With a sudden opening of the mouth!

A condensed, intensely hot white-platinum pillar of fire burst forth, distorting and blurring the space around it! Like a sword of divine retribution, it instantly swept across several newly formed gathering spots of Flame Spirits in the basin below.

The unfortunate Flame Walkers didn’t even have time to grasp the situation before their bodies vaporized and annihilated upon contact with the white-platinum fire pillar, leaving not even a trace of ash!

This Flaming Sun Sky Fire is indeed tremendously powerful! Xiao Jie felt a chill in his heart. Even these Fire Element spirits, with their maxed-out fire resistance, were as frail as paper against the pure True Sun Fire, utterly defenseless!

Yet, while this skill is powerful, the consumption is truly enormous as well. Just this single attack, and Xiao Jie clearly felt that the immense immortal power within him was almost half drained in an instant! His incarnation wobbled slightly, and its radiance dimmed a bit.

Fortunately, the body of an Immortal forms its own little universe, an inner Spiritual Energy Universe that slowly regenerates, allowing immortal power to gradually recover like a mortal’s strength. However, it seems this big move can’t be used carelessly and must be kept as a trump card.

Seeing Xiao Jie manage to wield the Flaming Sun Sky Fire, a skill only pure-blooded Golden Crows could master, albeit seemingly slightly weaker in power and purity, the Golden Crow Xi Huang believed Xiao Jie’s words.

"So, you really are a lost kin of the Golden Crow!" Xi Huang said in surprise, with vigilance and hostility in its tone dissipating significantly, replaced by the astonishment of finding a "relative."

Xiao Jie took the opportunity to check his visualization progress again. This time, it jumped to 91%!

Strange, it’s still not full? What exactly is hindering the last 9%?

At that moment, Xi Huang suddenly seemed to recall something extremely important, spreading its wings abruptly. The gentle light flames around it surged once more, becoming exceptionally lively and agitated.

Xiao Jie was startled and thought, what the heck? Hadn’t I already gained its trust? Why this sudden demeanor? Could the Golden Crow tribe have a special ritual to verify the authenticity of kin? Do we have to fight?

"Move away! Quickly move away!" Xi Huang suddenly emitted an urgent cry, starting to drive him away.

Xiao Jie was utterly bewildered by this sudden change: "What are you doing? We were just getting acquainted, can’t we chat more? Why drive me away?" As he spoke, he carefully maintained a safe distance.

"You fool, if you don’t leave, I’ll——" Xi Huang’s words were abruptly cut off.

A long, melodious, oddly enchanting call suddenly echoed from a massive subterranean magma crack deep within the basin.

Hearing this call, Xi Huang’s massive body trembled fiercely, immediately let out a high-pitched, urgent response! Ignoring Xiao Jie, it turned abruptly to face the direction of the sound and urged Xiao Jie one last time: "Get away, get away! Don’t cause trouble! Leave quickly!" Its tone was extremely anxious, as if one more second from Xiao Jie would ruin something tremendously important.

After saying this, it flapped its wings vehemently, transforming into a stream of golden light, flying skyward thousands of meters at a speed many times faster than before, seemingly eager to do something.

Xiao Jie was incredibly intrigued, but more than that, he had a strong premonition—that the key to the remaining 9% progress lay in whatever urgent thing Xi Huang was about to do!

Without hesitation, he flapped his wings to follow, yet cautiously kept a sufficiently safe distance while maximizing his Immortal Sense perception to diligently record every minute change in Xi Huang.

Xi Huang flew to an altitude of thousands of meters, almost reaching the thin cloud layer and finally stopped. It spread its massive wings, seemingly embracing the entire sky, hovering steadily above the vault of heaven.

Subsequently, it began to exude a purer, more dazzling golden flame than before! The flames grew increasingly intense, eventually enveloping its vast body entirely. From below, its specific form could no longer be seen, only an unbearably bright orb of light remained, impossible to look at directly!

Even more wondrous, the immense orb of light that Xi Huang transformed into, in position and brilliance, perfectly overlapped with the real sun at the center of the sky! At this moment, suspended in the sky, it resembled a second sun, emitting boundless light and heat, even slightly enhancing sunlight’s intensity in the area with its Divine Power!

What on earth is it doing? Simulating the sun? Conducting some ancient ritual?

No matter what it’s doing, this definitely is a ritual exceedingly important to the Golden Crow tribe, perhaps even related to their essence!

An inspiration dawned upon Xiao Jie, and he hastily imitated Xi Huang, trying with all his might to synchronize the Golden Crow Power simulated within him with the "sun" that Xi Huang had become. He also attempted to the utmost to emit light and heat from within, trying to replicate that solar feeling.

However, the light and heat Xiao Jie radiated, ultimately derived from imitation, were more about the heat and ferocity of flames, lacking the warmth, gentle creation, and vitality of genuine sunlight. Though similar in appearance, the internal laws were fundamentally different.

Xiao Jie adjusted his frequency meticulously, aiming to get closer. Suddenly, he felt a strange, intense, instinctual urge surge inexplicably from deep within this Golden Crow Incarnation!