Today's second update: Chapter 2019! 2/3!
Xu Qingcang once had no second path to choose. It was Xu Wentian who stepped forward and found one for him.
But Xu Kun now had a way out because of his grandmother's love.
The four light-sounding words "take charge of Phoenix Palace" carried far more weight than becoming the so-called lord of the Dragon Court.
The lord of the Dragon Court stood on equal footing with the Nine Dragon Ancestors throughout the Dragon Race and held absolute authority over the dragons of Blue Star.
Taking charge of Phoenix Palace meant directly becoming the number one person in the Phoenix Race with real power.
The upper echelons of every race knew that all affairs of the Phoenix Race were controlled by an immensely powerful avatar of the Phoenix Lord. What Xu Qingcang meant was that once Xu Kun returned to the Phoenix Race, that avatar of the Phoenix Lord would step down and yield her position. From the extraterrestrial realms to Blue Star, the will of the Phoenix Race would henceforth be led by Xu Kun.
The Phoenix Lord herself would retreat behind the scenes, like a retired emperor or an Empress Dowager ruling from behind a curtain. She only needed to back Xu Kun up whenever he needed her.
He would not be some Crown Prince, but the true lord of the Phoenix Race—the new Phoenix Lord!
He would not be some lord of the luan, much less the son-in-law of the Yuan-Chu lineage envisioned by Yuan and the experts of the Yuan-Chu Nine Veins, who would then slowly plot to seize the Azure Luan lineage.
Instead, he would ascend to the heavens in a single step and take over his grandmother's position!
One was the lord of the Dragon Court, ruling