"Jade Mirage, how could you side with a murderer?! I admit, I refused to believe that his so-called friends would use his body and soul to absorb his powers and spiritual energy for their own greed! Tell me, how could you side with a poisonous snake?!"
"Poisonous snake? Oh Cosmic Mirror, he's Lord Winter Coral; the God of Winter and Wisdom. His words are as wise as a great old mortal in the Mortal Realm, but it is only you who dares twist his words into the opposite of what he says!"
Jade Mirage twists his sword and swiftly pulls it out, making Cosmic Mirror yell in pain.
"Don't even think that you'll live. This blade is coated with Lord Winter Coral's toxins and the poison will slowly kill you inside; it also disables your powers and weakens your muscles to prevent your movements. On the bright side, you'll live for at least an hour so take your time while I absorb the realm core. Oh and, I have no need for this soul since it's going to die with you anyway."
The backstabbing soldier throws the divine soul next to the poisoned Cosmic Mirror as they went close to the bright golden core. The poisoned soldier grabs his ankle to prevent him from doing what they were told, only to be kicked away by Jade Mirage.
"S-Stop. . ."
"Cosmic Mirror, let me use your body."
The voice from the divine soul shocks the man who quickly grabbed the soul trapped in the crystal cage.
"T-This voice. . .Lord Kind? I-Is it truly you?!"
"Yes, it's me. You don't have a lot of time to live, and I'm sorry that I can't help you in this form. If you allow me to use your body then I can try to stop Jade Mirage from destroying the Spirit Realm."
"But the Spirit Realm is beyond saving! You can't-"
"The Spirit Realm is only this way because the divine realm refuses to take care of it!"
The kind god cuts his words off and bumps himself against the crystal walls.
"Release me, hurry! Or do you want to wait and die with the souls who can't ever reincarnate again?!"
Cosmic Mirror widens his eyes and uses his remaining strength to release the divine soul from his cage, immediately going into the immortal's body and glowing gold.
Jade Mirage arrives at the core and reaches his hand to touch, excited by the fact he'll ascend to become a god after absorbing the spiritual energy.
THWACK!
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
His arm was shot by an arrow reeking of demon magic as he pulls his hand away from the core. He looks back at Cosmic Mirror magically standing up with a bow stance to signify that he had shot the arrow at Jade Mirage.
"You!! How could you still be standing?!"
The kind god in Cosmic Mirror's body takes out another arrow to imbue it with more demonic power and points it at the wicked immortal.
"You have no right to know."
Cosmic Mirror's cold tone pierces the air that makes Jade Mirage shiver in fear.
"You TRAITOR! You were allied with that traitorous god all along! If Lord Winter Coral knew about this, he'll kill your family!"
"Smart of you to think he didn't already. In that case, I have nothing to lose."
With the bowstring plucked by his hand, the demonic arrow was shot right into Jade Mirage's heart. The demonic power spreads throughout the heavenly soldier's body, corrupting his mind and power into a demon's.
"What. . .did you do to me? I feel massive strength and power that I never had before as a heavenly immortal. . ."
"It's a forbidden demon magic that changes the constitution of one's power to become a demon and wield their powers. There's no reversal to this method."
Jade Mirage laughs in joy, taking the arrow out of his arm and heart. He then used his new demonic powers to trap Cosmic Mirror in a dark crystal cage, rendering the man's movements.
"Cosmic Mirror, I suppose I should thank you for letting me have great power. This feels stronger than any divine power I've seen. . .and it's such a pity that I'd have to kill you. . .and the soul you merged with."
Cosmic Mirror tries to break the cage yet the effort was futile as the new demon engulfs them with demonic fire to burn their body. Then he proceeds forward to gather the core's spiritual energy into his hand and start consuming it into his body.
"No, don't!"
This time it was Cosmic Mirror who yelled out from his own tone.
Then a flurry of divine red, orange and yellow flames came down on Jade Mirage, scarring parts of his body as he was thrown back against the realm earth's walls.
The flames also destroyed the cage trapping Cosmic Mirror, the immortal soldier collapsing onto the ground when the divine soul got out of his body.
"This power. . .A phoenix?"
The kind god spoke as he saw the person descending down in a plum blossom outfit with long cascading, pink hair and lavender ombré.
It was a man whose eyes of blood red pierces into the windows of one's soul, indifferent to the presences of Jade Mirage and Cosmic Mirror yet raising his right eyebrow at the golden soul before him.
"Why are you here?"
The man's deep tone shook the divine soul into answering him unknowingly.
". . .I was casted here."
"As expected of the Divine Jade Realm, they lack responsibility!"
His flame wings responded in his fury. He walks over to Cosmic Mirror to check his condition, sighing hopelessly.
"You can't make it, but if your soul descends here then it will take awhile for you to reincarnate. You must revive in the Mortal Realm to get rid of your poison."
Cosmic Mirror gasps for breath as he stares up at the beautiful-looking man.
"But my family. . .they're still in the Divine Jade Realm."
"Your sister had notified me of everything, so your family is safe. They had already moved to another."
"I see. . .thank you. You are. . .?"
"Phoenix God. I am Phoenix God."