Underworld, 7th Yama's Palace.
Inside a tall and magnificent-looking palace, King Taishan, the 7th Yama was currently sitting over his luxurious seat while he would drink occasionally as a beautiful maid served her drink and below the platform, a group of beautiful lower deities performed a harmonious dance as they sang with their mellifluous voices. And some massaged his arms, head, and neck.
But for some unknown reason, he failed to have a calm state of mind for the past three days. All the entertainment and fun he had before became monotonous to him, and he felt lost. He had an idea in his mind, but couldn't put it together.
Unable to control this feeling anymore, he stood up and walked out of the entertainment chamber, saying aloud: "Leave! Play something nice next time."
While he stood on the top floor of the palace and watched the fleeting white cotton-like clouds blankly, an eerie voice whispered, chiming in his ear: "Jejejeje….. My good nephew! Oh, you seem troubled. Mind to share with me."
"Get lost, Devil Qian Kai! I'm not in the mood now… If you further bother me like you usually do then, believe me, Uncle, I'm going to hunt you down and your little degenerate band of devil spawn." King Taishan said ruefully.
"I'm so afraid. Please, spare us ye mighty Great God!" Devil Qian Kai said. "Is this what you're expecting from me? Bahahaha…. Boy, I'm here to help you clear your disturbed mind."
A sudden aberration appeared in the space and an enormous mass of Black Qi came out of the spatial scar, materializing into a man who seemed to be in his early 20s. He wore a black Daoist robe and a Taotie's tattoo* on his forehead.
"Blasphemous!.... Devil, how dare you step on the sacred ground of the Underworld? Even if you're my uncle, I'll kill you and cleanse this ground with your blood and send your soul into the depth of the Nine Layers Of Narakas*." King Taishan yelled.
Then he raised his hand and cried aloud, "Hei Long, Come Forth my friend!". But nothing appeared in his hand and he repeated, summoning it.
"Stop! Just stop becoming a joke to yourself." Devil Qian Kai said, "Hei Long, you mean your black sword made from the body, and soul of the Black Dragon, right? Boy, listen to me first. It has gone and you don't even know how that has happened."
King Taishan pondered for a while but he still didn't give in as he shouted, "Without even my sword, I can still kill you."
He then mumbled, chanting a spell, and the next thing, a black fireball in the shape of a miniature spear appeared above his right hand in the air as he yelped, "Tapana* Hell Fire!"
He continued chanting another spell and shouted, "Utpala* Hell Ice!"
Then a blue lotus with an intense chilling ability appeared on his left hand. All of this happened within a fraction of a second.
The moment two skills appeared in his hands, the surrounding area turned into two extreme polar opposite states; one red-colored with extreme hotness several trillion folds the sun's hotness and a blueish region where everything in its region was frozen.
But Devil Qian Kai was still fine as he stood, crossing his arms with no care.
"Hmm, good. So these are the infamous Hellfire of the Tapana Hot-Naraka* and the Blue Lotus of the Utpala Cold-Naraka*. Then why are you still waiting? Aren't they mean to use on me?" He said calmly.
*Naraka~hell; here in this arc, hell which was meant for torturing and tormenting the sinners' souls will have multiple realms. It was further subdivided into Cold Hell and hot hell. So, Utpala is a cold hell, whereas Tapana is a hot hell.
"Go! Kill this Devil." King Taishan, the 7th Yama, said and threw them toward Devil Qian Kai.
The two; the spear and the blue lotus darted at Qian Kai.
At the last moment, when they were about to reach him, Qian Kai raised both his hands and uttered lazily under his breath: "Taotie's Devoured*!"
From both the palms, they expelled black natural Qi, materializing into two ghastly-looking beast's mouths, and opened their mouths.
Next, a pair of strong swirling suction forces appeared and both the miniature fire spear and the Blueish Icy Lotus were devoured and even the gnawing sound could be heard. Then his palms returned to normal once again.
"Thank you for the delicious meal, Nephew Taishan. I enjoyed it a lot." Devil Qian Kai said cheerfully, and he even burped.
"Ah! That's impossible." King Taishan exclaimed in surprise.
"Nothing is impossible, my dear nephew. They are powerful pieces of stuff and at their pinnacle, there is no being in the entire 10 Planes who would not turn into smithereens after being caught on that fire and the ice. It's just that you're so weak." Devil Qian Kai explained, patiently.
He further added, "Alright, let's end the duel here… Boy, I'm not here to fight with you. I'm here to enlighten you by returning the pieces of your memories you have lost. And I believe you'll know why you're feeling trouble these days."
Without wasting time, he chanted a spell, and a white dazzling mass the size of a water drop appeared on his index finger. Then he appeared just before King Taishan and poked his forehead.
King Taishan didn't resist this time as he wanted to recover his lost memories too. Then, within seconds, flashes of memories flooded his mind, and he connected all the missing dots and finally understood, and remembered the day of his humiliation.
"Ugh, Lin Donghai!" He yelled on top of his lunge, spitting out several quanta of saliva and even his body shook from anger.
After that, he turned his head and bellowed, "Uncle, I'm ready to join you. In return, I want to kill both the dog and Lin Donghai…. And damn this Underworld and damn King Qin'guang*. Let's destroy this place and kill every one of them here."
"Hee-hee-hee, then I've to welcome you to the Darkside!" Devil Qian Kai said. "Boy, I've already predicted this would have happened. Therefore, I did a little background check on Human Lin Donghai and searched his previous life's home earth as well but found not even a trace of his existence. I couldn't find his family, relatives, friends, or anyone else who knew about him in that place. It's so strange indeed."
Frowning ensued when King Taishan heard that.
"Alright, chilled, my good nephew. At least I know where the two were sent to reincarnate... Now they are in the Wondering Archipelago world of the Broken Realm of 1st Plane. And I've already sent my people there to find the two. It's a matter of time before we find them and kekeke… It's a matter of time before we find them and kekeke... And even their memories of their past lives are gone." Devil Qian Kai consoled him as he laughed with a husky tone.
He then took out a black token with Hundun* pictured carved on it from his space ring, passed it to King Taisan, and said,
"Good nephew, I'm pressed for time, so I must excuse myself today. This is the emblem of Hundun* and, my first gift for joining my side. And you know what to do with it, yeah? Okay, see ya!"
Then another black scar appeared in the space and then his body transformed into a mist of dark Qi and entered the crack, disappearing and the crack also mended quickly.
"Donghai Lin, I'm gonna make you pay multiple folds for your sins!" King Taishan yelped, gnashing his teeth while he clenched his palm holding the black Hundun beast token…..(Please, stay tuned!)
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*Hundun : represents Chaos. A creature without a face, but sometimes depicted as resembling a ferocious bear or dog. Hundun is also believed as the primordial and central chaos in Chinese mythology. One of the Four evil creatures counterpart of the four holy legendary directional beasts; Azure dragon, Black Turtle, White Tiger, and Vermillion bird.
*Taotie– represents Gluttony. Depicted as not having anybody, just the head of a ferocious beast that seeks to devour everything. One of the four evil creatures and also the counterpart of the four holy legendary directional beasts.