"What!" The dark king asked screaming in anger.
All the servants in the room fell to their knees at the words of rage from the dark king. Tingwei who was the dark king's eunuch was already scared out of his wits and was constantly cleaning his forehead with his sleeves.
"Her servants said she went to the heavenly realm to attend the crown prince's banquet" Tingwei said.
"That girl. Yang Han!" The dark king said shouting angrily.
Yang Han appeared suddenly before his godfather kneeling down.
"Greetings godfather" Yang Han said.
"Go and get that foolish sister of yours. She makes me mad." The dark king said.
"Jiayi?" Yang Han asked surprised.
"No, its her twin sister. Of course it is Jiayi!" The dark king shouted causing Yang Han and the servants to fall to the ground.
"All of you, get out!" Yang Han said turning back.
Although the servants were afraid at first, they ran away to escape the dark king's temper. The last servant to leave the room closed the door shut. Whenever the dark king became angry, the dark core would start to react. The servants serving him didn't know about the secret therefore anyone that was unfortunate to witness his episode was killed the next day. Therefore most servants almost died of hypertension whenever he started with his temper.
"Godfather, please be calm. Your health" Yang Han said putting it lightly.
What he really meant was; "Godfather, please don't forget the dark core" but he didn't dare to say it.
While the dark king was getting more agitated, Yang Han used his powers to send a message to Lord Pain.
Four characters were seen clearly engraved in front of the house which meant The Pain Hall. Most people feared coming to the pain hall more than the dark hall. The aura surrounding the hall was terrifying and the formation used was formed by the blood of Lord Pain himself. Anyone who dared to sneak into his palace always died from the excruciating pain caused by the formation. Therefore people always waited outside the barrier.
Inside the pain hall, Lord Pain sat leaning his hand against the chair with his eyes closed. For him, controlling himself was very important or he would lose control of himself and go on a killing spree. Millions of years ago, he had lost control and annihilated a whole clan. This caused the nature realm to interfere and he was locked up for thousands of years.
Taking deep breathe, Lord Pain reached out for his favorite wine sipping it. He always drank the wine slowly in order not to waste it. The wine had been made by Lord Chaos who always brought it to his palace once very 200 years. Smiling to himself, Lord Pain licked his lips as the flavor of the wine lingered in his throat.
His eyes suddenly darted to the paper that appeared on top of his table. Using his powers, he made the paper appear in his hands. Seeing the emergency insignia on the back of the letter, he opened the letter causing it to turn to a vision of Yang Han as he was kneeling down before the dark king.
"Uncle, help. Godfather is getting agitated again. Princess Jiayi is missing. She has gone to the heavenly realm to attend the crown prince's banquet. Godfather is extremely angry. You have to get here fast" Yang Han said.
Waving his hand, he caused the vision to disappear as he stood up. Taking a step forward, he used his power to make himself disappear.
Jiayi smiled as the heavenly king told her to rise. Her gaze held her seductive intention as she looked at the heavenly king. Turning to Fengge, she ran to hug him causing the celestials to gasp in shock at the sight.
"Brother Fengge, happy birthday. I have prepared a lot of presents for you" Jiayi said looking at the heavenly king as she talked.
The heavenly king cleared his throat looking away which drew the attention of Fengge. Getting the hidden message behind his father's actions, Fengge smiled as he gently pushed Jiayi away. Standing in front of her, he bent down out of courtesy.
"Thank you Princess Jiayi" Fengge said.
"No need to thank me brother Fengge. The relationship between the heavenly realm and the dark realm is good and peace has reigned. You are such an outstanding crown prince that appears only once in a million years. The heavenly realm must be thankful to you." Jiayi said smiling.
"Princess Jiayi, I am afraid that you must have gotten everything wrong. I am the one who is thankful to the heavenly realm" Fengge said.
"Brother Fengge, you are really being too modest. I once heard that on the day you were born, a dragon star appeared. Although to the heavenly realm, it is a bad omen but in the dark realm, it is actually a powerful sign. I wish you many long years like the dragon star" Jiayi said.
Meanwhile Su Ying tried her best to control herself. This princess was obviously trying to get the crown prince killed. The expression on the heavenly king's face had changed making all the celestials worried. All except the ice god who maintained he's usual demure.
"Look at her. What is her real intention?" Su Ying asked.
"What do you mean?" Jiu Bao asked looking at Su Ying.
"This princess. Although her words seem to be full of praises, they are obviously meant to sow discord. She is really a true demon" Su Ying said angrily.
Tingzhe who had been watching everything was also so angry. Why did she come here? Jiayi is supposed to be in the dark realm. Now she was making a bad impression of the dark realm. Getting up from his seat, Tingzhe appeared in the middle of the banquet.
"Your Majesty, please forgive Princess Jiayi. She's already drunk" Tingzhe said dragging her away.
The tension in the banquet could be felt from a mile away. Fengge had grown uncomfortable and couldn't even look at his father. The goddess of hunting sensing everything came out to the middle of the banquet.
"Your Majesty, don't take anything the demon princess said to importance. She was already drunk from the thousand years freedom wine I sent to her. The crown prince is your son and the only heir to the heavenly throne. I don't think he would dare to betray you" The goddess of hunting said.
"Goddess of hunting, you worry too much. The crown prince is indeed outstanding and this has not been seen for thousands of years. I am indeed proud of him." The heavenly king said with a smile causing all the celestials in the banquet to admire him even more.
All except his brothers, the god of ice and the god fire who rolled their eyes at the same time at the comment of the heavenly king.
"Thank you father" Fengge said happily.
"Please continue with the banquet" The heavenly king said
Lord Pain appeared at the dark hall and saw the dark king shouting. Yang Han was still trying to calm the dark king was failing badly. Just as the dark king was about throw a cup in anger, Lord Pain stepped up hitting him unconscious.
"What happened? Jiayi went to the crown prince's banquet? Wasn't she supposed to be cultivating in the dark python hall? Who let her out?" Lord Pain asked.
"I don't know. All the guards that were guarding the dark python hall were not there." Yang Han said.
"That stupid girl! Just wait till I see her. Wait here and take care of your godfather till he wakes up." Lord Pain said.
"I will do exactly as you say. Godfather, please don't be too hard on Jiayi when you see her. Remember that she is not in her right frame of mind" Yang Han pleaded.
Ignoring whatever Yang Han was saying, Lord Pain used his powers to conjure up a knife. Opening his other hand, he tore himself across his palm. The sharp pain was like a high herb to him. He enjoyed feeling pain.
"Uncle." Yang Han said worried about his uncle's condition.
"Don't worry. I won't start craving pain. Take this. When the dark king wakes up, use this spell to draw the pain he is feeling unto my blood. Also, don't forget to tie him up." Lord Pain said.
"Uncle. Don't worry. This is not the first time I have taken care of godfather. Don't worry about anything" Yang Han said.
"You are truly a blessing to the dark realm. I am happy my brother made you the crown prince " Lord Pain said.
"Thank you uncle" Yang Han said as he watched Lord Pain disappear.
While the banquet was going on smoothly, Tingzhe was arguing with Jiayi outside.
"What are you doing here?" Tingzhe asked.
"How dare you talk to me like that?" Jiayi asked attempting to slap Tingzhe.
Catching her hand, Tingzhe squeezed her hand in anger.
"What are you doing? How dare you hold my hand? Let go immediately!" Jiayi said.
"Okay. If that's what you want" Tingzhe said releasing her hand violently causing Jiayi to fall to the ground.
"You!" Jiayi said about to come back and slap Tingzhe when someone grabbed her hand causing her to turn back. Before she could realize it, someone slapped her hard across the face.
"Greetings Lord Pain" Tingzhe said kneeling down.
"Uncle!" Jiayi shouted holding her cheek.
"How dare you come here? You good for nothing!" Lord Pain shouted.