176: The one I love has already married.

As the words fell, the fiery giant hand covering the starry sky slapped down without the slightest hesitation!

"No——!!!"

God Ember let out a desperate roar, mustering all his strength to manipulate the God Ancestor phantom into raising its arms, attempting to block.

But before that fiery giant hand, everything was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

"Boom——!!!"

The giant hand fell. The God Ancestor phantom couldn't even hold on for a single breath before shattering with a thunderous crash!

God Ember's true body tumbled out from between the phantom's brows. Before he could even flee, the fiery giant hand gently clenched.

"Ah——!!!"

A scream of utmost misery resounded through the starry sky, lasting only a brief instant before abruptly cutting off.

The fiery giant hand opened, revealing nothing inside.

God Ember, this late stage immortal emperor powerhouse, along with his Primordial Spirit, Origin, true spirit, and every trace of his existence, had been completely incinerated by the Phoenix True Flame, reduced to nothingness!

Witnessing this scene firsthand was the Divine Emperor's Primordial Spirit in the distance.

His soul nearly left his body in terror. Too scared to even scream, he turned and tried to burn his last vestiges of Origin to escape!

"Hmph, a mere incomplete Primordial Spirit dares to think it can escape this lady's palm?"

That clear, cold female voice carried a note of disdain.

In the next moment, a thread of red light, fine as a hair, shot out from the fiery giant hand. In an instant, it traversed millions of miles of Void Realm, piercing through the Divine Emperor's illusory Primordial Spirit with perfect precision!

The Divine Emperor's Primordial Spirit stiffened violently, the light in its eyes rapidly dimming before finally extinguishing, dissipating into the cold starry void.

In the distant Void Realm.

The Divine Thoughts of the various races' Immortal Kings who had been peering in all trembled violently. A deathly silence pervaded each and every Divine Thought.

Every Immortal King was so terrified by this sudden obliteration that their souls nearly fled their bodies!

A late stage immortal emperor... killed just like that, with a single slap?

Without even a chance to beg for mercy?

Just how terrifying an existence was the owner of that female voice?!

Long Yin, at this moment, was also dumbstruck, staring at the slowly dissipating fiery giant hand above the starry sky and, behind it, the gradually clear, fiery-red, graceful figure.

What kind of woman was she?

She wore a fiery red long dress, its hem adorned with patterns of Nirvana Phoenixes. Her skin was as white as snow, her features stunningly beautiful, capable of toppling cities. Especially those Phoenix eyes, between opening and closing, seemed to have flames swirling within them—noble, majestic, yet carrying a hint of innate arrogance.

She stood barefoot in the void. With every step she took, tiny Phoenix phantoms formed beneath her feet. Her entire body was wreathed in an intensely concentrated Phoenix True Flame and an ancient aura.

It was none other than the Origin Ancestral Phoenix—Feng Xi—who, sensing the Ancestral Dragon's fluctuations, had traversed endless Star Domains to arrive!

After dealing with God Ember and the Divine Emperor, Feng Xi flickered and appeared beside the heavily injured Long Yin.

Seeing Long Yin's weakened aura, her elegant brows furrowed slightly, a flicker of heartache in her eyes, though her tone remained cool:

"Are you alright?"

Long Yin snapped back to reality. Looking at the stunningly beautiful yet unfamiliar woman before him, a powerful sense of familiarity surged in his heart, but he couldn't for the life of him remember where he had seen her.

"Thank you for saving my life, Senior." Long Yin forced himself to bear his injuries, cupping his hands in salute. "May I ask... who you are? Have we met before?"

Hearing this, a trace of confusion appeared on Feng Xi's exquisite face. "You don't recognize me?"

Long Yin shook his head, replying honestly, "This Junior feels an extreme familiarity with Senior, but in my memory, I truly have never met you before."

Feng Xi suddenly understood, then realized.

She didn't answer directly, but instead sent a Divine Thought message: "Do you know your own Origin?"

Long Yin's pupils contracted sharply!

This was his secret!

Apart from Di Yan, Xuanyuan Che, and Long Qinger, even his daughter Long Kui didn't know.

How did *she* know?

Seeing Long Yin's shocked expression, Feng Xi understood in her heart and continued via Divine Thought: "It seems you do know your own Origin."

"Judging by your reaction, your memories likely haven't fully Awakened yet. So, it's normal that you don't remember me."

She paused, her tone softening a little: "But it's alright. Once you Breakthrough to the Immortal Emperor realm, your memories should Awaken more. By then, you might remember me."

Long Yin tentatively believed this explanation and asked via Divine Thought: "Since Senior remembers me, it seems we must have been... friends?"

A faint blush, rarely seen, rose on Feng Xi's exquisite cheeks.

She lowered her eyelashes, her Divine Thought voice also softening: "We were more than just friends."

Long Yin's heart skipped a beat, a sense of foreboding rising within him.

He steeled himself and asked via Divine Thought: "More than friends... what does that mean?"

Feng Xi raised her head. Her Phoenix eyes shimmered with watery light, carrying shyness and seriousness as she sent her Divine Thought:

"We were more than friends, but not quite lovers."

Long Yin: "..."

He fell silent for a moment, then confirmed via Divine Thought: "Half-step lovers?"

Feng Xi nodded gently, the blush on her face deepening as she explained via Divine Thought:

"Back then, I promised you that if we both returned alive, I would agree to become your Dao Companion. I just never imagined we both died in that battle."

Her tone carried a hint of relief and anticipation: "But it's alright. That we can meet again in this life means our fate is not yet severed."

She lifted her head, her Phoenix eyes gazing directly at Long Yin, serious and resolute as she sent her Divine Thought:

"Long Yin, I agree to become your beloved."

As she spoke, she extended her jade-like hand, about to embrace Long Yin.

Long Yin's expression changed. He hastily retreated half a step, avoiding her embrace.

Feng Xi's movement froze. Her brows furrowed, displeasure and confusion flashing in her eyes.

Long Yin took a deep breath. His tone carried apology and resolve as he explained via Divine Thought:

"Senior, no... Miss Feng Xi."

"I'm sorry, but I already have someone I love."

"Not only are we already married, but we also have a child."

Feng Xi felt as if struck by lightning. Her entire body stiffened in place, the blood instantly draining from her exquisite face!

She retreated two steps, looking at Long Yin with disbelief, her voice trembling: "Re... really?"

Long Yin nodded solemnly: "It's true. If you don't believe me, I can take you to meet her."

Feng Xi felt the world spin. A massive wave of loss and pain surged into her heart, almost making her unsteady on her feet.

She bit her lower lip hard, tears welling in her eyes, her voice filled with devastation and accusation:

"Who? Who managed to win Long Yin's love?!"

Seeing her pained expression, Long Yin's heart ached with reluctance, but he still spoke the name:

"She is the Reincarnation of the Azure Dragon."

The Azure Dragon's Reincarnation?

Feng Xi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms. A cold light erupted in her beautiful eyes, her killing intent almost condensing into substance!

"So it's her!"

Her voice was icy and piercing, carrying bone-deep hatred:

"I never imagined her true spirit hadn't died either! And just like before, she's come to ruin the feelings between us!"

"I just never thought that in that past life, she was merely mischievous, opposing me everywhere, trying to break us apart."

"And in this life, she actually went and married you directly!"

Long Yin's heart stirred, grasping a key piece of information: "So we all knew each other in the first life?"

Feng Xi sneered, her voice filled with endless resentment: "More than just knew!"

"Back then, she tried every method to break us apart!"

"I never expected that to achieve her goal in this life, she'd be willing to sacrifice her own body. What a clever scheme!"

Her eyes were filled with unwillingness and hatred.

If not for that great war that swept through the Myriad Heavens and Universes, if not for their fall and Reincarnation.

Perhaps she would have long been with Long Yin. What place would there have been for Long Qinger!

In that instant, her hatred for Long Qinger reached its peak!