The Blazing Sun hung high, and the Sword Qi stood like pillars.

The Vermilion Bird, dressed in a bright red robe and transformed into a human, sat cross-legged at the top of the Sword Qi Stone Pillar, hands resting on knees, as his robes fluttered noisily in the wind.

"Ha!"

"Hah!"

In the center of the land sealed by Sword Qi, a young girl with horn braids was practicing her boxing stance, moving systematically and accurately.

The Vermilion Bird watched the girl's movements intently.

Suddenly, he furrowed his brows and looked towards the end of the Sword Qi Stone Pillars.

The next moment.

The figure of the Vermilion Bird vanished within the forbidden area.

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"Why have you come again?"

The Vermilion Bird instantly appeared at the edge of the layers of Sword Qi seal.

He did not take a step further.

The Sword Qi of the Tongtian Law Enforcement suppressed this entire Demon Mountain!

He knew that if he took one more step forward,

The Sword Qi would erupt.

The Vermilion Bird Demon floated off the ground, gazing down haughtily at the young man below: "You are not welcome here."

"I know that the senior does not welcome me."

Xie Xuanyi smiled and looked up, saying: "However, my visit here is not to see the senior."

"Heh..."

The Vermilion Bird stared at Xie Xuanyi, particularly at the mark on his forehead, studying him for a long time.

After a long while.

The Vermilion Bird coldly said: "You seem to speak more boldly than before, is it because of your ascension to the Yin God Realm?"

Xie Xuanyi remained silent with a smile.

The last time they met,

In the eyes of the Vermilion Bird, this young man in black had an extremely insignificant presence, merely a Grotto Heaven; in his eyes, he was no different from an ant.

But now,

This Grotto Heaven had become a Yin God.

Though in the outside world, he would be formidable enough to dominate one side.

In the eyes of the Vermilion Bird, a Yin God who had just ascended was still nothing but an ant.

From the beginning to the end,

What the Vermilion Bird truly feared was the "Sword Qi Mark" left behind by Zhao Chunyang.

He was not afraid of heaven or earth.

Only Zhao Chunyang struck fear into him.

Even the daily refining with Sword Qi by the Tongtian Law Enforcement, which had suppressed him for decades, couldn't make the Vermilion Bird willingly submit.

Yangshen Ten Realms.

The Vermilion Bird had now cultivated to the pinnacle of the second realm, and if it weren't for the Golden Turtle Peak Sword Qi Formation suppressing him daily, he would undoubtedly have become even stronger.

As for Zhao Tongtian...

The Vermilion Bird resisted the Sword Qi of Golden Turtle Peak day and night.

He knew very well that although the realm of Tongtian Law Enforcement was higher than his own, it wasn't by much; in recent years, it was at most the fourth realm, and now he might have ascended to the fifth realm.

If the Da Sui Sword Palace did not have Zhao Chunyang—

With his own top-tier demon body of the Yang God Realm, resisting a few strikes from Zhao Tongtian and escaping from this place would definitely not be difficult!

But in this world, there are no ifs.

As long as Zhao Chunyang is still alive,

If he dares to harbor any delusions, he would attract a calamity that could decimate him.

The Vermilion Bird could never forget the day when he ascended to the Yang God and was confirmed as a Great Venerable. That day, at the forbidden lands of Golden Turtle Peak, golden lotuses surged from the ground, the sky was dazzling with clouds, and a second Blazing Sun rose. Within ten miles of the dome, the skies were filled with fiery clouds, and the Tongtian Law Enforcement, whose cultivation realm was not yet stable, hurriedly executed the Sword Array, but could not suppress the Vermilion Bird Red Flames on his body!

Bearing humiliations and hardships, after many years of arduous cultivation, the Vermilion Bird howled to the sky, fiercely determined.

As a Breakthrough Yang God, all under the heavens of the Demon Country bowed down, addressing him as the Great Venerable!

He wielded the Vermilion Bird Blazing Fire, broke through the restrictions of Golden Turtle Peak, shattered the layers of Sword Qi, and unfurled his massive demon body, looking down upon the Da Sui Sword Palace that had trapped him for many years.

The Vermilion Bird believed that after breaking through to the Yang God Realm, it would be able to shatter its shackles and reign supreme over the world.

But unexpectedly.

What greeted it was not Zhao Tongtian's Sword Qi Formation.

But a crisp and resounding slap.

One day, purely by chance as he had nothing to do, Zhao Chunyang happened to pass by Golden Turtle Peak.

He gave the newly ascended Yang God Vermilion Bird a slap on the face.

After that slap.

The Vermilion Bird immediately behaved and willingly crouched on Golden Turtle Peak to guard the forbidden area, never again harboring the absurd thought of "reigning supreme over the world" in its mind.

Years later.

That slap from Zhao Chunyang.

Still echoed continuously in the Vermilion Bird's mind.

Whenever the Vermilion Bird felt it had made progress and was pleased with itself, it would subconsciously touch its cheek... With its demon body transformed, a faint golden light lingered in the original spot, it didn't know how heavy Zhao Chunyang's slap was, but it felt that, even if it were to cultivate to several realms higher, the outcome would likely be the same.

The flesh of the Demon Race is naturally stronger than that of Human Race cultivators.

After manifesting its Lifebound Avatar.

The Vermilion Bird prided itself on being "tough and resilient." In terms of endurance, even Human Race Great Practitioners at the fourth or fifth realm of Yang God might not necessarily be stronger than it.

Over the years, apart from cultivation, it kept asking itself one question.

Out of the Ten Yangshen Realms, which had Zhao Chunyang reached?

The ninth, the tenth, or perhaps...

The Vermilion Bird shook its head, casting aside the random thoughts in its mind, and stared at the young man in black before him for a long time. It said gloomily, "If I'm not mistaken, the 'Sword Qi Mark' on your forehead should have dissipated, right?"

"It has."

Xie Xuanyi responded with a sincere smile, touching his forehead, and with some emotion: "I know, last time senior probably let me in because of the 'Sword Qi Mark.' This time, you do not have to extend the same courtesy to me."

"..."

The expression of the Vermilion Bird changed.

If this young man avoided mentioning the disappearance of the Sword Qi Mark,

It would have a measure of him.

But Xie Xuanyi's forthright acknowledgment left the Vermilion Bird Demon puzzled... The Sword Qi was quite abundant in this young man, his spirit was extremely vibrant, although he had just reached a Breakthrough, he didn't seem at all like a fledgling in the Initial Stage of Yin God. However, just relying on the power of the Yin God Realm to contend with it, what a joke?

Even though it was suppressed by Zhao Tongtian's Sword Qi and couldn't fully express its power,

It was still not something that a young Yin God could contend with.

Could it be...

That Zhao Chunyang was displeased with it and looking for an opportunity to give it a lesson?

The Vermilion Bird's eyes darkened, gazing through the layers of the Sword Qi prohibition towards the place where Zhao Chunyang was in secluded cultivation.

"By the way, the Sect Leader is in closed-door cultivation..."

Xie Xuanyi let out a light cough, as if he saw through the Great Demon's thoughts, he said with a smile: "Senior, if you wish to leave Da Sui Sword Palace, now would be an excellent opportunity."

"???"

The Vermilion Bird was startled.

Does this young man know what he is talking about?

"Don't try to deceive me."

The Vermilion Bird sneered: "I like it here, I will just stay here, and I'm not going anywhere!"

It was at this moment.

From far away at the end of the Sword Qi prohibition, a voice of surprise and excitement shouted.

"Xie Zhen! You're back!"

Although fully immersed in her Boxing Posture, Jiang Huang also sensed the slight changes in the warmth of the Blazing Sun.

The Vermilion Bird, with its own Blazing Sun Cave Heaven, nurtured this Phoenix.

During her time of cultivation.

Jiang Huang had faintly begun to sense the emotions of this Great Demon through the Blazing Sun.

The little girl tying her hair in twin braids stopped her Boxing Posture and looked towards the end of the Sword Qi prohibition.

Seeing Xie Zhen, the little one shouted out in delight.

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