All the celestials in heaven stood dumbfounded as they watched him fall to the ground. Fengge turned in curiosity as he saw his sworn brother Tingzhe land beside him. Screaming in shock, Fengge rushed to his side holding him up.
"Tingzhe! Tingzhe! Tingzhe, wake up!" Fengge said shouting as he watched Tingzhe's hand fall to the ground.
The goddess of beauty shook her head in disbelief and the heavenly king, even though he was trying to hide the fear in his heart knew that this meant big trouble. Tingzhe wasn't just anybody. He was the son of Lord Pain. Everyone throughout the three realms feared Lord Pain because of his powers. Not even him who was the heavenly king could successfully block Lord Pain's powers. Although Lord Pain was no match for him in powers, Lord Pain's powers could subdue him temporarily.
Few minutes later, they all gathered in Fengge's room watching as the medicine god checked Tingzhe. Sighing to himself, the medicine god shook his head in sadness as he faced the heavenly king.
"Medicine god, your healing skills are legendary throughout the three realms. How can you say you cannot cure him?" The goddess of beauty asked.
"My skills are indeed legendary but he was hit with the seven lightening piercing formation. Crown prince has always been critically injured whenever he was struck by it much less an actual demon" Medicine god said
All the higher celestials understood what he was trying to say. Fengge was a partial demon. His strength came from his demon side not his celestial side. So in order to punish him, the heavenly king had invented the one thing that was his weakness. They say in order to create such a deadly formation, the weather, lightening and thunder god spent over 400 years making it. Not to mention, it was created with the help of the nature core.
Even a partial demon couldn't survive it much less a full blooded demon. This was indeed a problem. All the celestials were torn apart for what they should do. They were not going to be able to help Tingzhe which means they had to bring him back to the dark realm. But if they did that, they would have to give an explanation to the drak realm.
"Don't think about it any further. We have to bring him back to the dark realm. If we delay any further, he will die here in the heavenly realm" Medicine god said speaking what was on everybody's mind.
The heavenly king remained quiet thinking about it for some time. All much deliberation, Tingzhe was sent back to the dark realm.
Lord Pain opened his eyes from his cultivation. Ever since his powers started showing, he had always had to cultivate. Everyone's eyes were constantly watching him even the nature realm. Waiting for the time he will make the slightest mistake so they can condemn the dark realm. The core was eating him up. Yes. He remembered it just like yesterday.
"Brother, you must concentrate. You cannot afford to be distracted" The dark king said.
"Something is wrong. I can feel it." Lord Pain said.
"Nothing is wrong. Brother, go ahead and cultivate." The dark king said sitting beside his brother.
"You are the one that should be cultivating. The future of the dark core depends on you." Lord Pain said
"No one should ever know that the core hanging behind the blood wall is nothing but an illusion." The dark king said inhaling as he tried to maintain his composure.
"You have truly suffered. Carrying the blood core within your body must have been tiring." Lord Pain said making the dark king open his eyes.
Yes. No one would ever be able to understand the constant pain he had endured. When he was a little boy, his father called him into his room just before he was about to die. After giving him his last decree making him the dark king, he put the dark core into his body. The dark core was one of the four cores of the three realms. Being an eight years old boy, he didn't know how to control it. Everyday the pain got worse and he almost lost control of himself.
Luckily for him, his brother had pain powers. Taking all his pain upon himself. That's why he was grateful to his junior brother. For hiding his secret. When he finally closer his eyes to cultivate, the dark core started reacting once more within him. Sitting behind him, Lord Pain summoned his powers. To him, Pain as an emotion was a great help to his powers. He loved seeing when people were pain but not his brother. Seeing his brother groaning in pain tore his heart little by little.
The smell of the immerse pain his brother was feeling made a part of him happy which made him feel disgusted with himself. Before he would lose control of himself, Lord Pain drew all the pain from his brother collapsing on the ground. He could understand what his brother was going through. Normal people would have never been able to bear it. But thanks to his powers, he absorbed the pain.
The dark king looked at Lord Pain as he convulsed on the ground. The pain gotten from the dark core must be too much for him to bear. Putting his hands on his brother's arms, he struggled to keep his brother calm.
"Pain! Pain, keep still. You have to concentrate!" The dark king said with tears in his eyes.
His brother shouldn't be the one taking the pain. His brother shouldn't be suffering this way. Taking a deep breathe, the dark king drew his powers from the dark core within him. Holding his brother, he transfered some of his Qi to his brother to ease his pain. The dark core was a great source of demon magic.
Few hours later, the dark king covered his brother with his blanket. Lord Pain was unconscious but when he wakes up, his powers will have increased greatly. Suddenly his eyes went dark as he heard someone approaching his bedroom. Creating a demon barrier, he watched as Lord Pain turned invisible.
Suddenly, Yang Han entered the room looking around. Seeing his godfather's composure, Yang Han already knew that something was wrong.
"Godfather, are you okay?" Yang Han asked
The dark king sighed in relief as he saw his crown prince. Using his powers, he removed the demon barrier.
"Godfather, what's wrong with uncle? Did he absorb the pain caused by the dark core?" Yang Han asked looking worried.
"I am just worried that his powers might keep piling up and then one day, it might become too much for him to handle" The dark king said.
Just then they heard someone knock on the door.
"What is it?" Yang Han asked.
"Crown prince, please come. Something bad has happened" The demon servant said
"Tingzhe. He has been brought back in a bad state." The demon servant said.
The dark king and Yang Han gasped immediately they heard the news. Suddenly Lord Pain opened his eyes causing the dark king to move towards him.
"Be calm! Look at your eyes. Its red. You have not yet refined your powers. You can become corrupted" The dark king said begging Lord Pain.
"Where is my son?" Lord Pain asked trying to endure the headache he was feeling.
"Uncle, please be calm. I will go and check what is happening. You stay and refine your powers." Yang Han said leaving the room.
Rushing to the main hall, Yang Han saw Tingzhe lying unconscious while Fengge was beside him.
"What are you doing here? What did you do to Tingzhe?" Yang Han asked in disbelief.
The heavenly realm was involved in this. This was about to get very complicated.
"Be quick! We have to get him to the dark core." Fengge said shouting as he looked at Tingzhe worriedly.
He had not moved since he carried him from the heavenly realm. The heavenly king had finally allowed them to bring Tingzhe back to the dark realm but on one condition. That Fengge must be the one to bring him personally. Fengge didn't care. As long as his friend was okay, that was enough for him.
Yang Han carried Tingzhe and quickly left the room. Just as he was about to enter into the hallway, he saw Lord Pain standing there. Anger burned in Lord Pain. Taking one look at his son, he knew what exactly had happened. How dare they use the seven demon lightening formation on his son?
Walking past Yang Han, Lord Pain entered the room angrily.
"PAIN." Lord Pain said as his eyes went red.
Fengge flew across the room and landed against the wall as he hit his head. Coughing out blood, Fengge screamed as the pain got worse. His whole felt like it was on fire. Fengge screamed as blood poured out of his mouth.
The dark king rushed inside and saw Fengge screaming in pain. Looking at his brother, he saw Lord Pain smiling as Fengge continued screaming. His brother was enjoying it. His brother's powers feed on other people's pain and anguish. At this rate, Lord Pain will surely become corrupted since his powers were increasing without any form of refining.
Using his powers, the dark king hit his brother causing him to fall on the ground. Few seconds after Lord Pain fell down, Fengge fell down.