His life force dwindled sharply, almost to the point where no trace of vitality could be sensed.
His eyes were dim, his sockets deeply sunken. With so much flesh missing from his face, he looked terrifying, like a charred skeleton.
Suddenly, Shi Yongheng's eyes blazed with an astonishing brilliance.
Surging vitality radiated from him. True Phoenix wings emerged behind Shi Yongheng, green light surged within his body, and a willow branch appeared. At death's door, he was using every trump card he possessed.
His body, which had become charcoal, rapidly recovered. Flesh regrew, Dao bones reconnected, and his body gradually began to shine.
Nirvana amid death, returning from Extinction—stronger than before.
With no other choice, he could only unleash the Phoenix clan's supreme precious technique, setting himself ablaze as flames soared into the heavens.
Before long, his body was full once more, his flesh crystalline and lustrous. His shattered bones had long since been reforged, ringing with metallic clangs as though iron were being hammered.
"Great Cutting Technique!"
The willow branch transformed into a sword. A streak of sword light slashed through the sky, viciously cutting at those chains.
After severing most of the laws, he finally struggled free and leapt into the heavens.
At the end, he saw the truth: the Great Dao. It was a mass of Chaos, hazy and indistinct, evolving there into countless forms—plants, trees, fish, insects, and all living beings.
Boom!
In a single breath, it transformed into the World Tree. It was not very tall, yet as its leaves swayed, countless laws and rainbow-like order pierced through Shi Yongheng's body.
"Roar!"
The next moment, it changed again, becoming a savage ancient beast. Yin-Yang energy circulated around it, and tens of thousands of sharp spikes grew from its body, piercing Shi Yongheng's flesh.
Then, a