Douluo Continent: The Phoenix God Returns

Chapter 40 Metamorphosis

Blue Tyrant Academy had now been completely renamed Shrek Academy, and Li Ye and the others had joined the new Shrek Academy one after another. While Ye Li was on her way to the City of Slaughter, Li Ye did not neglect his cultivation. With his efforts, his soul power level had reached level 46 Soul Master, and his foundation was exceptionally solid.

Just today, following Ye Li's instructions, he went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to exchange the second awakening and evolution of his martial soul for the support of the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School truly and completely supports the Heavenly Capital Empire, it is obvious to anyone with eyes that the two sides are based on mutual interests, or that they are developing with the backing of the empire.

Ning Fengzhi is a smart man. He would not disagree with the overall interests of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, especially since the second evolution of the martial soul would be of great benefit to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Furthermore, Ye Li had already entrusted the Qiluo Tulip Immortal Herb to Li Ye and gave it to Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ning Fengzhi had no choice but to consider this favor.

After Li Ye performed a second martial soul awakening for the core disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi immediately decided to cooperate with Li Ye or the Spirit Hall.

Upon returning to Shrek Academy, Li Ye sensed something was amiss. His true form's aura suddenly weakened, and he had acquired an Asura Domain instead of the ordinary God of Slaughter Domain. The God of Slaughter Domain was simultaneously affecting both of them; Ye Li's domain evolution had caused Li Ye's God of Slaughter Domain to evolve into the Asura Domain.

"My Lord...My Lord, are you alright?" Li Ye's anxious voice reached Ye Li through the connection between the silver dragon's skulls, but Ye Li did not respond.

At this moment, Ye Li, deep in the Starry Sky Forest, was still in a deep coma. In his sea of ​​consciousness, Ye Li wandered aimlessly. The surroundings were desolate, silent, and a feeling of loneliness enveloped Ye Li as he walked.

"Sigh... what's wrong with me?" Ye Li sighed, then continued until she fell asleep.

"Ye Li, my son, are you alright?" A beautiful red figure appeared in front of Ye Li.

Sensing the familiar presence, Ye Li opened her beautiful eyes, sat up, stared intently at the figure before her, stood up, and hugged the figure, saying, "Mom... Mom, I missed you so much."

The sound of crying echoed through the sea of ​​consciousness. Ye Li's mother gently patted Ye Li's back and softly comforted her, "Alright, you're all grown up now. Stop crying and whining. Aren't you ashamed? Ah Li, I'm just a remnant soul remaining in your body now. It's time for you to truly awaken."

"What?" Ye Li asked in confusion.

A towering, ten-thousand-meter-tall red sycamore tree appeared before Ye Li in the blink of an eye. Red flames ignited on the branches and leaves of the sycamore tree, and when the flames gathered together, they formed a red sun.

Ye Li immediately felt that his body was like a huge maw, frantically devouring the power emanating from the rapidly surging sycamore tree from the outside. An unprecedented heat surged from the deepest part of his body. At this moment, Ye Li felt neither the impact and pressure brought by the enormous energy, nor the expansion within his body.

The Azure Phoenix inherited its power from its mother, a gift from the mother of this world. A stunningly beautiful woman with long red hair embraced it, and colorful light surged into it, one soul ring after another appearing.

Black, black, black, black and red (black mixed with red, less than 100,000 years old), red, red—six spirit rings were neatly arranged on Ye Li's body in order. Countless enormous colored light spots rapidly invaded these six spirit rings, giving each of them a layer of colored halo. At the same time, Ye Li's Jade Phoenix began to change.

The phoenix, originally azure and jade-like, now had feathers that gradually became much more translucent. Brilliant colors adhered to the surface of each feather, making it radiant with light. This was the Nine-Colored Azure Jade Phoenix, the highest-level bloodline martial soul unique to the phoenix clan. Ye Li could now control different elements, just like the Dragon God back then.

Ye Li seemed to have grown taller, and her appearance had also changed slightly. The ends of her black hair gradually turned silver-white, creating a stark contrast with her avatar, Li Ye.

The Starry Sky Forest in the outside world.

Gu Yuena could naturally sense Ye Li's current changes: "The most noble bloodline martial soul of the Phoenix Clan has finally appeared in the world, but this also means that the previous generation of Phoenix God King has completely perished."

At this moment, Ye Li's figure slowly flew into the air, and a jade phoenix radiating nine-colored light burst out from Ye Li's body, circling above the Star Dou Great Forest, its phoenix cry resounding throughout the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ye Li slowly opened his eyes, but the tears in the corners of his eyes could not be stopped. He could no longer feel his mother's presence. At this moment, one after another, spirit rings shone brightly beneath him. Six 100,000-year spirit rings with colorful halos around their edges hovered at Ye Li's feet.

The previous colorful halo forcibly pulled Ye Li's soul rings to the same age limit. At this moment, his soul rings all had two golden patterns, which meant they were two hundred thousand years old. The Nine-Colored Jade Phoenix seemed to sense Ye Li's emotions at this moment, and actually humanized itself by opening its wings and embracing Ye Li.

After a while, Ye Li finally recovered, withdrew her Nine-Colored Jade Phoenix Martial Soul, and slowly landed. At this moment, Di Tian and the others also gathered around. Just now, Di Tian and the others, who were cultivating, felt a powerful pressure appear in the Lake of Life, so they rushed over. As soon as they arrived, they saw Ye Li, who had already completed her transformation.

Ye Li looked at Gu Yuena and Bi Ji, as if she had found an outlet, and cried out, "Sister Nana, Sister Bi Ji, my mother... she, I can no longer feel her presence."

"Alright, little phoenix, your mother is gone, so you need to cheer up and pull yourself together. You can't let your mother's efforts go to waste," Gu Yuena comforted her.

"Yes, Ali, your mother is gone, but you still have us, don't you? Aren't we and your Uncle Ditian your family?" Biji said softly.

"Uncle Di Tian, ​​Sister Zi Ji, Uncle Xiong Jun... you are all my family. I am the son of the Phoenix God King. I cannot let my mother's efforts go to waste. I will definitely pull myself together." Ye Li said solemnly with a long sigh.

"Little Phoenix, what are your plans for the future?" Gu Yuena asked.

"I have found the Sea God's legacy. I plan to have my avatar obtain the Sea God's divine position. At the same time, I have a way to help my two companions at Shrek Academy obtain divine positions. My teacher and her daughter also possess divine positions. This is only for now. As far as I know, there is also the Ice God's legacy in the far north, so I plan to find an ice-attribute soul master to go there..." Ye Li said.

"How did you arrange things for Tang San?" Gu Yuena listened to Ye Li's plan, which seemed perfect at least for now, but...

"Tang San's mother is a 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor. Half of his bloodline belongs to our soul beasts. If we can win him over, we will. If we can't, we'll just kill him, Uncle Di Tian," Ye Li said with a fierce expression.

Ye Li paused for a moment and said, "Uncle Di Tian, ​​I'll trouble you to persuade those people in the far north. Just tell them that if we succeed, we will face eternal life."

"Alright, leave the far north to me and your sister Ziji. Just bring the ice-attribute soul master you've chosen and trustworthy when the time comes," Di Tian said, patting his chest.

"Phoenix, shall we go and persuade the Evil Eye Tyrant?" Zi Ji said.

"The Evil Eye Tyrant, which is nearly 800,000 years old?" Ye Li asked, frowning.

"That's about right. That old guy's cultivation is closest to Di Tian's, so he's a pretty good help." Zi Ji said.

"Yes, more power means more chances of winning. My Phoenix Domain can weaken or enhance the strength of both sides, even without a godhood, it doesn't matter," Ye Li said.

"Di Tian and you all, from now on, gather high-end soul beasts and wait for the opportunity—to rebel against Heaven!" Gu Yuena looked at Ye Li and then turned to Di Tian and the others, speaking forcefully.

"Yes!" the ferocious beasts replied in unison.

The battle with the divine realm will ultimately be a high-stakes gamble. If you win, one person will attain enlightenment and all their relatives and friends will ascend to heaven. If you lose... it's impossible to lose, and it's impossible to fail!

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(End of this chapter)