On Wutong Star, the ho of the Phoenix Clan, a delicate little girl was practicing swordsmanship in a clearing in the mountains.
Though she was only about eleven or twelve, her swordsmanship was quite accomplished, with the aura of sword intent already forming.
The little girl, nicknad Huang’er, was a mber of the Phoenix Clan, living in seclusion with her parents on Wutong Star, where she had grown up since birth.
Being able to reside on Wutong Star, the Phoenix Clan’s planet, is not sothing an ordinary mber can do; it’s a royal planet, and only the royal family mbers of the Phoenix Clan have the privilege to live there.
However, even most of the royals do not choose to live here. Though Wutong Star is nice, it’s only suitable as a retirent place, chosen by those royals who have lost their power to live in hiding.
Huang’er’s father is the current Phoenix Emperor’s brother, who once had a chance to vie for the throne, but due to failure, he had to live in seclusion here.
Having long heard her parents’ lantations, Huang’er made a vow from an early age to practice diligently, so that in the future she could vie for the throne of the Phoenix Clan and fulfill her father’s wish.
Her talent was exceptional, and combined with her efforts, she made significant achievents over the years, although still far from the level required to vie for the throne.
Moreover, although Wutong Star has a pleasant environnt, it lacks resources, unlikely to sustain her climb to the peak.
When she finished a set of sword practice, Huang’er suddenly heard the whistling of wind above her. Looking up, she saw a white figure falling from the sky, landing heavily in front of her, causing the entire forest to shake like an earthquake.
Huang’er stared blankly at the large pit created by the fall, seeing a white tiger lying in the crater.
The white tiger, with its powerful physique, looked majestic, yet at this mont it was bleeding all over, its white fur stained with blood, covered in wounds, and it struggled a few tis but couldn’t stand up.
"Don’t be afraid, let help you, okay?" Looking at the white tiger in such a state, sothing in Huang’er was touched, and compassion arose.
Although severely injured, the white tiger remained proud, growling low at Huang’er, as if keeping her at a great distance.
Huang’er didn’t mind and continued to gently attempt to approach the white tiger, even taking out pills to feed it.
The white tiger refused to eat, so Huang’er used her own ability to cast a faint Phoenix Light to heal its injuries.
Initially, the white tiger resisted, wanting to stop Huang’er from treating its wounds, but it was too severely injured to move, unable to refuse even if it wanted to.
With each passing day, Huang’er continued to use her limited Phoenix Light to heal the white tiger, and over ti, the tiger beca more gentle, less wary of her, and eventually started taking the pills she offered, even grew closer to her day by day.
Huang’er even built a wooden house for the white tiger, bringing in sheets and blankets to make it more comfortable.
The white tiger’s gaze toward Huang’er grew increasingly tender, even allowing her to lean against it to rest without a hint of annoyance.
When the white tiger could move freely again, and Huang’er ca happily the next day to find it, it had disappeared without a trace.
This left Huang’er sad and disappointed; she thought her sincerity would have won her a companion, but it silently left her instead.
Seven or eight months later, Huang’er still ca daily to the forest to practice her swordsmanship, unaware that a white tiger watched her every day from the forest.
Only after Huang’er finished her practice and left would the white tiger, hidden in the grass, silently rise and depart.
This ti, after Huang’er left, as the white tiger was about to leave, it turned and saw a figure standing there, imdiately freezing as if caught in the act.
It was actually two people: one wearing a hoodie, with a cap, extrely muscular, with half a face of human appearance, and the other half tallic and monstrous.
The other was a little girl, looking about one year old, riding on the monster’s neck.
The little girl was curiously looking in the direction Huang’er had left, tilting her head as if puzzled.
These two were Tie and Wine, and the white tiger was, of course, White Tiger Wine.
Tie stared at White Tiger Wine for a while, making it show an expression of shyness, crouching there, looking around as if searching for sothing, yet unsure of what.
"Do you like that little girl?" Tie asked White Tiger Wine.
White Tiger Wine appeared flustered, springing to its feet with a roar and shaking its large head.
"Xiaobai..." Its roar imdiately attracted Huang’er.
Originally, Huang’er had left, but hearing the tiger’s roar, she thought the white tiger had returned to find her, and her face lit up with joy as she hurried back, but after searching for a long ti, she didn’t find any trace of the white tiger.
"Xiaobai... did you co back... or am I just imagining things..." Huang’er patted her head, looked around one last ti, found nothing, and left, muttering to herself.
White Tiger Wine, nestled in a tree, hugged the trunk, watching Huang’er leave, unable to move its eyes away.
"You do like her," Tie, standing on a branch, said with a smile.
White Tiger Wine jumped down from the branch, regaining its high and mighty deanor as the king of beasts, but it dared not roar again, only shaking its head like a rattle drum.
"Not in love? I thought you liked her and wanted you to stay," Tie said, squinting.
White Tiger Wine’s eyes widened, unable to suppress a smile.
But soon White Tiger Wine restrained its expression and shook its head rapidly again.
Tie laughed, suddenly placing a hand on White Tiger Wine’s head, sending a strange strength into its body.
White Tiger Wine’s eyes widened, its body involuntarily retreating, and as it retreated, strange brilliance radiated from its body, causing it to undergo constant transformation.
The fur shed, bones evolved, and when White Tiger Wine fell to the ground, it had beco a young man dressed in white.
"You..." The youth, transford from a tiger, opened his mouth to speak, but a human voice ca out, startling him.
Quickly examining himself, the youth found his body had actually beco human-like, and his face showed even more joy.
"Wine, we’ve been trapped in the past ti-space, never able to reach the correct tiline, forced to attempt ti travel repeatedly. Your body isn’t suitable for constant ti travel; you’ll get hurt like this, and the injuries will worsen, and you might even get separated like this ti. This ti you got separated at the sa ti point, but next ti you might get lost in different ti-space. Since you like it here, stay here, and when the ti is right, you can et again," Tie said to White Tiger Wine.
"I..." White Tiger Wine looked hesitantly at Tie and then at the little Wine on his shoulder.
"Wine, are you willing for White Tiger Wine to stay?" Tie placed the little Wine on the ground in front of White Tiger Wine.
The little Wine looked at the human-like White Tiger Wine and then in the direction Huang’er left, seemingly understanding, nodding.
"Wine..." White Tiger Wine picked up the little Wine, tears welling in its eyes, full of reluctance.
The little Wine patted White Tiger Wine’s head with its small hand, mumbling, "laugh... not... suffer..."
After saying their farewells, Tie took little Wine and White Tiger Wine and embarked again on their journey through ti-space.
"I never thought White Tiger Wine would beco the future Little Wine Emperor... This is a bit strange... Could it be... ti-space can really change..." Tie pondered.
He had originally intended to use little Wine to travel to the Great Universe, like how Emperor Tianshu used Lin Shen’s Great Universe body to create tokens.
But instead of turning little Wine into tokens, Tie used his own abilities and those of little Wine to attempt direct space-ti travel to smuggle into the Great Universe.
However, the intended calculation failed, causing them to return to the past ti-space instead.
This puzzled Tie, as theoretically speaking, there couldn’t be a past ti-space; the past is the past, impossible to revisit, let alone travel back.
Yet they had indeed returned, and after using his power to help White Tiger Wine transform, Tie found that White Tiger Wine’s human form was indeed the young version of Little Wine Emperor, making it even more curious.
Tie made several attempts to traverse ti-space with little Wine and White Tiger White Wine, but couldn’t smuggle into the Great Universe or return to the previous tiline, leaving him clueless about the problem.
"Since we can really go back to the past, let’s try to change the future." Tie patted little Wine on his shoulder and declared, "Little Wine, let’s go."
Tie and little Wine were enveloped in space-distorting power, stepping forward and vanishing from ti-space.
When the space-ti stabilized, Tie and the little Wine on his shoulder saw the scene before them, and their eyes widened.
A spaceship was slicing through the void, with them appearing just at its prow.
Boom!
The spaceship crashed into Tie, instantly disintegrating and falling towards a nearby planet, like thousands of teors descending.
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