[v]Laugh at me for being a loser? You'll all kneel down after you awaken your talent!

"Tonight?" Phoenix frowned. "No way! The Feather Fiend Army is heavily guarded, and she's with those three old guys. Ancestor, you can't use your own strength, or you'll be discovered by the boundary restriction."

"Hmph! If it weren't for the fact that the Divine Tranquility Flower I'm cultivating hasn't bloomed yet, preventing me from creating the secret treasure, I would naturally have to hide." The dark figure was very dissatisfied. "Once you create the secret treasure, I will naturally be able to use my power freely in the lower realm. At that time, let alone a mere White Phoenix, even if you were to become the master of this lower realm, it would all be a matter of a word from me."

Phoenix was deeply moved by his assumption.

Three years ago, he accidentally found a secret treasure that could connect to the middle realm of a higher plane, allowing him to find someone connected to him by blood.

Who would have thought that they would actually find the Phoenix Clan's ancestor who successfully ascended to heaven hundreds of years ago and is now living in the Middle Realm.

This ancestor was named Feng Xiong, and he was a man who dared to think and act. He was a prominent figure in the lower realm, but after successfully breaking through to the Heavenly Profound Realm and ascending to the Middle Realm, he found that his former arrogance had turned into self-righteousness.

In the Middle Realm, someone with his strength couldn't even beat a ten-year-old child.

People in the Middle Realm are born with the strength of a Heavenly Profound Being, and they do not begin cultivating at the age of fifteen, but rather as soon as they can speak.

Their talent for cultivation is on a completely different level.

He suffered greatly in the Middle Realm, but his descendants found him and he returned to the Lower Realm.

So he decided to have the Phoenix find materials to create a secret treasure that could evade the restrictions between the two realms, so that it could return to the lower realm to unify it and serve as a reserve force for him in the middle realm.

When the time comes, those who ascend from the lower realm to the middle realm will surely obey him, and little by little, they will become a powerful force.

"Ancestor, I haven't finished making the secret treasure yet!" Phoenix frowned. "How can I possibly kill White Phoenix here?"

"If you can't deal with him secretly, can't you at least deal with him openly?" Feng Xiong's aged voice rose slightly, becoming even more hoarse and unpleasant. "We just need to find an excuse."

When Feng Yu regained consciousness, she heard arguing nearby.

"How could that be? He's my favorite son. Everything I have in the future will be his!"

"You good-for-nothing! You'll have plenty of opportunities in the future, but this is your only chance!"

"Ancestor, I..."

The sound was incredibly loud. Feng Yu groaned and struggled to open his eyes, where he saw the person standing in front of him.

Moonlight streamed through the window, and his back ached as if it were about to split open.

"Father..." he called softly.

Phoenix's shoulders stiffened, and she turned to look at him with a complicated expression.

"Yu'er."

Feng Yu felt strange. Although the Phoenix Emperor was good to him, he had always been strict. Why was his gaze so gentle now?

It's like... giving him all the love that's been missing all these years?

"I have brought shame upon Father this time!" Feng Yu suddenly remembered his embarrassing behavior outside, his face turned pale and he was about to kneel down, "Father, I..."

His hand was firmly held by the phoenix.

"These are all minor matters." The Phoenix Emperor stared at his son. He had been outstanding since childhood and was one of the children he had been focusing on cultivating, but...!

"Father doesn't blame you." The Phoenix Emperor reached out and lovingly stroked Feng Yu's head. "Yu'er, you have always been Father's favorite child. Father has always placed high hopes on you."

Feng Yu had heard these words many times, but each time the Emperor spoke with a serious expression. He had never gently patted his head like this before. He felt something was amiss, but the pain in his back and the setbacks he had suffered throughout the day made him yearn for his father's gentleness. "Father, I know."

"Good boy, you've always made things easy for me." Phoenix took out a box of spiritual medicine from her sleeve. "Take this medicine to Bai Huang for your father."

Feng Yu's expression changed, "Father!"

"Don't worry, this isn't poison," Phoenix reassured. "As the future king, you must be tolerant. Bai Huang made things difficult for you, but you were concerned about her injuries. People will only praise you. As a king, other people's opinions of you are always the most important."

Feng Yu accepted the elixir with some skepticism; the phoenix was behaving very strangely today.

Normally, if I made him lose face like this, Phoenix would have been furious.

But today they sent him to deliver medicine?

Feng Yu walked out of the tent with a puzzled look on his face. Although his back was still aching, he held back and didn't show any signs because he was going to see Bai Huang later.

Bai Huang was completely unaware of the old scheme of the Phoenix Emperor.

She stood at the doorway, and Luo Jing, who had already arranged the blankets on the bed, tilted his head to look at her.

"I listened to you and didn't go out after I came back. I waited for you in bed."

Bai Huang: "...Hmm!" Isn't this because she's afraid Luo Jing will go crazy if he sees her being beaten?

"You promised to give me a reward!"

A faint glint appeared in Luo Jing's eyes.

Bai Huang: "...Hmm, what do you want?"

She smiled, showing unusual tolerance towards him today.

Luo Jing loved her just the way she looked, and a pair of cat ears couldn't help but pop out on her head again.

He waited happily for Bai Huang to come over and touch his ears, but Bai Huang remained standing at the door without moving.

"Why aren't you coming over?" Luo Jing narrowed his eyes, then raised his face and casually sniffed.

"The smell of blood?" he whispered, his gaze suddenly falling on Bai Huang. "Huang Huang, come here."

Bai Huang smiled and said, "I won't be coming today. I just exchanged a few blows with someone and got a minor injury. You can sleep by yourself tonight."

She lifted her foot to leave, but Luo Jing grabbed her, pulling at the wound on her shoulder, and Bai Huang's face turned deathly pale.

Although Luo Jing is missing two souls, his intelligence is intact as long as it concerns Bai Huang.

He easily subdued Bai Huang with one hand, and with the other hand, he quickly unbuttoned her clothes.

A chill ran down her shoulder, and Bai Huang realized with a start that her clothes had been stripped off.

A wave of intense shame washed over her, and she angrily kicked Luo Jing, yelling, "What are you doing, you lunatic!"

Luo Jing easily pressed her down onto the bed, hooking one foot around both of hers. The two were extremely close, and she was only wearing a close-fitting undergarment, her entire back exposed, large patches of purplish-black skin still showing traces of blood.

Bai Huang looked up and met Luo Jing's gaze.

His eyes were extremely deep, and his red eye was exceptionally bright, as if it were filled with raging fire, which burned her heart and lungs at first glance.

Who did this to your back?

Luo Jing's voice was deep as his fingertips touched the skin on her back. The touch was icy cold, and Bai Huang couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body.

"Nobody." With her hands and feet firmly bound, she sighed softly, rested her chin on Luo Jing's shoulder, and planned to coax him into calming things down, just like every time he had ever lost his temper before.

"Luo Jing, stop asking. I'm sleepy and want to go to sleep."

Luo Jing: "..."

"Shall I hold you while we sleep tonight?"

Luo Jing: "..."

Why aren't you saying anything...?

With a loud 'boom,' Bai Huang was jolted, and suddenly a cry of alarm came from outside.

She panicked and quickly turned her head to look outside.

The sky was filled with black flames, which had been set up at some point. Just now, a black flame fell directly and almost hit the tent where the Feather Fiend Army was resting.

“Luo…” Her words caught in her throat and stopped abruptly.

A suppressed madness flickered in Luo Jing's eyes.

"Huanghuang, I'm not stupid. If you don't tell me, I'll find them one by one!"

"The more you defend that person, the more I want to kill them. You can try and see if what I'm saying is true!"