Absolute Phoenix Cliff

The green scenery beyond the wall of the Divine Phoenix City felt miraculous, emitting a very lively atmosphere, while oozing a vibrant vitality that occupied the air. Numerous carts and carriage could be spotted entering the humongous gate of the city.

Even if they possessed a very powerful cultivation base, they wouldn't dare to enter the city through flight. Only a few exceptions could ignore the power of the protectors of this city, and obviously, these cultivators are not one of the few.

However, the scene isn't the same for the Absolute Phoenix Cliff, a spooky wind could be felt everywhere, chilling your spine to its core. A devastating aura of death hanged at the sky, scaring countless cultivators from daring to enter this place.

This is the place where countless criminals that the Divine Phoenix City captured were killed. They are the people who dared to bare their fangs and harbor ill intent towards the Divine Phoenix City. Only the upper echelons of the Divine Phoenix Sect would occasionally visit this place.

Suddenly, a shining gold light shone across the whole mountain range, illuminating even the deathly silent cliff. Countless ancient markings rotated across the sky, as if a godly being is descending from the heavenly realm. The light extended beyond the Absolute Phoenix Cliff, reaching even its neighboring valley. Every single being within the range, looked up at the sky without an ounce of hesitation. They were amazed by the sight.

*Shua*

Beneath the cliff, where the golden light originated, came a ripple of power that made every profound beast around the cliff shiver. They all felt the power of space within that ripple, forcing them to run away from the cliff because of the instinctively imminent threat that clouded their mind.

*Boom*

An ear-deafening sound suddenly reverberated throughout the cliff, as if something of insanely heavy object was dropped down to the ground. Dusts spread around like a huge mass of cloud, slightly obstructing the golden light from spreading.

After the dust settled, what appeared was a huge scarlet dragon that emitted a very fragile aura. Its body was in tatters, as different huge scars could be traced within its body. However, those scars soon vanished from its body, as the dragon's fragile aura magically recovered, bringing a very powerful dragon aura that rocked the land around it.

"That was close…"

A sigh could be heard then, with a young man suddenly appearing beside the scarlet dragon. He has a handsome countenance and indifferent demeanor that could catch the eyes of ladies. He inspected his surroundings, while also absorbing the information he had retrieved from the Information Dimension.

"Big brother Tatsuya, where are we?"

What appeared behind Tatsuya, was a cute teenager girl that still hadn't let go off Tatsuya's clothes. She stared at Tatsuya with her inquiring eyes, filled with curiosity and disappointment towards herself. Tatsuya shook his head, as he smiled at Chu Xin with his clear blue eyes.

"Don't blame yourself, Chu Xin. It wasn't your fault."

"B-but!"

"Don't 'but' any longer. Let's first focus on our current situation. Thankfully, you are not hurt."

"Yes. It's because of Big Brother Tatsuya's profound skill!"

Seeing that Chu Xin's disappointment gradually began to fade away, Tatsuya felt relieved that the previous event didn't affected Chu Xin that much. Rather, she became more emotionally stronger than before. It isn't that obvious that much yet, but Chu Xin is visibly becoming tougher every single second.

"It seems that we're at the Absolute Phoenix Cliff. An area within the Divine Phoenix Empire."

"We really teleported away… Big Brother Tatsuya, what kind of technique did you use to escape in that single moment?"

Tatsuya stared at Chu Xin's curious eyes, as he really now felt the huge changes that occurred within Chu Xin since they separated from each other. Before, he wasn't able to meticulously inspect Chu Xin's improvement in her emotional aspect, but now, he could see that Chu Xin had already become a cultivator. Although, she's still at the beginning phases, it's still unprecedented for someone of her age to quickly mature.

"Looks like Xin'er learned a lot of things from the New Moon Profound Palace. The technique that I used to teleport away is called The Space Formation Diagram. It is a formation diagram that I created based on my knowledge about space."

"Amazing!"

Tatsuya knew it himself that as time passes, his knowledge becomes larger and larger because of his instantaneous access to the Information Dimension. He is typically cheating when it comes to comprehension because of this insane ability. The wider and larger his knowledge becomes, the stronger his formation mastery becomes.

Right now, his formation mastery could stand beside his cultivation strength easily. Fortunately, this planet is filled with different natural laws of the primordial chaos, which made it easier for Tatsuya to learn their properties and characteristics.

"You can someday also do that, Xin'er."

"Yes. I'll become stronger than I am now, so I could proudly stand beside big brother!"

"Good…"

Tatsuya then placed his hand on Chu Xin's head, and began patting her head. Chu Xin's eyes turned into slits because of the happiness that she could feel just from Tatsuya's action. They both really looked like a pair of siblings that was simply lost amidst a cliff.

"Now then. Scarlet Dragon, you're finally awake, right?"

Tatsuya lifted his eyes away from Chu Xin, as he stared at his side where a huge Scarlet Dragon could be seen. The dragon aura of the Scarlet Dragon is gradually becoming more violent and destructive, just like the power of space that once almost scraped its body apart.

"This lowly dragon can't find any words to describe its gratitude towards Your Majesty!"

*Thud*

The Scarlet Dragon unhesitatingly kowtowed before Tatsuya, despite its huge frame and pride as a dragon. It knew that even dragons are meaningless and nothing before the man before it. It is simply his fortune and blessing to be saved by the man before him.

"Scarlet Dragon, I see that you have broken through once again towards the middle stages of Emperor Profound Realm…"

"Yes, Your Highness. It is because of the space distortion that I personally felt, it made me broke through my fear over the space."

"You're quite the lucky dragon."

Tatsuya knew that every being within the universe possesses their own fears towards different entity. It is also something that could greatly affect their talent and future. If they somehow managed to overcome even a single fear, it would allow them to exponentially gain strength.

This was the case for the Scarlet Dragon who feared the power of space. Recalling back to Tatsuya's first interaction with the Scarlet Dragon, he used his power too much that it caused the space to shake. Although, it wasn't that scary compared to the actual space distortion, it still managed to scare the Scarlet Dragon.

"What do you plan to do now, Your Highness?"

The Scarlet Dragon is a new company, and normally, it wouldn't act so brazenly as to ask Tatsuya about his plans. However, it knew that when Tatsuya saved itself from the space distortion, Tatsuya already planned to make the Scarlet Dragon accompany them.

"Well, I plan on going to the Phoenix Divine City to enjoy its view, and to also hide from our enemies for a certain time."

"Big brother, what were those things? Before we actually teleported away from the mountain range, I caught a glimpse of it…"

As Chu Xin finished her statement, her little fist formed a grip. Tatsuya felt surprised by Chu Xin's reaction. Instead of being shaken in fear, she actually felt excited and curious about the future. It seems that her sighting on that being broadened her horizons.

"Those are the incarnation of the Divine Beasts that once served directly under the Dragon God. Although, they are now just mere incarnation, their strength was far beyond my own."

"A-are you actually talking about the Dragon God, Your Highness?!"

"Dragon God?"

The Scarlet Dragon's body began to shake, clearly showing its innate fear towards the beings that actually tried to capture them alive. It was a dragon, and obviously, was born with a knowledge that the Dragon God's strength is the absolute peak form of dragons.

Meanwhile, Chu Xin lifted her whitish chin up, as she felt familiarity over the title of Dragon God. She began to recall her memories that she had received from the pentagon mark. However, despite her painstakingly efforts, she couldn't remember why she felt this familiarity. She couldn't help but stare at Tatsuya with her inquiring eyes.

"Dragon God, is the King of the Beasts. A True God that once stood at the peak, overshadowing the whole universe with his might and authority. Although, it sounds amazing yet confusing, it really still isn't time for the both of you to learn these things…"

"Then, I just have to get stronger, so I could learn more things about them!"

Tatsuya couldn't help but shake his head, as he stared at the lively Chu Xin. It really is a contrasting difference between the Chu Xin that he saw from the New Moon Profound Palace, compared to the Chu Xin who is speaking before him now.

"Scarlet Dragon, you are too big. You wouldn't fit inside the Divine Phoenix City without attracting numerous attention…"

Hearing Tatsuya's remarks, the Scarlet Dragon drooped its head low. It somehow felt awkward of its own size, but it cannot do anything about it, unless he had achieved the level of Sovereign Profound Realm, where he could undergo the Dragon Awakening.

"So, I need you to change into a humanoid form…"

"But, Your Highness, I'm still not at that level yet."

"I know, that's why I'll personally help you achieve a humanoid form."

The Scarlet Dragon blanked out, when it heard Tatsuya's sentence. It could still remember the miraculous power that Tatsuya used on itself, to strip of his senses, rendering him fear-stricken for quite some time. But the Scarlet Dragon still did not expect that Tatsuya would actually help it.

"This dragon is thankful for Your Majesty. I promise not to bare my claws behind your backs!"

"Yes, so stop kneeling every single time that you are thankful. It is quite… unnatural."

"Forgive this dragon!"

"I said, stop kneeling!"

"Y-yes…"

The Scarlet Dragon slowly undid its kowtowing position according to Tatsuya's wishes. It then stared at Tatsuya with its dragon eyes filled with respect and veneration. If back then, the Dragon only respected Tatsuya because of his strength, then now, the Dragon really developed a respect for Tatsuya from the very bottom of its heart.

"Now then… Eidos Manipulation…"

"Activate…"

Suddenly, a ripple of strange and unknown energy flashed through the Scarlet Dragon's body. It is an energy that even Chu Xin found herself, that she can't even sense its existence at all. Even with the help of the pentagon mark's power, she couldn't actually grasp the flow of that energy. The energy felt like it had a very powerful will to only follow Tatsuya.

*Woosh*

Chu Xin was caught off guard, as her jaw dropped because of her shock. In that single instant, the Scarlet Dragon became a crimson-haired youth with an extremely fancy set of draconic eyes. The youth emitted a slightly powerful aura, but it still showed his might as a Throne Profound Beast.

"I wasn't even able to react to it…"

Such statement formed within the minds of Chu Xin and Scarlet Dragon, because they knew that it only took a single instant for the Scarlet Dragon to turn into humanoid form. They were both expecting that it would take at least a few seconds, but Tatsuya's power completely exceeded both their expectation.

Albeit not knowing every single thing in the universe, Chu Xin already knew different things about the universe because of the pentagon mark. She is already aware of another big realm beyond the Nine Mortal Realms. She knew based on her common sense that Dragon Awakening is some sort of process in which the dragon will be able to fully assimilate with its own dragon blood, granting the Dragon the ability to shapeshift into different type of beings. It wasn't something that will occur in just a short few years, more obviously for a few seconds. But Tatsuya still exceeded that, and went ahead in just a single second.

"This Dragon is thankful from the bottom of its heart…"

"Mm. But don't think that your Dragon Awakening is done already. What I only did was to shapeshift you into a humanoid form. You can also hide your draconic eyes at your will."

"Thank you, milord!"

The respect and veneration of the Scarlet Dragon towards Tatsuya only continued to increase. It had never met someone stronger than itself other than Tatsuya. However, the Dragon knew that it is still far too weak compared to the beings that is on that red-haired girl's level.

The Dragon had never possessed anything other than its own arrogance and self-empathy, but now that Tatsuya is standing before it, a sprout of desire blossomed within the dragon's soul. It is the desire to get stronger, just to simply enjoy the sight that Tatsuya could see. The realm that the Dragon never imagined before. The realm of the Gods!

"Well then, looks like we have quite a powerful visitor…"

"Eh?"

Tatsuya said to Chu Xin and the Scarlet Dragon, without any fluctuation within his blue eyes. He then shifted his gaze towards an approaching figure that seemed brittle and little compared to the cliff. Chu Xin also followed Tatsuya's gaze, and stared at the approaching figure.

"Who?"

Chu Xin asked herself, as she knew that the approaching figure is currently stronger than her. After all, she couldn't even sense her arrival even though the figure is already closer than ever. She readied her stance, but was stopped by Tatsuya who only indifferently stared at the figure.

The Scarlet Dragon also stopped baring its fangs towards the approaching figure, when it received Tatsuya's instruction not to show hostility towards the figure. The figure had not even once showed a hint of ill intent towards them thus Tatsuya returned the favor.

They all saw a petite figure from the mountain range. The figure stared at them with curiosity, not a hint of malicious intention could be traced from the figure's eyes. The figure soon directly jumped into the cliff with confidence.

The figure then gracefully landed into the land, without a scratch from jumping that high, that even took away the lives of several Thrones in the past few centuries. She has a delicate and perfect complexion that surely could steal a breath from countless men. She has a beautiful and dreamy eye that could grab you into the dreamland without noticing anything.

"I can't believe that the only Princess of the Divine Phoenix Empire actually came here…"

Although, Chu Xin had only heard rumors about the beautiful lady before them, she instantly knew that the lady before her is Feng Xue'er. The most beautiful woman in the Profound Sky Continent. But even then, standing before Feng Xue'er, Chu Xin still felt confident and didn't backed out. They are certainly both heavenly beauties that could steal the hearts of men with only their presence.

"May I know why you are here?"

Tatsuya then took a step forward, not a thread of emotion could be seen on his face and eyes, as he just simply stared at Feng Xue'er without any attachments. Tatsuya already knew that this woman must have sensed and saw the golden light of the Space Formation Diagram, thus she quickly went here because of curiosity. After all, the Absolute Phoenix Cliff and Phoenix Perching Valley is only a few miles away from each other.

"I… am here to excavate treasures!"

"Huh?"