Shrouding the Heavens: The Years as the Female Emperor's Strictest Master

Therefore, she had not even drawn upon the diagram's aura.

So long as her life was not truly threatened, she would never fight to the death.

Splash...

Before long, Tan Lin decided he had collected enough Divine Spring water. With a sweep of his sleeve, he stopped drawing from it.

He had not drained the pond dry. He had left a trace of Primordial Qi within this Divine Spring Eye, allowing it to slowly recover to its present scale after countless millennia.

Yet he did not leave immediately. Instead, his gaze fell upon the space above the spring pool.

There, a phoenix bird radiating countless strands of divine light circled uneasily. It was the manifestation of the Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine. Sensing danger, it hesitated over whether to flee.

However, Tan Lin merely raised a hand. Imperial Dao power erupted, yin and yang qi roamed forth, and a chaos-like millstone pinned it in place before he seized it in one grasp.

Chirp...

At that moment, the phoenix bird cried out and coughed up blood repeatedly in Tan Lin's hand.

This was naturally not real blood, but the Divine Liquid of the Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine—the essence of this Undying Medicine, containing boundless vitality and a measure of undying substance.

In an instant, Tan Lin extracted all of the Divine Liquid.

Then, with a casual toss, he threw the already dying Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine back into the spring eye, allowing it to undergo Nirvana on its own and grow anew in the future.

After finishing all this, he did not even spare Undying Heavenly Empress, standing far away as though facing a great enemy, another glance.

Crimson mist surged, and his figure suddenly faded where he stood.

Just as he had arrived, he vanished silently from Undying Heavenly Empress's sight,