The mont Lucifer and U set foot on the Heaven’s First Step, the clouds surrounding the mountains began an ecstatic dance. A cool breeze whistled in soothing calm, and out of nowhere, countless plum blossom petals flowed along the wind.
"U-U, are you doing this?" Lucifer asked in a low voice.
"No! It’s not ," U replied. "I have kept my Divine Soulforce completely sealed. I do not understand what is happening either."
A faint smile coiled onto Lucifer’s face as he whispered softly,
"Sigh... the heavens are welcoming ho. And U, they are welcoming your presence to the Hundred Sky Mountains as well."
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In the Flowerbane Sect
The World Tree, which had been slowly withering ever since Taranis died, had strangely stopped shedding its leaves two years ago. However, the event that truly unsettled the entire Flowerbane Sect occurred a month ago, when, for the first ti in seventeen years, new buds appeared upon the World Tree.
Yet on this day, when the child of the heavens stepped upon the Sky Mountains once more, the entire Flowerbane Sect was thrown into complete uproar.
This ti, it was not just a few buds. Nurous leaves and branches burst forth from the World Tree, as if it had been completely revived.
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In the Everfrost Peak
The mountain, whose temperature always remained below freezing and whose winds were so chilling that they could freeze blood itself, suddenly experienced a strange change in weather. The bone-chilling storms transford into gentle, soothing winds, while the snow clouds surrounding the mountain dispersed, revealing the sun, a sight that appeared only once or twice during sumr.
"Wh-what is this feeling?" A low, nervous yet lodious voice echoed across the open ground at the zenith of the Everfrost Peak.
"Elder sister, are you alright?" asked a handso young man in his late teens. His skin was pale, and short silver hair rested atop his head.
"I’m alright, Doran," Nyria replied in her usual cold and stiff tone.
"Why do the heavens seem to be so happy today?" Nyria murmured inwardly, her gaze lifting toward the sky. "Are you perhaps enjoying my agony?"
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"W-we haven’t seen a phenonon like this in the past seventeen years," one of the seven figures standing before Lucifer and U gasped, clearly shaken by the ecstatic dance of nature.
After the phenonon subsided five minutes later, the group shifted their attention to the two individuals who had not only completed the Trial of the Sky Mountains but were also holding White Jade Tokens, signifying that they were talented enough to directly beco inner disciples.
"Introduce yourselves, youngsters," said one of the n, standing before them with his hands folded.
"Elder, my na is Kitsune. I possess the Flower Attribute," U introduced herself warmly, giving a slight nod in the refined manner of a noble from a high family.
The mont U spoke with such grace, all seven individuals, including the lone woman among them, froze in place, stunned by her beauty.
"Sh-she’s on par with Sect Master Sylvaris," one of them muttered, a faint blush appearing beneath his eyes.
"Wh-why is it that most of these heavenly beauties possess the Flower Attribute?" another muttered.
"Disciple Kitsune," one of them stepped forward. He had green hair and a mark on his forehead, clearly revealing his identity as a mber of the Windbane Clan.
"Would you like to—"
"Oh, and he is my betrothed, Lucifer Morningstar," U added, smoothly coiling her arm around Lucifer before the green-haired man could finish his sentence.
"Do the Windbanes know nothing except flirting with the won of the Flowerbane Sect?" the woman among the group retorted sharply, clearly hinting at how the Windbane Sect Master relentlessly pursued Sylvaris, the Sect Master of Flowerbane.
The green-haired man turned red-faced and stepped back, while the remaining five let out mocking chuckles, clearly amused by his humiliation.
After casting a sharp scoff toward the Windbane, the woman turned to U and asked, "Can you show your attribute, Disciple Kitsune?"
U nodded and extended her hand forward. From her palm blood a beautiful crimson rose, its petals dancing gracefully around it.
The instant the flower materialized, a wave of gasps rippled through the seven individuals. Their jaws dropped, and their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Th-that is the Crimson Rose, a Heavenly-class Flower Attribute," the woman muttered, shock written plainly across her face. "O-only a handful of elders and the Sect Master can wield Heavenly-class attributes, yet she is blooming it so effortlessly at such a young age."
After a few stunned seconds, the woman rushed forward, grabbed U’s hands, and declared, "Co with . You must et the Sect Master imdiately. She might even take you as her direct disciple."
U glanced sideways at Lucifer and only agreed after receiving a nod of approval from him.
Without wasting another second, the woman summoned a chariot from her spatial ring and instantly flew away with U.
"Tsk, the Flowerbanes sure got lucky this ti," a brown-haired, muscular man muttered. "Finding such a talented disciple when the Azure Sky Competition is just around the corner."
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Once U departed, the remaining six individuals turned their attention toward the crimson-haired man standing before them.
"Judging from your hair, you seem to possess the Fla Attribute," said a man with auburn hair as he stepped forward. However, before he could continue, Lucifer shook his head.
"I possess the Lightning Attribute," Lucifer replied calmly.
"L-lightning!?" the group gasped once more. The loudest reaction, however, ca from the elderly man who had seed largely uninterested until now.
The man appeared to be in his nineties, his face lined with countless wrinkles, and his eyebrow hair extending all the way down to his long white beard. His tired eyes shone with a bright blue hue, and a slit-shaped mark adorned his forehead.
"Show your attribute, child," the old man said in a cracked voice as he stepped forward.
Lucifer nodded and raised his hand. Crimson lightning bolts flickered and danced around his fingers.
"R-Red Lightning of Calamity Class!?" Once again, a thunderous exclamation echoed among the six individuals, their eyes refusing to believe what they were witnessing.
For a mont, the old man stood frozen in shock. Unconsciously, tears ford at the corners of his eyes as he approached Lucifer with trembling steps.
In a voice filled with both relief and sorrow, he murmured,
"Finally... the heavens have shown grace to the Thunderbane Sect."
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