Unfettered Lord of Chaos

On the thousandth year of the reign of the divine emperor Wu, a coup took place and the divine emperor fell from power. No one knew of the specific details behind the fall of the famous divine emperor. A wise sovereign who was said to have the ability to summon the clouds and call on the rain with just a flick of his sleeves. His divine abilities were endless and he was unrivalled in the whole of the three seas and eight deserts. After his fall from power, the heavens experienced a massive change in its political structure with his brother Song Taiyi taking on his place as the new emperor of the eight deserts and three seas. The ruler of both the celestial and human realm. At that time heaven was riddled with problems both internal and external. The demons who had once been expelled from heaven once again joined forces with the demons from the netherworld and attacked heavens. The new emperor had yet to stabilise his position as the emperor so other gods were still opposing him. With the empire in such a state where there were many opposing powers and the demon realm was also actively attacking the emperor could only use the demons to send a message to the other realms. In such a situation even though the other gods were eyeing his heavenly throne, they did not dare to fight him for the throne so they could only plot against him secretly. When the heavens was in such dire straits the new emperor did something that many did not expect." Your highness,if you do this ,there will be no turning back. Cutting of your emotions in exchange for power will only cause more harm. Your majesty please reconsider, " one of the officials suggested." Your majesty,please reconsider, " all the other officials voiced out their concerns." We have already made up our mind. You do not need to be concerned about it. If there is nothing left then you may withdraw," the emperor said before he stood up and left." Long live the emperor," the officials said as they bowed as the emperor disappeared from his seat. After disappearing the emperor did not go to his palace rather he went to a famous cliff in the heavenly realm known as the emotion vanquishing cliff. After the emperor appeared an old man appeared behind him and bowed deeply." Your majesty,it is an honour to be graced by your prestigious presence," the old man said." Lord guardian is too kind. I only came to fulfill the will of the heavens, " the emperor said with a nonchalant expression. His voice did not contain much emotions. "Haaah." The old man sighed as he stared deeply at the towering figure before him. The emperor was still young but due to many responsibilities he was forced to mature. He had to deal with many assassination attempts and each of them were fatal. He had been treading on thin ice since then but he had no choice but to forge ahead." Lord guardian is everything prepared?" The emperor Song Taiyi asked while still staring at the cliff." Little Yi,must you really do this?" The old man clearly intending to persuade him one last time. Even after a while he did not receive any reply so he could only sigh." Everything is ready. We were only waiting for his majesty. Your majesty let me warn you once more that failure means death. Since ancient times only two people have successfully passed this stage. Haaah. Forget about it. I know you will not listen to this old man so I'll just let you be. Once you are ready you can step on the platform," the old man said and disappeared as if he was never there. After the old man left Song Taiyi heaved a sigh but he didn't turn around to stare at the disappearing silhouette." Master,thank you for everything. It was nice walking this journey with you but the rest of this road must only be treaded on by me. I must walk this journey alone from now on. Emotions will only weigh me down. Only by cutting off my emotions can I defeat them. They are too strong. I can't be someone's puppet," Song Taiyi said as he moved step by step to the platform. Unknowingly he had already made it to the middle of the platform. After reaching the middle he stopped and stared at the sky above the platform." Young one,what is it that you seek in such a place?" A cold voice asked. The voice sounded neither male nor female and even with Taiyi's cultivation he could not determine the gender of the owner of the voice." Power," Taiyi answered and kept quiet waiting for a reply from the other side." Why do you need power?" The voice asked." To defeat my enemies," Taiyi answered. This was definitely not the answer the owner of the voice expected. He expected that Taiyi would come up with an excuse such as fulfilling a good and just cause but Taiyi gave an answer that most people would not give." Good. Power comes at a price are you willing?" The voice asked." Emotions will only hold me down. There is no need of keeping them if I can't even defeat those that I want to defeat. If my enemy isn't a corpse then I will be a corpse so it is better to get rid of them," Taiyi said in a resolute and determined voice." Of all the people that have come here so far,you are the first to say such words and is honest with me. I will give you a chance. If you pass you live. Failure means death. I am giving you the chance to change your fate so it is up to you to seize it," the voice said." You may begin," Taiyi said his voice still cold not betraying any emotions." Sixty four thunder strikes,forty nine tribulation swords and four imperial thunder strikes. Are you ready?" The voice asked after mentioning the trial. The trials were enough to make one shudder just from mentioning the first one let alone the last trial." Yes," Taiyi said without the slightest hint of hesitation in his voice. He only stood unmoving at the platform as he stared at the sky." Brother let me finish what you failed to end," Taiyi said as he stared coldly at the sky.