Beneath the glint of stars and a seemingly infinite sky, the entire Four Seasons City split into two sectors.
The tranquil one, and the bustling one.
Unsurprisingly, the serene section of the city was concerning the residential area.
On a relatively large-sized balcony, Noire stood alongside Ning'er and Yue.
The two were enveloped in contrasting nightgowns, one was white and the other black.
Noire had also switched from his white set into a black one, though this once without the mask.
A few hundred kilometers away atop a mountain peak, assortments of flames proceeded to merge into a delicate yet massive curtain of flames.
Soon, the curtains jutted out into a whirlpool before toppling into fluorescent, leaving a vigorous female at the center.
Luhei Tianshi.
She approximates a delinquent with her bizarre attire, the opposite half of Yue's innocent temperament.
Tianshi merely had any substance or fabric to wrap her body. A thick cord of plasters whirling around her round breasts, and a barbaric skirt that didn't overshadow half her perky underside.
Her dark gray panties that corresponded to the thick tail protruding from her tailbone and buttocks were mesmerizing. Alas, no one would dare peak unless they'd rather swivel into cinders.
Under the moonlight, her stare infiltrated through kilometers and locked onto Noire.
"hehe, found him."
- - - -
"Sir Siyu, are we departing tomorrow?" Yue asked with concerns, although she already knew that Ning'er wouldn't vacate with them, she didn't want to leave her deserted after constructing such a friendship.
Noire was about to respond with an affirmative answer before he felt something awkward...
Scowling his eyebrows, he sent his consciousness into his sea of awareness for a juncture as he discerned somebody struggling to soul-link with him.
Swoosh~
- - - -
Noire found himself in a white expanse that spanned for as far as the eye can see.
Then, he gently circled as he had already realized what this connection signified.
Before his eyes, he saw a tremendous dragon head, even the dragon's pupil was twice the size of his current self.
Noire's pupils clipped in shock as he noticed the pitch-black scales and majestic red eyes, after a light gasp he exclaimed.
"Mother!"
"You shameless rascal! Do you have any idea what's going around through the 6th dimension because of you?!"
"And where is your dragon body?! What are you doing in this horrible human body!? Do you have no shame?!!!"
"Don't tell me they found you! Fuck! Celestial God Palace must be looking for war!"
"..."
"Mother! Relax! What Celestial God Palace? What war? And stop calling me a rascal! I'm already an adult that lived beyond 5,000 years!"
"Hahahaha! 5,000 years? Which green onion are you?! Your father had fucked women that amount ten times your age and he still wasn't old enough to call himself an adult before me, much less you! Rascal!"
"Furthermore, Celestial God Palace has information regarding your physique, everyone knows you're the second of your name to obtain the Explosive Dominance physique in millions of years, and they're damn adamant on not allowing a second catastrophe to roam the 9,000 divine heavens of the multiverse."
"The Celestial God Palace won't leave a stone unturned before they make sure you're dead! Now answer me! Where are you?! What happened to your dragon body?!"
"MOTHER! IF YOU WOULD JUST LET ME EXPLAIN!"
"DON'T YELL AT ME YOU RASCAL, THE ENTIRE DRAGON ALTAR IS STRESSED BEYOND WORDS!"
"I'M NOT EVEN IN THE 9,000 HEAVENS ANYMORE!"
"YOU-... What?!"
"Sigh... Mother, I'm safe. Fucking ancestors..."
Instead of wasting ineffective effort on explaining, because he knew his mother best, Noire decided to show his pupils to her.
She was stunned to discover his eyes hosting a silver moonlit shimmer and a spec of golden luster.
"This... Blessing of the silver eclipse!"
Noire's mother sucked in a cold breath, when she first noticed that Noire kept a humanoid form in the Dragon Altar soul-link space, she instantly speculated that he'd lost his body.
Now, thinking that he has relations with the Silver Eclipse Tribe, that was very unlikely, as that's the only force comparable to the heritage and power of Celestial God Palace.
"You went and met those madmen. What a rascal. Okay, I'm listening, explain yourself."
Noire could only smile bitterly, if only she knew, she'd realize those people are far from mad, at least in a degrading manner.
After taking a deep breath to calm down, Noire began to explain briefly.
"I spent my first 2,000 years in the Dragon Altar, then after I finally got my father's permission to leave the clan to experience cultivation, I knew the risk I'm carrying along inside my body."
"I knew that from the perspective of Celestial God Palace, my existence is simply a catastrophe, so I remained lowkey for centuries until I found the whereabouts of the Silver Eclipse Tribe."
"Just as I expected, they refused to welcome me, and I almost got killed... However, when the elders of the tribe got hints of my special physique they suddenly turned enthusiastic."
"The enmity between these top two forces are the reason our ancestor was hunted by the Palace."
Noire's mother frowned upon hearing this, he already knew what she wanted to ask.
"They wanted to eliminate him before he could encounter the Tribe because this special physique can refine the essence of the eclipse, which is how I was able to undergo the baptism of the Silver Blessing. Now, although I am a dragon, I'm also a full-fledged clan member of the Silver Eclipse Tribe."
Then, a sadistic grin illuminated Noire's face, inducing his mother's avatar to tremble slightly.
"The Tribe's chief is shrewd, he could perceive that my body would be the ultimate treasure in the 9,000 heavens once I attained the pinnacle of human practice, and he already had offered me his daughter in marriage. So, unless the Celestial God Palace wants a full-scale war against not only the Dragon Clan but also the Silver Eclipse Tribe, they better reconsider their approach. Hehe, moreover, I won't tell you where I'm keeping my real body nor where I am now, I can only tell you that I split myself to incarnate here, thus I couldn't meet you in a dragon body."
"Son... You don't mean to imply that the leak of your physique is from our clan, do you?" Noire's mother said, in a somewhat unpleasant tone.
Noire could only sigh bitterly and respond with a shrug.
"Our race is a proud race, we've always been xenophobic, and I've been outdoor galloping about for over 5,000 years, surely our fellow clansmen wouldn't appreciate the thought, particularly that I'm smearing the 'Dragon pride' with human practice. Anyway, don't publicize anything from what I told you, if anything, just head to the Divine Alchemy Elysium and consult them to contact the Silver Eclipse Tribe in my name, which should deal with the Palace for now."
"..."
"Don't bother about me, now that I know they're looking for me, I should also prepare for the disastrous, a war is probably imminent. In a hundred, two hundred, perhaps a thousand years. I need to speed up my schedule."
And without idling for his mother's acknowledgment, Noire cut off the connection.
- - - -
Although it took a quantity of time inside the soul-link void, only a second or two had passed in reality.
Noire had his eyes shut as he then noticed Yue barraging him with the same question, he was about to notify her of a change in plans when he discovered a pair of eyes fixed on him from a peak in the distance.
"Hm?"
Out of curiosity, Noire twisted to gaze at the ashen peak, when his eyelids uplifted like a curtain, his eyes that have sustained their Silver Eclipse state blossomed with a majestic brilliance.
Although it was for a split second before Noire shut off the effect and replaced it with a warm smile... That split of a second was more than plenty.
On the receiving end, once she noticed that Noire was aware of her intrusion, Tianshi's heart yelped in surprise.
Then, meeting his gaze, she felt her body trembling unconditionally as she staggered backward. It was only for a split second that she felt an immense sense of crisis.
'What? This soul power... I must be dreaming...'
Tianshi looked down at her still trembling palms with an excited grin, she didn't know why, but this feeling wasn't half bad.
Noire's smile didn't waver, he invited the girls to sleep while answering Yue.
"Change of plans, we're staying. I'm expecting a visitor tomorrow morning."