“The Spirit Stone… has been moved to Baoshi City.” Chen Mu said with a surprised expression.
“How is this possible? Just half an hour ago, the Soul-Harvesting Diagram showed the Spirit Essence Stone in Jiang City. How did it return to Bao City, where we stayed, all of a sudden? Is there a mistake?” Zhenyun’s face darkened as he asked.
The Soul-Binding Diagram malfunctioning was the last thing he wanted to see.
All that’s left is the final Spirit Soul Stone!
This also represents the last step of their Zijian Palace revenge plan!
At this point, there absolutely cannot be any accidents, otherwise the last piece of soul essence ore will be truly impossible to find!
“It shouldn’t go wrong… the Spirit Stone is currently in Baoshi City,” Shen Mu said.
Zen Yun glanced at Chen Mu and said, “Then we should return to Baoshi City immediately!”
“Um.” Shen Mu nodded.
About five minutes later, the two of them returned to Baoshan City through the teleportation array.
Just as he had regained his balance, Chen Mu eagerly pulled out the Soul-Seeking Chart, activating it without hesitation to track the Spirit Stone’s location once again.
This time, the positioning of the Soul-Capturing Chart came out quickly.
After comparing maps, the location was confirmed.
Baotian Museum!
Chen Mu and Zhen Yun glanced at each other, then sped towards the Baotian Museum together.
Along the way, Zhenyun’s speed was extremely fast.
At this moment, his heart was set only on that spiritual essence stone!
As long as the last spirit stone is obtained, Master Brother Jiang Dao’s soul can be perfected, thus matching that supreme artifact!
The revenge and revival of Ziyangu Palace will be completed swiftly!
The two unleashed their qi, reaching incredible speeds and arriving quickly at the ruins of the Baotian Museum.
Upon seeing the scene before them, both were stunned.
But soon, they felt the surging energy emanating from beneath the ground and discovered the opening in the ruins’ center.
“Senior Brother Zhenyun, the Spirit Soul Stone should be right below…” Chen Mu said.
“Let’s go in! The spiritual energy here is so thick, there might be other good things down here!” Zhenyun said excitedly.
After saying that, Zhen Yun jumped straight down.
And while the sinking wood hesitated for a moment, it finally jumped down as well.
……
“More and more auras appeared, those warriors outside were pretty fast.” Han Mei and Ming He were walking along a stream.
Through telepathy, they believed that the source of spiritual energy was most likely located at the end of this stream.
“They are nothing but ants. They come in, unable to change anything.” Hades said coldly.
“I just feel that our speed should be increased a bit, don’t you think? The Phoenix Clan creature we saw before should have flown back to the deepest nest.” Han Meiren said.
“Have you forgotten the previous lessons? There is some kind of will in this place. If you are too hasty, you might very well incur a taboo and suffer the consequences.” The Nether River spoke gravely.
“Elder Brother Ming is right,” Han Meiren giggled, “We don’t need to rush things. We have no rivals anyway.”
……
The deepest part of Lingxu.
This is a very tall mountain, soaring into the clouds.
Above the thick clouds lies the peak of this mountain.
On the mountaintop, there is a dilapidated palace.
This palace is different from human palaces. Just in terms of size, it’s more than ten times bigger than any human palace!
As for the facilities within the palace, they were basically similar to those found in human palaces.
At this time, atop the palace’s high platform, a phoenix creature, burning entirely in flames, stood erect.
And before it, stood another figure.
It’s the Red Lotus!
At this moment, the Red Lotus’s twin eyes burned with crimson flames. Her face and limbs were covered in feathers.
“This is the Phoenix Temple, where the former Divine Master Phoenix held court.” A voice from the Phoenix clan creatures said.
“The Divine Lord Phoenix…” Though Honglian was a member of the Phoenix clan, she knew very little about phoenixes. She had only heard snippets of information from her mother.
“Our Divine Lord, back then, was the ruler of all races! It was under their leadership that our Phoenix Clan rose to become the masters of all creatures!” The Phoenix beings exclaimed excitedly.
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As a member of the Phoenix Clan, you don’t even know that the God Sovereign is twins? Phoenixes are male, and phoenixes are female. The creatures of the Phoenix Clan asked in surprise.
“I, I don’t really know…” Honglian lowered her head in shame.
She was born in a time when the Phoenix clan had fallen to near extinction, and she knew virtually nothing about its history.
Including her mother, she had only a vague understanding of the Phoenix clan’s past and never mentioned the former Divine Master Phoenix. It remained a mystery what kind of being he truly was.
“It’s not your fault, after all, the God Master left Earth ten thousand years ago…” the Phoenix tribe creature said.
“May I ask, Ancestors… to which clan do you belong?” Honglian asked.
“I come from the Suzaku clan, a direct descendant of the divine Phoenix.” replied the Phoenix race creature.
Suzaku Clan!
She had once heard her mother mention the Zhuque clan, knowing of their close relationship with the phoenix.
But, I heard that the Zhuque clan was the earliest one to disappear from among the Phoenix clans.
Not long after the phoenix left, the Suzaku clan also disappeared.
She never would have imagined that she would encounter an ancestor of the Zhuque clan today!
“First, ancestor… I want to know…” Even Red Lotus’s voice trembled when she realized the ancestor before her was a vermilion bird.
Just then, Suzaku suddenly turned its head and looked in another direction.
“The opening of the Spirit Ruins, as expected, still attracts many incompetent parasites…” Suzaku said in a low voice.
“Someone’s here?” Honglian’s face changed, she asked.
“Well, and there are quite a few of them,” Zhu Que said, turning around. “In that case, let’s get started as soon as possible.”
“Begin? Begin what?” Honglian questioned, puzzled.
“Inheritance. You come from the Qingluan Clan, and you have successfully opened the Lingxu. This means you are the descendant chosen by the Divine Master. The inheritance of our Feng Clan spanning thousands of years will naturally fall upon you,” Zhuque said.
“Heritage!? Phoenix, the inheritance of a phoenix…” Honglian’s heart trembled violently, she exclaimed in shock.
“I know you have many questions, but perhaps all of them will be answered after you receive the inheritance. Time is running out, let’s begin as soon as possible,” Zhuque said. “The reason I’ve been able to survive until today is because of a decree left behind by the Divine Lord. Once the decree is fulfilled, I will dissipate.”
“I, I…” Honglian had many words she wanted to say, but didn’t know where to begin.
“The Qingluan Clan is a branch of the Suzaku Clan, possessing seven out of ten of the Divine Lord’s bloodlines. You are qualified to inherit the Phoenix’s legacy,” said Zhuque.
As Zhuque spoke, it flapped its wings and flew into the middle of the air.
It opened its mouth and spat out a ball of fire burning with crimson flames.
A fireball floated in the air, and then suddenly split in half!
Half of it fell onto the top of Red Lotus’s head.
Seeing this, Zhuque was obviously stunned for a moment.
“Besides, the godhead is a twin. The legacy left behind must inevitably be shared by both male and female…”
Zhu Que looked down at the red lotus and asked, “Do you have any siblings who entered Lingxu together?”
“…No,” Honglian shook her head, replying.
“Impossible!? How could this be?” Zhuque exclaimed in shock, “The Lingxu could not have opened without a suitable inheritor! The Divine Master couldn’t possibly make such a mistake!”
“Now that the Spirit Ruins have opened, it means that both inheritors must have already entered them!”
Besides you, there must be another inheritor in the Spirit Ruins!
But… Honglian was completely baffled and had no idea what was going on.
“Think carefully again, do you have any siblings? Or were there any other members of the Phoenix clan who entered Lingxu with you?” Zhuque asked.
The siblings of the Red Lotus were nearly all killed by the Devourer.
She didn’t have any siblings at all.
As for other Phoenix clan creatures entering the Spirit Ruins with her, that’s impossible.
“This…that’s right! When you opened the Spirit Ruins, were there any other creatures nearby!?” Zhu Que chased after, asking.
When she sensed the call, she reached out instinctively to touch the ancestral fossil. That was when Lingxu was activated.
At that time, the person closest to her… was Fang Yu!
Could it be…
“I, I remember now! There was a human standing behind me at the time, his name was Fang Yu!” replied Honglian.
“Humans? This is impossible! How could the Divine Lord choose a human as his successor?!” Zhuque exclaimed in shock.