At those words, the True Dragon's eyes widened.
He stared at the Five-colored Sparrow for a long moment, then asked uncertainly, "Daoist Ye, are you saying... it's one of the Ten Fiends too?"
The Female Kunpeng looked just as incredulous. "How is that possible? Aside from me and the True Dragon, who among the Ten Fiends could have turned into something like this? And its aura is so weak—it hasn't even reached the Spirit Transformation Realm."
Ye Xuan smiled faintly. He didn't explain outright, but softly spoke two words:
"True Phoenix."
Boom!
Those two simple words rang in everyone's ears like a thunderclap.
"True Phoenix?!"
A rare look of shock appeared on Willow Deity's peerlessly beautiful face.
She hurried forward and extended a willow branch, gently touching the Five-colored Sparrow between the brows.
A moment later, Willow Deity withdrew the branch, her eyes full of astonishment. "The origin of the Undying Divine Fire... Though it's incredibly faint, and its memories have even been sealed away, it really does carry the aura of the True Phoenix!"
"So this is the Phoenix, said to be undying and immortal?"
Shi Hao came closer, his eyes wide as he stared at the little bird that had just been teasing him.
"So this little guy has such an incredible background? No wonder I couldn't catch it!"
"Its condition is quite unusual."
Ye Xuan withdrew his finger. The Five-colored Sparrow hopped in his palm, seemingly unaware of its own origins, drawn to him only by an instinctive sense of closeness.
Its True Spirit was incomplete. You could even say this was only a part of it, reborn after its Nirvana.
Ye Xuan's gaze deepened. In his mind appeared the old man in the Void God Realm who spent all day muttering nonsense, with a bird always