" The Phoenix God is my son! " Emperor crow stated with a loud voice

Qianli was shocked, the legendary Phoenix God, the progenitor of the Phoenix clan who didn't appear for millions of years was none other than the son of the one true ruler of this world!

Including her master and her, only a small number of people know this truth.

Xiao Feng who was sitting in the corner didn't understand a single word from this conversation.

Nevertheless, he was interested in Qianli and her past, so he continued to listen without interrupting.

Emperor Crow then said with a calm and stern voice: " Now... What should I do with you? Earlier that friend of yours also possessed the mystical blood of the poison sect, you told me that you mean no harm to the boy, but how should I believe you? "

Qianli murmured to herself, poison sect? one of the 3 forbidden arts?!

She decided to tell the story to the emperor crow

" Emperor, I am the mast... "

" Senior, she is my fiancee! " Xiao Feng jumped out and shouted

" huh?! "

Both of the emperor and Qianli were this time shocked.

You dumb disciple, as if the emperor crow will believe you, he has been watching the outside world long before....

" Oh, this emperor didn't expect this, congratulations boy! " Emperor Crow smiled

" What were you saying? "

He turned to look at Qianli

He... could it be he didn't watch the outside world all this time?

" I was saying I am his master! " Qianli said with a stern voice

" Oh... So you are his master and lover? I didn't expect less from my descendant hahaha!!! " The emperor crow laughed.

" Wait... no!! " Qianli retorted

But Emperor Crow ignored her and continued to laugh out loudly

Xiao Feng looked at Qianli and blushed, he turned his head but he kept smiling as if he gained something.

Qianli sighed. Forget it... it's better this way....

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After some time, the Emperor Crow changed his appearance to that of an old man with a grey hair and golden eyes. He invited both of Qianli and Xiao Feng to sit down and explained some things to them.

" Little girl, I think I know what you want to ask. But I truly don't know the answer, instead, I will tell you the things that happened billions of years ago... Perhaps it may help you forge your own truth about this matter "

Qianli nodded

" You too little boy, listen carefully. This does concern your ancestor! "

Xiao Feng's eyes turned serious.

" A long time ago, when this world was created, numerous magical beings emerged. No one knows when and where they first appeared but at that time, the humans in all the planes of this universe didn't exist! "

Qianli was astonished if the human beings were not originally from this world, where did they come from?!

Emperor Crow continued

" At that time, I was only a crow who cultivated the laws of this universe. I cultivated day and night, I cultivated for millions of years, until the day I reached Godhood and transcended the mortal plane to the heavenly plane! "

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" After I transcended, I met numerous foes! Qilin god, ghost emperors, Demon Lords. I defeated every single one of them and became the number 1! " The emperor crow had a proud look on his face.

" It was also at this time that I discovered a certain clan living on the edge of the world " He narrowed his eyes slightly and continued " This clan characteristic was that most of their members used the darkness attribute, furthermore they had a terrifying strength! "

" They were also from a different species, they resembled humans but their eyes were red like you little girl. "

He looked at Qianli with a curious face

Qianli didn't know what to think of herself, could it be that she was not human?

" I once tried to challenge them. The result was ... my defeat! "

Qianli opened her mouth and didn't believe this outcome. The number one rule of the universe couldn't beat a single clan living in a seclusion? This was too unbelievable.

" But for me, this defeat meant that the path of cultivation didn't end in God realm! I cultivated more and more! I cultivated till the day I was certain that I could take my revenge! "

" In the end, I discovered realms above the God Realm! "

Qianli nodded in agreement, she knew that reaching the god realm isn't the end of cultivation, the proof was that some people she knew in the past achieved a higher realm like her master and some patriarchs of certain clans in the heavenly plane.

" However a certain event happened before this.... "

" The emergence of the Jade Emperor and The 4 divine beasts! "

But the story didn't end yet, it was only the beginning

" It was also at that time that the mortal human race made their first appearance on the multiple planes of the universe! "

Qianli nodded.

She knew that the appearance of the jade emperor and the 4 divine beasts was the ultimatum for the reign of the emperor crow like the old saying says: one mountain cannot contain two tigers!

But she didn't know that the human race's first appearance was at that period too!

Was this the reason why she didn't find a single book containing the history of this world before the crow emperor or...

The emperor continued his story

" In the end, I fell in love with one of them... The Vermillion Bird! "

Huh?

Qianli nearly cried out loud

She interrupted him and said

" But senior, the history books tell that you were the sworn enemy of the jade emperor and that you were defeated by the 4 divine beasts and sealed for eternity.... "

The emperor crow looked shocked, then his eyes narrowed and said in a cold voice

" So... that's how it is!! "

He continued

" Little girl, don't believe the stories told by the human race. They were after all altered by the Jade Emperor! "

" It's true that I had a feud with them, but the reason for this was because of the forbidden love that the Vermillion bird and I had!. In fact, for millions of years, the jade emperor; the 4 divine beasts, and I were living in harmony "

" But the jade emperor became jealous! She didn't want one of her companions on to abandon her and come with me! So she ordered her most trusted general, the Dragon God, my one, and true friend, to kill me! "

Qianli analyzed the information in her head and tried to establish her own facts.

If the senior's story is true, that means the 4 divine beasts and the crow emperor were friends and she ordered them to seal him be... wait... her??

" Uh, emperor I'm lost, you just referred to the jade emperor as her? "

" Girl, did you not know? The Jade Emperor was a woman. "

This time Qianli was shocked beyond words

Wait, what about the tradition that the rulers must be males???

Why no one ever mentioned this???

Lots of questions continued to pop into her head.

" Furthermore, before my friend betrayed me he once told me he had romantic feelings for her... " This time the old man grinned with a sarcastic smile

" What a funny tragedy... because she was not allowed to love anyone, she didn't let her followers love anyone either.."

The old man stayed silent for a moment and continued

" Anyway, after my child was safely born, I was defeated by the Dragon God and sealed by the mystical power of his sword in the same location where your clan was once. "

" It was only a dozen of years ago that my spirit got released and I stumbled on this mortal that bears the same aura as my child! "

" I stayed low until this day because his body was gonna get harmed if I ever wake up from my slumber. My power is too tyrannical for him to control it! "

Xiao Feng was ashamed

ashamed that he was too weak to do anything

ashamed that he had to rely on others

Qianli patted his shoulder and smiled at him

" Don't worry, I will be always here for you. "

Xiao Feng's heart nearly exploded when he heard these words.

He smiled and calmed himself

The old man continued to watch the interaction between these 2 without interrupting them.

He sighed and continued

" Little girl, if you really want to help him, you have to look for my child's body. Only by reuniting The phoenix Gods body with it soul can you get the answers that you want. And it will also decide his future. "

" My friend once told me, the Phoenix God would've been the inheritor of the 4 divine beasts if history didn't change. "

" Find his legacy, that is also the only way to find clues about your clan! "

Qianli nodded;

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After listening to his story, Qianli shared some of the common knowledge she had with the senior, he was very interested since he was sleeping for too long.

When she finished she stood up, the crow emperor lost in thoughts suddenly said

"  I asked once the leader of the Darkness clan why they were not interested in power struggle "

" The answer astonished me more than anything, now that I know what happened to them I'm afraid of what will happen in the future... "

Qianli curiously asked " What did they say? "

" They said something about protecting this world from something. And only by staying there the world would be safe "