Do Not Bully the Poor Youth

A gigantic Golden Phoenix, its entire body suffused with golden light as if cast from pure gold.

Its elegant, graceful form exuded an innate nobility and pride from every part of its body, like the sovereign of all living beings.

"Right, I happened to acquire this last time. It is a Golden Saint Phoenix that failed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign."

"Perhaps it can help with your situation."

A Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign?

Everyone present was instantly stunned. They could not help looking toward Wen Qingxuan, their eyes filled with envy.

They secretly marveled, Who would have thought Futu Yun was such a devoted man?

Even though his fiancée had already become useless, he still refused to abandon her.

Moreover, that was a Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign!

Not only had its bloodline been stimulated to its utmost limit, but it also contained a trace of Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation energy.

Let alone someone as useless as Wen Qingxuan, even a Heavenly Sovereign could gain considerable benefit from it!

Futu Yun had not spoken loudly, but quite a few people still heard the exchange. For a moment, they were all dumbfounded.

Had everyone not said he had come this time to break off the engagement?

He was even willing to give away a Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign. How was that the bearing of someone here to annul an engagement?

Looking at the Golden Saint Phoenix, Wen Qingxuan was even more deeply moved.

To her now, this gift was like charcoal in the snow.

Even a living Heavenly Sovereign Golden Saint Phoenix could not compare to it.

Unless that Heavenly Sovereign-level Golden Saint Phoenix was willing to forge a bloodline connection with her.

But this Golden Saint Phoenix, which had fallen beneath the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation after failing to break through, was enough to make up for her own shortcomings.

And such a treasure was simply far too rare.

She had originally planned to settle for less and search for a Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed to break through to the Earthly Sovereign.

Yet she had still found nothing.

Golden Saint Phoenixes were merely spirit beasts. Any that could attempt to break through to the Earthly Sovereign had long completed their transformation from spirit to divinity.

Which one of them was not blessed by the fortune of heaven and earth? How could they possibly fall at the bottleneck of breaking through to the Earthly Sovereign?

She had never imagined that Futu Yun had not only found one, but had found a Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign!

Granny He had originally been suppressing her fury.

After all, as Wen Qingxuan's elder,

her own girl was about to have her engagement broken off, yet she could do nothing about it. It was truly infuriating.

Though she did not dare reveal it before Futu Yun, her heart had long been filled with anger.

But now, all that fury instantly turned into stunned confusion.

Futu Yun had not come to break off the engagement at all. Instead, he had even brought such a generous gift.

Only the Golden Nine-Headed Lion in the distance looked away.

Because it alone knew that Futu Yun had not merely happened upon a Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign.

Under normal circumstances, such a Golden Saint Phoenix simply could not exist.

A Golden Saint Phoenix would either never have the chance to attempt the Heavenly Sovereign realm,

or, once it reached that point, it would certainly be recruited with all the strength of the various Super Divine Beast clans.

Moreover, a Golden Saint Phoenix that had cultivated to such a realm had a higher chance of breaking through to the Heavenly Sovereign than ordinary Super Divine Beasts.

It was like the Maha Ancient Clan and the Boundless Fire Territory.

In terms of overall strength, the Maha Ancient Clan was still superior.

But at the same Saint Grade realm, the Flame Emperor alone could beat the Maha Ancient Clan's three Saint Grade experts until they could not lift their heads.

Powerful inheritances and foundations were advantages in the early stages of cultivation, but in the later stages, they could instead become disadvantages.

Because cultivators would become overly reliant on those advantages in their early years.

Besides, advantages were never permanent in the first place.

Otherwise, the Five Great Ancient Clans would probably have Sovereigns everywhere, and their direct descendants would all have become Heavenly Sovereigns long ago.

But in truth, not even the direct descendants of the Five Great Ancient Clans could guarantee that every one of them would become an Earthly Sovereign.

And quite a few of those at the Sovereign Stage were inferior products forcibly raised with resources.

The Golden Saint Phoenix before them was the same.

It had originally been an Earthly Sovereign-level Golden Saint Phoenix, captured by the Pagoda Ancient Clan's Expedition Group.

It was first force-fed Continental Power and forcibly raised to Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection.

Then it was taken to a Lower Plane, where it was force-fed once again with the power of the Plane Spirit and forcibly elevated to the Heavenly Sovereign level.

In the end, it died beneath the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation.

It was not as though none of the Earthly Sovereigns in the Expedition Group had died beneath the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation.

But most had made thorough preparations in advance, reducing the possibility of failure to the lowest point.

Yet this Golden Saint Phoenix had not made any preparations before its breakthrough, and its foundation was extremely unstable.

It could be said that Futu Yun had deliberately pushed it forward to die.

However, in order to preserve his master's dignity, the Golden Nine-Headed Lion, as his mount, decided to remain silent.

Before coming here, though, the Golden Nine-Headed Lion had never expected Wen Qingxuan to have once refined the essence soul of a Golden Saint Phoenix.

And this unfortunate Golden Saint Phoenix had actually been prepared for its master's fiancée—its future mistress!

At that thought, it immediately released its Heavenly Sovereign pressure, crushing everything in all directions.

"Wen Qingxuan is the fiancée of my master, Futu Yun, the young clan leader of the Pagoda Ancient Clan."

"Whoever dares show her disrespect shows disrespect to my master and to the Pagoda Ancient Clan. The disrespectful shall be slain!"

Its divine voice rang like sudden thunder, reverberating throughout the entire Northern Domain.

Countless people turned pale with shock in an instant. Unable to withstand the Golden Nine-Headed Lion's pressure, their bodies began trembling uncontrollably.

Even greater waves surged through their hearts. Futu Yun was actually willing to marry Wen Qingxuan, that useless woman?

At the same time, the Heavenly Sovereign of the Mobei Wu Family also heard the warning.

He jolted awake from cultivation and cast a terrified gaze toward the Wen Family.

Futu Yun had not broken off the engagement?

His face instantly turned deathly pale. This was serious trouble!

The Mobei Wu Family had always been enemies with the Wen Family, and during this period, they had joined the others in mocking the Wen Family.

If the Pagoda Ancient Clan learned of it, the Wu Family simply could not bear its wrath!

Moreover, the Wu Family head had only just entered the Heavenly Sovereign realm. Even though the Wu Family was a superpower that dominated one region,

before a colossus like the Pagoda Ancient Clan, it was merely a slightly larger ant.

Once the Pagoda Ancient Clan became enraged, the Wu Family's destruction would be no more than a thought away.

Even if the Pagoda Ancient Clan did not act, Futu Yun's so-called Expedition Group alone would be enough to wipe out the Wu Family.

The expressions in the eyes of the Wen Family disciples as they looked at Wen Qingxuan immediately changed.

They were filled with reverence, and none of their previous ridicule or mockery remained.

With the foremost figure of the younger generation, Futu Yun, standing behind her,

even if she could never cultivate, her status was still far above theirs. It was not their place to mock her as they pleased.

Everyone present understood what was happening, especially Wen Qingxuan.

She had investigated much information on Golden Saint Phoenixes during this period, so she naturally understood this Golden Saint Phoenix's condition.

She also knew that the origins of Futu Yun's Golden Saint Phoenix must be problematic. He simply had not told her the truth.

Warmth welled up in her heart.

Since falling from her pedestal, she had suffered countless disdainful looks and humiliations. Almost no one thought highly of her anymore.

Who could have imagined that her fiancé, with whom she had once shared only an ordinary relationship, would not only fail to despise her for becoming useless,

but would instead give her his full support, directly sending such a precious supreme treasure that suited her so perfectly?