Most importantly, his heart was already occupied by someone else in the sect. He felt like a genuine thief, hoarding the affection of a stranger while his thoughts wandered toward another.
He wanted to reject them , he needed to but how do you say 'no' to someone who exists only as a silver butterfly and a few lines of beautiful feelings.
Bai Wei traced the delicate silver chains of the butterfly, his mind drifting back through the past year. It wasn't just the expensive artifacts that made his heart tremble; it was the frighteningly accurate emotional timing of it all.
Whenever a bout of melancholy gripped him and he spent his afternoons staring blankly at the swaying bamboo, a delivery of his favorite honey-glazed spirit pears or a rare, ancient poetry book would appear as if by magic.
It was as if this person could see into his very soul, sensing the dip in his mood before even he fully acknowledged it himself. This stranger didn't just want to buy his affection; they wanted to soothe his mind.
Even his health was under this stranger's watchful eye.
Despite being a disciple of Wood Peak a place literally dedicated to healing and botanical life Bai Wei occasionally fell victim to the shifting spiritual seasons of the mountain, his constitution sometimes struggling with the dense wood-element energy.
During those feverish nights, he would wake to find top-tier, frost-tempered cooling pills on his nightstand, their quality far surpassing anything the sect's general pharmacy or even his master offered.
When he felt the crushing weight of cultivation stagnation or the depression of loneliness, the stranger didn't send stern lecture scrolls or demanding cultivation manuals. Instead, they sent:
Intricate mechanical puzzles to distract his overthinking mind.
Vibrant spirit-painting kits to let him express his feelings.
Whimsical miscellaneous trinkets designed purely to make him crack a smile in the silence of his courtyard.
"Is it possible for someone to be this dedicated to a Person like me ?" Bai Wei whispered to the empty garden, the silver butterfly heavy in his palm.
The more he reflected, the more a sense of profound inadequacy washed over him. He was just a disciple talented, yes, but ultimately one of many in the rapidly rising Eternal Sect.
He looked at the silver necklace, its wings shimmering with a protective aura that could repel a Void Refinement master, and felt a lump form in his throat.
He felt like a rare, fragile bloom being nurtured by a hidden sun. The weight of that invisible, unwavering gaze made him wonder if he would ever be worthy of a love that asked for nothing in return, not even his name.
While Bai wei was thinking about the mysterious person , who knows him better than even himself . A shadow of a white silhouette disappeared into thin air outside his Courtyard.
While the Western Region of Blue Star was bustling with the migration toward the Eternal Sect and the opening of the Academy, a metaphorical bomb detonated in the heart of the Human Federation, sending shockwaves through the trillions of citizens across the galaxies.
The catalyst was a sudden, high-priority announcement from the office of the 14th Galaxy Sovereign, Nexus:
"a Holy-level Citizenship Token had been granted. The recipient was not a conquering general or a political tycoon, but a mysterious figure identified only as the "Divine Physician."
This title alone caused an uproar, as it was a designation that theoretically placed this individual above even the most venerated Holy-grade alchemists and Holy grade physicians in the known universe.
The initial shock turned into frantic hysteria as the details of the achievement were declassified.
The medical and cultivation communities were left reeling when it was revealed that this Divine Physician had successfully cured the Nether Ice Curse an ancient, terrifying affliction that had claimed the lives of countless geniuses and was previously considered a death sentence by the Federation's top medical boards.
The forums of the Galactic Network nearly crashed as alchemists and doctors read the report, not only had the curse been broken,
but the Divine Physician had also contributed a perfect treatment method that seamlessly fused high-level alchemy with ancient acupuncture techniques, effectively handing humanity a miracle on a silver platter.
From the opulent alchemy towers of the Central Galaxy to the military hospitals on the frontier, the atmosphere shifted from skepticism to fanatical worship.
Grandmasters who had spent centuries studying medicine stared at their screens in disbelief, realizing that a new supreme authority had risen overnight.
The question on everyone's lips was no longer about the politics of the Human Federation, but rather, Who is this Divine physician? The Federation was in a frenzy,
and every major power began frantically calculating how to gain the favor of the man who had just rewritten the laws of life and death.
The Apex Spire – Central Federation Galaxy
Location: The Grand Hall of the Galactic Medical Association.
Present: The Council of Ten (Top Alchemists and Physicians of the Human Federation), High Official Vane (Federation Liaison), and hundreds of holographic projections from branch guilds across the galaxy.
The massive obsidian table in the center of the room was usually a place of silent, dignified debate. Today, it was a war zone of shouting voices and frantic energy.
A massive holographic decree from the 14th Sovereign, Nexus, floated in the center, pulsing with an undeniable golden light.
Alchemy Saint Callum (Holy -Tier Alchemist, Head of the Pill Tower): [Slams his fist onto the table, shattering a cup of star-tea]
"Preposterous! Absolutely preposterous! A Holy-grade token? For a physician? Nexus has finally short-circuited! I have served the Federation for eight hundred years, concocted pills that extended the lives of Sovereigns, and I am merely a 'Diamond-grade' citizen! Who is this Divine Physician?!"
Dr. Ellie (1st-Tier Spirit Physician, Expert in Meridian Arts): [Her eyes are glued to a data pad, scrolling frantically]
"Grandmaster Callum, sit down and look at the data before you pop a blood vessel. This isn't just a political favor. Look at the medical logs attached to the decree. The patient was... good heavens... it was Jian Canghai. The person on blue star who was infected with Nether ice curse"
High Official Visco (Rubbing his temples, looking exhausted):
"The identity of the patient is confirmed. Jian Canghai has been in a coma for two whole months. The Federation Medical Bureau declared him brain-dead and soul-frozen long ago. We were just waiting for his body to turn to dust."
Alchemy Saint Callum:
"Exactly! He was dead! The Nether Ice Curse is an execution order from the Heavens. It fuses the Dantian with the soul using absolute zero spiritual energy creating ice spikes inside your meridians and heart vessels. You cannot melt it without burning the host to ash! It is a paradox! An impossibility!"
Dr. Ellie: [Projects a simulation of Huai's treatment into the air]
"Then explain this, although the person is shrouded in mystery, Grandmaster Look at the resonance frequency. He didn't use spiritual force to fight the ice. He used... needles? No, wait... he used the needles as thermal conduits to vibrate the patient's own latent life force."
Master Zhu (2ndth-Tier Poison Master, intrigued): "Thermal conduits? Vibrating the life force? That's... risky. One wrong twitch and the patient explodes."
Dr. Ellie: "He didn't twitch. Look at the timestamps. He inserted thirty-six needles in the span of a single breath. And then... the pill. The 'Nether Fire Holy Medicine.' Callum, look at the composition analysis Nexus released."
The room fell silent as the chemical structure of the pill rotated in the air. It was complex, beautiful, and terrifyingly perfect.
Grandmaster Caelum: [Squinting, his anger slowly turning to horror] "This... this formula. He used Solar jade as a binder for Nether water? That's suicidal! The energies conflict! They should detonate!"
Dr. Ellie: "But they didn't. See this white flame signature? He used a specific alchemy flame to fuse them at the molecular level. It's a perfect equilibrium. Yin and Yang, Fire and Ice. It doesn't just cure the curse; it converts the curse into cultivation base."
Master Zhu: "Converts... the curse? Into power?" [He leans back, stunned] "That means Jian Canghai didn't just wake up. He woke up stronger."
High Official Visco:
"He did. Our sensors in the Western Region of blue star picked up a fluctuation that nearly cracked the tectonic plate of the western region. Jian Canghai is back to Peak Body Integration, maybe even touching the threshold of Fusion realm."
Grandmaster Callum: 'Slumps into his chair, his arrogance deflated' said ,
"A Holy Pill... and a Divine Acupuncture technique. And he gave the recipe to the Federation? For free?"
High Official Visco: "Not for free. For status. Nexus gave him the 'Divine Physician' title. And she explicitly stated: 'No Rank.'"
Dr. Ellie: "No rank?"
High Official Visco: "It means he is outside the hierarchy. He doesn't answer to the Medical Association. He doesn't answer to the Alchemist Guild. He doesn't answer to me. He has a villa on all fourteen Sovereign planets. Legally speaking, he is a peer to the Sovereigns in terms of personal liberty. If he walks into this room right now, Caelum, you would have to bow to him."
Grandmaster Callum: "I... I would have to bow to a boy from a backwater planet?"
He looks at the simulation again, tracing the needle movements said ,
"But... looking at this technique... 'Solar Origin Restoration'... 'Dragon's Tremor'... I have only read about these in the fragments of the Pre-Federation texts. If he really revived these arts..."
He swallows hard ...
"then perhaps bowing isn't enough. We should be kneeling to beg for a lecture."
Master Zhu: "The prescription alone changes everything. The Nether Ice Curse affects thousands of soldiers on the front lines against the Void Beasts and those extraterrestrial races. If we can mass-produce this... this Divine Physician just saved the Federation billions of credits and millions of lives."
Dr. Ellie: "Where is he? Blue Star? The Western Region?"
High Official Visco: "Nexus blocked the coordinates. We know he is on Blue Star, on that backward red Lotus galaxy. but the specific location is shrouded in a data-fog only a Sovereign can create. She said he wants privacy."
Grandmaster Callum: Laughs bitterly
"Privacy? She just announced he is the only man in the universe who can cure the incurable! Every wealthy clan, every dying ancestor, every desperate king in the galaxy is going to tear the Blue Star apart looking for him. Privacy? She just painted a target on his back the size of a supernova."
Master Zhu: "Or... she just announced that the Western Region is now the holiest ground in the Federation. Think about it. If you want to live, you don't attack the Divine Physician. You protect him. You pledge loyalty to him."
High Official Visco: Taps his communication earpiece as it starts buzzing incessantly.
"It's already starting. The Galactic Trade Union just requested a warp route to the Blue Star. The Mercenary Guild has issued a 'Do Not Touch' order on Divine Physician, punishable by soul-scouring. And... oh god."
Dr. Ellie: "What?"
High Official Visco: "The 3rd and 7th Sovereigns just sent official inquiries to Nexus. They want to 'visit' their new neighbor's villa. The Sovereigns are moving. This isn't just medical news anymore, gentlemen. The political balance of the Human Federation just shifted because of one damn pill."