Today's third update: Chapter 2363! 3/4!
Within the Phoenix Race hierarchy, there had been no struggle for heirship among the uppermost Five Phoenixes. The five daughters had been born one after another, each performing her own duties. As their mother, the Phoenix Lord had arranged their lives for them.
This was much like certain flourishing dynasties. While the ruler was still in his prime, his children might engage in conflict, yet everything would remain balanced in the hands of a capable and enlightened sovereign.
Mm~ Don't doubt it, this was referring to you—the struggle between the two palaces under the Great Emperor of Eastern Wu.
Such conflicts generally grew more intense when the old dragon entered his twilight years.
The tree wished for peace, but the wind would not stop. Sometimes, even if the one above had no desire to contend, those beneath would gladly drape a yellow robe over your shoulders.
Perhaps you cared about family ties, but those under you were more eager for the fruits of victory.
If the Phoenix Lord were to fall one day, the Phoenix Race would also descend into chaos.
Among the Five Phoenixes and Five Sects, who would inherit the mantle?
That was a major question. Never mind whether the successor could expand and strengthen the sect—the power would be firmly held in that sect's hands.
Logically speaking, the Azure Phoenix Sect should not have faced such a situation.
But who could have expected... Mu Qingxuan to bear the sole legitimate son?
There was nothing new under the sun. History's greatest lesson for later generations was that they could never learn from history.
The human race had seen such a case during the era of the Seven Warring States.
Xu Kun was quite familiar with this figure in the present age.