Gu’s Immortal Firmament:
Jingwei cried for her Uncle Flame Monarch. When Gu Hai waved, he pulled in the translucent phoenix deity and the vast flames into the immortal firmament.
“Uncle Flame Monarch! Uncle Flame Monarch! How are you?! How are you?!” Jingwei rushed over.
Coo!
With a shrill cry, that phoenix deity quickly gathered the surrounding flames. Without a physical body to reside in, it would scatter as well.
“Jingwei, I am the phoenix deity. Don’t blame yourself. The Flame Monarch was already thinking about dying. The earlier self-detonation was a release,” the phoenix deity called out.
“What? That’s impossible!” Jingwei said in shock.
“You might not know, but I am the phoenix deity. I have all of the Flame Monarch’s memories, so I am very sure. After returning from eight hundred thousand years in the past, he was like a walking corpse. Hah! Murong Yan was truly a woman who brought disaster to nations. The Flame Monarch regretted not remaining behind to fight Six Paths like Jiang Lianshan did. Your father is a hero, willing to die to defeat the enemy!” the phoenix deity said.
“However, my eminent father has everything he established worldwide. Why did he use the most stupid way…” Jingwei cried.
“There is no stupid or not, only whether it was worth it or not. To you, the world is the most important. Perhaps Jiang Lianshan previously thought the same. However, he discovered that the world was not as important as Murong Yan in the end. He wanted to control the world and oppose Heaven. However, since he could fight the Six Paths Veritable Lord, who had not become the immortal yet, on an even footing back then, there was no need to return,” the phoenix deity explained.
“Then why did Uncle Flame Monarch die?” Jingwei cried.
“The Flame Monarch had regrets; he regretted not remaining with Jiang Lianshan. His loyalty to you was out of gratitude to Jiang Lianshan. He lived with thoughts of Murong Yan day and night. Hah…he gained release now. However, the phoenix race…,” the phoenix deity said bitterly.
“He gained release?” Jingwei echoed with bloodshot eyes.
“Before he died, he wanted me to enter your body to help you form your seventh physical soul,” the phoenix deity explained.
“Seventh physical soul?”
“That’s right. The so-called deity that the shaman race cultivated was the seventh physical soul. It is hidden in the forehead. Regular people find it extremely hard to cultivate the seventh physical soul. The animal spirits have deities, but the humans only have themselves. Finding one person who has manifested their seventh physical soul out of trillions of people would be hard. However, animal spirits can take the animal spirit deity as their seventh physical soul. I’ll help you. This is the Flame Monarch’s final wish. I hope you will treat the phoenix race well in the future,” the phoenix deity said.
“But—”
“Even if you do not refine me, I will scatter soon. Hurry! Hurry! Relax your mind and let me in. This is the simplest method of divine cultivation. Jiang Lianshan should have taught it to you before. Quickly work with me!” the phoenix deity exhorted.
Coo!
The phoenix deity let out a cry and flapped its wings as it rushed towards Jingwei’s forehead.
Boom!
The vast flames and phoenix deity vanished into Jingwei’s forehead.
“Argh!”
Jingwei suddenly held her head in pain as intense flames encased her.
However, Lin Waner’s physical body had the fire cauldron physique. This flame could not burn her; it just felt somewhat unbearable when the forehead space was established.
“Something’s not right. Jingwei, what’s going on with your soul body? It’s full of lifeforce? That should not be the case. Ah! The Southern Bright Li Flame?!” The phoenix deity let out a startled cry in the forehead space.
“Lin Waner, don’t burn the phoenix deity!” Jingwei’s expression suddenly changed.
“I can’t! I can’t control it. The Southern Bright Li Flame is rushing over on its own. I can’t control it. The Southern Bright Li Flame is trying to consume the phoenix deity?” Lin Waner’s voice suddenly rang out from her body.
“Argh!” The phoenix deity let out a miserable cry.
Buzz!
Then, the voice stopped.
Jingwei’s consciousness entered the newly opened forehead space.
The phoenix deity had vanished, consumed by the Southern Bright Li Flame. The Southern Bright Li Flame seemed to have received boundless nourishment, suddenly growing several times larger. However, the surging Southern Bright Li Flame had a small egg in the center.
“This is?” Jingwei exclaimed.
Crack!
A crack suddenly appeared in the egg.
Whoosh!
All the surrounding Southern Bright Li Flame entered the crack, along with all the intense flame around Jingwei’s body.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
More cracks appeared in the small egg.
Boom!
The eggshell exploded, and a fiery-red translucent figure appeared inside.
Buzz!
The fiery-red figure sucked in all the eggshell shards in one breath.
Coo! the fiery-red figure cried out.
Boom!
Boundless flames suddenly appeared in the forehead space.
Intense flames surrounded the red figure, but that figure looked like a small, red sparrow.
“A sparrow?” Lin Waner said in shock.
Jingwei’s voice quavered as she cried out, “No, that’s not right. It’s a vermilion bird!”
“What vermilion bird?”
“I understand now! I understand! The fire cauldron physique as a cauldron, the Southern Bright Li Flame as a primer, and the phoenix deity as the ingredient. We…we concocted a vermilion bird deity! The legendary, extinct vermilion bird?” Jingwei exclaimed.
“Vermilion bird deity? What do you mean?” Lin Waner asked in shock.
“Is this Uncle Flame Monarch’s blessings or my eminent father’s scheme? Rather, we created epic history because of the coincidence that is you? Divine cultivation? Lin Waner, cultivate with me and raise this vermilion bird deity. In the future, we will be the vermilion bird, the strongest animal spirit deity, also the strongest shaman!” Jingwei yelled with a malevolent expression.
Outside:
Di Shitian intended to attack Gu Hai from behind. Unexpectedly, a fist came out of the cracks below and pierced through his chest. Furthermore, that fist held a nearly crushed Lifespan Dongfang.
The sudden change made everyone fighting freeze.
Surging black energy poured out of the cracks and soared up. Suddenly, the entire world became dyed black.
As this demonic aura spread out, the Future Buddha raised his guard as though facing a great enemy.
“Who…who is it?” The Scarlet Emperor’s expression changed dramatically.
The billowing black energy had brought something terrifying to mind.
Boom!
A loud sound rang out, and the crack exploded, revealing an incredibly pitch-dark and deep cave. Then, a giant figure crawled out.
This giant was ten meters tall, completely pitch-black, and had a bronze head with a distinct metal forehead. He looked extremely boorish and evil with a malevolent expression. This was the person who crushed Lifespan Dongfang and punched through Di Shitian.
“Explode!” the giant shouted ferociously.
“Don’t!” Di Shitian roared with horror on his face.
Roar!
Di Shitian instantly turned into a large dragon.
Boom!
An immense force from the giant’s fist blasted a large hole in the dragon’s abdomen. Blood sprayed everywhere.
Whoosh!
Di Shitian returned to human form, clutching his abdomen as he slumped over, gazing at the ferocious giant with a horrified expression.
“Han Nation’s Gu Hai. Many thanks for your help!” Gu Hai said gravely.
“Pfft!” the giant scoffed, ignoring Gu Hai.
“This is impossible! You! Ahqi! Ahqi, all of you died long ago! You have died long ago!” the Scarlet Emperor exclaimed, his eyes wide with horror.
Boom!
Then, many more pitch-black giants climbed out of that abyss, one after another, all fiends with malevolent faces.
As these giants climbed out, a shocking demonic aura surged, even forming demonic clouds in the sky.
Roar!
The demonic clouds howled, and the world turned dark.
The Future Buddha, Di Shitian, and the Scarlet Emperor stepped forward to leave.
Seeing this, the three only had one thought. Run!
“Hold up!”
Suddenly, three giants blocked those three, staring at the three with malevolent expressions and preventing them from escaping.
More giants came out. Now, the world was already completely black.
Gu Hai also showed an unsightly expression. What strong pressure! Why are these giants’ cultivations so strong?
Who is the person who addressed himself as “we”?
As time passed, a total of eighty-one giants climbed out of the abyss.
When all the giants were out, they suddenly dropped to one knee, facing the entrance to the abyss.
Finally, a white-clad man flew out slowly.
This man was different from the giants. He looked extraordinarily pure and clean. However, he strangely seemed one with the black energy in the surroundings, presenting an incredibly curious scene.
“No, no, no! How can you still be alive?” The Scarlet Emperor showed a shocked and horrified expression.
“Chiyou?” High in the sky, Sect Master Heavenly Access also narrowed his eyes.
“Chiyou?” Di Shitian shivered.
[TL Note: Chiyou was the legendary leader of the Nine Li Tribes. Here is the Wikipedia entry on him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiyou.]
Even Gu Hai’s expression changed. However, it was not due to hearing Chiyou’s name but Chiyou’s appearance.
Too similar! Simply too similar!
To think Chiyou looks so similar to Jiang Lianshan?
He is just slightly younger, slightly more handsome, and slightly more scholarly.
No, their airs are different, and there are quite a lot of differences between his appearance and Jiang Lianshan’s. However, he truly resembles Jiang Lianshan. This resemblance was why Gu Hai’s expression changed. He even wondered if Jiang Lianshan had reincarnated and come back to life.
“Big Brother, we are out!”
“Big Brother! Hahahaha! The Huang Heavenly Emperor and the Yan Heavenly Emperor cannot seal us! Now that we are out, they can forget about running!”
“Revenge! Big Brother, I want revenge! It has been three thousand years! Three thousand years!”
The giants roared, showing ferocious expressions as they looked at that handsome Chiyou.
However, the expressions of the Future Buddha, Di Shitian, and the Scarlet Emperor changed dramatically. Chiyou? How can this be? Why is he not dead?
However, Chiyou did not roar like these eighty-one giants. Although he had just been released, he did not show overwhelming hatred in his eyes. Instead, he looked around coldly.
When he saw Gu Hai, some appreciation flashed in his eyes. However, he turned away and surveyed the others the next moment.
“Scarlet Emperor? Hah! It has been a long time!” Chiyou smiled grimly.
“What do you want? Jiang Lianshan is already dead. The matter back then has nothing to do with me. I did not participate!” the Scarlet Emperor yelled in horror.
“Jiang Lianshan died? Humph! He died? Do you think we will let it go because of that? You did not participate? We hate vile, two-faced people like you the most! Humph!” Chiyou snorted coldly.
Chiyou’s snort seemed to be a signal to the giants, as the earlier Ahqi immediately charged forward.
“It had nothing to do with me! It had nothing to do with me!” The Scarlet Emperor fled in horror.
“To think you want to flee from Big Brother?! Come back!” Ahqi ferociously extended his hand. An enormous, black-energy-covered hand immediately grabbed the Scarlet Emperor’s left leg.
“Don’t! Don’t!” the Scarlet Emperor yelled.
However, Ahqi opened his mouth and yanked hard.
Whoosh!
Ahqi sucked the Scarlet Emperor into his mouth.
“Argh!” The Scarlet Emperor’s miserable cry came from Ahqi’s mouth.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
Ahqi chewed, and blood spilled from his lips. Then, he swallowed after a while.
That was the Scarlet Emperor. How could he get swallowed?
Di Shitian gaped in horror. “You all…you all grew stronger? No! That’s impossible!”
