Two years later.
Siyu Noire's name had long strewed wide through the large families and communities of Shadowed Demise Continent like wildfire.
The uproar took a period to diminish, and the sudden decline of the Four Seasons Sect seized the Nine Families off guard.
Every Household had suffered a massive backlash from the endeavor, and their prestige had also suffered greatly.
Because the relationship between the families and the sect was insignificant, none was invested in installing powerhouses from their household to watch over the sect.
At most, they would send their descendants to give the illusion of their support.
However, now with the ongoing turmoil, this illusion came back to bite them in the hand.
One of the largest sects, inside the largest city, under the joined nourishment of the Nine Families, couldn't stop a single individual from commencing a cold-blooded massacre.
Over two thousand disciples have died, ten Elders at Twilight stage, and a Grand Elder at peak Twilight stage.
What kind of concept was this?
The public grew dubious of the actual value Four Seasons held in the eyes of the ruling families, thus the entire arrangement of monopolizing the public was disarrayed, it's not a far-fetched verdict to announce that Noire whacked the face of every one of them.
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Ascending Fang Valley.
An area that stretched over 500 square kilometers, seething winds that swept through excavated mountains almost all year round.
Herein rested the Luhei Household's lair.
Tianshi's father, Luhei Kami, a peak Eclipse stage powerhouse that is half-step into the Celestial Realm.
Currently, he sat in a luxurious throne room inside a vast castle that followed after the architecture of medieval fantasy in design.
He sat on his obsidian black throne, in front of him a round table with numerous documents and reports.
However, those who sat by the table were no ordinary figures.
Yu Juan.
Rai Khalas.
Chi Nessus.
Bai Avalas.
Qiu Venya.
Xue Rong.
Rui Zhanli.
Kai Yanji.
The remaining representatives of the top Households through the content.
Light noise of discussion filled the hall along with the bustle of papers and jade slips.
Projections of Noire, Yue, Ning'er, and Tianshi were displayed at the center of the large conference table.
Everyone had a solemn expression on their faces, Luhei Kami and Yu Juan's faces were especially gloomy.
Who can blame them? Their direct descendants are equally involved in this mess.
Juan had it easier, Ning'er was a daughter he is willing to lose, he even plotted towards her demise.
Kami, on the other hand, Tianshi was the daughter of his primary wife, a wife he's always been proud to have conquered.
"Ahem..." Someone couldn't handle the awkward yet solemn atmosphere anymore and decided to speak up, it was Xue Rong.
On the power hierarchy, the Xue household was a humble force with friendly connections between the other Eight Households.
Xue Rong had a fairly gentle temperament, and he doesn't like power struggle much, but this matter inadvertently involves his family matters so he came to the meeting.
"Says here that since two years ago, the only news we had about Siyu Noire is that he was headed towards the Raging Clouds Plateau..."
"So what of it? Even if we know he's in there, we can't do anything about it! That zone is surrounded by a terrain of wild zones, and even if we could dispatch personnel, that area falls under the jurisdiction of the Phoenix Household!" Bai Avalas quickly intersected.
To which he quickly got another opinion from Rai Khalas, "We got reports that the baby phoenix was oddly intimate towards Siyu Noire, do you think the Phoenix Household will take him under their protection?"
"I don't think so, I'm not sure, the entire Northern region is occupied by monster race, and they value the law of the jungle, otherwise the Phoenix Household wouldn't be the overlord. But they're also xenophobic towards humans, they might allow him to stay, but I don't think they'll go as far as to protect him."
The discussion was heated, and it continued to go back and forth for hours without gain.
Everyone tied to avoid sensitive topics like the failed assassination incident, or the revolting of an aristocratic heir, but everyone agreed that to earn back face and prestige, Siyu Noire must be publicly executed.
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Northern Region, Raging Cloud Plateau.
A plateau that sky-rocketed to a dozen thousand kilometers in altitude, breaching through dense clouds with its spacious peak with a collective area the size of dozen football fields.
Thunderclaps reverberated, the entire area is known for its cold climate and stormy atmosphere all year round.
Below the skirts of such a behemoth extended a densely packed jungle with high humidity.
Occasionally, the sound of wind barrier bursting echoed through the canopies.
With fixed intervals, even the echoes of the sound barrier being pierced would resonate.
The splatter of raindrops and morning dew would levitate high to reflect the image of a crumbling rainbow.
Thunder roaring in the sky, sonic blasts near the ground, the entire ecosystem within hundreds of kilometers of the radius was living in distress for the past year and a half.
...
Tianshi was now nearing the pinnacle of her new movement technique inscribed by Noire; Primal Predator.
After escaping from the Four Seasons City, Noire hurriedly brought the girls to the Northern Region Territory.
With his bloodline, he was able to breach through and traverse without suspense while simultaneously looking for a suitable environment to grow Yue, Ning'er, and Tianshi.
They accidentally stumbled upon the Raging Cloud Plateau zone, which is regarded as a highly dangerous wild zone packed with vicious beasts.
Noire instantly decided that this is the perfect location for Yue and Ning'er to learn some quasi-elements, and for Tianshi to integrate a new movement technique into her system.
Currently, Tianshi traversed the entire jungle with her dual scimitar blades, utilizing her bestial instinct to the extreme alongside the 'Primal Predator' movement technique to fend off encroaching beasts and make a breakthrough in her speed.
Her training regime was simple, rely on your physical attributes and bestial nature without the cultivation base.
Every once in a while when Tianshi hears a thunderclap, she would intentionally or unintentionally gaze at the peak of the plateau and then mutter to herself.
'I can't possibly fall behind my junior sisters!'
...
Meanwhile, under the canopy of the tallest tree in the jungle, Noire stood amidst the raging winds with his hair haphazardly fluttering.
By his side stood two women, Lady Feng, and her adoptive aunt.