Number One Under Heaven

*Bam*

Yu Yue slammed the table with her fist.

“Junior Sister Yixue, you were responsible for my heart attack?!” she cried out.

“If it was not for my cultivation, I would have died from shock!”

“And my soul would have shattered if you tell me the truth once we meet in Heaven!”

Han Yixue silently listened with her head down.

She had told them the truth about what she had taught Tian Yi while they were inside the Supreme Library of the Heavenly God.

“You know you liked it. Why are you being so tough on her? Shouldn’t we be praising her?”

Yan Yan spoke at the side.

‘T-That’s true--- but that’s not the issue here!” Yu Yue stuttered.

“What if Young Master starts going around saying that to every girl he meets?! Will you be responsible?”

“?!?!?!” Yan Yan had a shocked face mixed with realization.

She was right!

What if Tian Yi misuses it for other girls? That is not something she would want to see! He is already getting further away from her as day passes by, spiritually, because he has not spent much time with her lately.

The urgency of wanting to become a Demon quickened. Didn’t Tian Yi promise her that he would help her? It has already been so long, yet why is she still a freaking Phoenix?!

“Junior Sister Yixue, since you were the cause of this problem, you will naturally be the one to solve it too,” said Yu Yue.

“...”

Han Yixue was speechless.

So she was basically being told to teach her Master true love? How is she going to accomplish that when even she has no idea what true love it?

*Ripple*

A ripple suddenly passed through their bodies, causing their soul to tremble.

“T-This is?!”

They could hear music in their head the moment they had touched the ripple!

Without giving them a chance to calm themselves down, more ripples appeared.

Yu Yue’s eyes went wide. To create such a powerful piece of art, it must be Tian Yi!

What was he doing right now that had required him to play the zither?

But whatever it was, it did not matter because she also got to hear it!

Sitting down, Yu Yue silently cultivated as the ripples touched her.

She wanted to engrave this memory into her soul.

Han Yixue was confused at the current situation.

What was going on?

“Master is playing the zither, close your eyes and listen, it’s a rare chance,” said Yan Yan, her voice trembling.

Han Yixue nodded and also sat down to cultivate.

She tried to decipher the mysteries within the ripple, but alas, she was overwhelmed by a mysterious power instead.

Meng Xiang just stood there, listening to it with lights flickering within her eyes.

‘What a beautiful music,” she said to herself.

Yan Yan also laid down and listened as the ripples touched her.

However, what she heard was not music, but memories instead.

This song… she has heard of it before.

Closing her eyes, her mind wandered into the past.

“Hahahaha! Burn! Burn! Burn!”

Yan Yan was currently setting a city ablaze, burning down every house and living being she encountered.

It was fun, watching things get destroyed.

She was born a mutant Celestial Phoenix God, one of the most destructive and evil Phoenix Race.

And because of her special birth, her evil blood was stronger than other Celestial Phoenix Gods, making her even eviler than others.

When she destroyed, she did not think. When she killed, she did not think. It was only mere instincts that make her do what she does.

She was like a puppet with evil strings controlling her, tell her to do nothing but destroy.

She has lived this life for many, many years… until she decided to try her luck within the Celestial Emperor’s Realm.

Because she had decided to cause trouble within the Celestial Emperor’s Realm, she was chased down and hunted by the Tian Family.

While she was strong and unrivaled within the God Realm, she was worth less than a mere bird within the Celestial Emperor’s Realm. A bird that could have its wing broken by the Tian Family as easy as breathing.

After getting heavily injured, she went to hide in the Forest of Heavenly Beasts, a place rumored to shelter Beasts like her.

The Forest of Heavenly Beasts was a special place. Ever since a few years ago, the Tian Family had suddenly ignored their activities and did not bother them while they ran amok. But that was only if they were inside the Forest of Heavenly Beasts. The moment they take a step out is the moment they die.

And because she was afraid of the Tian Family, she lived inside the Forest of Heavenly Beasts for many years.

And during that time, her strength has grown exponentially. She was from one of the most powerful Phoenix Race, after all. She was also young, meaning she has many rooms to grow.

While she lived inside the forest, she had sworn to herself that as long as she was alive, she would destroy the Tian Family one day.

But such thoughts did not last long… because she had met a young boy.

It was on this day she had decided to go take a bath inside the Celestial Pond, a magical spot that released endless Pure Spirit Power. But whether one was able to cultivate with it was an entirely different story.

And because literally no Beasts that lived there were able to cultivate there, it was usually empty.

It was there where she saw a young boy taking a bath…

And this young boy’s bare skin was beyond perfect, it was out of this world. The moment her eyes landed on his skin, she began drooling.

While she wanted to eat him up right away, she was curious. Why was he there? What would a little boy like him be doing in this savage place?

She waited patiently. She wanted to make sure that there was nobody else around before snacking on him because this could be a trap laid for her.

But when that young boy suddenly turned his head to face her, her entire mind went blank.

If his skin was beyond perfect, then how should she describe his face?

She couldn’t!

The moment she saw his face, her mind had lost all of its reasoning, and she jumped out like a stalker, running towards him with drool splattering everywhere. She acted like a pervert, a big one at that.

The young boy had a weird face as he watched her run towards him, but he did not panic.

Lifting his hand, he gently slapped the water, and Yan Yan who was running towards him suddenly felt her entire world twist and turn.

It lasted for what felt like an eternity, and when she came back to it, she was shocked to find out that she had already died!

She was currently hovering in the air as a soul, a black soul. Those with high cultivation will not die even if their physical body was destroyed. As long as their soul was safe, then they can just rebuild another body.

While Yan Yan was shocked, the young boy was already in front of her black soul.

She knew that her time had finally come. If he so wished, the young boy could easily shatter her soul, killing her for good.

Yet to her surprise, the young boy did not shatter her soul. Instead, he looked at her soul with curious lights flickering within his eyes.

The young boy suddenly spoke to her.

“Mother said I should destroy those who have black souls because it makes one feel uncomfortable. But when I look at your soul, it actually makes me feel comfortable? Why is that? Can you tell me?”

He asked her questions. His voice was heavenly. Just hearing it once had made her crave for more. It was like strengthening drugs. Once a cultivator takes it, they will crave for more.

“Hmph, obviously because you like me!” she said.

The young boy looked at her with confusion.

“Because I like you? What does that mean?” he asked again.

“It means you want me to eat you.”

“That I cannot do. Mother would be mad if you ate me.”

The young boy voices’ was very innocent and pure.

“Fine, I will only eat half of you,” she said.

“I cannot do that either. Mother would be sad if I got hurt.”

“Then let me lick you.”

“That is a problem too. Mother would get---”

“Ahhhh, mother this, mother that. Are you that spoiled? Who are you anyway?”

“Me? I am called Tian Yi,” he said.

“Tian? You are from the Tian Family?!” she was truly shocked this time around.

“Un.” Tian Yi nodded.

“Good! Good! Good! Let me restore my body first, then I will tell you why my soul makes you comfortable!” she said.

Obviously, she has no idea what he meant by her soul feeling comfortable, but if she could eat this little naive kid, then her hatred against the Tian Family will lessen! And to do that, she will take advantage of this naive kid!

“Okay, then let me help you.”

Tian Yi agreed without hesitation.He even decided to help her.

With a wave, her soul began heating up. And before she knew it, her physical body had returned.

‘What a fearsome power,’ she thought.

She was especially proud of her regenerative abilities, but even with that, it would take her a few days to restore her physical body.

And this young boy here healed her in an instant. What kind of monster was he?

“Okay, you are healed now. Now tell me why.”

“Close your eyes,” she said.

Tian Yi nodded and closed his eyes obediently.

‘NOW DIE!’

Yan Yan opened her mouth, preparing to eat him---

BOOM.

She could feel her world twist and turn once again before blacking out.

Once she woke up again, the young boy was staring at her soul.

“That was my instinct, sorry,” he apologized.

‘This brat is really stupid…’ she thought.

“Do not worry about it. I am a forgiving person. Heal me again, I want to speak with you for a while. If you can satisfy me, then I will answer your question.”

“You want to talk? Okay!” he healed her again without much thinking.

He rarely gets to speak with others, especially strangers. Now that he has the chance, why wouldn’t he talk to this weird bird in front of him?

“What do you want to talk about?”

“...”

Yan Yan was silent. She was thinking of a plan to eat this naive kid.

“Give me some time, I have to think about it,” she said.

“Okay, take all the time you need. I will go back to enjoying this pond.”

Tian Yi closed his eyes to cultivate, and a shocking scene occurred in front of Yan Yan’s eyes.

This young boy was sucking in all of the Pure Spirit Power like a black hole!

***

A note from BaiSiwa

I don't know how to break this to ya'll so I'll make it simple.

Due to work, I will have NO CHOICE but to go on a 6 months hiatus, maybe even dropping the novel entirely.

Honestly, I don't have to explain anything, but I will, vaguely.

If you didn't know already, I had to fly across the sea due to work, going to another country. And because of work again, I will not be able to write for next 6 months, going on hiatus.

Now I know I said I will finish this novel no matter what, but when you have no choice, you have no choice.

And because I will be dead for the next 6 months, possibly forever, I will allow anyone to continue my story if they so wish.

But just so you know that if I happen to come back, I will continue the story, but I will not ask you to halt what you have been continuing.

I know ya'll gonna hate me for this, but just know that I am not dropping it because I give up or anything. I tried, I really did, but when it comes to choosing hobby or life, it is a no-brainer that I would choose the latter, not that I have a choice.

Welp, it was fun while it lasted. I have learned a lot of things the past few months I have been here, but it is time for me to go for now.

I will leave this story on RRL for anyone that wants to continue it.  

If I come back in 6 months and people still give a shit about this story, I will return.

Peace out,

BaiSiwa.