Inside the Beast-Link Tower, everything remained wondrously mysterious. Beast shadows stood around the tower, each with a different form, some raging, some smiling, some standing, some crouching.
Ye Qingfeng's eyes held reverence, but also curiosity.
After all, this was the Lineage's most mysterious treasure, and its miraculous power had awakened her spirit physique and granted her a method of cultivating through demonic beasts.
A moment later, the beast shadows charged toward her again, yet she remained unafraid.
The terrifying beast shadows engulfed her in an instant. Piercing pain spread throughout her body, and she felt as though something were bursting her apart from within. She cried out.
Yet the sound of that cry made even her freeze.
She felt as though she were a Crimson Phoenix crying out. At that very moment, she saw the phoenix shadow from before again. It flew out of the flames, and in the next instant, the entire sky was ablaze.
She felt scorching heat and pain, and could no longer make out anything before her. It was as though a sea of fire had pinned her down, leaving her unable even to breathe. She struggled desperately, trying to break through the flames.
Yet the flames she had once commanded with such ease were now impossible to discern, as though she had lost her connection to them.
She did not know how long this lasted. Perhaps several quarter-hours, perhaps several days, perhaps even months. She forgot the passage of time and even felt that the immense soul power pouring into her might burst her soul and kill her.
All she knew was that those flames seemed boundless, burning the entire world.
A moment later, another phoenix cry rang out. The flames dispersed, and the phoenix shadow appeared, revealing a charred world. Her awareness finally returned.