Legend of the Great Sage

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Time flew.
In the phoenix’s embryo, the thick liquid created from the pure spiritual qi gradually began to take shape.

The tremendous life force was turning into a true lifeform, an undying phoenix.

Perhaps because it had waited for far too long as well, the bit of consciousness was eager to burst out of the shell the moment it formed.
In less than three years, it had assumed the most basic form.
The bit of consciousness had already merged with the body completely, becoming a true will.

Li Qingshan was happy about this, but he could not help but feel some pity.

At this moment, something unexpected happened with the phoenix’s embryo.
Li Qingshan seemed to see in a daze a magnificent phoenix soaring through the air.
That was the most powerful lifeform he had seen so far apart from brother ox, so noble that it could overlook the entire world.

The phoenix produced a glorious cry, echoing through his entire sea of consciousness.
It was like it was trying to tell him something, no, it was to the unborn phoenix.

Suddenly, thousands of pieces of information surged through his head, turning into millions of images.

Every single piece of information, every image, contained the truths of the world.
There was an extremely strong sense of continuity, yet he was unable to describe what exactly it entailed.
It was like a dream, clear and vivid, yet also blurry and vague.
Once he woke up, all of it would turn to nothing.

Li Qingshan suddenly realised that this was the phoenix’s legacy!

If a person grew up in the wilderness without the guidance from their seniors, they would not be any better off than a monkey.
Their ability to survive might even be worse than a monkey’s.

However, a divine beast like the phoenix was different.
Just like the legendary sages of virtue that were born with knowledge, even when its parents were already long gone when it was born, its bloodline possessed a natural legacy, waiting to enlighten it the moment it awakened from chaos, so it would understand where it came from and where it was going.
It would not lose its direction and would not forget who it was.

The “phoenix’s legacy” was not like the Imbuement of Wisdom.
Instead, it was more like the Great Banyan Tree King’s fruit of wisdom, but much more wondrous.

As it underwent enlightenment, the legacy would not influence the young phoenix’s individuality, which was why the feeling that it gave to Li Qingshan was like a dream.

Dreams were not actually “nothing”.
Instead, they originated from the subconsciousness, from a deeper layer of the sea of consciousness, which was far vaster and more profound than the surface consciousness.
It allowed the young phoenix to possess extremely great wisdom the moment it was born.
Coupled with its natural strength, it was completely capable of thriving alone.

As Li Qingshan hatched the phoenix, he also enjoyed this phoenix’s dream that had been passed down since ancient times.

In a daze, he experienced some thoughts.
He felt like he had gained something, and he felt like he had lost something.

For all this time, the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvāṇa had always been the cultivation method that he struggled the most with.
Even with Feng Xiwu’s complete assistance, he found it extremely slow, even encountering a bottleneck at the end and coming to a halt.

In Feng Xiwu’s words, he had only inherited the phoenix’s bloodline, but he had not comprehended the phoenix’s heart.
However, probably even Feng Xiwu was unable to clearly describe what the phoenix’s heart was.

But at this moment, Li Qingshan felt like he had comprehended it, yet he was unable to put it into exact words either.

The Phoenix Undergoes Nirvana Rebirth, with an Undying Heart.

Li Qingshan muttered inside, and the bottleneck vanished as if it had never existed.

The Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvāṇa had broken through to the fourth layer!

Before he could even celebrate, the rumbling of thunder passed through the domain, roaring at his ears.

Surely not! It shouldn't have come so soon! Right when Li Qingshan felt rather puzzled, he realised what was going on.
He lowered his head and took a look.
So it’s you who’s undergoing the tribulation.
Just how dominating of a victory at the starting line is this!?