Chapter Seventy-Six: The Titan’s Lament (Part Two)

Boom!

The Phoenix Sovereign lifted her gaze, glaring furiously at the Titan Sovereign enthroned above. Her phoenix eyes blazed with golden light, and the immortal holy fire on her body transformed from scarlet to gold, her formidable divine power instantly shattering the oppressive restraint of the Titan Sovereign.

“Oh? So, Titan Sovereign, does this mean you no longer wish to ally with my mighty Phoenix Clan?”

Her gaze was icy, staring straight at the Titan Sovereign. Golden immortal flames burned within her pupils—not merely a question, but an interrogation.

The golden immortal fire on the Phoenix Sovereign’s body burned ever fiercer, like a miniature sun radiating endless golden flames that surged throughout the grand hall, transforming the Titan Palace into a domain of infinite fire.

Endless golden, indestructible holy flames roared unchecked, manifesting as furious golden fire phoenixes that dashed toward the priests and the Titan Sovereign.

Wherever these golden fire phoenixes passed, their power was so immense that even space itself was scorched, forming blazing tunnels of golden fire.

A shrill cry pierced the air—the phoenixes unfurled their golden wings, their fierce eyes ablaze, swooping directly toward the priests and the Titan Sovereign.

Though the golden fire phoenixes had not yet reached the priests, they could already feel the searing flames rushing toward them. Their expressions changed, and they hastily summoned their divine power, conjuring earthen-yellow barriers to resist the phoenixes’ assault.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

Ten golden fire phoenixes soared, colliding fiercely with ten earthen barriers before the ten priests.

Cracks appeared across each of the earthen barriers, some more severe than others.

The strongest, Priest Taishan, saw only a few cracks on his shield.

The weakest, Priest Taihai, found his shield covered in hundreds of cracks, densely webbing the surface and threatening imminent collapse.

“The Phoenix Sovereign is truly powerful! Though both are newly ascended, her strength is at least five times mine. Is the Phoenix Clan truly born stronger than the Titans?”

Priest Taishan gazed at the cracks, inwardly calculating the Phoenix Sovereign’s strength, but was forced to accept a sorrowful answer.

The attacks were far from over—this was only her first wave.

As long as the Phoenix Sovereign did not relent, an endless stream of golden fire phoenixes could be birthed from her domain, relentlessly assailing the ten priests.

Wave after wave, the golden phoenixes, flames undying, crashed ceaselessly against the ten priests.

Compared to the priests, struggling under the onslaught, the Titan Sovereign faced hundreds of phoenixes without moving, calm as a mountain, allowing their attacks to fall upon him.

Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash!

Hundreds of golden phoenixes, flames surging, charged fiercely and unrelenting into the Titan Sovereign’s earthen domain.

Amidst the blazing gold, the Titan Sovereign sat upon his throne, unperturbed, immune to the endless fire.

His domain, solid as the earth itself, contracted tightly around him, enduring the divine flames without a mark.

Yet, the ten priests could not remain unscathed like the Titan Sovereign, unable to ignore the phoenixes’ fury.

From the Phoenix Sovereign’s domain, an endless parade of golden fire phoenixes emerged—cold-eyed, wings ablaze, shrieking and clawing at the earthen shields barring their way.

Crash!

After five waves, their relentless assault finally succeeded.

Priest Taihai’s shield, riddled with cracks, could no longer withstand the force and shattered, revealing his grim countenance behind it.

Taihai was not angered by the shield’s destruction, nor did he fear for his safety. As a newly ascended god, he paid no heed to the phoenixes’ attacks.

After all, the Phoenix Sovereign was arrogant to the point of recklessness, dividing her attacks between the Titan Sovereign and the ten priests, her power spread too thin to kill a god in one blow.

What truly enraged Taihai was that his shield was the first to fall.

His pride, like his barrier, was utterly lost beneath the phoenixes’ onslaught.

The same shield, the same attack, yet Taihai was the first among the ten priests to have his divine power broken.

What did this mean?

It meant that of the ten, Taihai was the weakest.

In the world of the primordial wilderness, power rules and weakness is shamed.

Ambitious as he was, Taihai could not accept this cruel reality.

But the Phoenix Sovereign cared nothing for Taihai’s pride or ambition. Seeing his shield shattered, her phoenix eyes flashed with a fierce light.

A piercing cry!

Seizing the moment, she gathered all her divine fire into a single, immense golden fire phoenix that flew straight at Taihai.

Compared to those before, this phoenix was a king!

Its size was thrice that of an ordinary golden fire phoenix, but the divine power contained within was over thirtyfold; its golden eyes gleamed with intelligence, unlike the lifeless earlier constructs.

Indeed, this phoenix king bore a trace of the Phoenix Sovereign’s divine consciousness—its fate bound to hers, vibrant with spirit.

To wound or even slay Taihai in one strike, the Phoenix Sovereign poured nearly all her power into the phoenix king, even risking the backlash of merging her consciousness within.

Born from the domain, the phoenix king shrieked, its cry shaking the heavens. With a sweep of wings, it became a surge of golden fire, traversing thousands of miles in an instant to reach Taihai, catching him utterly unprepared.

From the moment the shield cracked to the full force attack, it was but a split second—showcasing the Phoenix Sovereign’s vast battle experience.

Not only Taihai, but the other priests failed to react, forced to watch as he faced the phoenix king alone.

Taihai, pale-faced, could only hastily summon his strongest artifact—the Ocean Suppression Bell.

A bell, shimmering blue, emerged, unleashing powerful waves of water laws that conjured a surging sea, rushing to engulf the phoenix king.

It was a battle of water and fire!

The immortal flames on the phoenix king burned so fiercely they could incinerate mountains and boil seas.

The bell’s hastily summoned ocean was instantly evaporated by the phoenix king’s fire, though it managed to drain half its strength.

The phoenix king shrieked, its golden eyes mocking the now defenseless Taihai, divine flames blazing anew as it crashed toward him.

“Insolence!”

A thunderous roar echoed, like the crack of lightning from the heavens, like the earth splitting asunder, shaking the Phoenix Sovereign and the ten priests into dizziness and disarray.

Rumble!

The Titan Palace erupted with unparalleled power of the earth, as if the slumbering land had awakened to suppress all.

In that instant, the phoenix king, poised to strike Taihai, was crushed and shattered by the overwhelming force.

With the phoenix king destroyed, the Phoenix Sovereign, whose consciousness was linked, suffered the backlash and spat a mouthful of golden blood.

Then, the once unassailable Phoenix Sovereign was overwhelmed by the irresistible earth power, forced to one knee, unable to rise.

Within the surging Titan Palace, only the Titan Sovereign sat upon his throne, radiating unmatched divine light, unmoving as the master of the earth.

Seated high among the clouds, the Titan Sovereign could no longer ignore the Phoenix Sovereign’s rampant audacity and finally intervened, teaching her a lesson befitting an ant.

“Today we finally understand the gulf between His Majesty Titan and ourselves!”

Watching the display of unrivaled power, the priests’ eyes were filled with complex emotions—envy, longing, awe, and even a touch of jealousy.

The Titan Sovereign was a peerless deity who rose during the Era of Celestial Threads, suppressing all beings of the primordial earth, ruling over a hundred thousand mountains. His strength was beyond the imagination of the newly ascended priests.

Aside from the Primordial Sovereign of the same era, who could rival him?

His earlier indulgence of the Phoenix Sovereign’s arrogance was partly due to her status, and partly out of disdain for dealing with her directly.

Compared to the Titan Sovereign, lofty in the clouds, the Phoenix Sovereign—recently ascended—is no more than an ant.

And yet, the Titan Clan’s ten priests could not handle a single Phoenix Sovereign, nearly suffering at her hands.

What a humiliating disgrace for the Titans!

Left with no choice, the Titan Sovereign, high above the clouds, finally struck with a palm, revealing his unmatched might and suppressing the Phoenix Sovereign’s arrogance.