Spirit Vessel

Feiyun channeled his phoenix energy in order to beckon the bone. He grabbed it and felt as if he was holding a star. His fingers started cracking.

"Boom!" A competition between the two ensued.

This was akin to a warrior trying to tame a wild stallion. The latter jumped back and forth while issuing loud ringing.

"Saint Domain!"

"Golden Silkworm Domain!"

"Phoenix Fire God Domain!"

"Grand Change Domain!"

"Myriad Beast Domain!"

It required all five domains to temporarily suppress the phoenix bone.

This seemed like a young saint more than a bone. If it wasn't for Feiyun's similar affinity, he would have been crushed and killed.

He landed on the ground after seeing that it was safe and told Hell Yama to come near. He wanted to refine this bone into his body and strengthen his power.

Since the bone felt a similar affinity, it took the initiative to sink into his flesh. It melted into the blood and entered the bones.

He felt his body being crushed with a sharp pain jolting his brains. The power within the bone was terrifying, far beyond what he currently possessed.

Remember, this was only a single bone. If this phoenix was still alive, it would be an entirely different scene.

Of course, in the case of a successful refinement, Feiyun's constitution and cultivation would greatly improve.

"Boom!" His body was being torn apart by its power.

"Endure!" He gritted his teeth and channeled the small amount of saint energy within. The ashes also flowed over and surrounded the bone.

"Crack!" All of his bones crumbled into dust with the exception of the forty-two phoenix bones.

Golden Silkworm Energy encapsulated his body and healed the bones.

"Condense!" Phoenix energy emanated from the forty-two bones and entered the runic one.

"Bam!" He nearly became unconscious from an implosion.

The forty-three bones were finally connected with a flowing energy channel.

Loud explosions ensued. The seven regular bones near the runic one turned into pheonix bones.

He had a total of fifty now. This was a major breakthrough.

In his previous life, he had a total of 234 bones. When he was at the seventh level of Nirvana, he only had fifty bones. This meant that the current him had more potential.

His cultivation virtually doubled, reaching the peak of the seventh level. He was absolutely as strong as his previous young self.

In other words, he was comparable to the genius dragons and phoenixes now. This was an unreachable height for the human geniuses.

"Why do I feel the presence of the death tribulation coming closer and closer? Can I actually experience the eighth rebirth as a half-demon?" Feiyun didn't dare to be reckless.

There have been half-demons at the seventh level. Alas, the eighth level was far more elusive.

Since half-demons couldn't reach Heaven's Emergence, Nirvana was their only hope. Therefore, there were more half-demons at the seventh level than humans.

Feiyun stood up, completely engulfed in flames.

"You're awake now? Come with me, hurry!" The turtle ran over but didn't dare to get close due to Feiyun's heat.

"How long have I been cultivating?" Feiyun asked.

"Around eight days, you got lucky and embedded that saint phoenix bone into your body. This should help you reach the eighth or even the ninth legendary level." The turtle said.

"How do you know that it was a saint phoenix bone?"

"Let's go already, it took me several days to find this place." The turtle was awfully excited and happy. It clearly found many treasures recently.

It led Feiyun through the tree for a long while. They eventually reached a somber canyon with flames everywhere. Even Heaven's Emergence cultivators might be broiled from the heat.

It stopped and said: "You're familiar with the phoenix race, do you know what that is?"

"A river of phoenix blood!" Feiyun couldn't believe it. By this point, he was drenched in sweat due to the heat despite being so far away.

This river of blood contained incredible power. Just one drop of blood could kill him.

"This has to be the blood of a saint phoenix. One actually died here?" He respectfully lowered his head.

"Now do you know why I knew that it was a saint bone? This place is a tomb for a phoenix saint!" The turtle didn't want to fall down the river and die.

Feiyun activated his heavenly gaze to look through the river. He saw sacred runes written on a cliff on the other side. They were indelible and had a mighty aura.

He could read them due to his previous life - Resting Place of the Divine Phoenix, guarded by your humble servant.

Feiyun became emotional. He trembled and bowed for the second time.

"What did you see?" The turtle asked.

"This is Immemorial Divine Phoenix's tomb." He said.

"… that legendary monster of the phoenix race, completely unstoppable during the last period of that era?" The turtle was shocked as well. Its initial suspicion after hearing about the Immemorial Heavenwood was confirmed.

Rumor has it that this phoenix lived for 330,000 years, one of the longest living beings. The other three grand saints of this era didn't live this long.

At the grand completion of the Immortal Phoenix Physique, one could live for 90,000 years. However, each saint had their own dao and this could prolong their life.

Normally, the saints couldn't live that much longer but Immemorial Divine Phoenix was an exception. The more dao attainment, the longer.

White Spider Sacred Ancestor created the Everlasting Law and lived for 120,000. Alas, his dao attainment wasn't on the same level as the phoenix legend.

"I see, Immemorial Divine Phoenix cut down the tree and ended up using it as a coffin. It seems that using it to live longer didn't work." The turtle commented.

"I'm more curious as to why the tree and the tomb are here in this vessel. Could Her Excellency be the master?"

"No, that's not right."

"Why not?"

"I'm not talking about that. Listen, Immemorial Divine Phoenix is considered the strongest saint of that era. The phoenixes viewed her as a god or the fourth grand saint. Just one drop of her blood should obliterate us. This river of blood is strong but we can still handle it. Is that not strange?" The turtle said. [1]

"I know this race's history better than you. During Her Excellency's prime, no one could block one move from her. In the last period, even her followers were saints. One of them was known as Phoenix Servant. This should be his river of blood. It is weakened now due to the passage of time, that's why we can endure it."

"Even servants were saints? Damn." The turtle said.

"Obviously, Her Excellency is unbeatable. Her servants were the strongest characters around, only second to her." Feiyun said proudly.

1. The author is using the feminine pronoun for the first time, so Immemorial Divine Phoenix is a woman. Going back to edit the prior chapters. ☜