Jean, I'm sorry...

When Jean closed his eyes he could feel the reality spinning around himself and when it ended, he found himself in house, he looked around and noticed that it was the same house he was living before buying another one for living alone, then he found himself looking at a mirror and was shocked. [bleach ost-Never Meant to Belong]

His body was to the size of a 9 years old, his hair was short and blonde, he had a pair of glasses and some bruises inside his shirt, but the thing that attracted him the most were his eyes, since he was born he came with a fault, his right eye's veins weren't built good while he was in the mother's belly, and so it happened that his right eye's sclera was blood red that came from the faulty veins.

For this he was bullied at the Elementary school, everyone treated him in class as a monster except for the teachers who knew about his condition, before he had an eyepatch, but a kid surprised him from behind and took his eyepatch, letting the other kids see his right eye, they were disgusted from him and called him either a monster or freak.

Even if the teachers stopped the kids they just got more rougher, until a kid of a year above him found out about him and tried to act like an hero that defeated the monster so he beaten him over and over again. That was the day after a month from that.

Jasmine was observing everything from the pearl that was still shocked from the appearance of the child that should be Jean in his previous life, when she seen the bruises on his body her heart was full of pain.

The man that she loved, the one with an immesurable strength that could destroy anything just by standing there, being so hard to injure him that becoming a True God at the age of 10 would seem only something that is completely possible, almost always with a smile and trying to make her laughing and succeding, the man who she would give everything to stay together with him.

Now was only a mere child that could be killed with just her gaze.

Suddenly they could hear some steps and turned to find a middle-aged woman came, she had similar blonde hair of Jean, but they were longer, she was wearing an apron and had in her hand a wooden spoon, behind her apron she had a purple shirt and jeans that made her figure even better, her face was something that no woman at her age could have, she was the perfect wife of anyone.

But no one tried anything with her because she was a bit stronger than most people, she learned martial arts and got a black belt for that, and her muscles, even if almost invisible they were strong.

then Jasmine heard a sad voice coming from Jean, who was crying.

Jean: M-mom?

when the middle-aged woman that seemed to be his mother heard that, she turned and found Jean full of bruises and the eyepatch on his other hand, her expression became full of sorrow and rushed to hug Jean

Mom: hey son… It's ok, I am here now… no one will hurt you… shhhhh…

after a moment from that, Jean could feel his chest aching, but it wasn't from his heart, it was because when she came hugging him, she stabbed his chest with a knife hidden in her apron.

Jean: m-mom? what are you doing? it hurts...

then a knife appeared in his hand

Phoenix: defend yourself, and win....

Jean was scared because he was dying again, but it wasn't like that time with the bullet, but it was because the only person who cared about him since he was born despite his conditions was killing him, but instead obeying his instincts of repay her, he let fall his knife in the ground

Mom: I am sorry, Jean... I didn't want to do this...

Jean: It's ok... I am not part of this world anymore... But i always loved you for helping me in every single moment i needed help... I don't care if it's you to kill me... Mom...

then the scene distorted again and Jean closed his teary eyes, when he opened them again and found himself back in Yun Che's body with teary eyes, then the spirit of the phoenix appeared in front of him

Jean: I've failed... I can't kill my own mother, the person who cared the most of me in my previous life... I already knew that it was all fake... but i can't insult her memories like this, even if i had to choose to burn a strand of her hair, if you wanted me to kill her, then you though wrong that I would really do it.

I am not sorry that I failed this trial, but I thank you to make me see again her, even if it was only an illusion.

the spirit of the phoenix was in silence for a while before saying to Jean

Phoenix: You passed

Jean: wait what?!

Phoenix: yes, you passed, i think you know why the people from the clan are cursed.

Jean: yes, it's because their ancestor cared only... for... you son of a bitch! you wanted to see if I was like him!

Phoenix: I don't like the words you used but yes, it was to see if power was everything to you, but it clearly wasn't

Jean: then, can I leave now?

Phoenix: what do you mean?

Jean: Didi you forget? I came here because I wanted your soul, but then you made me encourage for the trial, I didn't even want the reward! I can't even use the power of the Phoenix because I can't use the Profound Energy!

Phoenix: well, you are going to get it anyway, because you have the Evil God's veins in that body, possess the sky poison pearl, being here despise not wanting to do the trial and spending time with me, and to perfectely pass the third trial, I will give you 5 drops of the Phoenix blood.

Because it was you the one to complete the challenge, the original owner of the body will use only the power of 1 drop.

[after 20 minutes]

Phoenix: good, it seems you've successfully fused with the 5 drops of Phoenix blood, now I'll give you this Divine Phoenix Pill and the fragment of the [World Ode of the Phoenix], only you will have knowledge about how to use the latter because the original owner of the body isn't present.

then he made appear a white colored jade bottle and a broken piece of white jade

Phoenix: Inside the white colored jade bottle is precisely the Divine Phoenix Pill. It can increase your control of the fire energy by a substantial amount. However, beca-

Jean: yes yes, I have the evil god's fire seed and it will only raise my strength... why the [World Ode of the Phoenix] is broken?

Phoenix: tsk... in these days no one has respect for us divine beasts... *sigh* It's that fucker of the other spirit of the phoenix that got corrupted from the Divine Phoenix Sect and fought against me....

Jean: oh, yeah... those things can happen... who would believe me, that guy was a dipshit.

Phoenix: yeah... well, I am going to give you a month to learn in that [World Ode of the Phoenix]'s remains...

Jean took out a phone and made a photo on it, then he left it in the sky poison pearl and started learning after he took the Divine Phoenix Pill

Jean: can I go?

Phoenix: yes, you can... It was nice to talk with you... good bye... Oh yeah, I almost forgot, the time may pass faster outside

Jean: bye

then Jean left and found himself in front of a crying Lan Xueruo, he got a frown and got near her and asked

Jean: hey Xueruo, what's happening?

Lan Xueruo: Jean... finally you are back... I though you died...

Jean: what are you talking about? I was there only for half hour!

Lan Xueruo: I don't get it, you were gone for a month!

Jean: eh?...