Chapter 2173: The Fall of the True Phoenix Child of the Phoenix Immortal Clan

The Endless Star Sea was in utter turmoil!

Over a thousand star domains were thrown into chaos, countless worlds like a lone skiff amid a stellar storm.

Under the horrified gaze of all, a phoenix egg emerged within the pitch-black void, reviving once more from destruction.

The Phoenix Immortal Clan's innate divine ability — Phoenix Nine Lives!

The Endless Star Sea favored this race so dearly; any pure-blooded phoenix possessed the gift of resurrection from death, known as the Undying Bird. Moreover, this ability was not one-time — it could gradually recover over time, a heaven-defying power that inspired envy across billions of races.

An ordinary pure-blooded phoenix could resurrect from death once, or even several times.

Yet as the strongest among the Phoenix Immortal Clan, the True Phoenix Child could resurrect from death a full nine times!

Even facing a True Immortal, she had nine lives!

What an outrageous divine ability — nine lives against one.

By comparison, the human race was far too fragile, dying at the slightest touch, their margin for error pushed to the absolute limit — a vast gulf between the two.

Yet what had happened in the present world?

Supreme Solar Sword Immortal slew the True Phoenix Child six times in a single strike — six times within a single breath!

She killed her six whole times!

At this moment, the faces of all the myriad races' powerhouses went deathly pale, once again recalling the terrifying nature of the human race in the Endless Star Sea — an abysmal floor and an immeasurable ceiling — a race equally powerful to the extreme.

"Dao… Dao Fruit…"

Amid ruin and death, the True Phoenix Child revived from within the phoenix egg. Not a single wound marred her body; rather, her strength had grown by at least half through six resurrections from death — outrageously unreasonable.

Simply a heaven-defying divine ability, enough to drive one to despair!

Yet her voice was trembling, laced with terror.

Within the Law-Destroying Great Dao, a Dao Fruit had actually condensed!

Or rather, the embryonic form of a Dao Fruit — for such a being, becoming an Emperor was no longer in question, so long as he did not die at another's hands.

"This encounter ends here."

"Farewell… fellow Daoist."

"I hope that within this sovereign's life, I may once again behold a powerhouse such as yourself — do not let me perish in loneliness and solitude."

Jiang Ding murmured softly within the starry sky.

Clang!

Within the Law-Destroying Great Dao, a droplet of dark water spun into being.

Boom!

The starry skies and Heavenly Dao of dozens of star domains collapsed under the terrifying backlash; unfathomable power condensed entirely within a thumb-sized Law-Destroying Dao Fruit, falling upon this immortal creation that had begun to transcend the mortal world, untouched by time, space, or karma — accelerating to the extreme.

The present moment's time was broken through by immortal speed!

The dark droplet plunged into the past — slay your past, and your present must die!

Wooo…

Between heaven and earth, a mournful sound drifted faintly.

The Heavenly Dao sensed it; a certain cosmic fate of death emerged from its profoundly mysterious state, nearly becoming a fixed destiny.

As if everything were already fated.

"No!"

"This absolutely cannot be real…"

The True Phoenix Child's expression went blank; she let out a bitter laugh.

At this moment, she recalled the scene from many myriad years ago when she had ascended to True Immortal — at nearly the same instant, she had sensed the Fortune True Dragon Child born somewhere in the Endless Star Sea.

The moment the two became True Immortals, they had shared some strange resonance, knowing of each other's existence.

Though the two could never meet, they shared a tacit understanding like entangled spirit particles, their Daos complementary, encouraging one another.

Sometimes the two would gaze together into the depths of the Endless Star Sea, looking toward where the other was; sometimes they would fall into a nameless sorrow, for in the future only one of them could become Emperor.

This strange sorrow between them came quickly and passed quickly.

She often thought that even if one perished, the other could inherit her path, living on in a different form, becoming Emperor, and rebuilding the glorious Dragon and Phoenix Immortal Clan.

All such delusions came to an end today.

Tens of myriad years after the Fortune True Dragon Child's death, she too had reached this moment.

"Kill!"

"True Dragon Child…"

The True Phoenix Child's face took on a look of desolate grief.

Her body began to disintegrate; the authority of her Heavenly Fire Great Dao began to dissolve.

Roar!

Roar, roar…

The skies of over a thousand star domains churned and rolled as if boiling.

An incomparably vast True Dragon phantom manifested in the starry sky, the Innate Fortune Great Dao swirling around it, countless strands of fortune interwoven — the sovereign of nine-and-five, its slit pupils indifferent, gazing down upon the mortal world.

This was the Fortune True Dragon Child!

Screech!

Amid a piercing cry, a Five-Virtue Fortune Phoenix manifested in the starry sky, majestic and noble, Five-Virtue fortune flowing, flames unquenchable, endless rebirth.

The two dragon and phoenix phantoms circled and roared; the authority of the Innate Fortune Great Dao and the Heavenly Fire Great Dao collapsed at the same instant, unleashing terrifying, ultimate destructive power.

No need to spare a thought for the future — this was the final moment.

"Kill!"

"Kill, kill, kill…"

"The Dragon and Phoenix are the Heaven-Opening Immortal Clan, born to reign over the endless starry skies!"

The True Phoenix Son and True Dragon Son roared, carrying an unyielding will as they charged at the blue-robed youth in the starry sky.

Dragon and Phoenix Immortal Clan, ultimate Dao-Falling Art — Dragon and Phoenix in concert, the Burial Dao Song of All Living Beings!

These were the final echoes of two true immortals — death first, then rebirth. So long as they could slay their foe in this strike, within the imperishable immortal nature after a million years, the True Phoenix would revive once more and return to the mortal world.

This was their final will!

Throughout history, there had been several occasions when the Dragon and Phoenix in concert, the Burial Dao Song of All Living Beings, had successfully slain their opponents and revived once more!

This generation should be the same — it must be so, it has to be so!

"Fellow Daoist True Phoenix Son, there is no need to cling to hope any longer."

"Farewell."

Jiang Ding sighed softly.

Amid the chaotic Heavenly Dao and spacetime, the True Dragon and True Phoenix's final echoes collided with the dark water droplet. In an instant the Heavenly Dao collapsed, past, present, and future were thrown into chaos, and the Heavenly Dao fell into disorder.

Boundless terrifying power echoed and clashed within the chaotic spacetime.

Boom!

Then, terrifying aftershocks of power leaked out, instantly shattering the three thousand great Dao rules across dozens of star domains, plunging the skies of those star domains into chaos.

The dark water droplet was the Dao Fruit of the Law-Destroying Great Dao. Within spacetime it accumulated and fought against the Dragon and Phoenix's final echoes. Every sword strike transcended the mortal world, drawing infinitely close to the Nine Heavens, affecting billions of stars from the very source of the endless starry skies. The two sides' great Daos and primordial ancient scripts clashed in trillions upon trillions of exchanges, grinding away, each arguing for the sole correctness of its own Dao.

This was the waxing and waning between great Daos.

Time, at this moment, lost all meaning.

No one knew how long had passed.

Clang—

Accompanying the sound of a sword's cry, a flying sword with dim spiritual light returned from the past, nuzzling affectionately against the blue-robed youth's cheek.

The next moment,

The massive corpse of a Five Virtues Phoenix of fortune plummeted down through the starry sky.

Wuu—

Wuuuu……

At this moment, blood rained from the heavens, and the endless starry skies wailed mournfully.

Another true immortal had perished!

The true immortal Phoenix who presided over the Heavenly Fire Great Dao had already died, officially declaring the complete failure of the Dragon and Phoenix Immortal Clan's schemes in this era.

(End of this chapter)