Chapter 0

In an ancient desolate land, hundreds of cultivators assembled, all dressed in green robe. All of them were looking at one mighty tree. It looked like a big ancient 9 storey library. Anyone could say how rich this place was with different kinds of cultivation materials and treasures, each level signifying mysterious aura, and by just looking at that any cultivators may feel like they are in trove of treasures, just on the basis of which one can dominate the whole era and can be the existence for ages. But those who gathered don't have an ounce of greed, rather they have deep respect and devotion towards the tree.

In middle of the tree, there was an ancient book with azure color and just looking at that anyone can fall into the abyss, exposing the majestic aura and no one dares to probe as they are just an ant in front of such might. All those people assembled there believed that this book is from chaos era and this is their god and vowed to preserve it from generation to generation. In the mid-air, a middle age man bows down to the ancient existence and starts to address people below him-

" Fellow Daoist, we are descendants of primordial existence and we are the only clan that exists from primordial era through to mid-era of this cycle of world and energy. Though we are the powerful existence of this era we never choose to participate in worldly affairs and we keep ourselves unknown to the world. Our job always had been to be the guardian of this world and record the course of history along with the time, never to partake in any struggle for power. We act as per the guidance of our holy God. Today we are here for two purposes, one is to announce the prophecy from the holy book as such prophecy has never been inscribed in our holy book in 1 million years and we are really blessed to witness such event. And the other thing is that from our young generation, we have two disciples who are able to reach the whole new realm of cultivation that no one from this era is able to do and having two such talents in one generation we are certainly blessed. I hope we will get another genius soon. So, I take this gathering as an opportunity and we shall decide our king on this very day".

Xenron was strongest among two, quite straightforward and always does what he likes to do. He never bothers to talk much and always remains focused on his cultivation. He was the legion commander with top 10 strongest cultivator in the clan and prefers to roam around the world with his fellow comrades. Though he was the direct descendant of the green-robed priest, elders don't have a favorable impression of Xenron as he doesn't show any interest to be the king and never keeps in touch with his fellow clansman apart from his legion team and prefers to roam around the world. On the other hand, Zionic was not only powerful but also smart. His shrewdness and intellect always impress the clan elders. It is said that among these two, Xenron is the strongest as he got recognition from three storey of the ancient tree, floor 1, 5 and 7, and he has been benefited from the treasures and cultivation techniques from three floors. In Zoinic 's case, he only got recognition from 3rd floor. Despite this fact, both of these young geniuses already reached the realm, the might of which, these elders will never be able to comprehend.

Green robed priest once again bows down to the ancient book and infuses his primordial Qi into the tree and receives the Azure book in his hand. "With the blessings from our God I would like to declare our king whom we have chosen after consulting 33 great elders of our clan and we have decided to vote Zionic as our king though Xenron is not here today. I believe that he won't have any objections with our decision. Before we start the ceremony for our new king, I would like to see the prophecy that has been inscribed in our holy book."

Silently priest opens the book and reads the ancient inscription from the book. After some contemplation, he sighed and talked to himself "that's how it is". With no word from the priest, everyone got puzzled. Before crowd got any word from the priest, suddenly from the corner a voice appears. It was Zionic. He moves forward and says, "I don't know what the prophecy is and even if I know it, eventually I will do what I intend to do. The only thing I know is that what I am going do today will affect this clan as well as the whole world. When power is endowed to anyone it is meant to rule over others. How can I be the mere spectator when I have power to rule the world. I shall eradicate all the futile resistance and struggle of power. I will show what means to be at absolute power. Today shall be the beginning of my supreme reign." One of the Great elder revokes insolence, "How can you dare to say such things? Though we have decided to make you our king, still you can't act as you wish. If you dare such things we great elders will never allow you to act out of our norms. Zionic releases heart wrenching laugh echoing throughout the hall staring at that elder and looking towards all the elders, "Can you stop me? Let's see who can stop me today. Though I haven't got recognition from all 9 floor of ancient tree except third, I know this ancient book is book of Dao that can unlock all the mysteries of past and the future. As long as I posses this I can even defeat Xenron in future and I will become invincible existence of this world. Today, I will start my journey of invincibility by eradicating my own clan. Suddenly all the clansman were shattered. What happened today was totally unexpected. Who had ever thought that one of the Geniuses that all were proud of would be threat for their own existence. The elders sighed and they felt that though Zoinic is genius, he is over ambitious and he needs to be killed. None of them had ever imagined that today their whole clan will be eradicated by this young lad.

On the other side, the priest was murmuring to himself, "I never thought this lad would have such greed and ambition. Our journey ends today and now it's up to you Xenron, rest I will leave to the fate. Forgive, me Xenron though I am your grandfather I never showed you love and gave preferences. Soon, there will be a great war that will mark the end of the mid-era of this world and energy. After this, priest abandons his body and his spirit enters the ancient tree. He knows from today he is already like a ghost but if he borrows the power of array inscribed within the tree no one can infiltrate this tree against the will of the mighty tree. Though today he cannot protect book of dao, at least from today onwards he will be the guardian of this ancient tree and can provide the inheritance to right heir.

All of the clan members were surprised by the move of the priest. He was the powerful existence of their clan. Even though Zoinic surpassed his realm of cultivation, he is the man who was recognized by the book of dao. With vast knowledge on cultivation, he is the most knowledgeable person in this era. Everyone realized by the move of priest what this inclined to though they don't want to give up easily. What about their pride as a powerful clan of this era? They should fight together to deal with him. Around five thousand clans started to surround Zionic and start to gather their qi. Zoinic smiles, sarcastically as he doesn't take them as a threat. He took out a black spherical ball. The aura it excluded was too terrifying and evil. When one of the great elders saw it, he was scared, with sweat dripping from his head. He said, "this is....this is a soul qi magnetic ball. When an immense number of human soul is concentrated into one sphere, soul qi magnetic ball is created. The sphere then acts as a magnet and starts to devour the soul from the people on its own accord. Only the powerful existence like priest or some of the great elders could resist it. In order to create the soul magnet of such magnitude. how many people he might have killed? May be in millions or more than that. Such a devil was among us if I knew how evil nature he was I would have killed him before he grew to such an extent. This world will face the great calamity,"he exclaimed. Now Zoinic stretched black sphere into the size of spear and threw into the crowd. Many could not resist such power and in an instant it started to devour souls of hundreds of people. He started to attack great elders with his saber. His power was tyrannical. The great elders managed to resist it for a while but were not able to endure it for long.

Within the burning time of two incense stick, whole clan was massacred and the only person with saber in one hand and soul sphere in another hand, Zionic was there with his evil laughter. "You fools, though you are an ancient clan, most of you don't know the history of this world and what lies beyond this world. I have seen their power and I know what kind of cultivation they used. It's much more advanced than what we use .With the power of nuclear, robotics and Artificial Intelligence I will rule the world. I have learned these things from this third floor of this ancient tree. I am just curious what this tree is, who built this and how the third floor got the records of the existence beyond the world and their way of Dao. If only third floor got such vast knowledge what about other 8 floors. It is such a pity that old fool sealed this tree, for now. But it doesn't matter, I have got my hands on a book of Dao and now my soul sphere magnet is invincible. What will you do Xenron?". Zionic laughed and disappeared from that ancient desolate land. And after some breath of time again a voice echoed, you old fool priest I will come again, you won't be able to protect that tree for long.