[ POV: MC ]


    "I, Adriana Hailstorm, the daughter of the ninth-geration Hailstorm emperor and empress, with the heavly dao as my witness, dere you as my true sessor and heir to the noble Hailstorm Dragon n."


    My grandmother''s deration erupted like a tsunami, and at the same time, I could feel something change within me as well.


    Subconsciously, my divine sse left my body and covered the tire ancestral manor and the suring areas.


    From my divine sse, I could still hear the authoritative and cold deration of my grandmother echoing through the air. Every cultivator in the vicinity clearly heard her words.


    "What? The Hailstorm n''s matriarch has recognized a new heir?"


    "This matter is not simple..."


    "To be directly dered as heir by the matriarch herself, this fellow must be quite important."


    "Yes, have you heard the rumors that the first and second princess have returned, and there was a young man who had a big resemnce to the first princess..."


    "Now that you mtion it, I did hear that rumor... could it be that young man?"


    I could hear the cultivators and guards belonging to the Hailstorm n murmuring among themselves, trying to guess who had just be their young master.


    Suddly, my divine sse picked up a terrifying aura, one that didn''t belong to a living being. It felt both oppressive and strangely warm, creating a mysterious atmosphere.


    My gaze shot upwards as I noticed the clouds gathering atop the ancestral manor''s cter. These clouds were an unusual gold color, and I could sse that the strange aura emanated from them.


    Lightning crackled and danced on the mysterious gold clouds, a spectacle of natural forces.


    Th, the rain came.


    The rainwater consisted of gold-colored droplets as if the heavly dao itself was bestowing its blessings upon the Hailstorm n.


    This phomon shocked not only me but all the cultivators in the territory of the Hailstorm n.


    Ev my grandmother was tak aback. It seemed that she hadn''t expected such an extraordinary evt to ur wh she recognized me as the true heir of the n.


    My grandmother, along with the rest of our family, used their sage sses to witness this incredible sight. They all left the ancestral manor and stood beath the heavly rain, allowing its gold drops to soak into their beings.


    I joined them, feeling the rain''s magical effects as it increased my cultivation. I had already reached the bottleck just after achieving the Supreme Elev Core Formation Realm.


    The heavly rain continued for nine minutes, and during this time, I sessfully broke through to the lower-stage Nasct Soul Realm.


    Simultaneously, as the rain finally came to an d, my left hand began to emit a brilliant glow, and a  dragon insignia appeared on its back.


    I was now officially acknowledged as the true heir of the Hailstorm n.


    "The heavly dao itself has recognized my grandson. I did not make the wrong decision," my grandmother whispered as she gazed at my hands, her atttion fixated on the newly appeared insignia.


    ...


    Soon, news of the phomon had spread throughout the Azure Dragon Contint. It wouldn''t be an exaggeration to say that Sam had officially attracted the atttion of both unsavory and virtuous forces.


    Inside the Ancestral Manor of the reheart n, a middle-aged man sat in a lotus position, diligtly gaged in his cultivation.


    A figure appeared before this man, promptly kneeling in deferce. It was a man with a significant scar on his face who dared not disturb the middle-aged man''s cultivation.


    The man, seemingly aware of the neer''s presce, asked, still with his eyes closed, "What news do you bring? Have you discovered who has awaked the Crimson Inferno Dragon bloodline?"


    Ever since the day the incarnation crystal had glowed, indicating the awaking of the Crimson Inferno Dragon bloodline in someone, the patriarch of the reheart n had ordered a search to locate this individual.


    The scar-faced man hesitated for a momt before answering, "...we are not sure."


    The middle-aged man oped his eyes and looked at the scar-faced individual with indifferce. "What do you mean you''re not sure? Tell me what happed."


    "Respected patriarch, the first princess of the Hailstorm n has returned, and our people stationed in Iceheart City also spotted a young man with her who bears a remarkable resemnce to the first princess," the scar-faced man exined.


    The patriarch''s eyes wided, and he questioned, "A young man with the first Hailstorm princess? Are you suggesting...?"


    The scar-faced man nodded and continued, "And that''s not all. Just today, the matriarch of the Hailstorm n recognized that young man as the true heir of the n. He ev received recognition from the heavly dao, and the n expericed a heavly phomon...


    and one more thing, the matriarch Hailstorm severed her rtionship with patriarch Hailstorm and expelled him from the ancestral manor along with his brother."


    Upon hearing this, the patriarch reheart became silt. It was unclear what he was contemting.


    After a deep sigh, the patriarch reheart said, "Continue monitoring, and inform Victoria to go to the Hailstorm n to meet the boy on my behalf. Also, instruct my son to refrain from contacting his son."


    The scar-faced man nodded and inquired, "Respected patriarch, are you considering bringing the boy to the reheart n?"


    "Ev if I wanted to bring him to our n, I can''t. He has already be recognized as the Hailstorm n''s true heir, and if this young man possesses such remarkable talt as to trigger a heavly dao phomon, I doubt Matriarch Hailstorm would be willing to allow me to take him to my n, unless we go to war, of course," the patriarch exined.


    He paused for a momt before continuing, "Nevertheless, he is still my grandson, and his karma will always be intertwined with ours, no matter where he is."


    The scar-faced man nodded in understanding and was about to depart wh the patriarch stopped him, saying, "And one more thing, sd an invitation to Alexander Hailstorm and his younger brother; I wish to meet with them."


    The scar-faced man nodded before disappearing.


    ''To gain recognition from the heavly dao, he must possess tremdous providce and pottial, and to witness a heavly phomon, he must have brought considerable blessings and providce to the n. I am ev more intrigued to meet him now,'' the patriarch thought to himself, letting out a sigh.


    If it wer''t for his wayward son, he might have be the one recognizing Sam as the true heir to the reheart n. It would have be his n receiving the heavly phomon and blessings.


    "There''s no point in dwelling on what might have be," he told himself, closing his eyes and returning to his cultivation.


    ...


    In the ancestral manor of the Hailstorm n, Sam was reveling in the hospitality offered to him by his grandmother.


    The room he was giv was incredibly spacious,plete with an attached bathroom that could easily amodate a doz people bathing simultaneously.


    He lounged on the cloud-like soft bed and sighed conttedly, "This is the life."


    "Let''s check out the codex," he said, and with that, he activated the codex to disy his attribute panel. Suddly, a red-tinted scre appeared in his field of vision, visible only to him.


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    [ Master: Sam Hailstorm ]


    [ Status: Healthy, Evolving ]


    [ Titles: Master Of The Codex Of The Supreme Immortal, The Hailstorm n''s True Heir]


    [ Age: 8 ]


    [ Inheritance: Inheritance of the Eternal Dragon Monarch, Will Of The Immortal Shadow Emperor ]


    [ Cultivation: Nasct Soul Realm (Lower-Stage) ]


    [ Body Cultivation: None ]


    [ Race: Noble Dragon ]


    [ Bloodline(s): Froz Abyssal Dragon Bloodline, Crimson Inferno Dragon Bloodline, Primordial Chaos Dragon Bloodline (Assimtion: 60.39%) ]


    [ Spirit Vein(s): Nine-Heavs Spiritual Veins ]


    [ Bloodline Abilities: Cryokinesis, Pyrokinesis ]


    [ Physique: Mystic Voidheart Harmonic Physique, Soul Sanctum Imbibition Physique ]


    [ Divine Powers: Divine Charm (Assimtion: 60.57%), Immortal Body (Stage-), Exquisite Rune Heart ]


    [ Innate Abilities: Devour, Rumination rity, Shadow Extraction ]


    [ Racial Abilities: Dragon Transformation ]


    [ Skills: Eclipse Shadow sh, Darkme Incantation, Shadow Emperor Incarnation, Dragon Fist Strike ]


    [ Cultivation Method: Nine Celestial Revolutions Sutra ]


    [ Body Cultivation Method: Samsara Flesh Rebirth Art ]


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    The first thing that caught his eye was his name. It had previously be disyed as Sam reheart, but now it had changed to Sam Hailstorm.


    The next important detail was his Immortal Body, which had reached the second stage. "With every major realm I break through, the Immortal Body will advance to the next stage as well," he thought.


    With his Immortal Body at the second stage, he could instantly heal any brok limbs without any effort. This was incredibly useful, as it meant he would never need pills or external aids to recover. It provided a significant advantage, especially in prolonged battles.


    Satisfied with this progress, he proceeded to check the other sections of the codex.


    Just th, there was a gtle knock on the door. Sam got up and oped it to find Amelia on the other side. A smile lit up his face, and he said, "Come on in."


    As soon as the door closed, Sam couldn''t contain himself and yfully pounced on Amelia, capturing her lips with his own.


    Their passionate kissing session began, and Amelia, though tak by surprise, didn''t resist. She responded with equal fervor.


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