Amid the flames, Yuanfeng's phantom trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.
She looked at Dijiang, a complicated glimmer flashing through her eyes.
"Forgive me, Heavenly Emperor. I failed to come out and welcome your august arrival."
Yuanfeng's voice was weak and hoarse, yet carried an innate nobility and pride.
"You're too courteous, fellow Daoist."
Dijiang stepped forward, his gaze fixed intently on Yuanfeng. "I came today because there is something I don't understand. I hope you can clear up my doubts."
"Please speak, Heavenly Emperor."
"The aura emanating from you..."
Dijiang paused, then said each word deliberately, "It seems to have already surpassed the realm of a Quasi-Saint."
At these words, both Kong Xuan and the Six-Eared Macaque paled in shock.
"What?! Mother has broken through to Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal?!" Kong Xuan stared at Yuanfeng in disbelief.
At this, Yuanfeng's fire phoenix phantom shuddered violently. A trace of panic flashed through her eyes, but she quickly concealed it.
"You jest, Heavenly Emperor."
Yuanfeng gave a bitter laugh. "I endure the burning of karmic fire day and night. My cultivation has long since fallen by more than half. How could I possibly have surpassed the Quasi-Saint realm?"
"Is that so?"
Dijiang's terrifying divine sense, at the level of a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, erupted in an instant. It pierced straight through the Southern Bright Flame and forcibly probed into Yuanfeng's body.
Humm-
Under Dijiang's probing divine sense, the deeply concealed aura of a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal within Yuanfeng was instantly laid bare!
Not only that, Dijiang also discovered a mass of exceedingly ancient, pure origin power hidden deep within Yuanfeng's primordial spirit!
This mass of origin power was constantly releasing vitality, nourishing Yuanfeng's primordial spirit and resisting the erosion of the karmic fire.
"This is..."
"The origin