The Palm Buddha Realm, the Five Elements Domain.
Stepping into the alms bowl, Li Mo felt as though he had entered the seed of an inner world, yet it wasn’t quite the same.
A minor world was entirely independent, with no connection to the outside.
But the Palm Buddha Realm was attached to the "Dao" governed by a Palm Profound powerhouse—a Dao that belonged to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Thus, it remained subtly interconnected with them.
Strictly speaking, the Five Elements Domain was more akin to the Blood Phoenix Secret Realm.
Yet the "Dao" here still existed, and due to the Jade Phoenix Deity, it had gained additional divine wonders.
Passing through a world of kaleidoscopic colors,
Li Mo, the Heavenly Flood Dragon, didn’t land on solid ground but instead plunged straight into turbulent waters. Fortunately, he had undergone special training beforehand and quickly stabilized himself.
Before him stretched an endless expanse of ocean, jagged reefs piercing the sky, and a continuous drizzle.
Yet, through the curtain of rain, a glimmer of light flickered and vanished.
"The Jade Phoenix Deity..."
A single ray of that light grazed Li Mo, and the Divine Intent of the Singing Flood Dragon within him grew more vivid.
But only for an instant.
The radiance of the Jade Phoenix Deity disappeared without a trace.
"We must cross these waters to reach the foot of the solitary peak,"
Wu Dameng, now in his true form, swam up beside Li Mo:
"According to Third Ancestor Granny, the Celestial Jade will project spiritual avatars based on the bloodlines of all who enter. You might even glimpse species long vanished from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."
"Only by defeating these avatars and obtaining their guiding light can we reach the foot of the peak. Otherwise, we’ll be lost forever in the Five Elements Domain."
Wu Dameng warily scanned their surroundings.
"I see. But..."
Li Mo fell silent for a moment, then glanced at Wu Dameng, who was clinging to him, and said dryly,
"Could you get off me first?"
"R-right, right..." Wu Dameng was a demon who knew the value of clinging to the strong.
But this time, the Five Elements Domain would undoubtedly be more perilous than ever.
"What do we do now?"
"First, we find other aquatic clans."
Before the spiritual avatars descended,
Li Mo and Wu Dameng began searching for nearby water tribes.
Within the Five Elements Domain, spiritual perception was suppressed to a mere three feet. Thankfully, Li Mo had a waterproof notebook made from Green Vein Jade Slips.
"Guo Jing... trapped among chaotic rocks due to excessive size..."
Suddenly—
BOOM!
A strange, thunderous roar echoed as countless meteors erupted from the Celestial Jade’s solitary peak, raining down upon the Five Elements Domain in a dazzling meteor shower.
Each meteor, a spectacle of splendor,
represented a spiritual avatar.
......
Outside.
As all the young demonic cultivators entered the Five Elements Domain, the alms bowl projected a luminous screen onto the sky, displaying the events within for the demons outside.
The great demons and demon kings who had escorted their juniors gathered beneath the screen, watching intently.
"I remember when I was young, entering the Five Elements Domain. The Celestial Jade projected a Nine-Headed Bird upon me."
"Humans have a saying: 'The waves behind drive on those before.' The bloodlines of these youngsters competing for the jade are far stronger than ours back then."
"I wonder... will we see the figures of true dragons or phoenixes within the jade?"
......
The demons watched the events in the Five Elements Domain with tense expressions.
Unfortunately, there was only one screen, showing one location at a time.
The demons exchanged glances, each eager to see their own descendants.
"Let’s watch the Azure Phoenix Maiden first."
"Why her?"
"I can make the screen produce sound. Or would you prefer silent images?"
"...Go ahead."
She produced a set of chime bells, snapped her fingers, and they began playing—not with metallic tones, but with the immersive sounds of the Five Elements Domain.
Shang Qinqing, with her mastery of surround sound, successfully seized the "remote control."
The screen shifted to the Azure Phoenix Maiden.
Her location was a vast, primeval forest within the Five Elements Domain, where towering trees blotted out the sky.
Above the emerald canopy raged endless tempests. Even great demons would struggle to advance through those gales without the shelter of the trees.
The maiden didn’t move forward. She stood before her Azure Phoenix clansmen,
not holding a sword but cradling an ancient cyan zither in her arms.
"It’s here."
Ying Bing’s ears twitched slightly.
As soon as she spoke, a spiritual avatar crashed to the ground—a colossal bird several zhang tall.
Its head was white, its cry resonating from the depths of one’s soul, and every feather seemed woven from dawn’s first light.
"A Yellow Bird?" The Azure Phoenix clansmen felt an instinctive pressure from their bloodlines.
None of them were pure-blooded Azure Phoenixes.
"Step back."
With those words,
the zither’s notes abruptly rang out.
This was the very zither Shang Qinqing had once played. Yet in the maiden’s hands, the music carried a chilling sharpness, an unrelenting edge.
TWANG!
The invisible sound sliced through the void, instantly engulfing the Yellow Bird.
The Yellow Bird’s first reaction wasn’t to fight back.
It flapped its wings in sheer terror, fleeing as if it had seen a ghost!
Outside.
Every great demon and demon king who witnessed this couldn’t help but twitch. They recognized the Yellow Bird’s divine nature—a mighty avian species long extinct in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Yet before this maiden, it could only flee in desperation!
And it couldn’t even escape.
The zither’s melody contained countless human sword energies and intents, weaving an inescapable net.
What kind of control was this?
And... did she never tire?
"You think you can run?"
The maiden’s clear, icy voice sent shivers down the demons’ spines.
In moments,
the Yellow Bird’s avatar dissolved into a wisp of spiritual light, merging into the maiden’s brow. It added a touch of sacredness to her already frosty demeanor. She touched the small gourd at her waist and raised an eyebrow.
The demons fell into deep thought.
Many among them had participated in the Celestial Jade competition sixty years ago.
Back then, they had tread carefully, barely surviving their encounters with the avatars, let alone defeating them.
The Azure Phoenix Maiden was clearly operating on a different level.
Who was the challenger here?
"Is there even a point for our juniors to compete for the Celestial Jade?"
"Even if several demons teamed up, they might not defeat that Yellow Bird avatar. That was the projection of a true third-grade demon saint!"
"Maybe we should’ve just handed her the jade outright instead of betting with monkey wine."
"Did you notice? After absorbing the avatar, her aura grew stronger again."
"Is she still holding back? She hasn’t even revealed her true form."
Her strength was downright despair-inducing.
The aquatic demons trembled.
This young lady had a penchant for slaying demons. If she ran out of calamity beasts to kill, what then?
Was she really just a descendant with a trace of true phoenix blood?
After a long silence, the same Mambo who had earlier electrified the aquatic demons asked,
"What about Wu Mo?"
"Right! He’s our aquatic clan’s only hope!"
"Not that we doubt our peerless Heavenly Flood Dragon, but whether he can challenge the Azure Ice Tyrant remains uncertain..."
"Big Brother of the Singing Flood Dragon Clan, you can do it!"
The aquatic demons clenched their fists, hearts pounding with tension.
"What’s that little guy up to?"
Shang Qinqing grew curious and turned to Venerable Huaikong.
Click—channel changed.
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