***In the Imperial grounds of Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans'..
***In Consort Tamara's Palace within the Imperial Dynasty.
Tamara heart has been over the moon since the past night as the tension from the last three weeks of stress has been replaced with joy.
Princess Seflim Andruv -ö- Niel.
Tamara's twelve years old daughter had just entered the first rank of cultivation and with tri-possible-pathways!. This feat is beyond extraordinary even by the Imperial standards.
Although Tamara does not have access to the detailed cultivation information about the most talented people from the Imperial linage.. she refuses to believe that there's anybody who can possibly in the line of history who dares look down on this monstrous feat.
Her daughter!. Her genius daughter not has sensed mana at the age of ten even though the standard age by Imperial standards is twelve but she has now broken through as a Beginner rank Cultivator at twelve years old even though the standard age but Imperial standards is eighteen!!!!.
Six whole years ahead of the so called Imperial standards!.
With these facts, It is very natural that Tamara is wearing a slightly creepy smile of joy as she watches her daughter diligently training her martials as usual.
No masters around, no sparring partners. It's just Seflim's teenage body and sword delivering a beautiful performance with her blade singing through the air while under the gracefully co -ordinated command of her body.
After a while more of greceful practic, Seflim stops her martial dance with the bronze sword in her hand dematerializing into sparks.
She stands still in the sand for a moment while checking out the feel of her body.
Breaking through into the First rank, Seflim's body have under-gone a full evolution. Her Eclipse flood dragon bloodline is coming active and Seflim can feel the echoes of this effect through every fibre of her body and mind.
Her body is becoming stronger and faster. Strong beyond what should be capable for a normal Beginner level Rank One Cultivators to ever achieve.
She is much faster than she is expecting and even her physique is changing.
Seflim has grown a few inches taller overnight and mentally, the blood rolling through her veins like a stormy sea is bringing her a type of pride that is difficult to control.
She feels like a star.
Like the ultimate ruler. A spectacle that only graces its presence to the world once every century.
She feels like the ultimate Eclipse and that it is her very calling to rule over these lands. It is arrogant, a little toxic but it is also so natural that it all just feels right.
Clenching her fists, Seflim feels her bones crackle with explosive yet gentle power as her blood rolls faster through her fists.
Her breaths becomes short and heavy as a build up of power accumulates in her body.
Her mind echoes mental dragons roaring in pride. They were expressing their very authority over the movement of the sun, the moon, the earth, the shadows, the oceans and the mind of all living things.
Seflim is one of these dragons!
She's their descendant!!!.
She has the right to carry their blood with pride!.
She is a dragon and one day, she'll spread her winds so vast that the sun would be covered entirely. Eaten up ruthlessly by her brilliance with the only light being the one she allows through.
Seflim feels her heart going through a countless changes followed by her lungs.
The air she breathes in is a little warmer and her lungs filters mana directly into her body. Her heart pumps blood faster and more powerfully and her Eclipse flood dragon bloodline has began to devour her other bloodlines..
The bloodline she has gotten from her mother!.
The Fiery Armadillo Bloodline.
The fiery Armadillo bloodline can be considered as very impressive before the geniuses outside the Imperial court though before a dragons might, it cannot even find the willpower to offer any resistance as it gets completely devoured.
A small change comes in Seflim's Eclipse flood dragon bloodline as it mutates a bit.
The mana flowing over her body became fiery hot and solid.
Like an invisible plate of armour.
Everything within Seflim keeps on changing at a steady pace but she does not make any attempts to stop it.
Seflim is now becoming much stronger than she could have expected even with her bloodline and yet, she hasn't ever felt so hungry for more power.
She feels weak despite increasing her strength and she can almost feel her Mutated Eclipse Flood Dragon bloodline grumbling in fury that it cannot yet display its full brilliance.
Her bloodline is bringing about many changes and one of the most notable change is the lightening of her shadows shade.
The lighter the shade her shadow takes, the more Seflim feels more than a bit incomplete.
She has always heard about the existence of a person bound to her by the influence in fate by her Imperial bloodline though she has never felt the need to find or care about this person.
Everything has changed because at this moment she wants to, no.. she needs her shadow by her shadow.
With this new yet instinct-like desires lingering on her mind, Princess Seflim fails to notice her mother's presence appearing behind her.
"You should take a break, your mana flow is completely chaotic.", Tamara says as she approaches her daughter and the most precious thing in her world from behind.
Seflim turns her head without moving her body as she takes a look at her approaching mother's figure. She can almost smell the pride, joy and love coming from her mother and knowing that its all directed to her makes Seflim feel happy.
Alhough she is not always there and Seflim always misses her, her mother is and will always be her safe heaven.
As far as Seflim knows, her mother can probably quench the very flames of the sun for her if she as much as asked her to.
Tamara is always working to bring her daughter to the very top which in Tamara's opinion is her daughter's destiny but this act also comes with heavy expectations from Seflim.
Seflim has always been able to keep up and exceed her mother's expectations as it is always her joy and duty to make her mother proud.
Though this time,.. the expectation Seflim is beginning to set for herself is much higher than those of her mother's.
Her expectations for herself are beyond the boundaries of normal and Seflim even finds herself a little scared that she would not be able to keep up yet she finds herself challenging her to.
Without turning around, Seflim feels her mother's familiar scent enveloping her into a hug as Tamara plants small kisses on her light blue hair.
Almost outside her control, Seflim feels her body calming down with her hearts pace relaxing in response to being surrounded by her mother's protective mana and love.