A Loose Immortal was one who defied heaven, existing outside the ordinary order of the Heavenly Dao.
Therefore, Jiang Feng left Black Bird no chance of survival, instead having Xia Youming completely refine Black Bird's divine soul.
Having gained Black Bird's foundation, Xia Youming's strength underwent another qualitative transformation.
Jiang Feng had long made plans: before Xia Youming attained the Venerable rank, the entire Crimson Flame Immortal Domain would be left in her care.
Jiang Feng knew full well that he did not have much time left. He had to seek godhood as quickly as possible.
Only after becoming a god would he have a chance to intervene in the changing of eras in the lower-realm universe.
Once he became a god, he would enter the God Realm. At that time, the Crimson Flame Immortal Domain would inevitably have to be entrusted to someone else.
Xia Youming was precisely the right candidate.
Jiang Feng knew very clearly that Xia Youming's achievements today had been entirely brought about by his own hand. By helping her refine one high-level Void Realm divine soul after another, he had enabled her to attain her current cultivation.
With Xia Youming's own aptitude, it would have been utterly impossible for her to reach the Void Realm.
Even now that she had refined Black Bird's divine soul, it was likely hopeless for her to accumulate enough strength to cultivate her own Venerable rank. Though Black Bird's foundation was abundant, it was ultimately geared toward the path of a Loose Immortal, far too different from the cultivation of the Venerable rank.
Thus, to give Xia Youming a chance of attaining the Venerable rank, Jiang Feng specifically gave her a Sacred Yulan.
Back in the Lost Temple, Jiang Feng had harvested eight Sacred Yulans in total.
When Fu Qingshan