THE FORBIDDEN CITYEMPEROR"S INNER SANCTUM
LU VICTORIA ALBION
The amount of times she"s been in this room compared to her other siblings was uncountable, in her 63 years of life, she"s learnt a lot from Within the confines of this sanctum. She"s learnt to lie, to steal, to hide, to cover, and to think for herself. To her father she was more than just a daughter, she was a weapon, a tool, a bargaining chip with the empire Albion, and the one thing she"s been fighting so hard not to become and hopefully she succeeds...…a lover.
Because failure to keep her own chast.i.ty safe from the clutches of her father would probably be the worst possible thing that would ever happen to her, but she was scared, scared that the day he does finally decides to make good on his threats to take her body, she would be incapable of stopping him, she would fail, and she would lose something of herself that day, just as she lost something of herself the first time she was brought into this room; all of this and more has taught her one thing, her father is a monster.
"How did your talk with Zhang boy go?" she shivered, but fortunately she"s had enough time to get used to the terror of his voice that she was able to hide her reaction properly. She could feel him behind her, he was close, too close; enough that she could actually feel his breaths on the nape of her neck.
"It went fine father." She answered him as curtly as she could.
"Oh really! Given everything that"s happened I get the feeling he would not be willing to listen to anything you have to say, but then again he"s young. He might have surprised me and quite a lot of other people when he rejected marrying you, but in the end he really is still just a kid. So did you tell him exactly what I asked you to?" he asked her as he brushed her blonde hair back, exposing the side of her neck where he left trails of little kisses forcing Victoria to curl her fingers into a fist as she resisted the urge to throw said fist into his face.
"Yes! I told him that I aim to take the throne of the Empire of Albion, and that taking that throne would give me the power we both need to stand up to you and end your suppression of the Zhang clan. He seemed taken to the idea of putting you in your place." She said to him as she let out a deep breath.
"Hahahaha the joys of being young and gullible, putting me in my place? I"m sure he would really like that. But are you sure that"s all you spoke about, you didn"t mention anything about the chance you might have to actually become Empress if you can triumph over your nine other siblings, that should have been enough to set a fire in his heart! Coupled with your beauty and the promises of a body he will never really own or taste, it should be enough to send his hormonal mind into overdrive." The Emperor asked as he took a seat in front of Victoria, relaxing properly on an arm chair while his leg danced up the side of her own, slowly raising her dress as her thighs and legs were exposed.
"No offense father, but winning the empire of heaven is a long shot and a risk, the children of the other concubines don"t like me, after all my mother is the empress, and a native of this world, their mothers are denizens of higher worlds but are still just concubines. And I"m sure the higher power you serve won"t be too keen on a native they can"t control sitting on the throne of a valuable resource. So I rather not place my faith in something that I might not win and even if I win, I"ll be face with too many threats and the sword of Damocles hanging over my head, the Empire of heaven is not worth such problems." Victoria said to her father as she ignored just how close his toes were to her most secret place.
"Ahhh the sword of Damocles! I"ve had the pleasure of seeing that blade at work many years ago, but that was through a recording from the great colonial war. It"s really fascinating isn"t it daughter, a planet that it"s only unique feature is the fact that it"s right in the center of the universe, has the capability of creating warriors, and weapons capable of killing G.o.ds!
The legends of this planet speaks of Zeus, Odin, Ra, Sango, Kali, Morrigan, Hercules, Damocles and his sword, Thor and his Hammer, Pangu and his universe splitting Are, Nuwa, Sun Sucking, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Loki, and those of the church! Of the archangel Michael, Satan the Devil Lucifer Morningstar, Of Christ the savior and his father Yahweh! Of Noah and his ridiculous ark, Of Samson and his brute strength! Legends upon legends.....and every single one of them is true!
Hahahaha hahahaha this desolate world sp.a.w.ned G.o.ds and monsters that gave even me shivers, and it took the combined effort of ten thousand higher worlds, ten thousand higher realms and all of their experts to bring them down! The original method of training was sc.r.a.pped and cultivation and magic was introduced to keep them all in line.
Daughter, I"ve been in the dump, ruling over a planet with such weird energies that only serves those born here better, it"s weird and it"s uncommon, but it"s power! Supreme power! And I want it, all of it. I"m being called back home, but I can not leave until I"ve unearthed the secret of earth, to know why this lousy useless rock would birth makers of the universe, I want to be like him, like that one G.o.d that survived, the one the Christians worship, the one the Muslims call Allah and the Christians call Jehovah, Yahweh, Adonai, the maker, I want to be f.u.c.king G.o.d! And it"s here on this blasted rock that I"ll find my answer! And to do that, I have to gain it all, I have to have complete and total control of every square inch of this place.
Politics won"t let me go on a conquest, so I need you to get the empire of Albion for me, if you do that, then I promise you, I"ll give you the empire of Heaven, and the kingdom of Australia, and the ice tribes of the frigid north Pole, and the hidden kingdoms of the South Pole, my child! I"ll give you Atlantis! Everything you could ever want and more." Victoria believed the emperor was completely out of his mind, but there was still something she needed to know.
"You can get all this, but why is Zhang Xiao Feng so important to you?" Victoria couldn"t help but ask.
"Well for three reasons really, first! The energy the people of this planet cultivated before the colonial wars, a power that gave them the ability to call upon the powers of their ancestors, of nature, of the very universe! An energy they called spirit! So far only the mages know how to use trace amounts of it as spirit is the purified essence of Qi and Mana combined, the purest form of energy there is, undetectable unless to those who can use it. And that boy is filled to the brim with it! 2! The G.o.ds have been dead for millions of years, the history of this world only starts about a thousand years ago, but there millions of years of undoc.u.mented events, and in all that time one thing has been absolute! There are no G.o.ds, there are no legends, there are no Monsters but the one created from the corruption of Qi and Mana. Yet! A G.o.d of fire is living in his freaking body, and he is bonded to a demonic wind spirit that brings bad luck; a f.u.c.king Kamaitachi! A G.o.d! And a monster! Under his command, I want that power.
And finally the third reason; when we speak of talents so many names are called, but let me tell you compared to that child, everyone else is trash! I"ve seen the real results of his talent test. For spirit to exist in his body, he has to be able to handle both Mana, and Qi and have sufficient talent in both of them.
The original test said he had a dual cultivation body, two peak dual cultivation physiques. Spirit Emperor and Wind Emperor, but I"ve learnt for a fact that the energy Spirit embodies the Element air, so in retrospect it"s rather Spirit Wind Emperor physique, but the rest wasn"t wrong, he has two cultivation physiques. I"ve had people investigate his mother and father, their history and trace the ancestry, The Spirit Wind Emperor physique has never existed in any of his family lines, especially since I"ve found out he"s a direct descendant of G.o.ds! The physique gives him access to spirit energy, and it"s two very distinct unpurified forms...…Mana and Qi, so we can call him a dual cultivator in the making of rather Tri cultivator with his control over spirit.
The second Physique however has been registered before amongst 7 distinct G.o.ds, each had their bloodlines scattered but eventually pooling into one person! And that"s Zhang Xiao Feng or Alex as he likes to be called.
From his mother"s side, The G.o.ds Pangu, Susanoo and Ares and the t.i.tan Rhea! From his mother"s side, The G.o.ds native to his home land, Amadioha and Sango, and Sango"s wife, a war G.o.ddess of the wind; Oya! Funny thing is he belongs to a tribe not native to those G.o.ds, Making his entire ancestry shrouded in mystery on his father"s side. But basically all G.o.ds of old earth shared one very similar physique even if they different powers and other unique bodily attributes. They called that Physique Origin! It has no grade, it"s basically the physique of the first conscious bodies to have ever existed in the cosmos, and I want that Physique." The emperor finished as he leaned back with a smile, withdrawing his legs from his own daughter"s crotch.
"I don"t understand what do you mean you want that Physique?" Victoria asked.
"Its simple! On his eighteenth birthday, on the night I decided to marry you both, and will transfer my soul into his body! Taking on everything he is and everything he can become, and once that happens my child, you and I will rule the cosmos together, I will become the first G.o.d Emperor! Of this forsaken universe!........my child isn"t it wonderful!"