Azure Luan!
When Lin Yi entered Fallen Saint Island, he had sensed someone watching him. It was this Azure Luan, a descendant of the phoenix and a powerful Ancient Saint.
Another phoenix cry shook the ancient land and split the sky. On a taller Ancient Tree nearby, a second Azure Luan watched him with hostility.
An ancient nest flickering with azure flames sat among its old branches. Life stirred within: four bright-eyed young Azure Luans were peeking out, blinking with lively, endearing curiosity.
The two Ancient Saint-level Azure Luans had raised four young and guarded them here. They were tense, sensing the terrifying, ocean-deep vitality within Lin Yi.
"I mean you no harm, and I don't want to disturb you." Lin Yi passed through without breaking the peace.
At last, he chose a towering mountain. Nothing grew on its summit except a piece of bluestone. It had once been a Nine-Aperture Stone Man, but someone had pierced it with a sword before it could mature and emerge.
"That strike... must have come from a Great Saint, at the very least." Lin Yi sighed.
The sword scar was ancient, at least a million years old, yet a chilling killing intent still seeped from it, undiminished.
Lin Yi sat cross-legged on the summit and began his task for this trial, seeking to comprehend a Dao that had remained unchanged since antiquity.
"You're remarkably composed. Your life is nearly over, yet you sit here hoping to complete the trial? Keep dreaming!" A cold voice rang out.
Shadowy figures appeared on the towering mountain opposite him: twenty-two people in all. The peak rose into the clouds, magnificent beneath its cascading white waterfalls.
Lin Yi opened his eyes. His gaze swept over them like twin bolts of lightning, but he paid them no heed and