Dao Ream, one of the 5 Upper Realms in the Immortal Universe, is an ancient realm which dates back to the origin of all as per the records passed. With over a million Big Realms and a billion Lower Realms Dao Ream is the biggest Upper Realm, but not the most powerful one. Even said that, the ancestors in the Dao Realm are not weaker than their counterparts and are more in number, they have the same powers as all the top level powerhouse in the Immortal Universe, with the ability to move through the space, destroy stars with a flick of their fingers and live long enough that no one but historians know their age they are gods for most of the beings living.
But even then, the most powerful being in each Upper Realm is called as Heavenly Emperor, they are said to be so strong that they can even bring back dead to the lands of living as their perverse power seems to break the balance of the world leading to all create a rule of a newborn Heavenly Emperor to restrict their reign to 20,000 years before they takes upon the moniker of Dao Ancestors like others of the same realm but opted out from becoming Heavenly Emperor and leave for the realms beyond the boundaries where no one else could survive for a single second. In each era the most powerful powerhouses in each realm fights for the title of Heavenly Emperor not only to increase the reputation but also to get the inheritance from the previous Heavenly Emperors of their realms and gain a highest realm, the realm of Immortal God.
Since all the Realms were born, instead of the power rankings based on the ancestors and heritage the Upper Realms host competitions among the young ones of different age groups to promote innovation and rankings of the realms.
And today happens to be the final match in below 100 Years Age Group. Happening in the largest sky arena of Dao Realm, the Sky Forge more than a million people came to watch the match while enjoying the novelties in the private islands of Bai Clan and having a fun filled escape from daily life.
In the arena within the cheers of million strong men the young power houses of the Bai Family from the Dao Realm and the Red Dragon Clan from the Demon Realm were fighting to earn ranking points to earn honour of their homes. Both prodigies reached the Golden Core Realm 7th Layer which is nothing short of a Miracle for this age since the whole Universe was created. With both using their Golden Cores to the fullest both moved with a speed so fast that most of the 1,000,100 observants in the Sky Forge cannot even trace them. As they clashed again and again, the match seemed to be moving towards the win of Bai Family as the young woman from the dragon realm was covered with injuries all over the body while the man from the Bai Clan was fearing with much better with a few scratches.
While all the spectators were holding their breath an elite group of people were in a special compartment on the northwest of the Sky Forge. All the top-level families and figures came to watch the match there. From the evil lords who feed upon the desire and blood of the mortals to the monks who only know how to chant their dharmas has a ritual of forgetting what their background is to join and have fun during these times. The special compartment contained high quality Magic Screens which broadcast the match and reactions to such a precision that even a drop of blood falling from the wound to the soil of the arena could be seen.
The old and young ones here forget about the rankings and enjoy their time while covered by novel inventions, foods, and drinks which may never even see the light of a day of common people in the Universe as most of them are then used privately for the powerful figures and their families. It is not only a festival for them, but also for creators and merchants to secure their new source of income for upcoming centuries.
In the west of the compartment stood a bar with all types of mortal and immortal drinks for the people while listening to sounds of music from different regions and even beyond the worlds of their universe brought back by the Dao Ancestors. In a corner a young-looking handsome pale man with blonde hair and red velvet eyes in black luxurious suit was drinking a transparent drink, exhaled with pleasure and savoured the after taste while listening to the melodies he cannot even understand but seemed to enjoy a lot. He looked at the bald old monk besides him and teased him, "Master, no one cares about what we do here, just relax and enjoy the sip of this. It's a mortal drink which is not less than a high-grade immortal drink in taste, I heard that a Dao Ancestor from Azure Guild of the East Realm brought it from a lower realm while he was travelling down there and even he could get only a few gallons each year. Frankly, I would want to dink this every day, but he just doesn't tell anyone from where to get it and I cannot find it even in these 200 years, so I just came here to drink it."
Monk sighs and gulped down the drink in his glass and exhaled like the pale man. He opened his eyes with vigour and marveled "Donor said right, it is really a unique drink and tastes fine for this monk."
"Haha, Monk I told you the same last year but ran away in last minute, see I didn't cheat you this time!"
Monk nodded and looked the Match displaying on the Screen with interest and said, "Match seems to be near the end with Bai Chen winning it easily but we cannot be sure as the young maiden from the Red Dragon Clan seems to be hiding the trump cards since beginning or knowing the Red Dragon's temper, he would have started thrashing furniture of the lounge by now."
The man nodded while cozying himself on the sofa and sighed "It's just a match of kinds for us, years before I was not interested to even come here, you know the best how lazy we Vampire Lords considering our histories, we really dream to sleep every second."
"That's true, until a decade ago the Vampire Clan only came here only a few times. But now at least you are coming with your family which is a good thing for all."
Man shrugged and said lazily "My son wants to attend some conferences every year and wife was already a strange vampire who don't like to sleep much. While they could roam around by their own the empty house troubled me a lot, so I started tagging along. This is a subtle change for me too, maybe I am really tired of sleeping subconsciously."
Then he paused for a bit, picked the tablet lying beside him on the sofa and ordered two more drinks which appeared instantly on the table. He held then and his eyes sparked a bit after smelling them. With a smiling face he hummed "This one costed a lot just now friend. This is actually an immortal wine brewed near your home, it's not so rare like the Vodka before us but it's quite a rare one on its own, I have heard that only a litre could be produced in 10 years and is great even for Immortals. Try this one friend."
Monk nodded and drank the wine in sips just like his drinking buddy.
"Also adding to what I was saying before, it's not a big secret, but actually many of us were bored of old ways so when the new things started coming here, we decided to see what's going on, maybe we of old races will be moving back to our lazy selves after this new burst of innovation ends."
"Donor said true, the progress of these 20 years could exceed even the whole life of this monk, it is truly an exciting age for all the realms."
Man nodded while holding the glass and looking towards the crystal screen as the match ended with the Bai Clan young losing the match in the final clash as he lied unconscious in half burnt state in front of the beautiful and charming red haired dragon girl who was also covered in scars all around her body but carried a strong satisfaction in her black eyes and smiled happily to use clan's Semi-Immortal Grade Spell Dragon Burst perfectly.
"Well, that was expected, the young dragon saved her last card till the end. But really using Dragon's Breadth in the Mortal Realm? She is a once in an era genius for sure, last time I saw that was almost ten thousand years ago."
"Yes, Bai Che did good and stayed strong and composed till the end, sadly he was facing a monster this time."
"Hm, I wonder when we will see the Young Master of Dao Realm fighting, maybe we will live long enough to see him coming out of his turtle shell, hahaha."
Monk sighed as from the person from Dao Realm he knows the best the Vampire was saying and can only silently agree with him.
"Alas, it would have been better if Bai Clan could replace Bai Changming with Bai Che. This boy is a prodigy of efforts, we elders knew about him since he was a young boy because of his righteousness and strength. I don't know why he is not the Young Master of the Bai Clan when he has already become the leader of whole younger generation."
"Monk, you and me both know that it is impossible, Bai Changming is the real crown prince of your realm. Not only he is the grandson of the current Heavenly Emperor and but can soon become the son of the future Heavenly Emperors or at least Dao Ancestors as both his parents are strong enough to go for the title. No one can dare to speak against a waste who not only failed to cultivate to even the foundation realm till the age of twenty-five but was also thrown out from the Immortal Dao University.
It's a good enough thing that he stays silent like he has been doing for while whole life, at least he does not use his privileges like a spoiled brat."
"Donor said right, even if Young Master Bai Changming is a waste for all I also values his steadfast character as it is not easy to bear as the waste material of the most powerful family in the Dao Realm and stay sane from. The previous similar cases always led to chaos in all the realm."
"That's true, it will still be better if he gets replaced and lives a silent life. But no one dares to challenge him, and not a single Bai Clan elder I talked about it took my words seriously, they were even afraid when I suggested it, sigh, the fear of a Heavenly Emperor is truly as vast as skies.
But enough of the issues of younger generation monk, here, pick your choices this time. You can even order Holy Waters; this brother is prepared to drink anything today."
Monk nodded while taking the tablet from the hands of the man and ordered as few drinks and holy waters he could not drink at his ashram. They both held their drinks and looked at the opening ceremony of the match for third place of the Under 100 Years Agre group competition while thinking of what next to order and what new and exciting topic to chat for now.