Mo Xie and the others returned to the Evil Heaven Pavilion. Lü Yi also intended to wait for the Moon Moth Phoenix to enter its next life, so she came back with them.
On the night of the full moon, the Moon Moth Phoenix would seize the chance to enter its next life, and all the Totem Power within it would return to the world.
That was when Mo Xie needed to absorb the Moon Moth Phoenix's totem energy and use it to increase his cultivation.
At last, after nearly half a month of waiting, the full-moon night arrived.
For once, Mo Xie had spent the past half month cultivating quietly in the Evil Heaven Pavilion. The Lightning, Fire, and Ice Elements were abundant here, making it an excellent place to cultivate his Three Main Elements and prepare to advance his Shadow Element to Advanced Level Two.
That night, the sky was clear. A lone full moon hung overhead, its unclouded light spilling across Crescent Moon Mountain and the dancing Blue Moths. The entire mountain seemed to glow, a beautiful sight from afar.
Mo Xie sat beside a large cocoon. The Moon Moth Phoenix had regressed into this form after that day. Many totem creatures passed down their power through a single lineage; some could even be said to have been the same creature for thousands of years.
When their lives neared their end, they chose to regress to the state in which they had first been born, then slowly grew anew. Even their old memories faded.
The Moon Moth Phoenix was such a totem. Its body and soul were covered in wounds, and for years, it had known only pain. It seemed to be waiting for a chance to be free.
Not far away, Yu Shishi, Lü Yi, and