"Y- you can hatch the egg?" Feng Xiwu grabbed Li Qingshan's shoulder and asked in surprise.
"It's the phoenix's embryo. Thank you!" Li Qingshan smiled.
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Alright, there's no need to worry about these minor details. Answer me."
"I'm very confident, but I need a little help from you." Li Qingshan raised the little finger on his right hand. "Think about it. A phoenix that's extremely powerful the moment it hatches. Just like the saying goes, preparation is the key to success. It's all thanks to your hard work in the past few years. He'll become a phoenix among phoenixes!"
Feng Xiwu grabbed his hand. "As long as you can hatch it successfully, let alone a little, even a few or a hundred won't be a problem!"
"That would be for the best. My friend, lend me a hand!"
"Alright, my friend!"
The two of them suddenly became friendly. Little Ann shook his head gently. "Take your time with the hatching. I'll go cultivate outside."
"About that …" Feng Xiwu hesitated.
"I'm not leaving Fire Melt mountain."
Feng Xiwu considered it. "You can leave Fire Melt mountain if you want."
Li Qingshan asked in surprise, "Why'd you suddenly change your mind?"
"Trust is very important! And, since she's willing to come here for you, she definitely won't speak carelessly without any regard for your safety. "
"Scheming like that is not what a gentleman would do."
"I'm also valuing your friendship!"
Little Ann left the phoenix's nest and sat down under the divine wutong tree, beginning to meditate and cultivate. She also needed time to digest the Divine Nun of the South Sea's teachings so that she could establish a foundation for the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty.
Qingshan is already heading towards the third heavenly tribulation. I can't fall too far behind.
Above the sea of lava and beneath the glowing wutong tree, time flowed by in a hurry.
Li Qingshan formally began hatching the egg. Since the phoenix's embryo was unable to unite such great power, he would do it. As he practised the Phoenix's Scripture of Nirvāṇa, he recalled the feeling when he became an egg. His presence gradually faded away, but he gave off a light similar to the phoenix's embryo, flickering like he was breathing.
Gradually, the frequency at which the two lights flickered matched each other, forming a whole.
Feng Xiwu originally had some doubts, but only when he saw this did he completely believe him. His figure suddenly vanished, and his voice echoed through the entire phoenix's nest. "I know you want to borrow my power to cultivate. Just like how a drop of water is returned with a spring of water, I, Feng Xiwu, will never be stingy. Accept this power!"
In the blink of an eye, the phoenix nest rippled with a magnificent red light, surging towards Li Qingshan and the phoenix egg.
Li Qingshan's final objective was definitely still cultivation, but that was exactly what Feng Xiwu had planned to do in the first place. According to his original thoughts, hatching the phoenix's embryo would definitely require tremendous amounts of power. How could a single Daemon Commander support it? All he needed was Li Qingshan's bloodline. He had already spent ten thousand years, so why would he be stingy at a time like this?
Although Li Qingshan had pointed out the true reason why the phoenix's embryo could not be hatched in a single sentence, Feng Xiwu was very willing to assist him in cultivation since he was confident he could hatch the most powerful phoenix chick under these circumstances.
"Phew, what pure fire spiritual energy. It really is the divine wutong tree after all. Coupled with the phoenix's nest, it just happens to suppress the power of the spirit turtle and increase the power of the phoenix, so even though there's a difference in cultivation, it's extremely close to a balance. That's just fantastic.
Li Qingshan was overjoyed. Using this power, he suppressed the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression slightly and achieved a subtle balance, beginning to balance fire and water.
In that moment, his body erupted with deep-blue light again, intertwining with the scarlet light. After dual cultivating with Gongyuan, he had suppressed the Spirit Turtle's Method of Sea Suppression from reaching the fifth layer, but he had become even more profound and tranquil after absorbing the aura of Ruin's End.
Feng Xiwu paid close attention. He was greatly surprised. Just what are his origins? He possesses three bloodlines at the very least, and every single one of them is extremely powerful, even surpassing the phoenix's bloodline. And, there's even a water bloodline on the level of divine beasts that counters the phoenix.
Even if Li Qingshan was a phoenix or a true dragon, it would not have surprised him so much. There were still many divine beasts and exotic beasts that possessed the bloodlines of the phoenix and the true dragon in ancient times. However, let alone seeing an existence that possessed several high level bloodlines like this, he had basically never even heard of it.
The higher the grade of the bloodline, the purer it was, and the more difficult it was to merge with it. If he could unleash every single bloodline, just what kind of power would he possess?
Even Feng Xiwu was unable to imagine it.
Li Qingshan was completely focused. This was the first time he had used his own strength to balance water and fire without the assistance of the Flower of Water and Fire, but he was filled with confidence.
The Nine Transformations of the Demonic and Divine definitely did not require a Ru Xin in the world to practise. He could definitely make the spirit turtle and the phoenix coexist peacefully through his own efforts. It would just be very difficult, requiring tremendous amounts of time and effort. However, it would only be strange if such a powerful cultivation method was not difficult.
He had been quite lucky in this aspect. He had encountered Ru Xin, which allowed him to overcome the initial difficulties with relative ease. However, just like other spiritual medicines, he could only use them as a supplementary method. If he relied on external items too much, there would be a day when he would struggle to advance, and he did not want Ru Xin to expend her essence blood to refine medicine for him either.
Now was the time for him to unleash his own strength. He had accumulated his initial experience after all! With such a great environment, he believed it would not be too difficult!
Time passed in the nest. Li Qingshan and Little Ann both immersed themselves in cultivation. However, the battle of Fire Melt mountain had already shaken up the entire Mist province, spreading through the world. As one of the few great organisations in the Mist province, they had actually been wiped out. Even the three Fire Devouring Kings had failed to escape. It was basically unbelievable.
Both sides had mobilised over ten great cultivators and otherfolk kings in this battle. A battle on such a scale was like the first ray of sunlight at dawn in the nine provinces that had endured several millennia of peace, heralding a change in the times and the arrival of chaos.
The tragic outcome of the death of five people also shocked everyone.
Over the past few millennia, the number of human great cultivators that had died in battle did not exceed ten. Something so rare that only happened once in several centuries had actually come so easily. It had suddenly happened in the same place, at the same time.
Who could sit back and relax? Even vassal kings like the King of Southern Yue and Chu Lie King were bold enough to say they could survive every single battle.
The gazes of all the kings gathered on the shore of the South sea, gathering as much information as they could about this battle.
However, because the Mist province had always been a land of wilderness, and the south was the wilderness among the wilderness, the fire devourers had been wiped out, and the Merfolk had always remained in seclusion, so the surviving Merfolk warriors had all been ordered to keep their mouths shut. Ji Changfeng and the others were not blabbermouths either, so while there was plenty of information, there was very little that could be verified.
With this battle, the name of the King of Savages, Li Qingshan, began to spread through the world. He had taken over Fire Melt mountain as his dwelling and become the king of the south. This was impossible to hide, and it was very difficult for people to not pay attention to it.
However, that was all they paid attention to. In the cultivation community, cultivation was the highest standard for evaluating a person, or even the only standard. Who knew how many Merfolk and Fire Devourers at his realm of cultivation had died in this battle, but it did not affect the overall situation at all.
Due to Li Qingshan's complicated background and identity, there were many conspiracy theories. Some said that the Chu Lie King had sent him to cause internal strife in the Mist province; some said that the King of Southern Yue had sent him to uproot Fire Melt mountain in preparation for the war between countries; the Banyan Tree King had not run away either. The fire devourers were a race that refused to become a part of his alliance and liked to set forests on fire. He had probably wanted to destroy them a long time ago …
In short, basically everyone believed that Li Qingshan was a chess piece for a certain side. For the sake of achieving a certain objective, he had become a pawn, active in this grand game of chess and lucky enough to receive his reward in the end.
However, only the few people who had been included in the conspiracy theories understood that he was not their chess piece. Only an even smaller number of people understood that he was not anyone's chess piece, but a chess player who could change the overall situation. If it were not for his efforts, the final battle on Fire Melt mountain would not have existed at all, nor would they have emerged victorious.
Only Li Qingshan and Little Ann understood that compared to playing chess with others and playing with schemes and schemes, he preferred to overturn the chessboard and directly beat up the chess players. He was currently progressing in this direction too.
In the depths of the sea, a great celebratory banquet was currently being held in the Crystal palace. The magnificent palace was filled with a joyous atmosphere.
"What a rude person. He clearly agreed to come, yet he's actually not coming at all!" Gongyuan said coldly and placed the crystal cup in her hand on the jade table heavily. There was an empty seat to her lower right. That was originally Li Qingshan's seat. Once he began cultivating, he completely forgot about small matters like this.
"Please calm down, your majesty. Qingshan must have some urgent matters to attend to. It must be great fortune for him to gain the divine wutong tree's recognition!" Ji Changfeng drank a cup with a smile. After his revenge, he seemed even more high-spirited than before.
"That must be the case. The divine wutong tree is actually such a powerful Daemon King. Probably no one expected the fire devourers to fail to obtain its assistance even after occupying Fire Melt mountain for so long. The moment the King of Savages arrived, he immediately came out to meet them. I really can't help but admire him. I've seen countless people in my life, but I can't help but admit that I've really misjudged him this time!"
The speaker was an old man with a goatee. He happened to be the head caretaker of the King of Yue's estate, mister Ram. Who knew what mission he was on, but he had also come to attend the celebratory banquet.
"Mister Ram, you should drink a cup as punishment." Gongyuan's tone softened, and she no longer looked at the empty seat. After destroying Fire Melt mountain, her relationship with the King of Yue's estate had instead become even more important. She dared not be careless at all.
Although the battle of Fire Melt mountain had eradicated all future threats, they had paid a relatively heavy price too. A Merfolk King had died in battle, and most of their core forces had been destroyed. Right now, the Merfolk of the South sea were at their weakest. They needed a lengthy period of time to recover, so they definitely could not afford to become enemies with the King of Southern Yue's estate at a time like this. As long as they endured through this period and endured until the world descended into chaos, then they would be free to do as they pleased.
Once the chaotic era of the nine provinces ended, perhaps the humans and daemons would be surprised by the establishment of a new order on the sea. She would lead the Merfolk race back to the age of the divine kingdom.
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