Immediately after I left the void, I sensed another person in the city. Most likely it was Richard.
From what I can sense, he was in Pangu's castle. But why he was there and what's his business here, I cannot tell.
He currently was sitting on Pangu's throne in the great hall with his eyes closed. He gave a faint aura of majesty that fit him well.
He kept his eyes closed until I approached him and said, "Richard."
He looked at me and said calmly, "The Heart of The Sea. A fitting name, isn't it?"
"Depends on your sea."
"I guess so."
"Kendra was your mother, wasn't she?"
He sighed and said, "Only I knew her origin. She passed on the title of Chaos-lord to me when I was in her womb. That's the real cause of her death, not the outburst of my sister."
"I thought you were the Lord of Chaos before you were born?"
"In a way, there were two Lords of Chaos before my birth, I as the acting one, and my mother as the retired one. I felt like I owe her a lot, being the primary cause of her death, so I come here in my free time to at least get to know her."
I didn't reply to him and looked around, "What is this place? Why would Pangu build a city here?"
"Atlantis was the first civilization in all the world. Pangu created this race to be the first on Earth. He wanted to give a legacy other than his axe and the eye, so he did it."
"Atlantis? Wasn't Atlantis built by Poseidon?"
"The one that the Greek had was only an imitation of the real one. Somehow, Poseidon found a drawing of it, and then he ordered the cyclops builders to have the same designs."
I pondered for a bit then asked Richard, "You said Pangu created a race, what race was that?"
"After seeing my grandmother dying, Pangu inserted a little characteristic in the blood of future generations of the city..."
"... Rebirth?"
"..."
"What? I was just making a guess... Oh I get it! You don't like being interrupted. Sorry sorry, go on."
"As I was saying, Pangu created a new characteristic in the blood of his race, yes it is rebirth. He called them the Phoenix race. Once their lifetime ends, they would burn up and be reborn."
"If it's like that, why didn't your mother use her rebirth powers?"
"My mother didn't have it, or else she would still be here. I accidentally gained them, for some unknown reason. I posses the most pure Phoenix blood in me, making me the Phoenix King."
"I posses some of that blood too, right?"
"Yes, though it is a small portion. You are a very complex umm... tribrid is the right word I guess. Half dragon, a quarter Phoenix, and a quarter mortal human that is not mortal at the same time. There hasn't been a mix like that before, so I don't know what race of hybrids you are."
"Let's call it the Phodroum: Phoenix, dragon and human. What do you think? Hey! Don't give the I-want-to-punch-you-in-the-face look!"
Richard shook his head and said, "Come, let's get back to the mansion."
"Before we go, do you think Pangu would like you sitting on his throne?"
"Like hell he would like it. At the least he would go crazy from even the thought of it."
"And I wouldn't miss that chance!" We laughed and disappeared from the once the great city of Atlantis!
The Mansion of Night was the same as ever, the slightest exception was that all of my fellow disciples were gathered outside the front door.
Richard frowned and said," What's going on?"
"It is the girl," said Merlin.
"Tulip," said Freya, "she disappeared suddenly and we can't find a trace of her!"
"WHAT?" I shouted with the gloomiest expression in all of the universe.
"Hold on," said Richard and he closed his eyes. Moments later, he reopened them and said, "China, let's GO!"
We disappeared again to reappear outside the Immortal Sun Sect. At that moment, the series of things that will happen will change my life forever!