From a mortal prisoner condemned for his crimes, she will ultimately ascend to the nine heavens of the divine realm.
The iron chains in the imperial prison shattered.
A woman in prison garb walked out slowly, her dark hair stained with blood, her gaze cold as ice.
“Your Highness... you're still alive?”
The phoenix lifted her eyes, every thought burned away in their depths. “I am not dead. Those who owe me will pay.”
She is Deng Fenghuang, the princess of Xiwang Bay.
She is the true spirit of the phoenix, stripped of her phoenix bones and phoenix blood, and cast down into the mortal world.
She is the First Guardian of the Northern Frontier, Master Qing, and the head of Shaoshi Mountain.
She is the sole heir to the Xiwang Empire, its empress, Deng Fenghuang.
“Convey my decree, ”
Her clear voice rang out and shook the entire street:
“Three days from now, I shall ascend the throne.
Traitors, corrupt ministers, treacherous sects, enemies...
All of you will kneel to welcome me!”
As her words fell, golden-purple flames burst skyward from within her!
Shaoshi Mountain trembled, and cultivators scattered.
Birds flew in from afar, circling overhead and crying out.
Passersby dropped to their knees in terror:
“It's... it's the hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, a divine sign from the Celestial Palace!”
“The princess is an immortal!”
An immortal? No!
She is the King of Hell, come to claim lives.
Her younger brother Chaoyang died unjustly.
Her mentor Moyuan was soul-refined.
Her phoenix bones were ripped out, her phoenix blood stolen.
The Dragon Cavern drained the immortal veins from the Cloud Abyss parasol tree.
Her people hid in the cracks of the Great Ruins and the Ancient Domain, clinging to life.
In her past and present lives, one beloved after another had left her.
She would settle every one of these blood debts with her own hands!
“Today, I will make you understand
Those who defy me shall die!
Those who harm my loved ones will be ground to dust!”“In the name of the phoenix, I shall strike you down!”