The Wish of the Dragon

Chapter 124:

It was also at this time that the sound of thunderous laughter suddenly came from the distant south.

"Hahahaha, Yan Wancang has come to pay a visit and ask to meet Snow Song's Realm King. I wish to discuss a favorable, long-lasting event between our two realms. I earnestly wish for the Snow Song Realm King to grant my request of meeting each other."

This burst of laughter obviously echoed from a faraway place yet it boomed like world-destroying thunder beside one's ears.

"AHHHHHH!!!" Mu Xiaolan covered her eyes, shrieking in her fright.

This loud roar shockingly covered the enormous Ice Phoenix Realm. Space slightly trembled as the aura below suddenly changed. Countless numbers of Divine Ice Phoenix Sect disciples had all come out in full force, as though they were facing a huge enemy.

Mu Bingyun's celestial figure stood still, her crescent brows slightly knitted. However, her expression and aura were still rather tranquil. "It is a sound transmission that has come from over fifteen thousand kilometers. It looks like they do not dare tread within the core area of our Divine Ice Phoenix Sect."

Mu Bingyun stated. "That Yan Wancang is not any ordinary character but the Flame God Realm's Vermillion Bird Sect Master. Saying that he is the number one person in all of the Flame God Realm may not be an exaggeration.

Flame God Realm? Vermilion Bird Sect Master?

The girls' were a bit surprised but they don't lose their calm.

Mu Bingyun slightly waved her snowy hand and an icy radiance enveloped Mu Xiaolan. It was only then that Mu Xiaolan's condition gradually improved.

When she wanted to do the same for Xia Qingyue's group, she realizes that she doesn't need to since it seems that they're not affected by it... Was it because of their talent? Or was it because of him? Mu Bingyun is not sure but it's fine regardless...

"He's definitely here for that horned dragon again!" Mu Xiaolan said in anger.

"Horned Dragon?" Issei asked feeling a little intrigued.

Mu Bingyun did not conceal it and directly answered, "Although the climates of the Flame God Realm and our Snow Song Realm are opposing attributes, we are rather close neighbors. The formation of the Flame God Realm is due to a primordial flame vein. It is because of this flame vein that the density and activeness of the flame attribute in the Flame God Realm are extremely high. Its temperature also surpasses the level of what ordinary people can bear but it is nevertheless a paradise for the successors of fire attribute bloodlines, fire attribute profound beasts and those who cultivate fire attribute profound arts."

"The flame vein's core region is a huge sea of fire that extends close to five hundred thousand kilometers, named the God Burying Inferno Prison."

<God Burying Inferno Prison>? Maybe he should give it a look later...

"The Flame God Realm's flame vein and the God Burying Inferno Prison it created had already existed before the Flame God Realm was formed. This also means that it was left behind during the ancient time of the gods. The people of the Flame God Realm held the flame veins and God Burying Inferno Prison in unparalleled reverence and they had never stopped exploring the God Burying Inferno Prison. They always believed that there must be a miracle somewhere at the bottom of God Burying Inferno Prison that could transform the Flame God Realm in its entirety. However, the God Burying Inferno Prison is a remnant of the ancient time of gods. It isn't something that mortals could conquer at all. Not even the three great sect masters who succeeded the Flame God Realm generation after generation were able to reach the bottom of God Burying Inferno Prison all this time."

[...You have something to do with that place, Nyarlathotep?]

[Ara~? This is the first time for you to ask something on your own, dear husband~]

[...Nevermind.]

[Fufufu~ no need to be so grumpy now, I will answer everything you want to know. And to answer your question just now... no, I have nothing to do with that place... I think? It's been forever ever since I returned here after all. I only remember a few places here and there.]

Issei tried asking Nyarlathotep for once but it just made him feel a little irritated.

"The three great sect masters?" Feng Qianhui asked doubtfully, "Then, what about their Realm King?"

"Of course there are no Realm Kings in the Flame God Realm." Mu Xiaolan curled her lips in great disdain."They set up a rule that states that anyone who can reach the bottom of God Burying Inferno Prison would become the Flame God Realm's Realm King. That's why the Flame God Realm never had a Realm King although hundreds of thousands of years had passed by. As a result, internal strife and conflicts for power often happen whenever they're discussing important matters. Hmph, serves them right."

"And as for that ancient horned dragon that lives inside the God Burying Inferno Prison... The Flame God Realm's earliest records on this ancient horned dragon date back six hundred thousand years. This also means that it has lived for at least six hundred thousand years! You can just imagine that even its beard must be an ultimate treasure one is hardpressed to find even in a hundred lifetimes. Whoever hunts it will gain unimaginable profit." Mu Xiaolan a little excitedly said.

The girls unintentionally look at Issei when they heard her words.

"...What?" Issei's face started to twitch a bit being gazed at them like this. He could somehow guess what they're thinking right now since their eyes are looking at his chin location...

"N-Nothing." The girls smiled apologetically at him... They were wondering if he were to grow a beard then could his beard be transformed into a divine weapon? But they like it more if he doesn't grow a beard though... for them, his current face is already perfect as it is. So there's no need to change it.

Mu Xiaolan and Mu Bingyun are a little confused just why did they suddenly look at him like that but soon they wave it off.

"Anyway... That Dragon is obviously powerful enough since the Flame God Realm couldn't kill it at all even if they were to employ all their strength. Also, the Flame God Realm all cultivate fire attribute profound art and this ancient horned dragon could only be a flame dragon since it lives inside the God Burying Inferno Prison. Although the Flame God Realm had a great advantage when they defend themselves against this ancient horned dragon's attacks, their own flame powers would be largely ineffective on this ancient horned dragon too." Issei said his guesses.

"The most effective power against a flame type living being like this is naturally ice. That is why the Flame God Realm wishes to borrow Snow Song Realm's power."

Mu Bingyun smiled faintly, "Your guess is correct."

"Well, since you said that no one has ever reached the bottom of the God Burying Inferno Prison, the Dragon could just retreat down there if its hurt... unless there's something about to happen soon... such as... It is about to shed its scales so the heat from the God Burying Inferno Prison could harm it in return."

Mu Xiaolan and Mu Bingyun's face become astonished since Issei could guess this far...

Hmm, it looks like the Dragons in this realm are quite... weak if he's being honest. He and his wives don't need to shed their scales or anything like that. Their 'scales' already reaches the zenith state and doesn't need to be shed at all.

Before Zin and Naru received his blessing, they also mentioned about shedding their scales before.

What Issei has forgotten is that they're not a normal Dragon... A normal Dragon would need to undergo the process of shedding their old scales unless they evolve into a True Dragon God like him and his wives...

He's a bit disappointed but he won't try to save them either. They might be of the same race now but their fate is in their hands...

Issei is not a saint. He won't easily go on his way just to save some stranger he never met.

"You are absolutely correct... It is an invincible entity inside the God Burying Flame Prison," Mu Bingyun said after brief amazement. "Normally, it almost never leaves the God Burying Flame Prison but it is a dragon after all. Every one thousand years, it would shed its old scales and grow new ones. During this period, it has to move out from the God Burying Inferno Prison and so this is the one and only chance for us to kill it in a thousand years."

"After understanding that they will never manage to hunt down the dragon with their own strength, Flame God Realm thought of borrowing Snow Song Realm's power and promised to split half the spoils with the Snow Song Realm after the hunt succeeded."

Mu Bingyun recalled something and sighed quietly when she said this.

"Hmph! Those despicable bastards! How dare they show their faces a second time!?" Mu Xiaolan said angrily, "Back then, the Great Realm King and master had gone over to help them out in goodwill but but those bastards! I can't believe that they dare show their thick faces in the Snow Song Realm again! The Realm King will definitely teach them a lesson."

Issei had an inkling why Mu Xiaolan seems so angry...

The ancient horned dragon of the God Burying Fire Prison was said to change its scales once every thousand years. The fact that Flame God Realm's people had sought out the Snow Song's Realm King meant that it was about to change its scales again. This also meant that the last attempt to hunt it was one thousand years ago.

The time Mu Bingyun had suffered from the fatal flame poison and escaped to the Profound Sky Continent was also a thousand years ago...

Mu Xiaolan realized Issei's gaze on her. And even though he's wearing a mask, she somehow could understand what he had in his mind: "You might've guessed it but Master being poisoned has something to do with the last attempt from a thousand years ago!" Her face was red all the way down to her neck when she thought of the pain her master had suffered all these years.

"This matter cannot be explained in one sitting." Mu Bingyun's eyes were deep.

Issei had noticed that Mu Bingyun was never grudgeful about her misfortune during the time he purified the flame poison in her. Even when the matter was brought up now, he still couldn't see anything resembling hatred in her eyes. It was instead filled with indescribably complex emotions.

It looks like it's more than a case of backstabbing or betrayment... if it was, then she would've felt some hatred towards them.

Mu Xiaolan was the one who looked like she had met her father's murderer instead.

"After all, it is elder sister's fault for severely injuring his son by accident" Mu Bingyun's voice was cool as she muttered seemingly to herself.

Hmm, so it was an accident... well, that's simpler than he thought.

"That ancient horned dragon is extremely dangerous. Its breath is extremely poisonous and its blood is extremely toxic. It is almost certain death to come in contact with either of them. That dragon is very dangerous." Mu Bingyun paused for a moment before continuing, "The flame poison I was inflicted with was, in fact, the poison in the horned dragon's breath. However, although the horned dragon was scary, it wasn't impossible to hunt it down. Last time if it wasn't for that incident, we may have succeeded already. That is why I wasn't surprised that the Flame God Realm has come to look for us again. The Great Realm King wouldn't be surprised either. Furthermore, I doubt that the Great Realm King would turn them down since the ancient horned dragon is pretty tempting"

Apparently feeling that she had said more than she should, Mu Bingyun shook her head slightly and stopped talking. The large palace made from ice crystals in front of them was close right now and the cold air and world spirit energy in this place was at least twice as thick as it was at Freezing Snow City.

"We have arrived at our Ice Phoenix Palace. Let's go down."

...

The area within Ice Phoenix City was especially vast, it looked boundless at first glance. The thirty-six Ice Phoenix Palaces towered here, each and every one of them different. The atmosphere was silent and the ice-cold spiritual suppression seemed to have completely frozen everything in the world.

The thirty-sixth palace was located at the heart of Ice Phoenix City's southern district. Although it was a palace, its interior was as large as a lower realm city.

"This is the thirty-sixth palace you'll be living in from now on," Mu Bingyun said to the girls. "It is one hundred fifty kilometers wide and around twenty kilometers tall but the space within is far larger than what you see here."

The girls' were a bit confused but they won't ask and decided to let Mu Bingyun finish her speech.

"Since you are now a disciple of Ice Phoenix Palace, you may freely travel within Ice Phoenix City, Freezing Snow City, and Snowfall City. You are also able to use any teleportation formation available. However, Ice Phoenix Palaces are relatively independent of one another so unless you have obtained their permission, you are not allowed to enter them at will."

"Understood." The girls nodded.

"Those who enter Ice Phoenix Palace can be bestowed the surname 'Mu.' Since you are now an Ice Phoenix Palace disciple, you naturally have that right as well. The surname Mu is exclusive to our Divine Ice Phoenix Sect. Taking Mu as your surname will give you great benefits and make it easier for you inside the Ice Phoenix Realm and even the entire Snow Song Realm."

Mu Bingyun turned around. "Xiaolan's original name was Situ Lanlan, Mu Xiaolan was the name I personally bestowed upon her. In that case, what do you think if I give you a name just like her? For example, Xia Qingyue... How about Mu Xiaoyue? As for Chu Yuechan... Mu Xiaochan?"

"..."

Even though Senior Ancestor Mu Bingyun is so beautiful, possesses an ice lotus' elegance and has such a high status and divine power in the God Realm, her naming sense is just simply tragic...

Mu Xiaolan Mu Xiaoyue Mu Xiaochan, they sounded like pet names for children no matter how he heard them!

Even Issei felt a little speechless as well...

"We thank senior Ancestor for the name but we still like our current name, so so" Feng Qianhui said while looking down a bit...

"That's fine." Mu Bingyun didn't exactly push for it, nor did she think it strange as she nodded her head.

"Ah? Why don't you take the surname Mu? It's a great surname to have you know? And being named by Master is a great thing..." Mu Xiaolan said feeling a little disappointed. She thought that they will share a similar name on top of being sisters...

"..." It looks like she's the only feel happy with that name... They thought wryly inside their mind.

"Senior Ancestor, why is it this quiet here? Where are the other disciples?" Gong Yuxian curiously asked. They don't sense other presence here...

"How could there be any other disciples?" Mu Xiaolan curled her lips. "It has only been me and Master here. But now we have all of you! It won't be as lonely as before!" she said cheerfully at the end.

"No other disciples?" The girls were stunned at first but they then thought about Mu Bingyun's state during all these years and slowly understood.

"Xiaolan has been the only disciple in the Thirty Sixth Ice Phoenix Palace these past years. You girls are the second disciples that I recruited after her.

I have not taken in any disciples for several hundred years before this," Mu Bingyun gently sighed. "With my body afflicted with poison, my health slowly deteriorated during these thousand years. I passed every day knowing that I could possibly lose my life so I simply didn't have the strength to support an Ice Phoenix Palace. However, the Great Realm King was not willing to let me lose my status as an Ice Phoenix Palace Master and stubbornly helped me retain my position. It was also from then on that the thirty-sixth palace no longer recruited any disciples. As a result, in all these years, though there were still thirty six Ice Phoenix Palaces in name, the truth was that there were actually only thirty-five. Even me accepting Xiaolan as a disciple was an accident."

"The other Ice Phoenix Palaces all have around three thousand disciples, two Vice Palace Masters, and a dozen or so instructors but I don't envy them one bit." Mu Xiaolan's gaze flickered. "Because I was able to always be by Master's side and have Master all to myself. The other Ice Phoenix Masters are all cold and stiff and they're all so scary but Master is always this nice and gentle"

Mu Bingyun smiled as she shook her head.

"Now that you are free from the flame poison, your profound strength and vitality will completely recover after a while. At that time, are you going to receive new disciples to revive the thirty-sixth palace?" Issei asked.

Mu Bingyun actually shook her head. "At the moment, I don't have that kind of plan. My temperament has become mild after all these years and I have become accustomed to quiet. Let's see in a few more years."

"Hmm..." Issei nodded slightly at her words. It looks like she's quite a mild person... she doesn't ask too many questions even though he showed a lot of incomprehensible things before.

For example, when he exposed to the <Sky Poison Pearl> to her, although she seems surprised, she doesn't ask him if that is indeed the real thing and how did he get it...

If it was any other person then perhaps they will start investigating even further just like Jasmine did.

This was definitely not the temperament any normal person would possess.

Or this was perhaps caused by her circumstances during those thousand years which made her indifferent and able to see through many things? Who knows...

"Benefactor Ise, I have already informed the Realm King about your request." Mu Bingyun said softly.

"Oh?"

"We will be helping the girls grow with the best of our capabilities and you're free to stay here for as long as you like." She said with a slight nod.

"Um, thanks." Issei also nodded slightly at her words.

Then he took off his mask since Mu Bingyun said that there won't be anyone else that will come here...

Both Mu Bingyun and Mu Xiaolan inadvertently blushed slightly when they saw his face once again but this time they don't lose their composure... well, at least for Mu Bingyun while Mu Xiaolan is still going into a daze...

Truly devastating... they thought to themselves.

"...No need for thanks," Mu Bingyun gently shook her head. "You saved my life so it is only right for the Great Realm King to consent to your request. And it's not like they're a burden or anything like that... If anything it is us who are thankful for receiving such talented disciples into our sect."

"There are five thousand cultivation rooms and five thousand living rooms. Aside from Xiaolan's room, all of them are unused, available for you to pick at will." Then she turned her attention back to the girls. She's afraid that if she were to keep looking at him, she would lose her composure yet again...

"Everything that happened today will surely travel fast... At that time, there will be many people who will come over to check you all out. But don't worry, I will do my best to prevent anyone from bothering you and the girls." She said towards the girls and Issei at the same time.

"We thanks Senior Ancestor." The girls said in unison. Issei also give his thanks.

"No need to call me Senior Ancestor anymore. Just call me Palace Master will do." Mu Bingyun said with a wave.

"Yes, Palace Master."

"There are a few palaces at the city's center. You can select all sorts of ice attribute profound arts to comprehend in Sacred Scripture Palace but I suppose you aren't interested in those. Sacred Artifact Palace is where you can pick a weapon of your choice and Sacred Jade Palace is where you can go obtain your allocation of five thousand purple stones and natural resources every month just using your Ice Phoenix Engraved Jade."

"Purple stone? What is that?" Feng Qianhui asked.

"Profound Power Stone." Mu Bingyun explained, "Based on the levels of strength and purity, they are separated into purple stones, purple crystals and purple jade from bottom up. Absorbing power from these Profound Power Stones can assist you in your cultivation. However, due to their low level, there is no way for them to help you make a breakthrough. They are mostly used to make profound formations, profound talismans, profound arks, profound ships, and similar type power sources. At the same time, they are also the type of currency the God Realm uses.

Common currency! They instantly understood.

"These types of Profound Power Stones all weigh fifty grams. One thousand purple stones can be exchanged for one purple crystal. One thousand purple crystals can be converted into one purple jade." Mu Bingyun said: "You probably have never heard of purple jade but you definitely have seen purple stones and purple crystals before."

"Purple stones are what your Profound Sky Continent call Purple Veined Heaven Crystals and purple crystals are called Purple Veined Divine Crystals."

The girls felt a little taken aback.

The Purple Veined Heaven Crystals that the Profound Sky Continent views as a sacred object were actually only the lowest level Profound Power Stone in the God Realm!!

An ordinary disciple of Ice Phoenix Palace was able to receive five thousand purple stones every month this was two hundred fifty-thousand grams two hundred fifty kilograms of Purple Veined Heaven Crystal!

In a year, that would be three thousand kilograms of Purple Veined Heaven Crystal which could be converted into three kilograms of Purple Veined Divine Crystal.

If the first-rate sects within the Profound Sky Continent heard this, they would die from the shock alone.

They glanced at Issei once again since they know that he's able to easily get those crystals...

Realizing their gaze, Issei gives a response: "Oh right... I still have some of those crystals. Miss Mu, can you help me exchange the <Purple Veined Divine Crystal> that I have?"

"Of course. And you don't need to call me Miss Mu... Only Bingyun will do." Mu Xiaolan mouth become slightly agape before she also chimed in with slightly reddened cheeks: "Th-Then you can also call me Xiaolan!"

"Uh, sure?" Issei said unsurely.

Mu Bingyun readily gives a nod: "You can give it to me and I will help you exchange it."

Issei then processed the content of his <GoB> a little bit and put it inside the storage ring that he created before taking out that said ring and give it to Mu Bingyun: "Here, that storage ring has all the crystal in my possession."

But when he was putting the crystals away, he heard Hong'er shout: [Ah! Big brother! Why are you taking Hong'er snacks away?!]

She loves eating those crystals as a snack hence why Issei keeps collecting any crystal that he came across.

[Sorry sorry, but big brother will get you some better snacks later, okay?] Issei said wryly.

[Uhm, really?] Her discontent voice changed into suspicion but soon it turns cheerful again, [Okay! Since big brother promised Hong'er then it's fine! Hong'er trust big brother the most! So big brother is not allowed to lie to Hong'er, okay?]

[Sure sure... When did big brother ever lie to you.] This little troublemaker sure knows how to speak... Issei thought wryly.

[En en! I know big brother is the bestest person in the world! Oh, but you also need to find some more fun stuff for us to play!]

[Nyaruko also agree with little big sis Hong'er!]

[Hehe, gege, hang in there...]

While Nyaruko also agrees with Hong'er, Bai'er gives a word of encouragement for Issei since she knows that her two little sisters are such a troublemaker...

[Fine fine...] Issei said with a helpless sigh.

"Um." Mu Bingyun took the ring and store it in her sleeve.

Only until later that she become dumbfounded after finding out the content of the ring... She thought that Issei only has a few hundred kilograms but the truth is that he possesses more than five hundred tons of that crystals!

Even though it's not as valuable in the upper realm, that amount is not a small amount either... She will attract a bit of commotion when she exchanges it later on...

He's basically already quite rich even for this realm standard...

Then Mu Bingyun leaves the thirty-sixth palace, bathed in fluttering snow, Mu Bingyun flew to the first palace with Mu Xiaolan.

"Qingyue, why don't you ask her about your mother?" Issei asked Qingyue out of nowhere.

"...Qingyue thinks that Qingyue is still not strong enough to find mother at the moment... So Qingyue wanted to increase her strength first." She said after a brief silence.

"Is that so?" Issei knows that she won't ask him to help her find her mother so Issei decided to respect her decision...

"En..."

"Do as you like then... but remember that if you need my help then all you have to do is ask," Issei said gently before patting her head.

Xia Qingyue who felt his touch had her face blushed and she smiled sweetly: "Qingyue understand." She answered obediently.

"Good... Then Qingyue, Yuechan. You both can breakthrough now." Issei suddenly said towards them both.

"We understand." Both of them answered respectfully: "Then we excuse ourselves first, Elder Ise." The girls wanted to increase their cultivation as well so they excuse themselves.

"You also don't need to call me as your Elder anymore now don't you?" Issei asked with raised eyebrows: "Just call me by my name will do."

"Then... how about Young Master Ise?" Feng Qianhui thought mischievously: "After all, you're basically our young Master already... Am I right girls?"

"Yes!" They shouted in unison while giggling softly amongst themselves.

"...Why Young Master?" Issei could only smile wryly at their antics: "...Do as you like then." But he relented right away.

After chatting for a little bit more, they separate from each other leaving Issei behind on the main hall...

"Nee~ Dragon King... Won't you go somewhere with me?" Nyarlathotep pops out from his shadow once again while wrapping her arms around his neck with her usual posture.

"Why should I?" Issei asked with a frown.

"Hmm, I wanted to visit my old 'home'... And you know that I can't leave your side, don't you~?" She said teasingly: "And I have already followed your 'request' by not appearing in front of other people so casually. Now it's time for you to fulfill one of mine."

"...I refuse." Issei said denying her request.

"Fufu~ I knew you would say that... but... you're not allowed to refuse~" Nyarlathotep smiles widely before she snaps her finger creating a spatial rift under Issei's feet.

Issei was prepared for her movement so he didn't fall right away and was able to make himself float above it... but while he was prepared, so was Nyarlathotep. She immediately pulled Issei down with her into the spatial rift leaving behind an eerie silence...

...

"No need to be so alarmed now~... In this world, there's nothing else that could hurt us both. I already said I just want to return to my old 'home' now, haven't I?" Nyarlathotep said after seeing his alarmed state. She's currently floating beside Issei.

"..." Issei doesn't say anything before he started to survey his surroundings.

Incomparably heavy and ancient, the air and aura within this place were completely different from that of the outside world. With a single glance, he could see that the sky and the ground in this place were all shrouded in a gloomy shade of ash gray. This spread as far as the eye could see, painting a bleak picture of desolation that was hard to put into words.

The area they were in was vast and quiet, but it was also filled with a solemn and heavy aura that caused one's heartstrings to tense up unconsciously, not allowing a normal person to relax in the slightest.

To others, perhaps this place is indeed akin to hell on earth but for the two anomalies, they don't feel the slightest discomfort at all...

The ground beneath them was clean and the ash grey material seemed extremely hard and durable.

The aura within the God Realm of Absolute Beginning is unique. It will greatly suppress the spiritual senses of all living creatures which come from the outside. Furthermore, every blade of grass and every tree, and even every grain of sand in this place will release a rather dense and heavy aura. If one hides among these things, you will be able to greatly confuse the senses of other people.

After all... This place is filled with <Chaos> and <Nothingness> energy...

"Mmmm~ It's great to be back home," Nyarlathotep said while stretching herself: "So what do you think, Dragon King? Don't you think this place is beautiful? The air is permeated with <Chaos> energy and the ground is imbued with <Nothingness> law."

"Well, my true domain lies deeper within but you could say that this area is my front yard? Mm, front yard it is. It seems that they have been calling this place the <God Realm of Absolute Beginning> if I recall it correctly... I like it, and they're actually right since this is indeed the place where it all begins." She said nonchalantly.

If the inhabitants of the God Realm were to know that this the place they've been to was only her front yard, perhaps they would die out of shock. If her front yard is already this life-threatening... then how about her 'bedroom'?

The <God Realm of Absolute Beginning> is at the center of the four divine regions and it is also the core of the Primal Chaos Dimension. It was also rumored that it was the secret realm in which the Ancestral God herself had resided during the forming of the Primal Chaos Dimension. It is the most ancient and most gigantic ancient secret realm in this world.

God Realm of Absolute Beginning is the most primitive secret realm and while it contains the greatest dangers, a vast amount of ancient treasures lay within it. As for profound weapons found in a place like the God Realm of Absolute Beginning, even the lowest grade, would definitely shake the entire God Realm.

The God Realm of Absolute Beginning was filled with strange and fierce primordial beasts that did not exist in the world outside it. The more formidable a treasure, the more likely it was to radiate a spiritual aura that would attract powerful wild beasts that would try to possess it. Thus, if one wanted to take the treasures discovered within the God Realm of Absolute Beginning, even if they were as strong as a Divine Sovereign or a Divine Master, one needed to steel themselves for the likelihood of death.

The God Realm of Absolute Beginning did not belong to any divine region, much less any star realm. Anyone could enter it and there were no laws of restriction. Although this place had caused countless powerhouses to drool as they stared in its direction, at the same time it also caused them to recoil in fright the very next instant.

As for the younger generation of profound practitioners, the God Realm of Absolute Beginning was a forbidden ground they were absolutely not supposed to approach. Otherwise, it was no different from committing suicide.

"There are a lot of broken toys of mine here... It seems that they are very useful for them even though they are so weak and incomplete." Nyarlathotep said: "This water for example... It's something that I've been experimenting with before... I tried infusing the water with the law of Nothingness but it can only mend a few injuries which are quite disappointing. I was hoping that it could help someone learn the law of Nothingness itself... but it seems that I was a bit naive back then."

Nyarlathotep scooped out a handful of water from deep underground. Her hand went through the extremely durable ground as if it wasn't there in the first place... it's as if it was just plain mud.

Even a Divine Sovereign would need to exhaust almost everything they have just to put a small dent in the ground but she could easily penetrate it without any strength behind her hand...

And the water she is talking about is what the practitioners call the <Divine Water of Absolute Beginning>!

The <Divine Water of Absolute Beginning> is divine water that has been touched by primordial energy. Records call it the "Water of Origin". At the moment it only exists in the God Realm of Absolute Beginning.

The God Realm of Absolute Beginning is filled with ancient wild beasts, it is an extremely dangerous place. The Divine Water of Absolute Beginning has an extreme attraction to such beasts thanks to its spiritual energy. Therefore wherever the Divine Water of Absolute Beginning can be found, there will be ancient beasts. Even if a Divine Master wished to have it, they would have to put their lives on the line.

Following the changes of the Primal Chaos, the primordial aura of the God Realm of Absolute Beginning also became turbid while the amount of Divine Water of Absolute Beginning lessened. Several powerful Divine Masters tried entering the God Realm of Absolute Beginning hundreds of times and still didn't find even half a drop after having wasted thousands of years.

No matter how heavy the injuries, even if bones and meridians are shattered, internal organs are torn apart, as long as there's one breath left in you, just one drop of the Divine Water of Absolute Beginning is enough to help you make a full recovery within a short period of time. It can even completely recover lost blood essence. If used as a tonic, it can temper one's body to be like refined steel and cause one's soul to become as thick as an impregnable fortress.

So what Nyarlathotep meant by "mend a few injuries" is this potent...

A drop of this water is extremely valuable. To say that a drop of this water is able to buy multiple lower ranked stars in the God Realm is not an exaggeration... It could even buy half of the <Snow Song Realm>!

"Then... What did you bring me here for?" Issei asked.

"Hmm~, I wanted to show my dear husband my 'home' of course?" Nyarlathotep said with a teasing smile.

"I don't believe you." Issei flatly denied her words.

"Awwh~ but it is the truth though?" She chuckled lightly.

"...Whatever." Issei tried creating a spatial rift to exit this place but he failed to do so...

"...You're blocking my rift manipulation." Issei said coldly.

"Ufufufu~ let's stay here for a bit, okay? Besides... Won't it be very beneficial for you if you were to absorb the energy of this place? Granted, the energies in this area are very limited but if you go deeper then you will find a better place to patch yourself up."

"The energies on this place reeks of your aura. It would help you more instead of helping me."

"Ara? But... it will also help you in the process, Dragon King~... Since we... are... one." Nyarlathotep said while clinging to his body.

"..." Issei narrowed his eyes at Nyarlathotep.

It seems that when he fell into a coma. She took that chance to bind their souls together... This is why his power has doubled. Because Nyarlathotep fused with him... and this is also why she said that she's willing to help him destroy this universe if he wanted to.

Because even if this universe is destroyed... she still won't die. Unless he also dies...

Issei could already tell this from the moment he realized of her presence and he was able to put the puzzle pieces together on why his power suddenly doubled in size.

The way she acts so nonchalantly about destroying this universe is also another giveaway.

Well, she doesn't really try to hide it either in the first place...

'Don't think that I won't dare to do everything in my power to kill you... Even if I kill myself in the process.' Was what he said back then.

'That's fine too~. It means that we get to die together and don't you think it's romantic that way?' Was her response...

"...I will find a way to separate our bond. No matter how long it would take... So don't think that we would stay this way forever." Issei said coldly.

"Hmhm~, I believe that you can discover a way to separate our 'bond' later in the future... but until then... I will always stay by your side~" Nyarlathotep said seductively.

"Hmph, get off." He pushes her away.

After that, Issei doesn't say anything else before he decided to check what this place has in store...

Nyarlathotep gives a chuckle before she started to follow him...

There were a bunch of wild beasts that were attracted to the water Nyarlathotep just scooped out but when they got closer to it... They were instantly stricken with fear.

They don't dare to move a single muscle and only lay flat on the ground hoping that those two monster doesn't pay attention to them.

Profound Beasts from here are called Absolute Beginning Profound Beasts. Even the weakest wild beast in this place could become a threat to a Divine Sovereign...

...

Somewhere deeper inside the realm...

A golden figure was having a fierce battle with a wild beast that is shaped like an ape but it has two long horns on its head and flames are constantly bursting out of its entire body. From its horns to its arms, legs, and its tails.

The beast tail is shaped just like a hammer and its pair of arms are like an even bigger hammer with sharp claws.

(AN: Type Voljang in google if you wanted to see what the beast is like).

The woman is absolutely breathtaking. She has a flawless body with a definite curve.

Half of her golden hair was draped over her fragrant shoulders while the other half fell straight to her bottom. Every single strand of that golden hair shone with a flowing brilliance that was more luxurious and captivating than the purest gold. A similarly luxurious golden plate of soft armor covered her upper torso, drawing the outline of a body that was so perfectly curved and proportioned in every single way that it caused one to gasp in astonishment. The proud curves of her bosom and buttocks were plain for all to see, their shape a perfect half-moon, while her waist was as thin and slender as a young willow's trunk.

The light within the God Realm of Absolute Beginning was dim and gray, but the skin that was shown, no matter whether it was on her wrist, neck, or that small portion of her face, all of it shone with the luster of flawless jade. It was hauntingly exquisite.

That wing-shaped golden mask covered her eyes and most of her face, but the lips shown below were as beautiful as flower petals, dewy and radiant. Her small and delicate chin seemed to have been carved like a jade statue, it was completely flawless.

This was a woman whose every inch had been formed with extreme perfection. Even that covered face could still take away the breath of any man, and cause them to fall into a daze.

But at this moment, she looks a bit distressed since the wild beast she's facing is very powerful. She's already at the 8th level of the Divine Master Realm but she's having a hard time against this ape beast she came across by accident...

She was minding her own business trying to avoid any direct confrontation with any wild beast that she saw but suddenly this ape jumped out of nowhere as if it was frenzied. When it saw her, it immediately attacked her without a single delay and that caught her a little off guard.

Thankfully it's just a scratch since she manages to deflect the attack in time... but it still injures her a bit.

ROARRRRR!!!

The wild beast pounced at her with its fist set ablaze with a fierce flame.

The woman who saw this immediately dodges out of the way since she doesn't dare to take its attack head-on.

The beast first landed on the hard ground creating a small crater. Its attack is obviously very powerful since it could create a small crater... The woman felt alarmed at this but she immediately counterattacked with her sword, sadly, her attack barely leaves a scratch on its thick skin.

But she still manages to enrage the beast regardless.

GRAHHHHHH!!!

The beast let out a roar so loud that it makes the woman ears hurt and it also stunned her briefly. She flinched slightly but this makes her unable to intercept the incoming tail coming from her side.

BANG!!!

Pffftt!!!

It hit the woman on her side but thankfully her armor reduces some of the impacts behind that strike just now. Although it still shook her internal organs greatly.

"...Damn!" The woman decided to not prolong the battle any longer and decided to run away instead since this beast clearly out of her capabilities. She turns around and immediately flew away with everything she has.

She was about to use her talisman to escape but the beast did something unexpected... It opened its jaw wide open and blasted a large beam like a flame breath.

WOOOSHHHH!!!

The woman had her eyes shrunk after seeing the incoming beam and she hastily turned her body to the side but it still grazes her side yet again... The beam was too fast for her to completely dodge.

The woman fell to the ground while coughing up blood and she can feel the stinging pain from the burnt she just received.

"*Cough* *Cough*... I should have... brought old man Gu with me..." She tried to use her talisman once again but in the next second, she fainted dead away:

The force behind that attack just now was completely out of her expectations... it was not a normal flame breath at all! It is a flame infused with a tiny bit of <Chaos> energy.

If she left unattended then that <Chaos> will slowly corrode her body from the inside out...

"Mother... Ying'er has... failed you..." she muttered in her comatose state.

The beast jumped towards her location and started to roar loudly once again over the prey it manages to catch.

When it's about to land the finishing blow, its body suddenly fiercely jolted. Every single hair on its body is standing on its end as if it is being observed by another beast. But this pressure its feeling is so dense and powerful that it made it stricken with fear...

It never feels this kind of pressure before and it came from the deeper part of the realm at that.

It slowly turned around only to see a pair of red eyes gazing at it without any emotion.

roar!

It gives a low roar because even though this 'human' is smaller than it, the sheer aura he emits is extremely huge and domineering.

Its roar is more of a submissive roar than anything. It is completely different compared to the roar it used before when it was fighting the human woman.

"Leave." This 'human' man is obviously Issei.

He sensed a human presence in this place so he decided to see just who is it. And he arrived in time just to hear the muttering of the woman in her comatose state...

The moment the beast heard Issei's words, it doesn't waste a single second before it bolted right away with its tail behind its back... it let out a whimpering sound akin to a wounded beast since it is very afraid of Issei.

Issei then started to observe the unconscious woman before him.

She's extremely beautiful but Issei felt no greed nor lust when looking at her defenseless figure.

"Hmm, she's quite powerful from a normal standard~" Nyarlathotep voice resounded beside Issei: "But she's not powerful enough to reach the apex." She added.

Issei doesn't respond to her words before lifting the unconscious woman in his arms... he started to look around the place before spotting a cave in the distance. Then he walks towards it with the woman in his arms...

Nyarlathotep glanced at Issei before she looks towards the direction where the ape run off to. She grinned slightly before pointing her index finger... There is a black light shoots out at the speed of light coming out from her extended finger.

A faint roar could hear from far away but soon it died down...

Nyarlathotep licked her lips lightly before she also follows Issei...

...

In another realm...

Jasmine and Xun'er finally reunited with their 'family'... Both of them don't say anything when they saw their supposed father and husband. Jasmine snorted at him while Xun'er doesn't even give a single glance...

They immediately head towards their previous lodging where they reunite with their true family member...

After a tear-jerking reunion, Jasmine said towards her little sister: "Come, big sister want to have a word with you... We have a lot to talk about. Especially about the man who saved us both..." Her tone becomes especially gentle and soft when she mentioned that man...

Her little sister who saw this become really curious just what kind of man able to make her strict big sister be this... coy...

Even her aunt looks quite different...

Unknown to them... Their arch-nemesis has been saved by the very same man they're about to discuss...

...

Issei took out a bed and put the woman on the bed, then his gaze swept across her face, which appeared so fragile that a single breath could break it. He slowly shifted his eyes downwards and frowned slightly. On her side, there's a seriously burnt wound and purple bruises.

What made him frown wasn't the wounds but the <Chaos> energy within those said wounds. Looks like the beasts here had some <Chaos> element within their body... Not surprising since they have been exposed to it for who knows how long...

In her unconscious state, her eyebrows were slightly pressed together as a pained expression faintly appeared on her face. While her current manner did not match her demeanor, it was very lovely.

Her outfit is basically torn to shred barely covering her body.

Issei hesitated a bit before he calmly put his hand above her wound and the woman brows scrunched even further because of it... he then proceeds to absorb the <Chaos> energy from her wounds since that is what threatens her life the most.

After he's done absorbing it, he also healed her wounds as well. Once he's done, she looks brand new... but she still shows no sign of waking up anytime soon.

Probably because of shock and some internal injuries that she experienced. But it shouldn't be long before she wakes up and her life is not in danger anymore...

He took out a blanket before covering her body with it.

"Why do you go so far for a woman you've never met before, Dragon King?" Nyarlathotep asked in a flat tone.

"...No reason." Issei answered curtly.

"Hmm..."

"...I'm no saint but if there's someone in need of help before then I will help them but I won't go out of my way just to look for those in danger as well."

"Hoo, how so? If it was me then I would never bother to save an ant. If they die then that just means that they're not strong enough. They have no one else to blame but themselves for being so weak."

"And that's where our standpoint differs... I was powerless as well before so I can understand what someone powerless feels. If all I did when I became powerful was kill and destroy... then what's the difference between that me and a mindless beast that has been corrupted by your <Chaos>?" Issei said calmly.

"..." Nyarlathotep froze for a little bit before she gives a smirk.

Indeed... Perhaps this is where they differ the most since she has always been strong ever since she was 'born'. While Issei was technically a normal human before this...

And that's why she feels so attracted and amused by him who was once an ant... but now he's already on par with her. Truly a miracle...

"...And that's why I feel so attracted to you... The moment you showed me 'that' form of yours when we first meet. I know that you're the one I have been searching for." Nyarlathotep encircled her arms around Issei's body. For the first time ever, her voice tone doesn't sound like it used to be... It sounded... sincere...

"..." This time Issei doesn't try to resist her touch... He can also understand just why Nyarlathotep had a twisted personality.

Nobody is born evil. When someone has been alone for countless millennia... Their personality is bound to be twisted.

He's sure that maybe Nyarlathotep was once a very benevolent God... If not, she wouldn't have sacrificed herself just to create this world and its inhabitants. But she doesn't die as she expected and along with it, her mind started to deteriorate at a rapid pace and she started to see those very same living beings she created as her toy instead...

Since she has the <Law of Nothingness>... She couldn't exit this realm of her or the world outside would disintegrate. And by the time she could exit this place comes... it is already too late. Her mind has already become twisted... In a way, her life is quite tragic...

After a while, the unconscious woman eyelids started to quiver.

"Oh, it looks like she's about to wake up soon... Well, I will see you later, dear husband~" Nyarlathotep tone reverted back to the usual sultry tone and then she went inside Issei shadow once again...

Issei who saw this sighed for the umpteenth time before he walks outside the cave to give the woman some privacy...

Finally, after he reaches the exit, the woman slowly opened her eyes...

...

Back with the girls.

All the cultivation rooms were closed shut. Xia Qingyue walked to the front of the closest cultivation room and placed her hand on the stone door. The Ice Phoenix Engraved Jade on her shoulder immediately flashed and the stone door also flashed with the same radiance for a moment before opening.

Cold energy welcomed him head-on and the interior was a field of white. When Xia Qingyue walked in, the stone door automatically closed behind her.

This cultivation room was first opened by her Ice Phoenix Engraved Jade and then was bound by the aura of her Ice Phoenix Engraved Jade. From now on, she was the only person who could open this cultivation room. If other Ice Phoenix disciples were not allowed in, they couldn't forcibly enter of course, the only exception was the Palace Master.

The interior was astonishingly a world of ice that was even colder than the outside world. The ice element was even more abundant here and countless ice spirits and motes of light fluttered around. This added with the continuously lingering icy mist made it look like a world from a dream. What shocked Xia Qingyue was that this world seemed boundless at first glance. She quickly released her spiritual perception and only after it had spread through one hundred fifty kilometers did it reach the world's limit.

This meant that this cultivation room was one hundred fifty kilometers wide!

It was at this moment that she finally understood what Mu Bingyun had meant when she said that the space within was far larger than what they saw.

These cultivation rooms clearly operated with high-level spatial laws, causing the inside space to be more than a hundred times larger than what one may see outside. The ambiance and aura inside were also completely different from the outside. It was a little world solely created for the purpose of cultivation.

It was, after all, the God Realm. Something as simple as a cultivation room was beyond the comprehension and imagination of the lower realms.

The almost cruel, cold air and the excessively rich frost aura would give any profound practitioner a great amount of pressure yet it made Xia Qingyue feel extremely comfortable instead.

The same goes for the other girls. Once again, they feel extremely grateful for Issei's benevolence.

If it wasn't for him, they won't be here right now...

Then with a renewed determination, they started to cultivate their strength diligently so someday they could stand by his side... not just being protected all the time.

Xia Qingyue and Chu Yuechan breakthrough at the same time and their cultivation realm have reached the <Divine Soul Realm> early stage.

Usually, other people will find it hard to increase their cultivation the higher their cultivation is. But for them... There's no such limitation.

Instead, their cultivation speed will only increase again and again... And they're not only cultivating the profound and divine way but they also cultivate <Mana> that Issei taught them before.

Their combat prowess will surely soar high and they can easily face off against someone that has a higher cultivation base than them by at least four level difference. And again, it will increase as their strength grows...

This day is the start of the rise of the <Snow Song Realm>... These group of girls will bring a huge change to the God Realm in the near future...

While they were increasing their strength, a day had silently gone by without their notice. This was how the girls passed their first day in the Realm of the Gods...

Outside their palace, they have become the main topic of discussion along with Issei...

While the men are discussing about the girls of their heavenly beauty... The woman is playing a guessing game just what kind of face is Issei hiding underneath his mask...

And this incident gives Mu Bingyun a headache since she knows that if these girls were to saw his face even once, then... It will be catastrophic for their sect. Perhaps the already decreasing birth rate will become even lower at this rate...

Even the Realm King will have the same thought as her little sister in the near future...