"You are Taiyi!"
Realization dawned on the Lord of the Clouds. He had heard before of a divine bird calling himself a Golden Crow who had come from the East Sea, stirred up turmoil among the Divine Beasts, and gone everywhere recruiting "people" into the Demon Race.
He had paid it no mind, confident in his own strength. Even if Taiyi came in person, he would have nothing to fear.
But now, Taiyi stood before him. That surging, immense aura, and that power to sweep away the clouds and mist of the Nine Heavens with a single effortless move, made him keenly aware that he might not be a match for him.
Just as he hesitated, torn, a wondrous fragrance suddenly spread through heaven and earth, accompanied by the tinkling of celestial music. An exquisitely beautiful, luminous white divine deer shone with nine-colored radiance, ascending into the sky with light, graceful steps until she reached his side.
"Jiu'er, why did you come out?"
The Lord of the Clouds hurriedly folded his wings, changed his form, and asked.
Not far away, the Vermilion Bird's eyes lit up at the Nine-Colored Divine Deer's appearance. Her heart, too, was shaken by the divine deer's beauty.
"What a beautiful Nine-Colored Divine Deer!"
The Nine-Colored Divine Deer stood in the sky, her emerald eyes shining with a clear, ethereal light.
She smiled warmly at the Lord of the Clouds, then asked Jiang Yang and the Vermilion Bird.
"May I ask what this Demon Race you belong to is?"
Her voice was like a secluded spring in a deep valley, its tinkling pleasing to the ear.
At the Nine-Colored Divine Deer's question, Jiang Yang felt reassured.
That she could ask such a question meant the matter was already half settled.
So he turned to the Vermilion