The Rising Phoenix

"Stupid! Just listen, the Fourth Prince is extremely stubborn. He needs to be confined for three months and won’t be allowed to leave his mansion. If he dares to step out, he’ll be thrown into prison for a year." The emperor issued the decree and then turned to Eunuch Ming. "Make sure to record it quickly."

The aide was dumbfounded when he heard the emperor’s decree. He thought that the emperor would get revenge for the fourth prince because the emperor seemed to treasure Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu, the fourth prince’s mother so much. However, the reality was so different. The fourth prince received the punishment instead.

Eunuch Ming went to the fourth prince’s mansion with the aide. Since the fourth prince could not stand up, Eunuch Ming read the decree in front of the fourth prince, who had been lying on the bed.

The fourth prince was shocked to hear the decree. He immediately confronted Eunuch Ming about the decree.

"Enunch Ming, why am I being punished?" The fourth prince shouted.

"Your Highness, His Majesty did it for your sake. You need to listen to His Majesty." Enunch Ming said.

"I don’t understand. Tell me about that." The fourth prince said.

"Your Highness, you might not know well the Black Moon Organisation. It is not a good place. If someone from their side knows that you want to get revenge on them, you would lose your life. His Majesty is trying to protect you by confining in you." Eunuch Ming sighed while explaining to the fourth prince.

"Humph! It is just an organisation. We are the empire. We don’t need to fear them." The fourth prince said.

Eunuch Ming sighed again. The fourth prince was still young and would never have understood the terror that the emperor experienced back then. He knew about that because he grew up with the emperor.

The emperor was like the fourth prince back then. He had just ascended to the throne and was eager to prove himself. When he heard about the Black Moon Organisation, he wanted to eradicate them. Back then, the Black Moon Organisation was not as big as it is today.

They were just a small group. So, the emperor thought he would be able to get rid of the Black Moon Organisation. However, the mission failed. The Black Moon Organisation managed to infiltrate the palace. The palace fell into chaos.

To save the empire and himself, the emperor begged the Black Moon Organisation. He even knelt down to a small kid. Turned out that the small kid was a leader of the Black Moon Organisation.

The small kid who was wearing the mask smiled coldly at the emperor. The emperor would not help to tremble facing the small kid.

The small kid wanted the emperor to promise never to disturb their organisation again. However, the whole royal family would go down and meet King Yama.

The emperor did not have any choice. He agreed on everything that Black Moon Organisation wanted. Following that incident, he ordered that no one speak of it again, as it was a source of great embarrassment.

....

It had been nearly a month since Bai Xifeng began her closed-door cultivation. She spent her time in a cave, meditating, eating, and meditating some more. Whenever she felt restless, she would sleep. Bai Xifeng began to lose track of time and was not sure how many days had passed since she started.

Under the guidance of Baishe and Heishe, Bai Xifeng diligently focused on her cultivation. She learned to convert the Qi around her and pour it into her Qi sea. She also received instruction on transforming poison into energy to facilitate her breakthrough.

Bai Xifeng could feel significant changes due to her relentless efforts. Her body felt increasingly hot, and that sensation was still growing.

Bai Xiang worried about his daughter and occasionally visited the area to check on her progress. After a few hours, he would leave, and the same was true for Bai Tingfeng.

Three more months passed. On a tranquil morning, they began to notice some unusual clouds gathering.

Bai Xiang recognized the nature of these clouds: they were tribulation clouds. His surprise grew. Who could be undergoing a breakthrough to reach the Nascent Soul Realm?

Many people saw the clouds and began to follow them. Bai Xiang and others realized that the clouds were heading towards the location of his daughter. Ultimately, they gathered directly above her. Bai Xiang frowned.

"Father, is Xixi going under tribulation right now?" Bai Tingfeng asked while looking at to the gathering cloulds.

The darkened clouds crackled with sparks of lightning, resembling the same phenomena that Bai Xiang experienced during his own breakthrough into the Nascent Soul Realm.

"I am afraid she is." Bai Xiang nodded.

"How? She is just a High Rank Congealing Channels Realm cultivator, the last time we saw her. How could she go through a breakthrough into a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator?" Bai Tingfeng was shocked.

"Your sister is not a normal one. She was born with a Phoenix blessing. Maybe that is why she was different." Bai Xiang said.

People began to gather around the area. They did not know who was going through the tribulation right now. At first, they thought it was Bai Xiang. But they saw Bai Xiang with his son talking normally. So, they were wrong. People began to wonder about the identity of the person.

***This novel is a contracted work with w e b n o v e l. c o m. If you do not read this novel on w e b n o v e l. c o m, that means it has been stolen. It breaks my heart when someone steals my hard work. Can you consider reading it on the original website for those who read my novel on another website besides w e b n o v e l .c o m, as your support to me? Thank you, from your shameless author, ZerahNeko***