Chapter 64

In front of Itachi was his younger brother Sasuke, looking at him with great admiration in his eyes.

"Onii-chan! Can you help me practice with the Kunai today?" Little Sasuke asked with a smile on his face.

Jasmine, hearing the name Itachi called, was shocked. She didn't expect Itachi to have a younger brother, especially when she had never seen Itachi mention or think anything like that.

"So even he has a younger brother..." She thought and looked at Sasuke. She could see the resemblance he had to Itachi.

In front of her eyes, she saw a small fragment of Itachi's memories of talking to his younger brother Sasuke. She could feel Itachi's sadness when he couldn't help his younger brother's training.

Looking at his younger brother, Itachi knew this was probably an illusion created by the Phoenix, especially when he heard the Phoenix's voice sounding in this space.

"If you want to pass the trial, kill him." The Phoenix's ethereal voice sounded.

From the beginning, Itachi never wanted to come to this trial to get the Phoenix's inheritance. Even if he did, he would never have the courage to kill his younger brother, so all he did was stand there while teaching his younger brother how to use a Kunai.

The illusion continued for a few more minutes until it slowly faded. Itachi felt his consciousness slowly becoming blurred, and by the time he realized it was back to the initial darkness of when he entered the testing ground.

"You passed all three trials." The Phoenix's voice sounded again at the same time as a pair of golden eyes stared at Itachi with slight surprise on her face.

The Phoenix didn't know where Itachi had come from. The Phoenix herself was surprised at the background of the boy in front of her. Even as a Divine being, she had never seen a world as different as the one in Itachi's memory.

"For passing my trial, you will receive three drops of the Divine Phoenix Blood Origin, you will also receive a portion of the Divine Phoenix Soul Essence, and your third reward will be the Profound Art that only the heir of the Phoenix God can study, the Phoenix Lyric World. Profound Art can only be studied for one month. It will be your bad luck if you can't understand anything." The Phoenix's voice sounded again.

Itachi was a little surprised to receive so many rewards just for passing a trial like this, but as he had told himself, he had no interest in this inheritance.

"I appreciate it, but I don't need that inheritance..." He quietly declined.

"Yes, the reward that this Phoenix has given you is amazing. You don't need to hesitate... WAIT! WHAT DID YOU SAY?" At first, the Phoenix's voice seemed full of kindness, but by the end, her tone was complete with shock and disbelief.

"How dare you refuse the rewards given by this Phoenix! Do you know how many people would kill to receive this inheritance?!" The Phoenix's voice sounded with a hint of disbelief.

Even Jasmine, silent since the third trial ended, said a few words in Itachi's mind.

"Accept the rewards of the Phoenix. They can easily help you overcome many stages of cultivation."

Even though the Phoenix and Jasmine told him to accept, Itachi maintained his stance of not getting, and it wasn't because he was too proud or anything like that. He just felt that he was not compatible with this inheritance and that it might do more harm than accepting.

Itachi only took the manuals of the Phoenix Profound Art because he felt that if he memorized such a Profound Art, he could make some modifications to the sect's Profound Arts.

The Phoenix was silent after seeing that Itachi understood her Profound Arts. The Phoenix knew that once Itachi understood the complexity of her Profound Arts, he would most likely accept her inheritance.

But against the Phoenix's expectations, it only took Itachi ten minutes to memorize the two Profound Arts manuals. And it was all because of his Sharingan that he could learn anything.

A light shone in Itachi's head, showing that he had fully understood the two manuals, leaving the Phoenix even more shocked and determined to have Itachi as its descendant.

"You leave me no choice..." The Phoenix's voice rang out as it used its cultivation pressure above the Sovereign Profound Realm to force Itachi to accept its blood and soul.

Itachi initially thought that the Phoenix would not force him to obtain her inheritance, but seeing the Phoenix's actions now, he just mentally shook his head as he allowed the Phoenix to do as it pleased.

He knew his body better than anyone else, so it was useless for the Phoenix to try to force anything incompatible with Itachi's body.

"WHAT? My blood evaporated when it came in contact with yours?!" The Phoenix said in disbelief at the situation.

The Phoenix forcefully made Itachi absorb her three drops of blood, but in the end, those drops of blood proved useless as they disappeared inside Itachi's body. With her pride crushed, the Phoenix took twice as many drops of blood and again tried to make Itachi absorb, but in the end, the result was the same.

"Impossible! That has never happened before!" The Phoenix's voice sounded.

"I can't believe I can't make him accept my inheritance!"

Saying those words, the Phoenix forcefully took almost all the remaining Blood Essence and the rest of her soul, leaving it with only a tiny remnant to continue existing for a few more years.

"Haha! This time, I doubt your body won't accept my bloodline!" the Phoenix said in an arrogant voice, utterly different from its previous tone used to speak to Itachi.

The Phoenix began to think that her action now was similar to that of her former companion in the Realm of the Gods.

Itachi was the most surprised by the Phoenix's actions. He never expected it to take such radical steps to get an heir of his Profound Arts. But he still shook his head, knowing he couldn't get the Phoenix's inheritance, or at least that's what he thought the Phoenix was doing.

He waited for the Phoenix to try and get him to absorb her blood, but what he expected didn't happen. The Phoenix seemed to be merging the drops of blood and Soul Essence.

"Hmph! I've already figured out your compatibility with that damn raven, so I want to see what her reaction will be when she sees this!" The Phoenix said with a huge laugh as it sent something into Itachi's Universe.

Initially, the Phoenix intended to send this gift into Itachi's soul, but when she tried this, she realized that there seemed to be something protecting Itachi's soul, so all she could do was place her gift in the same place where the little girl from the Realm of the Gods was.

Jasmine, who was inside Itachi's Universe, felt something coming at the planet she was on, and when she realized that what had entered the Universe was an egg. She didn't know how to react.

Itachi, the Universe's owner, also sensed this egg containing a vast vitality inside.

"Very well, you may leave." The Phoenix said in a slightly tired voice as she sent Itachi out of the testing ground.

The Phoenix seemed to have realized that Itachi had some questions, but as if angry, she just kicked him out.