Su Mo fell silent, gazing deeply at Liu Nian.
Liu Nian was looking at Su Mo too. The two remained gazing at each other for a long time.
At last, Su Mo nodded.
The Phoenix Nest was the place of origin of the Phoenix Clan, an independent space. Only there could the child in Phoenix Venerable's womb be saved.
Phoenix Venerable sealing herself was the only way. More precisely, her self-sealing had been crucial.
Only by sealing herself could she keep the fetus's already weak divine soul from collapsing after a thread of its Life Soul had been stripped away...
By going to the Phoenix Nest, its source power could nourish that stripped-away thread of Life Soul.
But...
That might take a very, very long time...
Liu Nian's face was deathly pale, and he was on the verge of breaking down. "But only the Phoenix Race can enter the Phoenix Nest!"
How could they enter a place accessible only to the Phoenix Race when Phoenix Venerable had already sealed herself?
Su Mo lowered his eyes and gave a bitter laugh. "I..."
"...can enter."
Liu Nian snapped his head up to look at Su Mo, his voice hoarse. "Who exactly are you?"
Why? Why could he enter the Phoenix Nest, where only the Phoenix Race could enter?
Liu Nian felt a sense of boundless absurdity, as though even the Heavenly Cataclysm had become less mysterious before Su Mo's identity.
Why had Phoenix Venerable said before sealing herself that only Su Eternal Life could save their child...
What secret lay between them that he knew nothing about?
Su Mo looked toward the distant Firmament, whose color had changed, his hands involuntarily tightening a little. "I am... an old friend of the Phoenix Race!"
Liu Nian gazed deeply at Su Mo, recalling Phoenix