The spatial lights once again gathered as the duo appeared back at the guest hall, where several other successors moving about, their arrival just got the attention of some. Having come back Xiao looked at his hand, the tattoo of the tower appearing on his arms as he commanded for him to leave the place,
"Let's leave"
He said and Li Lun did the same as the tattoo appeared in her hand as she commanded her to leave the tower, soon once again they were split by a heavy spatial cut as they appeared back at the place they came from, the lonely grey broken world in which stood Teresa looking at them with a small smile on her face,
"Welcome back, how was it?"
She asked,
"Why ask when you know?"
Xiao spoke this didn't damper Teresa as she kept her smile,
"I just wanted to hear about it from you"
She said as she walked forward, coming before Li Lun who was looking at Teresa with complicated eyes. Teresa raised her hand as she slowly patted Li Lun's head, who didn't push it back, she just kept looking at Teresa,
"Good work, I am proud of you"
Teresa said, to this Li Lun didn't say anything as she held Xiao's hand, applying some pressure while he did the same, seeing this Teresa still kept her smile, she knew that some things took time and she had ample of them for now,
"So what now?"
Xiao asked,
"What do you want to do?"
Teresa asked back with a stifling chuckle to this he wasn't entertained, Xiao's face turned serious as he looked straight into Teresa, it being a bit awkward due to the height difference,
"I meant what about Li Lun, are you going to tell her about her lineage?"
This question quickly took away the smile from Teresa's face,
"So you knew....."
She said,
"OF course I knew, even you with your powers won't be able to change someone's species completely to another, you will only be able to build a change on something that already exists"
Xiao said, his words quaking Li Lun as her eyes widened, with her current knowledge she quickly mapped together the topic being talked about, realization being drawn on her,
"Explain!"
She quickly shouted out at Teresa, who gave Xiao a stink eye for the unneeded words, Teresa rubbed her forehead as she spoke,
"Fine, I at least wanted to keep you in the dark for some more time"
Saying till here she looked at Li Lun,
"It's just as the boy said you aren't human"
"But my father is human!"
Li Lun screamed out,
"You were adopted"
These words quickly shut Li Lun up as she looked incredulously at Teresa,
"Lies!"
She screamed but Teresa shook her head to it,
"I didn't lie child, you will be able to find out the truth anyway"
Hearing so, Li Lun's shouts turned to silence, feeling as if her whole life was once again being flipped off, it was then she felt Xiao's tight grasp on her hand, as he hugged her. Li Lun lay in his embrace as he slowly patted her back, his warmth making her feel more calm,
"Calm down Li Lun, this doesn't change anything, even with this news, will you stop seeing your current father as your father?"
Xiao asked and this quickly got Li Lun thinking, receiving her answer, she shook her head in his chest,
"No"
She lightly said,
"Then don't worry about it, in fact, be happy that you will have another family"
Xiao spoke as he chuckled, making Li Lun feel a bit more relaxed, her calmness setting in as she stayed in his embrace for some time, though it was quickly ruined by a salty-looking beauty,
"Tsk, such control over my successor, I am debating again if I should kill you"
"You can try"
Xiao replied to Teresa who just clicked her tongue in annoyance, a few more seconds later Li Lun raised her head and looked back at Teresa,
"Tell me everything"
Teresa didn't play anymore seeing the intense light in Li Lun's eyes,
"Your real father is the current ruler of the void realm and your mother is lets just someone special"
Teresa said, watching Li Lun's reactions closely,
"Why was I thrown away?"
Li Lun asked in a heavy voice,
"You weren't thrown away, the relationship between your father and mother isn't something that should have happened, much less a child being born from it, when they had you, they needed to hide you"
Reaching this point Teresa looked at Li Lun debating it but in the end, she finally spoke,
"Your father had his difficulties while your mother's family would have killed you if they found out about you, so your mother used a move to entrap you in the frozen humanoid form while sending you here"
"That doesn't make sense what difficulties did the ruler of the whole void realm have? even taking the cosmos as a whole few dare to make him their enemy"
Xiao asked, knowing full well the reason, the question he asked caused Teresa to hesitate again but looking into the desired eyes of Li Lun she finally spoke,
"This was during the time Li Lun's father was fighting for the throne"
"That's impossible, the current ruler has been sitting on the throne for at least a millennium"
Xiao replied in a hasty tone, clear suspicion filling her voice, this brought a helpless smile to Teresa,
"That's what Li Lun's mother did, she froze Li Lun in a human husk and threw her into a safe timeline into the future"
"!"
"!"
Extreme reactions came from both Li Lun and Xiao, well Li Lun's reaction was genuine while Xiao was just playing along, he knew all this long ago,
"Tha-Thats possible?"
Li Lun spoke with a stutter, clearly having disbelief written all over her but this time Teresa was being 100% true to her words,
"I can swear it on any existence and even the havens"
Teresa said, liking the shocked looks of both the kids, it was nice to see Xiao's expression crack after all the confidence he shows,
"The amount of power and resources needed to do this is mind-numbing"
Xiao said, rubbing his head a bit, acting like all the information was a bit too much for him, while Li Lun herself seemed to be out of it, in fact, if Xiao hadn't held her she would have surely fallen down from her shock, a testimony to how her mind was rattled, else it's not easy for a person of her cultivation to fall like that,
"So let me guess, something must have happened, such that Li Lun's parents lost contact with her position and timeline"
Xiao said,
"Right on the mark"
And Teresa agreed,
"Playing with such powers isn't something applicable, even Li Lun coming here was sheer luck, she should have actually been shredded by the space-time continuum or the guardians of time should have killed her, yet against all odds, she arrived here"
Teresa said, her eyes shining as she looked at Li Lun, seemingly seeing something great within her,
"Sigh, take some rest"
Xiao spoke, hugging Li Lun, while he slowly used a certain world control to calm Li Lun's mind while slowly putting her to sleep, since she had no defense against him she quickly fell asleep, while her mind succumbed to the sleep her shocked mind needs,
"Quite the move there"
Teresa said,
"She needs her rest"
Xiao said, looking up at Teresa,
"I can presume that you have some sort of way to contact and inform Li Lun's father"
Xiao said to which Teresa nodded her head, Xiao seemed to contemplate for a moment after which he spoke,
"Then send her there"
Xiao said pointing at LI Lun,
"She won't like that"
Teresa said,
"I know"
And Xiao agreed, but his eyes said it all,
"You should know its better for her, she needs such resources, and its the best environment for her to grow but don't forget to deal with her current father"
Speaking so he slowly handed over Li Lun to her,
"Don't worry I have it all covered"
Teresa said with a confident smirk.
"She will be throwing a big fuss when she wakes up"
Teresa said, looking at Li Lun in her arms,
"I know but it's better this way and deep down she knows it too"
Xiao said with a smile on his face, deep down hiding the fact that he needs his own alone time, for now, he is in no way ready to deal with any love-related shit, his mind can no way go with the flow of the lovey-dovey children shit, he has things to do and he can't have his focus taken away, no matter how harsh it is, the current Li Lun to him is a burden,
"Sometimes I keep wondering how you can be so mature"
Teresa said with an inquiring gaze, to which Xiao just shrugged his shoulder, dodging the question in a natural manner, seeing so Teresa didn't inquire into it any longer, her focus turned towards Li Lun,
"She will be having it very hard in the future"
Teresa said,
"Won't her status as your inheritor keep her safe?"
Xiao asked to which a haughty smile came up Teresa's face,
"Do you think I would let go of so many stepping stones for my inheritor?"
She said to which Xiao could only shake his head,
"Can't argue with that"
Plus he wasn't worried, he knows that with everything Li Lun went through she inn's someone that would break under pressure, well there is going to be a lot of it when she returns back to the void realm, after all, technically she's the void rulers first child and from what Xiao understood she's one that the void ruler will treasure above all.
The competition for the crown prince/princess of the void realm will be a heavy one, now adding Li Lun to the mix will bring about a humongous change in structural power that currently exists,
"Well her life won't be in any danger, I can guarantee that"
Teresa spoke, as she rubbed Li Lun's head, an indulging yet proud smile gracing her face,
"Sure...sure, now let me go back"
Xiao demanded,
"You do now that the situation outside seems to be very chaotic"
Teresa said with an entertained expression,
"Sigh...I will just have to deal with it and having gained my new clarity there's a lot of things I have to set straight"
Xiao spoke, his eyes lashing with a certain vigor and desire,
"Oh, you can have your fun then"
Teresa said as the door that Xiao and Li Lun had entered from appeared beside Teresa,
"I look forward to the waves you would create in the cosmos"
Teresa spoke as she opened the door to Xiao, seeing so he walked through it leaving some words behind,
"That won't take too long"
Xiao's vision became blurry as he felt his entire weight being cut and lifted, the iconic shift in space being felt all around him, the feeling remained for some time after which he felt the solid ground again. Slowly Xiao opened his eyes coming to view of the room that he had left from, he didn't get a moment of rest before which a figure hugged him to her embrace,
"My child!"
Xiao's nose was assaulted with the smell he had grown to love,
"Mother"
He whispered as Xiao hugged Yun Lan back, he could feel the tremors in her body indicating how worried she was of him,
"I am okay, mother"
Xiao said awkwardly patting his mother on her back with his small arms, the hug went on for a few minutes after which Yun Lan let go, her face filled with worry as she used her martial sense to scan Xiao for any injuries or anything unusual,
"As I said before I am a fine mother"
Xiao said with an easygoing smile, it was then that Xuanyin appeared beside him as she pulled at his sleeves, her beautiful eyes gazing deeply at him,
Xuanyin: "....."
"No, I am not hurt"
Xuanyin: "....."
"I said you not to worry"
Xuanyin: "....."
"Fine, I am sorry"
As he said his last words Xuanyin came forward as she hugged him tightly, Xiao hugged her back and slowly patted her on her back, trying to help her calm her nerves, others might not see it but with their connection, he could feel the immense fear and insecurities that were filling Xuanyin,
'Looks block as an ice but on the inside, her feeling burns deeper than any other'
With a comforting smile, Xiao kissed his sister on her forehead,
"Cough...is the reunion all over?"
Suddenly a voice that ruined the atmosphere was heard, causing Xiao to focus on the group of other people gathering around, he had felt all their powerful aura when he arrived but he had kept them at bay to first deal with his mother and sister,
"Mother, how long was I gone?"
Seeing Xiao ignore his words, Yun Hao felt his image crack for a moment before when it returned to normal. Everyone's expression had a hint of greed and desire as they looked at Xiao. Yun Lan didn't hesitate and stood in front of her son, her eyes scanning all the enemies in front of her, yes by now they had all become her enemies, any one of them desiring her son's things would have to face her to get to Xiao,
"You have been gone for a week and a half"
'So the same time dilution'
Having confirmed the situation, Xiao patted his mother at her side as he moved forward, his expression turning calm as he looked up directly into his grandfather's or now stranger's eyes,
"What do you want to know?"
"Show your respect!"
Yun Qinghong, Xiao's father roared as he raised his hand to beat his child sadly he didn't even get to finish his action as his body felt an unbearable pressure causing him to cough out blood and fall to his knees, the whole of the room engulfed with a pressure that put everyone in their place, all the powerful people within the Yun family were here and they were all locked in place, not able to move a single muscle.
Xiao's focus turned towards Li Kai, the adoptive father of Li Lun who was looking at him with bloodshot eyes but before he could say anything a grey light flashed around Li Kai and he had disappeared,
'Looks like Teresa took action'
And now with one more headache away Xiao turned towards the people who now stood scared shitless,
"Today me, my mother, and sister will leave the Yun family"
As he said so Xiao used a bit o pressure originating from his power and Yun Hao was crushed into a meat pie and killed, there was no resistance, and no screaming it was clean and straightforward, Xiao could practically feel the fear filling the entire place now,
"Due to the fact that you all are family, I shall let you live"
Saying so he took away the pressure he was giving away, making them all free but none of them moved a bit,
"Me, my mother, and sister will live as we like, as long as you all don't try to interfere in our lives I will stay put but try to mess with us and I don't mind removing the entire Yun family from this world"
When Xiao reached here he let out a bit of his killing intent making them understand how serious he is., today was going to be a very memorable day for the whole of the Yun family.
"I can't leave any loose ends, can I?"
Xiao spoke with a cold smile, the people in the room were scared shitless, as an 11-year-old boy held the lives of several powerful people in the Yun family,
"But first, why don't I call everyone important here"
Saying so Xiao's body flashed as he along with everyone in the room disappeared, appearing at the huge hall used to hold family meetings,
"Let's make this a party"
Xiao said clapping his hands and soon several other powerful people either in seclusion or practice, or having sex, were called up to him, their bodies freeze as they were brought in front of Xiao.
Xiao turned towards his mother who was looking at him with focused eyes to which he winked his eyes at her,
"Mother, come here"
Saying so he held her hand as he pulled his mother towards the center of the room at the forefront where the patriarch used to sit, pointing at the seat he looked at his mother who looked back at him, the two gazed at each other for a moment after which Yun Lan sighed and sat up high, in front of her the most powerful people of the Yun family suspended in the air unable to move.
The real shock was for the old foodies who were in seclusion, one moment they were getting stronger, and the next here they were, suspended above the ground by a child clearly of the Yun family looking down at them, they clearly had no idea what the hell was going on but their experiences mind knew that they were fucked!
"Um...I guess some are outside the family, oh well..."
Xiao muttered with a calm voice, his head turning towards a certain direction as he spoke,
"You can come out"
Just as he finished speaking, two figures became clear for all to see, it was Valencia and her mother Raena, both of them looking at Xiao, seeing this a smile took his face while his mind flashed with vigilance against the two, he hadn't forgotten about this sworn sister of his mother but for now, he would be dealing with one problem at a time,
"Care to join the show?"
Xiao asked, making the mother-daughter duo silent for a moment, in the end, Raena shrugged her shoulder and spoke,
"Sure, why not, it's been some time since I saw an enjoyable slaughter"
'She's not normal as always'
Xiao wasn't surprised, after all, you will gain some unnatural quirks when you spend your life as she had,
"What are you doing?"
Valencia asked as she and her mother walked forward, Raena moving to hug Yun Lan and congratulating her on having Xiao back safe and sound, Yun Lan had a smile as she accepted the hug,
"I am just doing something that I should have done some time ago"
Xiao said looking at all those people suspended in front of him, awaiting their sentence, Xiao had already set up a powerful deterrence around the whole estate, in fact, every living thing within the whole of the Yun family is now held in their place unable to move, nothing was escaping Xiao's eyes as he kept the control on them all,
"You seemed to have sounded a great deal of growth"
Valencia said with a touch of concern, which she tried to mask but Xiao picked it up very easily, this was another anomaly that he was avoiding, he needed answers and he will be finding them step by step,
"Well I had a great time, why were you worried about me?"
Xiao teased,
"No, I just don't want my ally to die so early"
Valencia calmly rebutted Xiao, who just smiled at her defensive words,
"Where is that fiance of yours?"
Valencia asked,
"Right where she belongs, you should be careful a bit, she might give you a good fight if you guys meet again"
Xiao said, which earned her ire, as Valencia's eyes narrowed,
"We will see about that"
She said, not speaking too much into the matter but Xiao knew that she must know about where he was, with her master Adria leading her, she should know that Li Lun by now had awakened to the gifts that were granted to her,
"What's the plan here?"
Valencia asked trying to steer the topic away, the fact that Xiao was mentioning another girl irked her soo much that for a few seconds an impulse to kill took over her mind,
'Calm down, don't go overboard'
Valencia desperately told herself, trying to keep her semblance of control,
'She's hiding her jealousy and killing intent'
Xiao easily figured out Valencia's current mentality, he had a keen eye for it, something that was required for him to manipulate war between several sects so that he could make use of the sect for his killings,
'They really messed with my mind for me to even miss such obvious signs, then there's also...'
Xiao's eyes turned towards Xuanyin who was standing quietly beside him but with their connection, he could easily understand the feelings passing through his sister even when she tried her best to keep her feelings hidden from him,
'One problem at a time, one problem at a time'
"The plan is simple, to leave"
Xiao said turning towards the most powerful and authoritative one in the group gathered here, an old man that seemed to be one step into his grave, yet he exuded the most power from them all, Valencia now standing at his side spoke.
"He seems to almost complete all his tasks to evolve, just one more seems to be left"
"No wonder he has the aura of a climber"
Xiao responded to Valencia's words, not everyone would be able to complete the requirements for them to climb to the next heaven, everyone could cultivate but completing your requirements to evolve isn't for everyone. Xiao willed and the said person was pulled to the forefront, floating in front of Xiao, giving some control Xiao allowed the person to speak,
"What do you want?"
A gruff voice leaked out of the old man, his eye calm at the situation in front of him,
"Nothing much just wanted to say that I will be leaving this family with the ones I really care about and that if you try to take revenge I don't mind erasing this family"
After he finished speaking Xiao sealed the old man's mouth again sending him back with the squad of people looking at Xiao with fear, seeing so he nodded his head, turning to his mother with a smile he spoke,
"Who all did you want to have revenge on, mother?"
His words made Yun Lan silent as she looked around the people in the room, most of them stronger than her yet they lay here, ready to be slaughtered at a moment's notice from her, a certain feeling filled Yun Lan's heart it was a feeling she was getting a lot lately, she was feeling very proud, not of the situation but of her son.
Seeing him be so powerful she could feel her heart being gratified, she didn't care how he did it or from where it all came, what she cared about is the well-being of her son, Yun Lan never considered herself a person who would become a good mother figure, nor did she think she could love someone too much but clearly she was wrong, she loved her children more than anything and she never regretted being a mother.
Now when her son stood in front of her giving her the whole world. A cold smile lit up Yun Lan's face as she turned to look at the people around, her mind flashing with all the anger that had been hidden in her heart, everything in her mind being played over and soon her hand automatically moved to a few of them,
"Make them pay"
She said,
"Do you want them to suffer, mother?"
Xiao asked in a neutral tone,
"Take them out quick"
Yun Lan responded, to which Xiao complied, within seconds the people that she had pointed out became minced meat and vanished, their souls especially being taken care of by Xiao such that even in death they would suffer,
"The Golden Killer squad of the Yun family, makes them suffer"
Yun Lan spoke, Xiao obediently nodded his head at it, his mind finding all the frozen people of the such squad, they were there frozen within the Yun family estate, a small tick within them and they all appeared in the large hall, they didn't even get to register their location before which they started to scream in pain, their eyes being blacked out while their blood started to flow from all part of their body, be it, men or women, they all suffered the same fate.
Meanwhile, Yun Lan settled back into her chair as she closed her eye enjoying the screams of pain of the people that once threatened her with everything, it lasted for minutes after which the screaming stopped, and so did the life of all that was in the squad.
The screams of pain stopped, blood dyeing the sacred ground where important meetings take place, the high and mighty people of the Yun family suspended above and made to watch as they could do nothing, a deep helpless feeling filling their heart, a feeling that they had either forgotten or hoped to never feel again.
Xiao viewed all this with calm eyes, seeing the despair clouding their face, seeing the helplessness sinking deep into their bones, for a moment Xiao felt exhilarated, in his mind playing the past where he had to watch helplessly his mother try to save him, while the family that should be his protectors tried to kill him.
Xiao was powerless, and despair was his only companion as he watched everything he arrogantly believed to be his, disappear,
"Was that all mother?"
Xiao asked, Yun Lan who was closing her eyes opened them, she enjoyed the despairing cries of her enemies, her ice qi reacting to her will as the temperature around the room dipped down, her chilling eyes focused on one man that looked bruised yet fine,
"I was saving him for last,"
Xiao spoke in a monotone voice, the duo of mother and son focusing on Yun Qinghong, their husband or father, as much as Xiao wanted to beat up this piece of shit he knew that someone more worthy of it existed so he took a step back and watched as his mother stood up from the seat as she sat in walking, soon standing in front of her so-called husband.
Yun Lan's eyes flashed with memories of the past, the time she walked untethered, to the time she had to be chained down, the more her memories played the colder the atmosphere around her got, and she was forced to marry the man in front of her, who was blinded by her body and desire to get her ice, Yin.
Back then she was weak and he was strong, if she took action then she would be hurting her parents who never did anything wrong, so she yielded, she gave him what he wanted, and let him enjoy upon his ego while she enjoyed the greatest gift she got, her children...
Yet this bastard had laid hands on her son! whenever Xiao covered for Xuanyin or made the smallest mistake Qinghong would lay hands on her son whom she saw as her whole world, she had lost count of the amount of time her bloodlust had taken over her mind, and her anger grew higher at the fact that he had hurt her children, she was powerless but back then she did do things to mess up his life in ways he didn't know,
"You hurt my son,"
She spoke in a slow chilling voice, her sword in her hand as it rubbed the cheeks of Qinghong, blood dipping downwards, she didn't wait any longer as she waved her hands around, four limbs of Yun Qinghong being ripped away, while blood like river drowned the floor, the man in question couldn't even open his mouth to scream, his eyes almost seemed to pop out of his sockets,
"You unworthy shit dared to touch my body,"
Yun Lan said, as her swords flashed again, this time her sword completely crushing something small between Yun Qinghong's legs, this time Xiao let him scream, which filled the entire hall and even got through the building, all the men in the room felt a tinge up their spine, even Xiao felt a sort of phantom pain at this ruthless move.
Xiao moved quickly before his mother action as he covered Xuanyin's eyes, she was too young to see this and he definitely didn't want her getting any ideas seeing this, turning his head to Valencia who also had her eyes covered up by her mother, Xiao's eyes met Raena who had a smile on her face,
"Quite thrilling, isn't it?"
She asked as she looked quite happy at the scene, he could also tell that Valencia too wasn't shaken up by it, well how could she when Xiao's sure that she might do something more dangerous to her own father,
'Damn, aren't we a group of dysfunctioning families'
Xiao thought, after all, it's not an everyday occurrence where you see a wife torturing her husband while her son helps to do it. Xiao shook his head focused on the detail at hand. He could feel the bubbling emotions bursting from within his mother, and even though silent, he could feel the genuine emotion of concern that Xuanyin was feeling,
"Don't worry, our mother is strong,"
Xiao said as he transferred his feeling of calmness to her, which quickly made Xuanyin lean towards him while he still covered her eyes,
'I wonder why no one is covering my eyes?'
Xiao went through several different useless thoughts in his mind as his mother continued the torture, which went on for a few minutes after which the screaming completely stopped, he didn't close Yun Qinghong's mouth for the very reason that he wanted his mother to enjoy the screams of agony that Qinghong was feeling.
Finally, everything stopped as a man barely recognizable floated in the sky, he was now just a floating mass of blood and body, Yun Lan's entire blade was attained with blood, yet her body was pristine and clean, and her cold eyes seemed to have receded as she got control over her emotions, using her ice Qi she sealed off Yun Qinghong's body, she didn't want him dying of blood loss now,
"Is that enough, mother?"
Xiao asked as Yun Lan walked back, Raena went forward, and she congratulated Yun Lan on a successful torture. She even started asking her for tips!
'Sigh.....why am I surrounded by crazies'
While Xiao lamented Yun Lan spoke,
"This is enough for now. Whenever I feel angry, I can come back and torture him again. It's sweeter when I keep enjoying it,"
To this, Xiao could only nod his head, once again understanding how dangerous his mother is,
"Then shouldn't we get a divorce?"
Xiao spoke and just as he did several documents and a connecting thread of marriage appeared, all proof of Yun Lan's marriage to Qinghong was brought forth, seeing this Yun Lan didn't hesitate as she froze them all and split them up into nothing but ice particles,
"From now onwards, I am Lan, just Lan."
Lan spoke, seeing so Xiao smile,
"Congratulations, Mother."
He said, and Xuanyin, who wriggled out of his control after Xiao put a barrier around the slaughter, walked up to Lan. She looked at her mother and seemed to take deep control of herself as she spoke,
"Congratulations, Mother."
Hearing this Lan's eyes lit up as a gentle smile came to her face, she moved forward to hug her daughter while Xuanyin tried to avoid it but with one stern word from Xiao she stood in her place,
"Congrats, Aunty,"
Valencia said, and so did Raena, who congratulated her sister for her release something which she would be getting for herself very soon,
"Valencia, can you do me a favor?"
Xiao suddenly asked,
"What?"
She spoke,
"Cut off the karmic ties of marriage between my mother and him,"
This request made Valencia raise her eyebrow in question,
"Do you want to go that far?"
She asked, to which Xiao firmly nodded his head,
"Okay, it's done,"
Valencia said,
"That was quick,"
"Wells, he's very weak,"
Valencia replied to Xiao's words, seeing so he turned towards the group gathered here today, another set of documents arrived, the ones confining Xiao and his sister to the Yun family, it was quickly burned away,
"Mother"
He called, which quickly got Lan's attention,
"Yes?"
"Since changes are taking place today, I would like to change my name,"
Xiao said, finally taking the first step to cutting his fate away,
"I would like to throw away any connection to him. Didn't he give me this name? for Xuanyin, you named her, but for me, it was him. Hence, I want every connection away. "
Xiao spoke with a convincing tone hiding the real reason. For now, he knew some things better lay in the dark,
"Sure, what do you want to be named?"
Lan quickly agreed. She didn't find anything wrong with what Xiao said,
"My name?"
Xiao turned his eyes up above. He focused his feelings to the max, the feeling that had been bugging him filling his mind. In a space unseen Death watched on, its face covered by the darkest cloak but if one was to peer in, a small unseen smile rose, something that would blow the mind of all that knows it.
The connection around Xiao widened, the feeling of death taking over his body, the two fires in his landscape trembled, seemingly realizing something of untold proportion is about to take place, Xiao took in his hand the cube that used to control him, darkness now clouding his body, making Lan scared,
"Don't, this is an important moment for him,"
Valencia spoke, blocking Lan, Valencia took action after her master said so. Adrea, her master looked on invisible but with fascination in her eyes,
'Master, what is he doing?'
Valencia asked,
'He's going to one-up fate'
Adrea replied while deep astonishment filled her being.
The feeling of someone pushing against him was felt, someone didn't want him to succeed but he wasn't going to let others dictate the flow of his life, not anymore, Xiao's mind started to swirl and swirl, he could feel the ties of his name holding him back, keeping him in check and to this, he smiled.
With a simple swift motion, Xiao cut off the name that was holding him back, Death lending him a hand, Death was more excited than him at this change, ??? raised his head within the darkness and looked above,
"My name....."
Just as ??? spoke his body froze, nobody felt it but ??? felt an extreme rage covering him, hoping to crush him, to stop him from changing something that shouldn't, then again Death lent a hand, giving him the leeway he needed.
??? felt the restriction being lifted from him, he felt empty, with no sense of connection to the world or anything around, the darkened sphere around him, keeping all the commotion at bay, and thus memories started to flow through his mind, ??? went through the best of his time and the worst of his times, everything coming to remind him of who he truly is.
The disdain of the world to his insignificance in it, the death of the ones he loved to finding new ones, his shout out to the world at its unfairness till he learned that he wasn't the only one suffering, he again was just one among the many too suffer, his ups and downs, and among them, two people that helped him the most stood out.
One is his teacher.....
And two, Death, who was giving him another way to walk.....
The first one helped him cope with all the failures that had covered him, while the latter helped him escape a fate that would have undoubtedly led him to a puppet of the unknown. Both played a great significance in his change, and they shall get the credit for it.
??? closed eyes opened, his name already filling his mind. Everything seemed to come into place as ??? spoke out,
"My name is.....Azrail.D.Xavon."
Just as he finished speaking, the darkness that was surrounding Azrail flooded his body, taking everything in once more. Above lands unseen several felt the threads of fate being untangled, Fate itself letting out a curse, for once Fate calling someone else a bitch. Death saw all this, with a twinkle in its eyes, it's emotionless being filled with a desire to see more.
It was just a change in name but it covered the whole future of the cosmos in a way that many couldn't predict, all the seers of every pantheon, great realms, and hidden powers felt all their control go haywire, fate from now on being complete muddled and no one could see how or why, beings equal in status to Death once again felt Death's presence at the change as they held their head in pain due to his meddling.
Origins of the great rose above their seats as they ordered the beginning Gods to take a look. Once again, a single boy caused a massive change in the cosmos, and no one knew.
Yes, no one knew that this is the true beginning of the story, the beginning of the being that will walk the ultimate path of change, a path between life, death, fire, and all, a path in which he will bring forth waves across every known and unknown realms.
Until both the living and the dead sang his name.
His name is Azrail.D.Xavon....
And this is just the beginning...
Prolonged End....?
Azrail felt his mind numbing, the shackles placed on him has been broken, ever since he had awakened from within his understanding of himself and uncovered the cube, Azrail understood that the main binding of the cube was to his name, the cube seemingly placing a trap of control over him.
Hence he knew for him to truly grow, he needed to let go of his name, which would mean letting go of several other things, Azrail's mind had flashed with several paths he could take but in the end, a change in his identity was the only way to truly be free from whatever the world had in store for him, during the time he spent with Li Lun, he kept thinking about the name he could take and finally he decided upon what he wanted.
The darkened sphere surrounding him withered off, letting Azrail open to the world again, no change could be seen in his psyche, yet on the inside, he was completely different, Azrail could feel his mind sharper than ever, it felt as if a great weight had been lifted from his chest, making him feel more liberated than ever.
He gazed at the people looking at him, flashing them all a smile, he could see the people still suspended above the ground with the entire area of the estate under control, just as he told, Valencia had taken control of the situation while he marked his own new fate,
"Son, are you feeling okay?"
Lan asked as she walked up to her son, looking at him from head to toe, Azrail smiled at his mother as he spoke,
"I'm fine,"
"So Azrail? not a bad name, but what about the rest? who are D and Xavon?"
Lan asked after seeing that her son was fine,
"People I am indebted to, mother."
Azrail spoke, which brought a frown upon Lan's face,
"People I don't know about?"
She said to which only a wry smile could fill Azrail's face as he just shrugged his shoulder, which quickly earned a pinch on his ear from his mother,
"Mother, not here!"
He pleaded, but his mother didn't back down as she made sure to give a good twist of his ears, Azrail could see a smile splitting Valencia's face,
"This is what you get for keeping too many secrets from your mother,"
Lan said, hence Azrail could only nod his head, accepting the punishment at hand, he moved his gaze to the real problem at hand, taking back the control of the estate from Valencia who didn't reject to the notion. Getting control back Azrail popped the heads of dozens of people in the estate, ones that caused a lot of issues to him and his mother now and in the erased past, with one more pressure he knocked out everyone cold,
"Shall we go?"
Azrail spoke, turning towards his mother, who smiled at it, turning her eyes to Raena she asked,
"Shall we sister?"
Lan asked, to which Raena agreed, Azrail looked at his mother walking away, while a subtle smile took his face, Azrail was sure that his mother was burning with millions of questions to ask him yet she didn't ask anything, she respected his boundaries and more than that she trusted him but Azrail was sure that he was in for a hell lot of pouting from his mother.
And deep down he knew that his actions were hurting his mother deeply, he knew she loved him with all her heart, and hiding anything from her hurt him too, hence he had already promised himself to tell them the truths he knows she can handle, ones that won't cause her karmic ties to be too affected,
"Are you going to stand there forever?"
Valencia suddenly asked, taking his attention towards her. He shook his head,
"No, let's go,"
Saying so, Azrail moved forward as he caught Xuanyin's hand, who kept looking at him,
"Thanks, I think the name is good too,"
Xuanyin: "..."
"Yeah, it's cool, I guess...."
Xuanyin: "..."
"No, you can't change your name to sound like mine,"
Xuanyin: "....."
"Because it's a guy's name."
Xuanyin: "...."
"No, I won't talk to Mother about it, so forget it, and I think your name is beautiful as it is."
This caused Xuanyin to turn her head forward while the hand she was using to hold onto Azrail got harder, while Azrail clearly felt the happiness from her, just one word from him and she had let go of all of her desire to change her name,
"What made you want to change your name?"
Valencia suddenly asked as she walked beside him, not liking the fact that she was being excluded from the brother-sister talk, her super indifference had now completely been lost, at least around him she had, and Azrail couldn't even guess how this would affect the coming future as a whole,
"I just wanted to change....."
????????????????
Azrail said in a light demeanor, his eyes trailing towards the veiled girl whole beauty could even astound immortals,
"Then what does the D stand for?"
Valencia asked, her question even taking in the attention of everyone else, Lan who was talking and packing away, had her ears focused, Raena crazy as she is just felt mild curiosity, while Adrea the immortal within felt extreme fear and apprehension in her heart, others might have not felt it but she could feel a pure danger and tremble in the whole Realm just when the word D was mentioned.
Her power wasn't as it was, but Adrea was a hell of sure that this tremble wasn't just confined to this realm! the tremble refeed to the fear that the entire realm was feeling! only people like her who have touched upon the world laws could feel it, but she understood the feeling. It was fear, raw primal fear!
'Just what is this being?'
Adrea knew that once that whole of the name is spoken with intent something of unknown level could take place, while she dreaded it she desired more to know how Azrail was allowed access to use such a name, without permission no one could use the name of beings that had ascended a certain plane of power,
"The D stands for a friend of mine, a very good friend, a very lonely friend,"
That is all Azrail spoke, and understanding that he didn't want to dive into it Valencia didn't ask anything more into the topic, instead, she started to ask about his trip to the legacy lands, mostly focusing on his health, Valencia was too gone in to realize how much change she is having around Azrail.
Just something within her felt so right when she stood close to him, the premature effect of her physique was already on her, making her extremely indifferent yet those walls being built melted like ice cream on a sunny day when she was near Azrail,
"Azrail, it's not a bad name,"
Valencia said,
"Thanks."
Azrael replied as they kept walking to the exit. Within 5 minutes, everything was ready, and they would be departing towards a mansion owned by Lan,
"All set?"
Lan asked, to which the kids nodded their heads, seeing so all of them boarded the carriage and headed straight to their destination, Lan and Raena talking within themselves, while as always Xuianyin took a seat on her brother's lap, enjoying the embrace, the unique one was Valencia who was silent.
Moments before boarding Azrail had spoken about how he needed to speak with her alone. His serious face had Valencia's mind playing around, her intelligence being her enemy as several different scenarios played in her mind.
Just as Azrail and the group left the remaining people of the Yun family regained their bearing, the servants were frantic as they had no idea what had happened, their fears told by their shivering legs, while the other cultivators with higher knowledge had an inkling of what happened, rushed to the place where the suppression originated from.
All of them arrived at the center of the hall to meet with the murdered sight, the remaining ones with power quickly took control before the situation got out of hand, the old man that Azrail has questioned took action, closing the entire estate off so that no news, for now, would leave the whole family, they had a shit show to deal with.
While the chaos brewed inside the Yun family, the group that left quickly maneuvered through the humongous city that was under the control of the Yun family, Lan led them to a huge, well-decorated mansion,
"We will stay here for now until we head to the capital city."
She said as Lan wanted them all to stay at the center of the Rexion Empire, the greatest developed lands, where the mighty humans of the Empire lay and moved, Azrail and the rest didn't have any problems, hence they all agreed, and after doing so he took Valencia for a talk under the pouting eyes of Xuanyin and the teasing smiles of two mothers,
"What is it that you want to talk about?"
Valencia directly asked as soon the two had entered the room, her voice being colder than she hoped, but this was the best way to hide the feelings of confusion ramming deep into her mind and soul,
"Take a seat first,"
Azrail spoke as he sat on one of the chairs while Valencia sat on the other, two of them now looking at each other, Azrail running through his plans in his mind while Valencia debated on what she should do in the situation,
"You are less cold to me now than when we met first,"
Azrail took the lead as he spoke with a charming smile, which got Valencia's heart running, one shouldn't look down on his current looks, as a child, he could get anything from kind-hearted adults while Valencia with her feelings easily fell into the perfect smile that graced Azrail's otherworldly looks,
"We-Well, aren't we allies?"
Valencia said with a small stutter for the first time in her life, not knowing how to lead the conversation to her desire,
"Indeed, and I am happy with it, but don't you find it all strange?"
He asked in a serious tone, catching her off guard,
"What do you mean?"
Valencia asked, narrowing her eyes,
"Why did our mothers become sworn sisters?"
Azrail asked the question,
"Wasn't it because they want to?"
Valencia asked, tilting her head in confusion, her mind feeling fuzzy. She felt as if she was on the cusp of understanding something, yet it felt far out of her reach, close yet far. Seeing the unfocused look, Azrail sighed as he requested,
"Senior Adrea, could you please cover us?"
His request was heard as a feeling of disconnect soon filled the atmosphere that the two of them were in, a hazy body rose from within Valencia, the face of the woman cursed to be unseen by any,
"You feel it too?"
Adrea asked,
"So, are you out of it?"
Azrail asked her back, to which Adrea nodded her head. Her body was filled with disbelief. She herself was put under a layer such that she didn't feel her own instincts and understanding were shrouded! just what kind of power is capable of playing with her mind at such a level, but the main question came: Who would use it for such a useless purpose?
"What are you talking about?"
Valencia asked in a silent voice as she held her head, eyes feeling heavy, while something kept pumping deep within her, a stone hidden deep within her soul shimmering on, a pulse spreading from it as it continued to cover her entire existence,
"Valencia, did you ever question your mother why she became sworn sister with my mother?"
Azrail directly went into the topic, making Valencia's throbbing increase, the wave spreading from the stone causing ripple all over her soul,
"No...."
She responded with a low voice, her hands now holding her head in stabbing pain while her hair covered her face,
"Vale....."
Adrea whispered, but Azrail shook his head at her,
"She seems to be heavily affected by this, and you should know better that she needs to get out of there by herself."
Azrail spoke in a low voice to Adrea, who remained silent. Focusing back at Valencia, Azrail asked the main question,
"Why? why didn't you ask?"
This hit the mark as the ripples spread entirely across Valencia's body, shaking her to her core, her hands holding her head shaking, while unknown emotions started to spread across her mind, images flashed faster than she could see, they seemed important yet distant for her, a thin layer of blood tussled down her nose,
'What is this?'
Azrail felt goosebumps filling his body, cold sweat filling her back for no reason,
'All-Seer wake up from your fucking sleep and tell me what's going on here!'
Azrail scared within himself.
[You have pushed too hard]
????????????????
The reply came, making Azrail feel a deep premonition in his heart, not one of the dangers or of happiness but one of craze.
[The girl in front of you is being led on]
'What does that mean?'
Azrail asked.
[I don't know unless I can completely dissect her I am not able to find out the reason for it, the situation feels similar to an awakening]
These words made Azrail's mind start to work faster, while All-Seer has information, there are some restrictions to it too,
'What awakening?'
[I can feel madness deep raw primal madness deep within the girl's soul, it's tied with a heavy, incredibly heavy feeling of love]
'To who?'
Azrail asked, hoping for something to not be true.
[You]
'Where are the feelings coming from?'
[Deep within her soul]
'How is that possible?'
[Something is supplying them]
'What is it?'
Azrail asked, his fire Qi revolving around him as he felt the entire surroundings be dyed with pressure, luckily since Adrea has closed the place of no commotion would take place,
[Not strong enough to know]
All-Seer directly shouts him down,
"Why?...."
The quiet whisper left Valencia's mouth, looking at her Azrail could see it, her black hair turned to a mix of Amethyst and pink, her hands were holding her head in sheer power, a tempting smell leaving her body filling Azrail's nose,
"Why?..."
The same word again, as Valencia's Qi around her got heavier, Adrea her master moved forward as she tried to help but some sort of deterrence seemed to be in place as she couldn't enter back into Valencia nor could her words touch upon Valencia,
"What's happening?"
Adrea spoke out,
"How should I know?"
Azrail asked back,
"Because all these changed started after she met you!"
Adrea called out, to which Azrail didn't really have an answer, he looked at the girl in front of him who seemed to be falling into the last bit of lunacy.
[My host]
'Yes'
[It seems you have made a monster]
Just as All-Seer finished speaking Valencia shouted out,
"Why?...it was for YOU!"
"Why?....it was for YOU!"
Those words left Valencia as a scream, hearing it Azrail's eyes narrowed, by now he could practically feel the insanity coming out from Valencia, her answer was a deeply empowering one.
For him?
What does that even mean? she didn't question it for him? Several theories started to play through Azrail's mind but it all came to a stop as he saw Valencia's actions.
Her hand holding her head stopped, and her hair that regained its original color swayed behind her back, he could no longer feel any sort of emotion from her until Valencia quickly moved her hands as she ripped the veil covering her face, the hairs covering her eyes being whipped away as two gems like pink eyes came to be seen, along with it her face came to vision.
Azrail felt his breath being stuck on his body, and his mind stopped working for a single second before everything came back to him, he had never laid eyes upon anything so beautiful, even Teresa with her high level of cultivation that granted immortal beauty would have to take a seat back, the current Valencia was young hence her beauty was just blooming, she was more charming than desirable but even then its beyond words.
The first thing that attracted anyone's attention was Valencia's eyes, both of them had inner pupils the shape of a diamond, pink diamonds seemingly floating within, they looked like the most precious thing in the world, Valencia's face was angular, creating a perfect match of everything, her little red lips contracted with her soft white body, creating the perfect combination.
Azrail couldn't put his words on it but Valencia felt complete. She looked like the perfect combination of beauty, her level of beauty even within her cultivation reached the level of Gods, seeing it for the first time it rattled Azrail's mind but he quickly got over it as his vigilance turned sky high.
It was just a gut feeling, an inner voice that kept suspicion that Valencia herself might have something to do with the predicament of his mother and it seems that he was right on the money but something else also seems to have gone wrong,
"Everything was for YOU!"
She screamed opening her mouth, her eyes pink eyes turning even darker, as a pink light started to surround her body, an extremely tempting scent started to fill Azrail's nose,
'What is this lunacy?'
Azrail focused as he saw the obsession and desire coming from Valencia, it was a fanatic desire that Valencia herself wasn't sure where it was coming from, Azrail could tell that whatever it is, it was making the girl in front of him, completely obsessed with him,
"Why do this for me?"
He asked back, hoping to bring a hint of clarity back into her mind, his voice was like a trigger that made her devouring gaze turn toward him, her head croaked to the side as she spoke,
"Why?"
'This isn't Valencia'
Azrail proclaimed, whatever it is, it was completely overloading her mind, creating a craze-filled person, Valencia caught her face, confusion filling her mind but her gaze still strayed on Azrail,
"It's hard..."
Valencia muttered, her gem-like pink eyes lighting up, the pink-like gas from her getting heavier, her hands started to hold her head tighter,
????????????????
"It's hard not to kill all the girls beside you! I want to rip them off and take you for myself!"
She screamed, her hands scratching at her face, creating marks all around, her eyeball vibrated within her skull, looking like it was going to pop out, while her power jumped out of control, the beauty suddenly looked disgusting to look at but Azrail didn't take his eyes off her, he kept his gaze locked,
"Hehehe...I thought of secretly killing them all! but no matter which path I take in the end you will figure it out and I will lose you!"
She screamed her body trembling, but it didn't last long after which her expression turned to confusion,
"Huh? what did I say? I....what?"
Such words left Valencia's mind as her expression turned stony while blood started to drip from her face due to the scratch that she was putting on,
"Can't you do something?"
Azrail whispered to Adrea who was floating beside him,
"I can't something powerful is holding me back from action"
She whispered back, her voice filled with an endless amount of worry, even she with all her knowledge had no idea what the hell was going on,
"I talked with All-Seer it would seem that something within her soul is supplying such powers into her whole self"
Azrail spoke in whispers,
"That's impossible! I maintain safety over her soul at all times nothing can get in or take place"
Adrea adamantly stressed,
"Doesn't matter, what I said is the truth"
This brought Adrea's mind working at lightning speed, several things passing through her mind, after which she spoke,
"It's completely impossible for something to exist in her soul, unless...."
"Unless?"
Azrail asked back,
"Unless Valencia herself allows it"
This made the two of the silent, Azrail already knew of this information but that would only make things more senseless, why allow such a thing in one's soul? while they whispered among themselves Valencia regained her madness again, the pink gas around her now had become completely distorted,
"I tried and tried! but no matter how much I killed off those vixens or even took you away, things ways end up in disaster! those bitches can't even let you go!"
Valencia screamed, the pink gas twisting all around her, those words she screaming made Azrail's mind churn, a thought a random thought entering his mind that planted itself, the very idea bringing goosebumps to his body, the idea itself was crazy but if any sort of truth exists in it, then he might be earning himself someone very powerful and dangerous.
By now Valencia looked completely deranged, her sense of self fighting off within, Azrail took a deep breath as he started to walk forward, and as he reached close the pink gas surrounded the two of them, accepting him with delight.
In front of him stood the ruined Valencia, her crazy eyes only focused on him and no one else, nothing else seemed worthy, without any word Azrail hugged Valencia taking her into his embrace, her blood staining him, while he started to pat her back, the pink gas turned even darker while embracing the two of them,
"I accept"
Azrail whispered into the ear of the deranged girl, his pats making the violence in her heavier,
"I accept all your feelings but you would have to work to take me for yourself"
Just like the devil, he whispered into her, those simple words breaking past herself and entering deep into her soul, the stone within that was trembling stopped sending the ripples affecting her soul as the words from Azrail helped it achieve a part of its purpose,
"I am very greedy, I will continue to take what I want and if you want to keep me try to be number one and take me for yourself"
The words were like sweet nectors to Valencia as the madness went away completely, while the pink gas had now turned the darkest pink it could, looking more like darkness itself, the gas broke apart as half of it entered inside Azrail while the other half retreated back into Valencia along with it she lost her consciousness.
Azrail stood there holding Valencia's body, looking at the girl whose love for him exceeds beyond the normal,
'Looks like I have a very dangerous woman to accompany me during my long life'
This thought didn't make him afraid, it just made him more empowered, it would seem whatever the future held for him, it would be an eventful one.
"She's so calm now....."
Azrail muttered with a light smile as he played around with Valencia's hair, she was out cold, deep in sleep. Just as Azrail finished speaking Valencia lost consciousness and fell into his embrace. Taking her he moved towards the chair in the room, placing her on his lap and playing with her hair, it's been about 5 minutes since the situation ended.
"Your eyes speak that it wants to end me?"
Azrail muttered in a calm manner as he looked at the enchanting face of the girl in front of him, deep asleep, her sleepy image portraying a weak girl at heart,
"You are different now"
Adrea muttered floating above the two, her answer being a question, this caused Azrail to chuckle as his eyes still kept their focus on Valencia, marking her face deep in his mind,
"How do I feel to you now than before?"
He asked,
"Dangerous"
Adrea immediately replied, her eye narrowing at the sight in front of her.
"How did I feel to you before?"
Azrail asked another question,
"Conflicting, its as if everything you were doing was opposite to yourself, its as if you were-"
"Lost"
Azrail spoke finishing Adrea's words, the smile on his face widening. He raised his head to look at Adrea, finally having had enough to look, a sly tint flashing through his eyes,
"Ask all you want"
He spoke in a calm manner,
"What is happening?"
Adrea didn't beat around the bush as she asked, her body floating down below as she came face to face with Azrail,
"Truthfully? I don't have much information but as you and I can tell Valencia seems to have pure craze filled feelings for me"
He spoke, a light grin taking his face, making Adrea frown,
"I can't feel anything unknown in her soul"
She said to which Azrail nodded his head,
"All-Seer is adamant, whatever it is in her soul, it's making her like this"
He said, keeping his focus on the faceless image in front of him, his words irking Adrea who felt powerless,
"Is our only option to watch on?"
????????????????
She asked as Azrail nodded his head,
"For now let's hold back on our decision, we have to see how Valencia is when she wakes up"
Adrea agreed to it as she looked at the sleeping girl with kind eyes, she wasn't an idiot, and just like Azrail she was capable of forming her own answers, her knowledge of the cosmos is vast and the theories she creates were only making her feel sadder for the girl in front of her,
'Perhaps this is for the best....'
She thought, goosebumps still filled her when her mind flashed back to the scene she saw, that untethered madness, that love was something she never felt before, those desiring eyes was completely obsessive to an unhealthy degree, it was a love that transcended logic, yet above all Adrea could feel that at that moment Valencia was completely free and.....happy?
While she kept thinking so suddenly a pink light flashed from within Valencia's body as a cute pink fox appeared, her single tail wagging around as she sat upon Valencia's body.
Azrail's eyes flashed as he looked at the super cute fox, its entire body was covered with beautiful light pink color, while its eyes were blood red, and a single tail kept wagging on its back, it kept looking at Valencia with a worried frown. The beast was just about the length of 30 centimeters but its looks was beyond words.
Azrail could feel the law of charm all around the fox, it was just like Valencia, its something whose beauty was beyond words, an unknown level of charm surrounded its body making it hard for anyone to form offensive thoughts about the cute fox,
"So this is the world bewitching fox?"
Azrail muttered as he gazed curiously at the little beast whose intelligence seemed to be about a 3-year old's, its worried eyes focused on Valencia but just as it heard his voice its head turned towards him, and the little beast's eyes flashed with a cute snarl as it jumped into his shoulder, soon licking his face with its tiny tongue,
"Why is the world bewitching fox, like this?"
Adrea spoke in a surprised tone. she wasn't surprised that Azrail knew about the fox, with All-Seer with him, nothing can hide from it but the fox itself is said to be part of the species that aren't very close to men or any other pieces with a large amount of Yang floating through their body,
"What's her name?"
Azrail asked adjusting himself to allow Valencia to be comfortable, placing her head on his shoulder while taking the cute beast with his arms, he could see the immense curiosity in the fox's eyes, it cutely turned its head sideways,
"Kyu?..."
The cute voice left her mouth as the fox kept kicking around,
"Valencia named her Rhena"
Adrea replied, sighing out as she felt that many things in the world weren't making sense anymore, Azrail found Adrea's reaction fun as he pulled the fox towards him and placed a small kiss on its fuzzy nose, making it yelp in happiness, soon jumping into his shoulder while still looking at the sleeping Valencia with worry.
Even though weak Azrail could feel the connection between them, a gift and connection which was granted to him by Valencia, or perhaps an unknown Valencia?
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Betwchinhg Fates Connection
Type: Unbreakable
Connection: No Limit
Result: Fate unbreaking bind.
Description: The one bearing the bloodline of Bewitching Fates Heart, would be the perfect woman of all, in everything they would be perfect, their beauty above all, hence their love will always be heavier than one can imagine.
-->Once a bearer of the bloodline finds a person and their innate Love heart resonates beyond the level of Death, the bear of the bloodline would bind themselves to their resonating love heart, forever being bonded in a level far beyond just connection.
-->Once the connection is established it can never be removed as the one bearing the bloodline has chosen you, both your fate and heart are now bounded, one cannot break another heart as the bearer of the Bloodline has granted you never-ending loyalty and love.
-->Fates will be joined together, to be never untwined again, death wouldn't take them down, while time will never damper the love of a such woman.
-->She has shared everything with you and now you have become her everything, her light, her love, and her never-ending power.
-->For now you two share both life and death
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Azrail's eyes started to shine seeing the information, this was more than he could imagine, he did have plans for Valencia, after all how could he give up on such an excellent woman? his life would be long and he dreams of domination, not just any woman is capable of standing beside him as his wife as he rise to power.
Yurou and Li Lun they were his, maybe he doesn't love Li Lun yet but she's worthy to have him open his heart to her, they along with Valencia is worthy to be beside him and he won't be stopping anytime soon. He will keep plundering everything with his knowledge of the future, every woman, power, and vestige that he deems needed shall be his and he would love to take on all the challenges that come his way.
After all, he came to realize something deep....
The fact that the book of Heavenly Opposers that he read couldn't be seen or understood by anyone....
It wasn't part of any plans of any being.....
The knowledge granted to him from the book is outside of Fate and Destiny...
Back at Ingrid Azrail had come upon that book, the one called 'Heavenly Opposers', the very book that gave in detailed explanations of everything happening in the cosmos, ones about the known and unknown. The drama, sadness, and loss of all the great characters that rose to power, the hidden realms, and great knowledge that people would kill for, everything was there in the book.
He had stored everything in his mind, all information was within him and when he got reborn back here, Azrail in his controlled mind several plans using that knowledge but after being freed, Azrail thought of giving that knowledge up, there is no guarantee that those beings that were controlling him might not use the same knowledge to trap him.
It is from there that several different hints started to appear, ever since the control from his body was taken away he had regained his true mind, hence he started to notice all those small details, for example by now Azrail had given a small number of people access to his memories yet none of them were able to grasp upon the part of him reading the book.
It seemed to have a mental block that even if he wanted to no one could read it and what was even deeper is the fact that even All-Seer doesn't have access to this memory! he had felt it when it tried to read through him and the part about 'Heavenly Opposers' was blurred out, even it couldn't see through the depths of that.
Then of course couldn't it mean that those beings making him their puppet could have placed a seal on it? it's more than plausible, it was for that did he do the gamble, Azrail didn't just take his name to erase control of the past, it was also to see if his speculations were true and this time his hypothesis was right.
Once he got rid of his name, the connections of control were lost and Azrail clearly felt the difference, he had felt the connection of those beings attached to him wither off, and along with it certain protections placed on him were removed but his greatest gift, the ultimate knowledge of the future was still there, it wasn't connected to anything of such.
But then came the question, who gave him the book? why was it inscribed with the cultivation technique? wasn't it the gift those being granted him?
Azrail had found it very confusing after regaining his mind, the cultivation technique Omega Asura's Wrath, was it that easy to cultivate? powerful cultivation techniques such as those would require extreme conditions and a whole another level of talent to start to cultivating, yet was he was able to do it in a lower realm? back then with his 'ok' level talent?
Adding onto that, is a cultivation technique capable of granting such powerful flames from just practicing? no Azrail knew it deep in his heart, those flames existed in him way before he took on the cultivation technique, they were a part of him, and cultivating Omega Asura's Wrath was the gateway that lead him to finally unlocking them.
All this while he had imagined that to be the gift those controlling beings gifted him, an extreme power to reign above everyone but it would seem that he was at fault, the gifts that should have been his were taken away when he changed his name, if he came to think of it, the inheritance to the Tower may have being a power that the beings wanted to gift him, a change made solely for him.
Then if all of those were the truth, where did the 'Heavenly Opposers' come from? and why is it that he wasn't feeling a hint of hostility towards it? Azrail had come to recognize what is his and what isn't, he could feel it deep into his bones that the stories he read were his, and he can feel the extreme happiness of his flames. Azrail knew that those flames were his.
And no one can control his feelings, with Death in a row, no one can control his mind, everything he was feeling is the truth, it was the same feeling one felt when something that should be theirs is returned back to them,
'This was supposed to be mine'
Azrail's eyes narrowed heavily, he petted the fox with one hand while his other, trailed along the smooth hair of Valencia, he had found another mystery but this one isn't malicious, he could tell, hence he will use it to his advantage, making everything he wants his and so what if the ones watching him felt suspicious? who dares to piss off Death?
"Hehehe"
Chilling sounds left Azrail's mouth earning a confused glare from Adrea, while the cute fox Rhena licked Azrail's finger,
'I feel light'
Thinking so he turned his attention towards the door, while Adrea looked at him, giving him a glare she disappeared back into Valencia's body while the fox turned into smoke and returned to Valencia,
"Enter"
Azrail said, while he put a veil over Valencia's face, it was okay for him if but ones below Valencia's cultivation saw her face without her permission then they would become slaves of hers, especially when Valencia is out cold and isn't even controlling the charm leaking out of her body. Just as he finished speaking Yunbai entered inside the room.
His eyes fixated on Azrail, as they widened, Yunbai who had returned felt as if Azrail was different as if he was more ominous?
"How was it?"
Azrail asked as he carefully kept looking after Valencia,
"It's fine everything went as planned"
Yunabai spoke as he tossed a sack towards Azrail who caught it, his sense flashing through it as he felt the several powerful spatial rings in it, then his sense focused on Yunbai who had his killing intent and aura sharpened,
"You seem to had fun"
Azrail spoke with a smile,
"Not as much as you"
Yunbai said as his eyes trailed toward the girl in Azrail's arms,
"A secret"
Azrail said to which Yunbai shrugged his shoulder, not minding it much,
"Heard you changed your name and left the family?"
Yunbai asked to which Azrail nodded his head,
"It was a bloody leave"
Azrail spoke with a cold smile, bringing on a bloodthirsty one on Yunbai's face,
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"You should have called me too"
Yunbai said with his eyes shining,
'He is falling into the yearning of slaughter'
Azrail marked as he responded,
"Well it was a quick affair, plus don't tell me you didn't have enough slaughter back at the Secret Realm?"
"I did, it was fun"
Yunbai said, his smile widening, while the aura of slaughter started to increase, seeing this Azrail sighed and released his hidden aura of slaughter while closing off the area. As soon as his killing intent was out Yunbai's was suppressed, his smile being lost while his knees started to buckle,
"Control Yunbai, don't let it take you"
Azrail said with a chilling voice, causing the mental sweetness of slaughter to fade away, Azrail's slaughter aura completely took over and stripped Yunbai of his, letting his mind turn to normal, seeing so Azrail took away his killing intent, looking at the pale and trembling Yinbai he spoke,
"Take rest for now, we will take later"
Hearing his words Yunbai nodded his head and walked out of the room, leaving Azrail mulling in his thoughts,
'He needs an anchor'
Azrail thought, something powerful enough to hold him in place so that he won't be lost in his desire, thinking so several different ideas flashed through his mind until he stopped on the best one possible, the idea brought a sly smile to his face,
'A woman'
Azrail let out an evil-looking chuckle as his mind played through certain scenarios perfect to keep Yunbai in check, a woman being the best option, one capable of keeping a tight leash on him, one woman who Azrail will have a leash on such that he won't ever be betrayed.
Azrail has to be careful, he can't just choose and manipulate just any woman for Yunbai, it should be one capable of keeping up with him while being capable of accepting all his faults and problems, a woman capable of keeping tight control on him, Azrail's mind flashed with several scenarios until he stopped at the perfect one.
The grin on his face widened as he chose the perfect target,
'Looks like I would need to play matchmaker here'
Musing at his thoughts Xiao's mind once again focused on the girl in his lap, her stunning face close to his as her slow breaths hit his face, just looking at her started to make his heart beat faster, and focusing on himself a bit he felt the connection between the two of them.
It's different from the one he has with Xuanyin, Yurou or Li Lun, this one felt deeper, more compact and it felt very....special.
'Since you are mine, I will make you shine the brightest you can be'
Azrail's eyes twinkled as he thought so, she was now his and there are no takebacks here, till the end of their life and beyond that, the two of them will be together. Valencia with her talents was born to rule, pride etched deeply into her bones, that can never be broken, and no one can bend her will other than him.
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The connection between them made Valencia like an open book to Azrail, he could tell what she was feeling and read into her thoughts if he want to, he could tell her weakest time to her strongest, everything about her now belongs to him,
'There's a lot to do'
Azrail controlled his burning passion for the future for now and decided to focus on the present, holding Valencia delicately he focused on the issues he has to deal with currently,
'Looks like you are awake All-Seer'
[Yes, I am well and dandy now]
All-Seer replied,
'Good, then show me the choices for my evolution'
Just as Azrail finished speaking the evolution list once again appeared in front of him but this time Azrail knew which path he wants to take.
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Host's possible paths of evolution have been studied and confirmed, With the achievements, talents, fate, status, blessing, and growth you have earned until now, a path you can take is now seen, select the path you wish and a befitting trial will be given to you:
-->Option 1: Raging Humanrion Of Fire
-->Option 2: Fate-Defying Divider
-->Option 3: Fire and Death Chaoser
-->Option 4: Asura's Wrath Wielder
-->Option 5: Cosmic Divider of Fate
-->Option 6: Sword Of Fire And Death
-->Option 7: Life Holder Of End
-->Option 8: Fledgling Of Chaos And Darkness
-->Option 9: Walker Of All Power
-->Option 10: Bringer Of End
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He first looked through the paths that he can choose after which he turned towards the path that he can only walk.
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Title: Path Of Unknown
Description: As someone that has lived over death twice, someone of slaughter, someone that can walk many paths, someone deemed as the Prince Of Death, and as someone that has awakened a supreme understanding of himself, the host is capable of creating his own evolutionary path to walk. Capable of evolving to a being that has not ever been seen ever before.
▪︎Host will be the first of his species, a progenitor of the path, a supreme overload of all that wish to follow your evolution. This is a gift that rose due to several situations that shouldn't have taken place. The [email protected]#$%^&* has given you a chance, a chance to break the norms.
Caution: Choosing such a path would mean that all help from the cosmos itself will be cut off, and the host will be evolving into a being that isn't marked or known, hence the future evolutions will all depend on the host himself. The limit of this evolution lay on the host.
Advantage: You shall be capable of reaching the realm of power blocked to all of creation, a power that is only wielded by the first concepts, a power to affect reality as a whole.
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There wasn't any need for brooding over this, the path that he wants to take is already set and even without All-Seer he could choose the path that he wants to evolve to, the cosmic will would seep into a person's consciousness and provide all the requirements deep into the person's mind but thanks to All-Seer Azrail gets a much deeper view of the information,
'Confirm to the cosmos I will be creating my path'
Azrail commanded.
[This is the final confirmation, are you sure?]
All-Seer asked with a hint of excitement in its voice?
'Do it'
Azrail commanded as he closed his eyes, All-Seer took in the command as it agreed to the path walked by none as he closed his eyes, just as the confirmation was done the entirety of the reality paused, Azrail was now broken away from the confines of reality itself,
'Never thought I could go through this again'
Azrail thought as he opened his eyes, seeing around the entire frozen reality, the world became entirely colorless, he was still seated but he was seated nowhere, it looked as if he could do anything he wants but Azrail knew that right now he was at his weakest, this is the reality phase that every being goes through when they chose their first evolution path.
A moment of complete solitude with themselves, this also imbues into their mind how small they really are and how much they would have to climb to reach the top, for now, their journey was really just starting, hence the first step is now being taken to actual growth and power.
Azrail sat there without moving, waiting for the information that should be delivered, soon what he was waiting for arrived, just like back at the tower something extremely ancient and unstoppable started to scan Azrail inside out, no matter how powerful he is, this time nothing was capable of stopping this power from seeing through all the secrets of Azrail.
Azrail sat there waiting for the scanning to finish, in his first life the scanning for him finished within less than a second, this time his estimate is about a 5 minutes hence the time moved.
1 minute....
2 minute....
3 minute....
5 minute.....
10 minute....
15 minute...
30 minute.....
And finally, after an hour, the scanning stopped, by now Azrail already had a frown marring his face. The feeling of being looked at vanished and along with it came a burst of power from deep within his soul.
Two colorful flames and 9 colorless ones started to surround Azrail, a gentle blue light flashed from within him, and the soul power split up as it was locked next to the World Spirit power. A humongous quake soon hit within Azrail as behind him millions of different swords appeared, floating and ready to kill.
Mental energy joined the powers of the other and soon darkness took control of Azrail, a single beautiful crown appearing up above his head, showing his stance as a prince.