The world fell into a moment of stillness.
Two peerless figures appeared simultaneously, one in the East Sea, the other in the Southern Sky.
Even if the myriad spirits of the Primordial World had voices, they were silent before these two.
Ancestor Dragon sneered and roared, "Yuan Feng, since you dared to act, do you not dare to take responsibility?"
The powerful figures of the Phoenix clan could not help but feel guilty. They had indeed done something questionable, and their confidence was visibly lacking.
The powerful beings watching from around the world knew exactly what had happened.
Yuan Feng smiled faintly, her fiery divine eyes holding the nobility of the Phoenix clan. "I did it, so what?"
She did not deny it, but her words still carried an air of supreme superiority, like an empress born of fire.
This was Yuan Feng's stance towards the heavens and earth, towards the Great Dao, and towards all things. No matter when or where, she was the most dazzling existence.
Even if she did not want to be, she was.
Ancestor Dragon sneered, "Yuan Feng, after years of seclusion and not seeing you, you are no longer the Yuan Feng I once knew."
The Ancestor Phoenix smiled, a hint of regret in her eyes. "It's a pity you are still you, unchanged. But the ultimate truths of the world must give way to the new."
"Hmph!" Ancestor Dragon scoffed. "If truth opposes me, then I am truth. In this world, no one dares to speak of 'truth' to my Dragon clan!"
The Ancestor Phoenix smiled, a woman walking upon the Phoenix Platform, wielding twin four-foot halberds, her eyes burning with battle intent like fire. "Then let me test it!"
Ancestor Dragon remained silent, his eyes also blazing with battle intent. The waters of the Four Seas began to boil, his heart churning the seas, creating endless waves and tides.
The great tribulation had begun, its prelude heralded by the clash of these two peerless experts, the Dragon and the Phoenix!
Precisely between the Dragon Ancestor and the Phoenix Ancestor, with the Eastern Wilds' Duguang as the center, the Dragon and Phoenix territories were divided to the southeast.
Therefore, standing on the Jianmu tree, Qing Ling could most keenly feel the momentum of the two powerhouses' confrontation.
To the south was the invisible Divine Phoenix, the Phoenix rising from the Southern Sky, its flight scorching the vast expanse for ten thousand miles.
To the east was the lurking Dragon in the abyss, soaring into the heavens, its might ravaging the cosmos and the firmament.
One Dragon, one Phoenix, collided above Qing Ling's head. Phoenix fire raged, Dragon water surged, and the conflict between water and fire erupted with immeasurable destructive power.
Qing Ling pointed a finger at the Four Seasons Grand Diagram above him. The divine diagram, imbued with the power of the four seasons, protected the Eastern Wilds.
After all, he was not just the Azure Profound Dao Master of Duguang, but also the Azure Profound Dao Master of the Eastern Wilds.
The forms of the Dragon and Phoenix gradually weakened in their mutual struggle, and a rain of water and fire began to fall upon the world.
Each drop of water and fire fell together, one blue and one red, side by side.
The Dragon Ancestor and the Phoenix Ancestor faced each other across the curtain of rain. If it weren't for the intensifying battle intent, they would have been a perfect match for heaven and earth!
Qing Ling unconsciously picked up a red thread, but seeing their faces, he instantly came to his senses, reason triumphing over his professional habit.
With a flick of his hand, the red thread fell. The red thread, ethereal and illusory, involved essence, life, and destiny. Its profound friction was such that even he dared not claim to fully grasp all the karmic red threads in the world.
This wisp of red thread had already entered the mortal realm, tainted by the Dragon and Phoenix energies, destined to be an extraordinary union.
The moment the red and blue rain curtain dispersed, the Phoenix clan swung their twin halberds, and the Dragon Ancestor moved his fists.
The twin halberds met two fist imprints, generating thunder from thin air and stirring up hurricanes in the void.
The twin halberds vibrated and recoiled, shattering the fist imprints into nothingness.
This first exchange, seemingly an equal draw, revealed a subtle hierarchy.
Qing Ling could not help but admire Ancestor Dragon's unfathomable strength. With mere fists, he could contend against a prime innate spiritual treasure inscribed with thirty-six layers of Dao prohibitions.
A strange glint flashed in the Ancestor Phoenix's eyes. She danced her twin halberds again, her fiery red skirt swirling on the Phoenix Platform like a divine maiden performing an elegant yet terrifying dance.
As the twin halberds danced, a male and female phoenix emerged, flying together across space and time, bringing auspicious signs to the sky.
But behind the beauty was the terrifying power of the Dao of Fire, scorching all living beings.
Ancestor Dragon smiled and said, "Yuan Feng, five hundred Yuan Hui ago, your move 'Phoenix in Flight' was renowned throughout the Primordial World. Now, it seems to be nothing special!"
With that, Ancestor Dragon extended his hand, and an object flew from the depths of the East Sea. It was the Zhenhai Ge, a supreme innate spiritual treasure inscribed with thirty-six layers of Dao prohibitions.
With the divine ge in hand, Ancestor Dragon hurled it. The myriad waters of the sea were stirred, and the divine ge transformed into a dragon. One dragon soared into the sky, followed by a hundred dragons emerging from the sea.
The Phoenix and the female phoenix circled and flew together, colliding with the divine dragon. Dragon roars, phoenix cries, the world fell silent, and a hundred dragons roared in unison.
All beings felt their hearing disappear, and apart from the dragon roars and phoenix cries, nothing else could be heard.
The Dragon and Phoenix fought with water and fire, and the Great Dao of heaven and earth spontaneously responded.
At this moment, countless cultivators who practiced the Great Dao of water and fire absorbed its power, drawn by the authority of water and fire. For a time, they were evenly matched.
Behind the Ancestor Phoenix appeared the primal essence of the Great Dao of Fire, the Fire Dao Wheel. As this wheel emerged, the heavens and earth trembled, and all fires went out of control, even the divine fire on the sun lost its control.
Endless fiery power surged into the phoenix, which instantly grew, soaring high and landing upon Mount Buzhou.
The Divine Phoenix, standing proudly at the summit of Buzhou, overlooked all beings from above the thirty-third heaven.
The primal essence of the Great Dao was something only those who had reached the ultimate extreme, or half-step Hunyuan, could possess. It could summon all beings of heaven and earth with the authority of the Dao. Within that Dao, they were invincible and omnipotent.
That is to say, a Pangu could create a heaven, split the earth, and create life!
The Divine Phoenix bird stood at the peak of Buzhou, let out a long cry, and opened its mouth, swallowing the phantom images of a hundred dragons. Immediately, a dozen phantom dragons were consumed.
Ancestor Dragon snorted coldly, and behind him, the Water Dao Wheel also appeared. The Water Dao formed a force, transforming into an infinite ocean of heaven. The hundred dragons entered the sea, drawing water and forming boundless waves. It was as if the celestial river had spilled over, and the Dragon's might raged, sweeping across Buzhou with overwhelming force.
The boundless water suppressed the overwhelming divine fire, stifling the Phoenix clan's divine abilities. Great Wind Novel Network.
The Ancestor Phoenix retreated a step, disappearing from the Phoenix Platform and reappearing behind the Undying Volcano in the Southern Sky.
Her figure became as colossal as Buzhou, her height like a giant's. She embraced the Undying Volcano with both hands, her face filled with coldness. The twin Phoenix images returned to the Southern Sky, circling above her head.
At the same time, the Undying Volcano in the Southern Sky trembled in the Ancestor Phoenix's embrace. The Undying Volcano, dormant for hundreds of Yuan Hui, finally erupted!
Endless lava spewed out from the largest Undying Volcano in the Primordial World, its terrifying heat flow inexhaustible.
Ancestor Dragon chuckled and said, "Do you think I'm afraid?"
With a wave of his hand, twenty-three divine pearls appeared, arranged according to the rules of the Zhou Tian Xing Xiu, forming thirty-three layered heavens encircling the Undying Volcano above the Southern Sky.
Upon seeing these thirty-three divine pearls, the Ancestor Qing Luan was shocked and immediately roared, "Qu! How dare you betray our clan!"
Years ago, when the twelve Dinghai Divine Pearls appeared, she had personally gone and led Qu to snatch nine of them. But of these thirty-six complete magical treasures, only three were missing. It was indeed Qu who had secretly returned them to the Dragon clan!
"Guards! Order the Ninth Elder to personally enforce clan rules, severely punish the traitor Qu, cripple his cultivation for this life, and imprison him in the Earth's Heart Dungeon forever!"
Meanwhile, Qing Ling, above the Eastern Wilds, looked up at the thirty-three layers of sea heavens. He thought of the three Dinghai Divine Pearls hidden in Xi Mountain.
If these three were counted, then all thirty-six Dinghai Divine Pearls would be complete, falling into the hands of Ancestor Dragon, the progenitor of all waters. This would be like adding wings to a tiger, far more beneficial to Ancestor Dragon than two supreme spiritual treasures!