Upon hearing the clear shout, Cao Ya turned around and saw a man and a woman walking over and standing side by side.

They first looked at the magnificent Xi Huang Palace, which was bathed in divine light, before focusing their attention on Cao Ya.

"Greetings to Feng Hou and Luo Zu," Cao Ya said, bowing.

"You little Taoist priest, you're quite patient with loneliness, much better than those guys from your Tianhe Sword Sect," the man laughed.

“Ancestor Luo is joking. I am merely an incarnation of the primordial spirit. How can I compare to Senior Brother Guo, Senior Brother Luo, and Junior Brother Su, who are at the primordial spirit Dharma body realm?” Cao Ya shook his head, speaking neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Upon hearing this, Luo Zu simply smiled and gave Cao Ya a playful look.

Cao Ya remained completely calm and composed.

If you want to look, go ahead and look. It's not like I'll lose an ounce of my flesh.

In the Great Sun Phoenix Palace, right under the noses of the Seven Phoenixes, do you still dare to use force?

Luo Zu chuckled.

"Little Taoist, I heard you've collected seventy-two true teachings. What, do you also want to cultivate an indestructible demonic soul and compete for the Heavenly King position on the Yang God Ranking?" Luo Zu said.

"I wouldn't dare." Cao Ya shook his head. This was the truth. The Heavenly Kings on the Yang God Ranking sounded good, but in reality, they were still prisoners.

Luo Zu was one of the Four Heavenly Kings before. Later, Qiao Kui of the Taibai Sword Sect was listed and, with his superb swordsmanship, managed to surpass him, only managing to be ranked fifth below the Four Heavenly Kings.

However, the woman who traveled with Luo Zu was none other than Feng Hou, one of the Four Heavenly Kings!

“If you have this idea, just say it. What’s there to be afraid of? We cultivators seek nothing more than a clear mind!” Luo Zu said with a sneer, finding this little Taoist priest from the Tianhe Sword Sect named Cao Ya rather boring.

Although he devoted himself to arduous cultivation, endured loneliness, did not covet worldly pleasures, and seemed to dislike social interactions, even matters of marital love.

However, even with such diligence, he was still only a primordial spirit incarnation, not even a primordial spirit dharma body, which shows how poor Cao Ya's talent and comprehension were.

“Little Taoist, you can’t achieve the primordial spirit and Dharma body by hard work alone. As for the primordial spirit that merges with the Dao… well, that depends even more on luck,” Luo Zu said with a smile.

Both he and Feng Hou were Dao-harmonizing Primordial Spirits.

“Luck…” Cao Ya murmured, nodding to himself.

The Seven Phoenixes created the world and evolved the Seven Phoenix Realms. Ordinary beings and beings at the Qi Refining level are controlled by the Book of Life and Death of the Underworld Phoenix.

Those who have cultivated their primordial spirit, transcending the cycle of life and death and enjoying an infinite lifespan, control their primordial spirit through Xi Huang's Yang God Ranking.

Even a primordial spirit master, even in the first level of incarnation, can forcibly break free from the Book of Life and Death.

However, even the Dao-Merging Primordial Spirits on the Xihuang Yangshen Ranking are subject to its control and have no choice but to obey Xihuang.

The Dao Integration stage is the third level of the Primordial Spirit!

Cao Ya knew that there were many primordial spirits on the Xi Huang Yang Shen Ranking. There were already quite a few incarnations in the first layer and dharma bodies in the second layer, and even more primordial spirits that merged with the Dao in the third layer.

When the Seven Phoenix Realm was first created, the Seven Phoenixes created humans and passed down seventy-two true teachings. Because the first generation of human ancestors had extremely strong aptitude and bloodline, they all attained the Primordial Spirit Realm and made rapid progress, refining an indestructible demonic soul, which is equivalent to the Daoist Primordial Spirit.

This group of humans is known as the Twenty-Seven Ancestors.

Later, Qihuang felt that the twenty-seven ancestors were out of control, so she put them on the Yang God Ranking.

Among them, the Victorious Ancestor, relying on his extraordinary talent and unparalleled abilities, fought against the Seven Phoenixes, experiencing both victories and defeats, and displaying his unparalleled power.

Afterwards, the Victorious Ancestor, relying on his supreme magical power, forcibly broke free from the Yang God Ranking, left the Seven Phoenix Realm in style, and entered the vast universe.

From then on, only twenty-six of the twenty-seven patriarchs remained.

Luo Zu and Feng Hou were the most powerful among the twenty-six ancestors.

It should be noted that among the many primordial spirits on the Yangshen Ranking, only the Four Heavenly Kings are included. One can imagine how powerful and terrifying these Heavenly Kings are.

Even though Luo Zu was replaced by Qiao Kui, it was only because Qiao Kui was too powerful; it doesn't mean Luo Zu was inferior.

Many Dao-Merging Primordial Spirits are no match for these two.

Although they were also at the Dao Integration and Primordial Spirit Realm.

"Judging from your appearance, are you going to descend to the mortal realm?" Feng Hou, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

"Feng Hou, the Heavenly King, has discerning eyes." Cao Ya cupped his hands in greeting. Feng Hou has always been one of the Four Heavenly Kings on the Yang God Ranking, a being standing at the peak of the Dao Integration Primordial Spirit.

However, Cao Ya was not afraid.

The Dao-Merging Primordial Spirit of the Universe is a four-star level.

Within the four-star level, who is Cao Ya afraid of?

"It's too late to descend to the mortal realm now," Luo Zu said, shaking his head.

"It is a bit late," Feng Hou nodded.

A new calamity has begun in the Seven Phoenix Realms. If you go down now, you may be taken back by Xi Huang very soon, and you won't have much time to travel the world.

In the preceding centuries, the great calamity was still brewing, which was a good time for the mortal realm to descend.

Cao Ya understood what the two meant. Right now, two of the Seven Phoenixes were about to be reborn after their tribulations, causing chaos in the world. Moreover, the Seven Phoenixes were missing two of their members, leaving the world in turmoil. This was the perfect time for countless ambitious people to make their grand plans.

As the ancestor of creation, Qi Huang was naturally unhappy to see this scene, and the control over heaven and earth, especially for primordial spirit masters, would undoubtedly be much stricter.

The reincarnation of the Seven Phoenixes is the root cause of the great calamity in the Seven Phoenix Realm!

However, Cao Ya was not confident that he could break free from the Yang God Ranking, so going down to the mortal realm would be meaningless. It would be better for him to stay in the Great Sun Xi Huang Palace, close the door and cultivate diligently, and avoid being targeted by various primordial spirits.

Even the Four Heavenly Kings within the Dao-Merging Primordial Spirit dared not cause trouble under the Seven Phoenixes' noses.

Of course, if one leaves the Great Sun Phoenix Palace, that's a different story.

Now, Cao Ya believes that the time has come.

It wasn't just the reincarnation of the second of the Seven Phoenixes that caused instability in the Seven Phoenix Realm, with various heroes taking turns to do big things, stirring up the Seven Phoenix Realm, and attracting the Seven Phoenixes' attention.

Furthermore, his own strength basically met the conditions for contending with the Xi Huang Yang God Ranking.

But there's no need to reveal these secrets to Feng Hou and Luo Zu.

Anyway, they'll have someone come to their rescue.

"Cao Ya, you've painstakingly collected the seventy-two true teachings. What stage have you reached in your cultivation?" Luo Zu asked.

"I've made some progress," Cao Ya replied without giving a direct answer.

Feng Hou and Luo Zu exchanged a glance, both looking on with great interest.

"You little Taoist priest are not honest either," Feng Hou chuckled and said. "Let's wait. We've already come this far, what's a few more years?"

Cao Ya knew that Feng Hou was referring to the fact that the three major sects, Wuzhuang Temple, Taibai Sword Sect, and Tianhe Sword Sect, joined forces to attack the Seven Phoenix Realm and rescue the primordial spirits of the three sects who had been trapped on the Yang God Ranking.

Cao Ya is the primordial spirit of the Tianhe Sword Sect, Qiao Kui is the leader of the Taibai Sword Sect, and although Feng Hou is not a disciple of the Wuzhuang Temple, she has a very close relationship with the Wuzhuang Temple.

The founder of Wuzhuang Temple was the son of Feng Hou.

So how could Wuzhuang Temple sit idly by and watch Feng Hou fall into the trap of the Yangshen List?

As for the three major Daoist sects, Wuzhuang Temple, Taibai Sword Sect, and Tianhe Sword Sect, they were the ones who would face the three great calamities of the Seven Phoenix Realms, respectively.

The first was Wuzhuang Temple, which fell apart and fled to the cosmos; the second was Taibai Sword Sect, which ended up with the same fate as Wuzhuang Temple, or even worse, because Qiao Kui, the leader of Taibai Sword Sect, was implicated in the Xihuang Yangshen Ranking.

This is the third time, and the one facing this calamity is the Tianhe Sword Sect.

However, Cao Ya was not very worried about the survival of the Tianhe Sword Sect.