Today's first update: Chapter 2021! 1/3!
In the Phoenix Race, graceful figures peeked out from all directions, looking toward the green silhouette kneeling outside the Phoenix Palace.
Yet the Phoenix Palace gates, usually wide open, were tightly shut today.
"Daughter requests an audience with Mother!"
Mu Qingxuan's voice echoed outside the Phoenix Palace, but she received no response.
Before long, three beautiful figures in red, purple, and white floated over.
The moment they saw Mu Qingxuan, they cried excitedly before even landing and taking human form, "Fifth Sister!"
These three phoenixes were respectively the rulers of the Red Phoenix, Yu Zhuo, and Honghu phoenix lineages. They were not the Phoenix Lord's biological daughters, but outstanding descendants selected from the three great phoenix bloodlines and elevated to lead their respective branches. They remained at the Phoenix Palace to receive the Phoenix Lord's guidance and oversee all affairs concerning the three phoenix lineages of Blue Star, addressing the four existing phoenixes as elder sisters.
Mu Qingxuan remained very calm at their arrival.
"Why will Mother not see me?"
This...
The three phoenixes looked at one another. In the end, the Red Phoenix Lord stepped forward and carefully said, "Fifth Sister, the Phoenix Lord has entered seclusion."
Only then did Mu Qingxuan turn around. "Mother's cultivation is unfathomable. She only has an avatar on Blue Star—what matter could require her to enter seclusion?"
"I want to see Mother. Sorry for the trouble, but please open the gates for me."
The three phoenixes wore troubled expressions. "Fifth Sister, please do not make things difficult for us."
"Will you open them or not?"
"Fifth Sister, if you have something to say, you can tell us directly. There is no need to trouble the Phoenix Lord herself."
"Is a daughter seeking her mother considered a