest Master Stepped Forward

Primal Phoenix truly was an empress. Even a mighty Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal like her could not leave Undying Fire Mountain in the south, yet she had tossed this problem to my three masters, who had not even attained sainthood.

Three Masters, why don't we stop playing along with her and just capture the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the peacock and bring them before her?

Primal Phoenix, you wouldn't want the Phoenix Clan's bloodline to be completely cut off, would you?

Forget it, that would be a little too evil... I dare not even think about it.

The Three Pure Ones' expressions changed slightly.

Darkened Qingqing was terrifying.

Still, judging from Qingqing's resentment, Primal Phoenix had truly presented the Three Pure Ones with a difficult problem.

The Three Pure Ones immediately entered an emergency voice-transmission conference.

"What if we copy the same method?"

"Could we find an innate supreme treasure with the fire attribute, like the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, and use it to help Primal Phoenix suppress Undying Fire Mountain?"

Tongtian was the first to offer a straightforward suggestion.

With the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls as precedent, he naturally thought of proceeding this way.

"How could there be so many innate supreme treasures, much less one perfectly suited to suppress Undying Fire Mountain in the south?"

Primordial Beginning spoke up and immediately rejected Tongtian's suggestion.

They had not even completed the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls yet, but Tongtian was already thinking about a fire-attributed innate supreme treasure. That idea was truly too naive.

Tongtian chuckled.

"I was only saying it to broaden everyone's thinking. If it won't work, then it won't work."

"What if we find another Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal who cultivates the Fire Great Dao to suppress it in Primal Phoenix's place..."

Jade Pure Yuanshi trailed off before finishing.

Undying Fire Mountain in the south was practically a prison. Who would help Primal Phoenix suppress it without receiving any benefit?

It was not as if their brains were full of water.

Even if such a cultivator really existed,

the difficulty of persuading them would absolutely not be any lower than persuading Primal Phoenix.

Primordial Beginning thought it over and over.

In the end, he abandoned this unrealistic idea as well.

At that moment,

Upper Pure Tongtian and Jade Pure Yuanshi could only turn their gazes toward their elder brother.

Supreme Pure Laozi responded with silence.

Wasn't this making things difficult for him, Supreme Pure Laozi?

No matter what, Primal Phoenix was a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal. The three of them were only at the perfected Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level. What could they possibly come up with?

"How about we return after listening to the Dao at Purple Cloud Palace this time?"

Supreme Pure Laozi was naturally still thinking of delaying.

They had already postponed the matter of completing the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

Then helping Primal Phoenix leave Undying Fire Mountain in the south could naturally be postponed as well.

The second lecture at Purple Cloud Palace would cover Quasi-Sages above the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm. The Quasi-Sage realm stood above the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.

It should be a little easier to deduce things then.

"No choice. This really is the best method."

Upper Pure Tongtian and Jade Pure Yuanshi exchanged glances. They felt that this was the only way. They could only agree for now and proceed gradually afterward.

Supreme Pure Laozi wore a bitter expression and likewise intended to give up.

He had confidently brought his two brothers to seek out Primal Phoenix, a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal, but now it seemed he had failed. His preparations for cultivators of higher realms had still been insufficient.

Just as he felt somewhat discouraged,

Zhou Qingqing's inner voice reached him again.

It turned out that after complaining about Primal Phoenix, Zhou Qingqing had not done nothing. She had also been thinking of a solution.

Of course Zhou Qingqing was thinking.

Her three masters had come to help her obtain the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner. She was the one who would benefit.

There was no fire-attributed innate supreme treasure, and for the moment, she truly could not find any innate supreme treasure capable of suppressing it.

Someone cultivating the Fire Great Dao would naturally have to be Zhurong, but they had no relationship, so there was no chance of inviting him. As for Lu Ya, the Fire Demon God, he was still far from appearing.

If none of those would work, then they could only work on Primal Phoenix herself.

Zhou Qingqing quickly abandoned the first two ideas and ultimately set her sights on Primal Phoenix again.

Wait, when Primal Phoenix suppressed Undying Fire Mountain in the south, it seemed she only used the Fire Great Dao she cultivated. If she could turn one branch of her fire-element Dao laws into an avatar, wouldn't she be able to suppress Undying Fire Mountain herself?

Zhou Qingqing's thoughts turned.

Huh, wouldn't that be the Vermilion Bird, the innate divine beast? As long as Primal Phoenix can use her own Fire Great Dao to create a Vermilion Bird avatar, wouldn't that solve everything?

The Eldest Master happens to know a great deal about avatar divine abilities. He should already be creating a supreme divine ability like "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones," right? I hope the Eldest Master notices this method and gives Primal Phoenix some inspiration.

If it really doesn't work, I'll find a way to subtly remind the Eldest Master. It's just that the right balance would be difficult to grasp. This is truly making my head hurt...

At last, I heard you. Good thing I didn't give up.

That was exactly how Supreme Pure Laozi felt right now.

What subtle reminder?

There was no need for that at all. Did Supreme Pure Laozi need such a thing?

Feeling the confidence suddenly surging from their eldest brother,

Upper Pure Tongtian and Jade Pure Yuanshi lowered their heads slightly.

Here it came again.

That familiar feeling had returned.

Their eldest brother's fortune was truly good.

Even this had held out until Qingqing came up with a solution.

Supreme Pure Laozi ignored the evasive looks in his two younger brothers' eyes, and a confident smile appeared on his face.

"Fellow Daoist Primal Phoenix."

"It would not be difficult to accomplish your goal. I have recently gained some insight into avatar techniques."

"The key to Fellow Daoist Primal Phoenix's suppression of Undying Fire Mountain in the south lies in fire. Among the Four Symbols, no corresponding creature has yet been born in the south."

"Fellow Daoist Primal Phoenix may use your own flames to form a bird from qi. Of the Five Elements, it is fire; among the Eight Trigrams, it is Li. Transform it into the fire god, the Vermilion Bird, and have it suppress Undying Fire Mountain in the south. Then you will naturally be free to move about!"

He stepped forward!

As expected, it still had to be the Eldest Master.

Based on the principles of the Eight Trigrams, Five Elements, and Four Symbols, he had deduced the Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Celestial Spirits. He was unquestionably our intellectual pillar.

I was even thinking of subtly reminding the Eldest Master. Wasn't that completely unnecessary? Why would the Eldest Master need my reminder?

Listening to Supreme Pure Laozi's even more detailed and profound explanation,

Zhou Qingqing's impression of her Eldest Master rose to yet another level.

What?

The Vermilion Bird?

Transform into the Vermilion Bird?

As Primal Phoenix listened to Supreme Pure Laozi's description, her previously unruffled heart finally began to stir.

From the moment Supreme Pure Laozi began describing the solution, she had employed Phoenix Avian Divination, the supreme deduction method unique to the Phoenix Clan, to deduce it herself.

After this deduction, she indeed discovered that the Vermilion Bird was something she, Primal Phoenix, could transform into.

In other words,

she truly had a chance of accomplishing what she wanted through the method Supreme Pure Laozi had proposed.

She had deliberately posed an impossible problem because she wanted the Three Pure Ones to take the hint and leave obediently. Yet they had actually solved it?

How much time had even passed from making the demand to solving the problem???

One had to know that this was something she, Primal Phoenix, had been pondering ever since she began suppressing Undying Fire Mountain in the south.