Chapter 628: Chapter 288: Divine Phoenix Shattered

"The first Celestial Phoenix Maiden to transform into the Divine Phoenix?"

Upon hearing about the Celestial Phoenix Maiden, Qin Gengyun’s first reaction was the statue in the Divine Temple on Celestial Phoenix Mountain.

Earlier, Zhihe and the Celestial Phoenix Maiden’s sister, Zhu Lin, had taken Qin Gengyun and Qiu Zhihe to the temple, where they saw the statue of the first generation Celestial Phoenix Maiden.

But that statue was somewhat peculiar; the Celestial Phoenix Maiden, transformed into the Divine Phoenix, carried a man on her back as she spread her wings to fly out of Celestial Phoenix Mountain.

And that man’s appearance was exactly the same as Zhenyang!

"Yes, every generation of Celestial Phoenix Maiden must find their destined one to help awaken the Divine Phoenix bloodline within them."

"The Celestial Phoenix Maiden of that time was named Zhu Yinrong. She intended to scour the world, but before she could leave Celestial Phoenix Mountain, her destined one arrived at the summit on his own."

"Later, with his essence, Divine Lady Yinrong awakened the Divine Phoenix blood and transformed into the Ancient Divine Phoenix."

"But for some reason, Divine Lady Yinrong didn’t stay on Celestial Phoenix Mountain but followed that destined one."

Qin Gengyun and Qiu Zhihe exchanged glances, both displaying disdain.

If the memories within Sheng Tanglian’s Colorful Bone were not mistaken, the man who ascended to the Celestial Phoenix Maiden was undoubtedly Zhenyang.

This person killed his wife, seized power, and returned kindness with enmity—truly a scoundrel.

Clearly, the Divine Phoenix Maiden was abducted by Zhenyang, and her fate would probably be unfortunate.

Qiu Zhihe pointed at the dark red on the Divine Phoenix Feather and asked the Celestial Phoenix Maiden:

"Can you sense what this is?"

The Celestial Phoenix Maiden extended her bird claw to touch the dark red on the Golden Feather, closed her eyes, and moments later, opened them abruptly:

"It’s Divine Phoenix Blood!"

Her bird face first showed signs of panic, muttering:

"Why does Divine Lady Yinrong’s feather have her own blood? Could it be... she was harmed?"

Qin Gengyun paused, gently stroked her bird head: "Huang, don’t overthink it, go to bed early."

The Celestial Phoenix Maiden looked bewildered, not understanding why her master suddenly wanted her to sleep.

Qin Gengyun sighed quietly.

If he and Qiu Zhihe weren’t mistaken, the one who took Zhu Yinrong away was truly Zhenyang, then this Divine Phoenix Maiden might have already met with misfortune.

After all, Zhenyang’s trait of killing wives was terrifying.

The fate of women close to him was likely to be tragic.

And Huang so admired Divine Lady Yinrong; if she knew the truth, she might break down then and there.

Qiu Zhihe naturally understood her husband’s intention and tenderly stroked the Celestial Phoenix Maiden’s feathers: "Huang, be good, go to sleep."

The Celestial Phoenix Maiden’s bird face was full of confusion, then she realized.

They wanted to continue that shameful thing, so they coaxed me to sleep!

Wow, how shameless!

"I-I’m going to sleep outside!"

The Celestial Phoenix Maiden flapped her wings and burst out the door.

Once she was gone, Qin Gengyun said to Qiu Zhihe: "My dear, this Divine Phoenix Golden Feather is probably the only remnant of Divine Lady Yinrong. Do we continue to hide it from Huang?"

Qiu Zhihe thought for a moment, her eyes growing icy: "Zhenyang killed Sheng Tanglian five hundred years ago, severely damaging the Cyan Lotus Sect, and then likely ascended quickly after."

"But why did he appear on Celestial Phoenix Mountain again?"

Qin Gengyun realized: "You always pay attention to detail, my dear. In this timeline, there’s indeed a contradiction. It seems we should find a chance to return to Celestial Phoenix Mountain."

Qiu Zhihe said: "Yes, let’s set this matter aside for now and discuss it after the Immortal Ascension Ceremony."

Qin Gengyun shook his head and sighed: "Five hundred years ago, it was Zhenyang, and now it’s Chen Qingmo. Doesn’t the Zhenyang Sect have a single good person?"

...

Celestial Phoenix Mountain.

Divine Temple.

A gigantic statue stood prominently.

A Divine Phoenix spread her wings, magnificently soaring, seemingly ready to break through the sky.

However, on her back sat a man.

This man had handsome features and an extraordinary elegance, yet there seemed to be a trace of gloom between his brows.

This was the scene from five hundred years ago when Celestial Phoenix Maiden Zhu Yinrong transformed into the Divine Phoenix, carrying her mysterious destined one out of Celestial Phoenix Mountain.

This is also the only descendant among the Phoenix Race to manifest the Divine Phoenix’s powers after the Ancient Times when the Phoenix disappeared.

Thus, the Celestial Phoenix Race built the Divine Temple at the top of Celestial Phoenix Mountain for the descendants of the race to worship.

At this moment, Zhu Lin stood before the statue.

Yet her face was not filled with reverence but rather with regret and confusion.

Her younger sister, Zhu Huang’Er, had left Celestial Phoenix Mountain with that destined one several days ago. She was somewhat worried, fearing that her sister might suffer grievances.

Looking at the statue, she couldn’t help but sigh:

"Divine Lady Yinrong, why did you abandon the Phoenix Race once you became the Divine Phoenix?"

"If you had resided at Celestial Phoenix Mountain, Huang wouldn’t need to search for her destined one all over and end up subjugated, becoming someone’s servant."

"Divine Lady Yinrong, what truly happened back then?"

The statue was silent, naturally offering no answers.

Zhu Lin clasped her hands together, bringing them to her chest, and closed her eyes:

"Divine Lady Yinrong, if you are still in this world, please protect Huang."

Crack.

Suddenly, the Divine Phoenix statue unexpectedly cracked, and then the crack widened, ultimately separating the Divine Phoenix and the man.

Bam!

The Divine Phoenix fell to the ground, shattering to pieces!

Yet the man’s statue mysteriously floated in the air, with no support, yet it remained steadily standing.

"Who’s there?!"

Zhu Lin’s expression sharpened, her cascading hair stood on end, flames burst from her body, and a long sword flipped out in her hand, pointing behind the destined one’s statue.

"Hehe, after all these years, the Phoenix Race is still so feeble."

A rich yet slightly raspy voice resounded, reminiscent of thunder from heaven, bearing both the majesty of the world and an oppression that made one’s chest pound.

At this moment, Zhu Lin felt precisely this way, the other party not exerting any spiritual power pressure, yet making her body tremble, her flames extinguished instantly, unable to gather spiritual power.

Her face displayed shock, her eyes widened as she gazed at the destined one’s statue:

"Who are you? How did you infiltrate Celestial Phoenix Mountain?!"

The eerie voice continued from behind the statue: "Even someone as weak as you can oversee Celestial Phoenix Mountain? The Phoenix descendants are truly becoming less and less impressive. Where is this generation’s Celestial Phoenix Maiden?"

Zhu Lin replied coldly: "Who exactly are you? What do you intend to do by coming to our Celestial Phoenix Mountain?!"

The voice grew somewhat impatient: "Out of regard for Zhu Yinrong, I won’t kill you, quickly convey the whereabouts of this generation’s Celestial Phoenix Maiden!"

Zhu Lin froze: "You know Divine Lady Yinrong? Who exactly are you?"

"Zhu Yinrong’s offspring possess not a hint of the Divine Phoenix bloodline, which is truly disappointing. Naturally, I can only place hope on this generation’s Celestial Phoenix Maiden. You ask who I am? Heh heh..."

The next moment, a figure emerged from behind the destined one’s statue, each step creating ripples in the void as if a celestial being had descended.

He slowly approached Zhu Lin, and at this moment, Zhu Lin’s eyes widened, her face filled with shock:

"You, you..."

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