Chapter 74: Your Immortal Bell Is Excellent, Now It Bears My Surname

Chapter 74: Your Immortal Bell Is Excellent, Now It Bears My Surname

"Ah~ My hair!"

Shaohua picked up a strand of her hair, which had turned white again, and felt a mix of sorrow and helplessness.

Life-Draining might feel good in the moment, but the aftermath is brutal.

Fortunately, despite the heavy losses, the gains were significant.

The mark of the Undying Celestial Sovereign within the Immortal Bell had vanished. The ripple strike hadn’t damaged the Celestial Artifact but had erased the human imprint.

She gazed intently at the Immortal Bell, unhesitatingly claiming it as her own.

As the Donghuang, how could she not have a bell befitting her status?

From now on, it would be called the Donghuang Bell!

"The immortal phoenix of the celestial realm, a great source of nourishment. Since I couldn’t completely kill it, I’ll drink its blood and eat its flesh; it wouldn’t be a waste of my elaborate plans and life-risking efforts."

Shaohua took the remains of the Undying Celestial Sovereign and left, staggering under the weight of two Celestial Artifacts.

She was truly exhausted. The planning, the acting, the intense battle, the Life-Draining, and finally shattering her Celestial Core to fake her death and escape using the two Celestial Artifacts.

"Sister, can I borrow the Celestial Hall for a few more days?"

In the depths of the ancient forbidden zone, Shaohua asked the expressionless Fierce Sovereign for her opinion.

The Fierce Sovereign remained silent, her frail body still bound by several Celestial Gold chains. Her divine soul in the Immortal Platform was nearly non-existent, and she had no vitality left, so she couldn’t respond.

"I’ll take your silence as consent", Shaohua said with a light laugh. Once she fully recovered, she could use the Eternal Rite in conjunction with the Immortal Bell to perfectly suppress the Great Dao.

"Actually, you didn’t need to go to such lengths. Borrowing the Celestial Hall for a thousand years or so, the Undying Celestial Sovereign wouldn’t be able to trace your location, and you could still escape the mortal world", Sage Physique elder and gatekeeper, Xiao Zicheng, couldn’t help but comment.

Indeed, thanks to someone’s remarkable achievements, the indestructible golden body was now known as the Sage Physique.

Others didn’t know that Shaohua had long severed the connection to her father’s physique. The world only knew that the Donghuang was the daughter of the indestructible golden body.

If she could produce such a daughter, what else could she be but a Sage Physique?

"You can hide for a while, but not forever. The Celestial Sovereigns are not easy to deceive. If they threaten the Jade Pond Holy Land, what would I do?"

Shaohua smiled and continued, "Only by doing this will everyone believe it. Besides, hiding isn’t in my nature. I must test the Undying Celestial Sovereign’s abilities."

"What did you find out?" Xiao Zicheng couldn’t help but ask.

"Average", Shaohua responded with a nonchalant tone.

It wasn’t that the Undying Celestial Sovereign was weak, but rather that his current strength didn’t match the countless years he had lived. Compared to his million-year cultivation, he was truly average.

Previously, the Undying Celestial Sovereign had been in the shadows while Shaohua was in the open, putting her at a disadvantage.

Now, the roles were reversed, with the Undying Celestial Sovereign in the open, unable to launch surprise attacks as easily, while the Supreme Beings of the forbidden zone and future emperors would be on high alert.

Shaohua, however, remained in the shadows. When she found the old bird’s trail, she would make him taste the bitter fruit of being ambushed.

The two leaned against the entrance of the Bronze Celestial Hall, chatting casually. A large pot on the side was bubbling, filling the air with a strange and delicious aroma, perfuming the forbidden zone.

The shattered imperial cauldron had been reassembled. Over the past twenty thousand years, her father’s body no longer needed suppression, and Shaohua had recovered most of the lost fragments, even adding a few more.

Perhaps only this cauldron was fit to cook the immortal phoenix meat. Yes, she could also try using the Heaven-Seizing Demon Vessel someday.

The fire under the cauldron was lit by the Pathkindling Lamp that Shaohua had previously crafted. She had to thank the Undying Celestial Sovereign for his generous gift.

The Pathkindling Lamp was supposed to burn Great Dao fragments, igniting the Dao Flame, but Great Dao fragments don’t appear out of thin air, and Shaohua hadn’t had the time to continue refining it.

She casually refined the flesh and blood of the million-year-old bird, which had been reduced to powder, into lamp oil, using the phoenix bone as the wick to light the Pathkindling Lamp.

By refining the dross and preserving the Dao essence, this was another form of consecration. The day the lamp's flame burned out would be the day it became an Imperial Artifact.

"Finally cooked! Swallowing a piece of Immortal Phoenix meat is better than achieving immortality!" Xiao Zicheng took a bite of the bird meat, which emitted a five-colored glow, and instantly felt invigorated.

His back no longer ached, his legs no longer hurt, and he felt like he could live for several more years!

The remains of the Undying Celestial Sovereign, which had been shattered into fragments, were used to consecrate the Pathkindling Lamp. The phoenix blood was refined, and the more intact parts of the body were plucked and cooked.

Of course, Shaohua and Xiao Zicheng didn't eat much. They mainly wanted to taste what the phoenix of the Immortal Realm was like, and a significant portion of the phoenix meat was stored away.

Shaohua refined the Immortal Phoenix's feathers into two five-colored feather garments, one for her mother and the other for the Fierce Sovereign, as a thank you for lending her the Celestial Hall.

If it weren't for the Bronze Celestial Hall holding back the Immortal Bell, the battle wouldn't have ended so quickly. She would have had to expend a lot of energy to counter the Celestial Artifact, and in the end, she might have been locked in a stalemate with the Undying Celestial Sovereign.

But now, she had nearly killed the Undying Celestial Sovereign at the cost of half her life, and seized the Immortal Bell. It was a great victory!

In reality, from start to finish, she had only used nine moves.

First, she clashed with the Undying Celestial Sovereign five times in the Purple Mountain, then her Celestial Artifact resisted another move, and finally, she unleashed three secret techniques, nearly killing him with the Life-Draining Vanishing Rite.

After the battle, it was the familiar process of restoration.

The array map and killing sword of Celestial Sovereign Lingbao were not actually lost again. Shaohua had made arrangements, and they quietly fell into the ancient forbidden zone after being knocked away.

She wouldn't make the same mistake twice.

The main weapon, the Worldblade, was shattered into pieces, but that wasn't a big problem. She continued to thank the Undying Celestial Sovereign for his generous contribution.

Shaohua also picked up the fragments of the Five-Colored Heavensblade and melted them together.

Notably, the divine essence of the Heavensblade did not dissipate but attached itself to a fragment after the blade broke, just like its owner.

After being reformed, the Worldblade shone with six colors of immortal light, completely surpassing the realm of ordinary Imperial Artifacts. It could be called a half-Celestial Artifact, and it was only a step away from becoming a true Celestial Artifact.

In summary, Shaohua had gained a small victory at the cost of half her life, exposing the Undying Celestial Sovereign to the world and allowing herself to feign death and escape.

She also seized the Immortal Bell, promoted the Worldblade to a half-Celestial Artifact, and it was only a matter of time before the Pathkindling Lamp became an Imperial Artifact. She even made two feather garments from the phoenix feathers.

Thinking about it, the Undying Celestial Sovereign was quite a good person!

Shaohua was deeply moved and decided that she would definitely invite him to reside in the Feathertranscendence Banner in the future!

After leaving a feather garment and a phoenix wing sealed with a Divine Core in the Bronze Celestial Hall, and giving the Immortal Phoenix's heart to the Sage Physique elder, she turned and left the ancient forbidden zone.

"Still not quite at ease, twenty-five years have passed, I wonder if those young ones have followed my instructions?" Shaohua sighed, stepping back onto the Northern Domain.

When the Celestial Core of the Donghuang broke and the Great Dao collapsed, the Jade Pond Holy Land did not fall into chaos. Everything continued to run smoothly.

"Before she left, the Donghuang left an edict. After her departure, the Jade Pond Holy Land would remain secluded for ten thousand years and gradually relocate to the imperial palace, sealing off the old grounds."

In the future, the Jade Pond would no longer have an emperor. The relocation was to open a new chapter, and staying in the same place would only make future generations intoxicated by the past glory, which would be harmful and unproductive.

Even the nearby Watch City was relocated, leaving behind only an empty "Yearning Wife Cliff."

"The prosperity of the world is but fleeting clouds. They are all gone, yet I still live on."

Shaohua sighed, wishing for health and longevity, and loving them all!

(End of Chapter)

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