Today's second update: Chapter 3486! 2/4!
To be fair, Xu Buwan and Xu Caiyi had achieved what they had today not only because of their astonishing bloodline talents, but also because of the guidance and resources poured into them. It truly was a case of one mountain rising higher than the next, lavish beyond the reach of even the prodigies of all races.
The path of Heaven's Mandate Black Bird wielded by Xu Buwan, from her earliest instruction to her later advancement, had gathered nearly an entire era's worth of the Phoenix Race's devotion.
Not only had the current Phoenix Lord—the supreme being standing at the pinnacle of demigods—personally watched over and frequently guided her, but the many "aunties" Xu Kun had acknowledged within the Phoenix Race in the past, along with experts from every lineage, had also taken turns teaching her everything they knew.
The secret tomes accumulated by the Phoenix Race over countless ages, forbidden divine abilities, and insights into the origin of power posed virtually no threshold for her, allowing her to immerse herself in them freely.
Her path of growth could be said to have raced along the Phoenix Race's most magnificent and straight Road to Heaven.
The "spoiling" Xu Caiyi received was even more excessive.
Her birth mother, Shen-bao, the world's only remaining pure-blooded mirage dragon, had passed down all her supreme illusion arts and Dragon Race secret techniques without reservation. Within the Dragon Race, from the majestic will of Zu Long down to powerful true-dragon elders of every branch, and even formidable beings such as Zhu Jiu, who had once held grudges against Xu Kun yet had been exceptionally tolerant of this little girl, had all guided her.
Within the Ocean Domain, Su Xin, the Flood Dragon Race's empress, and the Lian Xin