Chapter 49: The Third Charat Day [1] (1/2)

”As I peered into the darkest of darkness, a void of no light, where no mere mortal or weak immortal ever dared to look, I saw eternal emptiness. Knowledge and wisdom were the two things standing between me and the void.” - Dao of the universe.

He dreamt of a place of creation that was as beautiful as any heavenly palacium. A place of beautiful crystal gems with a beautiful garden and lovely fruit trees. The fruit trees of different kinds, lined the palacium garden. With a river of heavenly elixir that was rich in sweetness, flowing through it and lovely birds singing beautiful songs.

The scenery was a delightful one to watch and experience. And he was living that dream to the full. He was relaxing by the river, eating heavenly fruits, drinking heavenly elixir and listening to the birds sing making his mind peaceful and calm, a perfect mood. He was having a wonderful time enjoying the place.

Then, he realized that he was alone in this place.

Where was everyone? How did he get there in the first place? That couldn't be right. Definitely, something must be wrong with this place. The solemn sense of danger with being the only one or last one in a seemingly beautiful world.

His mind was quickly processing all those when everything suddenly changed.

Pure black tendrils of powerfully dangerous energy started to crawl all over the world turning it into a pit of terrible darkness. He quickly materialised a light energy. The darkness was extremely strong but he had enough Chi to maintain the light energy for the time being. It was like a faint candle light in the sphere of darkness but he kept it going. He tried to move but he couldn't raise his legs, the weight of the black tendrils was weighing him down.

Was it a dream?

Just as he was wondering, a dark treble voice boomed out of the darkness.

”Child, we know who you are. And nothing can save you.”

A pair of large shining black eyes, appeared out of the darkness.

Ju Feng woke up with a jolt from his sleep. What kind of dreams was that? The black tendrils resembled the atramental energy maybe with a little difference? He couldn't say in totality. But that was simply a dream. What people fear, sometimes, appear in their dreams. He wouldn't dwell on it for what it was. He remembered the words of his uncle, titan lord Primus that he needed to be much more stronger and powerful to be able to live without that kind of fear.

The feeling of water as he splashed it on his face was refreshingly soothing and it had a little calming effect on his mind. As he was putting on his robe, he heard a knock on the door to his cave. He quickly fastened his robe and opened the door to find a disciple smiling at him.

”Greetings brother Ju Feng, my name is Yan Zhihao. First disciple of master Zhou Lin.”

Yan Zhihao gave a slightly cupped hand gesture.

”I greet you senior brother Yan.”

Ju Feng also extended a cupped hand forward with a slight bow.

”I welcome you to the Lightning Reach. That's the name of our faction by the way.”

Yan Zhihao beamed and continued.