Immortality Martial Arts: I Started with the Five Animals Health Fist Chapter 1150 - 387: Great Annihilation! Splitting Heaven and Earth! (Grand Finale) _2

"They actually know one another?"

A collective sigh of relief escaped Hua Shan, Zhan Wushuang, and their companions. Realizing that Su Changkong shared a connection with Ji Xuexiao—who appeared like a majestic "Divine Phoenix"—was an incredible development. It meant she was firmly on their side!

"Miss Ji... my deepest thanks to you."

Su Changkong expressed his sincere gratitude in those few words. Had Ji Xuexiao not intervened today, the outcome would have been catastrophic. He likely wouldn't have survived long enough to achieve mastery over the Yin-Yang Life-Death Pathway.

"It is of no consequence."

Ji Xuexiao gave a slight shake of her head. Although she was the reincarnation of the Divine Phoenix, she was now fundamentally human.

Her decision to emerge from seclusion had been prompted by sensing Su Changkong’s fading aura, a choice that carried immense risk. She was not the true Divine Phoenix of old, nor had her Cultivation reached that transcendent level of being unbound by heaven and earth. Challenging the First Saint was a gamble with no guaranteed victory.

Furthermore, even a triumph in battle might not be enough to shift the tides of fate.

As the group conversed, the expressions on their faces suddenly shifted.

High noon had seen the retreat of the Demon Monster armies and the return of brilliant sunlight. However, the sun was abruptly extinguished as massive, obsidian clouds smothered the world!

"Boom!"

Thunder crashed and lightning tore through the firmament as a torrential downpour, stained with the hue of blood, began to fall.

The transition from a clear sky to a nightmare of crimson rain and lightning happened in a heartbeat. An overwhelming dread washed over everyone, leaving them shivering with instinctive terror.

"What... what is happening?"

Zhan Wushuang stared up at the blood-red deluge as it seemed to rip the dark clouds apart. He was visibly trembling, his mind clouded by confusion.

As the Fighting Saint, Zhan Wushuang would not flinch even in the jaws of death. Yet, in this moment, he could not stop his body from shaking under the weight of an inexplicable horror.

Su Changkong felt the same sensation; every cell in his body vibrated with fear, as if the heavens themselves were collapsing upon them!

Ji Xuexiao gazed toward the sky, her expression heavy with gravity and a touch of helplessness: "The Heavenly Demon God... has run out of patience. He is commencing a Great Destruction, intending to wipe this entire world out of existence."

"The Heavenly Demon God intends to annihilate the world? What does this mean?"

Hua Shan pressed for answers urgently. Though the Nine Great Ancient Sages had waged war against the Demon Monster Clan and suppressed the Heavenly Demons, they understood very little about the shadowy entity pulling the strings. They were ignorant of his nature and his ultimate goals.

As the reincarnated Ancient Overlord Divine Phoenix, Ji Xuexiao surely possessed the truth.

Looking toward the heavens, Ji Xuexiao revealed the ancient secrets: "The Heavenly Demon God is an invader from the outside. He forcibly tore through the boundaries of this world to descend. In contrast, the Divine Phoenix was born at the dawn of this world, protected by the Heavenly Dao and destined to rise as the counter to the Heavenly Demon God's presence."

"The collision between the Divine Phoenix and the Heavenly Demon God resulted in mutual downfall. Both perished, yet neither truly vanished. The Primordial Spirit of the Divine Phoenix remained within the world to undergo reincarnation, while the Heavenly Demon God merged into the world's fabric, becoming a part of the Heavenly Dao itself."

Ji Xuexiao spoke of mysteries that were nearly impossible for ordinary minds to grasp.

The Divine Phoenix was the sole being to ever reach a transcendent state in this world, existing beyond the limitations of heaven and earth. She was favored by the Heavenly Dao specifically to repel the invading Heavenly Demon God.

Following their fatal struggle, one soul entered the cycle of rebirth to become the Ji Xuexiao of today. The other, despite losing his physical form, fused his essence with the Heavenly Dao, slowly corrupting it from within.

"Having become part of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Demon God has been steadily consuming it. He uses the Demon Monsters as his extensions, fueling chaos to slaughter the inhabitants of this world. This allows him to gather energy to refine his own Dao and nurture a new physical vessel. He seeks a Nirvana metamorphosis to achieve a complete resurrection," Ji Xuexiao explained.

A cold shiver ran through Su Changkong. The reason the Demon Monsters seemed so difficult to kill wasn't true immortality; it was because their master had merged with the Heavenly Dao. Even if they were slain, he could eventually return them to the world through a process similar to reincarnation, though it required significant time.

The Heavenly Demon God’s cycle of slaughter and destruction was merely a means to perfect his path and craft a new body.

Currently, the Heavenly Demon God could not be considered a living being in the traditional sense. Lacking a physical form, he acted as a parasite upon the Heavenly Dao. Because he could not interfere directly, he was forced to initiate upheaval after upheaval.

"The first upheaval was a success. Without the 'Divine Phoenix' to protect them, the True Beast clan was hunted to the brink of extinction. However, the second upheaval was thwarted by the emergence of the Nine Great Ancient Sages..."

Ji Xuexiao laid bare the history of their world.

The Heavenly Dao possessed a primal will and would not submit quietly. When the Heavenly Demon God arrived, the world produced the Divine Phoenix. When the True Beasts fell, the Human race rose, and more crucially, the Nine Great Ancient Sages were born in response to the Heavenly Dao's need to suppress the chaos.

"Now, during this third great upheaval... the Demon Monster Clan has faced defeat once more, and the Heavenly Demon God’s patience has snapped. He will not wait to start a fourth upheaval. Instead... he plans to destroy the world in a final, desperate gamble!"

Ji Xuexiao’s complexion turned pale.

For this third upheaval, the Heavenly Demon God had prepared meticulously, even corrupting the First Saint and the Ancient Demon Saint. Yet, the sentient Heavenly Dao had responded in its own mysterious way, bringing the reincarnated Divine Phoenix back to the stage to face the coming storm.