The Phoenix Patriarch had never imagined that she had missed such an immense opportunity.
Once, she had been only a single step away from becoming a Sage.
Yet at that very step, she had retreated.
And so that opportunity had fallen to Beast Emperor Shen Ni.
Because of it, Beast Emperor Shen Ni had become a thorn in the side of the three clans.
Had the Phoenix Patriarch not possessed such profound cultivation and an unwavering Dao heart,
she might have taken her own life out of sheer regret.
But regret no longer served any purpose.
Her immediate priority was to make up for that loss as best she could.
And so the Phoenix Patriarch soared into the sky.
She flew straight toward the space beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
But the seal barred her path.
Once before, this very seal had stopped her.
It had kept her within the Primordial World.
Now,
although the seal still barred her way,
the Phoenix Patriarch did not pause for even an instant.
Scorching flames blazed over her entire body.
Like a meteor, she shot upward against the heavens.
The seal was terrifyingly powerful.
Even with the strength of a quasi-saint, breaking through was all but impossible.
Beast Emperor Shen Ni had managed to break through partly because of his talent and strength.
But the most important reason was that Tongtian had gone easy on him.
Had Tongtian not held back,
even if Shen Ni had possessed dozens of extra lives,
he would have exhausted them all within the seal.
And so,
the moment she entered the seal,
the Phoenix Patriarch found it difficult to advance even an inch.
An immense resistance filled the seal.
Without breaking through to the Sage Realm,
a quasi-saint could never escape it.
Even the Phoenix Patriarch's extraordinary talent