In the human world for five hundred years, David Reed was a Japanese white-eye bird with emerald back and yellow belly. Of course, this was merely a disguise to conceal his true identity. David Reed was actually a thunderbird with the back of a roc, and not long after he was born, he was captured and locked in a birdcage. Most bird keepers are bird lovers, and naturally cherished such a beautiful white-eye. David Reed was also extremely clever, often doing things to please his owners. As a result, all eight of David Reed’s owners treated him very well.

Demon cultivation is not easy; ascending in a thousand years is already considered an outstanding achievement. However, as David Reed mingled among mortals, witnessing the warmth and coldness of human relationships and the fickleness of the world, his mind was greatly developed, which also benefited his cultivation. In just five hundred years, he ascended to become a demon immortal.

David Reed’s true form was a thunderbird with the back of a roc. Although as a demon immortal his immortal lineage was not the best and his spiritual power talent could not compare to that of a spirit immortal, David Reed’s innate thunder magic was something he wielded with ease. Among the younger generation of immortals, his thunder magic ranked in the top five.

Although he lived freely and comfortably in the immortal realm, David Reed often thought of his time in the human world, when each of his owners would personally feed him and lovingly stroke the feathers on his head. And, of course, the delicious bird food of the human world.

David Reed stretched in his own cave dwelling, blue electric currents crackling between his hands, and said with some regret, “Sigh, I’ll never taste it again…”

“David Reed! Little Reed?” A voice called out. David Reed poked his head out of his cave and looked down. Two people were standing below, one of whom looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. The other was dressed in a black suit, but he had no impression of him at all.

David Reed’s cave was built high up, in keeping with his thunderbird nature, perched on a cliff thirty thousand zhang high. Fortunately, his true form was a thunderbird with keen eyesight; otherwise, how could he see the two people so far below?

“Heh heh, Brother David Reed, it’s me, Ethan Foster from Yaoyuan Hall. Remember the year before last, at Lily Reed’s grand wedding, we drank together? Do you recall?” David Reed suddenly remembered—this Ethan Foster was the young master of Yaoyuan Hall!

Lily Reed’s true form was a beautiful thousand-tailed li feng. Painted as an immortal maiden, she was naturally breathtaking, the number one beauty among demon immortals. Among the younger generation of demon immortals, David Reed was a figure of some standing, and he too once harbored secret feelings for the beautiful Lily Reed. Unfortunately, before he could express himself, Lily Reed had already landed a golden husband, marrying into an immortal aristocratic family that ruled one of the nine realms of the immortal world—Dreamshatter Realm’s Haichao family—and became the young mistress.

David Reed attended her wedding banquet by invitation, and there was no shortage of young talents secretly nursing heartbreak at the table. David Reed was not the most prominent among them, just like Ethan Foster. The two sat next to each other, sharing a sense of mutual sympathy, and after a few drinks, opened up to each other.

But that night, both got very drunk, put their arms around each other’s shoulders, and spoke some truths. Their admiration for the now-married Lily Reed naturally became the main topic. When they sobered up, both were filled with regret, and since then, as if by tacit agreement, never contacted each other again.

The nine realms of the immortal world were divided by the Immortal Emperor for easier governance, each granted to one of nine great immortal families. Dreamshatter Realm was in the northwest of the immortal world, facing the Buddhist realm across the “Sixlike Wilderness.” Within its borders was one of the “Six Sources”—the Source of Heaven and Earth, the “Autumn Spring Cave” among the top three of the thirteen upper and lower caves, and five of the thirty-six immortal mountains in the universe. It was one of the three most powerful realms among the nine.

“Oh, it’s Young Master Foster. Please, come up!” David Reed thought to himself, This guy suddenly coming to see me can’t be for anything good. But as the young master of Yaoyuan Hall, and with himself being a solitary demon immortal, he couldn’t afford to offend him.

Ethan Foster dragged Adam Brooks up to David Reed’s “Layered Heaven Cave Dwelling.” David Reed glanced at Adam Brooks and asked, “Young Master Foster, this is…?” Ethan Foster quickly introduced, “This is my good friend Adam Brooks.”

He hadn’t heard the name before, but out of respect for Ethan Foster, David Reed politely cupped his hands, “Brother Brooks!” Adam Brooks returned the gesture, and Ethan Foster added, “Brother Reed, one doesn’t visit the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. We’ve come today to ask a favor.” David Reed thought to himself: Here it comes…

“Haha, Young Master Foster, you’re too polite. You, the young master of Yaoyuan Hall, what could possibly require the help of a solitary demon immortal like me?” David Reed dared not agree too readily; after all, his five hundred years among mortals had not all been spent eating bird food.

In terms of scheming, Ethan Foster was no match for David Reed. He didn’t realize David Reed was being evasive, and thought he was just being polite, so he straightened up and said, “Brother Reed, there’s no need to be modest. Your thunder magic is second to none in the immortal world. Today, we’ve come precisely to ask for your thunder magic.” David Reed lowered his head, his bird eyes turning as he calculated, “Heh, Young Master Foster, you flatter this humble demon. Whatever it is, just say it. If I can help, I, David Reed, will not refuse.” If I can’t help, well, you can’t blame me.