After all, what child could, in less than a thousand years after birth, rise from being comparable to a True Immortal at birth to now being no weaker than a high-realm Immortal King? Even you had never seen such a growth rate before. And because of this, you could not help but entertain the thought of increasing your efforts to nurture them, thinking that perhaps they might truly bring you an enormous surprise.
The Phoenix Primordial Spirit saw that you were tempted. Whether it was the Corrupting Star Phoenix or a legendary variant of the Phoenix clan like the Xuan Guang Bi, this was also its first time seeing them. Hoping both that its juniors could have a better future and that you could gain more help, it took the initiative to persuade you, wanting you not merely to take them in as juniors to be nurtured, but to accept them as "Subordinate Spirit Beasts."
Yet the Phoenix Primordial Spirit's words instead calmed you down. Maintaining a cautious mindset, you still decided to wait and see. You wanted not only to determine whether the two variant phoenixes were eyes left at your side by the Nine Flames Sacred Spirit, but also to observe whether they could maintain such rapid growth... If they truly possessed the immense potential to reach the supreme position, it would not be too late to subdue them then.
Of course, there was an even more important reason: you were not entirely satisfied with the techniques currently in your possession. Although this was already one of the few techniques in All Heavens capable of forming a Subordinate Spirit Beast contract, you felt that you had never specifically collected techniques in this area before. If you could spend some time later gathering a better technique, there was no