It was still noon outside but the main bedroom in Geng Gao royal courtyard was dark and cold. The coldness inside the room could make you wish you would die by fire as this could make your bones hurt, and your blood freeze in an instant. The cold and darkness didn"t suppress the luxurious aura of the room, the floor and walls were glowing as it was made of melted diamonds, the tables were made with very rare precious stones, the bedsheets had some 3D st.i.tching on them, the material was smooth as silk and light as muslin.A man was lazily yet prettily sitting on a st.u.r.dy bench, his back facing the door. Even though his face couldn"t be seen, he was still as elegant as the moon and as beautiful as the lotus. His beauty was breathtakingly enough to make any species in any realm worship him, his body was perfectly crafted as if it was the masterpiece made by a Supreme t.i.tan. The man felt movement from the outside and slightly lifted his head, his bewitching lips could be seen from the light emitted by the glowing walls.
*Whoosh* A man appeared out of thin air, kneeling in front of the G.o.dly looking man. He was wearing a black ninjlike outfit with a sword at his waist.
" Grandmaster, I came to report about Miss Xia."
*Silence*
"We"ve successfully found out the whereabouts of her spy. His name is Tingxiao he is the G.o.d of trick and disguise. He was able to infiltrate the royal courtyard as a guard, however, after intersecting his report I"ve realized that he hadn"t contacted her father"s spies."
*Silence*
" I think either Miss Xia have no idea about her father"s spies here or she doesn"t want to use them to prove something."
"Uhm" the G.o.dly looking man replied without showing any hint of interest to the man.
"Grandmaster, If she is not using her father"s spies then we can use them to manipulate her and proceed with our plans."
The G.o.dly looking man made a book appear in his hands and started to read it. His gesture was as elegant as a swan, he looked as if he was disconnected from the world and as if all worldly matter was meaningless.
"I will continue to monitor them, Grandmaster." The ninjlike man bowed his head and disappeared into thin air.
He Lan was getting closer and closer to the t.i.tle of Supreme t.i.tan, although he was born to be one his power has never been at it peaks, he only had access to twenty percent of his power. He could feel the summon of his spirit dragon, however, he could not fully use him yet. His breakthrough coronation day was coming closer, and he still had no idea how Zhao Ling was able to kill his father. He couldn"t risk having them as enemies when he was not sure that he could protect all the realms and avenge his parents.
Zhao Ling was his father adopted son because He Lan"s ident.i.ty couldn"t be known to the world for fear of a revolt Zhao Ling was the one who could one day have a power equal to the one of a Supreme t.i.tan. However, everything changed when Zhao Ling started wanting to become the first non-true blood [1] to reign over Mapata realm.
He Luo has been a Supreme t.i.tan for an eon, he was a good ruler and a good father. He treated both G.o.ds and t.i.tans the same, he raised some G.o.ds to the rank of Martial-G.o.ds to rewards them for their hard work in the human realm. He raised Zhao Ling to be a ruler, He Luo was the only person Zhao Ling could ever report to and bow to. The only mistake he made was to tell Zhao Ling that he would now have to protect and support He Lan to be the next Supreme t.i.tan. Although He Luo raised He Lan in seclusion, he thought him how to be a Supreme t.i.tan, showing him everything he needed to know as He Luo knew that his end was drawing near. He was everyone"s role model, the true incarnation of all the virtue.
"Let see if she can be useful if she not I will just cripple her" He Lan thought while looking at the book of recorded history.
He hated Zhao Ling to the bone, he trusted him at one point but that man tricked him. He used his blood to create Helm [2] and poisoned his father. Later he used that poison in Geng Gao territory water supply which not only turned all the t.i.tans to Martial- G.o.d but also locks their spirit phoenix and rendered them unable to fully defend themselves when Zhao Ling raised his Martial-G.o.d army to seize the throne of Mapata realm. The biggest war causes him his father, his mother and his comrades. He never fought Zhao Ling himself but he fought against his daughter the Xia girl, as much as he hated her, he couldn"t ignore the damage their war has caused on the Human realm. This war caused the beginning of the deterioration in the ozone layer, he couldn"t be the Supreme t.i.tan who caused the extinction of the human race.
He Lan furrowed his brow as he was trying to see if there is any record of how to create Helm. He spends the last thousands of years looking for the source where Zhao Ling got the information on how to hurt a Supreme t.i.tan. He tried using his power to summon his spirit dragon but because it was only twenty percent he could only communicate with his dragon once every ten years. Apparently, Zhao Ling had the ancient Supreme book in his hands as that would explain how he knew so much about how to hurt a Supreme t.i.tan.
He Lan closed the book in his hands and made it fly back to its shelf.
Now he had to marry his enemy"s daughter. No, none forced him but it was good that his official thought they could control him.
"It was foolish of them to think they could force a Supreme t.i.tan or even make him do their will. How could a mere being think of directing or ordering his creator?" He Lan"s lip curled into a smirk while thinking of how his officials plotted behind his back to corner him into marrying Zhao Ling"s daughter.
He had lots of things to figure out, the newly made weapon of that Xia girl contained a Supreme t.i.tan true blood but that blood didn"t belong to him or his father"s. Although that blood was a true blood, it wasn"t as pure as his which meant that whomever blood this belonged to didn"t have any connection to their spirit dragon.
Keep your loved ones close and your enemy even closer was his philosophy. He needed information but he could only get it from the Xia girl herself, she was bound to tell the truth in his presence which made everything easier for him.
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[1] true blood is how they refer to the direct descendant of a Supreme t.i.tan. Non-true blood is anyone who is not a direct descendant of a Supreme t.i.tan.
[2] Helm is a poison made using the blood of either the Supreme t.i.tan or his direct descendant of a Supreme t.i.tan. This poison is only effective if the t.i.tan has a descendant as it will make the t.i.tan loses his indestructibility and can lock his spirit dragon.