Homeward Journey

Donglai, Hurricane Belt.

On the side nearest the South Sea, a solitary island floated.

Waves surged without cease, white breakers roiled and crashed. Elders from every sect and lineage had gathered here, standing or sitting as they anxiously awaited the returning dragon ships.

"By my reckoning, they should have returned by now."

"Could something have happened in the Hurricane Belt again?"

"It shouldn't have. There are so many seniors with them."

The crowd waited a while longer.

Amid phoenix cries rising and falling, the Hurricane Belt suddenly parted to reveal a peaceful passage. Five great ships slowly sailed forth: Heng Hua's Four-Dragon Ship, the seagoing vessel carrying Dongfang Yunqi, Fu Xiangfeng, and the others. Mu Shansheng's group had returned aboard the fifth ship.

The dark clouds overhead dispersed, and the Brilliant Sun cast warm orange light across the sea. Six phoenixes danced upon the wind, as though seeing this group off.

"There are actually so many phoenixes?"

The people on the island were quite astonished.

They recognized two of the phoenixes; they belonged to the Fu Family. But where had that pair of Divine Phoenixes and the White Phoenix come from? And what were the origins of the two phoenixes beside them?

Fu Danwei gazed at the six phoenixes, deep in thought.

In the blink of an eye, the two large phoenixes flew away into the sky. The two smaller phoenixes returned to the ships, while the remaining two transformed into streaks of spiritual light and vanished.

"Five-Element Phoenix Transformation. One is Hong Changyi. The other... Xiang Feng?"

Fu Danwei rose to his feet, smiling as he looked at the younger generation aboard the six ships.

"Everyone, it is time to act."

The cultivators on the island took to the air. Some cast spells to seal off the seawater,