The Little Vermilion Bird Ascends the Throne of Inheritance!
A divine light descended, bathing the Little Vermilion Bird in its glow.
On the throne of inheritance, the Little Vermilion Bird was restless, its body hunched over, its large eyes fixed on the Heavenly Fire Pool.
Its eyes were filled with worry.
However, the divine light restrained it, and crimson light surged from the throne of inheritance, all entering the Little Vermilion Bird's body.
Its heart was preoccupied with Ma Hongjun and the two Vermilion Birds who had fallen into the Heavenly Fire Pool.
But its body was receiving the inheritance of the Fire God.
At this moment, another crimson-gold seat formed behind the throne of inheritance.
This was the Companion Throne!
The seat reserved for the Fire God's messenger.
Seeing this seat appear, the soul beasts below erupted in excitement once more.
This time, the Companion Throne did not appear to block the light barrier. Previously
, when Huo Wu's identity was established, the Heavenly Fire Pool had once seen a Companion Throne.
Compared to the throne of inheritance, the Companion Throne appeared much more ethereal, as if it were a shadow of the throne of inheritance.
In fact, that was indeed the case.
The Vulcan's intention in establishing the dual thrones was to ensure that each inheritor had a corresponding inheritor messenger.
The messenger's role was to follow the Vulcan's arrangements, guide the inheritor through trials, and protect their growth.
The Vulcan chose inheritors not based on strength, but on talent, which is why many inheritors were not particularly powerful.
For example, Huo Wu and Little Vermilion Bird
were relatively weak, partly due to their short cultivation time.
However, their talent was undeniable!
The previously mentioned companion thrones required strength to claim.
Whoever was strongest sat on it!
Generally, aside from a few ambitious soul beasts seeking divine status,
most soul beasts desired this position,
as it represented immortality and freedom
from the calamity that appeared every 100,000 years!
The soul beasts began their assault on the companion thrones, with almost all of the twenty-odd soul beasts present participating.
Fighting was permitted on Vulcan Mountain at this time.
Little Chi also joined the struggle.
The messenger identities of different inheritors could overlap.
However, it seemed to have been ostracized; the other soul beasts united to drive it away. This
was because Xiao Chi had already obtained the identity of the Fire God's Messenger.
This hard-won spot for immortality was naturally not something the other soul beasts would give up to Xiao Chi.
Xiao Chi was very strong; in the Fire Domain, it was second only to the Vermilion Bird King among soul beasts,
possessing a cultivation of 500,000 years.
However, being resisted by more than twenty soul beasts over 100,000 years old was difficult even for the Vermilion Bird King.
Helpless, Xiao Chi had no choice but to leave Fire God Mountain.
As the Fire God's Messenger, it could fly near Fire God Mountain.
In truth, Xiao Chi was also greedy.
Having already obtained one position, it wanted to occupy another.
But that's how soul beasts are.
They always have a competitive spirit.
Like two tigers cannot share one mountain.
It didn't like anyone being its equal.
Perhaps, this is the superiority of the strong!
A chaotic battle erupted atop the mountain; from afar, Fire God Mountain looked like it was ablaze with fireworks.
Various colors flashed, and cries echoed through the sky.
The clouds changed colors under the flames.
Rainbows appeared intermittently, transforming the once peaceful and sacred Vulcan Mountain into a bustling metropolis.
The battle continued.
The not-so-large mountaintop bore an undue pressure.
The sheer destructive power of the aftershocks of so many hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts clashing was immense.
In a place like the Star Dou Great Forest, such an intensity of combat would have been enough to unleash a storm,
potentially even destroying the entire forest.
This demonstrated Vulcan Mountain's resilience. It
truly lived up to its name as the God of Fire.
No matter how powerful these soul beasts were,
they couldn't cause the slightest damage to the mountaintop. It seemed as if an invisible force was protecting the mountain.
High in the sky, the Little Vermilion Bird, seated on its throne, looked down upon the chaotic battle of soul beasts like a king.
It didn't move, but its gaze changed.
Seemingly lost in memories,
the group of soul beasts continued their battle, each vying for the throne.
But any that got close faced a combined attack from the others.
At this moment, no soul beast pondered why the weak little Vermilion Bird had gained the Fire God's approval.
Their capacity for thought was consumed by that one spot for immortality.
The little Vermilion Bird's aura shifted, wisps of crimson flame transforming.
Its orange flames grew increasingly intense.
Its eyes gradually cleared.
A cry rang out, seemingly a shout,
a catharsis!
The little Vermilion Bird's cry drew the attention of the other beasts.
However, no soul beast ceased its struggle for the throne.
In this situation, no soul beast would yield.
The weaker ones, already severely injured, had been forced to withdraw from the competition.
The little Vermilion Bird's gaze returned to the Heavenly Fire Pool.
Tears fell.
Its memories returned!
The Heavenly Fire Pool—it had entered it
three times! Reborn
three times!
This represented three cycles of reincarnation!
The little Vermilion Bird stared blankly at the Heavenly Fire Pool, lost in memories once more.
Below, other Vermilion Birds had already noticed it.
These were also soul beasts who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, and they knew about the little Vermilion Bird's three rebirths.
This had always been a miracle of the Vermilion Bird clan.
Normally, the success rate of the first rebirth in the Heavenly Fire Pool was less than one in ten.
The second time, the success rate was less than one in a hundred.
The third time, it was one in a thousand!
This was an astonishing conclusion.
Keep in mind, this base number wasn't all soul beasts,
but rather those at the hundred-thousand-year level.
Only hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts were qualified to enter the Heavenly Fire Pool.
And in the Fire Domain, there were only about twenty soul beasts.
That is to say, if more than twenty were to undergo rebirth together,
at most two or three would succeed.
The little Vermilion Bird, however, had succeeded three times.
Each rebirth was equivalent to a rebirth.
After a successful rebirth, the Vermilion Bird's memories vanished, and its body transformed into a Vermilion Bird egg, beginning a new life.
The little Vermilion Bird's previous three rebirths were all aided by the Vermilion Bird King.
These three rebirths had brought the little Vermilion Bird's affinity for fire to a very high level.
This seems to have been orchestrated by the Vermilion Bird King.
Having lived the longest in the Fire Domain, the Vermilion Bird King appears to have discovered some of the rules.
However, it must be said that the little Vermilion Bird's talent is truly exceptional.
Having regained her memories, the little Vermilion Bird understands many things: the Heavenly Fire Pool and the Throne of Inheritance are connected.
Only through continuous refinement in the Heavenly Fire Pool can one gain the recognition of the Throne of Inheritance.
This should also be the Fire God's intention in establishing the Heavenly Fire Pool and the Throne of Inheritance—
to use the Heavenly Fire Pool to select the inheriting soul beasts.
And what surged from the Crimson Gold Throne just now was the little Vermilion Bird's lost memories.
The Crimson Gold Throne seals the memories of every soul beast that enters the Heavenly Fire Pool.
Whoever sits on the throne can regain their memories!
There is no loss, only trials!
The Fire God is indeed harsh on the inheritance of soul beasts!
In this light, Huo Wu obtaining this inheritance qualification is far too easy!
Compared to this, it's truly too harsh and unfair to soul beasts.
Not only do they have to cultivate for ten thousand years, but they also have to experience this cycle of life and death, and more than once!
The little Vermilion Bird gazed calmly at the Heavenly Fire Pool, its body radiating a holy light.
But it felt no excitement.
Having experienced the Heavenly Fire Pool three times before, it knew the agony of entering it.
The stronger one was, the greater the pain.
Those were its parents,
and its only friend!
Its parents had each successfully traversed the Heavenly Fire Pool once; its success on its third attempt was a culmination of their experience.
Its father suspected the Heavenly Fire Pool held a great secret,
and thus had been planning the little Vermilion Bird's path to rebirth through Heavenly Fire.
The Vermilion Fruits of the Vermilion Bird Clan are almost all for the little Vermilion Bird to refine.
The higher the fire affinity, the greater the chance of passing the Heavenly Fire Pool.
Moreover, after Nirvana, the fire affinity will increase, but the difficulty will also increase accordingly.
The little Vermilion Bird's high fire affinity is due not only to its own talent but also to the Vermilion Bird King's careful cultivation.
The Vermilion Bird King had predicted that they would not be able to pass the second Nirvana.
Therefore, the possibility of success this time is too small, almost nonexistent.
The little Vermilion Bird knows that it will lose its parents.
Becoming a god comes at a great price!
The Vermilion Bird Clan, a family of three, has been planning for so many tens of thousands of years.
This time span is too long.
After the Vermilion Bird King's first Nirvana, it cultivated for 700,000 years, and its previous life before Nirvana was at least 100,000 years.
And this was all to pave the way for the next generation.
It is difficult for a soul beast to become a god!
The little Vermilion Bird has only obtained the qualification yet.
At this moment, the other Vermilion Birds also looked at the little Vermilion Bird, who now had a familiar aura.
The little Vermilion Bird let out a high-pitched cry towards the flock of Vermilion Birds below.
The other Vermilion Birds, sensing this,
also cried out, one after another, until all the Vermilion Birds joined in.
Their clan had produced a successor, and naturally, the Vermilion Bird clan would protect them.
At this moment, all the Vermilion Birds ceased their fighting.
They united to block the other soul beasts and
jointly supported the strongest Vermilion Bird to ascend the Companion Throne.
This was the power of a clan.
They understood unity!
When the members of a clan begin to consider and contribute to their race,
then the rise of that clan is not far off.
The Vermilion Bird clan was not without enemies in the Fire Domain, but their strength and unity made them
invincible !