Fengge knelt down in the dark room of the punishment hall. Unlike the other realms, the dark realm was indeed cruel. Two men in black masks suddenly appeared from the shadow holding whips. He had heard about them. They were the shadow guardians that protected the dark core. Actually they were just phantoms of the original beast.
The two men halted looking at him so he prayed that they wouldn't recognise him. That he wasn't the real Tingzhe. He had once again hit Tingzhe's neck and used a disguise spell to turn himself into Tingzhe.
"Are you sure about what you are about to do? You are a god. The whip will surely hurt you" The first shadow beast said looking at him.
At that moment, Fengge froze avoiding eye contact. They had caught him. But he wasn't going to confess. Not even if they killed him.
"Not necessarily a god. He's also half demon" The second shadow beast said making Fengge flinch.
" I am not a half demon. My father and mother are both gods in the heavenly realm." Fengge said with certainty.
"Really? Are you sure?" The first shadow beast said
"He is already here. Whether or not he is a demon doesn't concern us." The second shadow beast said raising his whip.
"Although you are not the real Tingzhe, you are here to take his punishment. Do you accept?" The first shadow beast said
"I accept." Fengge said nodding his head
Fengge braced himself for the pain of the whip. He had faced worse situations. Besides it was for Tingzhe. All for Tingzhe.
Tingzhe woke up with a sore neck. Looking around, he searched for Fengge. That's when he remembered everything. Fengge had hit his neck just when he was about to enter the punishment hall. No. Standing up, he rushed to the punishment hall but the doors were locked.
"Open the door! Fengge! Are you inside?" Tingzhe shouted.
Fengge knelt down slouching as they continued to beat him. Lord Chaos didn't say how many beatings Tingzhe was supposed to receive. Surely, she wouldn't want to kill her very own son. Demons were considered evil. Without a shred of humanity. These were the bearings they had been condemned to.
Each time the whip hit him, it tore his skin. The immerse pain was almost able to make him faint. But he struggled to stay awake. If he fainted, they would surely use water to wake him up. Water and peeled wounds didn't go together.
The door opened finally after sometime. Tingzhe immediately rushed into the room but didn't see anyone. Only Fengge who was still kneeling down. His shirt had been torn and his skin was in a mess. Blood was all over the ground. Rushing to him, Tingzhe looked at his face to make sure he was alive. His eyes were opened but he wasn't responding. Using his demon powers, Tingzhe tried to heal wounds but the wounds just became worse.
"Use this for his wounds. It can only relieve his pain." The first shadow beast said handing over a bottle to Tingzhe.
"Thank you" Tingzhe said helping Fengge up.
"You fool! You are from the heavenly realm. Don't you know that you couldn't have died?" Tingzhe asked scolding Fengge.
Fengge opened his eyes smiling. Tingzhe looked at Fengge and noticed that he was awake.
"At least I am not dead. You, on the other hand, would have really died. You are poisoned, aren't you?" Fengge asked weakly.
"So? Look at you. You are already about to die." Tingzhe said as they entered into their room.
Laying him on his front, Tingzhe quickly opened the medicine bottle the shadow beast gave him. Looking inside, he saw worms. Pain sucking worms. They were exactly what Fengge needed at this point.
Making Fengge sit up, Tingzhe poured the worms into his hands casting a spell unto the worms before they disappeared.
Fengge screamed as he felt as pain was roaming all over his body. This was as if someone was moving in his body. Tingzhe held him in one place as the worms went round his body. Suddenly, the wounds started to heal and Tingzhe breathed a sigh of relief.
After the wounds had closed up, Tingzhe muttered a spell and they appeared back into the medicine bottle. Running to Fengge, he caught him just as he was about to fall down.
Back in the heavenly realm, all the gods gathered together in the court murmuring. Somehow they managed to have heard about the incident that happened. The crown prince was injured. Even though they didn't know the full story.
Just when the heavenly king arrived, all the gods knelt down greeting him as he took his seat.
"You may rise." The heavenly king said.
The other senior gods wasted no time before telling the heavenly king about the crown prince's injury.
"Your Majesty, the crown prince should be brought back home. We all received reports that the crown prince was injured in the Raven sect." The thunder god said
"Don't exaggerate. He is the crown prince. He has gone to countless battles and has fought many ancient beasts. This should be a small injury" The heavenly king said trying to calm the gods.
Suddenly a heavenly realm solider rushed into the hall kneeling down.
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is back." The guard said making the heavenly king stand up.
The heavenly king and all the gods rushed immediately to Fengge's room. As the crown prince, he was loved by all. When they all got there, the heavenly king almost exploded in rage when he saw the ice god sitting with Fengge. From what the ice god was doing, he had no doubt. He was using blood bending magic.
An ancient demonic type of water magic. And he dared to use it on the crown prince.
"What are you doing! Stop it right now!" The heavenly king shouted approaching them when he hit a demon barrier.
"You!" The heavenly king shouted once more.
"Your Majesty, the ice god is trying to help the crown prince. We should allow him." The god of war said.
The heavenly king had no choice but to keep quiet watching as the ice of transferred dark energy into Fengge's body. After some time, the ice god stood up laying Fengge on the bed. He had managed to save him once again. His son did not die. Turning back he saw all the gods standing there.
"Is the crown prince okay?" The medicine god asked arriving as she observed crown prince's body.
Sighing to herself, she sat down examining his pulse. He was weak but he wasn't going to die.
"Is the crown prince okay?" The heavenly king asked pretending.
"The crown prince is out of danger thanks to the ice god's treatment." The medicine god said.
"Thank you ice god for saving my son. The heavenly realm is indebted to you." The heavenly king said making the ice god hiss in anger before leaving.
Tingzhe stood from afar watching everything. Poor Fengge. At first he watched as the worms had greatly helped him but then in one night, the crown prince had gotten worse. Tingzhe knew he had to bring him back to the heavenly realm. The heavenly realm had a healing pool which would surely help Fengge. Too bad his own father didn't even care about him. He was just pretending.
"Hypocrites! Everyone in the heavenly realm are nothing but hypocrites. Too bad Fengge is naive. He would surely suffer for being their crown prince." Tingzhe said spitting on the ground in disgust before he left.
The heavenly king came back when no one was around. There he was. Lying down so peacefully. If only Fengge knew how much he hated him. But it wasn't always like that. When Fengge was little and he didn't know that Fengge was not his son, he adored him.
Until one day, he came into Fengge's room and saw him using dark magic. He was so little that maybe he didn't know it was black magic. When he carried him to the god of ancestral of divination, that's when he knew. Fengge wasn't his son.
Fengge woke up and his body was sore. The last thing he remembered was being with Tingzhe. Stretching his hand to get water, he recognized the cup. This was the glazed cup the god of fire gave him. Why was in the Raven sect?
"You are finally awake." Fengge heard his father say forcing him to sit up in shock.
Looking around, he saw the heavenly king sitting down in the chair by the corner. Fengge tried to get out of bed but failed. He was still very weak.
"Don't bother. You just recovered. Tell me Fengge. Why were you injured by the shadow beast's whip?" The heavenly king asked causing him to stand up.
Fengge looked around everywhere trying to think of an answer. The heavenly realm had one principle. They were not supposed to spare demons. Him? He not only spared them, he even took the punishment of one. There is no how his father won't kill him for this. While he was still thinking of how to come up with an answer for the heavenly king, the fire god entered.
"Brother, you are here. I have been looking for you everywhere. Let's go. We have things to do." The fire god said dragging the heavenly king.
"Fire god, don't be so unruly. Can't you see I am talking to your nephew?" The heavenly king asked.
"Oh nephew, I heard what happened. That's why we should allow him rest. Let's go." The fire god said smiling at Fengge as he left.