# Chapter 662: Divine Phoenix Arrives Again
Gong Yuxian's words and her shocking actions all revealed her determination to die. Murong Qianxue shook her head forcefully: "Palace Master, don't be like this... You will be fine, our Bing Yun Fairy Palace needs you."
"Palace Master! We have already escaped danger, and you will recover soon. Now... is simply not the time to pass on the position of Palace Master!"
"Palace Master..."
"Don't try to persuade me..." Gong Yuxian smiled: "My profound force has completely dispersed. Even if I recover, I will only be a useless person, becoming a burden to Bing Yun Fairy Palace... These six months, I have forcefully held on to life only because of unwillingness. Now that Bing Yun Fairy Palace has been saved from its desperate situation, and the person most suitable to inherit the position of Palace Master has appeared, I can finally... go in peace to accompany Senior Uncle..."
"Yun Che... I deeply know that passing this position of Palace Master to you... is truly too difficult for you... With your current level, even if you enter the Four Sacred Grounds, you will hold an extremely high status... But... although the danger has been temporarily resolved, behind these evil people lies a force so massive that Bing Yun Fairy Palace simply cannot contend with it... I can only... selfishly hand Bing Yun Fairy Palace over to you... This is my... command as Palace Master... and even more so... a request... Please... you must... agree to me... agree to me..."
Gong Yuxian grabbed Yun Che's lapels with all her remaining strength, tears filling her eyes, her pupils filled entirely with deep pleading... that's right, pleading.
The Palace Master of Bing Yun Fairy Palace... in the Cang Feng Kingdom, this was a status of "supreme" honor. Its reputation and prestige far exceeded even the Cang Feng Emperor, comparable only to the Lord of Tian Jian Villa. And now, she was deeply pleading with someone to inherit this position of Palace Master... and that person was the first male in the history of Bing Yun Fairy Palace.
Because Gong Yuxian deeply knew that Bing Yun Fairy Palace's tribulation had not been resolved, but had only just begun. Those people Yun Che had blasted to death were merely a few underlings. And the forces that could use Overlord Emperors as underlings could be counted on one hand throughout the entire Tian Xuan Continent. She even vaguely suspected that behind them might be one of the Four Sacred Grounds that overlooked all of Tian Xuan...
To preserve Bing Yun Fairy Palace, the only straw she could grasp was the first and only male disciple in the history of Bing Yun Fairy Palace... Yun Che, only twenty-two years old, yet whose strength had already stepped into the Lord Xuan Realm.
For an all-female sect like Bing Yun Fairy Palace to have a man become its Palace Master would inevitably invite criticism from the world. Yun Che knew that if they weren't pushed to such an extreme, they would never have made such a decision. Gong Yuxian didn't want to see Bing Yun Fairy Palace destroyed, and how could Yun Che bear to see it either... Xia Qingyue belonged to this place, Chu Yuechan also belonged to this place, and the Ice Cloud Art and Ice God Divine Art on his body also originated from here... He and Bing Yun Fairy Palace already had countless entanglements.
"...Alright!" Under Gong Yuxian's pleading gaze, Yun Che took a deep breath, slowly nodded, then extended his right hand, touching his palm to the Bing Yun Fairy Soul.
The Bing Yun Fairy Soul emitted a soft blue light, flew towards Yun Che on its own, then little by little disappeared into the back of his hand.
Yun Che clenched his right hand, feeling the presence of the Bing Yun Fairy Soul, and spoke slowly but firmly: "Palace Master, rest assured. Unless I die, I will never allow anyone to bully our Bing Yun Fairy Palace again!"
Watching the Bing Yun Fairy Soul sink into Yun Che's right hand, Gong Yuxian's desolate expression was instantly replaced by endless satisfaction. She peacefully closed her eyes and said softly: "Good... good... thank you... With these words of yours, even if I die... I... can close my eyes... in peace..."
Gong Yuxian's voice grew softer and softer. When her final words fell, her last breath of life vanished along with her voice... completely vanished... After passing the position of Palace Master to Yun Che, she departed in peace.
"Palace Master..."
"Palace Master!!"
The sorrowful cries of the Bing Yun women rang out through this cold space. They knelt beside Gong Yuxian's body, shedding their grievous tears... Bing Yun Fairy Palace had stood for a thousand years, with every generation of Palace Master living to the end of their natural life. But in this generation, they encountered this heaven-sent calamity. Gong Yuxian's expression in death was very peaceful and calm, but her still-clenched fingers revealed that she still held too much resentment and unwillingness... dying with hatred.
Yun Che stood up and let out a long sigh. This tribulation, though resolved by his return and Bing Yun Fairy Palace considered saved, its core pillars... Supreme Elder Feng Qianhui and Palace Master Gong Yuxian had both passed away one after another. And the ones who brought this calamity upon Bing Yun Fairy Palace were the Sun Moon Divine Palace...
Under Gong Yuxian's pleading, he unexpectedly and without preparation had accepted the position of Palace Master of Bing Yun Fairy Palace... And now, Bing Yun Fairy Palace existed under the terrifying shadow of the Sun Moon Divine Palace, making this position of Palace Master extremely heavy.
But since he dared to accept it, he had already resolved that one day he might have to face the Sun Moon Divine Palace directly... Moreover, he already had a bitter blood feud with that Ye Xinghan.
"Let the Palace Master... rest in peace within the ice coffin." Looking at the weeping Bing Yun women before him, Yun Che spoke heavily.
---
**Seventy li southeast of Cangfeng Imperial City.**
As one of the Divine Phoenix Army commanders, Han Xingzhao had long ago completed the task of conquering the western region of Cang Feng. Except for the Tian Jian Villa, which he had been instructed not to interfere with, the entire western part of Cang Feng had been brought under his control. These past few days, he had been continuously monitoring the progress of the main army... Breaking through the imperial city was imminent, and soon, the Cang Feng Kingdom would no longer exist in this world, replaced by a "Cang Feng Domain of the Divine Phoenix Empire." They could soon return home with glory.
Yesterday, he learned that the Divine Phoenix army had arrived at the gates of Shenhuang City.
Today, he was preparing to send a sound transmission to inquire about the battle results... But, whether it was the main army's supreme commander Qi Zhencang, or the deputy commander Duan Qinghang, neither responded at all. Afterwards, he and his subordinates tried to send sound transmissions to almost everyone in the main army who had left a sound transmission imprint... All without any response.
In shock, he quickly sent a ten-thousand-li sound transmission to Feng Hengkong. Under Feng Hengkong's orders, he mobilized all war mounts and flying beasts, leading 50,000 Divine Phoenix troops at an unprecedented marching speed straight towards Cangfeng Imperial City. Along the entire journey, he was in a state of extreme anxiety.
Traveling with him was the military overseer... Feng Hengjiang, the fifty-second elder of the Fenghuang God Sect, whose face was equally gloomy throughout the journey. If one or two people didn't respond to sound transmissions, perhaps they were focused on battle and had no time for other matters. But for everyone to have no response at all... this was definitely not normal.
As night began to fall, they finally approached within seventy li of Cangfeng Imperial City. And the scene before them caused them all to halt on the spot, frozen in prolonged stupor.
"What... is this!?"
No sounds of fierce battle or shouting could be heard. The silence here was soul-shaking. And the land ahead was sunken to an extreme degree, sunken with incredible flatness... Not to mention the marks of fierce battle, corpses, blood that a battlefield should have... there weren't even traces of anyone having stepped here.
Such a scene stretched all the way to the horizon.
Facing this scene of extreme strangeness, everyone stopped moving forward. Feng Hengjiang flew down, landing on the greatly sunken ground, his face changing colors repeatedly... He sensed a trace of flame energy. He had a vague premonition... this bizarre region that stretched beyond the horizon... seemed to be a destruction zone blasted out by an incredibly powerful force!
But even if all the supervising Fenghuang God Sect elders who had come on this expedition combined their strength, they couldn't possibly blast out such a massive destruction zone... And the Cang Feng Kingdom absolutely could not possess such power.
The most critical point was... where had the 700,000 troops, along with the nineteenth elder and the forty-third elder, gone? They had been attacking Cangfeng Imperial City this morning, but now not even a shadow could be seen!
Could it be...
An extremely terrifying thought flashed through Feng Hengjiang's mind, but he immediately frantically denied it... Impossible, how could such a thing happen!
"Fifty-second Elder, can you tell what happened in this area? What should we do next?" Han Xingzhao asked calmly, suppressing his anxiety.
Feng Hengjiang's face changed several times, then he gritted his teeth and said: "Of course, we go to Cangfeng Imperial City to find out what's happening... There are still a few dozen li left. Immediately report the situation here to the Sect Master, then advance at full speed!"
"...Alright!"
**Cangfeng Imperial City.**
The sky was beginning to darken. The entire city was still in a state of tense battle-readiness, as the Divine Phoenix army could arrive again at any moment.
After Yun Che went to Bing Yun Fairy Palace, he hadn't returned for a long time. Cang Yue and the others couldn't help but start to worry. At this moment, an urgent voice came from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty... this is bad!!"
Cang Yue quickly stood up from the imperial throne, furrowing her brows: "Have the Divine Phoenix troops arrived?"
A silver-armored Cang Feng soldier rushed in quickly, knelt down, and reported urgently: "A wave of Divine Phoenix troops is surging in from the northwest direction... They are now less than thirty li from the imperial city."
"What?" Cang Yue's brows shot up sharply. The generals in the great hall also changed colors drastically. Feng Yunlie stood up and roared: "Why were they discovered only when they were so close... Have our forward sentries all died!?"
"Your Majesty, General, please calm your anger... This wave of Divine Phoenix troops should number only about 50,000. But their marching speed is astonishingly fast. About 20,000 of them ride the Divine Phoenix Kingdom's flame war steeds, while the remaining 30,000 or so all ride various types of flying profound beasts... Their speed was simply too fast... Please give the order to engage immediately."
Twenty thousand flame war steeds... and flying profound beasts carrying 30,000 Divine Phoenix troops... Everyone in the great hall drew in a cold breath.
Leaving aside the 50,000 Divine Phoenix troops, just this terrifying number of flame war steeds and flying profound beasts was far beyond what Cangfeng Imperial City could currently withstand.
But not a single face showed panic. Because their Cangfeng Imperial City now had a guardian god as powerful as a deity... Several hundred thousand main Divine Phoenix troops were annihilated by him in an instant, let alone 50,000!
"It seems that after the main army was annihilated, the Divine Phoenix troops in the west sensed something abnormal, so they rushed here at full speed to investigate." Cang Yue said calmly.