Chapter 966: Chapter 102: Heavenly Phoenix

The Immortal Tree, like a sword, pierced through the chest of the Phoenix.

Blood flowed down along the “sword body,” gathering into a pool of blood.

After exhausting her life, Yuan Huang finally climbed to the pinnacle and saw the scenery she wished to see… but the price she paid was far more brutal than imagined.

At this moment.

In the Sea of Heart of Yuan Huang, Zhao Chunyang’s questioning still echoed.

Is this what she truly wanted?

The Phoenix retracts her long tail feathers, solemnly looking down at the small humans beneath the giant tree.

Yes…

This is indeed what she wanted.

She wanted to rule supreme over the world.

She wanted to be above all living beings.

Now, this could be considered a form of “wish fulfilled.”

“Congratulations…”

Yuan Huang maintained her lofty attitude, raspingly speaking.

“Zhao Chunyang, you won.”

After a brief silence.

“Today’s various fruits are all from yesterday’s causes.”

Zhao Chunyang slowly said, “What happened back then was my mistake. If I hadn’t brought you to Great Chu, today’s tragedies wouldn’t have occurred.”

“Master…”

Xie Xuanyi’s heart slightly trembled upon hearing this.

Regarding Master’s past, he actually didn’t know much… Besides Zen Master, Master is the longest-lived cultivator in the world.

Through these years of storms and trials.

Zhao Chunyang, alone, supported Da Sui Sword Palace through its most depleted times.

At this moment.

Xie Xuanyi completely understood why back then Master was willing to act to remove the “Nine Death Forbidden” for Jiang Huang.

It wasn’t just because of himself.

More so because…

He saw the shadow of the Holy Empress in Jiang Huang.

He didn’t want the past tragedy to become a cause and effect, replaying in the Sword Palace.

“Ha.”

Yuan Huang was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this.

The Phoenix lying on the tip of the giant sword lowered her eyelids and let out a very light laugh: “Zhao Chunyang… you can admit mistakes too?”

The invincible Zhao Chunyang.

Could there really be a day where he bows his head to apologize?

However…

What does this count as?

Compassion, pity, affirmation from the victor to the defeated?

“If admitting my mistakes could end this cycle of cause and effect…”

The elderly man in the Lotus Robe was silent again for a moment, then said: “I can step back once more.”

Yuan Huang laughed.

Golden, narrow pupils glowed with a teasing, mocking light.

“Is there any last wish that I can help you fulfill?”

Zhao Chunyang, hands behind his back, calmly said.

Yuan Huang…

After all, is a Great Cultivator of the Yang God Tenth Layer Heaven.

Looking at the two dynasties.

Aside from herself, Xiao Yaozi, and Zen Master, almost no one can contend with her.

This level of Great Demon, though now defeated, still leaves one last breath… In the scenario where she has prepared a backup plan, as long as she is willing, she can still stir up the Four Realms and bring countless troubles.

“It’s not necessary.”

The Holy Empress sneered: “I don’t need your apology, nor your retreat… however, I do have some regrets…”

There is a creak.

Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake ripples with an uneasy premonition.

Zhao Chunyang slightly furrows his brows.

“I originally wanted to kill you myself.”

The Holy Empress self-deprecatingly said: “Losing to you again… it’s my skill that is inferior.”

She was very clear.

The opportunity to kill Zhao Chunyang no longer exists.

This battle dealt a heavy blow to her Dao Heart.

Having gathered four Dragon Veins, the Immortal Tree, vast fortunes, and dynastic willingness…

She still could not complete her feat in one move.

The Holy Empress completely recognized the gap between herself and Zhao Chunyang… it seems to be only a thin line, but that extremely fine line, magnified, is a Heavenly Barrier that can never be reached.

With Zhao Chunyang’s current power.

Is there truly anyone in the whole world who can match him?

Even if Xiao Yaozi comes out of seclusion, even if Zen Master regains his peak, these two… might still find it difficult to contend against him?

With that battle against the Qin Ancestor, it solidified the Holy Empress’s determination to wage war against Da Sui Sword Palace.

After that battle, the Holy Empress was convinced, in single combat, she feared no one in the world, even if the Mo Zhen Venerable of sixty years ago lived again, she was confident she could defeat him!

But now looking at it.

She was vastly mistaken.

However.

Yuan Huang shifted the topic, happily laughing: “Even though I’m about to die, you are too…”

She could tell Zhao Chunyang wouldn’t live much longer.

The grandest blooming flowers in the world would eventually face withering and decay.

“I still have a disciple.”

Zhao Chunyang gently said.

He looked at Xie Xuanyi beside him, eyes full of admiration.

This flower of mine is about to wither…

But it doesn’t matter.

As spring departs and autumn arrives, another year comes. This time, the prosperous era of Da Sui Sword Palace will be more fervent than ever before, his disciple will be stronger than he is, stand taller, and walk farther.

“Indeed, you still have a disciple.”

Yuan Huang revealed a satisfied smile and spoke softly: “So let’s continue fighting even after death… Cause and effect don’t let people off, how can the tangled thread of fate that has continued for hundreds of years be so easily severed?”

The great disaster in the Imperial City ten years ago was masterminded by the Holy Empress from the shadows.

As a bloodline of the Pure Blood Phoenix, she didn’t directly kill Jiang Huang but allowed her to escape Great Chu.

She didn’t show any mercy due to the same lineage.

Under the prompting of Ren Shou Palace.

Jiang Huang lived painfully for these years…

The intention was to plant a seed of “hatred” in that main soul.

All this hatred.

Was initiated because of Xie Xuanyi.

Cause and effect from two hundred years ago are once again replaying today.

“What do you intend to do?”

Xie Xuanyi’s unease grew stronger.

He stared at the towering Phoenix, shouting sternly.

The Holy Empress sympathetically said: “I heard… that fool, in order to lift the ‘Nine Death Forbidden,’ voluntarily sealed her main soul, forcibly nurturing a second soul. And even addressed you as ‘brother and sister.’