When the news of the Ancient Haven Palace's appearance gradually spread out in the Greatlaw Continent, it was still swiftly spreading throughout the Great Thousand World. In the isolated space of the Divinity Sea, time still flowed without anyone noticing.
In this space where the sun didn't rise or set, the concept of time was reduced to the lowest level.
A rock island quietly stood on the scarlet ocean. At this moment, a clear cry suddenly rang out from the rock island. As the cry rang out, flames suddenly swept out from the rock island. In a short span of a few breaths, they had covered the entire sky.
Those flames were faintly coloured, but they contained an extremely overbearing power. As the flames soared, even the surrounding ocean was gradually boiling and even space showed signs of distortions.
The boundless Spiritual Energy between the heavens and earth seemed like it was about to combust at this moment.
Moreover, the thing that caused people to feel the most astonishment was that the flames seemed to contain a flourishing life force. It appeared overbearing and destructive, but at the deepest part of it, it was overflowing with life and was incomparably mysterious.
This strange flame was naturally the Phoenix's Undying Flame!
But the Undying Flame didn't belong to the Undying Bird Beast Sovereign. Casting his gaze over, he saw a slender silhouette quietly sitting on the rock island.
That figure was naturally Jiu You. The current her seemed to have undergone a huge change compared to before she went into seclusion. Her hair had grown much longer and every strand of her hair was blazing with flames. As they fluttered behind her, they looked like gorgeous fiery tails.
Furthermore, every single strand of hair seemed to contain an extremely great power. If it were to move according to Jiu You's thoughts, it would be impossible for it to escape.
It was like a flaming whip as it swept out. That power was probably something that even pinnacle level Seventh Grade Sovereigns could not withstand.
They would all be battered and exhausted.
Obviously, this closed-door training.
To Nine Nether, it was a transformation that was akin to a complete transformation.
She quietly sat cross-legged. This continued for an unknown period of time before her eyes, which had been tightly shut for nearly half a year, slowly opened.
Whoosh!
In that instant when she opened her eyes, the entire heavens and earth seemed to have been set ablaze. Even space started to distort from the heat in the direction of her gaze.
It was as if it was about to shatter.
On the centre of Nine Nether's brows, there seemed to be a strand of rune of flames that had vaguely appeared. That rune gradually grew brighter and at the same time, it caused the flames on her body to grow stronger.
Hu.
A cluster of white gas was spat out from Jiu You's small red mouth. Immediately, the white gas transformed into a faint flame that burned fiercely. With a 'puff' sound, a small tree on the ground in front of her was burned to ashes.
However, when the small tree turned into ashes, the faint white flames did not disappear.
Instead, it continued to burn, and a mysterious power was quietly being emitted.
Hence …
A small emerald sprout emerged from the ashes of the small tree, once again exuding vitality.
Looking at the sprout that appeared from the ashes, Jiu You's eyes beamed with joy.
"Not bad, you have already grasped some of the essence of the Undying Flames. You can actually turn death into life. As long as you grasp this path, no matter how severe your injuries are, you can rely on the Undying Flames in your bloodline to swiftly recover."
It will allow you to swiftly recover. "A smiling voice suddenly resounded from behind Nine Nether.
However, that voice seemed to be filled with exhaustion and lethargy.
Jiu You swiftly turned around.
Thereafter, she saw the silhouette of the gorgeous woman that was about to dissipate. There was unconcealable lethargy on the latter's face. But at this moment, she was looking at Jiu You with gratification.
Looking at her, Jiu You knew that the Undying Bird Beast Sovereign had also reached her limit. In this period of seclusion, the Myriad Spiritual Bird Beast Sovereign and Desolate Beast Sovereign had already dissipated due to the exhaustion of their Spiritual Energy. Only the Undying Bird Beast Sovereign had relied on the unique power of the Undying Flames to persist until today.
Looking at the gratified gorgeous woman, Nine Nether felt her nose turning sour. Shortly after, she solemnly knelt on the ground and gave a deep bow to the latter.
If it wasn't for the guidance of the gorgeous woman, she wouldn't have been able to perfectly absorb and refine the inheritance blood essence of the Undying Bird. Furthermore, it wouldn't have been possible for her to improve her Undying Flames to such a degree.
Receiving such a great bow from Jiu You, the gorgeous woman was rather satisfied with Jiu You. In her view, Jiu You's talent was similarly outstanding. If nothing went wrong, there was a high chance for him to evolve into a genuine Undying Bird. So, speaking from a certain degree, she had considered Jiu You as her successor.
"You will have to walk your own path in the future. Furthermore, the Undying Bird Clan is thin to begin with. Although we're also considered to be part of the Phoenix Clan, the monarch of the Phoenix Clan is the True Phoenix and True Phoenix. Therefore, they would always be fearful and cautious of us." The gorgeous woman softly said.
In the Phoenix Clan, the True Phoenix ruled over the Phoenix Clan, the True Phoenix ruled over the Phoenix Clan, while the Undying Bird was independent. Although the Phoenix Clan was courteous and respectful towards the Undying Bird Clan, it was unavoidable for them to have their guard up.
Jiu You nodded her head. She was a member of the Jiu You Sparrow Clan. So even if she managed to evolve into an Undying Bird in the future, she would still stay in the Jiu You Sparrow Clan. Therefore, she wasn't interested in going to the Phoenix Clan to fight for power.
Thinking about it, the boundless flames around Jiu You started to shrink, before returning to her body. Along with the disappearance of the flames, her hair had also returned to normal. However, her eyes grew even brighter.
Jiu You lowered her head as she slowly clenched her fist. Sensing the boundless Spiritual Energy ripples in her body, a smile rose on her rosy lips.
Calculating the time, she had been in seclusion in this Divinity Sea for a total of two years. But in the outside world, only half a year had passed.
These two years were extremely important to Jiu You. Not only had she perfected her bloodline, she had also borrowed the power of the inheritance blood essence of the Undying Bird to soar her cultivation from the Seventh Grade Sovereign Realm to the Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm!
She had risen by two grades in two years!
Right now, Jiu You was already a genuine Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm!
If she returned to the Great Heaven Domain, her position would immediately rise and she would become the Fourth Emperor of the Great Heaven Domain!
If ordinary people knew about this speed, their eyeballs would probably pop out. After all, under normal circumstances, an ordinary Seventh Grade Sovereign would require several years of bitter cultivation in order to reach the Eighth Grade Sovereign Realm. Furthermore, they would also require a large amount of resources and opportunities to succeed.
Naturally, Jiu You's rise was something that could only be chanced upon. If it wasn't for the inheritance blood essence of the Undying Bird, the Divinity Sea, and the guidance of a Heavenly Sovereign, Jiu You wouldn't be able to achieve such progress if she didn't possess any of the three conditions.
"With such strength, it can't be that I can't be of any help in the future, right?"
Jiu You pursed her lips into a smile as she looked into the distance. In the past, she could sense the rapid growth of Mu Chen's strength. When she first entered the Great Heaven Domain, she could still provide some help to Mu Chen. But as Mu Chen gradually rose, he had actually surpassed her.
Ever since then, Jiu You realised that she could no longer provide any help to Mu Chen. It was so much so that in this Divine Beast Origin, Mu Chen was basically turning the tides, while she was just a spectator.
This situation made Jiu You feel a little uncomfortable, since she was used to taking care of Mu Chen. So much so that she wasn't used to it, since she was suddenly useless.
Therefore, she felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders when she realized that her strength had suddenly advanced to such an extent.
She knew that the main reason why Mu Chen came to the Greatlaw Continent was the Ancient Haven Palace, since he would be able to obtain the evolution method of the Great Solar Undying Body there. So he had been preparing for that.
After dealing with Jiu You's matters with the Sparrow Clan, Mu Chen would naturally prepare for the Ancient Haven Palace. At this moment, her strength had greatly improved, so she would definitely be able to provide some help to Mu Chen.
"But speaking of Mu Chen, that fellow hasn't appeared for a long time."
Jiu You looked at the boundless ocean, but there wasn't anyone there. It seemed that Mu Chen had dived into the ocean a year ago, since the Spiritual Energy there was more majestic and refined.
"Mhm?"
Just when this thought flashed in Nine Nether's mind, the ocean in the distance suddenly surged with torrential waves as a myriad foot wave swept out from the bottom of the ocean. On the top of the wave, there was a skinny figure quietly seated.
"Mhm?"
Jiu You looked at the silhouette that appeared on the wave and couldn't help exclaiming. That's because she could sense that the Spiritual Energy fluctuation around Mu Chen didn't seem to have grown much stronger. At this moment, he was still at the Seventh Grade Sovereign Realm.
After nearly two years of secluded cultivation, his Spiritual Energy cultivation actually didn't increase at all?
Nine Nether's face was filled with astonishment. In such a treasured cultivation ground, it was impossible for someone to not make any progress, no matter how bad his talent was, right?
Not to mention that Mu Chen's talent was stunning, to begin with.
"That fellow is pretty smart."
Just when Jiu You was feeling puzzled, the gorgeous woman chuckled, "Good preparation, nothing more than that."
Jiu You was smart, so she immediately understood what was going on. "He's suppressing it on purpose?"
The gorgeous woman gently nodded her head. "The more he suppresses it, the more powerful the rebound will be. But his suppression is about to reach its limit, so let us see how far he can rebound."
According to her initial estimations, Mu Chen should be able to break through to the Eighth Grade Sovereign Realm in this secluded cultivation. But she never expected that his ambition would be so great. He had actually suppressed the Spiritual Energy in his body for an entire two years. If he were to release the restraint now, the rebound would probably be extremely powerful.
From the looks of it, even ordinary Eighth Grade Sovereigns wouldn't be able to stop that brat.
(To be continued)