"We have been over this. The answer is no and always no. The Empire reaped what it sowed. I did more than enough to save the populace and my duty." He then moved over to draw a large archway.
The Archway looked the same as the Warp Gate used today. However, it was able to travel furthur and breach different Realms that the activator had been to.
"I will fulfill my promises and that is all. As for the Royal Family, the others will take care of it. Since they know what is best." Ren had an angry look on his face. His rage flowed into the drawing causing him to mess up a little. "Dammit!"
Placing it on his inventory, he took out another to start up. His bit of anger changed the Archway to much. It would take him to the "Nightmare Palace" automatically. It still called for him to return.
"Never going back there! To much crazy shit." Ren calmed himself. He starts drawing slowly from the top down.
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Ren stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the man. "I do." He smiled behind his fan. Two and Mei could see his smile. It reminded them of a monster they heard stories about. Mei did not like it at all. Two just stared. "If you want the "cure" for them. Kill Second and Third Elder.""What!?" The second Elder said shocked. His disciples armed themselves just in case."Foolish boy!" The third Elder chimed in. The Sect Master and a few others were thinking why he would want that.A few thought Ren was a spy. But his family was to protective of the Sect for that to be the case."Hmmmm!" First Elder turned to the two men. He was actually thinking about doing it. His other two daughters who were Inheriting Disciples grabbed his hands. They shook him from his stupor. "Right, I am sorry. A lapse in judgment is all.""Oh how boring." Ren sighed. "It is going to get worse soon. But I will let you figure that out. I can hear the screams now." His smile t
-A day later at Ren's place-.The princesses had come to visit to settle some things with Ren. Namely the engagement and to mend fences from their Ancestor messing things up. Ren paid most of it no mind. But a few people loyal to the "Royal Family" informed them about what happened at his "parents" estate.Apparently, the Royal Family was not completely useless after all. That or someone opened their mouth in the Sect themselves."You are crazy!" Valli said. She stared at Ren as if he was the devil incarnate. "How could you do that to them?""Sit down and shut up!" Ren said with steel in his voice. Valli listened and tried to settle down. The others looking shocked that she obeyed. "They are strangers to you, you should not care so much. How I treat people is up to me alone. No one else.""But..""What did I say?" Ren asked her. Valli closed her mouth and listened. "Good. If you have a problem, you can break the engagement. They have
"Correct." Ren said smiling. "Those two are a hell of a lot stronger though. Also has some impurities in them.""Thank you. I will make sure the 1st Emperor gets it. He will need it to help him recover.""Which Emperor? Her father or her father?" Ren pointed at Melinda then at Balli. "I can tell their fathers are different.""Melinda's father. With him restored, the Empire will become even stronger. As the first husband, his standing is quite powerful." The aide answered. "Those who back him can stop fretting.""That is nice." Ren said plainly. "Then you should have Melinda drop a little blood on it. That way if someone beside her bloodline takes it, they will explode.""That sounds terrible." Melinda said. "Let's do it!" She said happily."Perfect for each other. " Her personal guard added. "Ren are you interested in the Royal Academy?""No. But I do believe Five is." Ren said. "He can attend if you want. That way I can show up as so
"Ask Two. It is the same as hers." Ren smiled. Two froze in place almost dropping her drink. "As well as Three and Four. That reminds me, it is time to award you three fully."Ren waved his hands an out popped three cultivator robes. These were twice the level as the ones they wore and provided more protection. The robes were at the Reformation Rank. Awarded to him after he broke through. As his tailoring skills returned."Congrats on regaining your names. You earned it.""Eh.. Ehh... Ehhhhhh!" Four said uncomposed. "You cannot be serious? Are you yanking my chain?""No. Out of everyone, you three have shown the most dedication out of my followers. As for Zero, One, and Five.." Ren shook his head. ".. they have a long ways to go."Zero was not bothered by it at all. Especially since they differed so much from him and Lan Su. The others did a little self-reflection on recent events. Thinking about what they could have done wrong."Even your l
-A Month Later- . Melinda had gone and come back after an Imperial edict was delivered. Balli on the other hand stood back. A few were trying to make trouble for the "little girl" and made threats to get their way. Ren had taken a few back to the Shoreline to gather a few things from the Realm. Namely a chunk of land. As well as deliver a message to the Snow Palace. Name changed with the Snow People taking it over now. Those who went, searched on their own. Princess Melinda stood at Ren's side. Accompanying him and talking to him about several things. "What do you want to do Ren?" Melinda asked. She sat in a chair opposite of Ren. They were outside enjoying the sunlight with the others training nearby. She had use every resource available to get ready for the manual Ren would give her. "I will stand by your decision, of course." "I will do nothing really." Ren smiled. "She is my disciple. That is the end of it. All the people I care ab
'Will you die or succeed? My last few glimpses didn't have you in it. I will see why today!' Ren's eyes were beaming with excitement. The connection to their souls growing more and more with each passing second."What!? Why would you do that!?" Melinda grabbed his hand and pulled it tightly. "We have not even moved forward much. I do not want to be a widow. I do not want you two to die!"Ren gave her a squeeze back. He did not look away from Zia. After all, she was with him much longer than Melinda had been.*Woom, wooom, woooom!* Ion Energy from the outside gathered behind Ren. All going to one other who never looked away. Jackson couldn't look away either. Something about the process reminding him of a vacant past.The False Soul that was Jackson reinforcing more with the memories of the original. He was unable to determine who he was fully, but the connection to the Reaper Palace was something else to look into."They won't. Do not worry."
-A few hours later-.It was late in the evening as everyone tried to relax. Some went to cultivate after witnessing what Zia (Two) did, others just made do.They were not that crazy and the pain she went through was not what they wanted. Why she pushed so hard, they could never understand. Felicity (Three) and Jackson (Four) could, however.Zia, (Two) was relaxing next to Ren in a chair. Full of Ion Energy wanting to burst out still. Kolinda the Snow Person stood to the side as her personal guard and now caretaker. She stood still, as she fed off the excess Ion energy that rolled off Zia.A byproduct of the girl's second Main Cultivation. Kolinda was able to assist Zia with restructuring a few of her apertures. She now shared a few traits with the Snow People. Her little raptors would benefit as well in the future more.Zia had trouble keeping her mind from thinking over several things at once. She had to stay seated and circulate her body
*Crackle!* More electricity started to leave his body. As Grolom's skin cracked open, a palm thrust from Zia caused his Ion Energy to go haywire. Ren smiled from his seat. She learned a technique he imparted to her a few hours ago as a reward. It was only at the Pillar Rank currently. But that was all that was needed.*Thump!* Grolom took a knee as his Ion Energy was interrupted. He started to shake as he tried to force it to obey.'I can't circle my Ion Emergy! Its frozen!' Panicking he tried to make it stir again. Just a small stirring, then he lost all feeling. No luck. Looking at his sleeves, traces of ice started to form. "No..." Grolom's voice was almost a whimper.*Crack!* Ice patterns formed completely once he became distracted. With Zia's lack of control, it took less than a minute. A giant man popsicle shined in the sun.Zia walked over and wanted to chop both arms off. Food for the Raptors.*Ting!* The ice made a very distinct sound.
"It shouldn't open. They should be dead. But..." He looked far off to where the Mainland Gate was stationed. The long construct over the area was lit up more than it was before. ".. the Mainland will reconnect in one ot two months. I wish you the best of luck." Ren felt his third eye was itching. He didn't try to ask questions of the enemy. He didn't risk more after Valli and the 1st Emperor brought him news of what was going. Nor did he even try to figure out how to use this to his advantage somehow. "I am to old for everything that people have set up and done. I am living my life now. All of my obligations are done after taking care of that problem." Ren felt the power the Eternity Realm wash over him. The remaining of the different Soul promises were completed with the last of his quests as Prince Ren of the Reaper Palace. 'Check again to make sure.' Darkness System: King Ren, everything is finished. The energy from the destroyed souls entering the Tear fu
She was even wanting to persuade the soldiers to stop and have the ruling Empress come down and explain herself. The entire situation was controlled by the presence of one woman speaking out.Ancestor Maleficient ordered them quiet, or she would execute them on the spot. They were giving help to Valli, who was currently preoccupied with the situation topside."Shut your mouths!" Wave after wave of power come down on all of them. A few were way to close to her generation-wise and fell under Blood Compulsion quickly. Those that didnt humbled themselves enough. They only had a few breaths of life left to fight with."Mother..." A woman that looked the spitting image of her but older stepped forward. "..how are you so young still? When did you get back?" As the oldest of the Sleeping Elders, former Empress Soruda the 1st never thought she would lay eyes on her.The feeling was mutual for Malificent. For she thought her daughter was dead and didn
A formation lit up on the ground as he then exploded from the complexity of the Manual and his Soul not even remotely close to deal with the weight of the manual lashed out in every possible way.There was a reason elders and parents prepared for legacies before allowing offspring to take them. Or to pass over to them.A big appetite can get you killed. With Ren delivering the Manual the same way he received, all at once, the Emperor was lucky his soul and mind weren't crushed by the wandering Ion forces that gathered the moment on contact."Father!" Melinda's eyes narrowed thinking the worse as she tried to run to him. Held back by Balli and Valli; she looked at Ren hurt. "Damn it!" Blame, accusation, and widespread doubt that he even tried to spare him from this passed through her mind.This was not about her, it was about this father of hers, and those in the room needed to understand more.Take warnings when given and do
The Empire faced trouble the following weeks. Not from within but from the outside. The West Empire continued to push towards them, engaging in small skirmishes to test their forces.The North Empire people fled towards every corner of the border to enter. The citizens trying to gain entry but were declined. Whether it be from the actions caused by them or the cruelty they committed while fleeing, the guards gave them no quarter and cut them down.Only those who agreed to have a seal placed on them and accepted to have their goods and themselves thoroughly checked were allowed through. Empress Valli refused to allow in possible enemy into the gate.The North Empire people, for the most part, agreed to terms. Those who were part of the trouble and caused the devastation to there country were turned away. They rerouted to the West Empire, joining its forces to reinforce it.The treatment received there was worse by far than any other. The various forc
.Melinda is clued in-.Melinda felt completely agitated as she paced in her quarters at the Palace. Soruda and Valli coming in with a few of the guards. Plus a weary Morticia and Jackson. Both had seen better days than this."Melinda, he couldn't help in that case. Neither did he want to." Soruda said."Why couldn't he?" Melinda didn't understand. "Countless Medicines can help restore burned-away longevity.""He cannot burn longevity any longer." Soruda frowned at her daughter. "He is not a member of the Reaper Clan anymore. His Silver.. ability, it is long since gone." Letting that sink in a little more, the mother reluctantly told her about an instance before. "Ren burned almost his entire longevity and soul once do what you just saw.""It is not something done lightly and without severe cost." Morticia wheezed a little. "One uses their spiritual blood to restore another. It works better for those with close ties such as fam
Once the bright light finished, the destroyed courtyard was full of naked people of all ages. With one or two baby Ion Beasts in the mix. The Lan Clan did have close ties with the creatures afterall.Elder Morgan took note that clan members who were once missing limbs or disfigured were all perfectly normal now. Physically anyway, mentally they looked a little vacant. Assimilation was a hard task after all to come back from."Kuff!" Mei spat out some flesh-colored gunk. To the side of her, was a woman that bared a striking resemblance to herself. With more returned features than when in the beasts' gullet."Mother!" Shaking her, the woman did not wake but she was breathing."At least the situation has ended." Melinda sighed in relief."How silly." Ren rose his fan out and channeled Ion energy into it. "Time to kill them all."Frozen in place, Melinda stared with a few others in protest. The different Lan clan members were still daz
"The Lan clan prepared really well for this. Well, that old monster did anyway." Ren was amazed the generations of the Lan Clan ran so deep. "How many of your people have died all this time? Did Elder Kung even need to save the others?""I do not know. I know I have inherited a nest of worms and snakes." Valli frowned more than smiled. "Haa, my sisters really have the better life if this keeps up."The Royal Guards were embarrassed they fell to the formation. Not much they can do against the blood call. They didn't even know they were related to the Lan family. To be fair, neither did the Royal Family or Ren."I really hate my life!" Elder Rani looked forward disgusted. Ren and Empress Valli looked towards her. "The moment he touched me, the very use of his Ion energy to get me to stop, I could tell..."The Traitor Sword in her hand pulsed before going dim. Ren flicked his fan sealing inside the woman for later use. A small opal appear
Lan Clan was in utter turmoil. For all intents and purposes, a Coup d'état had started without any notice. Mere hours after a joyous occasion from hearing that the new Patriarch had broken through to the Breaking Bonds Realm.It was supposed to be the happiest day for the clan. A Patriarch that was only 18 years with so much power was unheard of. So happy, they didn't even think about the previous Lan Patriarch at all who fled.So goes the rumor after he fought with Elder Kung in secret."These fools!" A Core Elder, Morgan to be exact was pushed into the main hail with a brutal kick. "You think the Empress will take kindly to this!?""Save your words brother!" The elder in charge of Welfare looked on in fury. Body covered in wounds head to toe. "They really sided with another!" Looking at the one leading the rebel forces, he couldn't help but lament the choices from before. "Never thought I see the day!"A s
"I have never really been disappointed by you two. Hope this continues." Playfully, he caressed the face of the two before pulling away as if burned. It was not appropriate with his current thoughts. "Rest, then spend time collecting yourselves with the power in your souls. "Yes, my King." Zia's breath came out huskily. The way Ren touched her was the same as when he hugged her long ago. Her heart beating in excitement at the thought of a kiss. 'I can feel the dragons in my Manual growing. The power inside them is so rich!' "Yes, my King." Suresha felt her body tingle in all the right ways. No doubt of Ren's words previously the day he entered her forge. 'Nothing wrong with being a strong woman. He really doesn't care.' "Elder Tani, plant these with the utmost of care." Delivering the woman the Darkness Seeds. He passed a glance at her belly. "Do be careful in what you eat, do not taste any of these." Blushing she nodded to him. "Ren, I will speak wit