Chapter 555: Chapter 554: Lin Heng’s Sudden Epiphany, Southern Heaven Continent in Despair [Second Update]

The Phoenix Ancestor heard this, and immediately showed a look of joy.

"Friend, not only is your strength extraordinary, but your heart is also so broad and open. It truly makes this old man admire you immensely."

"I suppose those Quasi-Saints who took action that day can now rest easy." It stroked its beard and smiled, full of emotion.

Who would have thought that in the next second, they would hear Lin Heng say, "You’re too kind. Mainly, the Daoist Court’s affairs are busy, leaving no time to bear a grudge. Once I have some free time, I will track down those Quasi-Saints who besieged me one by one."

Lin Heng had a harmless smile on his face, looking extremely kind and pure, but what he said made the Phoenix Ancestor, who had just relaxed, instantly bristle.

Lin Heng glanced at the Celestial Demon Emperor and said with a smile: "Oh, Phoenix Ancestor, you don’t have to worry, after all, I am an old friend of your noble son."

These words of Lin Heng truly gave face to the Celestial Demon Emperor.

This made the usually proud Celestial Demon Emperor extremely pleased, and he directly patted Lin Heng on the shoulder and said: "Good brother, just for your words, if you need anything in the future, just tell me. Except for dying to deliver, I will do my utmost!"

"Oh? Really?" Lin Heng’s lips curled slightly.

The Celestial Demon Emperor’s eyes widened: "Of course, who in the world doesn’t know that I, the Celestial Demon Emperor, am as good as my word, valuing loyalty above all else!"

Lin Heng smiled and remarked upon hearing this: "Indeed."

He still remembered the matters of the Lower Realm.

The Celestial Demon Emperor indeed valued promises very much, just like that Demon Dragon back then.

"By the way, have you looked for that Demon Dragon?" Lin Heng asked impulsively, as he knew that back when the Underworld descended, the barriers to the human world disappeared, and ascension became simple, that Demon Dragon seemed to have also ascended.

"That mongrel?"

The Celestial Demon Emperor tilted his head arrogantly: "What do I, with my status, need with it?!"

He turned his face proudly away, yet in Lin Heng’s view, it looked more like he was avoiding his gaze.

At this point, the Phoenix Ancestor suddenly squinted and said: "Alright, I’ve known for years that you’ve been inquiring about an ascended Demon Dragon."

Upon hearing this, a fleeting nervousness flashed in the Celestial Demon Emperor’s eyes.

But in the next second, the Phoenix Ancestor spoke calmly: "Dragons and Phoenixes may be ancient foes, but I am not so old-fashioned as to unconditionally doom a postnatal transforming dragon demon."

"So, you don’t need to hide from me."

Confronting the Celestial Demon Emperor, the eyes of the Phoenix Ancestor remained always gentle.

The Celestial Demon Emperor felt a little moved internally, but being his usual prideful self, he choked back and said with disdain: "Nonsense, I live openly and honorably, no need to hide from you!"

Upon hearing this, the Phoenix Ancestor laughed heartily: "Alright, alright, whatever you say."

Beside them, Lin Heng watched this pair of pure-blooded Phoenix father and son, his heart full of emotion.

Who says Quasi-Saints lack sentiment?

Isn’t there an exception right here?

"Endless living beings, infinite Dao, where is there any absolute?"

"Conclusions and rules, all are made and said by others."

"But living beings shouldn’t be defined, nor should the Dao be just a few things."

Lin Heng suddenly had an epiphany, murmuring to himself: "Hence, the world is full of variables, as is cultivation."

"One need not compete for a Saint position to be considered a Saint..."

"Ancestral Master Shangqing..."

Suddenly, Lin Heng understood why Ancestral Master Shangqing had said those words back then.

No need to seek a Saint’s position, you have your own path to tread!

Boom! 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Suddenly, there was a roaring sound inside Lin Heng.

Daoist Skills thundered, and the hundreds of scriptures strove for brilliance.

Simultaneously, Purple Gold Immortal Light spread in all directions, so bright that the Celestial Demon Emperor could not keep his eyes open.

The Phoenix Ancestor was also taken aback, looking at Lin Heng with a horrified expression. Once the changes inside Lin Heng dissipated, it said in a trembling voice as if seeing a ghost: "Friend, your cultivation... advanced again?"

Lin Heng, who had unexpectedly gained two more threads of Saint’s Breath within, was also somewhat surprised, but upon being asked by the Phoenix Ancestor, he smiled slightly and said: "I had some insights, slight progress, not worth mentioning."

Hearing this, the Phoenix Ancestor couldn’t help but twitch the corner of its mouth, inexplicably feeling an urge to punch the other party.

The other’s nonchalant stance was exceedingly aggravating and pretentious.

What do you mean by slight progress?

Obviously, already at the Extreme Quasi-Saint, and still making progress from time to time, how are other Quasi-Saints supposed to live?

Moreover.

It seems nothing significant happened just now.

How did he suddenly have an epiphany?

This is ridiculous, can even rushing along a journey lead to an epiphany?

Is there anything more absurd?

"You, this guy, your talent is indeed astonishing, a prodigy of this era; even I might be slightly inferior." The Celestial Demon Emperor sighed, showing a bemused expression.

He wasn’t the least bit embarrassed.

Instead, making the Phoenix Ancestor twitch the corner of its mouth, feeling a sense of disgrace for the first time.

Lin Heng was both amused and helpless and said, "Indeed indeed, thank you, thank you."

The Celestial Demon Emperor grinned widely, returning to the main topic, and curiously asked: "By the way, I heard your Daoist Court has been campaigning everywhere recently. Why aren’t you overseeing the main army, and have come looking for me instead?"

Upon hearing this, the Phoenix Ancestor also looked at Lin Heng in perplexity.

It certainly didn’t think Lin Heng came just to visit an old friend.

"Honestly, I do have something to ask of you this trip." Lin Heng said seriously.

"Oh?" The Celestial Demon Emperor patted his chest: "Speak, just go ahead, as long as it’s something I can help with, I’ll definitely take care of it for you."

Lin Heng was about to explain, but suddenly had a sensation, and his gaze turned toward the far horizon.

The Phoenix Ancestor, also a Quasi-Saint, squinted and looked into the distance, then said gravely: "That place is the Southern Heaven Continent, there is the aura of a Demon Race Quasi-Saint; it intends to directly refine the entire continent!"

...

At that time, the Southern Heaven Continent, stretching millions of miles, was already enshrouded in a blood-colored barrier.

And above the firmament, there was a gigantic blood-colored demonic vessel hanging overhead.

On top of this demonic vessel stood a Quasi-Saint from the Demon Race.

Its form was immense, obscuring the sky and sun, white-headed with red feet, its face resembling a ferocious ape.

It was the legendary War-Bearing Fierce Beast, Zhu Yan!

At this moment, it exuded a terrifying aura, with Quasi-Saint’s pressure like the world weighing down, nearly stifling all living beings in the entire Southern Heaven Continent.

It was horribly terrifying; even before acting to refine, countless weak creatures were already blasted into blood mist under its pressure.

A Quasi-Saint who disregards cause and consequence, slaughtering indiscriminately, its terror is no less than an apocalypse!

At this time, the Southern Heaven Continent was engulfed in panic.

Especially after discovering that they couldn’t escape; any attempt to cross the bloody barrier at the border resulted in them being dissolved into blood.

All the various major and minor powers plunged into despair.

The entire Hidden Dragon Dynasty was under a dark cloud; they didn’t know what to do and could only invoke the true names of the Immortal Masters from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect, praying for the sect’s great gods’ protection.

However, what they didn’t know was that at this moment, the whole Vermilion Bird Immortal Sect was also wailing in despair.