The Three Realms were all celebrating their victory over the Heavenly Demon. No one knew that Yaohua, at the bottom of the river, was struggling to attack the seal.
Was the resentment of the phoenix's remains conscious?
Naturally!
Apart from their natal spiritual light and innate supernatural powers, the phoenix clan had another most precious thing, and that was the power of nirvana.
The power of nirvana could make the souls of the phoenix clan live on and on. It could erupt with extremely powerful strength in a desperate situation and even allow them to be reborn.
That was why the resentment of the phoenix clan was able to suppress the equally immortal Heavenly Demon.
Yaohua and her spiritual light had been pressed under the seal of the Seven Kills Formation. She was unable to achieve nirvana herself, but her consciousness still existed. If she had her remains, she could spare no effort to save her master.
In fact, the reason she insisted on being buried with her master's remains was precisely to combine the phoenix's resentment with the power of nirvana and bring Chongming back to life!
However, the God - Lord's going back on his word completely shattered her plan.
That day, when she heard the God - Lord's plan in the palace, the bottom of the Heavenly River was immediately filled with surging resentment.
The God - Lord seemed to sense something. He raised his eyes and looked over. Their eyes met for just a brief moment, and she felt as if she was about to be immediately executed. Her soul was instantly pulled back into the Heavenly River.
At the bottom of the river, the power of nirvana combined with the intense resentment. A young girl's body surrounded by terrifying resentment was sitting cross - legged quietly on the ground.
She got into the body, and her eyes instantly turned crimson.
The overly powerful resentment completely eroded her sanity.
She wandered at the bottom of the river, wantonly attacking the sealing formation. The body she had just condensed twisted, collapsed, and reformed again in the resentment.
In the Immortal Realm, Tu Yang thought for a long time and finally came to the Divine Palace.
She said anxiously, "Please, God - Lord, think twice. General Yaohua has made great contributions, but you went back on your word. I'm afraid her resentful spirit will—"
The God - Lord snorted and interrupted her, "It's her fortune to be able to bring blessings to the Three Realms with her body. Moreover, the Seven Kills Formation absorbs the phoenix's resentment to guard the Heavenly Demon. The stronger the resentment, the more powerful the formation will be, and the safer the Three Realms will be!"
Tu Yang kowtowed heavily, "Aren't you afraid of the resentful spirit's backlash?"
The God - Lord scoffed, "She couldn't stir up any trouble in my hands when she was alive. How could she threaten me after death? The Seven Kills Formation not only suppresses the Heavenly Demon but also the phoenix imprisoned in the formation. As time passes, she will completely lose her consciousness and turn into resentment. She's not to be feared."
Just as he said, Yaohua's current state was extremely dangerous.
She was like a monster only knowing killing and destruction, wandering in the river. Once her consciousness was completely eroded, her body would directly rot and scatter in the Heavenly River.
Suddenly, she stopped. As if feeling a summoning, she looked at the huge corpse in front of her with a confused look on her face.
This was her phoenix corpse.
The phoenix's remains that had been silent in the river gave her a moment of clarity, and an idea popped up in her mind.
If her soul could get into the body of the resentful spirit, could she merge with her original corpse?
She made hand seals, and the phoenix's remains trembled, trying to come to her side.
Sure enough, the remains could still be summoned by her. As long as she could merge with her resentful spirit, she could be reborn with the corpse.
But just as the remains stood up tremblingly, they were hit by an inexplicable force and suddenly fell down!
"Who is it?" she asked warily and angrily.
The bottom of the river was silent, with undercurrents surging.
The Seven Kills Formation only trapped the Heavenly Demon and did not kill living beings. Therefore, the fish, shrimp, and spirits that originally lived at the bottom of the river were not killed.
However, her resentment was getting deeper and deeper, and the entire bottom of the Heavenly River had become unsuitable for the survival of living beings.
Several lumpfish covered in mud were stunned by her anger. Lumpfish fed on resentment, and their bodies gradually grew larger under the erosion of resentment.
Yaohua looked at them suspiciously.
They glanced at each other and bowed to Yaohua one after another, tremblingly saying, "It wasn't us who did it!"
Yaohua glared at them with her scarlet eyes, and the killing intent filled the air around her.
Under the erosion of resentment, all she wanted to do at this moment was to kill these annoying guys, whether they were innocent or not!
The lumpfish looked terrified and quickly said, "General, spare our lives. The Seven Kills Formation not only seals the Heavenly Demon but also the phoenix's remains. That's why you can't return to your body. It really has nothing to do with us."
Yaohua barely regained a moment of clarity, "To break out of the formation and avenge myself, I have to break the Seven Kills Formation first?"
The lumpfish nodded and secretly slipped away while she was deep in thought.
The red light in Yaohua's eyes grew stronger. She seemed to know where the eye of the Seven Kills Formation was.
She quickly went to the center of the river. From afar, she saw a coffin sleeping quietly. There were sealing fluctuations radiating from it all around, and she couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
But at this moment, the coffin seemed to sense her presence and trembled slightly.
The body she had just formed was instantly torn and destroyed by a powerful suction force, losing its human form. She had to hide far away.
Sure enough, as the lumpfish said, in addition to suppressing the Heavenly Demon, the Seven Kills Formation also restrained the phoenix's resentment.
With her current ability, if she rushed forward rashly, she would only be absorbed by the eye of the formation and become the nourishment of the formation.
No wonder the God - Lord was so arrogant!
However, as long as her resentment was strong enough, she could destroy the coffin at the eye of the formation in the center of the river.
By then, both she and the Heavenly Demon would be released.
The reappearance of the Heavenly Demon in the world was all because the God - Lord had broken his promise. She wanted the God - Lord to regret it and make him a sinner in the Three Realms!
At the dark bottom of the river, wisps of resentment emerged from the sealed Heavenly Demon.
In a blink of an eye, Yaohua had been wandering in the seal for many years. Because she had absorbed too much resentment, she no longer had the high - spirited look she had when she beheaded demons. Even the hair on top of her head was all white hair transformed from resentment.
This was the place where she had collected the most resentment over the years. The purple - eyed Heavenly Demon sealed here seemed to have a lot of resentment. But too much time had passed, and she was already dead. She couldn't remember whether she knew this Heavenly Demon or not.
Zhao Wujingjing looked at her, and her current appearance as a resentful spirit was reflected in her pupils. Immediately, stronger resentment fluctuations radiated from her.
Yaohua silently received it and then silently left.
The resentment on these Heavenly Demons was like leeks in the field. One crop after another, they had to be slowly nurtured and slowly harvested.
Another few hundred years passed.
Because the Heavenly Demon was suppressed in the Heavenly River, it had been designated as a restricted area. No one cared about it, and it was overgrown with weeds, extremely desolate.
The Three Realms were peaceful and prosperous again, a prosperous scene. The world had already forgotten that a phoenix general was sleeping here.
The coffin in the center of the river was sleeping quietly, emitting invisible fluctuations that imprisoned the entire Heavenly River.
It was a black coffin, tightly wrapped in chains all over.
As Yaohua got closer, the coffin trembled slightly. The fluctuations it emitted turned into substantial blades, frantically slashing at her resentful spirit body.
She endured the pain and stepped forward, grabbing the chains forcefully, trying to tear them apart directly.
The chains seemed to have spirituality and trembled violently. The sealing formation engraved on them tried to imprison her.
A phoenix shape transformed from resentment slowly condensed behind her. The phoenix flapped its wings, and the silent scream made the entire Heavenly River tremble uneasily.