Galatris slept peacefully. In his dreams, he had found an exceptionally talented Seedling. A young man by the name of Keiren. What's more, he hadn't come alone, but had brought with him his wife and friends. Together, they had countless adventures. Hundreds, then thousands of years passed by and Keiren grew way stronger than Galatris ever could in his lifetime.
While Keiren and his friends all prepared for their breakthrough into the Imperial Realm he was unable to help because they had surpassed him centuries ago, forever stuck in the Supreme Immortal Stage.
Suddenly the scenery changed. Everything was black. There was only the voice:
"The proud Phoenix. Riddled in despair. HAHAHAHA. Blessed by the Beast Saint and still…, pathetic. Once the great bringer of light, now nothing more than a light bulb. No, even worse, a broken light bulb. In the great scheme of things meaningless. Where is your fire, Phoenix? Come on, show me your FIRE!!!!!"
From somewhere, a strange kind of energy entered the black space. A rain of purple fire showered Galatris' self that was inside the black space, and strange things happened inside his body.
Outside:
A raging tornado of fire and lightning appeared and shook the entire Imperial Mountain. The vibration was so strong that the city located at the mountain's foot was affected. The building Galatris called the Immortal Palace, which had occupied Yang Yin, Kerum, Shyla and Keiren until now, began to scatter into the wind. Reduced to nothing but ash. Before anything could happen to them, the four 18-winged Arch-angels appeared and brought them away from the raging Inferno.
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Somewhere on the Imperial Mountain outside the ruins of the Immortal Palace Keiren, Shyla, Kerum, Yang Yin, and the Angels stood on a Qi platform in the sky staring towards the spot where the fiery tornado just vanished.
What they saw was seriously scary. Where the tornado just was, stood now an over 500m tall Purple Phoenix that radiated pure majesty.
The Phoenix appeared to be made of pure purple fire, having neither flesh nor feathers. Suddenly the phrase 'Rare like a Phoenix feather' took on a whole new meaning. But the Illusion was soon broken as Galatris raised his head and let out a Phoenix cry to let all the low lives know that he was here.
A Supreme Immortal Phoenix had arrived at the Eternal Summit.
After his announcement, the purple fire that surrounded him resided and revealed a dress made of golden feathers that were imprinted with waves of purple fire and cracked with the familiar now also purple lightning.
All in all, it was a majestic and scary event that imprinted itself into the deepest depths of their consciousness.
After what seemed to be an eternity, roughly 2.5 minutes of staring at Galatris admiring himself, after his transformation.
A silver bolt of light appeared next to them. A Peak stage Immortal King Silver Thunder eagle had been attracted to the scene to check what was going on here. As the retaliation hit him he was stunned and shocked to the core.
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# Congratulations, you've upgraded Galatris' Talent to Tier-1 Sun. Combined with the Beast Saint's prior Blessing, your Talent upgrade was enough to allow Galatris to break through into the Supreme Immortal Stage. What's more, he has successfully awakened his ancestral bloodline of the Thunderfire Phoenix. #
# Milestones achieved:
Upgrade Galatris to Tier-1 Sun Talent,
Help Galatris breakthrough into the Supreme Immortal Stage,
Help Galatris awaken his Bloodline. #
# Rewards:
Eternal Valhalla Phoenix Eyrie,
24 Eggs of the Sunfire-Phoenix,
1 Egg of the Thunderfire Phoenix
Manual: How to hatch, train and nurture Phoenixes
Manual: Biography of the Eternal Phoenix Rider #
# Eternal Valhalla Phoenix Eyrie:
A Phoenix Eyrie with 1,500 'normal' Phoenix eggs.
Estimated hatch time 500-2.500 Years. #
# 24 Eggs of the Sunfire-Phoenix:
One of the rarest breeds of Phoenixes that are known to men.
Estimated hatch time 1,000-5,000 Years #
# 1 Egg of the Thunderfire Phoenix:
The egg of a thought to be extinct Phoenix species.
Estimated hatch time 2,000-5,000 Years #
# Manual: How to hatch, train and nurture Phoenixes:
A detailed manual with precise instructions about how to hatch, train and nurture Phoenixes. #
# Manual: Biography of the Eternal Phoenix Rider:
A detailed manual from the life of the most successful Phoenix Rider, meant for his successor. #
# Note: Manuals can be rewarded as golden Jade slips. The same restrictions apply, only Immortal cultivators can access them with their Divine Sense. #
Keiren was in a daze getting all these notifications at once, it took a mental toll. If news spread about him having Phoenix Eggs in his pockets, especially such an unbelievable amount of them, every cultivator in Chaosia would be hunting him. He needed more strength ASAP. He still lacked a foundation, a concept and everything else.
Since he had been thrown into this Realm by this cursed Goddess and his System. One crazy thing happened after another in the short span of only three days. He had lost consciousness multiple times, was exhausted like never before, and had this System in his soul that gave him one headache after another. The newest one being 1,525 Phoenix eggs and an expansion for Eternal Valhalla called the Phoenix Eyrie.
While Keiren contemplated his fate Kerum was immersed in his System yet the reason was another one.
'System, is my daily login ready?'
>> Host, everything is ready. Do you wish to login in for today? <<
'YES'
>> Daily login: Day 3. Day of the Phoenix. Martial Arts: Bloody Phoenix of Nirvana <<
>> Note: The Bloody Phoenix of Nirvana is a Martial art. As long as you train you will improve <<
>> Special Quest: A Tear of Fate <<
>> Speak with Emperor Keiren Kendrall. Tell him you have the mission to find the Tear of Fate <<
>> Time Limit: Half a year <<
>> Attention: If you fail this Quest. It will be questionable what will happen next .<<
After Kerum learned the Martial art he turned to Keiren and said.
"I have something important to tell you, Keiren. My System just gave me a Quest to find the Tear of Fate. The first part was to talk to you about it. Here, let me share the details with you."
# Special Quest: A Tear of Fate. #
# The Divine Power of the System found traces of a Tear of Fate in the Eternal Summit. Annihilate or subjugate the Moving Sword Sect within the next three months to confirm or negate these traces. #
# Rewards: Depends on your approach #
# Details will be accessible after the Qualification proof is presented. #
"Well, we just have to annihilate or subjugate the Moving Sword Sect…" Keiren stopped midway into the sentence, as he remembered why that name sounded so familiar.
"The Moving Sword Sect is one of the 7 major powers in the Eternal Summit." Shyla pointed out.
"Somehow I have a feeling that this might be easier than it sounds." Keiren grinned as he looked at the 500-meter tall golden giant eagle. "HEY, Galatris, how do you feel about paying the Moving Sword Sect a visit in your new form?"
"I shall annihilate the Moving Sword Sect for killing my daughter!" Galatris answered in a bloodthirsty tone.
"My System gave us a Quest to annihilate or subjugate them, but I won't stand in the way of your grudge! You said that you can start a war if you have another Eternal Immortal and a Supreme Immortal Phoenix should be able to cover that, Right?"
"Yes, Master, but it isn't as easy as that. We still need to be cautious." Galatris replied as his sense of reasoning returned. He looked over to the Peak Stage Immortal King Silver Thunder-eagle. "Go and tell the Patriarch to call an alliance meeting."
"Yes, Great Ancestor!" The Silver Eagle replied and turned into a silver streak of light before he vanished.
"Congratulations, Galatris for breaking into the Supreme Immortal Stage." Shyla said.
"Thank you, Mistress!" Galatris said.
"Galatris how long until you can strike at the Moving Sword Sect?" Kerum asked.
"It shouldn't take longer than a month to have an army ready." Galatris replied confidently.
"Good. Then we will concentrate on growing stronger and more accustomed to this world." Keiren said. "I need to clear the Qualification Realm next. I have a week before I have to do it. Yang Yin, you are a Supreme Weapon Master, right?"
"That is correct." Yang Yin stated matter-of-factly.
"You are? I've never heard about a Weaponmaster who has developed her Tradeskill to the Supreme Rank at your age, much less given your cultivation stage." Galatris noted in disbelief. Tradeskills were ranked in the order Mortal, Earth, Heaven, Immortal, Imperial, Supreme, Emperor…
"I'm not surprised. Had we met yesterday, I would have still been a Peak Stage Imperial Emperor. I failed my Tribulation into the Emperor Realms and awoke here after the Emperor saved me, though I'm not sure why my body regressed back to when I was 21 years old. And yet the most mysterious thing is that I can feel that my Intents are still there, yet they appear to be sealed." Yang Yin shared with Galatris. As a Phoenix at the Supreme Immortal Stage he should understand.
"What weapons are you most proficient in?" Keiren asked.
"I am capable of using nearly every weapon in existence, though my favorite weapons are the spear, halberd, glaive, and great-axe." Yang Yin answered.
"I have some experience with the spear, but I feel that it's not the weapon most suited for me. I want you to teach me everything you know about the glaive." Keiren requested.
"My name is Kerum Primus Soldum. I would like to learn from you, too." Kerum introduced himself. "I hope you can instruct me with a halberd and if possible how to fight with a cleaver."
"None of that should be a problem. Your Majesty, the least I can do is teach you everything I know about the proper fighting style of a glaive. As a friend of my savior, I also don't mind instructing you. Just know that while I dare call myself an expert with the halberd, my knowledge with the cleaver is nothing to shout about. Since I lacked the aptitude for it, I have only ever learned the basics of one Cleaver Art called the Burning Cleaver Art."
"That is actually perfect. My Emperor Spirit is called the Burning Cleaver." Kerum said, feeling like luck was once again on his side.
# Attention, Summoner! Danger incoming! You should hide in the Eternal Realm until further notice. Galatris needs to stay, because chaos will break loose in the Eternal Summit if his Aura disappears all of a sudden. #
"Galatris, my System warned me that things will get dangerous here, so we'll hide and let you sort things out here." Keiren waved his hand and his group disappeared into the Eternal Realm.
A few minutes after Keiren vanished, a 15-meter-tall golden eagle appeared.
"Congratulations on your breakthrough, father." The golden eagle greeted Galatris. He was the current Patriarch of the Thunder-eagle Clan, a 6th Layer Eternal Immortal. As was their custom for years, they both transformed into their human form and stood five steps apart as two middle-aged men.
"Father, you sent a messenger to arrange an alliance meeting. Do you want to announce that you broke through into the Supreme Immortal Stage?" The middle-aged man in his late thirties asked. "While I am at it, you look like you are back in your prime again."
Solomon was astonished about the many changes that his father had gone through. He looked like a man in his late twenties again, nothing like the old and wise man that he had come to know growing up.
If not for the unmistakable look in his eyes he wouldn't have believed that this bird was the same one that raised him, not even if he was beaten to death with his own feathers. The scariest part was his Aura. It had grown so deep and unfathomable that he had goosebumps just staying in his presence. Solomon had never once feared his father, he had respect yes, but this was the first time he wanted to get away from him.
"I suppose there is that, but I called the meeting for another reason. It is time for us to avenge what those bastards did to your sister!!!" Galatris answered the question to the shock of his son, while ignoring the comment about his looks. He has long grown dull to the flattery of his subordinates.