The great sun shattered the clouds, washing the vast sky clean!
In an instant, the immortal capital's heavenly palace evaporated completely—or perhaps retreated into another void. All that remained was the "long-lost" noon sun, breaking free of the clouds and once again becoming the focus of all things.
A tide-like wave of praise rose from the lake.
But what was that three-legged strange bird spreading its wings within the sun's disk?
At this moment, the cultivators on the lake all saw a Three-legged Golden Crow fused with the great sun, spreading its wings in flight. It seemed ready to burst from the solar disk and soar freely the next instant, yet it neither emerged nor broke through, melding seamlessly with the sun. The last wisps of cloud in the void were transformed into rosy vapors around it. The divine Azure Luan bird, having avoided the danger early, escaped calamity, but it could only circle from all sides, utterly unable to approach.
"How did he fuse that three-legged bird into it? Is it a matter of angle?"
Lin Shuangmu found it hard to believe that outside this region of Xi Yu Lake, the rest of the True World could also witness this wondrous sight of a Golden Crow becoming the sun.
"The Solar Nine-Radiance Ten-Crow Talisman!"
Someone knowledgeable on the lake passed along that information, but it did nothing to clear up his confusion.
Just then, cries of alarm came from afar, as if some unexpected change had occurred, though layers of figures blocked the view.
Seeing that Wu Jing was still lost in fascination, Lin Shuangmu stopped paying attention to him. He floated slightly higher and looked over in the direction of the cries. At one spot on the lake, flames suddenly blazed up. He had no idea what had