Legend of the Great Sage (Chapter 401-Chapter 500)

“Please satisfy my curiosity, Northmoon.” Spider Queen Lolth smiled with crossed arms.

Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow. “No problem.”

However, he murmured inside, Phoenix, oh phoenix. Please don’t disappoint me.

Ever since he had obtained the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a, Li Qingshan had never given up on comprehending it, but it would end in failure every single time. The main reason for this was the existence of the Spirit Turtle’s Method of Sea Suppression.

Even though they both represented peace and tranquility, how could an absolute existence of water allow for a pure existence of fire?

However, as Li Qingshan looked around, his heart skipped a beat. Perhaps he could actually practise the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a here.

Sparks rose up and vanished from the lake of fire, like tiny, dancing fire fairies. This place did not allow for any existences of water. The power of the spirit turtle’s daemon core had been almost completely suppressed. However, this instead presented an opportunity.



His daemon qi swelled, kicking up waves of fire. Li Qingshan’s body rapidly grew, transforming into his original form. He turned into a colossal creature that stood over a hundred feet tall, standing within the lake of magma like a black pillar that upheld the cavern.

Although he would lose some of his agility and flexibility in his original form, this was a daemon’s most powerful state.

“This would be the first time I’ve seen your original form. You really are a descendant. That would be no wonder,” the Spider Queen said softly.

Only offspring of daemons above Daemon General were called descendants. They differed from regular beasts the moment they were born. Instead, they possessed great power akin to exotic beasts. However, very few powerful daemons were willing to do that, as they would lose power. In particular, the mother of the offspring would even go through a long period of weakness.

However, this did make the Spider Queen a little less suspicious. At least there was an explanation for his cultivation speed, or he definitely would have been receiving support from elsewhere. The Spider Queen nodded at Li Qingshan’s ox horns and tiger tail too. If he were a blend between two species, a blend between two bloodlines, it would make sense that he could practise two elements.

“However, I do recall that you can control a second power aside from water, which is wind!”

“You’ll know if you keep watching, ma’am Spider Queen,” Li Qingshan said and stopped paying attention to her. He allowed the magma to swallow him. The scalding pain engulfed him as the vicious fire poison invaded his body.

He did not circulate his daemon qi to fend it off. Instead, he withdrew all of his daemon qi into the spirit turtle’s daemon core, drawing the fire element into his body. He began to practise the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a

Immediately, Li Qingshan’s eyes seemed to light up like fire, blazing brightly. At the same time, a sense of nobility and purity rose up from his body. That was the phoenix’s dignity, standing aloof from others.

The Spider Queen furrowed her brows slightly and watched on silently. He really did seem to be able to control the fire element.

Although Li Qingshan’s body suffered from burning agony, both inside and out, the joy within him had drowned out all of the pain, as sure enough, practising the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a was much smoother here. The rampaging fire element gathered together under his control, turning into a blazing ball of fire that constantly revolved.

The ball of fire was not completely spherical. Instead, it was larger on one end and smaller on the other, shaped like a chicken embryo. This was the phoenix’s embryo.





Chapter 434: The Hour of War | Legend of the Great Sage




The surrounding flames licked against Li Qingshan’s body. He was like a piece of black iron that had been thrown into the furnace to be forged into a sword.

His scarlet eyes flickered like flames as his scarlet hair danced like fire.

Half of Li Qingshan’s body had been swallowed by the magma. Suddenly, he let out an earth-shattering roar and kicked up a great wave in the lake of magma. The various colours of magma, dark red, scarlet red, bright red, golden red, seemed to be blended together, hissing with white smoke that filled the entire cavern.

Rolling flames surged over, colliding against the dim barrier in front of the Spider Queen before shattering. It made her face flicker. Who knew what she was thinking.

Li Qingshan recovered his humanoid form and spread out his arms, laying back on the lake of magma and bobbing up and down. His burn marks rapidly recovered, and the vicious fire poison settled down. Something that imitated the phoenix’s embryo had finally been condensed in his body.

When he raised his hand, the fire gathered in his hand automatically, abiding to his will.

Was this the first layer of the phoenix?

Li Qingshan shook his head. No, something was still missing. This was just a temporary work around against the problem. As long as he was unable to merge fire and water, he would not be able to properly practise the Phoenix’s Scripture of Nirvā?a. However, this was already quite a large step forward. He had basically gained a grasp over the fundamentals.

Just when he was about to prop himself up, a soul sense pierced the magma and his body, reaching his sea of consciousness. Li Qingshan “saw” the turbulent magma and the violent explosions of the earth bubbles. Among all of that was a golden, glistening infant sleeping soundly.

Don’t tell me this is the Spider Queen’s son?! A thought crossed Li Qingshan’s head, and it was so absurd that it was funny. Even the Spider Queen herself could not reside safely in the depths of the mantle.

The infant suddenly snapped open its eyes. In that instant, Li Qingshan felt like he had been seen through. Before he could even closely tell what was going on, a strand of spider silk flew over, wrapped around him, and directly dragged Li Qingshan out of the lake.

“What did you see?” asked the Spider Queen as her face pressed in.

“I didn’t see any… thing… An infant. Who is he? Or should I ask, what is it?” Li Qingshan changed his mind halfway. If it were a blessing, then it was a blessing, but if it were a curse, it would be unavoidable. Instead of making the Spider Queen doubt him, he would be better off trying to get to the bottom of this.

If they fell out, then he could toss out the phoenix’s embryo he had just condensed and blast her into disarray, giving him the opportunity to slip away.

“So you did see it.” The Spider Queen’s expression changed. She reached towards Li Qingshan, but she missed.

Li Qingshan appeared a hundred steps away in a flash. “I didn’t see him. He was looking at me.”

“Then did he say anything to you?” A hint of nervousness appeared on the Spider Queen’s face. She placed her hand on Li Qingshan’s shoulder and tightened her grip.

Li Qingshan’s heart shivered. Daemon Commanders really were something else. “He only looked. He said nothing at all.”

The Spider Queen’s expression varied, sometimes vicious and sometimes peaceful. Li Qingshan was already prepared with the phoenix’s embryo, poised for anything.

In the end, the Spider Queen’s murderousness faded away. From Li Qingshan’s demonstration earlier, she could tell that Li Qingshan had indeed come for cultivation. He had intruded upon this place accidentally. As long as he had not been sent here under someone’s command and was not scheming something, she was reluctant to kill this powerful daemon at a time like this.