"■■■! It's time for you to meet heaven's wrath!"
"Amitabha! ■■■! You eternal devil! Even Buddha can't show any mercy to you!"
"Old Bastard ■■■! Don't you dare resist! Even if you managed to escape from us right now with all major factions, both evil and righteous, united to come after you! You will meet your end one way or another!"
"You old Devil! I have been waiting 300 years to avenge what you did to me that night! Do you still remember me?! ■■■! Answer ME!!!"
***
■■■ stands in front of the army of experts assembled from all the major factions spread around the Nine Major Realms with a gentle smile on his face. His dark blue robe sways in the wind like leaves from an aging tree, giving him a mysterious yet ancient aura. His white hair was like silk, soft and gentle, even the fragrant smell of it can be smelled from miles away.
His eyes were clear, there was no doubt in his eyes but perhaps it could be also said empty than clear. Eyes that are dark as an abyss without any kind of flickering emotions inside it.
"I wanna thank you, my dear friends, for coming to me this special day." His voice was calm, carrying a warmth that shouldn't be in there, making many experts shiver in fear.
He knew he couldn't escape from here today; it was either he would die after killing them from injury or get killed by them while killing them. There is no way to survive this today, which means he broke his first promise.
A momentary sadness lingered in his eyes; even if he was the strongest in the Nine Major Realms, he still couldn't achieve the feat of going beyond those starry sky before his death. Another promise is broken by him.
He then looked at his enemies with a charming smile on his face; since he had already broken two of the three promises, he should at least keep the remaining one. ■■■ touched his abdomen where his dantian is located before smiling. "Today, perhaps the third most important day of my life since I was born, I am so happy that you guys managed to visit me even through your busy schedules to celebrate it with me."
Something was wrong; everyone could feel it, and the fear in their eyes was immediate. Perhaps it's because they knew just what kind of person is ■■■ was. Panic in their eyes they couldn't help but stiffen once he started walking towards them in gentle motion.
He then comes in front of the sect leader of Azure Sea Pavilion and gives her a caring embrace; his sudden action couldn't help but make the young immortal blush in embarrassment. "Yan'er it's nice to see you after three hundred years. I'm so happy you managed to reach this stage."
The sect leader is speechless and becomes a blushing mess before her face twists in pain and horror. Before she managed to spit a word, she burst into a red mist, painting everything around ■■■ in crimson red.
Creeping silence envelops the battlefield as a childlike joy flickers in ■■■'s eyes as a childlike smile creeps on his face. Hate, anger, and fear are all emotions the experts have been bottling up towards ■■■ at this moment, they swallowed it. As they leap towards him, ■■■ couldn't help but show a joyful smile as if a child getting their birthday gifts.
***
"■■■... promise your mother something." The woman told the child no older than ten with a weak tone. Who only nodded his head as he saw his mother bleeding on the ground, slowly dying.
"■■■, no matter what happened... no matter what you did... mother will always love you so... please survive no matter what." The woman's eyes were tearful. She despised herself for making her child do something like this, but there was no choice. At least one of them must survive from this hellhole.
Boy blankly nodded his head and saw his mother go to the other side with empty eyes. "I promise, mother." He said weakly before letting out a silent sob. That day he committed his first unthinkable act and also ate meat for the first time in his life.
That day, with his mother, his pride and honor died, and only one thing left.
The first promise: the promise to survive till the end.
***
"■■■... this is as far I can go... from now on you could only walk your own. I'm sorry, my poor disciple, I couldn't follow you till the end of cultivation as I promised." An old man with white bushy hair covered in dirt and dust and dressed in a torn tunic said with sadness and regret in his voice. ■■■ now reached adulthood looked at his old teacher silently.
"Hehe... I didn't want to show you the dark side of the righteous faction so early, but it can't be helped... my poor disciple, in truth, there is no righteousness or evil in this world... only power. So promise me! Promise me that you will reach the heavens for us! Soar through the starry sky for your master! For your fellow sect disciples!... please... achieve our dream for us... for your selfish master..." With blood tears on his face, his master died in his hand.
"I promise..."
That day ■■■'s righteousness died with his master and gave birth to the devil that will shake every realm like anyone before.
The second promise: Grow strong till he reaches the starry sky.
***
"Hehe, what are you looking at... you damn devil..." ■■■ now become immortal master, looked at the young man once he found from the gutter and raised as his disciple. He was covered in his wounds and painted in blood looking at his master with a mocking smile.
"You shocked that your disciple betrayed you?..." This time, ■■■ nodded his head, making the young man laugh even if he was coughing blood endlessly. "■■■ aren't you ashamed?! The blood you spilled... the deaths you caused... the people you betrayed... Hehe... don't you think the mercy is beneath you?..."
With that, the young man's life comes to an end, and his master makes a silent promise after his death. And lose his kindness and hope, finally making him abandon the last fragment of his humanity.
The third promise: Show no mercy.
***
Now, ■■■ was standing where he started the fight; his elegant dark blue rob was torn into a rag, but the smile on his face remained. Now, around him, there was no one, no living soul to threaten him or curse him. The smile on his face remained now with human to direct at its aims towards the sky.
As if he wasn't affected by the bloody battle between him and the experts, the sky is clear, and the sun shines upon him brightly, causing him ■■■ to close his eyes and feel its warm embrace.
The wound on his body will soon push him toward the side of life, and the smile on his face slowly fades away as he takes a lotus position. Since he has reached his limit, it should be fine to make his last desperate attempt to live on.
Suddenly, gloomy dark clouds covered the sky as if angered by ■■■'s attempt to through into the nest realm. A realm that has no name, one that is welded by the very gods that created this world.
As if sensing his intentions the cage called the Nine Major Realms tried to keep him contained inside itself. Endless Heavenly energy gathered above ■■■. With only one purpose of ending ■■■ before he succeeded. With a thunderous roar, the colorful lighting of the heaven falls upon him.
With that, the last thing ■■■ saw was the bright, colorful light of the heavenly lightning.
***
Somewhere in the endless void, a small island with a single tree remained in front of it a man dressed in pure white stood. His face was unrecognizable, masked by a blinding light. He extended his hand, catching a lonely petal falling from the tree.
"The first petal has finally fallen..."
Then he covered it with his hand in front of him cracks appeared in the void revealing a sea of sgrange colorful bubbles. He dropped the petal there as the wind of the endless bubble sea drags the lonely petal away.