"What? What do you mean? Who has been caging my demon side?" Fengge said calming down.
"Who else? I am sure it is the heavenly king." Tingzhe said.
"Royal father must have a reason. Not all demons are good." Fengge said slowly.
"Are you saying you as a demon aren't good?" Tingzhe asked.
Just as Fengge was about to reply, a red small bird flew into the room landing on Fengge's lap. Using his powers, Fengge touched the head of the small bird accessing the message it brought. The message came in form of a vision making Fengge see the person when he left the message.
Fengge saw himself standing in front of the fire god making him cringe. Seems like he was in deep trouble. The fire god was dressed in red fur coat, his eyes blazing fire as always.
"Where are you? Your father is about to go berserk looking for you. Come home now!" The fire god said.
Fengge jerked back from the vision at the tone of the fire god. His uncle was always looking scary which was they were never able to bond. But his other uncle, the ice god was different. His cold aura could be felt from a mile away making you unable to approach him. Funny enough, the ice god was the one that always watched over him.
"What was it? You are already sweating. Is there trouble in the heavenly realm?" Tingzhe asked making Fengge touch his head. He was indeed sweating.
Standing up from his chair, Fengge headed towards the open door.
"I have to go. My fire uncle is blazing mad." Fengge said making Tingzhe to nod his head in understanding.
Using his powers, Fengge teleported away from the spot.
"You poor boy. Just how were you able to survive all these years?" Tingzhe said shaking his head.
The heavenly king walked to and fro in his palace waiting. Its been days since Fengge left. Suddenly, he stopped and smiled. What of the dark realm had killed him? It would be a dream come true. That way, he would finally be able to wage war against the dark realm and Fengge will also be dead. Two birds with one stone.
Suddenly a celestial appeared causing the heavenly king to turn in desperation thinking it was Fengge.
"Greeting heavenly king" Bai Lian said bowing.
"Goddess of virtue. What brings you here?" The heavenly king asked.
"I came to ask for permission. Some of my disciples in the Lotus sect are about to ascend. I wanted to bring them to the heavenly realm to do some sightseeing" Bai Lian said.
"No problem. Its good. You are a mortal but through your efforts and hard training, you were able to ascend and become the goddess of virtue. What time will you be bringing them?" The heavenly king asked.
"They are already here. I just wanted to ask for your permission. I think it will a great experience" Bai Lian said.
"But the crown prince isn't here yet. I would have liked the to meet all the celestials in person. That way they will be motivated to focus on their cultivation." The heavenly king said.
Su Ying stood looking round the heavenly realm. It was so beautiful. The book of legends had said it was the place with the most purest type of qi. Their master had brought them here on her sword. Truly a place of beauty. In front of the gate were two soldiers standing there guarding the entrance. And the whole place looked like it was flooded with fog.
It would be nice to explore the heavenly realm which was so big and vast but Jiu Bao wasn't taking her eyes of her. Suddenly Su Ying saw someone appear in front of the gate. It was a man elegantly dressed in white. He looked like he would definitely be handsome. Too bad she couldn't see his face.
"Greetings Crown Prince." The guards at the gate said kneeling down.
All of them gasped in shock. The crown prince of the heavenly realm. Jiu Bao smiled as he entered through the gate. She finally understood why her master was being hard on her. Not just to fight for justice and destroy all the demons, but the power and respect that came with being a celestial. Demons in the dark realm would be afraid of you. That type of power was worth dying for.
It was truly an honor. To be able to see the back of the legandary crown prince of heaven. Just as she was about to move forward, their master appeared out of the blue.
"Greetings Crown Prince" Jiu Bao heard their master say.
She watched with great admiration as the crown prince helped their master up. After saying some few words, their master approached them.
"Master!" They all said bowing their head.
"Where is Su Ying? She hasn't ran off has she?" Bai Lian said checking her disciples.
"I am here master. Don't always think the worst of me" Su Ying said rolling her eyes.
"That's because you do the worst! You are so immature. Now you are about to visit the heavenly realm and meet all the celestials. Are you not afraid that you will be laughed for being a martial expert?" Bai Lian asked.
"Master, we are meeting the celestials? All of them?" Xie Bai asked excitedly.
"Come in" Bai Lian said.
As they walked by, they realized just how wonderful the heavenly realm was. The weather was good and the cloud was white and clear. Everything held qi. Plants planted by the road glistened and shined as the sun reflected on them. The halls were painted white and the pillars were made of gold. Su Ying was too distracted and ended up hitting her third sister, Huiqing as they stopped.
"Sorry." Su Ying whispered as she arranged her dress getting ready to go in.
The doors were closed so they couldn't see inside but the feeling of nervousness started to dawn on them. While they were trying prepare themselves, the doors suddenly opened.
"Come inside!" They heard someone standing at the door say.
With mixed emotions, the four of them walked slowly behind their master. While Jiu Bao and Huiqing kept a straight face, Su Ying couldn't control her emotions and kept on shouting surprise causing Xie Bai to take responsibility for her by holding her hand tightly. The great "purity" hall was indeed nothing like the book of legends had described. It was much more beautiful.
The whole entire hall was painted in white. And the floors and stairs were indeed spotless. Su Ying had thought the gold used in making the pillars were too much but when she spotted the pillars in the purity hall, she almost fell from the shock. Gold pillars with drawings of a dragon engraved on them. They looked so real and beautiful.
In order to make a good impression, the four of them dared not look any of them in the eyes trusting their master to guide them.
"Greetings Heavenly King" Bai Lian said.
"Greetings Heavenly King" They said immediately following their master.
Su Ying felt like her heart would die from the excitement. The heavenly king. She was standing in front of the heavenly king. Putting her right hand over the other, she struggled to hide her shaking hand.
"Are they the ones that you wished to ascend into the heavenly realm?" The heavenly king asked smiling.
Once more, his reputation came first. Or else he would have dammed the whole act and killed Fengge once and for all for arriving late. Every cultivator mattered in the fight against the dark realm.
"Greetings Heavenly King" They said once more not looking at him in the eye.
Fengge covered his mouth trying to hide thr fact that he was yawning because he was bored. He never understood his father. Its true that every cultivator mattered in the fight against the dark realm but his father didn't need to summmon all the celestials just to meet them.
His eyes immediately went to the young cultivators behind the goddess of virtue as he felt the excitement oozing out of their emotions. He felt like he has meet them from somewhere.
"Please raise your head. The heavenly realm doesn't care about ranks and rules. All that matters is that you keep on cleansing the world from demons and that you keep cultivating. Is that okay?" The heavenly king asked pretending to be nice.
"Yes Your Majesty" They said making the celestials laugh.
"Please don't be so formal. You are still mortals. The rules don't apply to you. Now, please lift your head" The heavenly king said.
For the first time since they arrived, Su Ying dared to lift her head. She was shocked to see the heavenly king sitting so majestically on the heavenly throne. He was a middle aged man who had strands of white hair among his back hair. His dress was white as well with golden dragon patterns sewn onto it.
The heavenly king became happy as he saw the disciples of the goddess of virtue. The one that appealed the most to him was a girl standing on front. She was dressed in a white dress and looked so delicate and fragile. He wanted to know her name.
"All of you introduce yourselves" The heavenly king said.
Jiu Bao was the first one to step out. Now was the chance for her to make connections in the heavenly realm. One day, she was going to become the earth queen. Having the support of the heavenly realm would definitely help her.
"Greetings heavenly king. My name is Jiu Bao. The eldest disciple of the Lotus sect" Jiu Bao said.
"Eldest disciple?" He heavenly king asked.
"She is also the first daughter of the earth king and the successor of the mortal realm." Bai Lian said.
"Really? This is really unexpected. Good thing that you have decided to follow the good path unlike your father who studied at the Raven sect." The heavenly king said keeping his face neutral.
Jiu Bao. That was her name. She looked so beautiful. Milky white skin and pink lips. Though she was dressed so simply, her beauty couldn't be diminished.
"Greetings heavenly king. My name is Xie Bai. The second disciple of the Lotus sect" Xie Bai said.
"Greetings heavenly king. My name is Huiqing. The third disciple of the Lotus sect" Huiqing said.
"Greetings heavenly king. My name is Su Ying. The fourth disciple of the Lotus sect" Su Ying said making Fengge awaken from his sleep.
Su Ying. Using his powers, he appeared behind them causing them to jerk back in surprise. Turning around, they looked at him and recognized him.
"You!" Su Ying said pointing her hand at him.
"Stop that! Pay your respect to the crown prince!" Bai Lian said making all her four disciples to be surprised.
"Crown prince?" They yelled at the same time.