Primordial Era: Starting by overwhelming the Sages, Hongjun was stunned!

Undead volcano.

The southernmost land of the primordial wilderness, at the edge of heaven and earth.

Here, flames blaze year-round, turning the land into a barren wasteland stretching for millions of miles. Fiery magma surges like rivers through the ravines of the earth, billowing up thick, dark red smoke that blots out the sky.

The intense heat in the air was enough to deter even Golden Immortal cultivators, and even Great Luo Golden Immortals dared not linger.

This is the ancestral land of the Phoenix Clan, and also... the place where the Primordial Phoenix is ​​eternally stationed.

Kong Xuan's figure stepped out from the void.

The black robe remained motionless amidst the scorching heatwave. The intense heat around him vanished into nothingness upon contact with a distance of three feet, as if isolated by an invisible barrier.

He stood atop the volcano, looking down below.

The immortal volcano is not a single peak, but a continuous group of volcanoes.

The central main peak is tens of thousands of feet high, and its summit is not sharp, but a volcanic crater with a diameter of thousands of miles.

At this moment, the crater is not spewing magma, but burning with a pure, pale golden flame... the fire of rebirth!

The flames burned silently, yet exuded a chilling, ancient aura.

Deep within the flames, an enormous silhouette could be vaguely seen.

Its wingspan blots out the sky, its tail feathers droop like a galaxy, and every feather is covered with runes of the Great Dao. Even in its slumber, it exudes an aura of majesty and nobility that surpasses all living beings.

Yuan Feng!

One of the three great clans that created the world, the ancestor of the Phoenix Clan, he once competed with the Ancestral Dragon and the First Qilin for supremacy in the primordial world. At his peak, his strength was comparable to that of a Hunyuan Daluo!

However, when the Dragon-Han Calamity ended, all three races perished.

To ensure the continuation of the Phoenix Clan's bloodline, Yuan Feng sacrificed himself by eternally suppressing the Undying Volcano, making a vow to the Heavenly Dao in exchange for a glimmer of hope for the Phoenix Clan's survival.

This town has existed for hundreds of millions of years.

Kong Xuan gazed quietly at the silhouette deep within the flames, and for the first time, a faint ripple appeared in the depths of his eyes.

That was his mother in this life.

Although we've never truly met since birth, and my memories are filled with the long, lonely vigil and wait outside the immortal volcano...

But the deep connection in one's blood and the resonance in one's soul cannot be faked.

He could sense that the consciousness deep within the flames was either asleep or suffering agonizingly.

Yongzhen Volcano is not simply a matter of imprisonment.

Instead, it must use its own phoenix origin to constantly neutralize the evil energy and karma accumulated in the volcano, as well as the raging earth fire surging from the depths of the primordial land.

Every moment is being consumed.

Every breath wears us down.

If Yuan Feng hadn't possessed extraordinary cultivation back then, and if the Phoenix Clan hadn't been born with the ability to control the Nirvana Flame, she would probably have exhausted her essence and perished millions of years ago.

Even so, she is now on the verge of exhaustion.

Kong Xuan no longer hesitated.

He took a step forward, his figure disappearing into the pale golden flames of nirvana.

The moment the flames touched his body, instead of burning him, they parted to make way for him as if they were meeting a monarch, respectfully retreating to either side.

Kong Xuan passed through unimpeded channels and went straight into the deepest part of the crater.

The temperature here is indescribably high.

The pale golden flames had condensed into a liquid state and were slowly flowing in the void.

Each drop was incredibly heavy, containing terrifying power of rebirth and... the accumulated evil energy of the Dragon and Han Dynasty for hundreds of millions of years.

At the center of the liquid flames, on a platform formed from the purest Nirvana Fire Crystals...

Yuan Feng lay prostrate in silence.

Her body was unimaginably enormous; even when she was lying prone on the ground, she was thousands of feet tall, and her wingspan was like clouds hanging from the sky.

The feathers were originally as bright as seven-colored glass, but now they are dull and lifeless, and many places are even charred and damaged.

The once noble and majestic phoenix head was lowered, its eyes were closed, and its breath was so faint as to be almost imperceptible.

Only in his chest, a fist-sized, pale gold heart was still beating weakly but stubbornly.

With each heartbeat, wisps of Nirvana fire surge forth from the heart, circulating throughout the body, barely sustaining life, while simultaneously neutralizing and dissipating the encroaching evil energy and earth fire.

But the heartbeat was getting slower and slower.

The flames of rebirth that were surging forth were growing weaker and weaker.

Kong Xuanxing walked to the platform, spoke slowly, his voice calm, yet carrying an undeniable determination:

"It's not too late yet."

The words fell.

Kong Xuan raised his hand and pressed his five fingers lightly against Yuan Feng's chest.

In the palm of his hand, the Chaos Light Wheel silently manifested, and the origin of the Five Elements Dao flowed!

"Buzz!"

A vast, pure, and supreme Primordial Chaos Origin Power surged from Kong Xuan's palm and slowly flowed into Yuan Feng's weakly beating heart!

This is not healing, nor is it a supplement.

Instead... it used the great power of the Great Dao in the late stage of Hunyuan Wuji to forcibly wash away, purify, and reshape the original source of Yuanfeng that had been completely eroded by evil energy and karma!

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

Yuan Feng's body trembled violently!

Beneath the charred and tattered feathers on its body, countless wisps of purplish-black filth were forcibly expelled, emitting a mournful shriek in the pale golden flames before being quickly annihilated!

That is the residual evil energy of the Dragon-Han Great Calamity, the karma accumulated by the eternally suppressed volcano, and the Dao wounds left by billions of years of torment!

At this moment, it rapidly dissolved under the scouring of Kong Xuan's Great Dao Origin!

Yuan Feng's weakly beating heart suddenly burst forth with a strong and powerful throbbing!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

My heart pounded like a war drum, echoing deep within the volcano!

The pale golden flames of Nirvana surged wildly from his heart, no longer a weak trickle, but like a river bursting its banks, rushing towards his limbs and bones!

Wherever it passed, charred feathers fell off, damaged flesh regenerated, and dim runes lit up again!

An ancient, noble, and majestic life force suddenly revived from within this ancestral body that had been dormant for hundreds of millions of years!

"Hey!!!"

A clear, resonant cry, as if from the very end of time, suddenly erupted from the depths of the volcano, echoing throughout the heavens and the earth!

The immortal volcano, the million-mile-long barren land, all the surging lava suddenly stopped!

In the sky, the black and red smoke that had shrouded the sky for years was forcibly pushed aside by an invisible force!

The pale golden flames of rebirth shot into the sky from the crater, transforming into a pillar of light that pierced through the heavens and earth. Within the pillar of light, one could vaguely see the shadow of a seven-colored phoenix with wings that blotted out the sky, soaring through the air!

Throughout the primordial world, any being possessing the bloodline of the phoenix, regardless of their cultivation level or location...

Everyone felt something, their blood boiled, and their souls trembled!

They all looked south, towards the direction of the immortal volcano, their eyes filled with tears, and they involuntarily knelt on the ground!

"The progenitor... the progenitor has awakened!"

"It's the Primordial Phoenix Ancestor! She's still alive!"

"The Phoenix Clan...the Phoenix Clan is saved!"

Exclamations of surprise, cries of excitement, and devout prayers echoed throughout the Phoenix Clan's settlements in the primordial wilderness.