Five Feathers sat lazily on her throne, with all her subjects patiently waiting for her. She looked normal, but that's only because she was only using a projection; she still refuses anyone to et her true self.
"Ambassador Blue Phoenix has returned," soone announced in the eting. Five Feathers's deanor changed after hearing these words. "Bring her in," she ordered. A woman dressed in all black with blue hair walked into the eting room. She had a cold and indifferent facial expression, and a chill emanated from her body as if she were not a person but a million-year-old ice block.
"Well?" Five Feathers asked in annoyance. She had never been able to read Blue Phoenix's facial expression since it's always the sa. Usually, she found this fact intriguing since it was boring to always know what your subordinate thinks, but today, she was only annoyed. Unfortunately, her excitent would not affect Blue Phoenix's eternally frozen face.
"He refused," Blue Phoenix answered calmly.
"Damn it," Five Feathers roared, releasing a terrifying aura that scared everybody present. "Why did he refuse?"
Blue Phoenix was one of the few who remained unaffected and answered: "He said that seeing you suffer is the best reward. No matter what you offer, he will not give you the cure."
Five Feathers clenched her fist. A part of her expected this answer from that bastard Undead Phoenix, but she did not expect after lowering her head and offering such a high price, he still refused. Does he think she was a soft persimmon?
"Good, good, good, Undead Phoenix," she said with gritted teeth before calming down. There was still hope. Five Feathers looked at these people: "How is the Red Phoenix's situation?"
"She said it would take a few days to get an answer."
"A few days? I can still wait," Five Feathers said calmly before her eyes shifted to a small group in the room. This group was an anomaly in this eting because everyone had a peaceful aura, and their eyes contained the light of wisdom; anyone who saw them could tell they were scholars who spent most of their ti reading books and comprehending scriptures.
"Have you found anything?" Five Feathers asked.
"Your majesty, we've combed through all the records, and the solution we gave you was the only one we could think of."
"In other words, you're useless," Five Feathers said with gritted teeth. She could no longer hide her curse since she noticed her strength was weakening and the suffering was intensifying. So, she contacted these people to find a solution, but their answer was a bunch of nonsense. According to them, this curse was a [Curse of Destiny] and a [Curse of Sin] cast by a Paragon that held trendous destiny and importance to the world. So, if she wants to remove it, besides the original cure, she would need the help of at least four [Sages] and have them pardon her sins.
The scholarly group lowered their heads while Five Feathers looked at them with killing intent. Ultimately, she did not eliminate them. The world's situation was chaotic, and it was unwise to eradicate a group of knowledgeable people. So, she closed her eyes and waited for a few days until Red Phoenix returned. Everyone waited quietly. Typically, these people with powerful cultivation could still stand for years, but under the natural pressure emanating from Five Feathers' volatile mood, many people started sweating after a few hours. So people had to secretly take a few pills to last for the entire five days.
Then, these ministers heard the greatest sound in the world: "Ambassador Red Phoenix has returned.
"The result?" Five Feathers asked, her expression and eyes extrely cold.
"The Lord said there is nothing she can do — no matter the price offered."
"Is that so?" Five Feathers answered, her voice still unforgettably calm. "We surrendered to you and followed your orders, but you cannot help us in our ti of need? Okay, okay, okay."
Her eyes glow red, an indication of her madness. Now that she had the last hope of using power beyond the Paragon Realm to remove that curse forcefully, Five Feathers had lost her last strand of reason.
"Summon all the Color Phoenix Commanders and mobilize all our military forces," Five Feathers suddenly announced. "Since he doesn't want to give it to , I'll take it from his corpse." She stood up from her throne before dispersing. A few seconds later, a new Five Feathers appeared, but her expression was pale, and she had weird tattoos on her neck and arms.
She looked at the group of scholars: "Is there a way to temporarily seal this curse to prevent it from affecting my strength?" The scholars looked at each other and swiftly communicated with each other. Then, an elderly woman, who seed quite influential among them, stepped up to speak.
"If you only want to seal it temporarily, there are two ways we can think of." However, she stopped and did not continue.
"Speak!" Five Feathers ordered.
"The first way is to do goods and gather rit. Heaven and Earth think you are the ultimate sinner, believing you killed Paragon Jimin, who was the embodint of hope for this era. If you do enough good, you can be forgiven, and the curse will be lifted."
"How much good are we talking about? And how long will this thod take?" The elderly scholar did answer, but her silence was more than enough.
"Tell the second thod."
The scholar hesitated again, but she swiftly explained when she saw the impatience in Five Feathers' eyes.
"The second approach is to do the opposite and follow a path of extre."
"What do you an? Be more straightforward."
"There is a Devil Cultivator's technique called the [Body of Sin]," the scholar explained. "By cultivating it, you can absorb the curse and use it for your power."
Five Feathers' eyes shone brilliantly, and after seeing this, the scholar quickly explained: "This thod is similar to drinking poison to cure a poison."
Five Feathers cald down: "Explain."
"This thod can indeed achieve what you want, but their curse will eventually backlash with even more force. Your majesty can continue to absorb more sins to delay the backlash, which will only increase its potency.
"Eventually, this thod will not be able to delay it again, and by then…I'm afraid the backlash will instantly wipe you out, Your Majesty."
"Is that so?" Five Feathers muttered; no one could tell what she was thinking.
"There is still so hope," another scholar said as he stepped to the front. "The world has changed, making it easier to absorb…others' destiny. If Your Majesty can eliminate Undead Phoenix and take his destiny and luck, you can use it to delay the backlash for an extended period to find another solution."
"So, what you're saying is that this war is my only choice at surviving," Five Feathers said with a cruel smile. "Excellent! Let's start. Where is the [Body of Sin]? Since you ntion it, I assu we have a copy?"
"Yes."
"Let's begin."
…
Wang Wei read the information about this war. It was very sudden. Five Feathers seed to have beco crazy and rallied all her troops and started fighting the core territory of Undead Phoenix.
"A war? I expected them to fight, but not a direct war," Wang Wei thought with a frown. These people are technically Supre Unity's subordinates, so Wang Wei figured they could fight between themselves but not to the point of destabilizing the entire situation.
"Maybe she's doing it on purpose," Red Mask said.
"Oh?"
"We have received news that one of the Color Phoenix Commanders visited Seven Cauldron. Five Feathers probably wanted to use her power as a vessel to cleanse the curse."
"Are you saying after she failed, she used this war to attract "his" attention and ask them to remove the curse?"
Red Mask nodded.
"You may have a point, but I have a bad feeling about this war," Wang Wei said. He trusted his intuition, so there must be a reason he was feeling that way. "Anyway, this war is our advantage. The mortals need ti to grow, and this is a great distraction. We can also take this opportunity to save the mortals leaving in these two's territories."
"This is also an opportunity for us to infiltrate their ranks," Red Masked added. Many people die or disappear during a war, making it the perfect ti for the Fate Shadow Guards to replace the enemy's people and infiltrate their ranks.
"You know what to do, so I won't comnt much," Wang Wei nodded. "However, don't forget to keep an eye on the others. I need to know as soon as one of them intends to participate in this war or muddy the pie for their advantage."
"As you wish."
Red Mask disappeared, and Wang Wei sent a ssage to the team to continue their work of helping the mortals. Then, he left the Dao Burial Ground to watch this war's developnt.
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