Valencia walked away her back not even turning once while Xiao's body fell to the ground, there was a hint of peace on his face, while a regret grew in his heart that he couldn't get to know what had happened to Yurou, like that the story of two people connected by fate severed that day.
An unknown time later:
'So this is the end?'
Valencia thought as she gazed at the destruction that was consuming the cosmos, she sat at an enormous throne, her eyes gazing at the Heavenly tree which was rotting away, it had lived through time immemorial, yet now it's fading away dying and soon so will she.
Her gaze remained calm within the impending doom, all around her the cosmos was breaking and decaying away, trillions of lives being lost and forgotten, Valencia had changed a lot, she had gone through many things but even in the end, they had lost to 'it', no matter how heaven defying talent they had, in the end, they all failed to stop the end.
Even that 'guy' with all his ridiculous blessing of power and talent had fallen, all that was left was she, who was barely resisting the decay, using the last remaining fate of the very cosmos itself to sustain her life, a feat that will tremble all the realms but now who was she to share these moments with? what was remaining for her?
She had reached powers and height others could barely imagine, gods that reigned supreme backed off, ancients that hid in plain sights feared her, supreme beings of time and even space dare not belittle her, and even the Origins treated her with respect, after all, she is...
The bewitching Fateless God.
She had everything and now there is nothing, everything she knew is already long gone, her mother, her masters, her allies, they have all gone and she will soon join them, her hands turned to the stone in her gasp, this was something capable of changing, giving the world a second chance but will it help?
'No, it won't'
Valencia shook her head, she knew even if she went back, even if she knew everything she would not be able to change the outcome of the cosmos, no matter how much they prepare, no matter how much she planned, against 'it' nothing would have worked, death would be imminent,
'But why do I feel that I am missing something?'
Within the vast emptiness that surrounded her Valencia couldn't describe what she was feeling, her eyes reflected death but she couldn't feel anything, she had long since forgotten the last time she has felt, musing to herself she decided to do something that she hadn't done in a long time.
She chose to remove her suppressor!
She had long since gotten complete control of her powers after all strength is only useful if you have control over your powers, she had never thought of removing her suppressor because she knew once she did all the feelings of pain, sadness, regret, hate, everything would hit her and Valencia wasn't sure if she could handle it.
But now everything was ending, what was she to worry about? and soon the suppressor was removed, just as she did, she felt her body tremble, emotions that were surpassed for who knows long was ripping her body apart, her cultivation started to crack, her mind space began to break, pain like no other filled her entire body.
She was breaking away....
Years of holding back had begun to destroy her from the inside out, just releasing the seal on her feelings was killing her!
'I see'
Valencia calmly understood, the pain filling her didn't matter much, she was to die anyway, this was just prolonging the inevitable, soon her mind began to drift everything she built for her cracking away, and her gaze moved to the stone in her hand, her mind darted to the treasure that lay within her dimension, treasures that would drive even gods mad.
It was then that she noticed something peculiar, among all the treasures that lay, one remained unmatched to the others, it was a paper crown.....
'What's this?'
For a moment confusion filled Valencia's mind, her hands moved as the crown paper appeared in her arms, it was a common-looking paper crown that didn't have anything special about it, yet placed upon it is the highest level of time preservation formation she ever had,
'Why do I have this?'
Valencia couldn't remember why she had something like this, just as she was thinking her mind shook again, a memory which was sealed away in the depth of her mind cracked and soon it flooded her like no other, events kept crazily being played through, each one sweeter than the other, compared to all her memories it was short but somehow it affected her the most,
'How could I have forgotten?'
Valencia's eyes started to brawl out, tears didn't fall even at the most toughest of pain yet for a man she had lost, tears that should have been shed eons ago finally got the chance to fall, pain, the emotional pain of loss filled her, shortening her eventual demise.
Some memories of people are too traumatic for them to remember, hence a part of their brain locks such memories away to protect the body, in Valencia's case the mind suppressor unable to deal with the heavy feeling had chosen to seal all the memories relating to Xiao, thus effectively removing any problems,
'I see.....I finally understood master.....'
Valencia finally understood the last part of her second master's teaching, her eyes had turned red blood tears started to fall down, she closed her eyes as the memories of her entire life flashed through her and it was then that she understood.....
She was alone.
'Xiao....'
A name long lost, a name of a man that no one remembers, yet at the end of the cosmos it was the very name that filled Valencia's entire mind, body, and soul,
Valencia's mother spoke as she died.
Her first master and someone whom she considered as her second mother asked with saddened eyes as the last of her soul embers disappeared.
Her second master spoke, right before she took her own life.
'Love... it's so sweet and sickening'
Valencia thought as she stood up from the throne, her body breaking apart, she held the paper crown as she dearly placed it at the top of her head, no other treasure right now could compare to its value, because somewhere within her it meant that she was not truly alone,
"Looks like I now have a true goal"
Valencia spoke as she chuckled, her eyes turned dark, while a crazy smile took her face, obsession like no other wrapped around her entire being, soon she burned her entire being as she peered into the fate too back into the past, normally this shouldn't have been possible but the elements of the cosmos were in shambles and Valencia has used her entire self to make this change in fate.
Her hands moved around the strings as she made a minor change of the past, just one thing and it was killing her but she was satisfied, her crazy smile widening,
"Xiao, this time big sis will not let you go"
Her soft voice that sounded calm yet deadly was heard, love that threatened to swallow everything whole filled her eyes, so she crushed the stone as her entire body disappeared.
Feelings that had been suppressed for eons had let go but what chaos would this love bring?, how heavy would the love of a woman known as the Bewitching Fateless God be?
No, what craziness would a crazy woman in love bring?
No one could answer the question, as the entirety of the cosmos was destroyed, the last thing that remained in the cosmos was a simple paper crown.
"So what should I get?"
Xiao asked himself as he looked at all the stuff available to him, right now he was in his alter ego within the All-Realm, he was sitting on a bench as he looked through the stuff he could buy with the money he has in his hand, the stuff one buys in the All-Realm will be brought to you thanks to those dimensional worms.
The only problem was the cost, it was more than enough to make his head hurt, if the product you buy come from within your own realm well, then the dweller node itself is more than enough to get the stuff to you, it has its own function that will help, then again it would depend on the type of dweller node you are using, only the ones of the highest grade have that function.
But thankfully Xiao has his All-Seer which is something in its own league, of course, it was even capable of dimensional transport but if Xiao did that it would only cause problems, after all, if things just disappeared within the dweller node between different dimensions, who knows what kind of monsters would come after him? until Xiao can get a solid backing, its better not to be too confident,
'Manh.....this is life'
Looking through all the fire-related treasures on sale, Xiao kept looking through all of them with zeal, why would he risk his life and travel when the treasures are at his fingertips? though he would have to risk his life for true great treasure,
'Sigh...the cosmos never makes things easy'
Thinking so he went through several perfect treasures that will help him raise the power of his two flames, those two gluttons need their own two different certain affinity based fire flaming treasure for them to grow, with other 9 more flames yet to awaken, Xiao understood that his path of cultivation will be very very hard.
Not to mention the money he would be needing to raise all his flames, he would definitely be needing more money and for that, he already has a plan but it's not the time yet, hence he brought all that he needs while also adding the fact there was no need for a Spatial jump, its used by those who don't have a high-grade dweller node,
'All looks good'
Thinking so Xiao stood up as he looked at the time seeing it he smiled, tapping himself he soon teleported as he arrived in a seat, around him several people too were sitting on several seats as they gazed down at the center, Xiao was now in the battle arena belonging to another realm, it belongs to the species of Smorians.
All of them looked unique because they were all made of glass! they all had humanoid physiques and wore cloths, each one had different glass color, other than that they all looked human, they also have their own unique cultivation system, they have been in the cosmos for some time and are a C rank realm.
The battles belonging to the cosmic realm have different breaks, first one has to take a battle with the comic ring belonging to one world, from their own keeps on fighting until one reaches the qualification to battle for the true cosmic level, that's where the true battle for strength, status and treasure takes place,
'This will be fun'
Xiao thought as he conjured some foods as he started to eat them, all around the stadium things were getting hyped up, the clinking of their glass-like body filled the whole colosseum, down below there existed two doors which were opening as the two contents started to walk out,
"All of you give it up for the fighters Unbreakable and Toostrong!"
The MC's voice traveled through the stadium heating up the atmosphere,
"UNBREAKABLE!....UNBREAKABLE!...UNBREAKABLE!"
Most of the audience was cheering for Unbreakable as he was a veteran fighter with several fans, while Toostring was just beginning and no one knew much about him, the fighter Unbreakable had a black glass-like body looking rough and tough, while his opponent Toostrong was a mix of gold and red, giving him a more handsome look? well, that depended on the species.
Several of the female on the colosseum were giving him their support, igniting the jealousy of the men, then there was Xiao who was looking at Toostrong with a warm smile if Toostrong were to seen the gaze he might have started running away while clutching his glass like bum, it was just that creepy,
'You better follow the plot'
Xiao thought with a warm smile as he started for the match to start, after all, he had bet 1 billion on Toostrong, back when he had joined the All-Realm, the guy in front of him was quite famous, from here on out he will win 6 of his matches continuous, making a small record but the thing he was really known for was his death in one of the games which were hilarious.
After some wins his talents got in over his head causing his arrogance to rise, thus in a battle he went against somebody he couldn't and was smashed to death as he was broken into glass shards, the scene was funny because of the way he had died was a huge hammer coming from above him and smashing him while he kept boasting about himself, even years later the scene was funny.
The current match was a one-on-one, there are several different battles here, ranging from alchemy cooking, spiritual, law, Dao, domain, and many more but here came the question why would cultivators who should only be focusing on cultivation come to matches and watch people battle? why not spent all that time trying to improve yourself?
The reason is simple because it also helps the viewers learn more about cultivation, the way people fight, their use of Qi, their understanding, watching the battle will help them grow, the prices to watch battles of true geniuses are truly high,
"Let the battle begin!"
The MC screamed causing both the players to start fighting among themselves, Unbreakable's body started to glow dark, his glass-like physique hardening, the aura around him getting heavier, while Toostrong just gazed calmly at his enemy, gold and red aura wrapping around his arms,
BOOM!
Soon Unbreakable had appeared in front of Toostrong, his palms flashing to kill his enemy but he couldn't do much as the mixed colors from Toostrong burst forth protecting him and pushing Unbreakable away and just before he could do anything else, a fist mixed with different colors hit his face sending him flying,
CLICK...CLICK...CLICK
The sound of glass breaking could be heard, Unbreakables body was breaking down! he wasn't even getting a chance to fight back as his body kept being assaulted by Toostrong and finally with one power-filled punch Unbreakable body was broken into pieces, his glass shards falling to the ground, and part of his talents being lost.
A silence filled the stadium as everyone gazed at it, its rare to see such a one-sided fight, well not everyone was silent as Xiao kept screaming,
"YES!.....thanks for winning for this grandpa!.....you do you Toostrong"
The food in his hand was thrown away as Xiao kept cheering, well who could blame him, the betting ratio was 1:10, hence he just made 10 billion from doing nothing! anybody would be happy with it,
'Yup keep making me rich'
Xiao thought as he teleported away.
"So this is it, huh?"
Xiao spoke out as he gazed at the humongous-looking building, beautifully built with gentle yet dangerous blue light surrounding it, right now Xiao was standing in front of a building of the World Spirit Association, Xiao had finally decided to tread on the path of a World Spirit master and the road was by no means going to be an easy one.
Right now he's still within All-Realm, he had chosen a realm with more humans and teleported to the association building present there, Xiao didn't have much information about the World spirit masters, only that their use of energy is more mystique and beautiful, it's known that the spirit energy comes from the World Spirit Realm, an SSS+ ranked realm.
At the very top of the pyramid, not just anyone can enter that realm, there are strict qualifications to be fulfilled, even then the world spirit energy exists all around, just that its beginning starts from the World Spirit Realm, there are different types of energy one could use, while Qi deals with defying fate, World Spirit energy focuses more on gasping realities and learning to wield them to ones will.
Right now Xiao is at the peak of his realm, trying to take in more Qi would just be useless, of course, he has his way of circumventing the rules of the heavens but for now, he would be giving more focus to the World Spirt energy, it's a path he hadn't walked before, hence it's going to be fun.
With determined steps, Xiao calmly started to walk into the building, there was no guard, just due to the simple reason that no one dares to mess with the Association, its main branching begins from the World Spirit world, the ending of those that went against them still chills those that live, Xiao easily walked inside as his eyes gazed upon the different individuals walking around.
All of them wearing an iconic World Spirit master dress, a gentle blue robe with their badge of identity, as soon as Xiao entered all eyes focused on him, his unique dressing standing out but nobody came to mess with him as everyone could see that he qualifies as a World Spirit master, after all, one can only open the door to the building if one supplies a small amount of World Spirit energy.
Plus Xiao was letting off a small amount himself, his eyes scanned the beautiful yet calming place as his eyes focused on the reception, walking towards it he calmly greeted the beautiful human woman,
"Hello"
"Yes, how may I help you?"
The woman's voice was enchanting cooling down Xiao's nerves and his mental state, she had a professional smile on her face as she waited for him to talk,
"I would like to register as a World Spirit Master"
Xiao spoke surprising the woman for a moment but she soon regained herself as her hands flashed, displaying a screen in front of Xiao,
"For one to join the association one must first be a World Spirit master"
She spoke the first requirement and Xiao nodded his head, agreeing for a scan of his World Spirit core, to just understand if he was using any artifact to use World Spirit energy for a limited time and that was quickly done just as she did she nodded her head with a much more relaxed smile,
"You have met the first requirement and before you join please read through the terms and conditions that are presented to you"
"Okay"
Hearing so Xiao asked All-Seer to read through it and quickly tell him the important parts and soon he had got the gist of everything, within seconds he used his soul mark to sign the documents, closing it in,
"I see, please give me a moment to confirm"
The woman spoke as her eyes kept flashing through the air, to a lower realm individual she will look lost and mad but to the lucky ones born at the top, this would just be another normal everyday scene,
"Good everything checks out, then let's go through your talent testing"
The woman said and just as she did a man, looking to be about twenty walked up to Xiao waving his hand,
"Fellow brother, this way"
Xiao nodded his head as he started to follow the man, soon taking him to a room with a single orb floating in the middle, now only Xiao and the man remained in the room, Xiao quickly understood what the orb was soon as he saw it, he had already done some research before he came, the orb would be measuring his talents by displaying 7 ranges of color,
Violet
indigo
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
With Violet being the lowest talent and Red being the highest, soon Xiao walked forward as he placed his hands on the orb which remained still for a moment before which the color of indigo lit up, seeing this the man who brought Xiao here smiled,
"Congratulations, you seemed to have an average talent"
"Thank you"
Xiao spoke with a neutral voice, unlike what others would think, Violet is the lowest, indigo means average and Blue is a genius, as for the ones above? well, they would only be found within the World Spirit Realm, that's the reason that the inhabitants of the World Spirt Realm look down on the World Spirit masters that don't belong to their realm,
"May I ask what the brother's name is?"
The man questioned to which Xiao spoke
"DeathMark"
Hearing it the man's eyes twitched but he didn't speak out as he just did his duty leading Xiao back to the woman who had already gotten all the information, she nodded at Xiao and within seconds everything was done, waving her hands a badge appeared in her hands as she passed it on to Xiao who took it gazing at it with interest,
"The information regarding everything else has been sent to you, if you have any higher doubts you can come here"
"Okay"
With those words, Xiao walked back as All-Seer explained to him all the advantages he was receiving, World Spirit masters were less in number thus anyone joining them would always be seen as a boon, Xiao quickly entered inside the special site which had different of manuals and teachings each available for a price.
But thankfully Xiao, as a first-time member he has the chance of taking one book for free and he guided his search to look for the book All-Seer had recommended, he finally reached it but when Xiao read through the title he couldn't help but have his eyes twitch in annoyance, how couldn't he? when the book is read,
'You still pissed at me?'
Xiao asked,
[Nope, just don't like you]
'Now I can say that the feeling is mutual'
Xiao replied but he still bought the book, along with this he's also entitled to one free class from a true World Spirit Master, it would seem that fun times lay ahead.
"If Qi is the bottomless energy that leads to defying fate and fighting against the heavens, then World Spirit Energy is the beautiful calm ocean that looks harmless and fun but when a storm rains its anger would be the fiercest of them all"
Xiao read out as he started to learn more about World Spirit Energy, right now he was in a training chamber within the All-Realm, the chamber belongs to the World Spirit Association, though it's not for free, it costs quite high but none of the people that traverse the All-Realm are poor, plus Xiao's rich, its nothing much for him,
'Um.....the concept here is more unique'
World Spirit energy deals with altering the fabrics of reality to create miracles in a different manner, Xiao had already finished reading the book, getting a basic idea about things, using his skill, [Record And Analyze], it's easy to breakdown stuff and load it to his brain but even then like the rest he would have to still get his own understanding of things.
Calming his mind Xiao took deep breaths, sitting cross-legged Xiao started to feel the energy in the surroundings, even though this is more of a virtual reality, it still gives the user a 100% real-life feel, plus with increased World Spirit energy it's easy to gasp it, all around Xiao he could feel a calm blue energy relaxing his mind.
Deep within him his World Spirit core trembled gushing out world spirit energy, he could feel his small connection to the world spirit realm, currently, it was weak but from Xiao's understanding his connection would improve with time the more he learns and comprehends World Spirit Energy the more stronger his connection would get.
And at his peak he might be able to get a supreme connection to the world spirit realm, becoming capable of traveling to it but that's a long way forward, right now Xiao is focused on getting his connection stronger and undertaking the World spirit energy, thanks to the analyze part of his skill it was much easier.
During this time Xiao's mind was more like a computer trying its best to breakdown and understand what was going on, slowly the invisible blue layers in the surrounding started to become visible surrounding Xiao in a beautiful blue hue, his mixture of white and dark hair dancing around, slowly Xiao felt his attention leave the worldly plane.
A few seconds later Xiao opened his eyes as he seemed to have arrived in a place that is completed blue as the ocean, Xiao deeply within his soul felt at peace here, he was floating in the big blue nothingness, after looking around for a few seconds his gaze landed on a more darker blue light flashing in the middle of this world,
'My World spirit connection'
Looking at it Xiao quickly understood what it was, it was his thin line connecting to the very beginning of the source of his World spirit power, right now its a very small light, just a shine but as he keeps progressing it, the strength will increase, just like Qi once Xiao reaches the peak of his level he would need to strengthen his bound for him to breakthrough.
Right now Xiao is at the World spirit sensing which has two levels and once he reaches its peak he would need to strengthen his bond to the World spirit realm to breakthrough to World Spirit movement, it's a cycle that continues on, and soon Xiao disappeared out as he opened his eyes back at the training chamber.
Xiao's mind took a few minutes before it reached its neutral state, raising his hands, he focused on it as blue light gathered around it, and soon a white orb formed in his hand, lighting the space up, waving his hand the orb of light floated from his hand, reigning above Xiao,
'So this is a Worldly control'
Just like Qi cultivation has cultivation techniques, the world spirit masters have Worldly control, each having its function, the Worldly Control actually reminded Xiao of those so-called spells he had read about in the world of Ingrid, they were some fantasy-like things and somehow the World Spirit users match the same theorization as wizards.
What Xiao used was an orb of light but it doesn't mean that he has the affinity to light, in the future he won't be able to form any domain on it but World spirit masters are capable of casting different types of Worldly control, while Qi cultivation has both close combat and distance fight, World Spirit users fight only from distance, using different would control to take down their enemy.
They keep crazily trying to find new worldly control and new techniques, always trying to find new things about World Spirit energy, most of them are rich from being able to create formations, only world spirit masters are capable of it, thus making them needed everywhere,
'With this, my strength has grown a step further'
Xiao nodded his head in appreciation, right now he doesn't have many worldly controls learned, the ones he used was a Tier zero spell, an increase in tier would mean that its power also increases, and so does the requirement for World Spirit energy, there are several upper tiers above this, the greater the tier the more powers it would bring out, even among the tiers there are other rankings to but for the current Xiao they are out of reach, somethings can't just be brought with money, though Xiao knows places where he could get more powerful items.
The only downside is that reaching those places right now for the current him won't be easy, with a wry smile Xiao waved his hand as more orbs of lights appeared, a World spirit master is required to spend time on a worldly control, lots of time must be spent to understand a worldly control and become capable of using it.
'Looks like I need to make some trips'
With a smile Xiao stood up, he had spent a considerable amount of time training and there was some increase in his powers,
'Come to think of it, isn't it time 'that' took place?'
A smile crept up Xiao's face as he thought of it, looks like things would be getting much more fun, soon he logged out of All-Realm as he appeared back in his room, laying there on the bed, just as he was planning forward a voice was heard in his head,
'Darling, how are you?'
Hearing the familiar voice of Yurou Xiao smile,
'I'm fine, how's your training going?'
'Mou~its boring! I just want to come and see you!'
'I know, I want to see you too but remember what we talked about'
Xiao replied to which he could hear Yurou pouting in his mind connection, everyday they would chat, since Yurou would be busy all the time it would be her contacting him,
'I know, so what's new?'
Yurou asked to which Xiao's mind lapsed to Valencia, making his feelings complicated and Yurou who was connected to him felt it,
'Is something wrong?'
She asked to which Xiao could only bitterly reply,
'I might have got a big sister'
'??'
'When did you get a big sister?!'
A higher pitch startled voice of Yurou filled Xiao's mind, making him flinch, he shook his head at her words,
'Well, it's different than you think....'
Saying so Xiao started to give titbits about Valencia, he didn't have many things to hide from Yurou, they were connected by a connection very high, while she doesn't know about his different lives, she does know the fact that he has All-Seer and she also does know the true power of his, it's not like she didn't know about the increase in power.
Though Xiao did hide some things from her, the reason being the same...karmic fates, the moment she knows something she shouldn't she will be dragged into the fate that was set for him, this is something which he wouldn't accept, though he tries his best to be truthful to her, long-distance relationship ain't easy....
'So she's very talented?'
Yurou's question filled his voice and he could feel a hint of threat in her voice,
'Indeed, very, her talents are too dangerous'
Xiao replied but he didn't get the question he hoped,
'Is she more beautiful than me?'
'Of course, you are the one most beautiful to me'
Xiao replied in a heartbeat, while he might not be any great playboy, his master was a self-proclaimed one and during his teaching, his master did imprint on him several different strategies to keep a girl happy.
Flashes of his master's teaching passed through Xiao's mind, Xiao had always kept all his master's teaching in his heart, even if it wasn't useful in combat and thankfully they were coming of use now,
'Humph.....that's good'
A delighted yet shy voice of Yurou filled his mind, making Xiao chuckle at her reactions,
'Though I would be careful with her, if she has such talent and is hiding it then she must have her own agenda'
Yurou warned, causing Xiao to smile,
'Don't worry, I will be fine'
'I know, stay safe, I love you'
'I love you too'
Saying so the connection was cut, Xiao could tell that she seems to have something to do, thus stretching his body Xiao went to the washroom, cleaning himself up, it's right now the next day after his night talk with Li Lun, in her case, the development of her inheritance seems to be going in a better road.
Xiao could tell that she will soon be going through several of her tests, normally it would have only taken place when she was 16 and the prerequisite for that was that Li Lun should have gotten over her depression, in the original timeline, it was only at the time she came to accept who she is and started to actively fight against fate.
The true challenge of her inheritance was to fight against the cruelness of fate, to keep trying and charge ahead even when it seems that the world is against her and right now Li Lun is at that stage, Xiao has to keep an eye on her, he couldn't tell how her awakening now would affect her fate, will she achieve what she did in the past? will she fail? or will she reach a height unseen?
'The future will be very fun'
Musing to his thoughts Xiao walked out of the room, heading to the dining hall, reaching it the servants waiting gave him a bow as they started to prepare his meal, just as they were doing the door opened as Valencia walked in, soon their eyes met but for some reason just as Valencia's eyes met his she froze up.
Her eyes widened for a second, Xiao couldn't tell her expression through her veil but he could tell that something seems to be off about her, the natural presence around her seemed more relaxed. he didn't think much into it as he started to focus on his food.
Meanwhile, on the other side Valencia could feel her heart beating faster and faster for some reason, last night she had a dream that she couldn't quite catch, everything was blurry but for some reason, she felt as if she had overwent a large collection of feelings, she was sure that Xiao was in her dreams and ever since she woke up her mind was only filled with him.
Something within her was screaming at her to go meet him to be with Xiao and it was confusing her, somehow she was feeling unwell, Valencia even suspected that Xiao might be doing something to her but from her master's check-up, she was fine, which was making her more confused.
Unable to get heads or tales of what was happening to her, Valencia just headed for breakfast and ended up meeting the one person she didn't want to meet at all, and just as she gazed into his eyes her heart started beating at a rate she never knew it could go, a deep unnatural obsession on the borderline of madness started to engulf her,
She wants to hug him.
She wants to make him look at her.
She wants to hold his body tight and let him never get hurt.
She wants to lock him up where only she could gaze at him.
She wants the rest of the world to disappear so that only they exist.
She wants to give him her love, body, and soul, everything she has.
And she wants to kill anybody else that tries to get to him.
Unnatural killing intent started to fill Valencia's mind but soon just like an illusion they all left, leaving Valencia for some reason feeling empty and lost,
'What is happening to me?'
She questioned, everything was going wrong ever since she met the boy in front of her and she who hates dealing with variables normally takes them out of the picture but for some reason, the thought of even hurting him was causing her heart to crush,
'I need to deal with this quick'
Valencia reasoned, that she needs to find the cause of this and the best way to do so is to find out more about the person in front of her, her interest now reaching its peak, unknown to her just within a day of meeting the importance of the boy in front of her had reached a height never seen before, her bloodline with its hidden quality shook for a moment before they withdrew, it wasn't enough...
Unknown to anyone the stone floating deep within Valencia's soul started to shimmer, seemingly having achieved a certain purpose.
The stone of change, among the vast expanding and destroying cosmos, there exist millions upon billions of different treasures but for the cosmos there would forever exist only one stone of change, giving a chance to rewrite the wrongs.
Law of Time, one powerful element which only a select few could wield even among them none could turn back time, some might be able to gaze into the unknown past but none will be allowed to tamper with the true flow of time, the 3 guardians of the unknown will never allow it, yet they still exist a way to meddle with what should have been and what shouldn't.
Absolute regression is impossible, Valencia knew it, the stone of change was more like a radar wish granter that lets you chose one path of change, it would let its user one chance to send back a single wish to change fate, the one affected by the stone of change would be under the requirement set by the user.
It will slowly mold the one affected by the stone into a direction willed by the one who used the stone of change, more like a sixth sense that will start affecting the person, guiding them but then again every object has its loophole and Valencia made use of it, the one loophole that would finally grant her the life she desired.
Only time would tell what those actions would result in.....
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Valencia sat across Xiao her food being served before her while her eyes stayed fixed on him, meanwhile Xiao unaware of the changes happening just focused on the food in front of him, his life had thought him to appreciate the things he had, whether it was small or big.
And just as he was about to dig into his food the door opened once again as the sound of wheels spinning was heard, Li Lun with her neutral face rolled into the room, using her Qi to run her wheelchair, the first thing her eyes turned to was Xiao, seeing his face a natural smile took her face, which for some reason irked Valencia,
"Good morning"
Valencia spoke to Xiao to which he replied,
"Good morning, how was your sleep?"
"Good, better than ever, it's easy to sleep knowing that you are close by"
"I see..."
That's all the reply Xiao gave as he focused back on his food, sometimes its better to stay silent than just lead on something, meanwhile, Li Lun just smiled, focusing her 'gaze' back on the third party at the table, her eyes turning neutral, she couldn't see her but the rumors of how enchanting Valencia is have already spread across the manor,
"Good morning"
Li Lun spoke, her voice lacking any enthusiasm, Valencia, on the other hand, focused on the fate of the girl something which she had not paid attention to, at that time her mind was more focused on showing off,
'This!'
? Seeing it her eyes narrowed, right now she hasn't gotten complete control over her eyes that let her see through everything, she has barely even scrapped the exterior of her gifts but just the scrap allowed her to 'measure' the fate of people, more like a radar that let her see how much they will grow to and Li Lun's fate standing was high.....very high,
'Her potential power at her peak might be even equal to mine'
This thought shook her, one must know her talents are enough to reach heights far beyond, beyond anything, and for someone to match it is beyond her understanding,
'Oh? this girl, she's chosen by an inheritance'
Just then the sound of her master Adria was heard in her head,
'You mean a true constellation chose her?'
Valencia asked, this time her vigilance increasing, an inheritance capable of choosing its own inheritor means the one who created it must have been at the peak of the cosmos and they are called constellations, wisps of consciousness left behind guarding and tempting gods and devils to act.
By now most of the constellations twinkling the cosmos were already chosen, if the news of Li Lun were to be leaked then bloodshed will spread across the four realms, all of them scrambling here to get Li Lun, she's a key, a key to enter the treasury of a being that had reached the peak of power, power of a being that was even capable of ripping the laws and placing their own in, for such a treasure even the ones closest to you will betray you,
'I need to find out which constellation chose her'
Valencia stewed in her thoughts,
'Indeed but somehow in the end everything is connected to the boy'
Adria's curious tone filled Valencia's head, making her eyes trail towards him, his fate is truly the one that's making her anxious but no matter how much she tried she couldn't peer into it, its as if being hidden under a fog of darkness, the control she currently has is not enough for her to see but one thing is sure, his fate would be dazzling,
"Can you please stop staring at my fiancee?"
Li Lun asked with a cold tone, her aura control let her know that Valencia's focus was on Xiao, making her pissed off,
"Yes, good morning to you too"
Valencia finally came out of her thoughts and replied, she didn't speak anything else as she soon just focused on her food, right now her mind was truly in scrambles, while Li Lun just snorted as she disregarded Valencia while eating her own food, between all this Xiao ate like he don't care well he didn't care, he was too mature to jump in between some kids fight,
'Well it's good as long as they aren't trying to hurt each other'
Xiao planned to enjoy life ahead, even with his shackles being removed, he had just hoped to live on but the sudden awakening of his bloodline changed things, with it he might be able to truly reach the top but even then his core priority hasn't changed, it being.....
To Live...
Just live life, in the cosmos resources while vast isn't easy to get because a population much vaster than it chases after it but with Xiao's knowledge he could gain several powerful items, the only reason he hasn't started is because of his family, only after making sure they are fine would he truly chase after his plan.
The rule of the world was always the same, strength talks, thus Xiao would create the most powerful force in the cosmos, such that just speaking the name of his faction would bring fear into the heart of even Gods and Devils and while his 'friends' do all the work he will reap all the rewards enjoying visiting the vast cosmos.
There are several places he wishes to see, he will be the strongest but he won't go mad for strength if he focused on just getting stronger then why live? many would think that when one reaches the peak he could travel anywhere but then they would lose the happiness of feeling something new, a heart that reached the top will always be vigilant to stay at the top,
"Hey, Li Lun why don't we go to today's annual auction?"
Xiao's sudden question surprised the girls in the room but Li Lun smiled and answered,
"Sure, I would love to!"
"Oh, Valencia you can join in also"
"Why would I?"
She asked her voice a bit grumpy but even then it was heavenly, Xiao hearing it just shrugged his shoulder,
"Suit yourself, I was just asking because we are 'allies'"
His words made her think, she usually just wants to focus on getting stronger, and then once again the weird feeling came to Valencia, rushing her in,
"Okay"
And unknowingly Valencia has agreed, her heart feeling happy.
"Can't she sit on her own chair?"
Valencia asked, her eyes turned towards Xuanyin who had taken up a seat within Xiao's lap, right now all of them, Xiao, Li Lun, Valencia, and Xuanyin were sitting in the VIP-provided area of the auction house, gazing down at the items that would soon be provided.
They were in a huge well-decorated room, with a glass in front of them, three comfortable chairs existed as the four people gazed towards the stage, the fourth one taking place naturally at Xiao's lap, Xiao when leaving the house had met with Xuanyin who knowing he was leaving tagged along with him.
And Xiao being the doting brother, easily allowed Xuanyin to come with him, thus resulting in the situation, actually, if they asked for it, the same such chair would be provided but Xuanyin refused it, taking her rightful place, where she felt warm and happy, an emotion she only feels when she's with her brother,
"I don't think it's a problem"
Xiao said as he patted Xuanyin's head, who happily took it, becoming more comfortable on Xiao's lap, making Valencia who was looking at her shake her head, her attention soon focused back on the stage, meanwhile, Li Lun who was looking at the stage would sometimes 'gaze' enviously at Xuanyin,
"Xiao, isn't this your mother's auction house?"
Li Lun asked,
"Indeed, I heard that there might be some good things today"
Xiao replied as he enjoyed the soft silky hair of his sister,
"I heard that the Golden Merchant World had asked if your mother Yun Lan might join them?"
? Li Lun asked, her voice containing a hint of admiration for Xiao's mother,
"Indeed they did but my mother turned it down, she wants her own business"
Xiao replied,
"I see..."
Li Lun nodded her head, not asking any deeper questions, soon the auction began as a beautiful woman stepped onto the stage with a smile, her sweet voice then filled the place,
"I welcome all our esteemed guests for our this year's annual auction!"
With that she began the auction by providing and displaying different treasures, some of the rare and some of the common yet difficult to attain, Xiao along with his company just looked at the auction, not much interest in any of them, the reason Xiao even came here was to just get a fresh air,
'If my calculations are correct then, the rift would soon open between the Rexion and Zelkiax Empire, it will have some useful things for me'
The Zelkiax Empire is the one bordering the Empire Xiao lives in, they belong to the other human Empire, the lower realm is a humongous place with hundreds of different species, there are about 7 continents in the lower realm, plus the species that live in the sea.
The continent that Xiao lives in has 7 Empires, in which 2 of which are human while the others belong to the Beastians, Ferox, Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs. The other continents contain several other species too, the Giants, the Ghostkins, the Burrovies, and many more, all of them having their own unique touch of cultivation and customs.
Just the lower world is huge beyond compare, thousands of years could be spent to just cover them, in the continent Xiao lives in, right now peace reigns between the different Empires, all of them stick to their Empires and they won't try to hit into the others, all are well for now...
'Should I go to the academy?'
Xiao seriously pondered, while going there might help him make more connections he doesn't feel all that attached to the idea, he just doesn't want to deal with all those troubles that will befall the academy, it will just be a pain.....
'Well, I don't have to think about it for now'
Getting his focus back Xiao pondered,
"Hey let's go"
Soon Xiao was brought out of his thoughts by Li Lun who gently nudged his shoulder, it was only then did Xiao understood that the auction was over,
"Sorry, I got lost in my thoughts"
Xiao apologized,
"Xuanyin lets go"
Xiao said to his sister, who looked into his eyes,
Xuanyin: "....."
"Xuanyin, don't be spoiled"
Xiao spoke, to which Xuanyin replied,
Xuanyin: "....."
"I know but we have all the time, don't we?"
Xiao asked with a smile, while the other two girls just gazed at it, Li Lun who was used to this just gazed at it with neutral eyes, while Valencia with all her intelligence was trying to find out what the hell was taking place.
Soon under Xiao's nudging, Xuanyin got out of his lap and just as she did, she caught Xiao's hands as she stood close to him,
"Your sister is really attached to you"
Valencia spoke,
"Indeed, she is"
Xiao replied with a proud smirk, making Valencia snort, soon they opened the door walking out coming upon another group of people that were just leaving their room too,
"Xiao?"
One of the people seemed to recognize him as he called out, Xiao looked towards the one who called him,
'Great, here it comes'
Xiao mentally face palmed at the situation, he knew what would soon unfold. Soon a group 6 people came closer, their ages ranging from 14 to 18, all of them had proud faces and decent looks, all of them carrying the mark of the Yun family, they were in a way Xiao's cousins,
"So you too came to the auction?"
The boy of 16 leading the group came up to Xiao, a smug look on his face, his eyes traveling to the girls beside Xiao, the boy Yun Zian's eyes lit up when it graced upon Valencia, even at her young age her charm was more than enough to steal the focus of all,
"Yes, we just came for a look"
Xiao spoke, taking to put the focus on him but it didn't last for long, Yun Zian's eyes were now locked onto Valencia,
"Young miss, it's nice to meet you, do you want to go with us to look around the place?"
Yun Zian asked, his eyes pointing to his group compromising of both boys and girls, seeing this Xiao just shook his head and he just snapped his fingers, producing an invisible wave spreading to the group, and within seconds every one of them fell asleep,
"How did you do it?"
Valencia asked, her eyes trying to find out the secrets of the boy beside her,
"That's a secret"
Xiao spoke as he used his Qi to rearrange the people before him, who won't remember anything when they woke up, it's a fun little trick he learned to use, combing his soul gift and mental control, and after a lot of trials it's one good use he had developed, it's just the tip of what he could really do, the power over soul is something extremely rare, across the entire cosmos, ones with such talent are needed everywhere,
'Sigh...I miss the good old times'
Xiao inwardly chuckled as he remembered his first life, where he in a similar manner had chased after Valencia or any good-looking girl, his arrogance sky high, nowadays he would look at those memories with a found smile.
Hence the group of four easily moved past the group, not paying any attention to the idiots that lay asleep on the ground, none of them cared about their fate,
"How about we have some snacks?"
Xiao suggested since they were out, its best to enjoy the stay, from now onwards Xiao's life is only going to get busier and busier, the waves that will affect the whole of the cosmos will soon start and Xiao wants to be in each of them, to milk as much as profit as possible,
'I better quickly start the company, my mother would be the best to handle it'
Xiao's mind churned, all his plans were set, from now onwards the lower realms would be facing a lot of problems but with problems would come great opportunity, something which Xiao is looking forward to.
"So a secret realm was found the in borders?"
Xiao asked to his mother who was looking through some documents, Xiao was the same as he sat beside her, helping her through the work that was pilling on her,
"Indeed but it would seem that by the time the Empires tried to make a move, many of the treasure there were already looted, it would seem that someone took all the good things first"
"Really? that might have blown the fuse of both the Emperors"
Xiao replied with 'surprise' to his mother's words,
"Indeed, they are looking for the person who did it, but whoever it is, is a professional, no proof was left over, everything is a dead end"
"I see....."
That was Xiao's response while he kept focusing on the work at hand, it had already been a small routine where both of them would focus on Yun Lan's documents, by now it's been 2 weeks since Valencia had shown up, her beauty now even spread across the lands, while her mysterious background was piquing the interest of many powerful people.
Xiao had already lost count of the number of guys that keep appearing in the manor to see her, it's mayhem everywhere but the most annoying thing for Xiao is that she keeps sticking onto him, just like a stalker she seems to be keeping eyes on him all the time.
Fuck! he's beginning to doubt that she might even be keeping eyes on him when he's in the bathroom, this has already caused a huge spark with Li Lun, who seems to have moved here, by now Xiao sees her all the time, both Li Lun and Valencia doesn't even seem to get together, thankfully no fights have broken in...yet.
It would also seem that Li Lun has won some recognition from Yun Lan, before Xiao's mother wasn't keen on Li Lun but seeing that Xiao wasn't pushing Li Lun away, Yun Lan learned to accept her a bit, though his real problem being still Valencia, nowadays, she would be stuck to him and it's getting annoying.
On the other hand, Li Lun's inheritance seemed to be going well, looking into it Xiao could see that her true trials would soon begin and he would need to be there, after all, he needs to take advantage of the treasure that lay for her or...cough help Li Lun through the trouble, he as her fiancee, needs to be there when she's in trouble right?
Well, it's not like him taking a few of the treasures would hurt anybody,
"So, Xiao what do you think of Valencia?"
Yun Lan asked, her eyes still reading through the documents at hand,
"She's annoying"
Xiao's true feelings came out as he too read through the document in his hand,
"I see, she seems to be interested in you, giving her any chance?"
Yun Lan spoke again,
"Nope, with her powers the guy she falls in love with will never have any secrets that he could hide, I pity him"
Xiao spoke, not knowing how true yet false his words are,
"You know what I taught you, right?"
Yun Lan asked, this time her voice a little bit more serious,
"I do, always have a great clutch of your feelings, make sure to differentiate between a wife, lover, or just a toy"
"Good, never forget that"
Yun Lan spoke, her voice contended as she now seriously focused on her work, while Xiao just shook his head, his mother who never taught him about these things in his first life was now etching different things onto him, all the things he needs to keep his love life stable, even though he's still just eleven years old.
Soon Xiao completed his work as he left towards the training room, entering inside he was now in a world that was burning, yet not a bit of heat was felt by Xiao,
"It's time...."
Xiao muttered as he sat cross-legged, waving his hand several powerful fire-based treasures appeared around Xiao, if any one of them were to spread, then they could cause a blood bath within the lower heavens,
===Status===
Name: Yun Xiao
-->Affinity:
[Fire]#$-Reached Perfect Origin
[Death]-90%
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By now Xiao was nearing his goal, thanks to the supply of the large number of treasures he bought, Xiao was now reaching the 100% mark,
"I hope this is worth it"
Xiao spoke out with a heartbroken expression, just imagining the money he had to get till here was causing his insides to twist, this was just for one, what about in the future when all the flames awake? just imagining it was causing Xiao's mind to start spinning but he soon caught himself, it wasn't time to drown in problems,
"Persefone"
Xiao called out and as he did a deep dark deadly flame rose from Xiao's body, by now Xiao had given both his flames their name, Persefone, it's the name that Xiao bestowed on the dark flame, the meaning of it is....Bringer Of Death, the black flame seemed to love it, as Xiao had felt its happiness,
"Yes, you can begin"
Xiao gave the signal, just as he did the treasures around him vanished in a blink of an eye and soon Xiao was surrounded by Persefone, his body soon being filled with the pleasurable massage that he became familiar with, soon Xiao could feel something grown within him, reaching higher, a few seconds later the feeling disappeared as a message flashed in front of Xiao,
[Affinity to Death Has Reached 100%]
As soon as these words were heard Xiao felt his blood start to burn, something within him was being let loose, Xiao didn't hesitate as he activated his skill [Forgotten], making the whole realm lose sight of him, a deep ringing sound kept being heard, Xiao felt his body grow colder, he could for some reason feel extreme excitement from Persefone.
[First Awakening Of The Bloodline Immortal Gravewalker Of Death Detected!]
[Checking For Requirements.....]
[Presence Of Bloodline....Check!]
[Presence Of Death Affinity Level....Check!]
[Presence Of Soul Gift....Check!]
[Special Requirement, Presence of The ##$% flame....Check!]
[Commencing Gravewalking!]
As soon as the last words were heard, Xiao's mind went blank, everything around him started to seem lost and listless, and a chilling coldness started to surround him but that soon changed to warmth, as if a powerful flame was covering him, his mind kept being shaken as a broken yet loving voice was whispered onto him,
"Gravewalker..."
Soon everything cleared up as Xiao opened his eyes appearing in complete darkness, his mind hazy for a minute before which it cleared up, he narrowed his eyes as he gazed around him where only darkness lay, it was darker beyond words, yet instead of feeling lost or afraid, Xiao felt right at home, as if this was where he belonged.
His gaze turned down yet even then there was only darkness, yet Xiao was capable of 'seeing' in this darkness,
'Where am I?'
Xiao wondered, it was then as if by some kind of pull Xiao 'walked' forward, Xiao felt a pull on his soul calling him forward, and he kept moving forward, 'gazing' at the darkness that surrounded him, the darkness somehow was guiding him, Xiao didn't know how long but he kept walking until he reached nowhere.
Just in the darkness a figure now stood, on its hand a scythe, the pressure from it suffocating, the entire body of the being was surrounded by a dark coat that seemed to be made from the darkness itself, its height reached up to 3 meters, Xiao now stood in front of it, his eyes looking at the being in front of him, silence lasted between them for a minute before which Xiao raised his hand, waving it as he spoke,
"Yo, bro do you know where I am?"
"...."
"Yo, bro do you know where I am?"
Xiao asked as he looked at the huge being in front of him, his looks reminding him of the grim reaper that takes the life of the dead. A minute of silence sustained after Xiao's question before which the being's head turned downwards, all Xiao could see was darkness inside the cloak, yet for some reason once again he felt no fear,
"A Gravewalker?"
A surprised voice that was heard from every direction filled Xiao's mind, the voice was hard yet soft, a combination of contradiction,
"Yup, that's me alright, the names Xiao"
Xiao replied, looking directly at the being, its height causing him to raise his head, not a hint of fear filling him, death had long lost its power upon him,
"So what's your name?"
Xiao asked, trying to bring up a conversation in a land of darkness,
"My name?"
The being spoke in confusion, he had forgotten the last time his name was spoken about, for he had no true name, for he was Death itself,
"You don't have a name?"
Xiao asked to which he could see the being in front of him shaking its head,
"I do not have a destined name but you can call me what you like"
The voice spoke again, sounding neither man nor woman. Xiao held his chin as he started to think but after a few seconds he spoke,
"How about Reaper? can I call you that for now?"
"Reaper? fine..."
The being, no Reaper agreed, seeing it Xiao nodded his head as he 'sat' on the ground in front of Reaper, his eyes filled with several questions, while the thrill of finding something new resonated with him,
"So, Reaper where am I?"
"You are in the plane between life and death"
Reaper replied still standing tall, its hand holding the scythe, no feelings could be felt from it,
"So who are you?"
Xiao asked again,
"I am The Guardian Of This Plane"
"Oh!, who am I?"
Xiao asked, this time his voice a bit more serious,
"That's a long story"
Saying so Reaper to moved its body as it 'sat' on the ground, right next to Xiao, it looked like a giant sitting next to a small ant,
"The bloodline you bore is the result of people's desires to take hold of the power of Death..."
Saying so Reaper began a small talk about Xiao's bloodline. It was born from the very Origin of The First being that embraced death, a power that was given to a person that had gained the recognition of Death itself, a power that had the capacity to change the very structure of life and death,
"You are lucky that you seemed to have some sort of power that neglects detection"
Reaper spoke, making Xiao surprised for a moment,
"Why?"
He asked,
"The bearers of this bloodline has allies but it also has its own enemies for its the only power that grants access to death without being bounded by the laws that abide the cosmos"
Reaper spoke, taking a break for a moment,
"If it wasn't for this, the moment you arrived here, they would have pulled you to them but since you seemed to be undetectable you ended up here"
"Where exactly is here?"
Xiao asked, to which Reaper turned his head towards Xiao its voice now containing a power that willed everything and everyone to be under it,
"You are here at the heart of Death"
Just as it had finished speaking the darkness in the world wailed, Xiao could feel it, he could tell it, his bloodline trembled and he knew....the darkness that surrounded him belonged to the person beside him.
Xiao's eyes gazed beside him as Reaper raised his scythe from his shoulder and did a small wave down, the darkness that surrounded Reaper obeyed it without a hint of doubt, everything started to shake and for the first time Xiao saw what lay behind the veil and it took his breath away...
Souls...
He could see innumerable souls moving around, right now Xiao stood above the world as below him a society of death moved, each creature looking bizarre and each of them with the power to end him, the souls Xiao saw stretched far and wide and all of them were now moving in a straight line forward, marching towards their next life.
Guarding them were these bizarre creatures. Xiao's eyes couldn't even see the end, no it would be more appropriate to say that the current Xiao was not capable of grasping the truth of what he was seeing, seas of souls that moved, each one with their distinct end, Xiao then raised his head, up above him floating twinkling stars, some of them calling to him,
"Those are the remaining gaps of the Grave"
Reaper's voice was heard beside Xiao and for the first time he reached on to see who the person beside him truly was,
===Status===
Name: Death
Title: The First One Who Embraced Death, Guardian Of The Graves, One whose Above All...etc
Alignment: Neutral
Cultivation: Origin Law Of Death
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Seeing the status in front of him Xiao's eyes reduced in size,
"Why are you talking to me?"
Xiao asked, sure that even All-Seer wouldn't be allowed to see through the person in front of him if the person itself doesn't grant him access,
"Simply....."
Reaper replied, his scythe moving again as the darkness soon embraced them,
"You are the beginner of my bloodline?"
Xiao asked,
"Indeed, I granted this power to a person when I lost a bet, the power to walk between the plane of death while being alive, it's being long before someone visited"
Reaper replied,
"Why?"
Xiao asked, his question bordered on the blur,
"Just because"
The reply Xiao heard made him silent, causing him to brood in his thought, with all that Xiao understood and knows, he got the idea of the being beside him, in simple terms it is Death, the very person to build The realm of Death, where horrors beyond one's dream lay, he was a person capable of changing the law of Death itself.
The Realm of Death was divided into 21 splits, where each Hell is ruled by the Supremes of Death, they look over and control the Realm, their powers even above the God Of Death himself but even all of them would have to kneel to the person beside Xiao, for he was the creator of Death, the very person that brought about the idea of Embracing death,
"So you just stand here all the time?"
Xiao asked, coming out of his surprise,
"You do not fear death"
"True"
Xiao agreed to what was said,
"The power of your bloodline will let you enter and gasp the power of beings who have failed to pass on what they hold dear"
"Okay"
Xiao agreed once again, not so excited,
"Tell me, what do you think is the most beautiful about death?"
"Life"
Xiao's answer was instantaneous, marking a silence in the darkness,
"Elaborate"
Reaper spoke and this time Xiao felt that its voice was much more relaxed, he didn't answer directly, just like Reaper he kept gazing at the darkness for a moment before which he spoke,
"What makes life worth living is death, be it a mother that works her best to let her child live or a man that murders his own brother is such that they can live, in the end, all the drive to live, the drive of greed, lust, pride all exist since everyone knows that Death is behind them"
Xiao stopped for a moment, taking in all that he had seen and felt in life, he had taken more lives than he can count and all of them he tried to kill fought for their life, since they all feared death, they knew what was coming,
"Death is impartial, it will come to all, be it the Emperor that rules the skies or the beggar that roams the land but at the same time Death would take the life of a poor child, while letting a killer live"
Saying till here Xiao's eyes flashed with a hint of a certain past,
"But.....it is this contradiction that makes Death beautiful, even the all-powerful end is not perfect"
He ended his words with a hint of melancholy. A bone-chilling silence now remained, none of them spoke, one whose life was insignificant to the world, while another whose life held the very concept of death itself, in actuality none should have met yet fate was had willed another, a power that made him a forgotten brought him to the one forgotten in the river of time.
A being that had long since forgotten the feel of any, a being that had lost interest in any, Death that only sought end had found something fun.
The death that stood beside the giant of the world, someone that the other guardians dare not disrespect, someone that even time felt scared of had finally decided on a choice, it had finally chosen to come out of its sleep.
What that would entail has yet to be seen...
Death was born and created at the very beginning of all of time, it had seen much more than anyone could imagine, the rise of gods to their fall, the power of the divines to their loss, the rulers of the cosmos to their deaths, it had seen them all, standing in the dark as Death gazed upon the deaths of trillions that filled everything.
Death had long since forgotten how long Death had lived, just like the other cosmic beginner Death took the back seat, with powers that granted Death gift over end, with it Death created the perfect balance that guided the fate of life, everything was perfect, then just like the comic beginners, it gazed upon the birth of millions of new life.
Just like that life moved on, unlike the other cosmic beginners Death was never able to connect or become close to anybody, it also didn't help that the rest of the cosmic beginners were afraid of Death, Death's power terrified them all but none of that mattered to it as Death created the realm of Death, its beings that would guide the future.
But none of them was capable of getting close to Death. Death had millions of 'children' but that's it. It had meant nothing to Death, just like that the loneliness of time caught up to Death as it retreated back into its realm, Indifference was the key to Death as it never felt attached to anything, how could it, when it was death?
Even when Death granted the power from his broken Origin to one that might travel between the realms of death even when alive, Death wasn't moved, none of them could understand the true meaning of death, while the rest of the cosmic beginners built upon legacies and family, Death just continues to exist, very few were capable of standing beside it without taking the end in.
That was until Death saw that boy, due to losing all interest, Death had receded back into his domain, by now most of the comic beginners has even forgotten about him, Death hadn't stepped out of its domain in trillions of years, this was the domain born from the pure power of end, none was capable of walking here until that boy came along.
Death had never seen its darkness so accepting of any being, even with the bloodline it had passed on, its 'darkness' wasn't something that accepted anybody other than it but now this child was accepted by its 'darkness' and now after a long time Death's interest was sparked, it who had seen everything finally found something that complimented its darkness.
And Death wasn't disappointed, its darkness wound around the boy, for the boy had grasped the true meaning of death, for Death itself felt it had found a companion after all this time,
"You have made me intrigued"
Reaper or Death that was given its name spoke, Xiao listening to this just shrugged his shoulder as he responded,
"Well I have that quality"
"Quite the arrogant brat"
"True but I prefer to be called confident"
Xiao kept his conversation calmly with the being that trembled the whole of the cosmos,
"I don't particularly feel any higher desire from you"
"Well, I prefer to see the whole world and live, finding out new locations, seeing them with my eyes, and enjoying the culture of the place I visit, that's my desire"
Xiao finally told his true will to the being before him, making it silent, like this the two of them stayed in the darkness in silence, the darkness that made the two of them feel relaxed and at home, the two of them somehow seemed to have their own unique connection as they bathed in the silence,
"I have decided"
p Reaper after a long moment of silence spoke,
"Um?.....what did you decide?"
Xiao asked,
"Journey"
Reaper replied,
"Journey?"
Confused Xiao looked at Reaper beside him but he wasn't able to even say a word before which the darkness beside him started to shake, a small portion of it broke out, and even before Xiao could react it flew directly into Xiao's body, infusing with him,
[The Beginning Of The End Is Connecting With The Host]
A message flashed before Xiao, he felt his mind slip between deep sleep and loss, it was then he kept hearing the whisper of Reaper in his ears.
"Tell me, lad, what is our relationship?"
"Relationship?...friends?"
In his hazy form, Xiao replied naturally,
"Friends?"
Reaper remained silent for a moment taking the words in before which it stood up, the darkness that surrounded it shook with it, and the scythe on its hand started to shake as its sharp end touched the forehead of the boy who was now being blessed with a power of darkness that was birthed from the first death,
"Since you called me your friend let me then help my friend avert a large fate that was forced upon him"
Just as Reaper's words faded a boom was sounded from him, the whole of the Realm Of Death shook, its 21 Lords of Hell raised their heads as they gazed at the feelings that were filling them, and none of the hesitated as they kneeled to the ground, the ones beside them fainting in shock at their actions.
Far into a different world, monsters that lay asleep woke up, the ones who had no idea felt threatened while the ones who knew trembled in fear, The Heavenly Tree that stood at the base shook, its inner spirit opening up, screaming for an answer, the Heavens, the child of The Heavenly Tree, arrogantly tried to find the cause, only to kneel, its mind shaking.
A single thunder strike was heard across all the realms, be it the weakest or the strongest, every living being heard the scream of the heavens, its anger boiling but this time it was suppressed to the limit.
True laws, the behemoths that hid under that shadows of light woke up, a fate that was covering the whole of the cosmos shook, souls of the dead cried out for their ruler,
"Death is taking action?"
The sheer shock could be felt from the words of the true hidden lords of the Cosmos, all of them dreading what was to come, for a moment the entirety of the cosmos was disrupted for Death itself was making its move.
The few that could fight its power made a stand, bringing peace back, the thunder, shake and the feeling of death only lasted a moment, a second, yet it had made everything lost.
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The Fate That Is holding On To The Host Is shaken, The Roars Of The Lost Surround The Cosmos, A Situation Born From Unprecedented Calculation Takes Place, Fate Runs Away From You In Haste, Time Looks At You With Caution, Life Turns To You In curiosity, Space Twists Around You Like A Friend.
A Single Unseen Action Has Changed Fate Of The Cosmos itself, Karmic Tales Reign Upon The Host, The Three Guardians Of Time Shakes up In confusion, Fate Changes For It Calls Out To You...
Host Has Gained the Status Of Irregular....
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The system prompt filled Xiao's vision before which he lost his consciousness, Reaper snorted as it looked at the beings that wished to seek its attention, with a wave of its hand Xiao disappeared, returning back to where he belonged.
The act of Xiao meeting Death should have never taken place, it was an action bordering on the impossible, yet it had taken place, everything that was planned and created had broken, the consequences yet to be seen.