It was a Vermilion Bird, beating its wings with its neck raised in a long cry.
From its movements, Yun Huanling could vaguely sense that it seemed to be in terrible pain.
Aside from the flames, a very faint layer of demonic qi also surrounded the Vermilion Bird.
This demonic qi was striving to merge into it, while it struggled as though desperate to shake the demonic qi off.
Yet this demonic qi was clearly anything but ordinary. Unlike other demonic qi, it was not burned to nothing upon touching the Vermilion Bird sacred flame. Its power was almost on par with the sacred flame.
Not only could it keep itself from being devoured by the Vermilion Bird sacred flame, but a small portion had even successfully merged into it.
The change left Yun Huanling utterly dumbfounded.
"What exactly do the images on the inner walls of this Palace represent? What am I seeing?"
Knowing that Chu Luohen could not see the movements on the wall at all, Yun Huanling turned his gaze straight to Dao Lord Qing Ci.
Dao Lord Qing Ci smiled. "As far as I know, the Sacred Spirit Palace has three levels in total. Each level has corresponding totems on its walls, and these totems were all formed from a wisp of a sacred beast's soul essence.
"If anything happens to the original body, its soul body will naturally resonate with it.
"So I suspect that what you're seeing may be something the Vermilion Bird experienced..."
"How is that possible!" Yun Huanling instinctively objected.
"Sacred spirits are the pillars of this world. The demonic qi of the Azure Realm alone could never corrupt them."
Dao Lord Qing Ci raised an eyebrow. "You said it yourself-the demonic qi of the Azure Realm."
*Then what if the demonic