Ten thousand rays of light shot straight into the clouds. Beneath the radiance, a terrifying giant figure over five thousand feet tall stood between heaven and earth.
"He succeeded..."
The three Beast Venerables simultaneously let out sighs of relief, but upon seeing the gigantic figure, shock still rose uncontrollably within their hearts.
"A five thousand foot Sovereign Celestial Body. No, it should already be called a Sovereign Celestial Phase. It is even stronger than some peak Lower Earth Sovereigns. As expected of an ancient Celestial Body inherited from the Ancient Era!"
Just as the three Beast Venerables were still sighing in amazement, an ancient scroll suddenly flew out. In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire sky and directly absorbed the five thousand foot Five Spirits Deity Celestial Body into itself!
"What is that thing?!"
The three Beast Venerables were greatly alarmed.
That was a Sovereign Celestial Phase at the Earth Sovereign level. Even a High Rank Saint Artifact could not possibly swallow such a Celestial Phase without someone controlling it.
Moreover, from the sky covering scroll, all three sensed an incomparably ancient aura, one even older than themselves, as though it had existed since the birth of heaven and earth.
"Could this object be a Primordial Saint Artifact?"
As the former rulers of the entire Divine Beast Plains, the three Beast Venerables naturally possessed extraordinary knowledge. They also understood certain secrets even older than the Ancient Era.
Among them were existences known as "Primordial Saint Artifacts," treasures said to have appeared together with the creation of heaven and earth itself, each possessing incredibly mysterious abilities.
Yes, the three Beast Venerables could only describe them with the word "mysterious." This was because Primordial Saint Artifacts were not necessarily the strongest treasures, but every single one possessed its own miraculous ability.
Unfortunately, they did not know the origins of the scroll before them.
Still, they could guess that Liu Bai must have obtained it from the Five Emperor Divine Sovereign, this ancient god. Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain how an ordinary human youth with neither status nor background could acquire such a supreme treasure.
Ignoring the wild speculations of the three Beast Venerables outside, Liu Bai remained rather calm after being absorbed into the Immortal True Form Diagram.
After all, he had already experienced this place before, although only his consciousness had entered previously.
Now that his true body had entered, he could not help but feel a bit of anticipation.
Upon entering the space within the Immortal True Form Diagram, Liu Bai appeared atop the altar he had once seen before.
Before him stood the five gigantic figures that towered between heaven and earth.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Bai slowly raised his head.
As he gazed at the five enormous pillars of light stretching across heaven and earth, he realized that unlike the stone statues he had previously seen with his consciousness, he could now clearly sense an incomparably ancient and mysterious aura within these pillars.
At the center of every pillar, a vague ancient figure could faintly be seen.
"So this is the true Five Emperor Celestial Body..."
At this thought, Liu Bai recalled the three year agreement he once made with the Five Emperor Divine Sovereign.
Calculating the time, it should already be enough.
"It seems it is finally time to make a trip to the Five Elements Space. As long as I can obtain the Five Elements Spiritual Talisman, then I will gain the qualifications to mobilize the power of the Five Emperor Celestial Body within this Immortal True Form Diagram..."
After all, the Ancient Heavenly Palace still contained the remnant soul of a top tier Heavenly Demon Emperor. Even the Ancient Heavenly Emperor had only managed to seal that terrifying existence at the cost of his own life. With only Earth Sovereign cultivation, Liu Bai would probably not be able to handle it without truly powerful trump cards.
In the original story, that fellow appeared to be effortlessly suppressed by the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor, but that was only because those two were among the strongest experts in the current Great Thousand World. If it were any other Heavenly Sovereign, they would likely have struggled greatly as well.
Of course, Liu Bai could also rely on his advantage of foresight to prevent that devil from being released in the first place.
In the original story, if those people had not been blinded by greed and pulled out the Heavenly Emperor Sword used to seal the demon soul, the monster would never have been released. Furthermore, with Lu Huan acting as an internal traitor, the demon soul continuously devoured the flesh and blood of Earth Sovereigns to recover its strength, eventually dragging even everyone else down with it. Only then did the remnant soul of the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor regain part of its power.
As long as Liu Bai stopped those people consumed by greed beforehand, the situation should still have room to change.
He simply did not know whether, because of his own appearance, the daughters of the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor would still appear this time. If those two were present, then perhaps Liu Bai could make some arrangements.
Even if he could not become the son in law of the Flame Emperor or Martial Ancestor, obtaining a favor from them should not be a problem, right?
Countless thoughts flashed through Liu Bai's mind in an instant, but he eventually suppressed them all and prepared to see what sort of benefits the Immortal True Form Diagram intended to grant him by actively pulling him inside this time.
The five thousand foot Five Spirits Deity Celestial Body stood within the Divine Sea space like a pillar supporting the heavens!
Yet before those five light figures, it looked no different from a child standing before adults.
Just as Liu Bai was wondering what would happen next, the Five Spirits Deity Celestial Body suddenly trembled violently. Then the five Divine Deity masks rapidly flew out and aligned one by one with the five light figures.
In the next instant, Liu Bai saw the five terrifying figures slowly open their eyes.
Boom!
Liu Bai only felt his head shake violently. Endless radiance filled his vision, followed by an immense power of Five Elements Origin directly pouring into his body.
The Five Elements Spiritual Talisman within Liu Bai's body immediately flew out, releasing endless suction as though it wanted to devour and absorb all the Five Elements Origin power.
Yet these were merely tiny traces leaking from the eyes of the five Divine Emperor phantoms. The true bulk of the power was entirely transmitted through those eyes into the five Divine Deity masks.
Liu Bai widened his eyes with great effort and saw that beneath the five Divine Deity masks floating in the sky, five body phantoms were gradually forming under the infusion of endless Five Elements Origin. Aside from their colors, all five figures looked exactly the same.
"Damn! Are they upgrading my Five Spirits Deity Celestial Body into the Five Emperor Celestial Body?!"
At this moment, Liu Bai became instantly excited!
However, reality soon proved he had overthought things.
After the bodies beneath the five Divine Deity masks completely formed, the five Divine Emperor phantoms slowly closed their eyes once more.
In the next instant, the five Divine Deity masks directly absorbed the body phantoms beneath them before returning to their original positions and attaching themselves to the head of the Five Spirits Deity Celestial Body.
For a moment, violent Five Elements power erupted. The originally five thousand foot Five Spirits Deity Celestial Body expanded once again. Within only a few breaths, it had already reached a height of eight thousand feet.
Even Liu Bai could not help narrowing his eyes at this.
If he remembered correctly, even many Greater Earth Sovereigns did not possess Sovereign Celestial Bodies of such height, right?
This was also the simplest way to judge the strength of a Sovereign Celestial Body, by observing its height... After all, height represented both the intensity and quantity of spiritual energy. The stronger the Sovereign Celestial Body, the more its height would increase alongside its owner's cultivation.
This principle was the same for the true bodies of Divine Beasts as well.
Just as Liu Bai was rejoicing over the further improvement of his Celestial Body, an overwhelming force suddenly descended. In an instant, heaven and earth spun around him, and by the time he regained clarity, he had already reappeared above the Divine Sea.
As for the Immortal True Form Diagram, it had once again shrunk back to its ordinary size before directly drilling back into his body.
The three Beast Venerables looked at the suddenly reappearing Liu Bai. More accurately, their attention was focused on the Five Spirits Deity Celestial Body, which had expanded once again. They no longer even knew what to say.
At that exact moment, all four simultaneously sensed a blazing power erupting from deep within the Divine Sea space.
The eyes of the Undying Bird Beast Venerable immediately brightened.
"It should be Jiu You successfully refining the Undying Bird inheritance blood essence!"
Liu Bai was also delighted upon hearing this. Together with the Undying Bird Beast Venerable, he transformed into streaks of light and rushed toward Jiu You's location.
As for the Immortal True Form Diagram and what had happened within it, everyone tacitly chose not to mention it.
Meanwhile, upon the stone island where Jiu You was located.
A clear and resonant cry echoed through the heavens. Accompanied by the cry, boundless flames suddenly swept outward from the stone island, filling the sky within only a few breaths.
The flames were somewhat pale in color, yet they contained an extremely domineering power. As the flames surged upward, even the surrounding ocean gradually began boiling, while space itself showed signs of distortion.
The majestic spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed as though it might ignite at any moment.
Most astonishing of all was that these flames appeared to contain vigorous life force. Although they looked domineering and destructive, deep within them flourished boundless vitality, making them incomparably mysterious.
Such strange flames were naturally the unique Undying Flames of the Undying Bird!
And moreover, they were the highest level Undying Flames!
At the source of the flames was naturally Jiu You, who had been in seclusion for nearly half a year.
The current Jiu You had changed greatly compared to before. Her hair had grown much longer, and every strand burned with flames, drifting behind her like a magnificent fiery tail.
Furthermore, at the center of her forehead, a faint flame shaped mark had appeared. As the mark gradually brightened, the flames burning around her delicate body also became increasingly powerful.
A stream of white breath escaped from Jiu You's rosy lips. Instantly, the white breath transformed into pale flames that blazed fiercely. With a puff, a small tree on the ground ahead was instantly burned into ashes.
However, after the tree turned to ashes, the pale white flames did not disappear. Instead, they continued burning fiercely while a mysterious power quietly spread outward.
Then, from within the ashes of the small tree, a tender green sprout emerged once more, radiating life again.
As Jiu You gazed at the sprout emerging from the ashes, delight burst forth within her beautiful eyes.
"Very good. It seems you have already grasped some of the essence of these Undying Flames, even capable of transforming death into life. As long as you master this path, no matter how severe your injuries become in the future, you will be able to rapidly recover through the Undying Flames contained within your bloodline."
Naturally, the one speaking was the Undying Bird Beast Venerable who had arrived together with Liu Bai.
Seeing that Jiu You could already easily control the power of life and death reincarnation caused satisfaction to appear on the face of the Undying Bird Beast Venerable.
"And fortunately, you succeeded in merging with it this quickly. Otherwise, in another half year, this spiritual shadow of mine would completely dissipate. At that point, I would likely have been left with regrets..."
The Undying Bird Beast Venerable knew that her true spirit shadow could not last much longer. To her, Jiu You was her successor. Being able to witness Jiu You mastering the Undying Flames meant she could disappear without regrets.
As Jiu You looked at the gratified Undying Bird Beast Venerable, her nose turned slightly sour. She then solemnly knelt to the ground and respectfully performed a great bow toward the latter.
Liu Bai silently listened to the conversation between the two women without interrupting.
However, he noticed that Jiu You's cultivation had already broken through into the Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm, directly advancing by two grades. This also caused him to finally relax.
Jiu You was unlike Bai Bin and the other beast slaves. Liu Bai could not directly use the system to help her grow, so he could only do his best to seek greater opportunities for her and improve her bloodline. Only then would she have the possibility of reaching the peak.
Fortunately, Jiu You was also one of the very important characters in the original story. Liu Bai clearly understood her complete growth path, so he did not need to worry about nurturing her in the early stages.
The only somewhat difficult issue was how to allow her, after breaking through into the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, to rapidly grow strong enough to protect herself in future battles.
At the very least, she would need to become a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign...
"Little Jiu You, the road ahead must now be walked by yourself. Our Undying Bird Clan has always been sparse in numbers. Although we are also considered part of the Phoenix Clan, the rulers of the Phoenix Clan are only the True Phoenix and True Dragon. Toward us, they inevitably hold some wariness and caution."
After conversing for a while, the Undying Bird Beast Venerable also began giving her final instructions.
Back then, as one of the three Beast Venerables of the Divine Beast Plains, the Undying Bird Beast Venerable had also reached Saint Grade strength. Yet she had not chosen to live within the Phoenix Clan and instead remained in the Divine Beast Plains. The reasons behind this were naturally very complicated.
Liu Bai could understand this quite clearly.
After the two spoke for a while, the Undying Bird Beast Venerable tactfully left the remaining time to Liu Bai and Jiu You.
Sensing the changes in Liu Bai's aura, surprise and slight disappointment both appeared within Jiu You's beautiful eyes.
"I originally thought I could finally help you now. Yet in the end, I was left behind once again..."
Liu Bai smiled softly and reached out to pull the girl into his embrace.
"Who said you cannot help me now? The current you would already be considered a top heavenly genius even among the entire Divine Beast race!"
Liu Bai was not exaggerating at all.
Aside from the true supreme Divine Beast bloodline geniuses within the Dragon and Phoenix races, there were very few who could compare to Jiu You. Moreover, Jiu You had climbed step by step from an ordinary Nine Nether Bird to her current level. Compared to those born powerful, her growth was even more admirable.
"So next, should we leave?" Jiu You raised her head and looked into Liu Bai's eyes.
Liu Bai nodded while glancing around the Divine Sea space.
"Indeed, It is time to leave."
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