Today's second update: Chapter 2326! 2/2!
"Kun'er, let me emphasize this again. What I said was that you must offer up your phoenix blood—all of it!" Yuan Lichang said seriously.
"I understand. I said I'm willing."
Yuan Lichang frowned. "Do you know what consequences you'll face if you give up your phoenix blood?"
"I would like to hear them."
"From this day onward, you'll make a clean break with the Phoenix Race, just as when you were with the Dragon Ancestor and had your blood taken and your bones dug out."
"Mm. Anything else?"
"Your phoenix blood will flow into the body of this successor of mine, allowing her to take your place in completing the Myriad Feather Trial."
"That's great. As it happens, I'm not a member of the Phoenix Race. Returning these things now can be considered paying them back. What happened between Yuan and me may have been forced upon me by her, but I, Xu Kun, am not the kind of man who pulls up his pants and denies everything. Today, I'll return her phoenix blood, help her reshape her phoenix body, and help her ascend to the Phoenix Courtyard. That can count as my contribution to the entire Phoenix Race."
"From now on, I'll be the lord of the human race, while Yuan governs the Phoenix Race. She's even carrying my child. In the future, the Phoenix Race can be inherited by the child she and I have. I believe my child has that potential."
"Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"
No, why were you getting more excited the longer you talked?
Yuan Lichang fell silent for a moment. "Even the things within the tree crown—you don't want those either?"
At that, Xu Kun did indeed fall briefly silent.
"To gain them