If not Gu Qingfeng, could it be the Great Emperor Changfeng, Gu Changfeng?
That also seemed rather unlikely.
Although Great Emperor Changfeng bore the name of the Azure Heaven and was the ordained calamity resolver of the Present Era, possessing the Azure Dragon guardian, he only had the Azure Dragon guardian. He did not have the Earth Phoenix guardian. Yet, the earlier dragon roars and phoenix cries had sounded simultaneously, the dragon roar containing phoenix cries, and the phoenix cries containing dragon roars, as if a dragon and phoenix were auspiciously calling in unison.
Suddenly.
Everyone remembered the Twin Yin-Yang Taiji Wuliang nurtured by the Xuantian Immortal Dao—a man representing the Heavenly Dragon and a woman representing the Earth Phoenix. Perhaps only when these two appeared together could such a miraculous simultaneous dragon-phoenix cry occur.
Awooo—
The dragon roars and phoenix cries continued to resound, exploding in the Void and shaking the entire Li Palace space, as well as the all-pervading Original Sin essence.
At the same time, the Void began to transform. There was no wind, yet the Void moved; there were no clouds, yet the Void drifted. It looked like a phantasmagorical world of surging wind and clouds, or like the profound and layered Ninefold Sky. Even the all-pervading Original Sin essence changed like swirling mist and chaos.
Awooo!
The dragon roars and phoenix cries sounded again. The dragon roar was mighty and domineering; the phoenix cry was sinister and eerie, as if piercing through heaven and earth, shaking all directions and all living beings. Countless Original Sin Dharma Bodies within the area were also shaken dizzy by these sounds.
The mighty, domineering dragon roar shook their physical bodies.
The sinister, eerie phoenix cry shook their souls.
Looking out, the entire Void seemed to have transformed into a phantasmagorical world of surging wind and clouds, as if the Nine Heavens themselves had descended—a truly wondrous sight.
Faintly, everyone saw two colossal creatures roaring in the Void.
One of these colossal creatures had a head like a camel, horns like a deer, eyes like a rabbit, ears like an ox, a neck like a snake, a belly like a clam, scales like a carp, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, a back with eighty-one scales embodying the ninety-nine yang number, a voice like striking a bronze plate, whiskers beside its mouth, a pearl beneath its chin, and counter-scales beneath its throat.
This was a dragon, a Heavenly Dragon, a dragon that summoned wind and rain, churning clouds and turning tides within the sea of clouds.
The other colossal creature was dark red all over, possessing six forms and nine buds. Its head resembled the sky, its eyes the sun, its back the moon, its wings the wind, its feet the earth, its tail the weft of the cosmos. Its mouth held destiny, its heart matched the proper measure, its ears were keen and penetrating, its tongue could bend and extend, its color was dark black, its crest was square and crimson, its spurs were sharp and hooked, its cry was sharp and stirring. It had the front of a qilin and the hindquarters of a deer, a snake's head and a fish's tail, dragon patterns on a turtle's back, a swallow's jaw and a chicken's beak.
This was a phoenix, an Earth Phoenix, a phoenix that spewed flames, undergoing rebirth through fire within a sea of flames.
That Heavenly Dragon was a silver-white Heavenly Dragon, as if representing Radiance and sanctity.
That Earth Phoenix was a dark-black Earth Phoenix, as if representing Darkness and evil.
The Heavenly Dragon spiraled upwards, opening its maw and turning its body, looking back at the phoenix. The Earth Phoenix spread its wings and raised its tail, lifting its gaze towards the dragon. This dragon and phoenix formed a circle as they chased each other, stirring the all-pervading Original Sin essence to change along with them. As they chased each other, they gradually formed a vortex, making it feel as if the entire Void was rotating along with the dragon and phoenix's pursuit, truly like a phantasmagorical world of surging wind and clouds, evoking a peculiar feeling in everyone's hearts.
A feeling of wanting to kneel on the ground and worship in prayer.
It must be said.
This scene was truly breathtaking.
Since the Desolate Era, Heavenly Dragons and Earth Phoenixes had almost gone extinct, rarely seen by anyone.
Not just since the Desolate Era—even among these Original Sin Patriarchs from the Desolate Era present here, very few had personally witnessed Heavenly Dragons and Earth Phoenixes.
Moreover, what appeared at this moment was not merely a Heavenly Dragon, nor merely an Earth Phoenix, but the legendary Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness.
Yes!
What was happening in the Void right now was none other than the legendary Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness.
Everyone knew that Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness was an omen, and one hailed as an auspicious omen at that. But throughout the ages, few had truly witnessed it. Even great Dao overlords like Black Mountain Old Monster, Liao E Old Monster, and Green Lamp Ghost Emperor were seeing it for the first time in their lives.
The crowd gazed at the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness in the Void, marveling at the transformations within—like water and fire merging, like clouds and rain churning, like yin and yang intertwining, like sun and moon crisscrossing, like Darkness and Radiance weaving together, like sanctity and evil fusing.
Water contained fire; fire contained water.
Yin contained yang; yang contained yin.
Like the sun yet like the moon, like Darkness yet like Radiance, like sanctity yet like evil.
Accompanied by the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, the Heavenly Dragon was no longer a Heavenly Dragon, and the Earth Phoenix was no longer an Earth Phoenix. The Heavenly Dragon resembled the Earth Phoenix, and the Earth Phoenix resembled the Heavenly Dragon; the two were indistinguishable.
Gradually, everyone saw a person within the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness.
That's right.
A person.
Perhaps it was a person.
It was impossible to tell if it was male or female. Spiritual sense could not probe it, and the naked eye could not discern it. It looked both like a man and like a woman, even more like a hermaphroditic yin-yang person.
It was precisely such a yin-yang person.
Possessing both a Radiance Bloodline and a Darkness Bloodline.
Possessing both a Heavenly Dragon body and an Earth Phoenix form.
Both the ordained calamity resolver bearing the True Mandate and the Original Sin variable defying heaven to change fate.
Lord Rat's expression turned solemn, his gaze horrified as he stared at the yin-yang person seemingly birthed from the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness in the Void. He sharply asked, "Who exactly are you, honored one?"
Divine Calculator also asked in a deep voice, "I heard that a pair of Twin Yin-Yang were born in the Present Era, one representing the Heavenly Dragon, the other representing the Earth Phoenix. May I ask if you are the Heavenly Dragon or the Earth Phoenix?"
Liao E Old Monster beside him said, "He is neither the Heavenly Dragon nor the Earth Phoenix, because he is both the Heavenly Dragon and the Earth Phoenix."
Even Black Mountain Old Monster, who appeared like an elegant gentleman, couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Twin Yin-Yang, Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, black and white mutually transforming, Taiji Wuliang, the impermanence of fate…" Green Lamp Ghost Emperor also exclaimed with emotion, "Never thought I would witness the legendary Twin Yin-Yang Taiji Wuliang in my lifetime."
Legend had it.
The so-called Twin Yin-Yang Taiji Wuliang were siblings born in the Present Era, connected by blood, interdependent in life and death. They were adopted in their youth by the old Immortal Lords of the Xuantian Immortal Dao. One possessed a Radiance Bloodline, the other a Darkness Bloodline; one had a Heavenly Dragon body, the other an Earth Phoenix form; one was the ordained calamity resolver bearing the True Mandate, the other was the Original Sin variable defying heaven to change fate.
Of them, the woman representing the Earth Phoenix was known to very few. In contrast, the man representing the Heavenly Dragon was particularly active in the Present Era, hailed as the Martial Repository Emperor. It was said the Xuantian Immortal Dao even regarded him as a successor, for which they bestowed upon him the sect's supreme treasure, the Nine Heavens Dragon Sword. Every time he appeared, it was with surging wind and clouds, dragons soaring through the Nine Heavens, immensely powerful. People in the Great Desolation called him the Xuantian Young Master.
When the dragon roars and phoenix cries echoed through the Li Palace space, everyone had guessed it must be this pair of Twin Yin-Yang representing the Heavenly Dragon and Earth Phoenix.
And indeed it was them.
But it was not the brother and sister representing the Heavenly Dragon and Earth Phoenix.
Rather, it was the hermaphroditic yin-yang person representing the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness.
These were two completely different concepts, separated by a heaven-and-earth difference.