69 Catching up with Reality and Demon King

As Ling Yun got into the finals, only Xiao Dong and Xiao Ming are left to decide which of them will go to the finals as well.

"Quite crafty if I do say so." 

"Yes. This way they will see what they can do." Xia Qingyue agreed with him. The pair got themselves comfortable because this will take a while.

What the pair discussed is that allowing Xiao Ming and Xiao Dong to fight will allow the Heavenly Sword Villa to see what they can do.

Maybe come up with a tactic to win the whole thing, after all, one only needs to push the person out of the Arena.

Before long the pair of Xiaos were in the arena, the elder raised his hand and the fighting started.

There was no jumping around, or running, nothing. They just looked at each other for a second before they lifted their hands and hand motions started. 

On Xiao Ming's side, there were profound energy constructs like javelins and spears.

While on Xiao Dong's side, there were several walls which rushed towards the younger Xiao.

The thing with this fight is that they don't move from their positions.

This was something only viewers noticed now.

It was extremely obvious, as beforehand the fights these two had were extremely short.

Walls versus spears. Though many people noticed that something is going on behind the scenes.

A few moments later they stopped their hand motioning as things started to happen.

'I see! They can multitask! Sweet Heaven what kind of art is that!?'

Walls started to descend and the arena turned into a semi-labyrinth-like field, while Xiao Ming summoned a large number of chains followed by javelins.

The sheer scale of the fight changed as it was throwing walls, into javelins, or the chains would whip the walls away.

"...Father, if they can do this at [Earth Profound] what about [Emperor Profound]? Ability to cast domains?" Ling Yun commented with wide eyes as he just realised this himself.

"...Truly monstrous." 

All Ling Yuefeng could say at this point. As he grasped his eldest son's meaning. These array users will break the whole meaning of this tournament.

'I should ban such fighters if they can all dominate the battlefield like this. The Blue Wind Ranking Tournament is all about the individual might!'

After a while, Xiao Dong caught Xiao Ming in a 'slip' barrier wall which was cast under him.

"...Damn…"

"I… surrender!"

"And Xiao Ming surrenders! This fight goes to Xiao Dong!" The elder raised his hand, and the match was over.

"Pretty much the same as last time." Xiao Long commented as he was stroking his wife's hair. 

"Yes. Now there will be a break, should we get something to eat?" She asked him while snuggling into his chest.

"We could, there is nothing more to do for the next few hours."

As the pair decided to leave the stands, his group followed them as they decided to visit one of many tea houses available in the city. 

While this was happening in the main villa, Ling Yuefeng decided to visit his wife, after all, he finally decided to put Chu Yuechan behind him. Well, as much as one could, and his wife is a daughter of an elder from Sacred Ground. If she gets pissed off, his life would be ruined.

Though the moment he was in her villa he had this bad feeling.

"What do you want, Yuefeng?"

"T-This I wanted to see how you are doing?"

"Hmm? Sooo now you care!? After more than a year of daydreaming!? Well…sad to say I don't care anymore."

"!!!"

"When my father came to visit us some time ago he decided that I would be in the perfect position to seduce Young Master Long."

"Y-You, W-What are you saying!?"

"He is after all Young Master of a Sacred Ground."

"But he is a mere junior!" Ling Yuefeng exclaimed with disbelief, he doesn't like where this is going!

"Mere junior? This mere junior is fucking your Chu Yuechan for over a year. He has turned her into his slut. I was there, I saw the whole thing." Xuanyuan Yufeng said with glee, as she saw how Ling Yuefeng turned pale white.

Though he quickly turned to anger.

"You bitch! What have you done!? You're supposed to be my wife!"

*Angry Snort*

"And you are supposed to be my husband! What YOU have done? You spend over a year brooding like a little boy over a slut who never even looked at you!"

As she roared angrily before calming down all of a sudden.

"Though this doesn't matter. I will be leaving this place, I will be returning to Mighty Heavenly Sword Region. I will leave Ling Yun with you, as he is your successor but Ling Jie? Father was impressed with his talent, so he will be coming with me."

"Y-You can't do this!"

"I just did."

"You can continue to brood over that slut, though after experiencing what he can do, I don't think she will ever care or even think about you in any shape or form. 

He is simply godly in bed. You see when he was in Frozen Cloud, their Palace Mistress started throwing fairies at him, he was so occupied with them that he realised he had no time to cultivate so to counteract that he created a dual cultivation art."

Xuanyuan Yufeng recalled what Chu Yuechan said to her. She was basking in Ling Yuefeng's misery.

"...Y-You."

He got angry and revealed his cultivation of [Second of Emperor Profound].

Xuanyuan Yufeng snorted and did the same, showing that she was a Throne just as he was!

Though her cultivation was [Third of Emperor Profound].

"W-W-When!?"

"Hah! So now you care? You are pathetic, Ling Yuefeng. Now get lost from my villa!" As she exclaimed angrily, the woman proceeded to hand thrust and send a wave of energy into Ling Yufeng.

He tried to block but something was off about this! Sure enough, he realised! This energy… it was boiling! 

The moment it hit him it started to burn.

Xuanyuan Yufeng blinked a couple of times. Did she just set him on fire!?

The Villa Master started to scream like a pig who is about to get butchered.

Weirdly enough no elder is coming to his rescue. Why? Because he was in Villa Mistress' house, and they all know she is 'training' her husband.

Though Ling Yuefeng was not that lucky as he caught on fire and this profound energy was spreading through him and burned his clothes and hair off.

"I-Incredible…is this what his seed inside of me can do?" While seeing him getting burned is shocking, she was more interested in what the potent energy in his seed can do!

It's so potent that it makes her profound energy boil to the point that she can put people on fire!

As he thought about it she walked over and inspected laying Ling Yuefeng on the ground. He was charred black and black smoke was coming from him.

"Impressive, if I can do this, what would happen if I learn the art itself?" Some greed flashed through her eyes. If only he taught her this method, she could grow more powerful! 

After inspecting him she called some elders to pick him up.

"Mistress, what happened to the Villa Master!?"

"He got burned by the truth, take him to the medical hall."

"U-Understood!" While they were confused by the whole 'burned by the truth' they didn't dare to ask to elaborate about this.

Even if the finals are a few hours away.

~~~~~~Later, Same Day~~~~~~

Everyone was confused, where was Villa Master? The only one who was still there was the Villa Mistress.

"You may proceed, Elder Wugou, my husband is incapable at this moment." 

"A-As you say!"

Ling Yun looked at his mother for a moment, something was going on, and he couldn't put his finger on this.

Though for now, he will try to win this whole thing before going to check on his father.

As he thought about this Elder Wugou raised his hand.

"You may start the finals!" 

The Young Master of Heavenly Sword Villa pulled out his two swords. These were the same ones wielded by Ling Jie.

He then revealed his cultivation.

It was [Fifth of Earth Profound]. Everyone gasped as they realised that Ling Yun had a breakthrough!

But then…

Xiao Dong revealed his cultivation.

The 14-year-old kid started to float.

At that moment Ling Yun lost his will to fight.

The kid was a [Second of Sky Profound]!

"I do apologise, but I got Sky Profound Awakening Pill for reaching finals." Xiao Dong looked embarrassed for a moment. He scratched the back of his head. He couldn't wait so he consumed the pill the moment he got it from the Young Master.

"...I see."

"...Sorry, but here I go."

With a simple hand motion, a wall slammed with absurd speed into Ling Yun who was blasted out of the arena.

"Oof, I felt that one from here." Xiao Long casualty commented on this as he had a pained look on his face.

For a second there was absolute silence in the whole arena, they just witnessed the sheer difference in cultivation. Though the first one to get over this was Ling Wugou who raised his hand.

"The victor is Xiao Dong, the victor of this tournament is Xiao Dong, 2nd place goes to Ling Yun and 3rd place will be decided shortly between Xiao Ming and Fen Juechen."

"The current ranking after this tournament is at the first spot Blue Wind Imperial Family, second place Heavenly Sword Villa third place Burning Heaven Clan, and lastly Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Sect."

People from Burning Heaven Clan and Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress smiled brightly. They just went up in the rankings!

While the biggest reaction was for Cang Yue and the Emperor Cang Wanhe who were grinning from ear to ear. This was it! They achieved their greatest of dreams.

While Xiao Long simply clapped his hands. He started to smile as well. Soon, he will have the Water Seed!

~~~

Soon after the last match was done and the excess people started to leave. Only the ones who are left are the top 5 five sects who will be entering the Heaven Basin Sacred Realm.

This realm will open in just a few short days, so Xiao Long has a bit of time to spend.

He thought about this for a bit. 

Why don't you get the old Yun on his side?

So he walked to the area where the massive sword is and sat down cross-legged so it would look like he is cultivating or meditating so no one would get in his way or would interrupt.

Soon enough he projected himself into the seal.

The seal itself only seals away the basic profound energy, not yin-based energy like he is using.

Seconds later he saw an old man chained to a sword, it looked like he was sleeping.

[So you are the Demon General from the Illusory Demon Continent.] He looked at the old man, this was Yun Che's grandfather.

"Hmm? How did you enter the seal?"

[Soul Projection, Yin Profound energy-based art.]

"First time hearing it."

[That's because I invented it. It was necessary, I needed to finish a few projects with the help of this art.

Regardless, I am not here to talk about my artefacts. I am here to speak about past events.]

*Snort*

"And why do you think I will assist you in anything?"

[You have animosity with Mighty Heavenly Sword Region, and you have enemies in Illusory Demon Continent. From my knowledge, your current ruler is most likely facing extreme difficulties.]

This got his attention.

"My animosity is with the Sacred Grounds! And what are you talking about difficulties in the Illusory Demon Continent!? They still have the Little Demon Emperor!"

[Hmm, I suppose you were sealed beforehand. But he is dead.]

"!!!"

[From the clues I have gathered someone has baited the Sacred Grounds, they were told that Illusory Demon Continent has a Mirror of Samsara which could help one achieve realms beyond [Sovereign Profound].]

"Absurd! We have no idea what the Mirror does!"

[As I just mentioned, my Supreme Ocean Palace was baited by whatever force there is in your Illusory Demon Continent. The very same force which causes the deaths of your ruler. Now that they are dead this enemy in your continent can usurp the power of the diminished royal family and do whatever they want.]

"True, quite a tale. But why should I trust you?" The old man simply thought that this was some sort of trick. Sacred Grounds are all about tricks.

[You don't and I don't care. I will go to that continent either way, with hundreds of thousands of Peak Monarchs, after I am done two continents will be under my control.]

Xiao Long said with a small snort as if he cares what this old man thinks. He appeared here to talk because he would always prefer smooth transition instead of simple brute force.

"Nonsense. Your Profound Sky Continent doesn't have such strength."

[It didn't but now it does. That's why I am the Young Master of the Supreme Ocean Palace. Someone like you understands the power of a pill.]

"...You mean…"

[Your Tyrant Pill, is quite an impressive achievement, but I have the same pills, they turn people into Monarchs and I have over 200 thousand of them.]

"..."

With a hand motioned a cloud of energy slammed into the old man, that moment he had flashes of images of arrays and formations producing pills. It was…monstrous and terrifying to look at!

[This is a memory I just shared with you. Now tell me, did I lie?]

"...Fine. I believe that you have some sort of pill which could make Monarchs. But what of it? Why tell me?"

[Because I prefer a smooth transition instead of a forced one. I already have other Sacred Grounds in my pocket, including Mighty Heavenly Sword Region, and the biggest Empire in this continent. Other smaller ones already have declared their support towards me.

My Supreme Ocean Palace is the de facto ruler of this continent.

This leaves your Illusory Demon Continent. I could release you and you could speak with your leaders, and discuss what you will do. You could make this a smooth transition or a forced one.

The point stands that your continent will lose either way, I am simply giving you the choice of how you want it to lose.]

"My Illusory Demon Continent will not surrender without a fight!"

[What fight? How have you ever seen an Array Master in a fight before?]

"..."

[*Snort*]

At that moment all the chains around the old man started to glow.

Array-like circles started to manifest all over the seal as soon enough the chains were undone.

[I am letting you out. See for yourself.]

"!!!"

Yun Canghai was utterly baffled, but at the same time he wanted to smash that kid's face with his fist!

"Fine!"

~~~

As the sword started to rise, Xiao Long dismissed his projection and proceeded to stand up.

He waited for the sword to rise out. But that moment the sword itself was pushed out by outside force.

Yun Canghai removed the massive sealing sword himself.

The Young Master can sense the power of the Old Yun around the late Throne. It was returning but it will take time.

"Do take your time, I can wait for you to recover your strength."

"Such arrogance will be your undoing, junior."

"Since when is the truth considered arrogance? You have spent too much time in that hole." 

"Ha! Very well, since you allow this, then I shall do it." Yun Canghai dropped to the ground and proceeded to meditate.

A few minutes later Villa's guards and other people gathered to see what was going on.

Among them were Young Master's bodyguards.

"Young Master!"

"I am fine. I will be 'discussing' with the Demon General over there."

"It's Demon King." Yun Canghai said from some distance.

"Yes, that."

"Y-Young Master this demon has been sealed here by Mighty Heavenly Sword Region! Y-You can't just let it out!" Some of the elders from Heavenly Sword Villa came over to discuss with Xiao Long.

"I just did. The continent is fully under my Supreme Ocean Palace control. The most common sense is that we are eyeing the other continent, don't you agree?" Xiao Long said with a small smile.

"...T-True…"

*Eye Roll*

"As if you will conquer my Illusory Demon Continent!" The Demon King reminded everyone that he was here as well.

"Yeah-Yeah." Xiao Long casually waved his hand as if dismissing him.

The old man's eyebrows twitched for a few moments. He then quickly resumed to re-cultivate his power base.

He swiftly reached the mid stages of [Tyrant Profound] and continued to grow.

By this point, the elders of Heavenly Sword Villa left as this was getting too spicy for them.

"Do you need some pills perhaps?"

Xiao Long asked him as he was enjoying his tea, his maids were servicing him without even batting their eyes at the current situation. They were Monarchs as well.

"As if I will take help from you!"

"Such animosity, this is the first time we ever meet, yet you already hate me." The Young Master shook his head, he was disappointed. All he wants is to make friends and sell stuff to them.

"You are with Sacred Grounds!"

"And? You are with the Illusory Demon Continent. Does this mean I should proceed to make formations which will make your people go crazy? Or perhaps make them kill each other? Or make some poison mist which could kill every single cultivator on the continent? So that I could colonise it after the poison settles down?" The Young Master said that in a single breath his voice was extremely smooth, it was as if he was discussing the weather instead of the lives of millions.

"..."

"See? So now you calmed down. My anger is worse than yours. You might have your cultivation and maybe some support in your Continent, but I have wealth, pills, formations, godly legacies and much more. I have the Ingenuity to make things.

And making things is much worse than your average fighting strength."

Xiao Long took a deep breath after ranting for a bit, he calmed down and then asked again.

"So, do you need some pills to recover?"

~~~

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