Kun Province.
The Ancient Immortal Ning Lineage.
Above the ancestral grounds, crimson clouds swallowed the sky.
A phantom Phoenix thrashed wildly within the fiery clouds, each beat of its wings shattering vast swaths of space.
Golden feathers fell like blazing meteors, and heaven and earth hummed without cease.
"What happened?" Many members of the Ning Lineage were startled awake by the phenomenon.
"That Phoenix... it's Ancestor Qingfeng! What happened to her?!" a clan elder cried in shock and fear.
"Signs of losing control! Could Ancestor Qingfeng have suffered cultivation deviation?!"
"Impossible! Ancestor Qingfeng is the foremost Zhuyou Immortal of our age. How could she suffer cultivation deviation!"
Deep within the ancestral grounds, the essence of a supreme-grade fire spirit vein flowed inside a volcanic crater a hundred thousand zhang wide.
Ning Qingfeng knelt in the pool, crimson-gold Phoenix markings spreading across her body like a spiderweb, climbing from her brow to her collarbones before burning down toward her lower abdomen.
Her fingers dug fiercely into her palms. Golden blood dripped into the fiery pool, stirring the flames higher.
An utterly suppressed groan escaped her throat. Veins throbbed at her temples, her Phoenix eyes half closed. The haze deep within her golden pupils grew ever thicker, and even her teeth were chattering.
Her nirvana immortal body seethed out of control, her skin so scorching that even the air burned into distorted ripples.
"Li Yang... how dare you..."
"Immortal master... it feels so unbearable~"
"Senior brother, I can't take it anymore!"
Three different women's voices emerged from Ning Qingfeng's mouth, overlapping in an eerie chorus.
Then, in the next instant-
She abruptly threw back her head, her dark hair spilling loose and dancing wildly in the flames.
The phantom Phoenix overhead let out a prolonged shriek in unison with her. Its cry