7 Chapter 7: The Immortal Council

Enemy attack!

BOOOOOOOMMMMMM! The platform on the west wing turned to dust, as the vortex slowly dissipates. Shortly after, a disheveled Aslan quickly arrived the place.

What he saw was a devastating sight of destruction, scattered blood, debris and the lone man alive on the scene, Adeno which woke up shortly after he sensed a strong aura coming from his father.

"Father.. *cough *cough*" with heavy injuries he still called out to the newly arrived Aslan.

"Adeno, my son, take this rejuvenation pill first" said Aslan as he put the pill on his injured son's mouth. Rosy color then immediately returned to his pale skin as he told Aslan about the events in the platform.

"Alright, go rest now, my son. I'll handle things here." hearing from his son about the story, Aslan was left behind on the sorry sight of the former transportation platform. He furrowed his brows, with clenched fist as he gritted his teeth and said

"That strong wind force nearly eradicated my palace! Luckily I arrived in time to set the Golden Cloud formation, yet it didn't hinder it in the slightest, only averting it's trajectory."

Walking around, he saw the wide hole in the shape of a V, and pondered.

"No use of heavenly rule, even a slight immortal essence.. is this.. t-this.. pure bodily strength!? Even all those old Supreme Rulers in the Immortal Council can not break my Golden Cloud formation in one attack.. N-no, n-no.. is it the deity? Is he warning us not to spread the news? T-that.. that should be the case.."

"Luckily it's just a warning.. If he used even the slightest of his deific force.." cold sweat ran down the back of Aslan as he began to tremble as his eyes widened in horror.

'I've got to keep this secret with my whole life..' he vowed to himself as he swiftly left the scene and ordered for the reparations of the aftermath.

Suddenly a strong red-violet hue aura arrived, nearly suffocating the residents of the palace and the surrounding city above the golden cloud. Aslan noticed this as he harrumphed and began to emit his golden aura, battling the opposing one and eased the feelings of the residents.

"What brings you to this humble place, Belphegor?" Aslan said as he vigilantly looked on the distance, then with a distortion of space, a 1 meter horned man with huge bat-like wings on his back and snail like tail emerged. The demonic features of the man enunciates strong aura of dominance, like a veteran of war. The man in question smirked and said.

"Don't play me like a fool, Aslan, get that treacherous bitch out of here. Surely, you don't protect her just because of your past, am I right?"

The demonic man, Belphegor, grinned evilly, showing his long fangs as he looked around with his immortal sense and said

"Just as expected, you lend her your transportation platform to use, to escape.. how very touching of you. Hehe, hehehehehe" Belphegor teased as he began to laugh loudly.

"Belphegor, I swear if you don't shut the fuck up now, I'll kill you immediately right here and right now. You saw it with your senses right? There's no one on the platform as it's broken, for the reason I will never tell. You can also sense all the surroundings if you can trace a bit of her aura, if she even was here in the first place. Now, tell me, why shouldn't I kill you for trespassing my place?"

Aslan roared, with his aura slowly rising, as his body began to transform into half a Golden Lion, a bloodline of ancient beasts from the old times. Even with impure blood, as it is a kin of archaic beasts, it still emits a strong suppressive aura with a breathe of the ancient times.

Belphegor on the other hand, grunted as he felt the suppression, also transformed himself into a half Blood Chimera, same as with the purity of bloodline of Aslan. The two locked each other on a standoff, waiting for each other to move. The residents of the Golden Cloud Palace and Golden Cloud City, on the other hand, felt the brunt from the clashing of auras from the two. Numerous Emperors and Kings, situated near the standoff, hurriedly used their essences to block the suppression with all their might. A little leak of the aura will be devastating to the residents, therefore, all they could do is pray that it will be done quickly as their essences were slowly drained out of their bodies.

"That's enough." an ethereal voice sounded out weakly, but all the people heard it clearly like the one who has spoken is right by their side.

An elderly man appeared on thin air, with no fluctuation of space or leaked aura at all, and calmly walked beside the two.

"We have seen the 5th Councilor."

"We have seen the 5th Councilor."

Aslan and Belphegor immediately shown their respect to the elderly man, with slight fear and trepidation. This elderly man is no other than the 5th Councilor Yu Xingluo among the 5 Councilors of the Immortal Council.

As a chaotic world, plundering and killings never stop, all for the sake of the word "strength". Like a Chinese quote always found in novels, this world is a 'dog eat dog world', a world where strength matters. With strength, all the riches, beauties, prestige, will be within arms reach. You want to have heavenly treasures? Go stronger. Harem? Go stronger. Live longer? Go stronger. All material and immaterial temptation of the world will be yours with sufficient strength! Since the rise in numbers of Supreme Rulers trapped in the realm continue to increase due to lack of deific essence, the competition for strength and supremacy made the realm became even more chaotic.

As such, 5 strongest and oldest representatives from the 5 regions of the realm were nominated as Councilors to uphold peace throughout the realm. Through this, disputes were settled through battle in a death arena in every region. The inheritance zones were regulated so that strong powerhouses will not abuse their strength, to claim all the things inside for them, or for their own clans and families.

The Immortal Council was then founded as deterrent to the chaos on the realm. From the 5 Councilors, they also have 12 Guardians, each having the strength equal or even higher than the fighting duo Aslan and Belphegor. It was even rumored that the 1st Guardian is so strong he can contend with Yu Xingluo, the 5th and oldest councilor.