In the phoenix's nest, the two men stared at one another. They were both filled with excitement.
"Why does the atmosphere feel a little strange?" Li Qingshan rubbed his head.
"Don't daydream. Accept this power properly. Don't die!"
Feng Xiwu waved his hands, and his sleeves fluttered. Wutong tree branches that resembled scarlet copper extended out from all directions of the phoenix's nest, wrapping around Li Qingshan layer by layer and forming a cocoon.
"Come! I can't die!" Li Qingshan understood Feng Xiwu's plan and roused himself.
"Go!" Feng Xiwu bellowed out. The divine wutong tree's roots that extended deep into the magma absorbed the flames of the earth furiously, converting them into extremely pure fire spiritual energy. Some of the thinner roots were unable to endure the tremendous flames of the earth and directly turned to ash, but he could no longer care about them.
After ten thousand years of waiting, he finally saw a sliver of hope. He no longer cared about anything else. He had already paid so much, so was there still a little more left?
The divine wutong tree shook violently, and Feng Xiwu's figure blurred. Every single wutong branch lit up with scarlet light, pouring into Li Qingshan's body like a blood transfusion. This was the purest power of the fire spiritual energy.
In that moment, Li Qingshan felt like he was about to explode. He did not feel any fear, only joy. Only a spiritual root of the world like the divine wutong tree could do something like this, and there would not be a second chance like this.
He circulated the Phoenix's Scripture of Nirvāṇa, and the phoenix wings unfurled to the limit. They were unprecedentedly beautiful and dazzling, blazing with flames. Then, he embraced the phoenix's embryo firmly in his arms, communicating with the sliver of consciousness within the embryo.
Having self-awareness was good, but if this sliver of consciousness resisted Li Qingshan's assistance, then it would instead be a bad thing. But fortunately, perhaps it was because of his phoenix bloodline. The phoenix's embryo accepted his soul sense very soon.
Due to his experience of dual cultivating with Gongyuan, coupled with the fact that the sliver of consciousness was pure and flawless like a piece of white paper, it achieved the deepest level of compatibility very soon. As the Phoenix's Scripture of Nirvāṇa circulated, the tremendous power in the phoenix's embryo rapidly gathered and condensed. That bit of consciousness also developed and grew.
On the other hand, Li Qingshan's cultivation in the Phoenix Transformation was ceaselessly improving as well. In less than a year's time, he'd attained the peak of the third level. He was just about to continue working hard and break through to the fourth level, but he was stuck here. No matter how many times he tried, he was unable to break through.
"Damn it, I actually encountered a bottleneck at this time!" Li Qingshan frowned slightly. A bottleneck was not something that could be broken through just by gritting one's teeth. Otherwise, there would not be so many cultivators who had lifelong regrets.
Once he encountered a bottleneck, he would either be enlightened overnight, or he would have to spend time to overcome it. Most of the time, both were indispensable. Under such circumstances, any external help would be useless. The surging power that the divine Wutong tree had channeled had nowhere to be released.
On the other hand, the bit of consciousness within the phoenix egg rapidly grew with his help and occupied the entire phoenix egg.
"Alright. I will do my best to help you. Let's see how strong you can become! " Li Qingshan simply channeled all of the divine Wutong tree's power into the phoenix egg. The phoenix egg turned into a tiny burning sun, so resplendent that one could not look at it directly.
The tremendous power that the phoenix egg possessed even began to exceed that of ordinary Daemon Commanders. It was progressing towards Daemon Monarchs. Even Li Qingshan could not imagine what sort of 'monster' he would hatch into. Would it be a Daemon Monarch the moment it was born? It couldn't be that exaggerated, right?
Time flew by. Inside the phoenix egg. The thick liquid formed from pure spiritual energy began to take shape bit by bit.
The tremendous life force was transforming into a true life form, an undying phoenix.
Perhaps it had waited for too long. That bit of consciousness was eager to break out of the egg from the moment it was formed. In less than three years, the embryonic form appeared. The bit of consciousness had already completely fused with the body, transforming into a true will.
Although Li Qingshan was happy, he could not help but feel somewhat regretful.
At this moment, something happened to the phoenix's embryo. In a daze, Li Qingshan saw an extremely magnificent phoenix soaring through the sky. Apart from brother ox, it was the most powerful life form he had ever seen. It was so noble that it could overlook the entire world.
The phoenix let out a glorious cry that resounded through his mind, as if it was telling him something. No, it was telling the unborn phoenix chick.
Suddenly, thousands of pieces of information surged into his mind, transforming into billions of images.
Every piece of information and image contained the truth of the world. They were extremely continuous, but it was difficult to clearly describe what they meant. It was like a dream, clear and real, yet vague and indistinct. After waking up from the dream, everything had turned to nothing.
Li Qingshan suddenly understood. This was the legacy of the phoenix!
If a person grew up in the wild, without the guidance of parents or teachers, they would not be much stronger than a monkey. Their ability to survive might even be inferior to a monkey.
However, a divine beast like the phoenix was different. It was like the legendary sage that was born with knowledge. Even if it was far away from its parents before it was born, there was a natural legacy in its bloodline. The moment it awakened from the chaos, it would enlighten it, allowing it to understand where it came from and where it was going. It would not lose its way or forget who it was.
This "legacy of the phoenix" was not "wisdom imbuement." Instead, it was more like the "wisdom fruit" of the Banyan Tree King, but even more wondrous.
While enlightening, it did not affect the independence of the young phoenix's will. That was why it felt like a dream to Li Qingshan.
Dreams were not actually "empty." Instead, they originated from the deeper subconscious of the sea of consciousness. They were far more vast and profound than the surface consciousness. This caused the young phoenix to be born with extremely high intelligence. Coupled with its natural strength, it could completely survive on its own.
As Li Qingshan hatched the phoenix's embryo, he also shared in this dream of the phoenix that had been passed down through the ages.
Vaguely, he seemed to be in thought, like he had gained something, and like he had lost something.
All this time, the Phoenix's Scripture of Nirvāṇa had been the most difficult cultivation method he had ever practised. Even with Feng Xiwu's full assistance, he still felt extremely sluggish. In the end, he reached a bottleneck, unable to take even a single step forward.
In Feng Xiwu's words, he had only inherited the phoenix's bloodline, but he had not comprehended the phoenix's heart. However, probably even Feng Xiwu had no idea what the phoenix's heart was.
But at this moment, Li Qingshan felt like he had comprehended it, but he was unable to describe it with specific words.
"The phoenix's heart never dies from nirvāṇa."
Li Qingshan murmured silently. The bottleneck vanished as if it had never existed in the first place.
He had broken through to the fourth layer of the Phoenix's Scripture of Nirvāṇa!
Before he could even celebrate, the rumbling of thunder passed through the layers of worlds and boomed by his ears!
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