Book 6. Chapter 1: Jake and Fhesiah - Kitsune Flames

Book 6. Chapter 1: Jake and Fhesiah - Kitsune Flames

As Fhesiah opened the vial, Jake and Fhesiahs state was a strange one. Their hearths were connected, their hearts and minds one. Like when Jake and Tanda found harmony, it was hard to tell where one persons thoughts and feelings ended, and the others began.

Both Jake and Fhesiah were enjoying the feeling of being one. Fhesiah was harmonizing her body and soul with the heavens, and Jake couldnt help but feel like this had some sort of impact on himself.

Energy was always traversing from his wives and into himself, the energies being pulled from the void and into their cores and filtered into their beings. Fhesiah did not generate Qi from the void, her spirit unattuned, but heavenly energy was present in all of their hearths as it was burned and sacrificed into energy they could use.

The Source Energy was released into the room as the stopper was removed, a weight and pressure unlike anything Jake ever felt before. The transparent energy surged into Fhesiahs dantian and spiritual templebut also the painting.

Something else shifted, but Jake wasnt sure whatuntil Fhesiahs and his eyes landed on the painting, together. They were both drawn into the image, as the colors swirled before them.

It was like Fhesiah and Jake were there in the scene, sitting next to each other and witnessing the events as they occurred. The scene had rewound somewhat as the fox family arrived in the valley, the Matriarchs massive body towering over them. Even the smaller kitsune were larger than Bloodberri, the mother the size of a massive hill.

The two could see and even feel the emotions in the creatures eyes as they gazed covetously at the rich valley, filled with vast amounts of Qi.

Hunger. Desperation.

It was these needs and emotions that drove the family of kitsunes here, to this valley. Fleeing their home from various challenges, they were forced into this desperate move to obtain a new one.

The matriarch was of the nascent soul realm, more than capable of rational thought. She and her patriarch both knew they were the aggressors, that this creature had claim over its den for thousands of years.

They were trespassing on this plants sacred ground, risking their everything in the hopes of changing their own fate.

While they had risen beyond the baser instincts of beasts, calamity loomed. Without a den to call their own, their family would decline and eventually fall, their flesh or cores consumed by another cultivator, another creatures path of ascension.

Instead, they would go out in a blaze of glory. It was either kill or be killed, consume, or be consumed. It was then that the kitsune began their attack, gathering up flames around themselves.

They were trespassing in the plants domain, and like a beast, this plant was territorial. It surged from hiding, its tendrils ripping through the ground and trees alike, sending dust and debris into the air and toppling trees.

Gaping maws approached filled with acidic bile tipped the plant tendrils, dozens of plant mouths more than large enough to swallow the smaller kitsunes in a single bite.

The matriarch of the kitsune family stood at the forefront, her immense purple-furred body with seven tails billowing around her in a graceful dance. Her eyes blazed with determination as she channeled the power of her ruinous yin flames, wreathing herself in an aura of destructive energy, before sending it into the oncoming storm of plant maws.

With each mysterious movement of her tails, the flames licked outwards, consuming everything in their path with relentless ferocity. The flames climbed the tendrils rapidly and halted their advance.

Each movement and spark of the kitsunes flames held the truths of the dao, their very essence a part of the heavenly laws that governed their reality. Damaging the creature more than a mere hot flame,

Fhesiah gazed at the matriarch in a trance, the ruinous flames consuming the plant monsters flesh. While the yin flames of ruin appeared to be completely destructive, there was a profound duality taking place as the plants tendrils were burned.

The plants green vines were filled with an endless vitality, and coated with a red aura of savagery. But while the kitsunes ruinous flames destroyed the red aura, it transformed the plants powerful vitality into fuel for the creation of more black and purple flames.

The Yin flames embodied the decaying power of destruction, but contained within them the transformative nature which consumed and propagated the flames even further. A truly formidable flame.

Consumption and transformation.

And what was left from the flames were ashes rich with vitality. The matriarchs hungry, destructive flames were paving the way for creation and growth. Fhesiahs yang flames of creation were similar, but there was a fundamental difference.

The yang flames of her heritage contained boundless vitality, and would destroy to pave the way for creation just the same. But they would bring order to the chaos by destroying through purification and renewal, while these kitsune yin flames could destroy and create chaos through consumption and transformation.

At first, the kitsune flames had climbed the plants tendrils, pushing them back and creating an area of safety near the family. The trees in a wide arc were lit aflame into a flaming barrier, the area in front of them devastated.

But within the plant monster was an endless vitality, and the savagery of a beast.

The plant too held a feral intelligence, along with a drive to evolve and overcome all challenges. Newly spawned tendrils approached from below the ground as they surged through uncontested by the barrier of flames, and others cut off the invading flames by cutting itself, ending their consumption and propagation.Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only

The emptiness that nurtured was solidified as a part of his path as the Source energy joined him at the center of his very being. This part of his soul harmonized with the heavens, taking on the fundamental truths of family and the void.

Jake wasnt sure how long he was in that trance, but when he came to, for a moment, he thought he was wrapped tightly by his snake wifebut it was Fhesiahs tails and arms hugging him snugly instead.

Fhesiah was beaming, her smile wide and her eyes filled with excitement. He could feel over their bond that her heart swelled with pride, a satisfaction that reached deep within herher warmth filled him, just the same as her soft body and tails enveloping him.

You really did it, husband! I really hoped you could do it, some day!

Jake chuckled, and hugged her back. Her pride was his own, his own heart filled with warmth. I guess I did. What did I do, exactly?

She snorted. What do you mean? You made the heavens a part of you! Youve taken your first true steps of walking the path of a cultivator! Why, many do not truly make a dao a part of them until the golden core realm, so you are right on track!

I felt that, but I meant functionally. Im not sure I feeldifferent, really? Can I do something new now?

Fhesiah hummed. Its strange that you dont really feel different, yourself. Your Hearthian Presence has shifted ever so slightly, but a cultivator would feel the difference, normally. For example, if they merged with the dao of the sword, their very body would take on this truth. Their hands could cut like one, with their will alone.

Jake laughed. That example is terrible for me. What will my body do with the truth of family, or some kind of emptiness? I guess thanks to the void Imdifferent.

Fhesiah was stricken, frowning in thought. She pulled away, and tapped her lips. Why dont you try it? Remember your Advanced Energy Manipulation training, and Auril Manifestation? The feeling of manifesting your Dao is quite similar to this, you are using your will to paint reality with your pathjust do it while holding on to the feeling you had during the vision.

Jake nodded, and focused his thoughts. Drawing up his will, much like as she said, he shoved like before, following her instructions.

An odd stillness filled the room, the sound of his breathing and even color somewhat washed away near Jake. But overall, nothing really happened.

Fhesiah frowned. Your Hearthian Presence shifted. Maybe try with auril now? You couldnt get anything out of your manifestation before, either.

Jake started trying each energy, pushing his will as he did his best to focus on the nurturing stillness, his dao of family.

What Fhesiah mentioned was a detail that had somewhat alarmed them, but Jake wasnt the only one, at least at first. Ophelia had manifested her death shield first, and Berri her death ball rather rapidly once Tandas deathly auril joined them, after they reached the hearth bonded level.

But Blood could not manifest anything either, until she obtained her Hearthian Presence. Now, her presence was boosted in terms of control when she manifested her will using auril, enhancing her commanding aura.

As Jakes thoughts shifted to his Devoted Queen, his Hearth shifted. From what Jake could feel, it felt a lot like Bloods commanding presence.

There! Thats Bloods manifestation! Oh, try Ophelia now!

Jake managed to conjure up Ophelias deathly shield, and Tandas wolf biteand then Berris baseball, by focusing on each of his wives.

Borrowing Fhesiahs bloodline Qi through his Energy Sharing, he managed to manifest her dao of dragon flames, and her brand new dao of kitsune flames.

They were but a shadow of the original, but he was excited to potentially join her in her dao-infused attacks.

Fhesiahs smile was still beaming. How amazing! This is the best farewell gift I could ask for. But this also means with more Source energy, you may be able to grasp more of the heavens in the future!

She bowled into him as she molded into his lap, the two having separated slightly to do his tests. She kissed him on the lips, and her adoration was felt both in her actions and over their bond.

Their two hearths connected once more, the twos minds synchronizing once more. The twos hands roamed each others bodies in passion, a different kind of heat rising in the room.

Her hand began snaking into his robes towards his waist, before she gave him a coy smile. Well, maybe theres something else Id like as a farewell gift?

Jake chuckled, as he twisted her body onto her back so that he was now above her, causing her to squeal in surprise as he began undoing her robes, instead. Our desires are one and the same. Im not letting you go until I have enough.

Fhesiah gave a husky hum as their lips met once more, the two enjoying each others embrace.