Today's first update: Chapter 2313! 1/2!
The shadow of the Nine Heavens Phoenix Tree's branches flickered amid the drifting clouds. Xu Kun looked up at the divine tree that connected heaven and earth.
To the entire Phoenix Race, he had originally been a stranger. The only one who truly stirred the Phoenix Race's heartstrings was that extraordinary Proud Daughter of Heaven—his mother, Mu Qingxuan.
Yuan groomed the flowing fire between her tail feathers and gazed into the depths of the cloud sea. "Fifth Sister returned to the Phoenix Race twice."
Her voice carried the rustling whisper of thousand-year-old phoenix tree leaves. Holding a scroll in her hand, she began recounting the long-sealed past.
Twice... Xu Kun murmured inwardly.
"At that time, Fifth Sister had just emerged from the human race. With a stunning bearing, she swept through all directions. When her Azure Phoenix form shone with Radiant Brilliance, the Phoenix Lord finally confirmed that she was the lost pearl."
Starlike motes of light condensed at Yuan's fingertips as she unrolled an ancient scroll in the air.
"At dawn, when the decree spread across the nine heavens, a hundred thousand Azure Phoenixes circled above Yunxiao Continent. Azure feathers covered half the sky, and everyone in the Azure Phoenix Sect waited eagerly for the Luan Lord's return."
Xu Kun's pupils reflected the shifting star chart, as though he could see his mother's lone figure riding into the Phoenix Domain.
Red snow must have drifted across Yunxiao Continent that day. As Mu Qingxuan's skirt swept past the floating cities, it must have drawn galaxy-like trails of light across the roots of the phoenix tree.
Yet that earthshaking homecoming was ultimately reduced to only a few lines in the historical records: "First returned to the Phoenix Domain, paid respects at Phoenix Courtyard, and