by Fat Bread
The Primal Fire: Book 1 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage
Written by Fat Bread
Translated by Soo-Bin
Edited by Leo & Fluffy
Translation Checked by WuWang
© 2018 by Zenith Novels
All rights reserved. Published 2018
Originally published as 群星之子逃婚录 in Chinese by hbooker.com
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
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Chapter 1: Young Yun Xi
Chapter 2: The Loving-Jealous Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 3: Heavenly Dream
Chapter 4: The Three Spirits
Chapter 5: Frightening Girlfriends
Chapter 6: The Beginning of the Trials
Chapter 7: Novice Trial
Chapter 8: The Hippo Must Die
Chapter 9: The Gatekeeper of the Dark Forest
Chapter 10: Hua Huo's Sword
Chapter 11: The Older Sister That Summer
Chapter 12: Hua Huo's Weak Point
Chapter 13: Sleeping Beauty's Kiss
Chapter 14: Three Seeds
Chapter 15: Hua Huo's Seed
Chapter 16: Hua Huo Arrives at the Door
Chapter 17: Precious Mei'er
Chapter 18: Yun Xi's Potential
Chapter 19: Accelerated Seeds
Chapter 20: Jealous Eyes
Chapter 21: Coming with Evil Intent
Chapter 22: To Kill
Chapter 23: Wood Chopper
Chapter 24: Different Worlds
Chapter 25: Instant Kill
Chapter 26: The Twin Witches
Chapter 27: Captured Yun Xi
Chapter 28: The Dangerous Sisters
Chapter 29: Their Secret
Chapter 30: Poisoned Witch
Chapter 31: Turtle Catching
Chapter 32: Let Go of the Turtle
Chapter 33: Love of the Stars
Chapter 34: Confession
Chapter 35: Love Letters
Chapter 36: Star and Moon Ring
Chapter 37: Regression
Chapter 38: Flocked
Chapter 39: Limit Practice
Chapter 40: Exit
Chapter 41: The Trial Reopens
Chapter 42: Stone Soldier Army
Chapter 43: Blood and Death
Chapter 44: Yun Xi's Outbreak
Chapter 45: Kill!
Chapter 46: Forging
Chapter 47: Lancers
Chapter 48: The Five Great Generals
Chapter 49: Mighty Dragon
Chapter 50: Dragon Battle-Maiden
Chapter 51: Sky Sword
Chapter 52: Hua Huo Joins the Team
Chapter 53: The Third District
Chapter 54: Irresistible Force
Chapter 55: Title at End
Chapter 56: The Dawn of Victory
Chapter 57: The Three Childes
Chapter 58: Dancing Crane Wings Twin Swords
Chapter 59: The Tower of Song
Chapter 60: Princess and Guardian
Chapter 61: Tragic Asura
Chapter 62: The Primal Fire
About the Publisher
Chapter 1: Young Yun Xi
Yun Xi had a dream.
In the dream, there was a young girl guarding the entrance between heaven and earth as she coldly looked ahead.
Three strands of icy blue hair stood upright on her forehead; her slender braided hair was hanging behind her. Her cuffs were inlaid with steel-blue gems while a double-edged sword sheath with a pendant on it was hanging on her waist; she gave off a very icy-cold and alienated aura.
While she was inserting her huge blue-slanted sword back into its sheath.
That sword made her slender body seem even more slender. Her blade also seemed to give off a cold silvery-white aura. Just the sword hilt alone was already over half a meter long.
The hilt of the sword and the edge of the blade seemed to share a single central connection point. The point seemed to be a circular compass, and in the middle of that compass was a huge keyhole. Apparently, something was sealed there.
Who are you?
For what reason do you always appear in my dream?
"..."
The young girl seemed to have opened her mouth to say something to Yun Xi.
A pity, Yun Xi was unable to understand what she was saying as it was not the language of the White Lotus Sword Domain.
Of course, the White Lotus Sword Domain's language was different from other languages. And although it was very strange, it was pleasant to hear.
Yun Xi stretched out his hands, apparently trying to touch the young girl who has been appearing in his dreams.
"Shuffle!" In a split second, Yun Xi's consciousness began to fade away, only leaving behind a piece of blue light from the double-edged sword.
"You... do not have the qualifications to open this gate..." She closed her eyes as she killed another unknown spirit.
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"Oh, my!" Yun Xi rolled out of bed as he firmly hit his head against a dresser. A group of golden stars began to rotate around his head.
That dream again! As he began to knead his swollen temples, Yun Xi felt even more helpless.
As the saying goes "what you read is what you dream", but Yun Xi swore that he had never seen such a huge blue double-edged sword before, as well as the beautiful young lady.
Such a special young lady, even if he met her once, it would be impossible to forget.
Her face and her cold expression... even though it was just a dream, it left Yun Xi with an extremely deep impression.
Unfortunately, at the end of each dream, Yun Xi was hacked to death. Fortunately, it was just a dream.
"Forget about it. That kind of girl... it would be impossible for me to come in contact with her." Yun Xi comfortably stretched out his arms and opened the window.
The window, being old, issued a creaking sound as it opened - the early spring sunshine fell into the narrow room, dispelling the humidity.
"Good morning, world!"
Yun Xi put his hands together as he looked out his window, only to see that the morning market was already bustling.
"Happy birthday, Yun Xi."
Today, Yun Xi turned 16. It was truly a day worth celebrating.
In the White Lotus Sword Domain, the age 16 represented the beginning of youthhood while age 18 represented adulthood.
Though he could not drink, he has already been accepted by the community and could work as an employee. He could also have an independent identification and choose his career.
Of course, those of the nobility had chosen the route for their future career ages ago. However, only at the age of 12 would they display their talent.
They received the best education and the best teachers. Starting from the basics, they would have surpassed others and this gap would only grow larger over time.
Ordinary children, unless they were a peerless talent, would not be able to compete against those of the nobility. This was the harsh truth of society.
The Sword Palace in the White Lotus Sword Domain was 90% composed of the nobility, while the ordinary children took up the remaining 10%.
One could not blame the sword palace's partiality, as the gap was just too big.
Although all the sword palaces began to recruit disciples at the age of 16, the exam was basically fair. Only th
e most outstanding from the many ordinary geniuses would have a chance to be chosen by a sword palace.
Of course, that sort of thing and Yun Xi didn't have any relationship.
Because he did not want to follow the way of the sword, it was highly unlikely for him to attend the sword palace exam. His career also had nothing to do with the sword.
"Well, let's prepare for today's practice."
He was not a swordsman, so there was no need to concern himself with the sword palace exams. Yun Xi's life was a simple and happy life, filled with common expectations.
His practice was not that of fencing, but rather, the practice of making bread.
Yes, he was just an ordinary young child of an ordinary couple. He wasn't going to become some talented hero.
He was born in an ordinary baker’s family, brought up with ordinary parenting. He inherited his family's bakery and was preparing to become his family store's next owner - this was Yun Xi's life goal.
His parents were in their fifties when they had him. Yun Xi grew up listening to his neighbors speak about how he was not born from his parents and that he was picked up from a garbage heap.
Of course, he had long known that this was an adult's way of joking; "A crane sent you to our home". When he heard those rumors for the first time though, his nose began to run.
As far as Yun Xi was concerned, they were the world's most adorable couple.
Now, the couple was traveling the world, relieved that the store would operate smoothly under his hands.
Making bread was a talent, and Yun Xi's handmade bread had quite the reputation. It had always been lacking in supply with such huge demands, as he had long surpassed his parents.
Looking at how amazing Yun Xi was, his parents passed down the family bread store to him and gave him full control over it, as they went off to enjoy a golden wedding honeymoon.
Today was when Yun Xi turned 16 and was the only one with a 3rd-ranked Bread Evaluation. People from major cities would also come to try to buy his family's bread store for 10 times the price.
Yun Xi refused because he was fond of this village along with its roads and stream, and of this ordinary bread store.
The world was huge; the god's domains in the universe numbered up to the tens of millions but this was the only home for him. He wanted to spend his life here.
Here was Yun Xi's family store, Yun Xi's most beloved home.
Unsurprisingly, he can spend his whole life here and perhaps, as a newlywed, he would travel over the star bridge to go to the other side of the Sword Domain. However, he would ultimately return with his other half and live off the rest of their days here.
This future wasn't far away and already Yun Xi wanted to spend his life with the girl of his dreams.
With the temperature of his hands, he began to knead the dough well. Calculating the correct ratio of flour and sugar, coupled with a good egg, he finally put it in the oven. The fresh bread that was taken out from the oven in the early morning was then arranged on top of Yun Xi's counter.
"3 Croissants coming up!"
"5 Pineapple Bread."
"10 Carrot Meals."
Yun Xi's bread shop had only been open for a quarter of an hour, but Yun Xi's handmade bread sold out nice and clean. The only thing remaining was the cheap white bread.
Sitting behind the nearly empty counter, Yun Xi had a smile on his face.
For a baker, there is nothing happier than having his customers love his bread.
As a 3rd-ranked Baker, although his position was not as great as the lowest sword palace's swordsman, in a small village like this, his talent could be said to have been the rarest talent of the century.
Many people believed that Yun Xi could truly make history by becoming the first person to obtain a 4th-ranked job.
"Little Xi, bread!" A crisp bell-sounding voice along with cheerful feet charged into the quiet bread shop.
Running in was someone close to Yun Xi's age. The beautiful young girl with the ponytail exuded an air of youthfulness.
She had a long ponytail while near her waist was a long and simple cyan sword. She had black moonlike eyelashes with a pair of warm black eyes.
Because of the strenuous exercises, her naturally small lips pursed up as she was endlessly gasping for air; the outline of her bent body was truly beautiful. When she laughed, her smile was like a sparkling crescent moon.
"Hua Huo, you want butter bread?"
Yun Xu skillfully took out the butter bread he made elaborately as it was always bought by others immediately once he presented them on the counter. Like feeding a puppy, he threw it to his childhood sweetheart.
Hua Huo tiptoed to bite at the bread Yun Xi threw; the two had over a decade of mutual understanding.
"I love you, Little Xi! Remember to increase the physical strength of the Rye Bread at noon for me!" Enjoying the tribute Yun Xi gave her, Hua Huo ran out of the small bread store like the wind.
To come and go in such a hurry is just like her general temper, always loud.
A summer storm would roughly describe this girl. Like Yun Xi, she was also a child genius that everyone was proud of.
Hua Huo moved to village ten years ago; it was said that she was born from a lineage of the Knight God's Domain. She was also the first genius to ever become a 3rd-ranked swordsman before the age of 16 since the beginning of history.
Being a swordsman of the 3rd rank was worlds away from Yun Xi's 3rd rank because this was the White Lotus Domain - a Sword Domain belonging to the countless god's domains.
It doesn't matter which sword domain of the countless god's domains you came from or the sword skill you practiced, only those who left behind a united sword path or formed their sword spirit, could receive utmost respect in a sword domain.
For a senior swordsman, becoming the Divine Sword God that transcended all under the heavens was everything. The godly swordsman was called a "Sky Sword" and they dominated in supremacy, being an unparalleled swordsman.
From trainees with no name, to becoming official soldiers of the 1st Rank, to elite soldiers, and even officers of the 2nd Rank. They represented the standards on the White Lotus Sword Domain.
The 3rd-ranked Hua Huo was already walking forward on an extraordinary road - truly worthy of being named the village's first expert.
At the same time, she was also Yun Xi's first love.
Chapter 2: The Loving-Jealous Childhood Sweetheart
"Unfortunately, time is running out..." Looking at Hua Huo's freshly blossoming figure leave, Yun Xi laughed to himself.
Although their occupations were both at the 3rd Rank, a fighting occupation represented a whole new level.
As a 3rd-ranked Baker, he could make delicious bread. However, his best work was the butter bread, like the one he gave Hua Huo a while ago.
Adding extra strength was his handmade bread's special ability and he could only make 10 loaves of such bread a day.
Although Hua Huo was only at the 3rd Rank, with her Thousand Sword Technique that had a rare balance of attack and defense, she was publicly accepted as a true master.
Hua Huo and Yun Xi could easily understand each other with nothing more than a word or two, thus, Yun Xi had already begun to put the bread in the oven.
The3rd-ranked Hua Huo was sure to enter the White Lotus Sword Domain's Sword Palace, she wouldn't even need to take the exam. As a 3rd-ranked swordsman, she would excel among her peers at the Sword Palace.
"Well, you might as well consider the rest of the candidates too." He was reluctant to part with his childhood sweetheart. Yun Xi began to seriously ponder about his future as well as the future of the other candidates.
Although he was not like Hua Huo, who possessed the talent to become a hero, he had the skills to make bread and has received the acknowledgment of the people. There were even several young bashful girls who wanted to convey their feelings to him.
But not knowing why, they often stayed away from Yun Xi after they had really c
onveyed their feelings to him, which made Yun Xi feel awfully confused.
"The young lady from the flower shop down the street, Milei, is 12-year-old this year. I can discuss marriage with her three years later."
"The neighboring village's gem store's eldest daughter El'phyllis recently turned 17. The last time I visited, the store manager wanted me to immediately marry her."
"The cake shop across the street has an awfully adorable daughter, Ye Li. Unfortunately, she is only 9-years-old this year."
Yun Xi counted his fingers, calculating the potential girlfriends he could pursue.
By the way, he was not being unfaithful!
Up until now, he was head-over-heels for Hua Huo. Those feelings were absolutely not fake.
But, Hua Huo was destined to become a dazzling heavenly star as a truly talented swordsman while he decided to stay in this small village that was rooted to the ground.
