High above the Dragon-Phoenix Platform, dazzling golden light suddenly spread without warning.
It surged outward from the platform's summit like a tide. Wherever it passed, even the golden stone platforms that had floated there for ten thousand years began to tremble, as though this ancient place of inheritance was finally about to vanish back into the void after fulfilling its purpose.
The golden light slowly gathered in the sky, forming an enormous Spatial Vortex.
The vortex turned slowly, releasing ancient and vast Spatial Fluctuations with every rotation. Deep within it lay a Space Passage whose end was nowhere in sight. At its far end, they could faintly make out the familiar dark-gold sky and rolling peaks of the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range.
Clearly, it was the passage out of Dragon-Phoenix Haven.
"Looks like this visit to Dragon-Phoenix Haven is almost over." Zi Yan looked up at the enormous Spatial Vortex, a hint of reluctance flickering through her purple-gold dragon eyes.
Though this journey had brought her far more than she had expected, she felt strangely unwilling to leave this ancient realm behind.
Perhaps it was because her Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline had undergone an unprecedented transformation here. Or perhaps it was because she had seen the Ancient Dragon-Phoenix's lingering figure in the Space-Time River, giving her a clearer sense of the path ahead.
But that reluctance lasted only a moment before a fiercer determination took its place.
Dragon-Phoenix Haven was only the beginning. The Great Thousand World was boundless, and far more awaited them.
With the appearance of the Spatial Vortex, the many experts in this realm had no reason to linger.
The sound of rushing wind rose from every direction. Countless figures swept in from every level of the Dragon-Phoenix Platform and the mountains below where spectators had gathered. Like a golden