A dragon's cry rang out in the sky above a distant mountaintop, and suddenly, erratic winds rose in the summer night.
Amid the turbulent winds, the True Qi Mighty Phoenix stood in the wilderness. Ignoring the distant dragon's cry entirely, it turned to gaze at the camp behind it. Its enormous mass of Radiant Light True Qi pulsed like the tides beneath the moon, truly resembling a living creature... In size alone, this True Qi Mighty Phoenix already rivaled the few True Dragons still active in this world. Considering that the mighty phoenix was the most common True Dragon form of the Red Emperor's lineage, it looked all the more convincing.
Of course, there was still a difference: this mighty phoenix, constructed entirely from true qi, shone in the night.
It literally shone.
After all, Radiant Light True Qi was the most basic source of light in this world. Moreover, after mixing the gold, silver, and crimson of One Sun, Two Moons, it produced not a dazzling glare, but a bright yet gentle glow.
Thus, although the allied army's camp beneath the mighty phoenix's gaze was as bright as day, it was more like daylight beneath an overcast sky.
At that moment, Lan Dawen, commander-in-chief of the allied army, stood in the day-bright camp, staring blankly at this beautiful, fantastical monster that rivaled a True Dragon in both size and power. His breathing was heavy and uneven. Once he endured that spell of blankness, his first thought was exceptionally clear: none of it mattered anymore.
His earlier anger did not persist, nor did the instantaneous reversal make him lose his composure. He simply realized, all at once, that all his military arrangements, all his worries, all his hopes, even all his earlier anger and painstaking efforts to hold things together,