The Inheritance Of The Supreme Immortals

In the garden, Sam stood facing a very alluring woman with honey-colored hair and emerald-like green eyes.

Her traditional kimono, adorned with red lotus patterns, made her appearance homely, mature, and very pleasing to the eyes.

Sam couldn't help but rudely and openly stare at the maiden.

Her vixen-like glances seemed to pierce his entire existence, as if searching for something very important that had caused disturbance in her mind and heart.

"Why the hell are you here, teacher?"

Unable to handle the awkward atmosphere, Sam spoke. "I heard the main purpose of your visit is me?"

"Yes, I want to confirm something with you," Mia said in a casual tone, her voice sweet enough to make a man forget about the world.

"Which is?"

"I don't know how to put it into words. The last day you attended the school after you awakened and became a cultivator, I remember feeling some kind of connection between us." Mia spoke with a helpless expression, but she wasn't finished.

"The next day, I learned that you dropped out of the school. At that time, the connection was barely sensible, but as time passes, that connection seemed to grow stronger." Mia said, noticing that Sam's expression didn't change one bit. She concluded that Sam was aware of this connection.

"Right now, I can feel the connection even if we are thousands of kilometers away from each other," Mia slowly said.

Sam raised an eyebrow in surprise, 'Did the Sennyu resonance grow that strong? But I don't feel anything? My wives also didn't mention anything about the connection growing stronger ever since they imprinted on me?'

<Master, the Sennyu resonance has certain conditions that have to be met before it stops acting on its own.>

'Are you saying my wives were able to suppress it because we have already fulfilled those conditions?' Sam asked the codex in his mind.

<Yes, Master, unless your eternal companions want to, the Sennyu resonance won't act on its own.>

'What are those conditions?'

<Master, as you already guessed, only women who have fate linked to yours have the Sennyu resonance. Even though they have it, they don't know why or how they have it.>

<The ultimate aim of the Sennyu resonance is to bring your fated companions to your side, but merely bringing them near you alone won't suffice.>

<They must become your Eternal companion. The codex only registers the fated ones as your eternal companion in this life when they bind their life to you.>

<Meaning either they have to link their lives to you through imprinting like how dragons and lycans do, or by marking you like vampires and qilins do.>

<There is another way; it's called dual cultivation. As long as the fated ones dual cultivate with you, the codex will register them as your eternal companions. Once it does that, it will reward you, like how it did in the past with your four eternal companions.>

'Let me get this straight, if I dual cultivate with the Fox Maiden, she will become my eternal companion?'

<In short, yes, Master. The codex will probably reward you with the essence of the progenitor of the Yokai Fox race.>

Sam could only sigh in the end.

"Sam..." Mia called out a little louder.

"Hmm?... what?"

"You seemed like you were in a daze."

"Oh, that... it's nothing," Sam shook his head.

"Can you tell me what this connection is?" Mia asked.

"Well..." Then Sam explained everything he knew about the Sennyu Resonance, of course not forgetting to conceal the truth about the codex.

Who knows, she might turn hostile towards him if she discovers that he has the codex.

"So basically, what you are saying is that we are fated to be together?" Mia asked with a smile, which seemed to convey that she found this theory absurd.

But Mia knew how much strength she had been using to keep her mind working straight. Her heart was beating wildly all this time.

Every time she looked at his face, her mind would plunge into a war between sanity and insanity. She didn't know why, but she really wanted to pounce on him and dual cultivate.

She could feel her fox side acting up strangely; it wanted her to mate with the man in front of her mesmerizing green eyes.

She was doing everything in her power to keep her fake poker face from breaking down, but standing so close to Sam was making it harder for her.

...

Back in the ancestral manor.

"We cannot let this go. We have to kill those bastards; only then can I truly relax," Adriana said impatiently.

"Calm down, Mother. Before that, there is another important matter that needs to be attended to," Helena said.

"The Eldritch Council, huh?"

"Yes, I read the documents. It seems their movements have become more frequent in the past two years, and if what Princess Mia said is true, then their influence has even reached the mortal world."

"There is also the matter of you being poisoned, which I believe is the work of your ex-husband and his younger brother. Now we know that they are part of the Eldritch Council," Helena continued.

"Have you shared this information with the leaders of the other factions?"

"No," Adriana shook her head. "Right now, we are still in the dark. Two people who were with us for a long time betrayed us and joined the Eldritch Council. The worst part is I didn't even notice anything strange."

"If our clan can produce such despicable traitors, then who is to say there is no traitor in other major clans? I'm afraid we have to keep this information to ourselves. At best, we have to confirm the credibility of other leaders before doing anything effective."

"This whole matter itself is tricky. I wonder how many insiders have betrayed their leaders," Helena wondered aloud. "I wonder what their ultimate goal is? Is it world domination, or something more absurd?"

"World domination is, in my opinion, a silly concept. If their goal is truly world domination, they are going to accomplish nothing," Adriana smirked, as if she found the Eldritch Council to be foolish.

"Let's say if they took control over the Azure Dragon Continent, then what would be their next plan?" Adriana asked her daughter.

"They would go for the other continents, right?"

"Yes, they would. But how would they accomplish that? Sure, they might grow their numbers, recruit strong individuals, concoct some evil stupid plans, and they might succeed in taking control over the other supernatural beings. But what about the spirits in the Black Tortoise continent?"

Her encounter with the dryads of the spirit race named Elma and Twig was still crystal clear in her mind; after all, it happened last night.

"Spirits are under the protection of the Heavenly Dao. If they offend the spirits, they will offend the Heavenly Dao, it will be their end. Unless they escape from this world, there would be no way they could stay alive on this planet," Helena answered, nodding her head.

"Exactly. They can try all they want, but at the end of the day, the Heavenly Dao is the true ruler of the world. If she wishes, she can make us disappear from this planet in a second. Moreover, it's only because of her that we are thriving—the World Tree. She powers this world, and we use her energy to cultivate. How can anyone go against such a majestic being?"

"That's why I'm saying, world domination is an ambitious dream that can never come true."

As they were busy formulating multiple possible theories, trying to reason why the Eldritch Council was doing what they were doing, an unexpected guest greeted the Hailstorm Clan.

"King Shun? What a surprise," Adriana smiled while Ava gracefully served tea to King Shun. "How is the power struggle in the Lumin Dynasty going? Did the branch family finally give in?"

"Well, thanks to your support, the situation is being stabilized right at the moment. I have my father dealing with the branch family traitors. Actually, Clan Leader, I came here to talk about something related to my issue," King Shun said with a serious expression.

He summoned a piece of paper from his spatial ring and handed it to Adriana.

"This is...?" Adriana's eyes widened in surprise and shock.

"Yes, I have always wondered how the branch family got the courage to challenge the main family of the clan for authority over the Fulmine Clan and Lumin Dynasty. It appears the mysterious backers who helped them are the Eldritch Council."

"This is definitely not a coincidence," Adriana muttered before sharing everything she had learned from Princess Mia.

She didn't doubt that King Shun might be a mole from the Eldritch Council. The documents he provided contained serious information coordinating with some incidents related to the Eldritch Council. If he were a member of the secret society, he wouldn't have given it to her.

After the discussion, King Shun rubbed his forehead as if he had a bad headache.

"There is one more thing, Clan Leader. Do you remember the incident in the White Tiger Continent a couple of years ago?" King Shun asked slowly.

"Of course, in that incident, two of my good friends gave their lives to save their two daughters. Are you suggesting that the Eldritch Council is behind that incident as well?" Adriana asked, somewhat angry.

"I have found evidence that leads me to believe that the Eldritch Council supported the Werecoyotes of the Lycan race and attacked the royal family to take the throne of the Lupinoria Kingdom," King Shun continued.

"These bastards. They destroyed her family," Adriana was furious.

She was thinking about the silver-haired girl who had become her granddaughter-in-law. The girl was a princess of the Lupinoria Kingdom. In a seemingly normal day, the Werecoyotes attacked the royal family.

The king and queen, in their desperate attempt to save their two daughters, placed their lives on the line and bought enough time for Lenora and her little sisters to escape.

Even then, they had been caught by the traitors. Lenora, as a last resort, used a treasure given to her by her mother, which saved her little sister and sent her into a safe place.

When Lenora felt like she was about to die, Adriana appeared and saved her, then brought her to the Hailstorm Clan and has been protecting her ever since.

Adriana had grown close to Lenora, now treating her as one of her family members. After Sam and Lenora got together, she officially became part of the family.