Chapter 2275 The Progenitor Ancestor’s Attempt at Nirvana

The sea of bustle-watchers was unprecedented. It looked like every citizen had spilled out into the streets.

Seeing such a scene, Lian Hongxiu and the other blacksmiths finally realized they had caused quite a commotion.

However, they paid it no mind because Thousand Flame Imperial City was under their clan’s territory!

However, to their surprise, Lin Xun decided to call it a day and said that he would visit Divine Forge Workshop A1 tomorrow.

The group of blacksmiths were as unsatisfied as they were startled by this. Having followed Lin Xun all the way through his appraisal and the conversations, they had all more or less received some guidance.

Some old relics still had a mind full of questions that they would like to ask him, so how could they be happy to let him go?

However, seeing that Lin Xun had made up his mind, they could only stop here.

As Lin Xun sped back to the inn, those who wanted to track him were stunned to see him vanish in the blink of an eye, leaving no traces.

“Today's matter certainly will alarm the Divine Forge Imperial Clan. They probably will have calmed down when I go to Divine Forge Workshop A1 tomorrow.”

Lin Xun sat down and relaxed in his room. After having caused such a stir in the city, he thought he would give the Divine Forge Imperial Clan some time to process it.

In this way, when they met again, it would be much easier to bring up ‘mutually beneficial’ matters.

“I wonder how it’s going on Luo Jia's side...” Lin Xun frowned.

With the Luo Clan on the other side of the cosmos as the mastermind, the conspiracy against the Celestial Phoenix Lineage was definitely nothing to scoff at.

Since Lin Xun needed to borrow the road from the Celestial Phoenix Clan to return to the Ancient Nebula Road, he naturally didn't want anything to happen to them.

In the end, Lin Xun shook his head as it was useless to keep thinking about this. He had only arrived in Thousand Flame Imperial City for a day and knew next to nothing about the situation here. Even if he wanted to help, he wouldn’t know where to start.

The only thing he could do now was wait for more news.

Whoosh!

Lin Xun waved his hand, and a figure that looked to be around seven to eight years old appeared. The child was wearing a star-patterned feathered coat and a starry rainbow crown. He had an innocent face, and a pair of eyes as deep as the void and as clear as the star.

This child was the array spirit born within the Heaven Slaughtering Dao Severing array!

The birth of an array spirit was an event as divine as Creation itself. It was only possible when all three conditions were fulfilled: having the law power of heaven and earth as the source energy, having the essence of all things as the catalyst, and having the forbidden rune array derived to perfection.

Therefore, array spirits were extremely rare.

On top of that, this child before Lin Xun was the array spirit of the All-Heaven Fifth Array!

Lin Xun sized up the child and said, “Let's have a chat.”

The latter’s face was full of defiance. “Chat? What's there to chat about between us?”

Lin Xun raised his hand and knocked the child's forehead.

Grimacing, the child said angrily, “Don't think I don't know what kind of devious idea you’re up to. You want to subjugate me and become my master, but I'm telling you, there’s no chance!”

Lin Xun was stunned. “A feisty one, aren’t you? But you can relax. I sure don’t want a brat like you following me around.”

The child was irritated. “Who are you calling a brat?! In terms of age, I can be your ancestor's ancestor!”

Bam!

Taking another heavy knock on the forehead, the child teared up.

Lin Xun smiled sinisterly. “Mind your language, or I'll feed you to Big Yellow. That dog’s been dreaming about a plump and juicy little guy like you for a long time.”

The child shivered. Recalling the big yellow dog who had stared at him all day long with strings of drool coming out of its lips when he was imprisoned in the Dao Endless Pagoda, a chill ran through his little heart.

The child couldn't help but ask, “What exactly do you want?”

Lin Xun casually said, “Just something simple. In a while, I may need to set up an array to forge a weapon. How about you be my assistant?”

The child was stunned and blinked innocently, “Forging a weapon? But I don't know how.”

Bam!

He received another knock on his forehead and wailed in pain.

Lin Xun said, “I'll do the forging, you’ll set up the array. If you try to play dumb with me again, I'll make sure to let you experience first hand how hungry Big Yellow is.”

This was an array spirit that had lived for who knew how many years. Only an idiot would treat him as an innocent child.

Instantly, the child got on his best behavior and obediently nodded.

Lin Xun decided to give the other party a name. “From now on, let’s call you...”

The child hurriedly stopped him, “Wait, I already have a name!”

“My lead, my rules,” declared Lin Xun. “From now on, you are Little Five.”

Saying this out loud, he was even pleased with himself.

Nothing was more fitting than ‘Little Five’ to call the spirit of the fifth-ranked array in all the heavens.

The child was speechless.

What the hell kind of name is this?

I’ve lived for countless moons, guarding the True Dragon Clan and operating the Heaven Slaughtering Dao Severing array, I can kill Emperors and destroy Ancestors. With such might and majesty, how can you name me...Little Five?!

His little face darkened to the point it looked like the burned bottom of a pan. He didn’t even know where to start complaining from.

......

The Celestial Phoenix Secret Realm was the dwelling place of the Celestial Phoenix Lineage. Just like the world of the Dragon Palace, it was full of vitality and beauty.

On the peak of Yuncang Mountain, there stood an ancient palace filled with chaos qi and a holy atmosphere.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

At the moment, a group of high-ranking figures of the clan had gathered for a meeting.

“In a little while, the Venerable Progenitor will awaken from nirvana after eons of silence. As such, I hope that there will be no disturbance during this period that can possibly affect this critical occasion.”

The speaker was the head of the Celestial Phoenix Clan, Huang Cangtian. His voice resounded like a morning bell through the grand hall.

He was a remarkably handsome man. Whenever his eyelids moved, it was like drawing the curtains to a night sky of sun, moon, and stars. Just by sitting casually, he emanated the majesty of a monarch.

Feeling an upsurge of emotion, the crowd of elders present nodded in unison.

Barely anyone knew that the progenitor of the Celestial Phoenix Lineage, in order to break through to a new cultivation level, had begun an unprecedented attempt at nirvana a long time ago!

This was their clan's top secret.

Now, this attempt to undergo nirvana, which had lasted for countless years, was finally coming to an end!

The thought of their mighty progenitor coming back to rule the world made their hearts burn with anticipation.

“Things on the Divine Forge Imperial Clan's side also need to be monitored closely,” said Huang Cangtian on the throne.

An elder said without thinking, “You can rest easy, Patriarch. The Thousand Fire Spirit Emperor has been guarding the Venerable Progenitor’s attempt at nirvana since forever. Nothing unexpected will happen.”

Huang Cangtian mused, “Just pay close attention. For some reason, I have been feeling uneasy lately. I certainly do not want to see any mishap.”

The crowd of old relics were stunned.

Uneasy? Looks like the impending awakening of the Venerable Progenitor has been keeping the chief on his toes lately...

“Patriarch, the Celestial Phoenix World is our territory. There won’t be any mishaps, please rest assured,” one of them laughed heartily and earned words of agreement from the others.

Huang Cangtian also laughed at himself, “Can't help it. Just imagining seeing the Venerable Progenitor making a comeback thousands of years later, it makes me...excited and nervous.”

Just then, a voice rang out from outside the great hall, “Patriarch! We have a big problem!”

A figure rushed in following that.

Everyone was visibly shocked as they recognized the newly arrived to be Luo Changfeng, a clansman with the Luo Clan's bloodline flowing in his veins.

This reminded them of the intimate relationship between the Celestial Phoenix Lineage and the Luo Clan on the other side of the cosmos in the far past. For many years, there had been countless marriages between the descendants of the two clans.

Many Celestial Phoenix clansmen even bore the surname ‘Luo.’

However, after the incident of Luo Qingxun, this relationship had collapsed, and everything had changed.

In spite of that, the members surnamed Luo had not been implicated in any way. Since they had been brought up in the Celestial Phoenix Clan since birth, they didn't have much of a good impression of the Luo Clan on the other side of the cosmos.

Furthermore, since the Celestial Phoenix Lineage and the faraway Luo Clan had severed all ties with each other because of Luo Qingxun, these clansmen who carried the Luo bloodline only approved of the Omega Lord and his descendants, not the current faraway Luo Clan.

They made this very clear.

Luo Changfeng was such a clansman. He was even put in charge of a part of the clan’s authority and considered an elder-rank figure.

“What happened?” Huang Cangtian frowned as he remained on the throne.

Luo Changfeng took a deep breath to calm down and said, “This matter was a personal experience of my daughter Luo Jia. It’s most appropriate that she reports this herself.”

Huang Cangtian nodded. “Summon Luo Jia.”

Soon after, Luo Jia walked in and saluted before relating what she had gone through.

Upon learning that the Luo Clan on the other side of the cosmos was backing up the White Tiger and Black Tortoise Clans, the crowd of bigwigs in the hall flew into a rage.

“Conspiracy! This is definitely a conspiracy!” Some were infuriated.

“So to speak, the White Tigers and Black Tortoises have already started invading our territory in secret?” Some were shocked and alerted.

“Three months from now, an expert from the Luo Clan will come... What are they trying to do here? Why did they choose this time to act against us?”

“Could it be... News of the Venerable Progenitor’s awakening was leaked?”

A commotion arose in the grand hall. The old relics of the Celestial Phoenix Clan all looked livid and unsightly.

On the throne, Huang Cangtian's expression also flickered dimly for a while before he muttered, “No wonder I’ve always felt uneasy lately. It turns out that...a storm is really coming...”

Very quickly, his calm and majestic bearing returned. His eyes were like electricity as they swept around the hall before finally landing on Luo Jia, “Girl, who is Lin Xun exactly?”

Luo Jia didn't dare to hide anything and said everything she knew about Lin Xun. However, she didn't know yet that his mother was Luo Qingxun.

Upon the part that Lin Xun had executed an eighth realm Emperor of the White Tiger Clan with one sword strike, a wave of gasps echoed in the hall.

“So he’s from the True Dragon Clan.” Huang Cangtian pondered for a moment and said to Luo Jia, “Tell your friend on my behalf that after this fiasco is resolved, I will personally open the passage to the Ancient Nebula Road and send him back myself.”