Chapter 374 New Day
At the foot of the mountain, Ji Rong continued to roar, "Great Shaman Tuo, cleave those fireballs!"
Then the great shaman Tuo, who was standing next to Ji Rong and was holding a giant sword, moved. He opened his empty eyes and scanned the sky. Then he swung his sword at the fireballs and split them in two. The great sword turned into molten iron.
Extreme flames climbed up the body of the Great Witch Tuo along the dripping molten iron. Ji Rong made a quick decision, chanting runes to make the Great Witch Tuo discard that arm.
The sparks fell to the ground, quickly igniting Guangyang Mountain.
The other half of the fireballs were cut off by the sword, some of them continued to hurtle towards Xi Tong, while others lost their aim and crashed in all directions.
The stars scattered and flew upwards, and Xi Tong also flew higher and higher, with rolling fireballs flying past beneath the stars like meteors.
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Before dawn, just as Ji Rong was catching her breath, the Lord of the Sun spat out three more fireballs, continuing to hurl them at Xi Tong; Xi Tong, along with the surrounding stars, dodged them repeatedly.
A fireball missed its target and rolled away into the distance;
A fireball grazed the top of Xi Tong's head, causing him to let out a muffled groan;
A fireball swept past her lower body, knocking off her claws and causing her to lose her balance.
Xi Tong was dizzy and swaying in the air. A huge burst of fire erupted from her body, consuming her internal reserves and causing her to scream pitifully.
Xi Tong's eyes were filled with fire, and her ears were filled with the cries of countless creatures in the Guangyang Mountains suffering in the blazing flames.
So, she used her still-intact beak to take a deep breath of the towering flames below her and began to spin rapidly upwards.
The flames on Guangyang Mountain, carried by the wind Xi Tong exhaled, all swirled around her. She flew faster and faster, higher and higher.
Ahead of her was Ji Rong, who had transformed into a colorful phoenix, channeling the remaining source energy within her to clear a path through the air.
Behind it, a long tail of fire trailed behind it;
Beside her, a hundred stars stood guard, protecting her as she walked.
On the ground, mountains and rivers transformed into earthen dragons carried two great witch corpse puppets, chasing after her figure.
They headed north towards the border.
Above the ruins of Guangyang Palace, the Lord of the Sun disregarded his injuries and flew into the sky. He stared at the newborn sun, fanning out wave after wave of fiery winds and spitting out fireball after fireball.
When the golden crow in the sky, as if courting death, absorbed all the remaining solar essence fire in the Guangyang Mountains, causing it to burn ever larger, it finally stopped its wings, turned and sank back to the Guangyang Palace, no longer concerning itself with matters outside.
"Hmm~" Beneath the Guangyang Palace, above the enormous source pool, hangs a sun that is red with black undertones.
As wisps of primordial energy evaporated and adhered to it, the black mark on the body of the Lord of the Sun gradually faded away. He thought of that foolish little golden crow, which was as foolish as the mountains and rivers, and thought to himself, "Mountains and rivers, the law of the jungle is the way of heaven. How can one go against heaven for long?"
Thinking this, He couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh.
Xi Tong's body spun faster and faster in the sky, and the flames on her body burned brighter and brighter. She flew forward for only a short while before her consciousness began to dissipate and the scenery in her eyes began to blur.
The bursts of solar essence fire that Xi Zhu unleashed ultimately seeped into her brows and eyes.
The intense heat of the sun burned her flesh along her wounds;
Xi Tong felt as if her soul had been burned away from her body by fire. She struggled to open her eyes and saw only darkness.
She froze helplessly in mid-air, crying out, "My Lord, Ji Rong, I can't see!"
Ji Rong, who had transformed into a colorful phoenix and was flying swiftly to clear the way, saw that Xi Tong had already turned back into his original form and his eyes were empty and gray. She shouted urgently, "Xi Tong, keep flying, don't stop!"
Listen carefully to the paths of the stars, to the footsteps of the earth dragon traversing the land, and the phoenix dancing with the sun; that will be the direction you must take.
Xi Tong swayed and said, "Arong, I... I feel like I'm being burned to a crisp."
"Xi Tong!" Ji Rong screamed, "The sun can only rise, not set!" With that, she turned her head and flapped her wings quickly, continuing to fly north.
The stars continued to surge, and Xi Tong was swept along, stumbling and flying forward.
They stumbled along, but before dawn, they finally flew out of the Guangyang Mountains.
Under the waning moonlight, Yuanjun, who was sitting on a firefly chariot and yawning, suddenly stopped. She turned the chariot around and looked at the golden crow that was being pulled by the stars and was about to fall. She couldn't help but open her six hands, which were still glowing faintly, and clapped them together.
He praised, “What a blessing! If you, bird, could fly into the sky before dawn, you could become the sun. It’s just a pity that Xi Jun is always domineering. The essence fire on your body must have been kindled by Xi Jun.”
Xi Tong in the air could not answer; she was like a puppet held up by the stars, barely clinging to life.
On the ground, Shan Shui stopped, quickly transformed back into his original form, bowed to Yuan Jun, and said, "Yuan Jun, the newborn sun will no longer have powerful authority, and can no longer be stronger than the night. I hope you will lend a helping hand."
Having said that, the mountains and rivers transformed back into an earthen dragon, presenting the remaining half-bottle of pale golden primordial energy to the Yuanjun.
Yuanjun took the bottle, looked at the dazed and swaying Xitong, and laughed, "So be it, we are destined to meet, let me help you dissolve this extreme yang fire."
He waved his six hands in the air, sprinkling all the source of the bottle onto the moon. The waning full moon above suddenly shone brightly, and the chariot under the Yuanjun transformed back into thousands of fireflies under the warm, white moonlight.
These fireflies, with their long, thin mouthparts open, gather things up in all directions. Before long, they form a pale golden, shimmering stream in the air.
Yuanjun picked up the pale golden Yin Hua Water Silk and circled it around Xi Tong. The Water Silk then merged into Xi Tong's body. He sighed, "Little fellow, it's alright if you don't become the sun. Only in this way can you keep your life."
As she was immersed in a massive amount of Yin Hua water, Xi Tong's mind began to clear, and the flames on her body began to shrink inward. Although her vision was still blurry and her mouth was charred, she could hear clearly.
The sounds of wind, fog, the rolling fires behind them, the turning of the stars, the admonitions of the Yuanjun... and ahead, Ji Rong's labored breathing.
Xi Tong transformed into a three-clawed golden crow and bowed to the Yuanjun, who had returned to darkness. She strained her throat and said, "Thank you for your help. Xi Tong understands."
Then, Xi Tong flew forward quickly, lay down under Ji Rong, and nuzzled Ji Rong as she moved forward, saying, "I can hear you, A Rong. Let the Mountain and Water God carry you. We'll meet in Juzhou."
As she spoke, she inhaled sharply into the fire tail behind her again, and the flames quickly entered her mouth, causing a huge burst of fire to reappear on her body.
She spun rapidly, transforming once more into a small, radiant sun, crashing into the celestial chain of order, once, twice…
After several sounds, among the stars, golden chains of order were all branded with fiery marks by the blazing Xi Tong.
The sun's intense heat burned the chains, causing them to fall to ashes. As soon as the ashes fell into the air, they transformed back into tiny chains. These chains gathered together, intertwined, and soon formed the shape of a golden crow blazing with fire.
This golden crow is like a newborn sun. It rises into the sky before the old sun, at the break of dawn, and then transforms into a golden crow bird with a fire mark on its back.
Before the fire mark on its back had fully formed, the Golden Crow Seal had already impatiently shot towards Xi Tong, who was standing high in the sky.
At the same time, Xi Zhu, whose face still bore a small black mark, chased after them at top speed, the sky filled with the scorching heat.
Xi Tong immediately manifested her Dharma body, and with her wings and claws, she grabbed the seal and said, "Give me a share!"
"Crack!" Xi Tong's force followed the gap between the fire seal and the golden crow seal, which was not yet fully connected. The fire seal was pried apart little by little by Xi Tong. She swallowed the fire seal in one gulp, leaving only the golden crow seal in the air.
Xi Tong called out in the direction of Xi Zhu: "Uncle, I am now blind and have broken claws. I can no longer be the sun. I only want to attain immortality and live longer. Please accept my apology gift and let me go."
Immediately, Xi Tong unleashed several streaks of fire in the soon-to-disappear sky, leaving behind the title "Immortal Lord of Extreme Yang" in the world. Then, she transformed into a stream of light and sped towards Sunset Abyss, the coldest place in Juzhou.
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