This beautiful and slender female was none other than one of the Southern Heavenly Wing Nation’s Dao Integration Stage cultivators—Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird.
“Vermilion Bird Princess, don’t be afraid.”
A warm and gentle voice suddenly sounded at this moment.
A gigantic mythological bird suddenly appeared before the female who was dressed in rainbow clothes.
Its outer appearance was similar to an eagle, and its body was covered in pure white feathers. Its eyes were golden, and surprisingly, there were two pairs of wings behind its back. Moreover, it stood on four slender bird legs. From afar, it looked very much like a land-based beast. However, it was actually a member of the Bird Tribe. Not only that, it was, in fact, the strongest member of the Southern Heavenly Wing Nation—Eternal Sun God!
“Don’t be afraid? There are five Dao Integration Stage cultivators…” The Vermilion Bird Princess held out a hand and extended five slender fingers. “One, two, three, four five… We traversed the mountains to capture a tiger alive,” she said in an exaggerated manner. “We fail to capture a tiger, and the birds suffer pain too abusive!”[1]
The five super mighty beings had suddenly intruded into the territory of the Southern Heavenly Wing Nation without any warning. Anyone who was faced with such a situation would feel alarmed and endangered.
After all, not a single top-tier power on the Tai Chu Continent would dare to ignore a group of five Dao Integration Stage cultivators.
The Eternal Sun God was carefree and relaxed as it gazed toward the north. “Their target isn’t us,” it chuckled.
“Not us?” The Vermilion Bird Princess was momentarily dazed. Then, her eyes widened and she exclaimed, “Don’t tell me… that their target is that gate in the south?!”
The Eternal Sun God smiled and remained silent.
“Where did all these Dao Integration Stage cultivators come from? Who gave them such courage?” There was still a look of disbelief on the Vermilion Bird Princess’ face.
“Perhaps they’re the underlings of a God of Creation. Or perhaps the Kingdom of the Nine States and the Heaven Crushing Sect are taking a gamble. Who knows?” There was a bright glimmer in the Eternal Sun God’s eyes. “The only thing I can say with confidence is, they’ll provide us with quite the spectacle…”
Five super mighty beings of the Dao Integration Stage were enough to wreak havoc across an entire realm.
However, the Heavenly Human Tribe was no pushover either. There was Heavenly Goddess Lin Yu, who was of the Divine Heaven Stage, and there was also an unknown Heavenly God… No living being from the Tai Chu Continent had ever neared the Southern Heavenly Gate before. Moreover, no one knew what lay behind the Southern Heavenly Gate…
One could imagine, this was definitely going to be an earth-shattering battle!
The Vermilion Bird Princess had clearly realized this too. She started humming softly as she walked across the void.
“Little Vermilion Bird, where are you going?” The Eternal Sun God’s expression changed slightly.
“It’s going to be such an epic battle!” The Vermilion Bird Princess giggled. “Of course I’m heading over to spectate it from up close!” Her body transformed into a nine-colored light as it vanished into the distance.
The Eternal Sun God opened its mouth to speak. Then, it suddenly recalled the Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird’s peculiar personality. In the end, the Eternal Sun God eventually decided against trying to convince her.
A noble and elegant Divine Vermilion Bird soared over the Sun Tree and flew toward the south.
Upon seeing that vibrant, colorful, and slender body, countless birds lowered their heads as if they were saluting in respect.
The Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird was the most beautiful bird. Any bird that saw her would develop a feeling of inferiority and voluntarily view themselves as lower than her.
For such a proud tribe, this was a very rare phenomenon.
The birds kept their heads respectfully lowered as they watched the Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird fly off into the distance.
“Phew… the Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird has flown away…”
“Such a beautiful and enchanting figure… I can’t get enough of her…”
“I wonder where the Divine Vermilion Bird is heading…”
“The south is home to an ominous stretch of land. Will she face any dangers over there?”
“She’s a mythological beast! Even if there are dangers, what can you do about it?!”
The birds started chattering spiritedly among one another.
They were situated amid a vast expanse of mountain forests, so they remained unaffected even as the Tai Chu Continent was plunged into a chaotic war. They went about their lives as usual and appeared especially happy and carefree.
However, before the birds could even breathe a sigh of relief, a terrifying aura suddenly swept over from the distance.
Even the temperature in the air suddenly shot up.
Like a blazing red blanket, a sheet of scorching flames unfurled through the sky. Then, under the envious gazes of tens of thousands of birds, a mighty figure appeared on the horizon.
Divine flames blanketed the sky as a phoenix soared through the air!
The birds were all enraptured by the phoenix’s indescribable nobility and beauty.
“Phoenix! It’s actually a pure-blooded phoenix!”
“My God! This is a real Mythological Phoenix!”
The birds started exclaiming in fervent excitement.
In contrast to their appreciation of the Nine-Colored Divine Vermilion Bird, the phoenix was more able to arouse their excitement. In fact, some birds even wanted to follow behind the mighty phoenix.
However, after a mere few seconds, the phoenix had already left them in its dust.
“A phoenix has reappeared in this world… Is this some sort of omen?”
“It looks a bit like the Four Nine Immortal Sect’s phoenix…”
“Don’t be stupid… The Four Nine Immortal Sect’s phoenix is battling against the Heavenly Human Tribe in the Kingdom of the Nine States. How can it appear here?”
The birds suddenly stopped chattering.
After a short moment of uncanny silence.
“No way…”
“It’s possible!”
“So you’re saying that… the phoenix’s target is the Southern Heavenly Gate?!”
Some birds were so shocked that they dropped the fruits they held in their mouths.
“Holy f*ck! Bad*ss!”
“This is so exciting!”
The birds all became extremely worked up.
…
At this moment, the phoenix had already arrived at the southern end of the Southern Heavenly Wing Nation.
It appeared as if it really liked this place. “Chirp, chirp chirp!” The phoenix’s chirps were somewhat melodious, and it sounded as if it was singing. For example, “Chirp, chirp, chirp… Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp…” and “Chirp, chirp… chirp… chirp, chirp, chirp…” These were all extremely poetic and pleasant to the ear.
This was the first time that An Lin had heard a phoenix sing. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the wonderful melody.
Tina hummed along with the phoenix, and it appeared as if she was also mesmerized by its splendid melody.
When Xu Xiaolan—who was lying in the coffin—heard these sounds, she felt a bit drowsy…
As the phoenix sang, it suddenly turned its head and spat a blazing ball of divine flames toward some location one hundred and fifty kilometers away. The ball of divine flames streaked toward the ground like a meteor and instantly transformed an area of hundreds of kilometers in radius into a fiery hell. Everything within its range was incinerated.
An army of over twenty-thousand Heavenly Humans was instantly annihilated.
It was very likely that they were incinerated before they had even caught a glimpse of the phoenix’s true figure. The reason for this was simple—the gap in power between them was alike a boundless chasm.
The phoenix had already destroyed a dozen similar encampments. Due to their lack of powerful generals, these Heavenly Human encampments were all annihilated instantly. They were nothing more than cannon fodder.
The extermination team destroyed all the enemies that lay in their path as they pushed forward toward the Southern Heavenly Gate.
The birds of the Southern Heavenly Wing Nation all gazed at the passing phoenix in curiosity and excitement.
As they continued forward, An Lin and the others gradually started to near the southernmost point of the Southern Heavenly Wing Nation. Gazing into the distance, the stretch of land before them was a slab of murky yellow-grey.
The further south they went, the more the trees and vegetation changed from a jade-green to a withered-yellow or dark-grey. It was as though they were severely lacking in nutrition. Oddly, however, these malnourished trees were all brimming with some other form of unknown vitality. They grew thick and tall, and they were all dense with branches and leaves. An aura of decay and vitality clashed yet fused together.
The temperature gradually rose, and the setting sun dyed the sky a dark red. As the red of the sky mixed with the murky yellow-grey of the earth, an uncanny killing intent permeated through the land. This was an especially peculiar feeling.
Casting their eyes toward the distant horizon, the dark red sky and the drab yellow-grey earth merged into a single line.
There, there was also a tiny white dot that twinkled like a bright star.
[1] This is just a random song or poem that she’s reciting. It doesn’t actually mean anything.
