All these years,
Rahu had been racking his brains over how to draw the Phoenix Clan out of seclusion.
He never would have guessed... that the Phoenix Clan would suddenly seal off their mountain!
How was he supposed to play this?
Feeling the formidable formation shrouding the Southern Ming Undying Volcano,
Rahu's expression darkened terribly.
Given the situation, there was no way the Phoenix Clan would come out of seclusion anytime soon.
Thinking of how Yuanfeng had completely upended his plans, Rahu ground his teeth.
"Yuanfeng, when I unify Hong Huang, I'll make sure you're utterly destroyed!"
Zixiao Palace.
When the Phoenix Clan sealed off their mountain,
Hongjun, who had been in seclusion, woke once again.
Hongjun furrowed his brows and muttered to himself...
"Why has the Heavenly Dao changed again?"
"Could it have something to do with the Phoenix Clan sealing off their mountain?"
But no matter how Hongjun tried to divine the cause, he couldn't figure it out.
It was just that the several changes in the Heavenly Dao over the years had all been connected to the Phoenix Clan.
That alone said a great deal.
"Once I emerge from seclusion, I must visit the Phoenix Clan and get to the bottom of this."
Hongjun murmured, then returned to his cultivation.
Had any living being been there,
they would have seen that the three phantoms behind Hongjun had become countless times more solid than before.
The aura radiating from them
had astonishingly reached the same level as Hongjun's: Primordial Golden Immortal.
When Ancestral Dragon sensed that the Phoenix Clan had sealed off their mountain, deep confusion welled up within him.
"Wasn't the Phoenix Clan the Destined Clan? Why would they choose to seal off their mountain now?"
Earlier, Heavenly Mystery Daoist had misled Ancestral Dragon into believing that the Phoenix Clan was the Destined Clan.
As one of the strongest races in Hong Huang, Ancestral Dragon was absolutely unwilling to let the Phoenix Clan lord it over him in the future.
That was what had driven him to expand his forces so relentlessly.
But with the Phoenix Clan acting this way, how could they look anything like the Destined Clan?
Could Heavenly Mystery Daoist have been lying to me?
But when Heavenly Mystery Daoist had said those things, Ancestral Dragon had clearly felt the Heavenly Dao tremble.
What Heavenly Mystery Daoist said ought to be true!
Ancestral Dragon knitted his brows and couldn't help but roar,
"Bring Heavenly Mystery Daoist to me!"
Before long,
the righteous-looking Heavenly Mystery Daoist arrived at the Dragon Clan's great hall.
Seeing Ancestral Dragon's expression, Heavenly Mystery Daoist was not at all surprised.
When the Phoenix Clan sealed off their mountain,
he had known Ancestral Dragon would come looking for him.
"Lord Ancestral Dragon, have you summoned me because of the Phoenix Clan sealing off their mountain?"
Heavenly Mystery Daoist asked solemnly, his expression calm.
As soon as the words left his mouth,
he felt a sudden, crushing weight press down on him and couldn't help dropping to his knees.
"Heavenly Mystery Daoist, I'll give you a chance to explain."
Feeling the intense killing intent radiating from Ancestral Dragon,
Heavenly Mystery Daoist's expression didn't change in the slightest. He said calmly,
"May I ask, Lord Ancestral Dragon, what is your purpose in claiming territory and expanding your sphere of influence?"
Ancestral Dragon hadn't expected
that Heavenly Mystery Daoist wouldn't be afraid, and would even dare to question him in return.
"Hmph!"
Ancestral Dragon snorted and answered without hesitation, "Of course it's to strengthen the Dragon Clan."
"Exactly!"
Heavenly Mystery Daoist nodded in agreement, then asked,
"Then what does Lord Ancestral Dragon believe is the Dragon Clan's greatest strength?"
"Is it the other races that depend on the Dragon Clan, the countless Dragon Clan offspring, or you yourself?"
Before Ancestral Dragon could answer,
Heavenly Mystery Daoist continued on his own...
"The strongest one in the Dragon Clan is none other than Lord Ancestral Dragon!"
"As long as you are here, the Dragon Clan will be the strongest race in Hong Huang!"
"As for the Phoenix Clan, although they have sealed off their mountain for now, Yuanfeng is still there, as is the terrifyingly gifted child in her womb."
"In my view, the Phoenix Clan has gone into seclusion to provide a safe environment for the child in Yuanfeng's womb to cultivate."
"Once that child with the terrifying Foundation reaches the Primordial Golden Immortal realm,"
"it will be time for the Phoenix Clan to emerge."
Heavenly Mystery Daoist spoke with confidence.
Ancestral Dragon listened to Heavenly Mystery Daoist, his gaze still dark and unreadable, but the killing intent in it quietly faded.
What Heavenly Mystery Daoist said was indeed true.
Ancestral Dragon was the Dragon Clan's greatest strength.
The most important reason the Dragon Clan was expanding so frantically was to gather heavenly treasures for Ancestral Dragon, in the hope of advancing his cultivation further.
The Phoenix Clan's greatest strength had once been Yuanfeng alone.
But now, the Phoenix Clan had another addition: Ling Tian, whose Foundation was terrifying.
If Ling Tian really grew up, the Phoenix Clan would surely surpass the Dragon Clan and the Kirin Clan.
They would become the strongest race in Hong Huang, bar none!
What Ancestral Dragon didn't know was...
A very similar scene was unfolding in Kirin Hall.
First Qilin, too, had been persuaded by Daoist Tian Xuan.
Thus,
after the Phoenix Clan sealed off their mountain,
the Dragon Clan and the Kirin Clan didn't slow their expansion. If anything, they grew even more frenzied.
For a time,
bloody battles erupted in every corner of Hong Huang, without end.
Living beings fell every moment!
Rivers of blood flowed through Hong Huang!
All of Hong Huang was plunged into chaos.
What no one knew was...
the blood energy and baleful energy produced by the countless fallen Primordial Beings
were being slowly absorbed by the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram beneath the Western Ancestral Vein...
As time passed,
the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram grew increasingly solid, changing from its original, illusory state.
What no one knew was...
strands of Tribulation Qi slowly descended from the void,
continually seeping into the bodies of the Primordial World Beings.
The Dragon-Han Tribulation slowly began...
Inside Yuanfeng's womb.
After Yuanfeng finished sealing off the mountain,
two spirit fruits suddenly appeared in Ling Tian's hands.
These two spirit fruits were extremely rich in spiritual energy.
One of them radiated a faint azure Wind-Thunder Power.
The other was wreathed in pale golden lightning.
They looked exactly like the Immortal Apricots of legend.
"So these are the legendary Immortal Apricots. They'd better not be knockoffs again."
Ling Tian stared at the two fruits with deep suspicion.
But judging from the spiritual energy and Law Power they gave off,
even if they weren't genuine Immortal Apricots, they were still incredibly precious.
Ling Tian didn't hesitate any longer. He swallowed the two Immortal Apricots, one after the other.
Then,
an immensely powerful Wind-Thunder Power burst forth from within Ling Tian.
"Holy crap, that's intense!"
Ling Tian's eyes rolled back as the spiritual energy surged through him.
He immediately sat cross-legged and focused all his strength on refining the enormous amount of spiritual energy within his body.
What Ling Tian didn't know was...
after he entered seclusion,
the sun formed from the Chaos Bead trembled gently, drawing in the two Immortal Apricot pits he had casually tossed aside.
A scene very much like what had happened before unfolded...
After the two Immortal Apricot pits were drawn into the Chaos World inside the Chaos Bead,
they immediately began absorbing the spiritual energy there, taking root in the void and growing...
The Yellow Middle Plum pit from before had already grown into a small, emerald-green tree.
It brimmed with spiritual energy!
Time passed without measure in Hong Huang.
When Ling Tian awoke from seclusion,
a dense Wind-Thunder Power surged skyward from his body.
A hint of delight appeared on Ling Tian's face.
This time in seclusion,
his cultivation had not only advanced from Early Taiyi Golden Immortal to the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal,
he had also gained an initial understanding of the Wind-Thunder Law.
Although his grasp of it was still nowhere near as profound as his understanding of the Five Elements Law,
Ling Tian was already more than satisfied.
Ling Tian had a strong premonition.
The Wind-Thunder Power he had just comprehended was extremely important to him.
As if guided by a sudden flash of inspiration,
Ling Tian moved his divine sense.
He drew upon the little Wind-Thunder Power he had and spread it over the Chaos Bead.
The instant the Wind-Thunder Power touched the Chaos Bead,
Ling Tian's vision went black.
For the second time, he arrived in the Chaos World.
"Rumble!"
An endless peal of thunder rang through the Chaos World.
The evolution of the Chaos World...
had begun anew!
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