Chapter 117 - A Scheme in the Making (1/2)

”The name is Mesa Uchiha. The man chosen by destiny and the one who can make the impossible possible.”

Standing there, not knowing what to say, Palace Mistress Gong Yuxian just stayed silent and watched Mesa with wide open eyes. Meanwhile he stood there, all mighty and such, like he was on top of the world. But just as she wanted to say something, Mesa cut her off.

”Palace Mistress Gong Yuxian. I am going to leave right now. I will be going to resume my training that I had interrupted to come talk to you all. Whether you want to cultivate the True Ice Arts or stick with the Frozen Cloud Arts is up you. But once my training is over, I will come back here and then I will truly start making the Frozen Cloud Asgard stronger to be at the level of the Sacred Grounds.” Said Mesa and threw a sheathed katana sword at Xia Qingyue, who was understandably confused why Mesa would do this.

”Mesa, why would you give me this sword?” Asked Xia Qingyue.

”Because I had destroyed the Ice Phoenix Snowflower Ribbon during our fight in the tournament. So I decided to replace it with another treasure for you.” Said Mesa to everyone's shock and they quickly went to check out the sword, but they quickly came to the conclusion that the sword was just a regular old iron sword, with special about it.

”Before you ask why I would give you such a crappy sword. Let me ask you a question. Do you remember Ryujin Jakka that I used during the tournament against Xia Qingyue?” Asked Mesa to which they nodded.

”Well, let me tell you something about Ryujin Jakka. Ryujin Jakka is the spirit of fire that takes the form of a sword. That sword I just gave to Xia Qingyue, is the spirit of ice in sword form. The reason that it looks like such a crappy sword, is because it hasn't bonded yet to anyone. Only when it has bonded to someone, can its true power come out. And once its bonded, it can never be stolen from you, because it will a part of your soul.” Said Mesa, much to their amazement.

Quickly, Xia Qingyue had asked the obvious question: ”If that is true. Then how do I bond with it?”

”You do it by placing the sword on your lap and directing your Profound Energy into it. Just keep repeating it and at some point, the spirit of ice inside of the sword will respond to you. The rest will depend on you from there on out. I expect to you know its name once I return.” Said Mesa and teleported out of there, much to Gong Yuxian's amazement and shock.

”Where… where did… he go?” Asked Gong Yuxian apprehensively.

”He just teleported out of here. Probably to one of the many other places he has marked throughout the Blue Wind Empire.” Said Xia Qingyue as a matter of factly, with Chu Yuechan and Chu Yueli nodding along. Once they were done their, Xia Qingyue took the sword and immediately went to work on it like Mesa had told her to.

(A.N.: The sword that MC gave Xia Qingyue was Sode no Shirayuki, but in its Asauchi form. Meaning, it is not awakened yet and it has not become a true zanpakuto. Yes, I know that a zanpakuto is something that a Shinigami is born with and that the Asuachi is used to awaken it. But in this case, the zanpakuto spirit is sealed inside the Asauchi and Xia Qingyue will have to awaken it by performing Jinzen and establishing a connection with it and then coming to an understanding with her before being able to use its power. The cost of Sode no Shirayuki was 10 million system credits.)

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Inside the Heaven's Might Soul Suppression Formation, under the Heavenly Sword Management Terrace of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa.

Being stuck in there for a week, Yun Canghai and Yun Che were telling everything about themselves and their lives to each other, and listening attentively, not willing to miss a single word the other said.

Yun Canghai told Yun Che everything about the Illusory Demon Realm's terrain, structure, customs. The rise of the Yun Family and its present state, and the origin of the Demon Emperor's family. The friendship between him and the Demon Emperor back then, the Little Demon Empress who might be the current ruler of the Illusory Demon Realm. The rivalries between the twelve guardian families, the grudges between the Illusory Demon Realm and the Four Great Sacred Grounds. The basic situation of the current Four Great Sacred Grounds and their strength.

And Yun Che in turn told Yun Canghai everything about himself. He told him about his childhood, explained the years of ridicule, scorn and low self-esteem he experienced. He told him that he had already gotten married and was divorced, because she had chosen Mesa Uchiha. He told him that on the night that he got married, he had suddenly woken up with a completely new set of Profound Veins and all 54 profound entrances of his Profound Veins were open. All the while, Yun Canghai listened very attentively, fearing that he might miss even a single word. Suffice to say that Yun Canghai had a flurry of emotions listening to Yun Che's story. From boundless gratitude towards Xiao Lei for raising him like his own grandson, to rage towards those who ridiculed and mocked him for being a cripple, to anger towards Mesa for taking his grandson's wife to complete astonishment that he had suddenly woken up with a new set of Profound Veins and the fact that he had the Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins.

During the days that they were stuck. Besides telling each other everything about themselves, they have also been training. Yun Canghai was training his grandson, Yun Che, in the usage of his Profound Handle. When Yun Canghai forcefully awakened Yun Che's Profound Handle, he was delighted to see that it had the cyan color, same as his and son, Yun Che's father. It had been a week since Yun Che had awakened his Profound Handle and he had been diligently training in the use of his Profound Handle and other Yun Family's core Profound Art, the Purple Cloud Art.

Whilst Yun Canghai was training Yun Che, Mesa suddenly popped in with his teleportation, right in front of Yun Che as he used his Profound Handle. Seeing the Profound Handle come at him, Mesa just casually activates Obito's EMS and lets the attack pass through him harmlessly, much to Yun Che and Yun Canghai's shock, because Yun Che had been using his Profound Handle as extended limb to smash against walls of the sealing formation.

(A.N.: EMS is Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan)