The divine beast recognized its master, and the dragon girl, destined to kill him, went to the spiri

"Your Majesty, the Divine One has shown signs of giving birth!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the divine artifact at the spirit pool on the back mountain has shown unusual activity!"

"Your Majesty, a strange phenomenon has occurred: an egg has fallen from the sky!"

……

"Wan'er, this is Shao Huai. You two should get to know each other."

"Shao Huai? Your aura is so familiar! Oh! I remember now, aren't you the phoenix egg that was nurtured in the spirit pool!"

"You... okay, Wan'er."

……

“Our Wan’er inherited your bloodline, but also my power. She is so favored by the heavens. I don’t know if it is a blessing or a curse. And that Feng Zi… she is clearly human, but she has the essence of a phoenix in her body.”

“Fengzi was born because of our Wan’er, their fates are intertwined. I’m afraid even we can’t protect her. For thousands of years, such a thing has happened. My husband, tell me…”

"Perhaps it's about to change."

……

Suddenly, everything became illusory fragments, which finally coalesced into a human figure.

"Shao Huai? Su Shao Huai, what have you done?!"

Ye Wanqing looked terrified. She clearly sensed that her Condensed Feather had broken through the fifth layer of restrictions, reaching a level of extraordinary skill. Her spiritual cultivation level was also about to break through the highest realm of the Three Realms.

The fragments of memory that shattered in the void just now were enough for her to guess the cause and effect of everything.

Su Shaohuai shook his head slightly. At this moment, a crimson phoenix tail mark appeared on his forehead, and phoenix fire spread around him. To Ye Wanqing, it was warm and gentle. His aura was different from before, and it had a somewhat unfathomable meaning.

“Wanqing, I only found out after the battle when Emperor Siheng perished that I was the fifth layer of restriction on the Jade Purity Feather Fan that you were looking for. I’m sorry for keeping it from you all this time. I just wanted to stay by your side... a little longer.”

"The time has come. The power of the rules calls me to obey the will of Heaven. This is my destiny as the Phoenix of Destiny."

"To hell with your destiny! I've never believed in any kind of fate!" Ye Wanqing's eyes were bloodshot, and the surging ferocity in them almost tore the surrounding air apart. She couldn't accept that the people around her were dying one by one because of her.

She suddenly raised her hand and grabbed Su Shaohuai's sleeve, but touched only an illusion. Her voice was hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper, each word filled with tears and blood, accompanied by an uncontrollable tremor.

"Su Shaohuai, listen to me! I never follow any rules. You are Su Shaohuai! You have the right to choose. Ningyu clearly doesn't need your fifth layer of restrictions anymore. You don't need this, and I won't allow you to die!"

The destruction of the temple was so that she could be reborn on the Azure Sky Continent and merge with her divided soul; the destruction of the Azure Sky Continent was so that she could regain her life force and return to the Heavenly Spirit Realm; Emperor Siheng's soul was scattered, but it was all to protect her.

Now, Su Shaohuai is going to sacrifice his Jade Purity Feather Fan to benefit her. She watches as the people around her perish one by one. How can she accept this?

Su Shaohuai looked down at her, the phoenix tail mark on his forehead becoming even more dazzling, like a burning flame, reflecting a layer of tenderness in his eyes.

“Wanqing,” his voice was low and hoarse, carrying a sense of fatalistic helplessness, “I was born as a phoenix, and the phoenix is ​​a restriction. I was meant to protect you, accompany you into your life, and appear in the world with the Jade Purity Feather Fan. The reason I kept it from you these past few days was because of my own selfish desire to be Su Shaohuai by your side for a while, rather than a cold magical artifact.”

He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks, but the warmth of his fingertips gradually dissipated. The phoenix fire around him began to flicker, and golden specks of light escaped from his robes like shattered stars.

"No—" Ye Wanqing shook her head frantically, trying to gather the light spots, but they slipped through her fingers. "Su Shaohuai, stop! I order you to stop!"

The dragon bone power within Ye Wanqing's body surged uncontrollably, rushing wildly towards Su Shaohuai's body, trying to hold onto his gradually dissipating soul. However, that power seemed to sink into the sea without even causing a ripple.

"Wanqing, don't cry. Being able to transform into your natal fan and protect you year after year is the most fulfilling blessing in my life. This is good too, from now on, when you fan the breeze, it will be me calling your name."

The moment the words fell, a clear and deafening phoenix cry suddenly resounded throughout the heavens and earth. Yu Qingning Feather Fan abruptly broke free from Ye Wanqing's hand, soared upwards, and hovered in mid-air.

At the same time, the phoenix tail mark on his forehead suddenly burst forth with a dazzling golden light, enveloping Ye Wanqing. She watched as Su Shaohuai's figure gradually became transparent in the golden light, turning into countless golden feathers that floated into the air.

Those golden feathers seemed to be given life, rushing to merge into the patterns of the fan ribs and fan surface of the Jade Purity Feather Fan, and the special phoenix tail mark was also precisely embedded in the deepest groove of the fan handle.

The mountains, rivers, seas, sun, moon, and stars that were originally blurred on the fan surface are now so clear that they seem almost within reach.

A phantom of a phoenix rising from the ashes hovered back and forth on the fan surface, its wings shimmering with iridescent light. Ancient runes on the bluish-white fan ribs shone brightly, exuding an unprecedented sense of weight and completeness.

"Su Shaohuai!"

Ye Wanqing suddenly awoke from her daze, her chest heaving violently, a thin layer of sweat covering her forehead, and her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"Senior sister, you're awake!"

Di Sizhen, who had been taking care of Ye Wanqing for several days, stood by the bedside. Her expression was worried, and her voice was choked with barely suppressed sobs. "Senior sister, you're awake. You've been unconscious for several days."

Ye Wanqing looked dazed, glanced at Di Sizhen, then stared blankly down at Ningyu, which she was holding tightly in her palm.

The phoenix tail mark on the fan handle is dazzlingly red, as if it were the last warmth Su Shaohuai left in the world.

She didn't cry, but stared blankly at the mark, her eyes filled with a lifeless emptiness, and the trembling of her fingertips seemed to have stopped.

Time passed without her noticing, and a single tear silently slid down her pale cheek, landing precisely on the phoenix mark.

"What about leaving the wilderness?"

"When I arrived, Li Huang had already been sealed away. Only you were protected by the ball of light, while the Jade Purity Feather Fan and the Mysterious Spirit Seal were both in mid-air."

Di Sizhen looked pained and staggered over, suddenly hugging Ye Wanqing tightly, burying her face in the crook of her neck, and scalding tears gushed out, soaking her clothes.

"Senior sister, waaaah~ please don't do this." Her voice was broken and incoherent, her shoulders trembled violently, and her reddened almond eyes were filled with desperate pleas.

"My brother's soul has been scattered, my close friends are either dead or injured, my master and junior brother are still in a coma, and Nan Qiao's injury triggered the special constitution of the Medicine Girl, so she is also in a coma. I only have you and Yu Bao left. Senior sister, I only have you two left. Please don't leave me."

"Mother..."

Yu Bao's small figure rushed over, but considering Ye Wanqing's health, he didn't dare to ask her for a hug. He just looked at her with teary eyes and asked, "Mother... are you still in pain?"

Ye Wanqing seemed to finally come to her senses, and gently stroked Yu Bao's face with her fair and slender hand. "Yu Bao, your father said that your mother will choose your formal name. From today onwards, Yu Bao will be called Di Yu Cheng, okay?"

Yes……

May your glory shine in all directions, and may your descendants enjoy lasting peace.

That is also...

The light shines on new life, and we are protected by our old friends.