131: Spirit world?

High in the sky, the Golden Phoenix's illusory form grew increasingly dim and transparent. The vibrant, rainbow-colored Aura, once as brilliant as the rising sun, now flickered precariously like a candle in the wind.

Though the surging Devilish Qi was temporarily suppressed, the jet-black heart continued to beat tenaciously, spewing foul and evil energy, constantly eroding, counterattacking, and even subtly threatening to blacken the radiant Aura and flames.

Lin Feng's fists were clenched tightly, his knuckles white from the effort, his fingernails digging deep into his palms, causing a sharp sting that was far less than the intense anxiety in his heart.

He could clearly sense that the power of Senior Golden Phoenix's remaining will was rapidly draining, like sand in an hourglass reaching its end.

And the Heavenly Devil's power, on which the Devil Heart relied, was bizarrely tenacious, seemingly endless.

'No! If this continues, Senior will surely exhaust all her power!' Lin Feng roared inwardly, his mind racing, yet he found himself as insignificant as dust in this level of confrontation, utterly unable to intervene.

Just as he was burning with anxiety, almost ready to try any other means regardless of the consequences—

The enormous and illusory Golden Phoenix in the sky, seemingly due to immense exertion, stumbled violently, becoming even more transparent, as if it would completely dissipate in the next moment.

Her Phoenix eyes, burning with cold Nirvana flames, instinctively glanced downwards.

Her gaze perfectly met Lin Feng's eyes, filled with worry, urgency, and unwillingness, across the Void Realm!

That glance was as fleeting as an illusion, lasting less than a hundredth of a second.

However, for Lin Feng, it felt as if he had experienced the vicissitudes of time, the birth and destruction of the Universe!

Boom!!!

He only felt his Divine Soul violently shake! Everything before his eyes—the roaring devilish figures, Great Master Ku Zhu fighting for his life, the vibrating altar, the brilliant Aura, the foul Devilish Qi… everything instantly became blurred, distorted, and shattered, like a broken glass mirror!

Colors spun wildly, faded, and were ultimately swallowed by boundless darkness!

A sudden sense of weightlessness came over him, as if his Soul was forcibly ripped from his body and thrown into a kaleidoscopic, endless tunnel of time and space.

Countless fragmented images, noisy sounds, and chaotic energy sensations assailed his senses like a torrent, making him dizzy and almost nauseous.

This state lasted for an unknown period, perhaps an instant, perhaps ten thousand years.

When Lin Feng finally regained control of his senses and managed to "open" his eyes, he was shocked to find that he was no longer standing on the cold, despairing altar plaza.

He was suspended.

Below him was an infinite, dazzling starry sky.

Countless stars, like diamonds, were embedded in the deep, inky-blue firmament, slowly rotating, emitting soft or brilliant light, converging into vast and magnificent star rivers and nebulae, extending to the end of his vision.

In the distance, immense, unimaginable immortal mountains and blessed lands, glorious Heavenly Palaces, and ancient giant cities of varying styles, like toys of the gods, quietly floated in the Void Realm.

These bizarrely magnificent structures were either wreathed in auspicious clouds with immortal cranes flying, or had Sword Qi piercing the sky and dense array patterns, or exuded a wild and ancient Aura.

An extremely dense energy permeated every inch of space; inhaling it made his limbs and bones feel indescribably comfortable, and the Divine Power in his Sea of Consciousness seemed to become a bit more active.

This was definitely not ordinary Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but a higher, purer energy containing fragments of an indescribable Law!

Countless strange streaks of light traversed back and forth—these were uniquely shaped flying boats, Magic Treasures, and various creatures with wings or riding on rainbow light, all of different forms.

The Auras they emitted, even the weakest, made Lin Feng's heart palpitate, while the powerful ones were like an abyssal ocean, their Realm utterly unfathomable.

Where… was this?!

Lin Feng's mind was blank, completely awestruck by the scene before him.

This was definitely not the Boundless Sea! It might not even be any Realm he knew!

The vastness, splendor, and power here far exceeded his wildest imagination!

"No need to be surprised, Human Race youth."

A gentle, yet undeniably weary and faintly authoritative female voice, softly sounded behind him.

The voice was not loud, yet it seemed to resonate directly in the depths of his Soul, carrying a unique soothing power that involuntarily calmed his shocked and agitated emotions a little.

Lin Feng turned sharply.

He saw a woman quietly suspended not far behind him.

She wore a seven-colored feather robe made of countless brilliant feathers, shimmering with iridescent light, beautiful and noble yet not vulgar.

Her figure was tall and graceful, her face peerlessly beautiful, as if she gathered the essence of Heaven and Earth, her Phoenix eyes held authority, carrying an inherent nobility and an unassailable temperament.

However, her delicate brows were shrouded in an unresolvable sorrow and bone-deep weariness, and her complexion was also a transparent pale.

In the center of her forehead, a cinnabar mark was as crimson as blood, adding a touch of mystery and pathos.

Around her flowed a faint, warm, seven-colored Aura; that Aura was of the same origin as the massive Golden Phoenix illusion from before, but it was more restrained, more real, as if tangible.

Lin Feng's heart trembled violently, an answer on the tip of his tongue.

"Senior… you… you are…" His voice was dry and hoarse from extreme shock.

He was almost certain that the woman before him was the Golden Phoenix after her transformation!

"This is not a true Realm."

The woman, or rather, the Incarnation of the Golden Phoenix's remnant thought, spoke softly, her voice ethereal and distant, carrying a sense of vicissitude that had traversed countless eons of time and space.

"This place is a memory illusion I constructed with my last remaining power.

What you see is merely a fragment of the Spirit Realm's past prosperity, an imprint projected into my heart."

"Spirit Realm?!" Lin Feng exclaimed in shock, his heart pounding.

This Upper Realm, which only existed in ancient texts and legends, the ultimate destination that countless Lower Realm Cultivators pursued their entire lives for Ascension, had actually appeared before him in such a way!

Although it was just an illusion, its majestic Aura and high-level energy had completely overturned his understanding.

"Indeed, the Spirit Realm."

The Golden Phoenix woman, Li, nodded slightly, her gaze drifting towards the endless brilliant starry river in the distance, her eyes becoming incredibly distant and complex, filled with attachment, reminiscence, and deep pain.

"This place was once my homeland, and also… the starting point of my eventual burial in a foreign land."