Pathway

The situation was already beyond the height of mere mortals, these were immortals. Immortals that could easily cause the destruction of a whole place resulting in the death of innocent mortals. Any bystander would simply be a part of casualties.

This was a major reason why only the images and not the physical bodies and the avatars of the heavenly G.o.ds were permitted by the universe to enter the mortal plane. The utter destruction that could occur from exposure to their conflicting powers would be too devastating for any mortal world.

Blood Blade keenly observed elder w.a.n.g Xiu for few seconds before smiling.

"w.a.n.g Xiu, I"ve been patiently waiting for you for some time now owing to the fact that I knew you will come eventually."

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu trembled slightly when she heard these words. Why in heavens tears would an extremely dangerous immortal be waiting for her here? Oh, why her? She knew from the records of The Dominants, what the name of this black robed man meant. Peril and death. That"s what and she was now staring into his eyes.

The legendary Blood Blade.

An Immortal at the peak of cultivation on the mortal plane named after his luminous red sword. A sword made from the mythical red primitium and the core of the ancient Spada beast.

He had somehow managed to pa.s.s the stage of an hegemon yet he had not ascended. The mortal plane was beginning to reject his presence. He was a double elements affiliate representing the dream and illusion and lightning. He had already reached the gates of the heavenly precinct of mystical arts. He could manifest a higher degree of dreams and illusions than before without holding his weapon. And the red lightning from his sword was almost compressed into a single streak. These were the traits of the G.o.ds and celestials.

He had been recorded as a high tempered danger. His battles had been terrifying according to the records. During battles, his anger always took hold of him hence he wouldn"t recognize friends from enemies. Although, he tried to control his temper especially during a normal mortal dealings, his temper would still come to the fore every now and then.

His planet of origin was not quite clear but some fingers are pointing at a major human world known as Sagor, a world of predatory cultivators.

The information from the archives of the dominants started flooding into her head.

Every plane had records of exceedingly powerful figures and their deeds. Ent.i.ties that other cultivators needed to be watchful and careful of. Some of them were peaceful and easy going but tremendously deadly while others were petulant in nature and intensely dangerous. It would be easier for cultivators with adequate knowledge of who they were to avoid courting death if they were mistakenly came across.

The Dominants.

They were the extremely powerful figures from the mortal plane. Though they came from different mortal worlds, their names were known throughout the mortal plane due to their displays of powers. Some of them were in possession of divine treasures while some had luminous treasures but one thing was certainly clear, a cultivator must have at least two total grade luminous treasures and displayed tremendous power to be considered as a dominant out of trillions of people on the mortal plane.

The deeds of these ent.i.ties were recorded in the archive of The Dominants.

There were some dominants that were peaceful in their daily dealings but extremely deadly when crossed while there were some that were dangerously hazardous whether they were crossed or not. The second group of dominants were to be avoided at all cost for the simple reason that involved their petulant nature.

In this second group was Blood Blade, a dangerously hazardous cultivator. Many an immortal cultivator who had died in his hand.

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu stared apprehensively at Blood Blade.

Even his robe was a luminous treasure. It was said to change colour according to the state of his heart. When in battle, it would change to red the colour of his heart and at that time, he could only see red.

"Many children have died due to rogue blood cultivation."

Blood Blade grimaced at Elder w.a.n.g Xiu before shaking his head slowly.

"How can you belittle me with that thought, w.a.n.g Xiu? Who do you even think I am? How can you, in your silly little head, compare me to those crazy blood cultivators? Or is it because of what they call me, Blood Blade?"

He continued shaking his head dejectedly.

"Ah, maybe you don"t really know or you know but you can"t really comprehend. It"s truly sad how this life is changing wrongly."

He glared at her.

"Now keep quiet and listen. Those death were not due to my actions. If I was in a not so good mood, I would have thrown you off this planet but today I"m actually in a good mood. You see, if you had paid more attention, perhaps you could have seen it. But no, silly you didn"t. You were more focused on me despite me being the one drawing your attention. You should have seen through it as a nascent soul, you fool."

Blood Blade realizing he was loosing his temper, stopped and smiled.

"w.a.n.g Xiu, you should be careful next time. Don"t loose focus on the details of your surroundings. Do you even know you are inside my force-field?"

Seeing the expression on her face, he gave a bitter smile.

"Aha, I thought as much. Focus w.a.n.g Xiu, focus. You are in my force-field of illusion. From outside, they would be seeing the two of us having a standoff. I will hold this only for few minutes to avoid any suspicion."

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu was contemplating furiously in her head. What suspicion? What was he talking about? Was he not the Xue Ku? Was he trying to take her for a fool? She had used the light reaver and he had reacted. That made him guilty.

He furrowed his eyebrows as he looked intensely at elder w.a.n.g Xiu who was having a confused look.

"If it was me, you would have been dead already, w.a.n.g Xiu. You already had the culprit in front of you. Yes, the one that called himself Yan Dai. To create a good condition between me and you, I will tell you what you failed to see. The girl you are seeing tied to the tree was actually a male cultivator at the peak stage of nascent soul and the chains were total grade heavenly weapons. There"s also the Thousand Wraith seal here that was meant for you. I don"t know what connects you two together but it was to death by the looks of it. Not that it matters but if not for me, you would have been dead by now. I can"t allow that to happen. Not that I really care, okay, maybe I care a little bit. You see, me and you have a settlement to make."

Seeing the expression on elder w.a.n.g Xiu"s face, Blood Blade"s face wrinkled into a frown.

"Don"t worry, I told you already, it was not for combat, not at all. Since I have no dispute with you before, why would I pick up a fight with you? It"s just that, you have something that I really need. The Soul-forged Light Reaver. I knew you have it before you came here and I made you used the Light Reaver seal just to be absolutely certain."

He gazed at her with dead seriousness.

"I have searched different planets, looked far and wide for this, w.a.n.g Xiu. The many hardships and dangers I"ve faced looking for it, you don"t want to know."

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu contemplated the situation in her head. Although the Soul-forged Light Reaver was a heavenly artifact that belonged to her ancestors, it wasn"t worthy of being dead for. She was looking at an extremely dangerous cultivator who was trying his best to control his temper and maintained his patience.

"Yes, I do have the artifact and I believe it has to be given voluntarily."

"That is true."

"And do I have any other options?"

"We always have options in life, w.a.n.g Xiu. The problem is choosing the right one. You can name your price or ask for something in return. If you do want something in return, I have heavenly artifacts that you can choose from, you can even choose two if you want."

" What if I say no?"

"Then I can only hope you reconsider."

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu continued to look at the black robed man in front of her known as Blood Blade and came to the realization that he could be nearing the edge of his patience with her. How could she even measured up to him? She didn"t need the reaver that much anyways, why would she kill herself for such? But there was something that might be needed by her in the future.

"This reaver belonged to my ancestors hence the value. But I will need the Eye of Stormlight in return."

"Hm. The Eye of Stormlight. An artifact that can make owner extremely powerful when facing many enemies. It"s a pity I don"t have that artifact but I do have something you might like."

Blood Blade flicked his hand and produced a round bright orb.

"The Heavenly Light-Carver!"
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Elder w.a.n.g Xiu exclaimed.

"I"m afraid this is the best I can do in regards to what you asked for. I hope it can satisfy your need."

Blood Blade slowly uttered with a wry smile.

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu quickly composed herself and cleared her throat.

"hem. I have considered the offer senior Blood Blade and I"ve made a decision. Taking into account how much you really need the Soul-forged Light Reaver, I have decided to make the exchange with you. You are more than deserving of it."

She quickly flipped her hand and produced the artifact.

"Here it is."

With a swerve, she sent the artifact towards Blood-Blade.

"Don"t you think once I have the artifact, I can change my mind and simply kill you?"

"It did crossed my mind to speak the truth but then I told myself that you could have killed me before now nonetheless and that you are a man of your word. You put honour before anything else."

Blood-Blade looked at the artifact, then looked at w.a.n.g Xiu and nodded his head.

"Maybe you do know me after all but for the fact that you talked reasonably and showed trust in me, I will help you out. But, what you do after that will be on you. Okay?"

"Yes."

He flicked his hand and the Orb flew towards elder w.a.n.g Xiu.

"As I said earlier, the Xue Ku that was trying to kill you was a peak stage nascent soul and his eagle you saw was a divine beast with enough awareness to reason on its own. They would be undergoing their heavenly tribulations together sooner than expected but as a Xue Ku with so many innocent death on his hand, the tribulations can definitely kill him. The innocent souls he was gathering was to prepare the artifact he will use to face the tribulations. And I believe he could also be looking for the soul-forged light reaver just like myself. This mortal plane is already pushing me out and soon I will have to face the tribulations. This artifact will greatly help during the tribulations."

He looked worryingly at the illusion he had set around them.

"It"s almost time for me to dissolve the illusion. Let me quickly tell you this then. For me, the problem isn"t him but his ancestral father who is watching after him. You see, he"s a pureG.o.d. Can you imagine how powerful a Xue Ku has to be to become a pureG.o.d? Even me, I can"t imagine either. I don"t want to go into the tribulations with another burden on my shoulders. And if I manage to pa.s.s the tribulations, I don"t want to go to the heavenly plane to face the wrath of a pureG.o.d. His image can appear any time from now."

He stared at elder w.a.n.g Xiu and shook his with a sigh.

"Take out your weapon and act as if you are attacking me. When I remove the illusion, I will send a wayward blast towards the spirit seal to remove it in what will look like a mistake. After that, you will be by yourself. Is that fair?"

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu"s mind was occupied as she was furiously thinking about the situation. How could she cope with a peak stage cultivator? With a pureG.o.d at his back? It"s impossible, unless she could call for help. But that would take them time to arrive. It was not looking good.

Blood Blade was looking at her as she contemplated. Why couldn"t people understand the need to get more powerful? He simply shook his head.

"Take this seal, it"s the Ten Tirade seal. Use it when the illusion is off, it will protect you for the time period you need to get away from here."

"Thank you senior Blood Blade."

"Don"t worry about it, It"s nothing. How good fated we are that we wouldn"t be facing each other in combat though I think you wouldn"t have fared better. But destiny brought us together. If we both live till then, maybe we can share a cup of heavenly elixir. Farewell w.a.n.g Xiu. Now go ahead and send your most powerful attack."

Blood Blade removed the illusion just as elder w.a.n.g Xiu"s attack was reaching him, parried it and with the same fluid movement, sent a single arc of compressed lightning towards the Thousand Wraith seal causing it to crack into many fractures. With that, he streaked off in a flash of red lightning.

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu intentionally looked around before walking towards the group of Jufeng who were already coming back to join her.

The group couldn"t believe a dangerous situation was over in an instant. They were very happy as they used flashsteps to move towards elder w.a.n.g Xiu.

Jufeng was totally relieved that it was over. This adventure was turning out to be a walk in the shadow of death. Ever since his encounter with the revenant, his life seemed to be on the road to reincarnation. He would have to be extremely careful henceforth.

As they almost reached where she was, elder w.a.n.g Xiu turned back to take a look at the girl only to find her standing few yards from her.

"h.e.l.lo w.a.n.g Xiu, I know you couldn"t recognize me. How could you anyways? I could have finished with you if not for that mad man who made the situation to be about him and you. He couldn"t even wait to finish it, pathetic. Now it"s all about me and you."

The area around the girl vibrated and the energy flunctuated before gathering together. The appearance of the girl had changed to that of a tall and averagely built man in dark blue robe. His eyes were dark blue and his long hair was a mixture of blue and black. In his hand was a silver glaive.

Elder w.a.n.g Xiu glared at the man standing few yards from her.

Her memories returned to her birth village. The village where all her ancestors grew up before the painful incidents that led to her leaving the village. The bane of her misery.

"Wonyong."