At the current moment, all the phoenix that could see into the Phoenix cauldron looked confused as they saw the rise of the power that was meant for Yun Yurou be stopped by her, and it was only then did all those that had forgotten about Xiao's existence focus him, some had an incredulous expression as they saw a human surviving within the cauldron, though they can't tell his cultivation, in the current era humans were truly looked down and seeing one within their holy land some of them felt their rage burn
But sadly for them, they weren't even able to hold onto their rage as they saw Yun Yurou moving towards Xiao, she stood before his blanked figure, where even his figure could only be described as blurry, seeing it a huge amount of pain-filled Yun Yurou's eyes, soon her eyes turned serious as conviction burned within her flaming eyes
'Are you sure you chose him?'
And just as Yun Yurou had made her decision the very familiar yet faint voice of the phoenix that sent her here was heard within her mind, hearing it complex emotions filled Yun Yurou's eyes, as she had awakened her bloodline and inheritance she had gotten a good idea of who the phoenix was, in a nutshell, the reason they were here because of it but the only reason she could awaken was also due to the very same phoenix
In the end, she knew that she couldn't be petty for being given power but that didn't mean that she would change her decision, Yun Yurou understood the deeper meaning of what the Phoenix asked her, all phoenixes be it male or female will only has a single partner their whole life, Phoenixes give extreme importance to purity
Hence they were extremely picky and careful when they chose their mate, some even remaining single their whole life, all of the phoenixes follow this law to the end, be it a fire, ice, and even a death phoenix, and this was more important for fire phoenixes, whose flame's were the beginning of purity, once she chose Xiao there was no going back for Yun Yurou, especially when she's planing on passing her mark to him
Yun Yurou replied with utmost conviction to her tone and will, nothing within the vast world of cultivation will change her will, just like her flame her feelings for Xiao was burning deeper and fiercer than anything and it will only grow stronger with time, even if there are other things that arose her flames she's sure that she only wanted Xiao to be the one embracing her flame
'I see.....then I will give you my luck, the boy seems to be surrounded by the fate of the heavenly tree itself, he seems to have a destiny that is far beyond anything I have ever seen if you want to stay beside his side you would need strength'
Hearing the Phoenixes words Yun Yurou's eyes narrowed before memories of the past and some which she herself could not understand flashed through her mind and when they did she could feel her desire burning harder, she was sure...sure that even if a millennium passed she would never regret the choice she made today
'Good, then go forth'
These were the final words Yun Yurou heard before she focused on Xiao, soon the power she held back started to flow, her flame, her pride, and her power started to flow out of her surrounding Xiao with it, Yun Yurou willed something from deep within her and brought it out, and as she willed it a beautiful phoenix-like flame burning deep with Yun Yurou's feelings surged out
All the experienced phoenixes who were watching it had their mouths and eyes opened for the sheer shock at what Yun Yurou was about to attempt, as experienced as they were, they clearly understood what Yun Yurou was building towards and all that understood Yun Yuru's worth was completely against it
A phoenix surged out with his declaration and the rest accepted his will but sadly for him, he heard another voice that shut him off
The one who spoke was a woman with bright red hair and eyes, her eyes were murky and filed with experience, just her presence seemed to fill the world with suffocation, not even a hint of Qi could be felt from her, but all that saw her quickly kneeled and bowed as they spoke
"We greet the ancestral elder!"
The woman called the ancestral elder just nodded her head indifferently as she focused on what Yun Yurou was attempting, truthfully she too was against it, just as she said she nor anybody else could stop what Yun Yurou was attempting, she opened her mouth as she spoke
"The power she earned was from her will, it was the reward heavens gifted her after she passed her trail, the will of what she could do with it is up to her and you all should know that it's impossible to stop the marking ceremony"
Bitterness filled the heart of all as they heard the ancestral elder's words, they could only hold their disagreement within their heart as they watched Yun Yurou slowly and gently pass her mark towards Xiao, who by now only had a sliver of his consciousness within him, barely holding him in spot
He couldn't tell when or how but at some point the heat that threatened to burn him became a bit gentle as they surrounded him in protection, the pain that filled his body too calmed down, and just as a small part of his senses was coming back something broke past his soul barrier as it rapidly dissappear deep into his soul
Xiao didn't even have the time to even know what it was before a searing and humongous power started flooding his body, it was soft, warm, and affectionate, but it was just the beginning as one of the 11 flames within his soul scape trembled, among the 11 flames that surrounded him only one of them had a distinct color
It being the black one that had just regained its power, meanwhile, the rest were completely colorless but now one more awakened, as it blazed forth with purple color burning bright and powerful, the flame reacted as if it had felt something as it blasted forth with fevered emotion greedily taking in the power that was given to it, right now its color was pale purple, seemingly struggling to be whole
Xiao didn't understand what or why everything was happening but for now, he decided to go with the flow and think about it all later, kind, unique, and warming flame elements started to surround him, a huge part of its power was supplied to his flame scape. On the outside, the rebirth flame under Yun Yurou's command moved as they started the rebirth of Xiao
The very flames that were the pride of the phoenixes were being used to bring about rebirth on Xiao after he had taken in Yun Yurou's mark, soon a powerful wave blasted forth, the rebirth flames surged forth again but now it was different, now they were moving on their own desire to bring about rebirth
Even Yun Yurou was surprised, it was as if the rebirth flames was honored to be sacrificed for Xiao, sadly it was not completely true as deep within Xiao's flame scape the purple flame controlled the rebirth flames like a god commanding its worshippers, it was lofty and prideful, commanding respect
And soon changes started taking place...