It didn't take long for the gate to disappear. I was feeling quite exhausted after holding open a portal to converse like that. My body was drenched in sweat and my aura was slightly unstable. I was breathing hard and heavy. Of course it wasn't just that gate that did this to me. The scroll Heaven's Order had just given to me, while I was used to it now… Doesn't mean it felt great. Rather I felt quite like I had gone further and time was running out to make good on it.
I vanished from inside, appearing outside the house, but only managed that distance before I once again took my dragon form that very instant. Accompanied with it was a roar that shook the world and sent shivers down people's spines.
My body grew larger and larger, practically blotting out the sky above, coiling in and around myself, scales falling off and disappearing into tiny gates I was using to collect them back in my small realm. Once it was over new scales appeared and I was now just under the Ancient Dragon realm. By less than an inch but…
I quickly transformed into my Phoenix form which was accompanied by a similar cry only a phoenix could make. Similarly my form grew to reach an equivalent level to where I had been in my dragon form. I was just ever so slightly below the Ancient Phoenix realm. I wasted no time catching all of my feathers that were gliding along the wind in a slow fall.
By this point those with the dragon's power and phoenix powers. Be it through study, bloodline or even the hopeful had already started making their way over. They had either sensed the specific prestiges. Or had felt an immense pressure. Either way, there was a rather large movement of people. This included Yang Xiao of course, seeing the extent I had reached with my dragon form shocked and even somewhat stimulated his growth.
"Young master… This is painful… It's not over yet either…" Fang Qing panicked, gritting her teeth as the pain of such a massive improvement was conveyed through our shared existence. I couldn't pay attention to her.
In the air I began murmurings in both the dragon language and phoenix language. Everything embedded in the prestiges power radiating out with explosive speed. Slow enough for the ones who could understand, to be able to and for fast enough that no part of Star Boundary was left untouched. Including an odd development within the core of the Universe World. A nucleus of sorts.
Once Yang Kai and Su Yan had appeared. It was clear they had rushed over. The rest were following after not far behind the two of them.
"Son… How did this happen? You weren't this close to it yet were you?" Yang Kai asked, softly, to himself.
Zhang Ruo Xi had flown up next to Yang Kai. "Husband… I sense something familiar coming from inside Mother and Father's home? Something related to my bloodline, maybe?" She said, "Oh it's moving." She added.
Dong Su Zhu was hurtling towards Yang Kai carrying the scroll that had been in my lap for a bit too long. "Son, do something! Little Leiji was given this scroll by someone, called Heaven's Order, I think? And then after he became like this!" She yelled, waving the scroll around in Yang Kai's face as he backed up.
"Mother, may I see that scroll?" Zhang Ruo Xi asked, politely curious. Well more like salivating over that scroll. "It speaks to me as if it was meant for me." She explained wiping her small bit of drool away with a cloth.
"Fine, it was meant for you anyway." Dong Su Zhu said, handing the scroll over to Zhang Ruo Xi.
Zhang Ruo Xi, taking the scroll, immediately dived into studying it. It didn't take her long to realize just how good of a thing it was. And even more than that. She discovered the reason why I was suffering so much, well gaining a ton of advancement and so freakishly fast. "Well, I know what's going on. I think he will be fine. But… With such a huge change he is likely to be exhausted." She explained. "I think he might also benefit from the two of you." She added.
"Huh? What makes you say that…" Yang Kai started, then my Phoenix body collapsed into the form of a giant egg. "Oh, that might be the reason…" Yang Kai said, with a twitching lip and that's when an idea came to mind. "This will be the absolute closest you'll ever get to being his true mother." He chuckled, assuming his absolutely massive Dragon form and wrapped around my egg.
Su Yan took her phoenix form as well to land atop my egg. With how big both of their forms were at this point. It almost covered the entire shell. But there was plenty of room. Zhu Qing took advantage of also being a dragon.
"Hahaha, I'm going to claim more. As well!" Zhu Qing said as she started wrapping around in a way that connected Yang Kai and Su Yan, while also leaving enough room for the others, trusting that they would do what they have wanted to do for a really long time now.
It didn't take long until my shell had been fully covered. And then Yang Kai used his authority to keep the sight out of others' view. Mobilizing an illusion with the Star Boundary as the base. Though they could not see it, they could still hear and feel the power of the Dragon and phoenix clans.
Dong Su Zhu was noticeably worried. She was the type who truly cared for family. Yang Ying Feng was quite happy with her. Even if there was a lot of controlling and anger from time to time. It comes from a good place. And so he flew over to hold his wife.
"I hope that he's alright. I know its advancement, but I can't help but worry when he cries out in such pain." Dong Su Zhu said, trembling in Yang Ying Feng's arms. "I… I hope we didn't force him too much before this…" She added.
"I think he will be just fine. Just look, he has so many that care for him. Even those wives of his are here… Hmmm there's 12 now…" Yang Ying Feng said, trailing off into a curious tone.