Heavenly Phoenix Void Mandarin Duck and Corpse Phoenix Jiaxuan had already taken over the authorities of Zhu Jiuyin and Chaos. They were now the rulers of the Mountain and Sea Realm. They were mountain and sea, heaven and earth; they also represented the eternal ruler and rebel.
Barring any surprises, when Jiaxuan and Void Mandarin Duck's story came to an end, Jade Sparrow and Lianhong would become the new masters of the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Old stories continuously withered away, while new stories continuously arose. No one was irreplaceable.
Were there nine kinds of phoenix in the world?
It seemed so.
Yet Ge Fei vaguely remembered that the proper account spoke of five kinds of phoenix.
But he could not be certain, because the thought was too hazy. Even he felt it might be an illusion! His memories concerning phoenixes, however, were exceedingly clear. The stories of phoenixes, the legends of phoenixes, the virtues of phoenixes—even the beautiful forms of the nine kinds of phoenix—he remembered them all perfectly.
But the thought of five kinds of phoenix kept stubbornly surfacing, like a concern that suddenly flooded the mind when one was exhausted and about to fall asleep.
Who, exactly, had remembered wrong?
He had walked from fantasy into reality. He had already attained True Insight; he was a "True Person"! How could he hold an erroneous notion about something so simple?
"I seem to have heard a saying—" Ge Fei hesitated. "There are five kinds of phoenix in all."
"Brother Ge may have remembered incorrectly." Fan Wushu smiled. "The legend of the nine kinds of phoenix has existed since antiquity. Nine is the ultimate number; the phoenix is the ultimate demon. In the age of the Demon Race's Heavenly Court, the phoenix clan even produced a Heavenly Emperor—this information