Awakening

"You have to calm your mind first, crown princess, or it will be difficult to reach the low level of spirit awakening" an old scholar said.

"I´m trying but it is so difficult to do it while everybody is watching me" a young girl replied.

"Hahaha, all the members of the royal family and important guests are watching since you not only have the ability to cultivate with mana but also, you are able to practice spirit cultivation. And what is more shocking about it is that despite your bloodline comes from the Immortal Phoenix, it has a mutation.

You have seen it right? Your fire attribute is not red and warm, but blue and cold. You have also reached the Low Initiate Mage level of the Second Current. It will be only a matter of time before you reach the Low True Mage level with your talent and bloodline.

Now calm your mind, stabilize your breathing and focus on feeling your spirit. Once you do it, try to connect it with your bloodline" explained the scholar.

He has been in charge of guiding the princess´s cultivation and protecting her life. The moment she was born, blue flames were emitted from her body. When she was 4, she awakened her magic cultivation reaching in one go the Medium of Core Formation of the First Current. Half year later she already was at the Peak of Liquid Mana. She was only 12 years old. The speed at which she was advancing was shocking.

He knew that she was a genius and it will only take her 20, no 15 years before reaching the Holy Mage level. Who through the history of the Phoenix Empire, besides the founder, had such cultivation progress? Her future will be unlimited, perhaps she will be able to reach the Overlord Mage Level. So, for her future, he decided to devote himself to her growth.

Suddenly, the room started to get cold. However, all the present ones remained undisturbed. Around the crown princess waves of energy could be felt trying to enter her mind. However, not everyone is able to practice Spirit Cultivation, as only the descendants of the Primordial Creatures have a special bloodline. In order to awaken the spirit, one need to feel it with their energy, then they must connect their bloodline with the spirit in order to summon the Santus Spiritual Creature.

A Santus Spiritual Creature of better known as Santus Protectors is a beast summoned from the bloodline of the user. It will never die and the only way to improve its power is by cultivating the spirit. One can also summon other spiritual beasts, but they have to do a contract ritual in order to stablish a bond. If the beasts feel that their partner is unworthy of them, they can abandon them and return to the spiritual world.

"Oh… I can sense that she is going to be able to awaken her spirit" said an elder.

"Let's wait and see what Santus Spiritual Creature is" added another.

"She will not disappoint us. With her pure bloodline it will be impossible" commented a member of the second royal branch.

It was in that moment that a cry was heard, and a blue phoenix emerged from the chest of the princess. It was a beautiful big phoenix made of blue flames. One could feel that those flames were hot and cold at the same time.

"It's a ice-fire phoenix!!!" the public exclaimed with surprise.

Normally, the members of the royal family can summon a phoenix as their santus protectors, but they are red and have only the fire attribute. However, this one is clearly a two-attribute phoenix and its blue.

What does it mean? According to the ancestral records, the original Immortal Phoenix had a fire attribution, but when she decided to follow the path of supremacy she went through Nirvana and as result, she turned into a proud ice-fire Phoenix. And through the universe her name was known as the Blue Fire Empress. Her first descendants were also able to reach high levels in their cultivation so the records say, the day an ice-fire phoenix appears, the royal phoenix family will return to the ruler´s realm.

The descendants of the Immortal Phoenix have always wished to return to the ruler´s realm. It was around a 500000 years ago when they were exiled to the Medium realm. While wandering through it, the eighth ancestor found the perfect world for them. Thanks to the volcanic activity in the planet, the Phoenix Family was able to settle down with ease and soon, they started to conquer the worlds near it and the lower ones, establishing the Phoenix Empire. It will be later that its name will be changed to the Saint Empire.

"Congratulations your Emperor and you Empress" exclaimed the guests and members of the Phoenix clan.

"What a great event for us elder brother, the future of the Phoenix clan is guaranteed" said a middle-age man.

"Thank you everyone, second brother, our family will not fail your expectations. Grand Elders, which are your orders" asked the emperor.

"..."

"Lanying will still train under the guidance of the thirteenth elder. She has access to all resources that aids to her cultivation. The main branch will still be in charge of the empire for the next 20 years. Shall Lanying fail to reach High of Overlord Level in that time, the main branch will be exiled" an old voice resounded through the entire room.

"Grand Elders, she is still a little girl. We cannot put such heavy responsibilities on her" protested the empress.

"Silence!! She has awakened the ice-fire phoenix and with it comes the destiny of our clan. Now go" said another voice with a serious tone.

"Elder sister let´s go. We cannot go against the orders of the Grand Elders. Lanying has a great destiny upon her.

For now, how about we let Lan´er play with Lu´er. He has been missing his cousin" said a female voice to the empress.

"Oky" answered the empress.

Inside a cave, a group of clocked people was discussing among them.

"Fuck!!! Fuck!! Fuck!! How it is possible that brat awaked her spirit?!?!" roared one of them.

"I don´t know. It was her responsibility to administrate the poison" another one said.

"Don´t look at me. I gave her the poison in the doses instructed by our backer" said a female.

"Could it be that the poison was a false one?" asked one.

"I doubt it. Our backer is no the type of person to mess with us" replay an elder voice.

"But it seems it didn´t work, now our plans have to change" said another female.

"Doesn´t matter. However, we have to stay low for a couple of months. I got news that the Ancestor is close to a breakthrough and that one of the Grand Elders is investigating about that matter.

I don´t know how much he has found out but, the proofs will lead to our scapegoat. However, on the event he links it with us, our backer will eliminate him. We will meet again on three months. I´ll think how to get rid of the crown princess" a cruel voice said and, if one looked carefully, his eyes were shining with black fire.