Blue Phoenix

by Tinalynge

  The eager and hopeful expression on his brother's face made the patriarch sigh deeply as he shook his head.

  "Sadly, I have already sent someone to the Divine Beast World. I made them take the transmission arrays, so they arrived quite quickly, but they reported to me a major problem," he said as he felt a headache coming his way.

  "According to the knowledge that we could gain within a few days, the Crowned Sovereign of the Divine Beast World had recently changed, and shortly after, the world vanished from our galaxy. No one knows where it is nor what happened to it," he sighed, causing the two ancestors to look at one another with deep shock and disbelief.

  "There is no way the world simply vanishes just like that, but I remember that the Alchemist God once created an item which could supposedly hold an entire universe. This is the only item ever made which could store an entire world and it is called the Universe Box. It is a peerless treasure that many experts have gone crazy for year after year, and even now after the Alchemist God has long been missing many experts explore small worlds in the hope of encountering his treasures."

  "Are you telling me that this new Crowned Sovereign of the Divine Beast World happens to be in possession of the Universe Box?! Then we should instantly start a manhunt to get our hands on this divine item! Do we have any information about who the new Crowned Sovereign is?"

  The second Ancestor was filled with excitement as he thought about the Universe Box, but then he saw that the expression on the patriarch's face was rather complicated.

  "I know who the new Crowned sovereign is. As a matter of fact, you guys know him too; it is none other than our little Pei Yue."

  The two ancestors gaped in shock as they heard the words that the patriarch had spoken and silence reigned in the room for some time. After processing this new information, Pei Tian finally cleared his throat, "You said that little Yue is the one who became Crowned Sovereign of the Divine Beast World? But he is a new God! How could he be a Crowned Sovereign? How could he possibly possess the Alchemist God’s Universe Box?!"

  "I honestly don't know, but the information we have should be correct," the patriarch said with a shrug. "We cannot try and take the universe box from this younger generation member, and we should never again mention this to anyone."

  Nodding their two heads, the ancestors agreed to not say anything. This, if it were true, it was absolutely shocking! If Pei Yue had managed to get his hands on so many treasures at such a young age, it would really make even them cough up blood from jealousy.

  "The original Pei Yue was not all that amazing, but after having been reborn, he was indeed rather amazing. I cannot wait to see just how many wonders he will bring us." The patriarch said with a smile on his face, and the two ancestors nodded their heads.

  Although they had wanted the Universe Box, the life of their nephew was many times more important to them than an object made by the Alchemist God.

  Silence once more descended upon the room as they all went quiet and thought about how many surprises Pei Yue had brought them.

  "It seems that your son will bring with him tremendous benefits to our sect this time," the patriarch said praisingly, and Pei Tian nodded his head proudly. "The only thing I hope is that he will remember his old memories so that one day he will remember me as his father," the old man sighed. There was nothing he wanted more than to have his son recognize him; it was truly agonizing to be so close but yet so far away from one another.

  The two brothers looked at Pei Tian with sympathy. They had lost many of their children as well. However, some of them still lived, and they were not alone much like Pei Tian was. They wished for him to be reunited with his son once again.

  Chapter 553 - Uncle

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  Chapter 553: Uncle

  Hui Yue was happily unaware of the conversation between the patriarch and ancestors of the Celestial Sword Sect, just as he was unaware of the sudden rumor that had started to spread through the galaxy; a rumor that one of the smaller worlds, the Divine Beast World, had vanished completely from the galaxy.

  Although the ancestors and the patriarch said nothing about the Universe Box to others some supreme experts were able to guess that someone had taken the world away. For this expert to do this, though, they would need to have a treasure similar to the Universe Box, something many experts wanted.

  Rumors said that a newly Crowned Sovereign had appeared which had taken the world away with him. However, the rumors about this new Crowned Sovereign were simply outrageous and hard to believe, and the patriarch of the Celestial Sword Sect and Pei Tian did their best to further perpetuate these rumors.

  Some said that the Crowned Sovereign was, as a matter of fact, an expert who had lived for eons and taken a liking to the world after which he took it away with him.

  Other rumors said that it was actually the Alchemist God himself who had reemerged and taken over the world.

  Some thought it was an Asura; a bloodthirsty killer who was roaming the galaxy and needed a world full of mortals he could slaughter for his dao.

  The rumors floated around everywhere and they became more and more outrageous, but the patriarch and Pei Tian managed to succeed in hiding the truth about Hui Yue being the new Crowned Sovereign of the Divine Beast World.

  As Hui Yue was cultivating, his communication orb turned warm. Looking at it, he saw the face of Pei Tian and his expression was rather worried as he looked at Hui Yue with tenderness.

  "I have some information for you," he said with a sigh. Originally he would have preferred not to tell this child about it, but in the end, he had no other option than to tell the truth to keep him safe.

  "We did some investigations about you and noticed that the Divine Beast World is now gone from its position in the galaxy. We were told that it recently got a new Crowned Sovereign before it vanished and it is easy to guess that this new sovereign is you," Pei Tian said straightforwardly, and his words caused Hui Yue to freeze. "We are aware that to move away a world you need something similar to the legendary Universe Box, and we are not the only ones who have reached this conclusion," Pei Tian sighed. "Although many rumors about the new Crowned Sovereign have started to spread, some people will be able to find the truth, so I suggest you be very careful for the next many years," he said with great care and consideration in his voice. "Use the name Pei Yue when you travel outside. It will tell people that you are a member of the Celestial Sword Sect, and don't mention to anyone that you come from the Divine Beast World."

  "Right now only you, the ancestors, and the patriarch know about this as the fewer who know, the better it will be. Although you will be known as the bastard of the Celestial Sword Sect, that will be many times better than being known as the Crowned Sovereign of the Divine Beast World with your current level of strength."

  It was clear to Hui Yue that this elder truly cared about him, and this caused him to feel warm at heart. Although he had not merged with the memories of his previous life just yet, he was certain that this man was his father a lifetime ago. Even though he could not acknowledge it, Hui Yue still decided to do anything he could to make life easier for this elderly man.

  "I thank ancestor for having made me aware of the situation," Hui Yue said with deeply felt gratitude. He had never before expected that removing the Divine Beast World would cause such a commotion.

  "Don't stand on ceremony with me young one," the ancestor instantly said with a smile on his face. "Refer to me as uncle. You are after all of the third generation, if I am not your father, I will at least be your uncle." The ancestor said with a voice filled with affection.

  "Thank you for your warnings, Uncle," Hui Yue repeated saying uncle this time. He too had some gentle feelings for this older man. Although he had not merged with the memories of the wings just yet, he had already started to understand some of his emotions, and the emotions he felt towards his father was clearly affection.

  Nodding his head, the ancestor felt a knot in his stomach untighten as he saw
the affection in Hui Yue's eyes. Nodding his head, the communication orb once more filled with mist as the figure vanished.

  "Seems like I better not use my real name for some time," Hui Yue said out loud, and Huli, who was right behind him, nodded her head. She placed her arms around his shoulders and gave him a hug from behind.

  "Your decision to take the world with you was the right one. Had you not done so, then An He would have likely returned and destroyed it. That or any number of cultivators would cause problems for the world when they realized that its rank on the heavenly ranking started to rise drastically. This way, now that it has gone missing, everyone will be thinking about the Crowned Sovereign, but no one will be able to tie it to a new member of the Celestial Sword Sect. Make sure you never use the name Hui Yue until you are strong enough to protect yourself."

  "The only one who knows your name is An He, and right now I think he is very busy with something since he did not have the time to fight you when you became a God. So I think you should not worry too much about your name being leaked. Spend this time of silence to strengthen yourself in the trials and then afterwards at the Celestial Sword Sect."

  "Although you are going to be considered the bastard of the Celestial Sword Sect, you are so talented that the sect won't care too much about this, and considering you are a third generation disciple you should get quite a bit of cultivation resources."

  Roaming through her storage stone bracelet, Huli finally withdrew a large jade bottle and opened it. Inside was a sea of pills, and she took one of them out and handed it to Hui Yue. Handing the pill over a smile adorned her face, and she looked very proud of herself.

  This pill was one that Hui Yue had seen before. The pill was none other than the Pill of Clarity; a pill which allowed for one to focus on a specific dao and increase one's ability to comprehend the dao for a certain amount of time.

  "This pill is one I know you recognize. This entire bottle is filled with these pills made by the Alchemist God, and although I already sold one, I have plenty left."

  "Even the Celestial Sword Sect cannot afford to feed you Pills of Clarity the way I can. Right now the most important thing is that you need to finish comprehending the dao of the sword, and thus you should use this pill to finish in it in one go."

  Hui Yue, who had been with Huli for a long time, did not say anything unnecessary. He just accepted the pill and gave Huli a gentle kiss on her forehead before he jumped on the bed. He sat down with his legs crossed and closed his eyes as he placed the pill in his mouth.

  Huli, who had not expected anything else, just smiled as she saw the unconcealed happiness on Hui Yue's face. She knew that comprehending the entire dao of the sword would not be difficult. It was only a question of time before finished it, and with the help of the Pill of Clarity, he could comprehend it at a much faster speed.

  Seated on the bed, the aura around Hui Yue's body sharpened. It became much like a real sword as he sat there. This aura around him formed a sword made from white mist.

  One beam of swordlight after another erupted from Hui Yue's body and exploded forth with incredible speed and destructive power. If Huli were not blocking every single one of them, then the entire room would have been destroyed countless times over already.

  Every time someone came to the room, either members of the Celestial Sword Sect or servants wishing to provide food for the young master, they were all turned away by Huli.

  This continued for a full seven days before Pei Ze was the one who arrived, and although Huli wished to block him, she also knew that he was most likely here because of something important, so she allowed him to enter.

  "Yue is currently training," Huli said as she reached out her hand and blocked another wayward swordlight from slamming into the wall and drilling a hole through it.

  Seeing the way Hui Yue and Huli were training, Pei Ze was surprised. He could feel that currently Hui Yue was comprehending the dao rapidly and the surrounding atmosphere was roiling and churning as the dao filled the air within the room as Hui Yue comprehended the mysteries behind it.

  The speed with which he was comprehending the dao was so swift that Pei Ze was turning pale as he watched this scene.

  Looking at the pale expert, Huli chuckled slightly before she shook her head. "The reason I have declined everyone's attempt to contact Yue is because he is under the influence of a Pill of Clarity," she said honestly, and although Pei Ze had the impression that he was under the effect of some pill he never believed it would be such a rare pill.

  The formula for the Pill of Clarity originated from the Alchemist God, but it had long since been leaked to everyone else. Although the formula was widely known, one needed to incredibly skilled in the dao of alchemy to produce a Pill of Clarity, and even the master alchemists at the Celestial Sword Sect had difficulty creating such a pill. From this, one could see just how rare these pills were.

  The fact that Hui Yue had taken one to comprehend the dao of the sword, a dao which was simply too common, shocked Pei Ze almost as much as it had when he had displayed his third generation wings.

  Huli, seeing the shocked expression on Pei Ze's face mused for a moment before she waved her hand and a small round pill appeared in her hand.

  "Take this one and keep it a secret," she said seriously as she handed a Pill of Clarity to Pei Ze who accepted it with both hands. Although Huli was the beast companion of Hui Yue, Pei Ze had the impression that she was just as mysterious as her master.

  "Wait..." Pei Ze said stunned as he looked at the pill in his hand. "This is the mark of the Alchemist God!" He exclaimed completely shocked. It was one thing to obtain a Pill of Clarity, but to get a Pill of Clarity concocted by the Alchemist God was simply too outstanding. These pills were so hard to come by that it was almost impossible to buy them for money.

  "What is your relationship with the Alchemist God?" Pei Ze asked curiously, but Huli just looked at him with her calm and casual eyes. "I cannot tell you unless Yue wants you to know. For now, we should just wait for him to finish comprehending the dao of the sword. Considering the strength he is showing right now when he is releasing swordlight; he is incredibly close." Huli finally said and Pei Ze, who did not wish to make enemies with this beast companion, just nodded his head. He made a mental note to make sure to ask Hui Yue later about what exactly their relationship with the Alchemist God was.

  Chapter 554 - Invitation to a Banquet

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  Chapter 554: Invitation to a Banquet

  Hui Yue was completely engrossed in his comprehension of the dao of the sword, and it took him some time before he finally opened his eyes once more.

  The moment his eyes opened swordlight erupted from within and shot towards Pei Ze at a rapid speed. It shot out so fast and was so unexpected that Pei Ze was not able to react in time.

  Huli who was used to fending off the swordlight reached out her hand to block the swordlight in the air and destroy it the moment it appeared, stunning both Hui Yue and Pei Ze.

  "Sorry," Hui Yue said politely as he saw that it was Pei Ze he had accidently attacked. He had not intended to do so, but when he opened his eyes and felt a foreign presence in the room, he had, unconsciously attacked.

  “What brings you here?" Hui Yue asked curiously, and Pei Ze who had arrived on the orders of the head elders just smiled as he looked around. "Impressive that you managed to comprehend the dao of the sword within this room without even the slightest amount of damage to the furniture or walls."

  Hui Yue grinned as he heard this and gently kissed her cheek, "I couldn't do it without Huli by my side." He said honestly, and his honest praise made Huli's cheeks blush a little. Although she was a woman that many would consider cold and detached, she became very emotional every time it had to do with Hui Yue.

  Seeing the interaction between the two, Pei Ze could not help but laugh a little. He knew that there was true love between them, and although the laws said that they were not allowed to have children outside of t
he sect, the sect never actually went against marriages that the sect members suggested on their own. If Hui Yue were to ask the elders for the permission to marry his beast companion, the elders would approve, especially considering her outstanding abilities.

  Looking at them, he made a mental note to remember to tell Hui Yue later that he should ask the elders for permission to marry her. If they had a child now, it would have to be killed because of the sect’s rules, but if they married first, the child would become one of the sects treasured descendants.

  "Oh well," he stopped thinking about his new friend's love life and started thinking about the reason he had come. "There will be a banquet in Youdu. It is hosted by Yanluo who invited all the members of the ten greatest sects in our galaxy. Obviously, we are also expected to join, and many of them want to meet the new member of the Celestial Sword Sect."