"Holy Venerable, the king of Shang has prayed to us. How should we respond?" Beneath the Vermilion Bird's divine throne, Kong Xuan cupped his hands and asked Lingguang.
"Taiyi's return to the Primordial World was clearly the Ancestral Bear's handiwork. The Demon Race must also have been pushed forward by the bear to oppose Haotian. I have an agreement with the Ancestral Bear to help bring Haotian down, so we cannot truly fight the Demon Race," Lingguang said coldly.
With that, Lingguang swept his hand, sending a beam of red light into Kong Xuan's palm. It became a small, fiery-red banner-his Dao-attainment treasure, the Vermilion Bird Banner.
"Kong Xuan, take the Vermilion Bird Banner to Chao Ge and tell the king of Shang that although our Phoenix Race is willing to help Great Shang eliminate the demons, we bear the weighty responsibility of guarding the Southern Pole and cannot deploy too much of our strength. Thus, the Phoenix Race can only assist the Jade Emperor from the sidelines. The actual work of eliminating the demons must still be left to him."
"Yes, Holy Venerable," Kong Xuan replied, lowering his head.
"Remember, make only a token effort. Do not let the fighting with the Demon Race kindle genuine fury. When the time comes, I will tell you exactly what to do through a voice transmission."
"Your disciple obeys."
Whoosh! Soon, Kong Xuan took the Vermilion Bird Banner, transformed into a beautiful peacock, and flew toward Chao Ge.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, on the Solar Star.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi was using the Solar Star's power to reconstruct his physical body, but progress was rather slow.
A bird's cry suddenly rang out from afar. A fire phoenix flew into the Solar Star and arrived above the Demon Emperor Palace, then transformed into a voluptuous