Just when Heifeng Jiansui grew assured that his birthday gifts were a success, an uninvited guest suddenly barged into the ceremony! With jet black hair that untidily fell up to his neck and a thick black sword on his back, he seemed like a bandit king!

Seeing him, the Emperor spoke up: “Mister Shenhai, I did remind you of this ceremony but you said that you didn’t wish to come. Changed your mind?”

The newly named Mister Shenhai nodded. “I got bored, so came to have a look at your brat. What is his age? 6-7?”

“…It is his 1st birthday.”

Hearing this, the intruder was surprised, “You pureblood Sacred Beast descendants are all freaks in human shape! Look at me, at that age I was obediently sucking my mother’s tits! Happy first birthday, brat! Can I get my present?”

Hearing the mocking voice of the intruder, the audience entered the mood of watching a play. ‘This brat has taken the birthday ceremony by storm, even gaining the favor of the Emperor. Watching his fall after his rise is very interesting, hehe!’

Even upon hearing the mocking words, Heifeng Jiansui was unmoved, “Forgive me, I was surprised by your introduction, enough to forget my manners. I hope you are pleased by this sword.”

Saying this, he touched his ring and a sword flashed, flying towards the man. Meanwhile, almost unnoticeably, the sword on his sheath seemed to grow lighter.

Even though the man noticed him change the sword in his sheath and gift away his own sword, he seemed content to keep his quiet, instead examining the gift sword. “A high-grade Mortal sword forged as a sword body for the Divine Sword Spirit Art with near-perfect forging and arrays. As the quote goes, you should gift something you need rather than something you do not. I’ll appreciate this gift.”

“Since you gave away your would-be companion sword, I won’t be stingy either. You can have this Phoenix Marrow Extract, I heard that your bloodline thickness is a bit problematic.” Taking out a pill from his spatial ring, the man shot it towards Heifeng Jiansui, causing it to hover in front of me.

However, instead of taking the pill, Heifeng Jiansui replied, “I can’t accept this pill, as this sword was only an unsuccessful attempt to forge a companion sword. There is no way I would accept a companion sword below top-grade Mortal Rank.”

Hearing this, the audience was shocked. “Only an attempt? Won’t accept swords below top-grade Mortal Rank?” But then, they realized the logic behind his actions. Since the boy could forge a high-grade Mortal Rank sword within a single year, it wouldn’t take long to forge a top-grade Mortal Rank sword. Since he can bond with a top-grade sword, why compromise with an inferior high-grade?

Hearing this, the bandit-like man smiled. “Good kid, you are an honest person, truly suited to be a sword cultivator! I am the senior elder of the Ten Thousand Swords Paradise, I never thought I would meet such a good seed in this Black Phoenix Empire!”

“A senior elder of the Ten Thousand Swords Paradise? Why is such an honored figure here?” “That brat prince is truly fortunate!” “Hmph, if you could forge high-grade Mortal Rank weapons at the age of one, you would deserve it too! You were busy sucking your mother’s tits, hmph, hmph!” Various muffled noises rose in the small hall.

“Heifeng Taixun, I will grant this little baby here some good fortune, do you mind?”

“Elder brother Shenhai favors my son, how could I refuse?”

With only a few casual words spoken by the intruder, the dignified Emperor immediately capitulated!

Without any further words, this elder Shenhai sent out a mission list. “Read the contents of the jade slip and accept some. These missions are for the juniors of the Sword Paradise’s branch in this Dark Phoenix great world, but it seems you surpass them in talent. If you complete them, I will certainly reward you. Oh, and keep that pill too, kid.” On hearing this, everyone realized that the Phoenix Marrow Extract was still floating before Heifeng Jiansui. He quietly put away the pill in his spatial ring before reading the mission slip.

The content was an equipment forging mission.

RANK E: Forge 10,000 mid–grade Mortal Rank swords

RANK D: Forge 5,000 mid–grade Mortal Rank sabers

RANK C: Forge 500 high–grade Mortal Rank swords

RANK B: Forge 250 high–grade Mortal Rank sabers

RANK A: Forge 75 top–grade Mortal Rank swords

RANK S: Forge 15 top–grade Mortal Rank swords (Divine Sword Spirit Array inlaid)

“So kid, which missions do you accept?” Elder Shenhai asked with an interested expression.

“What is the mission completion deadline if I accept all the missions?” Without hesitation, Heifeng Jiansui immediately asked the Elder.

“Very adventurous, wanting to eat everything! As for time, I’ll give you a year. Still planning to take all the missions?”

“Yes, of course. Is there a bonus on finishing before the deadline?”

“Of course! Kid, I’ll trust you for this. Here, this is the complete Divine Sword Spirit Art and the first three layers of the Quintessence Sword codex, you’ll need them to complete the final S-rank mission. Also, this ring contains some forging arts that might prove useful to you.” With a flick of a finger, the man sent two jade slips and a spatial ring.

“Heifeng Taizun! Give this kid access to every forging manual in your Scripture Palace and unlimited access to your Mortal-rank materials! Whether he completes the mission or not, I’ll certainly repay you at the year’s end!” The Elder of the Ten Thousand Sword Paradise commanded the Emperor like a servant, and met with instant assent.

“Heifeng Jiansui! You have unlimited access to the forging sections of the Divine Scripture Palace and unlimited access to Mortal-rank materials! I hope you use your full prowess to complete the missions of the Ten Thousand Sword Paradise!”

What could Heifeng Jiansui say to this, naturally he immediately accepted. After this, the Elder Shenhai immediately left. Like this, the time for the final part of the birthday ceremony: the gift-giving!”

The first to appear was the Emperor. Taking out a pill and a vial from his spatial ring, he gave it to Heifeng Jiansui. “This is another Phoenix Marrow Pill, and it is of higher purity. It would be inadvisable to swallow this type of potent pill at your stage, dilute it with this Yin Water before swallowing.”

While the Emperor would never give such a high quality pill away, Elder Shenhai had given the same type of pill. To give something lesser would be admitting inferiority!

After that, came his mother Chanlong Yue. “While I can’t give you something like a Phoenix Marrow Pill, have this Phoenix Feather Drop here.” Handing a vial to her son, she ran off after the Emperor. The matter about Elder Shenhai was stressful her him, and he might be open to some comforting…

After that, the concubines, royal advisors, ministers and servants all offered a pill of some sort as a gift. Since the Emperor and a cultivator who even he bowed to had shown their favor for Heifeng Jiansui, they would not dare treat him with indifference!

Finally, the only two people left in the hall: the Dark Phoenix Prince and Princess. Heifeng Xingmei gave a complicated look at the prince wearing royal robes suavely. With the sword on his hip and the wooden boots increasing his height, he looked similar in age to her.

Only a year ago, he was a baby who could only be protected by his mother and now, he had grown to be an equal! Being alone with her brother who would battle her in a deathmatch after 6 more years caused a strange feeling to rise in her heart…

“It’s been a while, dear sister. Do you have any gifts to offer?”

Hearing his gentle words, she realized that she didn’t bring anything worth gifting along. In reality, she expected that she would be ignored by him, but he had unexpectedly gifted her a mid-grade Mortal spear!

Just then, an audacious thought came over her. Coming closer to Heifeng Jiansui, she pressed her lips on Heifeng Jiansui’s cheek with a kiss. “This is your elder sister’s affection~ If you want more, gift me a top-grade Mortal weapon next time, okay?” Her voice was a seductive purr. She gave a quick wink to Heifeng Jiansui before quickly running away.

Meanwhile, Heifeng Jiansui was fixed in place with shock. “Oh Heavens, this completely goes against Heavenly rules and Earthly principles! Lusting after your own brother like that, and I have just turned 1 year old today! This brother was never much of a lady killer in his past life, while are women falling like a pack of cards for me?!”