Chapter 438 - The Three Sovereigns (1/2)
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”You win, Junior Brother Zai!” Shin Xuanji shouted with all his might.
Every last one of Yan Zaizen's blows were like hell-crushing meteors, and the infiltrating power within his body was already lowering his combat abilities. Even his strongest state was hard to maintain with his soul besieged by this consuming power.
”Oh?” Yan Zaizen stopped his elbow from connecting with Shin Xuanji's skull. If this blow had connected, who knows if Shin Xuanji could've escaped without sustaining severe injuries, his laws be damned.
Yan Zaizen held back and placed his arms behind his back, his eyes containing samsara light. ”You challenged me, now you concede?” Earlier, when Yan Zaizen arrived at the capital, Shin Xuanji had noticed him and sent him a direct challenge.
This was why he was feeling itchy!
Shin Xuanji's expression turned stern and unnatural. He had felt Yan Zaizen's aura and heard of his return long ago, but he quietly waited for him to come. He knew he would, he had to.
For so many years, he remained unrivaled and wished to test his mettle against the man who saved him all those years ago, so he issued the challenge without any hesitation in his heart. Who would've known that Yan Zaizen's strength far exceeded his imagination. His ability to die and return was mind-boggling and heaven-defying. Even now, he hadn't understood it.
He calmed his beating heart, his Dao of Sovereign Slaughter reined in, and his aura and technique dispersed. He shifted his body to face Yan Zaizen. His mind shook slightly, emotions welling up on his heart.
Yan Zaizen warmly smiled. He didn't have any true hostility towards this Senior Brother of his or belief that Shin Xuanji wished him harm. This was reinforced by his chaotic reaction when Yan Zaizen was 'killed'. This was obviously not his desire, and his reaction verified this.
”It's been a while, Senior Brother Xuan.”
Standing in the Deep Expanse, amongst the distorted and shattered spatial fragments were two brothers of the same master, who've become Sovereigns in their lifetimes. They walked different paths, suffered their own way, and yet they persisted and remained to topple the world.
Shin Xuanji became the Realmlord of his world, the absolute foremost expert. Yan Zaizen traveled the heavens and earth free and without regard, killing gods and determining fates.
Yan Zaizen withdrew his Dao and Samsara Light within his eyes, the Herculean Avatar Art was cancelled, and his vital energies became calm as a windless sea. The power within Shin Xuanji was extracted, exiting from his pores and entering his body. With his renewed amber-gold eyes, he smiled.
Shin Xuanji sighed in his heart in both relief and admiration. Yan Zaizen hadn't disappointed him. Even without his Heavenly Path cultivation, he could push him into defeat.
As if remembering something, Shin Xuanji's expression became dignified and solemn. ”There's much I need to tell you, Junior Brother.”
Witnessing this shift, Yan Zaizen expected as much. However, he didn't allow such a shift to change his attitude, but kept his casual and warm smile. ”There sure is, but first...let's celebrate our reunion!”
His smile became sly as a crafty light flashed in his eyes. Shin Xuanji paused for a moment, an uncertain feeling emerged in his heart...as if...as if he was about to be used.
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In the Xiantu Capital, there was a castle called the Blood Heaven Castle. It was decorated in a grand victorian fashion, with all sorts of regel decor befitting a king, and colored in a soft sanguine color. While it emitted a sense of vicious death, it also gave its people an assured aura. After all, that sense was reassuring them that all their enemies would experience a vicious death.
It was a point of pride for many. And, it was Shin Xuanji's personal residence. It was rumored that he, the Xiantu Emperor, cultivated in this very castle. There was a form of prestige to even guard its gates or sweep its floors. In truth, Shin Xuanji did live here, including his family.
He had a wife and descendants. He had grown into a family provider, protecting his and his family's interests with an iron fist.
In the Xiantu Capital Blood Heaven Castle. The foot traffic within was abnormal. Countless men and women with sweet scents ran up and down, here and there, traveling at an absolutely insane pace as they prepared food in the castle's three kitchens. They brought every ounce of food prepared, enough to start a feast to feed the entire noble regime, to the dining hall.
From this dining hall, sounds that could make these chefs and servants go pale resounded without end. Loud chewing and crunching sounds, accompanied by bouts of burps and exclamations of satisfaction were emitted. However, what was frightening was the constant incoming of food and outgoing of empty plates in record time.
In fact, the empty plate was coming out faster than the food could be made.
In the dining hall, the sounds of giggling resounded. It originated from a young woman. She was as pretty as a flower in spring, and charming as a fairy from the immortal world. Her jade-like skin, brilliantly bright blue eyes, glimmering blonde hair, and thin, curvy figure caused her to stand out as a beauty that could topple a nation.
There was a table which she and a few others sat at. Shin Xuanji was sitting beside her, his eyes wide and unnatural. He couldn't believe what he was watching. ”He's a monster...a true monster…” he muttered softly, his stately and grand aura was marred by his disbelief and shock.