The whale’s group was surprised by the news. After months of waiting, that egg was finally about to hatch.
Ruri and Coltia had worked tirelessly to gather treasures that could nourish the egg. During their time in the sect, before heading to the secret world, Ruri bought various items. Later, when they visited the city in that galaxy, they acquired even more resources. Almost everything the group collected in the Void Forest was left in the bestial world with Coltia to be used for nourishing the egg.
A huge amount of the best possible resources was dedicated to it; the whole group helped. All kinds of beast blood, precious medicines, and cores were used. Ruri waved her hand and retrieved the egg, which had grown impressively since Alm and Bruno brought it. Now, it was five meters tall.
Coltia and Runula stood beside the egg, and Liumi also emerged from the inventory, all of them looking anxious. With all this nourishment, countless bright lines appeared on the egg, and the life fluctuations emanating from it grew stronger. This indicated that the creature with a powerful Black Phoenix bloodline was about to be born.
"Corin, go get a flame control pill!" Ruri ordered loudly, and Corin nodded before running off.
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This pill was common among inexperienced alchemists, used to control their flames and avoid burning pills by messing up the temperature. The sect had a few low-level alchemists, and they sold them. It would be extremely useful for the newborn, who likely wouldn’t have control over its flames yet, which could cause problems.
In just a few minutes, many runes began spreading across the egg, and cracks appeared on the shell. Soon, a soft beak appeared, followed by a large piece of the shell falling to the ground with a metallic sound.
As the sounds of pecking continued, more and more pieces of the shell broke off until a chick finally emerged. It jumped out of the shell and let out a soft bird cry.
Everyone watched as the temperature of the environment increased dramatically, as if they were near an erupting volcano. The bird looked at Ruri and tried to move towards her but fell to the ground. Still featherless, its bare wings kept beating against the ground as it tried to get closer to Ruri.
They were in the sect’s center, in a spacious, empty area. The ground was paved with bricks that only divine cultivators could break, but to everyone’s surprise, the newborn chick was breaking the hard bricks beneath its feet as it struggled to move.
"Easy, Lieson, I’m here! Good job!" Ruri smiled, running up to comfort him. She also sent some Qi to calm his agitated emotions.
Even though he had just been born, the chick was already over four meters tall. His wings already had runes, and the strength with which he beat them against the ground suggested that just his physical power would be enough to easily kill a mortal cultivator.
Though Ruri managed to pacify the chick, he continued to cry out excitedly, and his voice grew louder. While the sound was pleasant, it was so intense that it shook everyone’s eardrums.
"Alright, that’s enough. Here, have your first meal." Ruri said, smiling, as she stroked the chick’s wing.
Perhaps driven by hunger, he finally stopped crying. Ruri then brought out giant beast corpses, which he began devouring ravenously. As he ate, everyone noticed his runes glowing faintly, and the sticky liquid still covering his body vanished instantly.
Coltia and Runula approached to examine his internal condition while he was distracted by his meal. From time to time, he would stop eating and turn to the two of them, excited, but they encouraged him to keep eating.
When Alm and Bruno handed the egg to Ruri, it was already at an advanced stage and ready to hatch. However, Coltia discovered they had placed a seal to prevent its birth, nourishing its body in the meantime.
She used her divine soul to easily remove the seal; from that point on, the consciousness inside the egg awakened. It recognized Ruri, Coltia, and Runula as part of its family. Coltia made sure Ruri nourished it with her Qi while it was still in the egg, fulfilling the role mothers usually played for beasts; thus, Lieson recognized Ruri as a mother.
After devouring three whole beasts, the chick seemed exhausted. He flapped his featherless wings, and his runes pulsed. Suddenly, the stone floor melted, and everyone felt the oppressive heat emanating from him.
He clearly seemed more alert and vibrant, and though he was still featherless, he already showed signs of being a primordial winged beast.
His wings moved as if he was trying to fly, but he couldn’t. Instead, he made a large hole in the ground, breaking all the bricks, and then covered the whale and others in dust. Shortly after, the sound of snoring filled the air.
Everyone turned to the newborn. Had he already digested everything?
"That was just to ignite his runes," Coltia commented.
"He reminds me of someone from the past. It seems there’s no limit to his hunger," Ruri said, laughing as she recalled a distant time. The whale, though appearing impassive, internally Alm and Bruno felt slighted. When they took over the body, it was the Behemoth bloodline that caused all that uncontrollable hunger.
"You’re still too young to fly. Here, eat something tasty." Ruri said, pulling out a meatball the size of a person from her spatial ring.
This large ball, similar to a medicinal pill, was a special food created by Beast Tamers according to their pets’ needs. Ruri had learned a lot about this from Coltia.
This ball contained ground bones and Beast cores, as well as blood and other ingredients. Additionally, it included essential nutrients and special spices that beasts liked.
Making these meatballs was a fundamental skill for any beast tamer. Ruri was no longer a child like when Deryu was born; this time, she had fully dedicated herself to making the best possible one for the little chick. And he, without wasting any time, began devouring it eagerly.
"Wow, it’s hot!" Corin exclaimed as he returned with the pills, laying eyes on the new creature for the first time. "Why is a featherless bird so ugly?"
Lieson, who had been focused on eating, suddenly stopped and turned to Corin. In an instant, everyone felt their skin burn from the intense heat that seemed to come out of nowhere. Lieson opened his beak and, with a sharp cry, flapped his wings.
*Whoooosh!*
Out of nowhere, Corin was engulfed in furious black flames. Everyone was stunned—the attack was so sudden it seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
Alm and Bruno were particularly shocked. They clearly realized that these flames weren’t a result of converting Qi into Laws. The young Dark Phoenix simply roared in anger, and the celestial laws responded to his call, assisting in the direct attack.
Theoretically, it was an unavoidable attack—impossible to dodge; the only option was to face it head-on. Corin, caught off guard, didn’t have time to prepare a defense. But, being experienced, he quickly activated all of his physical cultivation the moment the flames appeared.
Suddenly, a rainbow-colored ring appeared within the black flames, surprising everyone. Was Corin really giving it his all?
Three seconds later, Lieson staggered, and the flames died out. When the smoke cleared, everyone saw Corin completely burned, his skin blackened. His Qi was utterly drained; if the attack had lasted a second longer, he would have turned to ash with no chance of defending himself.
"Lieson, you can’t act like that! You need to learn to tell the difference between friends and enemies!" Ruri scolded him harshly.
The little Dark Phoenix let out a few chirps that sounded as if he felt wronged, surprising everyone with his already advanced intelligence.
Corin huffed dryly and tossed the pills to Ruri, who caught them and forced Lieson to swallow them. Then, she listened carefully to his chirps for a long time until a smile crept onto her lips.
"Lieson said he thought Corin was so ugly that he felt sorry for burning him. He just wanted to scare him and didn’t even use all his strength."
Ruri explained while Corin huffed in irritation but remained silent under Calirer’s cold stare. He had spoken too much, not expecting Lieson to understand his words so soon after being born.
"I’ll forgive you because you didn’t know him, but he could’ve died if he were a bit weaker. If you attack again without my permission… Deryu will tell you all about the kinds of punishments I like to give. I’m very creative—I’ve trained a lot with him and made several different levels. Remember that well." Ruri said slowly, and Lieson trembled from head to toe.
Coltia huffed dryly; if she were in Ruri’s place, there would be no forgiveness. On the other hand, Runula gently patted Lieson’s head, comforting him; he seemed to appreciate her affection. The hierarchy was already clear: Runula was like a doting older sister, while Deryu was the older brother who had already suffered a lot. And Coltia was the strict sister who would report him if he stepped out of line.
Liumi just chuckled lightly—her role would be as someone outside the family. Everyone in the group would help, and Lieson never felt the absence of parents.
Bruno nodded and used his faith power to heal Corin. The others in the group smiled slightly. Lieson was half Dark Phoenix, half Dark Elf, but the primordial beast’s bloodline was much stronger and more dominant. Like his mother, he barely had any elven traits; his true body was that of a complete bird, likely similar to a Phoenix.
The bloodline of a primordial beast was a terrifying inheritance, and his growth speed would be just as rapid. Everyone recognized how powerful he already was, and no one would complain about having another strong ally in the group. But for Alm and Bruno, it also meant another headache, as his growth would demand a lot of resources.