Creator of the New Zenith! The Vermilion Bird's Essence Blood.
The singular divine wheel crushed the mountains, then slowly rose, returning behind Jiang Yuqiong, hovering unsteadily!
Like a black sun, it framed him as both godlike and demonic!
This scene left everyone present with faces full of astonishment!
Even Baili Jinghong and Helian Cheng couldn't help but step back.
Pairs of eyes stared at the small figure as if he were a monster!
In their hearts, waves of shock surged!
He was just a child, yet his strength was so terrifying!
Facing prodigies of the Soul Fusion Realm, he fought three at once and still held the upper hand!
Unbelievable!
"B-B-B-Boss… he's this strong?!"
Feng Wuchou, Han Xuan, Hui Shoutao, and the others traveling with Jiang Yuqiong felt their hearts pound with overwhelming shock!
Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
Of course, they knew Jiang Yuqiong was powerful, but they never dared to imagine he could be this powerful!
They had witnessed the pitch-black finger imprint—a mighty divine ability, no doubt!
But what was that terrifying black vortex?
At that moment, Gu Xiu's figure burst out from the rubble below, standing at a distance, not daring to approach Jiang Yuqiong.
He stared at Jiang Yuqiong in a daze, his expression filled with horror!
"That's a divine wheel! How can there be such a strange divine wheel?"
Gu Xiu had been directly suppressed by the terrifying black vortex, feeling its aura most vividly!
It was indeed a divine wheel!
But it was utterly unlike the golden divine wheels of ordinary cultivators!
Its power was not just thousands of times greater—it was beyond comprehension!
This was too frightening!
Baili Jinghong, Helian Cheng, and the three who hadn't yet acted exchanged glances, unable to make sense of it.
But at a certain moment, Gu Xiu seemed to have a sudden epiphany, as if something clicked!
"I get it!"
"Before the assessment, there was a phenomenon of the Great Dao—laws shattered, order rewritten!"
"It's said someone broke the shackles of the Dao, achieving the extreme realm of the Divine Wheel stage, surpassing Dai Wangyang's ten divine wheels, the only one of its kind in eons. Could it be…"
"You?!"
By the end, Gu Xiu's face revealed extreme terror.
The others, hearing this, all gasped in unison!
"Not bad, you're pretty sharp!"
Jiang Yuqiong chuckled lightly, not denying it.
Behind him, the massive black divine wheel roared into motion, drawing in endless vital energy from the heavens and earth, transforming it into surging spiritual power!
Having just fully unleashed the Great Desolation Imprisoning Heaven Finger and his singular divine wheel, he had expended quite a bit.
But in mere moments, he returned to peak condition!
Seeing this, everyone's eyes filled with fear!
Hearts pounded furiously.
When the new extreme realm of the Divine Wheel stage emerged, countless elders and mighty figures had divined the heavens, trying to uncover its source, but none could pierce the mystery.
Who could have thought it was all because of this little kid in front of them!
Inconceivable!
Unimaginable!
Once this news spread, it would surely掀起惊涛骇浪—stir up a storm of epic proportions!
"With such talent, you can't possibly be a nobody!"
"Whose family do you hail from?"
Baili Jinghong suddenly asked in a deep voice.
But just as his words fell, a terrifying tremor erupted out of nowhere!
This world seemed to be gripped and shaken violently by an invisible giant hand!
Rumble!
The mountains quaked, the void trembled!
It was as if the end of days had come!
A fearsome wave swept through, knocking everyone off balance in the air.
Eyes widened in sheer panic.
All gazes turned toward the source of the disturbance!
In the distance, beams of divine light pierced the clouds, surging like waves, crashing against the nine heavens!
Countless massive stones shot into the sky, streaking across the firmament, scattering in all directions!
"That's…"
Someone cried out in shock.
They saw, amid the earth-shaking roar, a magnificent structure breaking through the ground in the distance, as if growing straight out of the earth!
It was a palace!
Upon its emergence, it exuded an extraordinary aura—ancient and distant, old and mysterious!
"An ancient grand hall!"
"There's something like this in the War Dragon Secret Realm!"
Jiang Yuqiong murmured, his heart shaken.
The others were equally astonished!
They all knew the War Dragon Secret Realm was an ancient, independent space from ages past.
When Emperor Shuangtian rose to power, he brought it back to the Ancient Sky Sect.
Under normal circumstances, outsiders could never enter.
It was only during this once-in-a-century grand event that it was opened as an assessment ground.
Rumors said this was once an ancient battlefield, burial place of a heaven-defying figure!
They had already seen the ancient battlefield beneath their feet.
Had it not been for the gap in the formation, they wouldn't have gotten in.
No one could have expected a fully intact palace to be here!
Rumble…
With a tremendous quake, the massive palace finally fully emerged!
It was a vast and majestic structure!
Ancient runes glowed on its beams and pillars, shimmering with light.
Simply standing there, it radiated an inexhaustible, overwhelming pressure!
Like a true dragon crouching!
Like a god or demon standing tall!
Its boundless aura was as deep as a demonic abyss, as vast as a divine sea, exuding immense oppression!
"What is that place?"
Baili Jinghong muttered, stunned.
At that moment, as the palace fully revealed itself, the massive tremors subsided.
The group finally steadied themselves.
All eyes fell upon the palace!
Chirp…
Suddenly, a piercing cry of a bird rang out from the palace, sharp as clashing metal, splitting clouds and cracking stone, as if it could shred their souls!
Roar…
Then came a terrifying beastly bellow, like an ancient primordial predator crossing time to arrive in the present!
The boundless pressure pinned Jiang Yuqiong and the others, leaving them breathless!
It took a long while for that aura to finally recede.
"Look over there—what is that!"
Baili Jingyun shouted from the side, pointing above the palace.
No reminder was needed!
Under everyone's gaze, a giant bird's phantom circled above the palace, its wings spread wide, soaring through the sky!
It was a divine bird, its body wreathed in blazing godly flames, dyeing the heavens red!
Even as just a phantom, its flight warped and scorched the surrounding void!
"Vermilion Bird!"
"That's the phantom of the ancient divine Vermilion Bird!"
Feng Wuchou rushed to Jiang Yuqiong's side, exclaiming in disbelief.
The Vermilion Bird, an ancient divine species, could burn the world with its flames, its divine might unfathomable. In today's age, it was exceedingly rare.
The most common traces were its bloodline descendants.
Who would have thought they'd witness a Vermilion Bird phantom here!
"It's the true aura of a Vermilion Bird! That phantom is formed from a drop of Vermilion Bird essence blood!"
Helian Cheng suddenly spoke in a grave tone.
His breathing quickened!
"If I'm not mistaken, that palace was definitely arranged by the Ancient Sky Sect!"
"That drop of Vermilion Bird essence blood must have been left for the sect's most outstanding disciple!"
His words made it click for everyone.
With Emperor Shuangtian in the Ancient Sky Sect, the War Dragon Secret Realm must have been thoroughly explored, leaving little behind.
The Vermilion Bird essence blood was surely preserved for some future prodigy of unparalleled talent.
At this realization, Baili Jinghong, Helian Cheng, Gu Xiu, and the other three Soul Fusion Realm youths felt their chests heave, their eyes gleaming with fervor.
"Hahaha… I never imagined I, Helian Cheng, would stumble upon such an opportunity!"
"Since it's meant for a prodigy, I'll just claim it early!"
"It's the will of the heavens! That Vermilion Bird essence blood is mine, Murong Ce's!"
"Who dares to compete with me!"
In an instant, figures darted toward the palace!