Cross was sitting in the Sky Poison Pearl with a small red handprint on his face. He crossed his arms and mumbled "Last time I'm sharing popcorn with that loli..." Jasmine flared up from her bed and glared at him, Cross snorted and looked at her as he said "Lo-li~"
Jasmine charged at him and he fell into a crack, disappearing, but Jasmine chased him into the crack. Falling on top of him in shock.
Cross landed on his bed, next to Luna, and Jasmine fell on top of him. Luna looked over and was startled, Jasmine's face reddened and she said quickly "En! B-Big sister! It's not what it looks like!" Cross complained "My wife! Save me! This loli's gone mad!"
Luna hummed and said "Is that so." Cross nodded and Jasmine pounded her small fists on Cross' chest as she said "Stop calling me a loli!" Cross coughed up blood and felt his chest was about to collapse. Luna giggled and said "I think you deserve it."
Cross was heartbroken and almost cried as he said "Loony.. You can't do this to me!" Luna just giggled and watched from the side with a small smile.
Around a dozen days later
Jasmine and Cross were sparring when they heard Yun Che shout frantically. Cross stopped and looked outside before saying "This fellow's gone mad!" as he disappeared, Jasmine looked outside to see a dragon covered in ice and Yun Che running towards Little Fairy, whos profound Veins were shattered.
Cross appeared in front of Yun Che and Little Fairy, in his full armor and holding his mace. He raised his hand and stopped the Dragon claw as he said "Worthless creature, you dare to attack me!?" The dragon roared "They killed my wife!" Cross sneered and said "Then follow her to the afterlife!"
As he smashed his mace down shouting "Opening of the Void!" his mace smashed into the ground and a crack spread to the dragon, who was now trembling in fear. The crack opened under the dragon and a black energy pillar shot out from the ground, obliterating the dragon.... and almost everything around it.
Cross rested his giant mace on his shoulder as he said "Is it too flashy? Maybe 'Call of the Void' is better?" he turned around and walked back to Yun Che as he said "What do you think?" Yun Che gulped and said "That was awesome... Maybe 'Opening the Void' is better?"
Cross said "Huh. That is better! Thanks bro!" Yun Che smiled and looked at Little fairy and said "Could y-" Cross shook his head and said "Can't do it. But I do appreciate her sacrificing herself for you... Maybe she's not as bad as I thought.." as he disappeared into the Sky Poison Pearl.
Yun Che heard beasts roaring and rushed into the cave that the two dragons were guarding, holding Little Fairy in his arms.
Jasmine said "What was that?!" Cross smirked and said "My Profound Veins art, is it good? I have 9 veins with Arts in them like Yun Che's. I think the first move can be improved..." He went into thought and Jasmine looked at him with an indescribable gaze, he... he really was a genius! An incredible genius!
And to think he made four Veins just like that...
Jasmine's little heart thumped rapidly as she looked at Cross, with so many emotions they couldn't be counted or described.
Suddenly both Jasmine and Cross were ejected from the Sky Poison Pearl into a black space.
They looked around and saw two giant azure blue dragon eyes staring at them. Cross slapped his forehead and said "Not another chicken!" The eyes looked amused and said "I'm not the chicken.. I'm the Primordial Azure Dragon!"
Cross let out a breath and said "Good, I hate that chicken..." Jasmine mumbled "Primordial Azure Dragon..." The Dragon said "The human who came in with you two has accepted the trial, do you wish to watch?"
Cross said "Ok." a screen appeared in front of them and showed Yun Che fighting against the stone warriors with Little Fairy in one hand and the Overlord sword in the other. Cross took out some popcorn and said "He does have a bit of flair. Very manly."
The Dragon said "You don't find this very stupid?" Cross said "Oh, no doubt! He's a big idiot, but he will fight until every single part of his body breaks down if he's fighting for a woman." Cross shook his head and said "If he continues like this, he will die for a woman one day."
The Dragon chuckled and glanced at Jasmine, who was sneaking a look at Cross before snorting softly and turning her head away. The Dragon grinned and said "You... Wait!" he choked on his words as he said "You have the chicken's heart fire?! How!?"
Cross waved and said "The chicken tried to change my bloodline then gave me origin blood and her heart fire as an apology." The Dragon almost puked out blood as he said "Wh-" before freezing and trembling slightly.
It wasn't out of fear like the Phoenix, but excitement! As if it saw someone or something it hasn't seen for a long time. The Dragon recovered and said happily "What a surprise!" Cross looked at the Dragon in confusion and the Dragon said "We'll talk later."
Cross nodded and went back to watching the show.
Yun Che collapsed after destroying the Stone Dragon General and clearing the first trial. Sad news was the Overlord sword was destroyed, good news was he got a new one!
Yun Che and Little Fairy appeared in a plain and the task was to kill 99999 beasts before a year.
Cross sat down and started converting his energy, waiting for Yun Che to complete the task.
5 months passed
Cross would occasionally practice with his mace, under the curious eyes of the Dragon.
When Yun Che passed, Cross had converted his energy to 10th level Earth Realm! The space was seemingly endless so Cross practiced his 'Opening the Void' Art, getting pointers from Jasmine on how to improve it.
The Dragon said "Congratulations, human!" then explained that the way to save Little Fairy was to take the 6 drops of Dragon God blood and fuse with them. He gave Yun Che 7 days to do so, before turning his attention to Cross.
A ball of shining Azure blue blood appeared along with another bigger drop and a bone looking thing. The Dragon said "I can't let that damn chicken out do me, can I? These are 15 drops of my Origin blood, 6 extra drops for you and Dragon God Origin Bone Marrow."
Cross was confused and said "Wh-" The Dragon cut him off and said "You will know in the future, at that time hopefully you will remember this old soul..." the bone and the 6 drops sank into Cross' body and merged with him, reshaping his bones and assimilating to his bloodline.
The strange event, didn't happen this time. As if it knew that this would happen. Cross' blood devoured the Dragon God blood and the Dragon God Origin Bone Marrow melded with his bones, slowly shaping them into extremely strong new bones. Harder and stronger than the hardest metal in the world!
On Cross' back directly east of the black circle, a life-like Azure dragon appeared.
While all this was happening
The Dragon looked at Jasmine before saying "The Slaughter Star God..." he sighed and said "When will you confess your feelings? Perhaps he may be able to cleanse your soul of it's killing intent..." Jasmine snorted and said "What this Princess does, and when she does it, is her own business!"
The Dragon chuckled and said "Very well... I wish you success in your endeavors..."
7 days later
Cross and Yun Che woke up. Their auras exploded and Cross was boosted into the 1st level of the Sky Profound realm! He cracked his neck and roared before saying in Draconian "Ahh... So comfortable!" The Dragon was stunned and said in Draconian "You can speak the language of the dragons?!"
Cross nodded and said "It's very nice, eh? I can also speak to snakes." The Dragon was speechless, Cross focused his attention on Yun Che in the screen as he said "I'm curious how he will be able to restore her profound veins."
The Dragon coughed and said "Human, it's quite simple! All you have to do is give her your Virgin Dragon seed and take her Virgin Yin." Yun Che froze and Little Fairy's face turned completely red. Yun Che said "Uhhh..."
Cross ripped the screen and said "What are you hesitating for? How many times have you saved this woman's life? And you! What are you rejecting for? Are you a moron!" Yun Che and Little Fairy were stunned, Little Fairy said "I-"
Cross cut her off and said "You what? You're a burden? A wastrel? You almost caused my brother to die several times? He saved your life after you saved his by bringing you into the cave from the beasts that were coming. Then again when he destroyed the golems attacking you on the ground, then again while carrying you through all of the first trial. He almost died in the process! Then all the nights in the second trial, do you think everyone is as stupid as you?"
Cross sneered and said "Maybe you think I'm blind and can't see the smile on your face every night. Counting every day for 5 months as saving your life then he has saved it over a hundred times, and now he's saving you again. Honestly, I would have left you on the ground outside to die a graveless death eaten by profound beasts. I wonder.. will your purity save you then?"
Cross seemed to have realized something and said "Yun Che you don't have to save her, her purity will heal her by itself. There's no need to drag a burden around for the rest of your life. A stupid woman from that moronic ice sect. What a joke. If your purity is more important than your life go ahead and die, come Yun Che. I can wipe all your memories of her, you won't even know she existed."
Little Fairy trembled and grabbed onto Yun Che tightly with a pleading look, it wasn't to save her, but just to stay with her. Cross added "I guess I have to wipe your memories too... Still intent on dragging him down. I should've known you weren't any different. Whatever, that sect will crumble in my hands sooner or later. I will see if the rest value their purity over their lives!"
He had an emotionless face as he pointed forward and his finger tip lit up a bright white light before shooting forward. Yun Che stepped in front of the beam and shielded Little Fairy, much to her shock and created tremors in her heart. Why! Everything he said was right! Why would he still protect her!?
The white beam exploded into a barrier and covered the two, making it impossible to see through.
Yun Che opened his eyes and saw the white space in front of him, he sighed and said "Killed by my brother.." Little Fairy was behind him and looked at his back as her eyes trembled and she said "Why..." Yun Che turned around and said "Little Fairy?! You're dead too!?" Little fair said "We're.. not dead.. moron.. your brother... he made a barrier..."
Yun Che let out a breath of relief and said "That's good! I thought you died!" Little Fairy shook and looked into Yun Che's eyes, he wasn't worried about his own death, but hers instead. Yun Che then added "I'm also happy, he wasn't going to kill you."
Little Fairy teared up and said through sobs "Why... Why saved me at the cost of your own life..." Yun Che smiled softly and said "That's just who I am." Little Fairy shook and a small smile escaped her lips as she sobbed.
While Yun Che was talking to Little Fairy, Cross was getting an earful from Jasmine about how he scared her to death.
Cross sighed and said "Relax. As if I would ever kill my own brother and his wife, not to mention you're connected to his life. Though my opinion of the girl did drop by a bit, she's only slightly better than the rest of her sect now." as he threw popcorn into his mouth, hovering over the air.
Jasmine was speechless, before shouting "Share!" Cross shook and flew away shouting "NO!" Jasmine flew after him and beat him up for good measure.
A while later
Cross had a black eye and Jasmine was eating his popcorn. He was aggrieved, that was HIS popcorn! Why did he have to share?! He reached his hand over to the bag and Jasmine slapped his hand away, growling at him. Cross grumbled and looked away in grief over his lost popcorn.
The barrier shattered and Little Fairy stood there, completely healed, with her clothes on at she looked at Yun Che. She caressed his cheek before kissing his forehead and walking away as Yun Che was currently unconscious.
She looked back every couple of steps, clearly hesitating on whether she should stay or not. Cross pointed at her and an invisible string latched onto her body as her eyes watered and she left, disappearing outside the cave.
A few minutes later
Yun Che woke up and looked around to see Little Fairy was nowhere to be seen. He sighed to himself and looked sad, before hearing the Dragon's voice ask him to find the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword. The Dragon explained what it was and that his daughter was sealed within the sword. Yun Che promised he would try his best to find the sword.
The Dragon told him that when he reached the Earth Realm to come back but only within 3 years, if it was any later than that he could forget about it. Yun Che nodded and Cross and Jasmine returned to the Sky Poison Pearl as Yun Che left the Trial Grounds, rushing to the Blue Wind Ranking tournament.