Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

In the Southern Region, near that enormous pillar of light, the animals that originally lived there seemed to sense a pressure emanating from their bloodline and suddenly scattered and fled.

Not long after, on a cliff not far from the pillar of light, the surrounding air suddenly began to distort, and an enormous, fiery red figure slowly descended from the sky!

This was an extraordinary bird, its wingspan reaching seventy or eighty meters, blotting out the sky. The moment its metallic claws touched the rock atop the cliff, an intense burst of heat erupted!

Several massive rocks, eight or nine meters wide, on the cliff were instantly melted into magma by the terrifying heat, which then slowly flowed down the steep cliff face.

After the flames on the large bird disappeared, its colorful, flowing feathers were revealed.

Its eyes were fixed on the beam of light ahead, and a hint of a smile even flashed in its eyes.

"Finally... it has appeared. With it, I may be able to take the final step!!" A clear, somewhat woman-like voice came directly from the large bird.

However, it was clear that it wasn't the only one attracted by this enormous beam of light.

The large bird's eyes suddenly sharpened, and it turned its gaze northward.

Sure enough, just three breaths later, three streams of light fell directly from the void and landed on the mountain peak opposite the giant bird.

It was Bai Luan and her two companions who had sped all the way from the northern frontier!

"This aura... no doubt about it, there's no mistake! It's that thing!" Old Man Moya's face was clearly filled with excitement and ecstasy, and he even unconsciously grabbed Black Butcher's arm, tightening his grip.

"Old ghost, are you sick? Why are you grabbing my hand?" Black Butcher suddenly felt a sharp pain in his forearm. When he saw that Old Man Moya was gripping his right arm tightly, he quickly shook off the other man's hand in disgust.

Suddenly, I felt a chill.

However, he quickly narrowed his eyes because he suddenly saw the huge figure opposite him.

"Look over there! That big bird on the opposite cliff... Damn it, could it be that fire phoenix from back then?!" Black Butcher pointed to the opposite cliff and asked hesitantly.

Old Man Moya and Bai Luan, who were intently watching the pillar of light, also looked in the direction Hei Tu was pointing after hearing Hei Tu's words.

On the opposite cliff, the fire phoenix was coldly staring at the three of them with an undisguised look of extreme disgust.

"Holy crap!!" Old Man Moya's face instantly darkened, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes: "It really is that fire phoenix from back then... I never imagined that after all these years of being sealed away during that great battle, it would still be alive!"

Although Bai Luan didn't speak, her narrowed eyes and furrowed brows were enough to show how much she feared this fire phoenix.

This is a demonic beast from the same era as them. The three of them have been sealed away until now, and their cultivation has been greatly diminished. And this fire phoenix... who knows how far its cultivation has progressed over these long years?

The two sides faced off, and the air began to thicken with tension. However, both Fire Phoenix and the three White Luan forcefully suppressed their urge to attack. They both understood that their only goal was the thing about to be born.

Taking action now will only allow those who come later to reap the benefits for free.

However, the two sides did not have to wait long.

Less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea later, a huge dark cloud, accompanied by torrential rain, was rolling in at an alarming speed from afar.

Thunder rumbled faintly, and steam billowed from the sky.

Before the dark clouds arrived, a powerful pressure had already descended upon this area.

The three, Fire Phoenix, White Luan, and Fire Phoenix, who were facing off, almost simultaneously withdrew their gazes and turned to look at the rapidly approaching dark cloud.

"cracking!"

Suddenly, the fire phoenix raised its head and let out a clear, long cry. The flames that had been contained on its body rose up again, instantly evaporating the approaching rain into white mist.

"Roar!!!"

From within the dark clouds, a dragon's roar, seemingly from ancient times, suddenly resounded, as if in response to the fire phoenix.

Suddenly, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing a massive figure!

A black dragon, over a hundred meters long and covered in dark purple scales, coiled and swirled in the air.

Its lantern-sized vertical pupils first swept over the pillar of light, then landed on the fire phoenix, and finally gave a cold glance at the mountain peak where the white phoenix and the other two were located.

"What the hell? It's that black dragon from the Blackwater Swamp! How did it get here too?!" Hei Tu's face turned extremely ugly as he looked at the black dragon coiled around the mountain peak next to the Fire Phoenix.

This black dragon is an existence on the same level as the fire phoenix, with unfathomable strength and extremely difficult to deal with.

Beside Hei Tu, Bai Luan, who had been silent all along, finally spoke after examining the black dragon. However, a hint of apprehension was clearly in her voice: "The bulge on the black dragon's head and the purple light emanating from its scales... it's probably only one step away from transforming into a dragon. Its strength is probably no less than that of the fire phoenix."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Moya's eyes showed a hint of barely perceptible fear and lingering apprehension.

Before the three of them went to the Western Regions, he had suggested that they kill the black dragon and devour its blood essence to help them recover their strength.

"Bai Luan, if that thing appears later, do you think those two demonic beasts... won't join forces to deal with us first?"

Upon hearing this, both Bai Luan and Hei Tu's expressions changed drastically.

After exchanging glances, the three of them instantly realized the worst-case scenario.

The fire phoenix and the black dragon clearly knew each other and were both demonic beasts. It wouldn't be surprising if they were to join forces.

If the other side joins forces, given their current state, it will be almost impossible for the three of them to win, and whether they can escape unscathed is also unknown.

Just as they were still figuring out what to do next, a beam of light appeared on the western horizon, getting closer and closer to their location.

"Someone else is here!"

Hei Tu squinted and looked over, then sneered, "Who do we have here? It's that meddlesome old bald monk from Kasyapa Temple."

The apprehension in his tone was noticeably less than when he faced the Fire Phoenix and the Black Dragon.

After all, when the three of them stormed into the Western Regions, they had fought against this bald monk. After this period of recovery, their strength was no longer comparable to what it used to be.

The Buddha's light dissipated, revealing the figure of the head monk, Lian Sheng.

His gaze swept across the arena, and when he saw the Fire Phoenix and the Black Flood Dragon, his eyelids twitched slightly. The Fire Phoenix and the Black Flood Dragon, however, didn't seem to care much about the appearance of the Lotus-Born Chief, merely glancing at him indifferently before looking away.

The head monk Liansheng wisely avoided approaching either side, instead choosing a hillside that was a little further away from the pillar of light and at a lower elevation.