Seeing Ba Jiu successfully recover and emerge from the stone egg, everyone was relieved and returned to their respective residences.
"Because she now possesses the bloodline of the Golden Crow clan's royal lineage, she is no ordinary Golden Crow," Ming Yue said, pulling Ba Jiu to sit on a chair, answering Ji Shiyou's earlier question.
The royal lineage of the Golden Crow clan not only possessed the Three-Legged Golden Crow Fire but also differed from ordinary Golden Crows in lifespan and physique. Ordinary Golden Crows had a lifespan of at most around three thousand years, while the Three-Legged Golden Crows could live for a million years. Therefore, Bao Bao's age across two lifetimes, combined, was only a few hundred years. Adding the ages of the nine residual souls of the Golden Crows, it still did not exceed ten thousand years. In human terms, this translated to only a teenager. Thus, Bao Bao was currently a child in her rebellious phase.
As for the memories of the Golden Crow Fairy, within the long lifespan of a Three-Legged Golden Crow, they were like a drop of water in the ocean, like a dream. Memories she deemed unimportant were automatically disregarded and had no impact on her. Therefore, she was now a young girl in her teens, which was her normal growth process.
"I'll go check on her. I thought she'd be easier to handle when she grew up, but she's even more of a worry now." After not seeing Bao Bao for a while, Ming Yue got up to go look for her. Children in their rebellious phase were indeed a handful!
Ming Yue found Bao Bao sitting on the roof of the Zi Jin Palace, looking melancholic and gazing into the distance.
"I thought you had run away from home! What are you thinking about?" Ming Yue sat down beside Bao Bao and asked, suppressing a smile. Due to her crying earlier, Bao Bao's makeup was smudged, resembling a palette.
"Go away, I don't want to talk to you. Don't think I didn't see you and brother-in-law secretly laughing." Bao Bao turned her head away and said indignantly, clearly still upset.
"I didn't laugh out loud. Besides, it's not Ba Jiu's fault. Your face looks like a ghost with that makeup; who could find it beautiful? Bao Bao, you look beautiful as you are now. Why are you doing this to yourself? Are you trying to make Ba Jiu like you? Sister has a way. Want to hear it? Never mind, I won't say if you don't want to hear." Ming Yue turned Bao Bao's head and took out a handkerchief to wipe her face clean, speaking enticingly. She was employing tactics, using the art of war on Bao Bao.
"What way? Tell me, sister." Hearing that she could make Ba Jiu like her, Bao Bao's eyes lit up. Her previously dejected face immediately perked up. She called out "sister" to Ming Yue, and as expected, she took the bait.
"You know, Ba Jiu almost exhausted himself to save everyone. Although he is the Zombie King, he has now evolved into a true human. Humans have a sense of admiration and a heroic complex. In the hearts of humans, heroes who can benefit humanity and save the world are the most beautiful. If you can melt all this ice and snow, you will be a superhero who saves the world. In Ba Jiu's eyes, you will be the most beautiful and lovely person." Ming Yue said, pointing to the vast expanse of white in the distance, her words laced with cunning. Her sincere expression made Bao Bao unable to doubt her. On the surface, she was offering advice, but in reality, she had ulterior motives and was digging a pit for Bao Bao.
"Really? That's easy. I'll melt this solid ice now. I want to be the most beautiful and lovely person!" Bao Bao was so incited by Ming Yue that she became full of fighting spirit and passion, as if she were the hero saving the world, with Ba Jiu looking at her with admiration. She immediately soared into the sky.
"Done!" Ming Yue smiled slyly as she watched Bao Bao transform into a giant Three-Legged Golden Crow in the air. The Golden Crow spread its wings, darkening the sky. However, Ming Yue below did not feel any darkness because the Golden Crow radiated brilliant light, brighter and more dazzling than the sun itself. With a flap of its wings, the intense True Sun Fire enveloped the entire Tian Long Star. The miles of solid ice, along with the white snow on the ice plains, melted rapidly, turning the entire world into a vast ocean. The original white disappeared, replaced by a boundless blue. Bao Bao's giant wings flapped again, and the temperature continued to rise. The floodwaters that submerged the world began to boil and visibly disappear as the water level dropped. First, the high mountains gradually emerged, followed by the tall buildings. After more than ten minutes, cities, villages, and streets all reappeared.
However, as the floodwaters evaporated, countless corpses also surfaced. Not only humans but also the creatures that originally lived in this world – various animals, mutated and unmutated. There were also plants frozen to death, and all sorts of garbage. Everything had been sealed beneath the ice. Now that the floodwaters had receded, they were all exposed, stuck in the mud, half-buried. Some were piled together due to the flood, forming small mountains, a gruesome sight. Previously, the world was covered in a thousand miles of ice, a vast expanse of white. Although cold, the world looked clean. But the scene before them was a true hell on earth. This was the real scene of thousands of miles of floating corpses, the end of the world.
Bao Bao, in the air, looked at the scene on the ground, deeply shocked. Seeing the countless beings dead on the ground, her heart ached, and she felt like crying. So many people had died, their bodies scattered in every corner of the world. The few thousand survivors within the Zi Jin Palace were not enough to collect their bodies or bury them all. She could not bear to let these deceased beings lie exposed in the wilderness. Wishing for them to be laid to rest, she suppressed her grief and continuously flapped her giant wings, condensing balls of Golden Crow Fire into massive fireballs that flew like meteors to all parts of the world. Wherever they passed, human corpses, as well as dead plants and animals, all turned into smoke.
The powerful Three-Legged Golden Crow Fire, the imperial flame of the Golden Crow clan, descended like shooting stars. It burned not only the corpses and garbage but also the buildings, cities, and villages on the ground. Everything on the ground turned to ashes. The entire world became a sea of fire, and the high temperatures caused the originally muddy ground to crack. The oceans and lakes gradually shrank, on the verge of disappearing.
"What is she doing? Is she crazy! This isn't melting the ice and saving the world; this is the third apocalypse, and she's going to destroy this world!" Ji Shiyou, seeing the scene, stopped calling her master and exclaimed in exasperation. He had been inside the Zi Jin Palace, teaching Ba Jiu the art of conversation, when he felt the temperature inside rising and came out to investigate. He saw Bao Bao take action, melting the ice, and was initially pleased. But in the blink of an eye, Bao Bao had turned the world into a world of flames. Even the highly defensive Zi Jin Palace showed signs of melting, and the people inside, unable to bear the high temperatures, fled. Looking down from Tian Zhu Peak, it was already a thousand miles of scorched earth. Ji Shiyou was dumbfounded, not understanding what had gone wrong with Bao Bao.
"Lead everyone into the Zi Jin Palace, I'll stop her." Ming Yue had not expected things to turn out this way. But now, Tian Zhu Peak had also become a sea of fire. Thinking that if everyone died, this world would be destroyed, she quickly summoned the Creation Red Silk and wrapped it around the Zi Jin Palace to prevent it from being refined by the Three-Legged Golden Crow Fire. The Creation Red Silk, worthy of being a fragment of the Pangu Banner, was not afraid of the world-destroying Three-Legged Golden Crow Fire. It shimmered with red light, isolating the Golden Crow Fire. The Zi Jin Palace returned to normal, and Ji Shiyou and Ba Jiu immediately led everyone to take shelter inside, thus avoiding any casualties.
"Bao Bao, stop!" Ming Yue activated the Heavenly Dao Disk's defense and flew into the sky, enduring the fire rain, shouting at Bao Bao to stop.