Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 582 - 430: First Calamity of the 7th Tier Demonic Body_2
The water clinging to his feathers made Hong Yuan’s movements even more cumbersome. But the most pressing crisis was his need to break free from the iron cage quickly—much faster than the other Fire Sparrows. Otherwise, if the other Fire Sparrows swarmed and blocked the only opening, he would "die" outright.
FLAP, FLAP...
The sound of wings slapping against the water was continuous.
The Fire Sparrows around Hong Yuan panicked, frantically struggling towards the sole exit. Yet, even more Fire Sparrows became immobilized upon sinking into the lake with the iron cage, barely clinging to life.
"Heaven creates all things to nurture man."
"Man has nothing with which to repay Heaven."
"Kill, kill, kill!!!"
Madness glinted in Hong Yuan’s eyes, his face twisted and ferocious. Instead of fighting for the only exit, he opened his beak and gnawed at the dying Fire Sparrows beside him, devouring their flesh in huge gulps.
Streams of peculiar power surged within Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body, spiraling through his skeletal wings and suffusing his feathers. The path of his Demonic Body’s Xuan Guangqiao was the Food Tao—mysterious, unfathomable, and even more profound than the Temporal Tao!
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CRACK—
A sound like shattering glass echoed. The lake world where Hong Yuan was began to fracture, spreading outwards like a spiderweb in all directions, feeling as if it would shatter at a touch. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
The next moment, a majestic and proud phoenix cry resounded loudly in the sky. A colossal, fiery red silhouette completely dominated the heavens, unrestrainedly revealing its form.
Phoenix!
Her figure was slender and her posture graceful. Plumes of Strange Fire arose with the wind, burning the very heavens. Yet her expression was so lively and cunning, as if she possessed her own consciousness.
Before Hong Yuan could react further, the phoenix turned slowly amidst a celebratory shower of petals, as if scattered by celestial maidens, and transformed into a human. She was none other than the Demon Clan’s previous Destiny—the Phoenix Goddess, Ji Yinglan!
"My power has returned."
Meanwhile, Hong Yuan, his True Body now restored, mused silently. Unsurprisingly, he had passed the Phoenix Goddess’s test and earned her approval. Heh, that was to be expected. If a survival competition were held, he was confident he could secure a top-three position among the Demon Clan’s Destinies and contend for first place!
Ahead, Ji Yinglan, with a charismatic and bold stance, danced with her hands. She slowly formed a Taiji Tao Seal, intending to pass her power to Hong Yuan.
Layer upon layer of Strange Fire appeared, tens of thousands of kinds in total. Each type of Strange Fire was incredibly powerful, fused as they were with Fire Tao Marks!
If Lin Bu Jing, who practiced "Ten Thousand Fires Burn the Sky," were to obtain them, he would be ecstatic to the point of madness. Indeed, the Divine Power inheritance passed down by the Phoenix Goddess Ji Yinglan held too great an allure for Fire Tao cultivators.
It was a fire cultivation method capable of advancing one by leaps and bounds, holding the potential to reach the ninth tier!
But unexpectedly, Hong Yuan laughed lightly. "As a Destiny, aren’t you being a bit too stingy? I want all of it!"
BOOM!
In that instant, a blue Immortal Cave materialized behind Hong Yuan.
The blue Immortal Cave was incredibly profound and mysterious, seemingly containing a great and terrible power within.
"Swallow," Hong Yuan uttered softly, his steps calm as he continued forward.
The blue Immortal Cave behind him, however, roared into action. It transformed into a realm of its own, pressing down on Ji Yinglan with immense momentum and brazenly devouring her.
Ji Yinglan fought back frantically, unleashing various unique and powerful fire cultivation methods. However, they were all effortlessly swallowed by the blue Immortal Cave, which even let out what sounded like a satisfied belch.
[Fire Tao +1,000]
[Fire Tao +1,000]
[...]
[School: Fire Tao (Grandmaster 7%) → Fire Tao (Grandmaster 11%)]
As the blue Immortal Cave returned to Hong Yuan’s body, his aura surged significantly, becoming even more profound and unfathomable.
This single act of devouring had saved Hong Yuan years of cultivation effort!
The legacy of just a single Heavenly Messenger yielded such great gains; Hong Yuan was very pleased.
At this moment, Hong Yuan was humming a tune as he continued to explore the Land of Oblivion.
In truth, it wasn’t that Ji Yinglan was too weak; rather, Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body was strong—exceedingly so.
If the Human Race’s Great Dream Emperor was the most powerful Great Emperor from ancient times to the present, then the corresponding Destiny of the Demon Clan—his fated rival—would naturally be the Demon Clan’s strongest Destiny throughout history!
From the very beginning, Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body was benchmarked against the Great Dream Emperor. One could only imagine such a level of strength.
Even among the Demon Clan’s many Destinies, the talent, insight, and power of Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body were in a league of their own, utterly unique.
And this was precisely why Hong Yuan possessed such profound confidence, enough to claim he could prevent the Great Dream Emperor’s advent even if besieged by the Human Race.
His Demonic Body was strong—incredibly strong!
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Among the Demon Clan’s many Destinies, Hong Yuan was most familiar with the Great Moon Saint, Han Jiuming.
Through the Bloodline Dream Realm, Hong Yuan had experienced the most crucial stages of Han Jiuming’s life, nearly concluding that his Demonic Body was Han Jiuming’s reincarnation.
Ultimately, however, Hong Yuan still could not determine the precise relationship between his Demonic Body’s Xuan Guangqiao and the Great Moon Saint, Han Jiuming.
However, from another perspective, it wasn’t entirely out of the question to consider Hong Yuan’s Demonic Body an alternative form of Holy Venerable Rebirth, akin to that of the Great Moon Saint.
Consequently, upon now encountering the Dao Cache of the Great Moon Saint in the Land of Oblivion, Hong Yuan surprisingly felt little interest.
Han Jiuming.
Heh, in this era, my Xuan Guangqiao will undoubtedly dominate Black Heaven.
