Time passed by as Heifeng Jiansui and his maids talked. They spent most of the time training together while Heifeng Jiansui didn’t have much time to accompany them these days.

Until now, they had cultivated like flying, soaring high while remaining stable. Yet after rising to the peak 6th Layer of Body Transformation, their progress had slowed down due to the lack of challenge. The Island’s beasts were too weak now.

Complaining about this, Qinglan Weiwei poured Heifeng Jiansui some wine. Her seductively large bust brushed against his shoulder as she offered him the glass.

“That’s only to be expected. I have made arrangements for you all… The sect I intend to send you to will certainly help your tempering. However, this island will have to be abandoned…” Heifeng Jiansui sipped the wine as he said this in a pitying tone.

“If you wish so, we all will stay here to guard this island.” Qinglan Weiwei’s heroic expression nearly made Heifeng Jiansui sputter out his drink.

“No-no need to worry. I need you stronger more than this island needs inhabitants. Anyway, this island has a permanent inhabitant.” Saying this, he thought of the dragon he had sealed here.

“Young master, what sect are you sending us to?” Feilong Yanyang, the fiery phoenix maid couldn’t help but ask.

“The Sect I belong to, of course… The Nineyuan Heavenly Gate.” Hearing this, shock filled expressions of the girls.

“But young master, weren’t you a part of the Ten Thousand Sword Paradise?” At this question, Heifeng Jiansui shook his head.

“After I joined the Nineyuan Heavenly Gate as a successor disciple, I became an honorary disciple of the Ten Thousand Sword Paradise.” An honorary sect disciple… He was granted this status in the Five Sacred Beast Sect’s hierarchy by Baifeng Tianxin’s father, allowing him to read through the majority of the sect’s book collection. And now he possessed the same status in the Ten Thousand Sword Paradise.

An honorary disciple… while they didn’t gain any resources from the Sect, they were paid higher if they accepted missions from the sect. They could trade treasures with the sect and had limited permission to participate in the sect’s competitions and enter sect heritages. If Heifeng Jiansui was willing to pay the price, he could obtain the apex inheritances of the two sects!

Of course, these lesser sect’s inheritances were like frogs in a well compared to Nineyuan Heavenly Gate. Heifeng Jiansui didn’t need these positions but they might prove useful someday.

Heifeng Jiansui removed 5 tokens from his spatial ring and tossed it at the girls who all caught one.

“This token will allow you all to join the Nineyuan Heavenly Gate as an inner disciple. You all should say your goodbyes in the Black Phoenix World before leaving.”

The girls looked at each other before Qinglan Weiwei solemnly replied. “All of us here… are ready to go to the sect at any moment.”

Heifeng Jiansui thought for a moment before saying, “Well then. I can form a portal to send you off. Are you sure you are ready to go?”

Hearing this, the girls pulled out some jade slips and poured their thoughts within them before sending them on their way.

“Well then, it seems you are eager to go. I will leave you a few words before I send you off then.” Surprised by the eagerness of the maids, Heifeng Jiansui thought for some moments before speaking. “I do have some connections in the sect so you don’t need to be subservient and bow your head. But don’t act too arrogant either, maintain calmness with the heart on cultivation. Cultivate well when I am gone. I suspect that my trial might take a few years so I might be a true cultivator when I return. At that time… I hope you are strong enough to act as my helpers.”

The girls didn’t dare underestimate Heifeng Jiansui’s talent. All of them had built up a strong foundation as mortals, even gaining insight into their Daohearts. They had techniques suited to them for the qi, bloodlines and battle spirits. Their insight into the Martial Dao surpassed their boundaries. Reaching Life Desolation was inevitable.

Yet who was the one who allowed them to reach such heights?

Heifeng Jiansui wasn’t like them, having inherited a peerless bloodline, having peerless talent and bless with a peerless disposition. Before him, who would dare parade as a talent? If he actually began cultivating, it would be only natural for him to surpass them! What use would they all be then?

Warm his bed? Thinking about this, the images of three beauties caused the maids to regretfully shake their heads.

Baifeng Tianxin, that little loli shared fate with him. The young master was reluctant to consider her more than a little girl, but later on…

Heifeng Xingmei was his blood sister but she had already declared her love for him, gaining the approval of the Emperor. The young master was reluctant to consider her more than an elder sister, but later on…

Ganwu Aina was a disciple of the Ten Thousand Sword Sect who arrived to congratulate his ascension to Crown Prince, and nothing much was known about her. The young master was reluctant about her, but the moment he came of age he…

‘These women were too exceptional! In beauty, can’t compete! In talent, can’t compete! In lineage, we are just servants...’ This depressing thought filled their hearts, but when they thought of their new positions as inner disciples, they were filled with ambition!

It was the strongest, most mysterious sect of the era! There, as long as they battled fiercely, they could raise their talents, make connections with exceptional lineages and much, much more! This was a chance for rebirth!

“Young master, we will certainly cultivate with our hearts and minds! We will try our best to follow you on your path!” Saying this, the quintet bowed to their young master.

Hearing their words, Heifeng Jiansui was surprised. They words they were saying… many people had said them to him in his past. Not all of them could follow. And long ago, he too said these words to a certain person…

“Well then, I wish you good luck then.” He immediately produced a talisman upon saying this, shattering it with a single crush. A vortex tore open in the space, like a sudden tear on paper.

Facing the surprised maids, he called out to them. “Go then. Next time when we meet, I hope you won’t disappoint me.”

Without a single reply, without turning back, all of the maids stepped into the void. The transmission complete, the portal closed.

Heifeng Jiansui left the manor that was now devoid of inhabitants. It was now time to see how much strength Heifeng Xingmei and Jiuxie had gained. They would need it if they wished to traverse the Black Phoenix Ancestral Heritage alongside him.

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The Ninebless Phoenix Sect’s building was like an imperial mansion. The ruins had been refurbished after Heifeng Jiansui’s succession and though barren, gave off the impression of a quietness and tranquility.

There was no dilapidation, shattered walls and spilled blood. The perfume of flowers filled the sect. There were some sects with few disciples, either due to excessive requirements or failing prosperity. Ninebless Phoenix Sect gave off such an impression.

Even though Heifeng Jiansui had walked through these halls before, it still felt like stepping into a new world. He made his way to the core of the sect, entering a secret hall. This was the core of the Sect, where three heaven defying secrets were sealed. A treasure that kept a world, a sealed dragon and a time acceleration hall…

Entering inside the time accelerated training hall, Heifeng Jiansui found that the two beauties were training their weapon techniques.

Heifeng Jiuxie danced with twin battle fans in hand. The white and black fans opened and closed with a flick of a wrist, a wave calling wind and fire to rain. Within her elegant dance, the laws of the Nine Elements gathered into Yin-Yang as killing techniques… This was the essence of the Black Phoenix Nine Dao’s First Principle, Yin-Yang Three Great Dao!

Meanwhile, Heifeng Xingmei’s spear was slithery like a snake with impact like a meteor. The principles of Life and Death infused into the spear caused the killing aura to condense until it was invisible yet could kill with a thought… This was the essence of the Black Phoenix Nine Dao’s Second Principle, Reincarnation Three Supreme Dao!

Seeing the two training with such vigor that they failed to notice him, Heifeng Jiansui smirked, yet was too lazy to remind them.

When their training ended, seeing Heifeng Jiansui lazily leering at their sweaty figures while using his sword as a support caused their hearts to beat. But when they moved further to approach him, they felt that he was far away. On an impulse, they awakened their phoenix eyes and saw through the laws and the energy patterns surrounding him.

Heifeng Jiansui seemed to have created a spatial maze around him as the layers of space around him caused a strange mirage. But they could tell that these weren’t spatial laws. Their bloodlines frenzied as information was sent to their spirit by them… this wasn’t space manipulation but a realm that surpassed it by far! This was direct reality distortion, this was world creation! This was the essence of the Black Phoenix Nine Dao’s Third Principle, Chaotic Three Universal Dao!