Volume 1 Volume 6 Chapter 149

Volume 6 Chapter 149: Feng Qingtian (Part 2)

Deep in the Southern Wasteland, within a towering and steep black giant mountain, there lies a long and dark cave, inside which is a hidden chamber.

On the ground in the chamber is a mysterious and complex magical circle, with many carved Mythical Beasts that look so vivid, it seems they might leap out of the circle. Among them, a phoenix carving continually moves within the circle, struggling to break free and soar into the sky.

In the circle, Feng Qingtian floats in mid-air, his eyes tightly closed, showing a look of struggle and pain. Endless red and dark blue Spirit Qi emanate from him, representing the Feng family cultivation method and the Guardian Deity Technique, swirling together as spiritual mist that wraps around Feng Qingtian. Through the mist, he radiates an immense sense of pressure, both mysterious and eerie.

In the air, there are faint sounds of a sacred and majestic phoenix cry, mingling with strange and terrifying ghostly wails, creating an extreme contrast that perfectly merges at this moment.

As the red and blue mists shrink and collide, they sometimes enter Feng Qingtian’s body and sometimes appear outside of him. Each time they reappear, they swell by a third.

The Phoenix Spirit Qi continuously flows into Feng Qingtian, transforming his body and imparting some insights of the Heavenly Way understood by generations of phoenixes into his mind and spirit.

Time passed without notice, and when the red and blue mists had grown to over ten times their original size, the strange changes finally started to stabilize.

The red and blue mists slowly entered Feng Qingtian’s body, which made his pressure even more intense. Once all the mist cleared, Feng Qingtian’s tightly closed eyes opened, revealing sharp red and blue lights shooting from them, striking fear into everyone.

After Feng Qingtian woke up, he looked down at his body, his expression was calm and satisfied. Then he closed his eyes again, and even though he seemed still, flames began to slowly rise from all over his body. When these flames wrapped around him, Feng Qingtian completely turned into fire. From the flames, a phoenix soared into the sky, circling twice at the top of the cave before landing on the ground, where the flames faded away, revealing Feng Qingtian as his original self again.

If anyone had been here to witness this scene, they would have been very surprised, because the phoenix that Feng Qingtian transformed into just now seemed real, full of divine power, obviously not just an illusion of flames, but a true phoenix!

At this moment, Feng Qingtian not only broke through to the Mahayana Stage, but he could also freely change between his human form and that of the mythical phoenix!

After doing all this, Feng Qingtian showed a satisfied expression.

"I only intended to strengthen the phoenix bloodline within me, but I didn’t expect to successfully break through to the Mahayana Stage as well. What my ancestors said is indeed true; with such a magical being, whether it’s Jiuhua or Zhang Xusheng, what could they do to me? As long as I have enough time, I can not only take revenge but also make the Feng family a force to be reckoned with in the entire cultivation world!"

Feeling the changes in his body, Feng Qingtian clenched his fists unknowingly and murmured to himself, his ambitions clear in his eyes.

The little fox that Feng Qingtian had picked up many years ago had now evolved into a three-tailed demon fox, curled up in a corner of the cave, quietly watching everything unfold. It was unaware of the existence of the array. Its eyes flickered, as if deep in thought.

Over the years, the cultivation world had been turbulent, but Feng Qingtian did not participate because he knew he didn’t have the power to join in. But now, he felt that his strength and influence were enough to let him take part in the battles of the cultivation world.

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When talking about this, we must mention Feng Qingtian’s situation over the years.

Back then, Feng Qingtian accidentally discovered a green slip within the ancestral tablet of the Feng family, which recorded the rise and fall of the Feng family and even the entire Mythical Beast family.

Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Mythical Beast family were just ordinary brothers in a second-rate sect of the cultivation world. One day, they were found by "Tian" from the "Ming" organization, who gave them one of the Shura Clan’s treasures, the "Statue of Shura," hoping that with it, they could cause great chaos in the cultivation world, just like the "Eight Wilderness Hall" had done before.

The "Statue of Shura" became a treasure of the Shura Clan because it could change and merge the bloodlines of humans. The cultivators of the "Eight Wilderness Hall" had merged the blood of various Shura clans, which caused a tremendous chaos. However, the ancestors of the Mythical Beast family used the "Statue of Shura" to merge the bloodlines of countless Mythical Beasts, making them much stronger than the "Eight Wilderness Hall."

The "Statue of Shura" marked the beginning of the creation of the Mythical Beast family.

However, the Mythical Beast blood that "Tian" had given them was simply too little. While it granted them many abilities and traits unique to Mythical Beasts, it was not enough to make them unbeatable. Therefore, they began to ambitiously search for various Mythical Beasts and ancient demon beasts in the world, hoping to obtain more blood.

When they found the kylin, they encountered something incredible—the array beneath Feng Qingtian’s feet.

Many things in the world happen by coincidence. When the ancestors of the Mythical Beast family found the kylin, it was exactly the moment the previous kylin had died, and a new kylin was just born. They saw this kylin enter the array, and under the shining light, within a few days, a wobbly little beast grew into a magnificent adult kylin.

The ancestors of the Mythical Beast family guessed that this array should strengthen the bloodlines of the Mythical Beasts and allow them to pass on their legacy. It was incredibly mysterious, which stirred their greed. However, knowing they lacked the strength to take it from the kylin, they devised a plan. They informed "Tian," "Di," and other powerful individuals in the "Ming" organization about the mysterious array while also warning the kylin to be cautious.

It was a shocking and earth-shaking battle. At that time, Kylin was not yet an adult, but could barely resist the two elders, "Tian" and "Di." The other strong warriors were responsible for snatching the formation disk, but they were held back by the ancestors of the Mythical Beasts.

It is important to know that the formation disk was a possession shared by the five great Mythical Beasts. Even though these five great Mythical Beasts had a long heritage, their powers were gradually weakening as their bloodline thinned over countless years. This mysterious formation disk was essential for them to maintain their strength for hundreds of thousands of years.

During the battle, Kylin died, leaving behind the two current Kylins. Before dying, Kylin sent out a rescue message, and the White Tiger, Green Dragon, and Vermilion Bird left their territories one after another to come to their aid. In the end, they drove back the "Ming" organization, leaving only the two elders, "Tian" and "Di," alive.

Because of this, although the Mythical Beasts knew that the ancestors of the Mythical Beast clans did not have good intentions, they still agreed to one request from the ancestors, which was to allow them to use this mysterious formation disk to strengthen the Mythical Beast bloodline within them.

Thus, the ancestors of the Mythical Beast clans, whose bloodlines were enhanced, all became powerful figures of their time. They established fourteen Mythical Beast clans, not only gaining prominence in the cultivation world, but their strength even surpassed several major Holy Lands, successfully breaking free from the control of the "Ming" organization.

However, they underestimated the strength and wisdom of the two elders, "Tian" and "Di." Under their revenge and schemes, all the Mythical Beast clans quickly perished, leaving only the most low-profile Feng family. They allied with the strongest figure of the cultivation world at that time, the master Jiuhua from Jiuhua, to survive, but the secrets of that year were never known again.

After discovering these secrets, Feng Qingtian was truly overjoyed. In fact, after thousands of years of inheritance, by the time of Feng Qingtian, the Phoenix bloodline had thinned significantly. The Feng family’s unique skills were all driven by the Phoenix bloodline, and as the bloodline weakened, no one had been able to master them completely for several generations, leading to decline. However, Feng Qingtian was a rare genius. With his talent and affinity for Phoenix Spirit Qi, he not only mastered all the skills but surpassed his predecessors.

Yet the information within this green slip was incomplete. Feng Qingtian only knew it was related to the "Ming" organization. The reason he betrayed Jiuhua and joined the "Ming" organization was to search for two powerful artifacts, the "Statue of Shura" and the mysterious formation disk.

After years of lurking in the "Ming" organization, he constantly gathered qualified children from the mortal world to teach them the way of cultivation, while also investigating the whereabouts of the two powerful artifacts.

Today, he not only stole the "Statue of Shura" from the "Eight Wilderness Hall," but also discovered the location of the mysterious array. Years ago, when Xu Qingfan and Feng Qingtian met inside this black giant mountain, it was because Feng Qingtian was looking for the mysterious array. At that time, the array had just been used by Little Gold, and its power had not yet fully built up. According to Feng Qingtian’s understanding, a person could only use it to strengthen their bloodline once, and he didn’t want to waste it, so he gave up, which led to his encounter with Xu Qingfan.

What Feng Qingtian didn’t know was that the purity of the phoenix bloodline within him had far surpassed that of the Feng family ancestor from years ago. The Feng family ancestor had used this mysterious array together with thirteen other family masters of Mythical Beasts, while now Feng Qingtian was using it alone. The effect would be more than doubled; at least the Feng family ancestor could not change freely between a human and a phoenix like Feng Qingtian could.

Now, it is better to say that Feng Qingtian is not just a human, but a phoenix with a human body!

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"Over the years, through the ‘Statue of Shura,’ I have fused my bloodline into the bodies of hundreds of talented children. After years of training, their skills have become strong. Now, as long as I get this array and strengthen the phoenix bloodline within them again, not only will my Feng family descendants greatly increase in power, but there will be an endless number of them. What force in the world can resist that?"

As he whispered, a flash of light appeared in Feng Qingtian’s eyes, and a flame rose in his hand, ready to lift the array from the ground.

However, before Feng Qingtian could act, his body suddenly froze.

Two powerful forces, unknown to him, rippled through the air, enveloping his body. Any slight movement from him might cause him to turn to ashes.

That was the aura of the kylin!