Formation Complete
When I was young, I was clueless. The darkness and resentment of the slums, the hatred of watching my parents die before my eyes, the betrayal of my thieving companions, the beatings and humiliation for offending the royal family, the despair of having my meridians destroyed, the fury of clinging to life by eating dirt and shit, and finally, the joy of falling off a cliff and receiving my master's legacy.
My life had turned around in that moment. Human Medicine, the Eighth Princess's favor, the Phoenix Organization, revenge, the meaning of life... Everything had been redeemed after I received part of my master's legacy.
"I'll kill every last one of my enemies. I'll fulfill my master's dying wish. I'll... change this senseless Qing Kingdom!"
"So I've gambled everything on the Ink Immortal Array!"
As the scattered corpses were drenched by the falling Night Rain, the Phoenix King's consciousness gradually faded into darkness.
But in his final moments of awareness, he seemed to see a light—a faint green glow, rising skyward like a pillar of light!
That was... the sign that the Ink Immortal Array had fully taken shape!
A dark green pillar of light shot skyward, illuminating the entire Capital City.
Within the pillar, the Sky-Piercing Spirit Tree appeared in all its radiant splendor before everyone, even without the flash of lightning.
It was as if its dark green pillar of light had the same effect as lightning, making the spirit tree visible.
The enormous spirit tree had roots reaching deep beneath the Capital City. As streaks of aurora-like light began to shine, corresponding to the branching roots underground, the people of the Capital City realized that the Sky-Piercing Spirit Tree's underground roots had somehow spread throughout the entire city!
The beams of aurora-like light crisscrossed,