218: Chapter 218 The Flame Bird

"Hmm, I understand. Thank you."

After receiving Ye Yang's reply, this Candle Bird nodded and flew off into the distance; he still had to notify other Candle Birds participating in the Awakening Ceremony.

"Has thirty years already passed? It really is fast enough..."

Watching that fiery red figure disappear from view, Ye Yang began to ponder.

Through these thirty years of life, he knew his race was called the Candle Bird. From the name alone, one could see it was an avian creature possessing flame abilities.

However, for a Candle Bird to awaken its own source Candle Fire, it must participate in the Awakening Ceremony thirty years after birth.

The Awakening Ceremony was more like the coming-of-age ceremony in Ye Yang's impression, but the difference was that the strength of the Candle Fire awakened by each Candle Bird in the ceremony was different. According to the older generation of Candle Birds, it was based on innate potential.

Ye Yang also inferred from the Awakening Ceremony that thirty years had passed.

"After the Awakening Ceremony, it should be the time for me to wake up..."

The next day.

Outside a huge canyon, huge fiery red Candle Birds stood on the ground. The smaller Candle Birds gazed at the canyon with longing eyes, while the older generation of Candle Birds watched the canyon with reverent gazes.

A Candle Bird exuding a powerful aura walked out. Its red eyes swept over the surrounding Candle Birds, especially the young Candle Birds who were the hope of the race, and finally lingered on a Candle Bird with a unique aura.

Then it opened its beak and spoke.

"All the young Candle Birds present who are to participate in the Awakening Ceremony have arrived. Let's all enter the ancestral land together; there is power there that can help you awaken..."

"Yes!"

"Alright, Great Lord!"

The young Candle Birds were already impatient, and upon hearing the Great Lord Candle Bird's words, they immediately turned into red figures and rushed toward the canyon.

Ye Yang also rushed in with them, and at this moment, the figures in the flock of Candle Birds became noisy.

"Among this group of young Candle Birds, there are several good seedlings; they might all be able to evolve into Great Lords!"

"Great Lord... that's very rare. After all, only one appears in our Candle Bird race every thousand years. I think Zhu Yang can become the next Great Lord!"

"Zhu Yang... that is true. His potential has far exceeded all other Candle Birds since he was small..."

"But Zhu Yang's personality is too aloof and unsociable."

The Great Lord Candle Bird kept its gaze fixed on the canyon, its eyes revealing hope. "I wonder if that little guy can gain recognition, succeed in atavism, and awaken his bloodline..."

"It really is something to look forward to..."

Inside the canyon.

When all the Candle Birds entered, they discovered that there were flames everywhere, but these flames looked different, colorful and varied.

Everyone was very clear about this.

Because the older Candle Bird seniors had already told them that awakening the source Candle Fire meant absorbing the Candle Fire flames within the canyon. However, the Candle Fire in the canyon was graded; the deeper one went, the higher the grade of the Candle Fire. Naturally, if one could successfully absorb it into their body, the source Candle Fire they awakened would certainly be more powerful.

Without hesitation, the dozen or so young Candle Bird figures did not stop and rushed toward the depths of the canyon.

Ye Yang was naturally the same. Soon, the figures in the depths of the canyon gradually decreased, and in the end, only Ye Yang remained as the only Candle Bird to have reached this point.

Staring at the golden flame floating in the air before him, Ye Yang's golden pupils were somewhat excited.

Because he knew that what was before him was the most fundamental power of the Candle Bird. By absorbing it, he would be able to succeed in atavism for his race, awaken his bloodline power, and his consciousness in the outside world would awaken.

He leaned in, and the golden flame floating in the air did not reject him; it surged onto his body and covered him.

"That's good, but why hasn't the source power Candle Fire awakened yet?"

Ye Yang looked down at the golden flame on his body, which had already enveloped him completely. He didn't know what to do next.

Before long, the golden flame began to display its power and characteristics. A stunning heat spread throughout his body, and his fiery red feathers were ignited and burned to ashes.

The golden flame rapidly surged into his body, roasting his flesh and bones, wanting to burn them to ashes.

"Such intense flames..."

"Dangerous!"

Ye Yang knew that if this continued, his Candle Fire awakening would definitely fail. And it wouldn't just be a simple failure; the failure would implicate his outside body, and perhaps... he would die!

"Suppress it for me!"

Ye Yang said angrily, "It's just an atavism, how dare it threaten my life?!"

Two familiar energies surged from within his body; they were the Lightning Energy and Glazed Blazing Fire he possessed!

As soon as the two energies appeared, they clashed with the Candle Fire that was devouring and burning his body. The battle was extremely intense, earth-shattering...

As the battlefield, Ye Yang's body was already broken like a shattered pot; one could see the organs inside his body from the outside.

The golden Candle Fire's power was extremely strong, and before long, the Lightning Energy and Glazed Blazing Fire were swallowed up completely.

At the same time, Ye Yang noticed that the golden Candle Fire had changed; it no longer continued to destroy his body and was even repairing his tattered body.

Before long, his body recovered to exactly how it was before.

"System prompt: Your race has successfully achieved atavism! Your race has been renamed to Candle Flame Bird!"

"System prompt: Your bloodline power has been successfully activated!"

Accompanied by the system's voice, the space around Ye Yang began to collapse into nothingness, and all colors and living things vanished completely...

Ye Yang seemed to realize something and turned to look outside the canyon.

The Great Lord Candle Bird nodded at him, its eyes filled with gratification.

Ye Yang also nodded in acknowledgment, because he had long known that the Great Lord Candle Bird was the embodiment of the Candle Bird race bloodline deep within his body.

"Having lost the support of the source power, this consciousness space is about to dissipate, right..."

Under his calm gaze, the world and all living things in the outside world, including his fellow Candle Birds, were swallowed and disappeared.

Fortunately, he had long been prepared in his heart. During this time, he had not formed any friendships with any creatures, so he did not feel sad.

Outside.

The fiery red giant bird crouching on the spot emitted a strong light from its body, and a shocking aura rose and fell, surging like the waves of the ocean.

On the mountaintop, Xiong Er hid behind Little White Fox Ah Li like a baby.

"Roar... Sister Ah Li, is Boss about to explode?"

"Chirp chirp! Shut up! What else can your bear mouth do besides eating?!"

Little White Fox Ah Li glared at Xiong Er, then focused her attention back on Ye Yang, her worried gaze gradually returning to calm.

"Phew... Big Brother should have passed the most critical process. I don't know what kind of race Big Brother will evolve into after experiencing this special atavism state, and what kind of power he will possess..."

Boom!

A stunningly hot and cold, fierce, and massive aura erupted!

At the same time, Ye Yang's appearance began to change...