Within the Nine Nether Clan's territory.
With the Flame Emperor personally stepping in, Huang Jin ultimately chose not to make a move against Liu Bai.
And without the support of the Phoenix Clan, Fang Han's Golden Phoenix Eagle Clan naturally did not dare seek revenge against Liu Bai either, so in the end the matter could only be dropped.
Of course, Liu Bai had no intention of leaving so easily, because Jiu You's advancement also required someone to stand guard for her.
The power of the Nine Nether Clan alone was definitely not enough.
"Jiu You has already entered seclusion. Hopefully this time she can successfully awaken the Ancient Undying Bird bloodline."
Clan Leader Tianhuang sighed emotionally. The events of this period had truly frightened him quite a bit.
Liu Bai looked toward the towering mountain and smiled faintly.
"With forty percent Saint Grade Blood Essence in hand, if she still cannot break through then that would truly be unreasonable. Perhaps by the time Jiu You emerges from seclusion, her cultivation may even surpass mine…"
Hearing this, Clan Leader Tianhuang also revealed a smile. He was equally filled with anticipation regarding his daughter's growth.
"You should also cultivate properly next. I have already ordered a complete lockdown within a radius of one hundred thousand miles. There is no need to worry about anyone disturbing you."
Liu Bai nodded. He indeed needed some time to improve himself now.
However, it was not his cultivation he wished to improve, but rather the Dragon and Phoenix Spirits he had nurtured for many years.
After Clan Leader Tianhuang departed, the surroundings immediately became quiet.
Liu Bai glanced at the mountain peak once more before selecting a location a thousand miles away and waving his hand to release the three Blood Pills.
The moment the Blood Pills appeared, the True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits hidden within Liu Bai's body immediately trembled, releasing extremely greedy dragon roars and phoenix cries.
"They really cannot wait any longer."
Liu Bai smiled faintly before quickly forming seals with both hands. Instantly, the flesh and blood within his body began to vibrate, while a dragon shadow and phoenix shadow emerged upon the surface of his skin.
Chi!
With a burst of force, the dragon shadow and phoenix shadow directly separated from Liu Bai's flesh and blood. They rapidly expanded with the wind until they transformed into a giant dragon and giant phoenix soaring above Liu Bai's head.
Both the giant dragon and giant phoenix were brilliant golden in color, as though forged from pure gold itself, majestic and noble, clearly extraordinary beings.
This was the current state of the True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits nurtured by Liu Bai.
However, their bodies were still somewhat illusory and unable to truly condense into solid reality. Even the spiritual energy fluctuations emitted from their bodies had only reached the level of Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign.
In this regard, they were very similar to Divine Beasts like Jiu You. They required higher grade and more powerful bloodline power to stimulate their growth, and once they grew, their advancement would be explosive rather than requiring step by step cultivation like the human race.
Of course, Liu Bai was an exception.
In the original story, Mu Chen's Dragon Phoenix Spirit nurtured using Quasi Saint Blood Essence was already capable of displaying battle power comparable to Immortal Grade. So now that Liu Bai was using genuine Saint Grade Blood Essence to nurture the True Dragon and True Phoenix, what level would they ultimately reach?
"I hope this Saint Grade Blood Essence does not disappoint me."
Liu Bai muttered softly.
Then, with a flick of his finger, monstrous blood qi immediately surged from the three Blood Pills, causing this entire heaven and earth to turn dark red.
Meanwhile, high in the sky, the circling True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits erupted with greedy dragon roars and phoenix cries before directly opening their giant mouths and inhaling fiercely.
Like whales swallowing the sea, the two great spirits continuously absorbed the boundless blood qi into their bodies.
Yet despite the True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits devouring them, the three Blood Pills resembled bottomless pits, endlessly spewing forth infinite blood qi without showing the slightest sign of weakening.
This alone showed how unimaginably abundant the blood qi contained within that sixty percent Saint Grade Blood Essence truly was.
And as they continuously devoured the blood qi, the True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits, which had remained unchanged for many years, finally began to transform.
The originally brilliant golden bodies gradually became deeper and more profound in color. Even ancient patterns faintly began growing upon the dragon scales and phoenix feathers.
It was as though two illusory souls were gradually being infused with flesh and blood, becoming increasingly real.
And so, this wait lasted for three whole months.
At this moment, outside the sealed region, Clan Leader Tianhuang and Elder Lu stood far away watching the heaven and earth that continuously emitted fluctuations.
Above the mountain where Jiu You was secluded, violet black flames rose into the sky, condensing into true fire that distorted even space itself.
Meanwhile, a thousand miles away from the mountain, the sky was enveloped in blood colored clouds. Within those clouds, two enormous blood colored giant eggs could vaguely be seen, emitting rhythmic vibrations akin to heartbeats.
"Elder Lu, when do you think Jiu You will break through?" Tianhuang asked somewhat anxiously.
For three months, the aura surrounding Jiu You's location had grown increasingly powerful, yet there had been no other movement whatsoever, causing Tianhuang to become increasingly worried.
Elder Lu calmly gazed at the flames in the sky and replied, "Clan Leader, do not worry. Jiu You's aura has been steadily rising. At most half a month later, Divine Tribulation will likely descend…"
Whenever Divine Beasts evolved, heavenly tribulations would descend each time, such as the Divine Tribulation during the transformation from spirit to divine, or the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation when advancing into a Super Divine Beast. These were all terrifying calamities the Divine Beast race absolutely had to face.
Regarding this, both Clan Leader Tianhuang and Elder Lu had long been prepared.
However, what Elder Lu cared about even more were the two blood cloud eggs above Liu Bai's head.
What exactly were those things? Why did even he faintly sense a heart trembling aura from them?!
Rumble!
Suddenly, thunder exploded from clear skies.
The abrupt thunderclap startled both of them. Tianhuang immediately turned toward Elder Lu, his gaze practically asking: Didn't you say it would still take half a month? Why has the tribulation arrived already?
Elder Lu frowned before quickly noticing something wrong, because although the tribulation clouds also enveloped Jiu You's location, the true center of the tribulation clouds was not the mountain where Jiu You was!
"It is not aimed at Jiu You!" Elder Lu's eyes narrowed as he spoke in a deep voice.
Clan Leader Tianhuang froze. If it was not aimed at Jiu You, then who was it targeting?
But the next moment, he reacted and hurriedly looked toward Liu Bai's distant location. Sure enough, terrifying fluctuations were faintly emerging from within the enormous blood cloud eggs above Liu Bai.
"This, I never expected Liu Bai to break through first."
Clan Leader Tianhuang was somewhat shocked, but soon his curiosity grew stronger.
He wanted to know what exactly existed inside those blood cloud eggs.
Rumble!
Violent thunder continuously roared through the sky, naturally drawing Liu Bai's attention as well. He narrowed his eyes while gazing at the black thunderclouds that had spread across the heavens. Feeling the destructive fluctuations within them, even his brows lifted slightly.
"It is actually even stronger than the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation I faced back then?"
Could it be that these True Dragon and True Phoenix would directly reach Saint Grade the moment they were born? That was probably impossible, though reaching Immortal Grade was certain. Perhaps they might even attain Late Phase Immortal Grade!
"Please do not disappoint me…"
Liu Bai silently thought inwardly.
This kind of thunder tribulation could not rely on external objects, so the True Dragon and True Phoenix would have to endure it themselves.
Boom!
As Liu Bai muttered to himself, the thick black thunderclouds had already accumulated to their limit. The heaven and earth suddenly darkened as two black bolts of lightning descended like giant dragons baring their fangs and claws, fiercely striking the enormous blood cloud eggs.
Dong!
The sky itself seemed to tremble. The vast blood qi surrounding the two blood cloud eggs surged violently, as though a piece had been bitten off by something.
The next moment, dense blood qi erupted from the three Blood Pills, which had already shrunk considerably, before being rapidly absorbed by the blood cloud eggs, instantly repairing the missing sections.
However, Liu Bai still sharply noticed that the blood cloud eggs had shrunk by another circle.
Boom boom!
After the first strike failed, the lightning tribulation immediately became violent. Endless thunderous roars echoed through the heavens as black lightning bolts descended wildly across the sky. The scene looked as though the beings below had committed an unforgivable heavenly crime and the heavens were determined to erase them.
Strictly speaking, that was not entirely wrong.
After all, evolving spiritual bodies into a True Dragon and True Phoenix had already touched upon the power of creation itself.
And within the laws of the Great Thousand World, such a thing clearly should not be something living beings could control.
Fortunately, the "Heavenly Dao" of this world was merely an inanimate object like the Firmament List, unlike the Primordial World where there existed a Hongjun Ancestor who had merged himself with the Dao. Otherwise, the target of this heavenly tribulation would probably have shifted directly onto Liu Bai himself.
Under the relentless bombardment of lightning, the blood cloud giant eggs also began shrinking at a visible rate.
Seeing this, Liu Bai realized that the blood cloud eggs were consuming the Blood Essence slower than the lightning was exhausting it. He immediately clasped his hands together, and the three Saint Grade Blood Essences before him, now only the size of human heads, were instantly crushed apart.
The next moment, they transformed into torrential blood light that shot into the sky and rushed into the two blood cloud eggs.
With the support of that vast blood qi, the thick layers of the blood cloud eggs once again regained their fullness.
Thus, as the lightning tribulation continuously descended, the auras within the blood cloud eggs grew increasingly powerful. Liu Bai could even already sense two mighty life auras gradually taking shape within them.
Finally, just as the creatures inside the blood cloud eggs were about to "break out of their shells," the thunderclouds in the sky underwent their final transformation.
High above, the black thunderclouds compressed frantically into the shape of a funnel. Threads of terrifying lightning rapidly gathered together before finally condensing into an enormous black lightning pillar that descended from the heavens.
And halfway down, the lightning pillar suddenly split apart, transforming into a black lightning dragon and lightning phoenix diving downward.
That level of power gave Clan Leader Tianhuang the feeling that if the lightning struck, every mountain within a hundred thousand miles would be flattened into nothingness.
However, the two blood cloud eggs being targeted seemed to sense the danger. They actually tore themselves apart on their own initiative, and immediately afterward, earthshaking dragon roars and phoenix cries resounded across heaven and earth.
Blinding light burst into the sky as a giant dragon and giant phoenix glowing brilliantly stretched out their enormous bodies within the radiance.
This sight caused excitement to flash through Liu Bai's eyes.
The giant dragon was covered in flowing golden light, its dragon scales shining with mysterious luster. Its winding dragon body was vigorous and powerful, seemingly containing destructive might. Upon those dragon scales were naturally born ancient patterns that looked incomparably mysterious.
Meanwhile, the giant phoenix appeared as though forged entirely from gold, majestic and noble. Golden magma seemed to flow endlessly from its feathers, dripping downward and melting the void itself.
Two terrifying pressures swept down from the sky, causing all living beings across the entire Nine Nether Continent to change expressions. Clan Leader Tianhuang, who stood much closer, even felt an impulse to kneel in worship.
"Th… this is a True Dragon?! And a True Phoenix?!"
A shocked cry rang out. Elder Lu, who had recognized the true identities of the two giant beasts, wore an expression of complete disbelief.
As members of the Divine Beast race, they could clearly sense that bloodline pressure resembling that of supreme rulers. Even though he himself was also a Super Divine Beast, he still felt the urge to kneel.
"Just how did he manage to nurture a True Dragon and True Phoenix?!"
Elder Lu, who previously knew almost nothing about Liu Bai, was now utterly stunned.
Even within the Dragon and Phoenix Clans themselves, True Dragon and True Phoenix bloodlines were incomparably rare. Yet Liu Bai, a mere human, had somehow nurtured such terrifying beings?
Clan Leader Tianhuang was already speechless because he truly did not know how he should even react anymore.
Liu Bai repeatedly shattered his understanding of reality time and time again!
"Late Phase Immortal Grade!"
Once the heavenly tribulation ended and the True Dragon and True Phoenix in the sky completely stabilized their auras, wild joy immediately appeared on Liu Bai's face.
"If I fought Huang Xuanzhi again now, my Dragon and Phoenix bodies alone would probably be enough to defeat him, right?"
At this moment, the True Dragon and True Phoenix had instantly become Liu Bai's strongest trump card, without question!
And just as Liu Bai was celebrating, perhaps due to being stimulated by the birth of the True Dragon and True Phoenix, the mountain where Jiu You was secluded suddenly became scorching hot. The flames burning across the sky rapidly transformed into true flames, and even the entire mountain itself began burning.
"Oh? Jiu You has also reached the final step?"
Liu Bai was slightly surprised. Perhaps sensing his earlier breakthrough, that girl could no longer remain patient either.
Ten days later, thunder once again echoed throughout heaven and earth.
At this moment, Liu Bai, Clan Leader Tianhuang, and Elder Lu all stood outside the mountain together, their expressions incomparably solemn as they gazed at the tribulation clouds brewing overhead.
"The lightning tribulation has descended. This is the final trial!"
Clan Leader Tianhuang clenched his fists tightly, his heart incomparably tense.
"Relax. Jiu You is an Undying Bird. Mere tribulation lightning cannot do anything to her."
Liu Bai spoke with absolute confidence.
As if to confirm Liu Bai's words, when the first and second lightning tribulations descended, towering black flames suddenly erupted from the mountain, directly burning the tribulation lightning into nothingness with overwhelming force.
Within such a terrifying scene, the surrounding mountain ranges began collapsing apart and were eventually burned into complete void.
And after the mountain vanished, the enormous black flaming bird hidden within the mountain finally revealed its true form.
At that exact moment, the thunderclouds high above rapidly contracted. The next instant, a bolt of lightning even larger than all the previous lightning pillars descended from the heavens.
Yet the giant bird transformed from Jiu You's true body unexpectedly let out a clear phoenix cry before opening its massive mouth and swallowing the lightning pillar whole.
This sight made Liu Bai feel an odd sense of familiarity. Hadn't this girl used the exact same method back when she transformed from spirit to divine?
"This girl why does she always love swallowing lightning…"
Clan Leader Tianhuang was completely confused after hearing those words, not understanding what Liu Bai meant.
However, that did not stop excitement from appearing on his face as he looked toward the sky.
Because high above the heavens, a black phoenix covered entirely in black flames spread its wings and soared through the air. A mysterious and ancient fluctuation carrying noble dignity spread overwhelmingly throughout heaven and earth, enveloping the entire region.
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