Wuji Sect, after more than half a year’s construction, towers of Qiong Tower, palaces, and courtyards stand tall upon this ruin.

Thus, the Ancient City officially becomes a thing of the past.

Hongxiu recruited the Emperor Realm experts, merged them, scattered them, interrogated them one by one, then placed them separately to guard each place, and then began recruiting disciples widely from the earthly realm.

She plans to expand the development of Wuji Sect, creating a superpower that surpasses the Human Clan, surpassing anything before.

And the young geniuses of yesteryear have grown up and become the backbone of the sect, they have also started recruiting disciples.

Among them, the scholar who practices Creation, his discipleship is the most popular.

It is said that the merit of Creation is a supreme cultivation method, a Tao that can lead to Divine Enthronement, of course, its combat power in the early stages is weak, which is an undeniable fact.

Eh...

On this, the scholar is quite helpless: "I don’t want to recruit." He fears trouble, and he is still an ignorant child himself, how could he impart Tao to others?

Hongxiu replied: "They all left, of those few geniuses from back then, only you remain."

"..."

"Moreover, you practice Creation, the only one in the world, if you encounter any catastrophe in the future, too hurried to leave a legacy, would it not be a huge loss for the Human Clan?" Hongxiu said seriously.

"This... what catastrophe could I have?" The scholar opened his mouth and thought: "The earthly realm is already peaceful, as long as Chen Pingping is alive, the Divine Clan wouldn’t dare to invade here, and Chen Pingping has only lived a few hundred years, he’s at least got tens of thousands of years left at his peak, his blood and Qi flourishing, oppressing the world."

"Recruit a few!" Hongxiu spoke: "You go and see if there are any good seedlings."

After leaving the scholar’s hilltop, Hongxiu sought out Blackhead Duck.

The latter showed vigilance: "Little girl, this Emperor will not recruit disciples."

After the Ancient City faded, this area is entirely Wuji Sect’s territory, Hongxiu has great ambitions, establishing a sect so vast, and created many hilltops, setting up numerous Peak Master positions.

He Yitian, Gu Mang both transitioned from Hall Masters to Peak Masters, their identity and status elevated significantly, they effectively established a school of thought.

The scholar is one...

Blackhead Duck naturally couldn’t escape this, this duck boasts great skills, knowing many strange secret techniques, and has a remarkably prominent origin.

Before Chen Pingping set out, he initially intended to bring it along, but was stopped by Hongxiu, who explained: "Leave the tomb-robbing skills behind first."

She has a wish that one day Wuji Sect would charge into the Heavens and Worlds, plundering all the Divine Clan’s mausoleums, overturning their ancestors’ coffins, crushing all bones, and if there are immortal bodies, directly refining into Divine Weapons.

Chen Pingping twitched his lips, but did not refute.

"Why are you looking at me? This Emperor is about to set out and will not stay behind." Blackhead Duck was uneasy, feeling that Hongxiu’s gaze towards it was unusual.

This girl’s intelligence is very high, her talents exceptional, most adept at deception and trickery.

No way!

Later on, no matter what she says, this Emperor will not agree.

Blackhead Duck had made up its mind.

"Never been to the Heavens, have you?" Hongxiu smiled.

"Humph..."

"Want to go to the Heavens?"

"???"

"Want to dig up the Divine Clan’s mausoleums?" Hongxiu blinked, a touch of cunning flickered away: "Imagine, what would be in the Divine Clan’s mausoleums? Each of their clans has lived for long eons, with solid foundations, when buried surely they place many items of incredible value, heh heh..."

Blackhead Duck slightly opened its mouth, the imagery surged forth.

"The Divine Clan is full of Emperor Realm, those are small tombs, the Heaven Emperor Realm is mediocre as well, it’s the Divine Mausoleums that have good things, don’t you want to see for yourself?" Hongxiu gently coaxed.

"This..." It secretly swallowed a gulp.

"The flesh of gods is immortal, can refine into the legendary elixir, the divine essence has unimaginable vitality, just one drop can raise the dead and restore flesh and bone, even if an Emperor Realm expert is injured, just one drop can heal them, their entire bodies are priceless treasures!"

"I? Can I dig?" Blackhead Duck’s eyes glimmered.

"Of course you can."

"Great, I’m setting out now."

"Hold on, the Divine Clan is so powerful, their Divine Mausoleums will surely have many fearsome taboos, with your current strength it might be difficult to dig them up." Hongxiu turned serious.

"Uh..."

"I suggest you bring more people; after all, many hands make light work."

"Makes sense, this Emperor will recruit disciples now." With that, Blackhead Duck left in large strides, its little eyes gleaming with excitement.

It makes great sense.

This Emperor alone cannot dig up the Divine Mausoleum!

If there were more people together, spreading instructions in secret, it wouldn’t even need to show its face, in a finger’s snap, a Divine Mausoleum would be dug open.

Brilliant!

Why didn’t this Emperor think of this before?

Behind it, Hongxiu gawked in a daze, touching her nose and muttering: "I still have many lines I haven’t said..."

A moment later, she sought out the Ancient Phoenix.

The Phoenix too has a hilltop, large in area, the mountain is planted with many trees, flowers and grasses accompany it, thoroughly pleasant, among them an extraordinary sapling.

Half a meter tall, sparse branches, few leaves, yet the Spirit Qi is compelling.

Cared for meticulously by her.

That is a sycamore tree.

Hongxiu strode over, sensing the spiritual energy fluctuations in the mountain, far richer than other hilltops, she was amazed, indeed worthy of the Ancient Phoenix!

Array Grandmaster.

How long has the sect been founded? Yet she can already make the spiritual energy on her own mountain so dense.

"I know why you’re here. Don’t say anything yet; I’m afraid I won’t be able to argue with you!" The Ancient Phoenix glared fiercely: "I’m from the Heavens, and won’t stay here for long. I’ll definitely leave soon. As for the inheritance, I’ve taught many people; they all understand, truly, I haven’t held anything back. The remaining array and secret technique they can’t learn; only the bloodline of the Ancient Phoenix can wield them."

Hongxiu smiled slightly.

"Oh, right, the forbidden seal, I taught it too. If they still don’t understand, I can forge it into scripture." The Ancient Phoenix was very cautious, knowing well Hongxiu’s eloquence. If Hongxiu starts talking, the consequences are unpredictable.

This mouth is exactly like Chen Pingping’s back in the day.

Whew!

After saying all this, she let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Alright, you can speak now."

Hongxiu nodded, walked forward in big strides, and pulled out a parchment scroll, saying: "While searching the Ancient City before, I unintentionally discovered this scroll. It records the location of the Blue Phoenix."

Hmm?

The Ancient Phoenix’s eyes widened, trembling all over. She waved her wings and snatched the parchment scroll from Hongxiu’s hand.

She stared at the scroll intently.

It was a very old map; many parts had decayed and were blurry, making it hard to judge. Moreover... the map is incomplete.

Wait!

There’s no text either!

The Ancient Phoenix grew suspicious: "Who said this is the location of the Blue Phoenix?"

"A Heaven Emperor from the alliance!" Hongxiu answered: "He said the Heavens still have a living Blue Phoenix. The Undying Bird has been searching all along, but the map they obtained is incomplete."

The existence of the Blue Phoenix has always actually been a secret.

The world knows only the Taigu has phoenixes that are mountain-like, and peak-like, with a crown condensing around the Demon God. With a single flap, the flame ignited can make the void convulse.

Even their flames can easily burn a Heaven Emperor realm expert to death.

But no one knows that within the Phoenix lineage, there are two kinds, the Fire Phoenix being female and the Blue Phoenix being male, only when both come together is there a true phoenix.

One phoenix, one凰.

When the Divine Clan suppressed the Fire Phoenix lineage back then, what truly led to their decline was the lack of Phoenix successors; without the Blue Phoenix’s existence, they couldn’t reproduce at all.

The Fire Phoenix lineage has been searching all along, to no avail, waiting for countless years, thinking the Blue Phoenix lineage had already perished.

Hearing these words, the Ancient Phoenix’s eyes reddened instantly, murmuring: "Still alive, still alive, hahaha..."

Her demeanor became frantic, almost mad.

The Phoenix family is too challenging, difficult to conceive, difficult to give birth, even after birth, it takes a long time to grow.

Fortunately, back then those people didn’t know the truth and thought the Fire Phoenix lineage could conceive offspring on their own, not realizing that when the Phoenix was suppressed, many clan members were already pregnant.

This created a false image, deceiving the Divine Clan.

Wait!

The Ancient Phoenix suddenly recalled something, her gaze dimming instantly: "They didn’t escape the Divine Clan’s pursuit."

If the Blue Phoenix had always existed, they should have long come to find the Fire Phoenix, and rescued them from the Divine Clan’s grasp.

Why didn’t they come?

There must have been an accident.

Or they suffered severe injuries, avoiding the Divine Clan’s hunt by hiding in some unknown place, leaving a map for the Blue Phoenix lineage to search for them.

It’s all too confusing.

She breathed heavily, shaking her head repeatedly, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for telling me this news, and thank you for your map."

"Perhaps you should go see the Heavens," Hongxiu suggested.

"I know." The Ancient Phoenix had long wanted to go, but Chen Pingping didn’t take her, wanting her to leave some inheritance behind in case of any accident along the way.

During this period, she had already made full preparations.

Without waiting for Hongxiu to speak, the Ancient Phoenix lifted her head: "After I leave, you can open this mountain, let them approach the phoenix tree for enlightenment."

Hongxiu looked at her: "I don’t wish for you to travel, but I can’t be too selfish; I know the Phoenix lineage has already declined, and now you must bear heavy responsibilities."

"..."

Yes!

Bearing heavy responsibilities.

Find a Blue Phoenix, hehehe, and then give birth to a pile of little phoenixes.

The Ancient Phoenix’s rare blush, fortunately, her face was already red, as she shook her head again, without answering Hongxiu, staring dazedly at the young phoenix tree.

Hongxiu turned and left; she didn’t go to find Hei, nor did she look for Mao Qiu and Lao Huang the Cow.

Among the spiritual beasts of the Qingfeng lineage, Lao Huang the Cow’s World Force is unmatched, Hei has been teaching Wuji Sect disciples the Sword Dao, leaving many powerful inheritances, as for Mao Qiu...

So far, all it does is eat, without any remarkable ability.

There’s also a cowardly fellow, the Emperor Spirit, who was born charming, but its nature is not right, forcibly making itself indistinguishable among the crowd.

One day!

Suddenly a roar was heard from a mountain: "Roar! I can speak now, hahaha! Hei, Xiao Huang, and Xiao Mao, come quickly for a battle, I am the strongest spiritual beast of the Qingfeng lineage."

Woof!

A small black dog carrying the Abyss Sword Tao walked over, overshadowing half of Wuji Sect’s sky.

Everyone was frozen, raising their heads.

The abyss hung upside down, dark and boundless, with many powerful Sword Dao visible within, buzzing and jumping as if ready to slash down any moment.

The Emperor Spirit panicked on sight, quickly smiling and saying: "Brother Hei, Brother Hei, joking! We brothers have shared life and death."