"PAIN!" Tingzhe said as his eyes turned red.
All the lotus sect disciples fell to the ground convulsing while the four top disciples being Jiu Bao, Xie Bai, Huiqing and Su Ying spat out blood immediately. Bai Lian looked back as her disciples screamed in pain while rolling around. Using Lotus sect magic, she created a barrier around them.
"Are you ready to come with me?" Tingzhe asked.
Fengge looked down as Jiu Bao shakes her head in disagreement. Knowing Tingzhe, he certainly won't leave here until Jiu Bao comes with him. While Tingzhe is busy focusing his powers on the lotus sect disciples, Fengge creeps out behind him, hitting his neck. All the disciples start gasping for air when Tingzhe falls asleep releasing them from his pain spell.
"Sorry. I will leave with my brother now." Fengge said apologizing to the Lotus sect disciples.
"Its you again! You are that arrogant man we met at the crossroad." Su Ying shouted recognizing him.
"Now that they are weak, it's the best time to kill them. Destroy evil, plunge out demons. Lotus sect weather reform!" Xie Bai shouted attacking Fengge who was holding Tingzhe.
"Xie Bai, stop!" Bai Lian shouted trying to stop him but was too late.
Looking up, Fengge saw the sky changing while Xie Bai was trying to attack him. This was the god of weather's spell. He must have learnt some of it from the book of legends. Looking down once more, Fengge allowed Tingzhe to fall down from the sky to the ground as he struggled to defend himself from Xie Bai.
Su Ying looked up as her second brother and Fengge fought. They dared to come bearing trouble in the lotus sect, of course they deserved to die. Seeing Jiu Bao catch Tingzhe, Su Ying could see the love in her sister's eyes as she laid Tingzhe to rest against the wall. Her poor sister. She had fallen hard in love with a demon. And not just any demon. The son of the Raven sect leader. Their love was just completely hopeless.
Fengge dodged as the lightening struck hitting the ground. The impact was so big that the surrounding was destroyed. Sensing Xie Bai as he approached from behind, Fengge used his heavenly powers to hit Xie Bai. Xie Bai jerked back when Fengge hit him. Trying once more to use Lotus sect magic, Xie Bai noticed he couldn't use any spells. Looking up at Fengge in anger, he saw Fengge whisper.
"Sorry. Let's not meet again in this life, okay?" Fengge said pushing him down to Bai Lian who caught her disciple.
All the Lotus sect disciples including Jiu Bao gathered together to check Xie Bai as he couldn't move. Fengge quickly used his heavenly powers to transport him and Tingzhe out of the Lotus sect while they were still focused on Xie Bai.
The dark king and the three lords walked into the heavenly realm smiling. It had been so many years since they had come here. Because of the dark miasma following them, all the flowers in the heavenly realm started to wither away. Heavenly gods that passed all showed their disgust but they didn't care.
When they finally entered the heavenly king's palace, they saw the heavenly king sitting down. The heavenly king sighed before standing up. He would once again have to deal with demons. Looking at the dark king, he couldn't help but feel anger towards him for stealing the Nature Guardian.
"You don't seem too happy to see me." The dark king said as they entered.
"Must they be present at the meeting? Its one thing that I have to see you but to see all four of you makes me disgusted" The heavenly king said
"Lord Pain is my brother. You haven't forgotten that, right? Besides, it's better to have them here. Where I can see them. You wouldn't want them exploring the heavenly realm, would you?" The dark king asked smiling.
Just as the heavenly king was about to reply, someone walked right in interrupting him
"Sometimes, he tends to forget. Trust me. I know." The ice god said entering inside.
The four of them including the dark king bowed down immediately they saw him making the heavenly king furious with jealousy.
"Greetings elder brother" They said at the same time.
"Don't do that. I am just a lowly ice god. I should be the one greeting you." The ice god said
"You are our senior and also a demon. Its just right that we show you respect." The dark king said remembering the good things the ice god did for the dark realm. If the ice god had become the heavenly king and not his brother, things would have certainly changed and the two realms would have been at peace.
"I'm not a full fledged demon. Please rise. How is the dark realm doing? Lord Pain, Lord Chaos and Lord Sly, nice to see that all of you are alive" The ice god said smiling.
"And you say I'm the one with a bad memory. You were born a half breed (i.e half god, half demon). And lost your heavenly powers turning to the dark side" The heavenly king said.
"At least my heart isn't as dark as yours. The evil in your heart..... is much bigger than all the demons in the dark realm, am I right?" The ice god said making the dark king and the three lords laugh.
The heavenly king clenched his fist out of anger. They were mocking him. In his own palace. Using his other hand, he summoned his heavenly powers. They were all demons. They all deserved to die.
The ice god was the first one to sense the heavenly king's power. Pretending to laugh, he also summoned his own water power. His brother had always hated him.
"Would you all stop this madness?" They heard someone say causing them to drop their magic.
Suddenly, flowers started growing everywhere. Even without seeing her, they knew she was around. The nature guardian finally showed up but she came alone which was strange. Things had been good between him and her. Their missing daughter had brought them closer to each other.
"Greetings Nature Guardian" They said
"Greetings Elder brother" The nature guardian said referring to the ice god. Once again, he had managed to secure everyone's respect.
"Rise Nature Guardian." The ice god said making the Nature Guardian stand up and others followed suit.
"Dark king." The nature guardian said pecking her husband's cheek.
"All of you are here. Please sit." The heavenly king said standing up.
Finally, they were all seated. The Nature Guardian having the highest title sat at the middle while the dark king and the heavenly king both sat at her sides. The rest of them being the three lords and the ice god sat down.
"We are all here to talk about the four cores. The blood core is becoming unstable again. This can affect the other three cores. The dark core is already showing signs of being affected. We have to find the blood core as soon as possible." The nature guardian said
"This is all the ice god's fault. He failed to keep an eye on the blood core and even allowed its location to change." The heavenly king said.
"That's because someone was shameful enough to mess with my cultivation room while I was cultivating. But be rest assured, I will find whoever did this." The ice god said.
"Now is not the time to be arguing. We must find a way to locate the blood core before things get out of hand." The nature guardian said.
Tingzhe woke up examining the place. Where was he? And how did he get here? Sitting up while massaging his neck, his eyes darted to Fengge who was sitting down in front of him.
"How did I get back here? Did you hit my neck?" Tingzhe asked feeling sore.
"I only stopped your madness. The girl wasn't ready to come along. If we continued staying there, we would have died. No, you would have died." Fengge said pouring him a cup of water.
"That stubborn girl." Tingzhe said groaning as he dropped the cup.
"That stubborn girl you are talking about. Who is she?" Fengge asked.
"She is a girl I really like. Because a silly misunderstanding, she's angry with me. I wanted to use her fellow disciples to lure her out. I didn't expect that Master Bai Lian would be there" Tingzhe said
Suddenly they both heard a knock on the door. Tingzhe rolled his eyes as he expected it might be Yingtai. She must have heard what happened to him and ran here to see him.
To their surprise, the door opened and Lord Chaos was the one who came in. Fengge froze on the spot looking at her as she walked into the room.
"Greetings Lord Chaos." They both said kneeling down.
Walking to them, Lord Chaos slapped Tingzhe hard across his cheek but he didn't move. Fengge flinched as he saw Lord Chaos slap Tingzhe.
"You went to the lotus sect? Do you want to die? You fool! You even gave a failed attempt!" Lord Chaos said angrily.
"Sect leader, please be calm." Fengge said
"Feng Yu, you are the dark king's envoy yet you accompanied him in a journey of such stupidity. Do you not like your lives anymore?" Lord Chaos asked
"Sect leader, please be calm. We are at fault." Tingzhe said
"If you wanted pain so much, you didn't need to go to the lotus sect. Tingzhe, go to the Raven hall to receive your punishment" Lord Chaos said leaving.