"The aura of the dao in the Dao Universe is very great, over 1,000 times more than in the void where I entered the dao." Mo Shen said in surprise. Even Mo Fan nodded his head. He had just entered the dao, so he could also feel the overflowing aura of the dao.
"So why has no one entered the Origin Dao realm for millions of years. I don't think the people in this world would have been so untalented, there must be something wrong somewhere." Mo Shen pondered.
Without saying anything further, he flew into the Dao universe, tearing up a small space that would fit them both.
"The air here is really different, it feels quite heavy and the gravity is quite great. Only those in the Divinity realm will be able to fly here."
"Young lord, coincidentally, we are currently in the Eternal Demon Empire." Mo Fan said happily.
"It's not a coincidence." Mo Shen said. "I went to the side with the heaviest demonic aura. We should be in the palace now."
Sure enough, as they looked down, a clear view of the large palace came into view. The palace looked very quiet at this moment. There were no usual scenes of servants running about or children of the royal family playing about that was seen in the Martial Demon Empire. The only people he could see were guards stationed at various points in the palace, and servants who went about their duties in an orderly manner.
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In the throne room of the royal palace of the Eternal Demon Empire, Mo Wudi and his wife, Gu Xian'er were standing below the throne disussing with sad faces.
"I wonder what could have happened that will delay them for 3 years." Gu Xian'er said. "Could they have run into some trouble?"
"I don't think so." Mo Wudi replied his wife. "Maybe Mo Shen is in seclusion, trying to breakthrough to the Immortal Soul realm or the Divinity realm. With his talent, I wouldn't be surprised if he has already reached the Divinity realm."
"And also with Mo Fan there, there shouldn't be any danger in the lower realm that would overwhelm ..." Mo Wudi was saying before he paused as he saw 2 people entering the room.
A white haired handsome young man in golden robes with a red haired young man following behind.
"Shen'er, is that you?" Gu Xian'er asked immediateely she saw them. She could feel it in her that this was her son.
"Mom, it's me." Mo Shen replied with a smile.
His mother ran and hugged him with tears of joy on her face. "It's good you're back son. I've missed you."
Mo Shen hugged his mother back. "Sorry for making you wait, mom and dad." His father came and joined the embrace.
Gu Xian'er took Mo Shen to seat at a part of the throne room. "Tell us son, how was your stay in the lower real?. What did you experience? Who did you meet? What is your cultivation level?"
Mo Shen smiled hearing the questions his mother bombarded at him. He started telling them of his experiences right from when he got to the True Martial World. He didn't hide anything and told them all that happened.
When his mother heard about his battles with the Demon Bones and the Ancient God Heart, tears began to flow from her eyes once more. "Shen'er, mom is sorry that you had to experience such pain from such a small age."
Mo Shen wiped the tears from his mother's eyes. "Don't cry mom, am I not fine now. Besides, those sufferings were what shaped my body, mind and soul to be how I am now. And it is what would pave a path for me in the future."
At that moment, loud cries were heard from the throne chair. It was at this point that Mo Shen discovered a baby on the throne chair."Shen'er, come and meet your younger sister, Mo Yanxue." Gu Xian'er said as she rushed back to the chair where the baby was. "She was born a year ago, I had been pregnant for her a while after you left."Mo Shen walked towards the baby and examined her closely. He took her from his mom's hands and carried her gently. Immediately, she stopped crying and started to laugh stretching her hands to grab his long white hair."Hahaha! Very good." Mo Shen said with a loud, happy laughter. "I was thinking of how to escape being the successor for your throne Father. I knew if you knew my strength, you'll try to make me the crown prince of the empire.""You're not thinking of allowing your sister to take over this empire in the future right?" Mo Wudi asked seriously.Mo Shen laughed once more. "Of course father. Don't worry, she'll have the strength to do it. I'll train her.""Or what do you think?" Mo Shen said as he looked at the baby in his arms. His parents also looked at her.To everyone's surprise, she nodded her small head as if she understood them. To this Mo Shen laughed in joy while carrying her and running all over the room. "Dad, mom, you've seen it yourself, even Xue'er has agreed."Mo Wudi sighed helplessly. When he heard of Mo Shen's strength, he indeed planned to hand over the throne to him when he was 20, not knowing that this brat had already thought of it.The family talked for a long time before it was dinner time. They were all happy at the return of Mo Shen."I'll go and prepare the food." Gu Xian'er said. Mo Shen had just come back, and she wanted to prepare food for him herself."Let me join you mom." Mo Shen said as he stood up after his mom, handing the baby to his dad. To his surprise, the baby clung on to his hair and didn't want to let go.Mo Shen laughed helplessly and went after his mom, carrying Yanxue in his hands. When they got to the kitchen, he used his hair to weave around Yanxue and left her on his back."Don't worry mom, she'll be fine, and she quite likes my hair." Mo Shen said when he saw his mom glaring at him for his previous actions.His mom continued her work, trusting her son's words. Mo Shen was here to learn how to cook. It was something he had always wanted to learn. He noticed that he was never satisfied with what he ate. It never left a good taste in his tongue. Perhaps his standard was too high, so he wanted to learn to make his food to reach his standard, but he never had the time for it.Now that he had reached a state that he didn't need food at all, he was still craving for a good taste, so he wanted to learn.He watched on as his mom prepared different dishes, helping out here and there.When his mom saw his attentive look, she was quite surprised. She initially thought he just wanted to help out, but it seemed he wanted to learn."Shen'er, you have quite the interest in cooking." Gu Xian'er commented."My standards are just too high mom, no food has ever left me satisfied, so I want to learn how to make it myself." Mo Shen replied honestly."Your mom can cook for you everyday." Gu Xian'er said with a smile. Then she frowned as she thought of something. "Or do you plan on leaving, Shen'er?""Won't I be going for marriage in the Ancient God Empire in a year?" Mo Shen asked."You still want to go?" Gu Xian'er asked quietly. "With your current strength, if you don't want the marriage, nobody can force you.""Haighh!" Mo Shen sighed."At that time, dad made an oath on his cultivation. If the oath is broken, he will never be able to make progress in this life." Mo Shen said. "And if I want to break the oath, I will have to marry the girl or destroy the Ancient God Empire."All the time that Mo Shen spoke, it was without emotions like as if destroying the Ancient God Empire was quite easy. His mother noticed it, and had a change in emotion but she didn't say anything."At first, as I was growing, I had the determination to destroy that Empire within the next 10 years. After my increase in strength, my determination grew stronger, and I knew I would be able to destroy it at an earlier time. But as I began to comprehend the dao, my mental strength grew, and when I became the ruler of the True Martial world, you can say I finally became mature.""I began to think a lot of things through, and I decided to drop all thoughts of destroying the Ancient God Empire. The Ancient God Empire is your hometown, you certainly won't be happy if I destroy it, even if you don't say anything. I am also half a member of the empire. And I decided to let nature take its course and help dad become stronger so he can do whatever he wants. My path is not the path of the monarch."Hearing that, Gu Xian'er couldn't hide her tears anymore. She ran and hugged Mo Shen with a tear-filled eyes. "My son has really grown up. It's a pity I wasn't there to watch you grow up.""Indeed, I will feel sad if the empire is destroyed. Is mom too selfish?" Gu Xian'er asked her son whilst still holding him."It's alright mom, it's only normal to feel like that. After all, you are also part of their royal family. Who would want their family to be destroyed? In the future, I'll leave it to you and dad and will not interfere in that decision."Gu Xian'er was the grand-daughter of the former emperor of the ancient god empire. In other words, the present emperor was her uncle. Although her father and the present emperor were from different mothers, they were still blood brothers.After a while, Gu Xian'er calmed down and cleaned her tears. "But do you really want to get married to her? She's older than you with almost 500 years and you've never met her before. You don't even know if you'll like her.""Oh! Tell me about her mom." Mo Shen said with interest. He had a feeling he just might like this fiancée of his."Her name is Gu Wushuang. She was born 500 years after the war. It's said that her mother was pregnant for her for close to 500 years, just short of 1 month. The phenomenon at her birth was the greatest since ancient times. The whole of the Southern area of the world was frozen for a month with sword intent all over the air. If I wasn't there myself, I might not have believed it.""You were there?" Mo Shen asked in surprise."Your dad and I were there at the time. We were attending the 1000 year conference of the Dao Universe, so at that time, almost all the bigshots of the world were around. It was held in the Ancient God Empire""Gu Jing was feeling a bit regretful of the engagement, seeing that his grand-daughter was going to be a once in a million years genius. He was even considering breaking the engagement, but the benefits he might receive from it was too tempting to ignore.""At the time of your birth, he had been lurking around, wanting to see if there was going to be a phenomenon. He was also having complicated emotions then. On one hand, he wanted you to be a genius, so you would be a good match for his grand-daughter. On the other hand, he didn't want you to be a genius so there wouldn't be a second Mo Wudi in the Eternal Demon Empire.""Haighh!" Mo Shen sighed. "The greed of humans is insatiable. Enough about that. I want to hear more on Gu Wushuang."Gu Xian'er smiled lightly before continuing. "She is said to be among the top 10 beauties in the Dao Universe although no one has seen her real face. She is always dressed in a veil.""Who are the top 10 beauties?" Mo Shen asked curiously.