To further digest the White Tiger Yao Emperor's soul and body, Su Changsheng immediately decided to explore the Phoenix Realm again and resolve any hidden dangers the Xiantian Gate might hold.
He was a cautious yao, and becoming a Yao Emperor had not changed that.
Thus, following the elusive sensation and using Devil Lord One as his point of connection, he passed through the Xiantian Gate and entered the Phoenix Realm once more.
This time, however, the Phoenix Realm gave him quite a surprise.
"The heavens, the earth, the mountains and rivers, every living thing-they've all changed."
"Even Devil Lord One is no exception."
After passing through the Xiantian Gate, Su Changsheng stood within the Phoenix Realm with an exceedingly complicated expression.
He had originally thought that, now that he had become a being of the True World, constructed entirely from true rules, he might see the Phoenix Realm as its humans did: green mountains, clear waters, and brilliant sunshine.
He had even speculated that the difference between what he and the humans here saw arose from their different compositions.
He was a yao, while they were human.
That was why, back then, the Phoenix Realm had appeared to him as barren mountains and treacherous waters, filled with dangerous Human Race thoughts and endless gray mist.
Even the humans had looked like thoughts.
Meanwhile, to those humans, he had appeared as something bizarre, like a demonic god.
Yet everything before him now told him that was not the case at all!
He had imagined things far too simply.
At this moment, where was the Phoenix Realm in Su Changsheng's eyes? Layers upon layers of gray mist still filled his surroundings, and a thick layer of gray matter resembling cremation ashes covered the ground.
And there, upon that gray matter, the