Year 1045 , the Emperor of Clove Empire was swiftly moving from one tree to another inside the death forest in search of the heaven and earth herb for his wife who was pregnant and right now in critical condition. He needed this herb in order to save his son in her womb who got attacked by a deathly poison…..
Emperor "That old man said , that I will find the heaven and earth herb in the centre on the death forest but I still don't sense any energy telling me that there is a heaven and earth herb nearby…."
The emperor worried continued his search suddenly felt a chill down his back …
…swish…
The emperor turned back with a silver sword coming into in hands from nothingness shining in the moonlight…
Emperor "Who is it?!"
Unknown "Why have u come here , Emperor of the Clove Empire?"
Emperor knew this unknown entity is surely more powerful than him and he won't be able to get past , so he decided to talk it down…
Emperor "I am here to find the heaven and earth herb for my wife , she is pregnant with my son who was poisoned by an enemy of mine ."
Emperor gritted his teeth in frustration and anger remembering his wife and son's condition also tears coming to the rims of his eyes.
The unknown entity shrouded in darkness kept watching him and then said….
"I can help u get the herb , you should know that this herb will will help your wife and remove the poison but…."
Emperor hearing this almost jumped but then calmed himself and continued to hear this unknown senior (he now knew that this unknown entity meant no harm and also could help him find the herb so he started to address him as senior)
"…but your son will get his meridians blocked and won't be able to practice neither martial arts nor mystic arts"
[Martial arts is practiced by people who use energy(Qi/Mana) in world to strengthen their body and learn several arts (skills) and Mystic arts is practiced by people who use this energy to strengthen their mind and soul and learn magical arts (skills) ]
Hearing this the Emperor got shocked but he understood that everything comes with a price and for the life saving herb his son will be born crippled….being a Martial King he knew what the unknown entity meant , that his son will be born but will have to live a life of a mortal.
Emperor with a determined look first time looked towards the unknown senior and said -
"Senior , all I want is my wife and son's well being and for that even if u want my life in return I am willing to , it doesn't matter if my son will live a life of mortal , I as his father will provide everything for him to live a life as he wants"
The Unknown senior with his deep gaze kept staring at the emperor , inside he smiled as he found something he was searching for thousand of years.
The unknown senior "Very well"
With saying this , a deep black and red herb more like a heart appeared in his hands surrounded with energy of heaven and earth and passed it to the emperor.
Then he vanished as if he was never there to start with.
The emperor with the heart shaped herb in his hands stared the the spot where the senior was a moment ago.
He bowed 3 times and said:
"Senior , I Alex Leroy the Emperor of the Clove empire thanks you for your help and promises that I will help you in any and every way possible if u ever need , this is the royal token only used my the emperor and his closest family member…"
Saying this emperor without any delay rushed towards his palace.
In the royal palace emperor room
The maid : Your Highness , please bear it his majesty will be here any moment.
The person lying on the majestic bed was the empress of the clove empire in pain because of the poison that she was controlling with her mystic arts so to keep her baby alive…
The whole palace was in tension right now because the enemy had attack few hours ago and although they were defeated they were able to poison their empress.
Suddenly a 6'5" man entered the palace and ran toward the emperor's room … yes this man was the emperor but right now he was in normal clothes so that he won't be interrupted by people outside the palace.
The people gasped at his appearance because they all felt the heavenly treasure in the hands of the emperor emitting a very powerful pressure.
Without any delay , Alex entered the room where his wife was…
The maid : Your majesty , we don't have any time pls give the heaven and earth herb we need to stabilise her highness and prepare for the birth of the baby.
Alex passed the herb with haste , went to the bed and hold Valentine's hand.(Maria Leroy is name of empress , wife of Alex) ( Before marrying Alex she was Maria Walton)
"My love , please stay strong"
Valentine sensing her husband relaxed a bit , her eyes were closed due to the pain.
The maid liquidated the herb and started to spread it on the empress's stomach where the baby was so that it can reach the poison and remove it.
When the the herb was applied , Maria felt a relaxing feeling but suddenly felt a sharp pain it when the poison got extracted and she felt that it something was mixing with her son , she got worried and tried to channel her mystic energy but Alex on her side when sensed it quickly stopped her.
"My love don't interrupt it , even if it's related to our son"
Maria got shocked but then quickly calmed down as she knew her husband would fight against whole world but would never let anyone harm his loved ones.She already knew how hard it would be for Alex for watching her like this so she stopped channeling her mystic energy and let the herb do it's thing.
The maid on side was shocked seeing this , in just few moments the poison vanished as if it was never there.
Maid bowed and said:
"Your majesty and your highness , the poison has been completely subsided and soon it will time for the birth of the baby, pls stay outside and wait for the good news"
Alex was about to object as he wanted to stay near Maria , Maria opened her eyes ( now the pain had subsided ) and said -
"Alex , don't worry I m fine now please wait outside I don't want you to see me in pain"
She smiled and said , seeing this Alex sighed and went outside while the maids entered the room to prepare for the delivery.
Outside the room he saw all the official waiting for him , seeing his subject worried he smiled and said
"The empress is safe now as well as the baby , we now need to wait for the natural birth"
Hearing this all the official sighed with relief and started rejoice.
After some time maids started to bring warm water and several other things.
People understood that it was time for the delivery.
"Aaaah…..Aaaah..."
"Waa….waaa….waaa…."
Hearing the cry of a baby all the official started hug each other and congratulate the emperor.
The door to emperor's room opened.
Maid came out and said:
"Your Majesty , her highness has given birth to a baby boy….."
Maid was about more but Alex interrupted and said :
"Very well , take this and announce the birth of the prince"
Alex handed her a piece of jewellery which he was wearing around his neck.
Maid understood that it was the price for her to keep quite about what see was going to say before that the Prince has born crippled,she understood and replied-
"Yes your majesty, this servant understands"
Alex commanded his subject to announce the birth of Prince and get back to their respective houses as he want a to spend some time with his wife and newly born son.
The officials understood , they bowed and went to their work.
Alex entered the room with only his wife who was staring at her son with a lovely smile on her face.
Alex went to her and sat down hugging her shoulder.
"Maria , our son is so handsome , hahaha our son has gone on his father to have his looks , sure a lady killer"
Seeing her husband face with a shameless smile sighed and said-
"Yes , our son is surely handsome , but saying he will become a lady killer is not so good, husband"
Alex sensing his wife's gaze coughed and said-
"How do u feel my love?"
"I m fine but our son…"
Alex interrupted-
"He can't cultivate"
He then explained everything that took place in death forest without leaving anything.He was bit frustrated as it was because of his incompetence that Maria and his son were poisoned.
After hearing everything, Maria smiled and said-
"Alex , it's because of you that we are able to hold our son …so what if he can't cultivate , it doesn't change the fact that he is your and mine son , he is the gift given to us by the God and I will give him all the love in this world , he doesn't need to cultivate to live happily , we are here for him."
Alex calmed down and nodded , all three of them hugged and shared the love. It was their son , their blood.
Suddenly the air started to change around them they sensed it and got alerted.Then they saw that it was directed towards their newly born son,sensing danger Maria made a protective cover for her son while Alex was holding his silver sword to attack the moment he senses anyone. But then a their son started to get panic in Maria's arm and then there was a flash and when Alex and Maria saw at their son and he had a red marking like dragon on this right arm from his shoulder to his wrist and a black dragon on his left arm from his shoulder to his wrist. But it was causing a lot of pain to the the small baby.
Seeing this Maria heart broke into pieces seeing her child cry in pain she looked towards Alex as he had the same expression.
"Alex , what's happening , what are these markings , our son is in so much pain…quickly do something I can't see him going through this" she said while crying and trying her best to use her mystic energy to sense the dragon markings.
Alex thinking what to do suddenly sensed a chill down his spine same as when he encountered the unknown senior.
A black smoke entered the room and a man shrouded in darkness was revealed.
Alex seeing the unknown senior quickly went over-
"Senior , please help , my son he is going through a lot of pain"
Seeing Alex , Maria understood that this was the unknown senior which Alex talked about.
She quickly with her son in her arms and went beside her husband and bowed.
The unknown senior starred at the little baby crying in pain they moved his eyes to the two dragons on the the child.Then his lips curled upwards and he smiled the same way he did in the forest.Then he moved his hands over the baby and the both dragon tattoo stated to move and swirl towards the heart of the baby and then disappeared as if absorbed into the body and then the heaven and earth energy started to go rampant and the baby who was crying suddenly stopped crying and then opened his eyes. All three of them starred at the little baby who was looking at them with heavenly eyes , the right red eye which was like the most beautiful red they had ever seen and the left black eye which if one starred into will be lost into the oblivion , it was like they were seeing eyes of a heavenly god the peek on existence itself.
Both Alex and Maria gasped as everything happens too quick.
The unknown entity was also shocked as this was not what he expected. He then made the baby go in sleep and sighed.
Alex and Maria didn't take long to understand that something had happened out of everyone expectation. Maria used her ice mystic powers to make 3 thrown like chairs and brought her small son sleeping peacefully near her heart and hugged him tightly while all of them sat down.
The unknown entity spoke-
"Kid , your son has surpassed all my expectations I didn't expect him to be born with the mythical meridians"
Suddenly the environment became tense , both Alex and Maria being royals knew what Mythical meridians are , they are the highest grade meridians , maybe saying them highest grade will be a insult to heavens , before Alex or Maria could say anything the unknown senior continued-
"The thing I gave u was supposed to remove the deadly poison and provide vitality to both mother and baby , and when I said your son will not be able to cultivate it was what I thought because that thing cannot be absorbed by humans but overpower any kind of negative energy like the poison"
Listening this Alex and Maria understood few things , first the thing the senior had given them was not the heaven and earth herb and they knew it was definitely above heavenly treasure rank and second that their son had been born with heaven defying talent…thinking about this Alex was overjoyed as now he could remove the burden from his shoulder which was that he was the reason for his son past blocked meridians.Seeing Alex , Maria smiled and then turned towards this senior and asked-
"Senior exactly what did u give to my husband which had such impact on our son"
Alex suddenly turned his head getting out of his world as he was also curious.
The senior gazed towards the sleeping baby with eyes of admiration and expectations and something which he had deemed impossible and decided to die in order to pay for his dept , he turned towards Alex and Maria and said-
"The heart of the Heavenly Dragon God"
Both Alex and Maria almost dropped from their thrones and were just overwhelmed by hearing the words of the unknown senior.
The unknown senior removed the black aura surrounding him and showed his real self - he was a middle aged man with thick brows and had a dominating smile , seeing the both parent being overwhelmed by what they just heard he continued
"When u were searching for the herb I saw u and just asked for curiosity for what a Martial King , the emperor of the Clove empire was doing in middle of death forest...when u said about your wife's condition the first thing that came to my mind was our god's heavenly dragon god heart which I was carrying for thousands of years….I was going to destroy the heart and give up my life as my life mission to resurrect the dragon god had no way to complete and then u came I thought this was the will of our god to help your child and wife….but just before I was about to crush my soul your son awakened the [Dragon Heart]"
Alex and Maria glanced at their son sleeping soundly then continued to hear the senior
"For normal cases after dispersion of the poison the heart should have dissolved into heaven and earth and convert into energy but your son mystic meridians devoured the heavenly dragon god and not only just that but also awakened the Dragon God bloodline and dragon god physic but…."
Alex and Maria immediately got alerted
"But right now we have to seal his majesty's powers"
Alex and Maria sighed with relief as they thought their son was again in some danger.Valentine spoke first to confirm-
"Senior is there any danger to my son and why did u refer our son as your majesty?"
The senior smiled and answered
"Your son is in no danger we just have to seal his powers till he is 8 years old and his soul is trained enough to handle his power and for why I referred him as my majesty because he is our future Heavenly Dragon God you should know that your son is no longer a human but a Heavenly Dragon"
"But don't worry he is still your son and so your position also changes as you both now are the parents of a heavenly dragon"
Saying this the senior moved his hands over the little boy sleeping peacefully in his mother's arms and started to place the seal.
Due to the changes in his body the baby woke up and tried to get rid of the seal but Maria calmed him down , she knew was for well being of her son , even though he was gifted with heaven defying talent he still was a new born and she and Alex had to protect him with all their might.
With seal being finished his eyes turned back to normal Crystal blue eyes like her mother.
Now that all was settled , Maria went to bed with her son breast feeding him who had gone through a lot from the time of this birth.
Alex and the senior had already left the room and they had to talk.
Alex started , "Senior can you pls introduce yourself and explain my son's situation and how you have planned about the future events"
The senior was looking at Alex , and nodded with satisfaction. Alex was one of the 4 emperor in this world with 4 continents(empire) and he thought it was all fate that he never got any way to compete his mission to resurrect the heavenly Dragon the Gods of their tribe and he came to this lower world to destroy the heart and die so that the enemy forces cannot reach or sense it.
He looked at Alex and answered
"I am Leonard , the guardian elder of the Dragon clan in the upper realm , thousands years ago we had a battle with the demons…when the Demon God joined the battle , all the clans joined hands to defeat the Demon God , The Martial God and The Heavenly Dragon God , the two existence at peak decided to confront the Demon God and after a long lasting battle Demon God was defeated but…."
Leonard had a grim expression on his face , seeing this Alex knew the war didn't end with just with Demon God's defeat and continued to listen-
"The Martial God and Heavenly Dragon God had to sacrifice themselves in order to defeat the Demon God's overwhelming power"
Alex listened everything with all his concentration and the asked -
"Did the Demon God die?"
Leonard looked at him and said in a heavy voice "NO"