"What did you call me—Eggy?"
Chen Wen suddenly wanted to tease the Phoenix Egg.
"I told you, you're the egg! Your whole household is made of eggs!"
The Phoenix Egg grew even angrier, unleashing a torrent of curses at Chen Wen.
Chen Wen smiled and did not say anything more. "All right, I was just teasing you."
"From now on, cultivate properly inside. I'll also provide you with Heavenly Fire regularly."
"If there's a chance, I'll try to give you another helping hand."
Hearing this, the Phoenix Egg gradually calmed down as well. "That's more like it."
After thinking for a moment, Chen Wen said, "By the way, can I ask you something?"
"Speak," the Phoenix Egg said.
Chen Wen replied, "Who brought you here? And the Heavenly Fire here was also moved here by someone. The purpose should have been to nurture you."
"I don't know either. By the time I regained my spiritual intelligence, everything was already like this."
The Phoenix Egg shook her head.
A glint flashed through Chen Wen's eyes before he said, "So, there hasn't been anyone here for a long time."
"That's right. There was no one here from the very beginning. You're the first powerful human I've encountered since I regained my spiritual intelligence."
The Phoenix spoke leisurely.
So that was it.
It seemed these waters ran even deeper than he had imagined.
If the person lurking in the shadows was truly connected to those who had harmed him, then it could only mean one thing.
He was merely a chess piece. Before he had even been born, all of this had already existed.
Even the Artificial Heavenly Mandate was merely one link in the plan.
Things were truly becoming more and more baffling, yet also more and more interesting.
Still, there was