Two Halves Unite!

"Blade... Blade Pure-Heart!"

Remembering the smile of interest his mother adorned when mentioning that name, Chu Peng gritted his teeth in anger.

Jealousy and anger plagued his mind. Among other things, he had begun to feel resentment toward Blade.

"Inside the Heavenly Demon Sect, I alone am the Supreme Genius, the highest order. Tch! This is how it is supposed to be for the rest of the world too!"

"Damn Pure-Heart..! How dare you to try steal mother away from me!"

It had been two hours since meeting his mother. He was currently traveling through the skies during the time of the setting sun on a beautiful yet massive creature.

In this world, he considered himself almost invincible. With his potential, he was always able to fight others a whole realm above his.

As his mother was the Sect Master of one of the Supreme Powerhouses in this world, he also didn't lack treasures.

Though he was a Pinnacle Martial Emperor, his strength could be said to be a Pseudo Mortal Transcendent.

And with truly powerful defensive treasures, unless someone is able to use strength more powerful than a Martial Transcendent, he was invulnerable in this world!

How many people existed in this world that could show such strength though? And out of them all, how many of them would even bother with him?

This was why he referred to himself as neigh invincible. He considered himself the most talented genius in this world, hence his lazy attitude to cultivation.

He had much rather sleep all day or spend time with his mother.

But, with the rate of improvement shown by that hateful boy named Blade Pure-Heart, he suddenly felt a new emotion... it was as if he was the one lacking in talent.

The plan was simple yet the most effective. Forbidden Land 029 was a massive forest that stretched millions of kilometers.

There were many Forbidden Lands in this world but...

This Forbidden Land in particular was the scariest of all the Forbidden Lands and was located at the center of the world, separating all the main continents from the other.

This Forbidden Land was never explored fully. No, more like... it could never be explored fully since the only ones who had a chance were the peak superpowers in the Supreme Powerhouses.

But, this would only work after they were united. Hell, that would never happen unless Hell froze over to the living world, so the Forbidden land 029 remained a mystery, at least the deepest parts.

What wasn't a mystery to the peak powers though, was the many routes necessary if one wanted to enter another continent.

As someone with such a qualified mother, he knew of many things.

With a special route, he'll be able to remain on the safer ends of the Forbidden Lands and after some time, enter the Limitless Sky Continent.

When he enters, he'll return to Peng City where he can use a secret technique to track down that hateful Blade Pure-Heart and end him for good.

Then, he'll follow his words and enter the Forbidden Lands and train until he becomes a Mortal Sage expert in preparation for the Holy Lands.

At first, he didn't take it seriously, but Blade's existence awakened his consciousness.

Someone who was a Martial Disciple a few months back and not worth his attention, was now a Martial King at the very least, worthy of threatening him.

If others were like this in the world, when the Holy Land appeared and he was utterly embarrassed by these hidden geniuses, would he ever receive his burning desire?

Would he ever be able to embrace his mother?

"Blade Pure-Heart. Don't blame me for your death... Lowly people should simply remain lowly and not stand out too much. Blame yourself for what is destined to be your downfall."

Thrum!

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Achoo!

At this time, the hateful Blade had entered his room. He sneezed for the first time since his sixth birthday!

"This is the last thing I expected after becoming a cultivator. Is someone cursing me? Must be that hateful master of mine!"

Clicking his tongue, he entered the room, only to be greeted by the sight of Athena... A naked Athena... A blushing Athena.

His eyes trailed down her body, landing on the patch of white grass above the wet cave. He instinctively licked his lips.

"T-This..." Athena stuttered. "I... I needed to do this... T-The fruit... I needed to relieve myself..!"

Her face was redder than a tomato. Blade didn't bother, he was someone capable of controlling his lust, after all, he had much more important things to do.

Seeing him turn his gaze away, Athena's heart thumped. 'Does he think of me like "that" now...?'

Athena was worried. Her worry was evident in her eyes but she didn't dare pester Blade, in the case of disgusting him even more.

Internally, he smirked. He loved manipulating the emotions of others. Athena's mind was simple when it came to him.

With a little silent treatment, she'll quickly exhaust her mind in trying to think of reasons why, and solutions to the problem.

To make matters worse for Athena, Blade sat on the other bed. Moving from the bed they shared last night to another, it was obvious to her that he had felt disgusted.

'Thinking too much isn't good.' Blade thought. 'I simply don't want to sit on those juices. Or does she think I should sit on the sheets she stained with her special liquid?!'

"Athena, that fruit, what was it again... Yes, the Fire Essence Fruit, how come, even after absorbing it, your cultivation base hasn't improved?"

He had just slaughtered quite a number of people due to this Fire Essence Fruit after all. It was due to it that he and Xia Peng entered an argument.

That then led to the city lord's death. He was surprised that even after absorbing the treasure, Athena's power didn't surpass his once again.

"T-The Fire Essence Fruit isn't for cultivation but the flames instead. In fact, I'm surprised myself that my cultivation hasn't decreased."

In the beginning, she was shocked that Blade had bothered to speak to her but, she realized that, maybe her beauty was as high as she thought.

With a certain level of beauty, some stuff could be overlooked. 'Maybe, Blade really likes me but doesn't want to show it.'

Thinking this, her mood brightened as she explained.

Thrum!

"Decreased?" Blade's eyebrows rose.

"Yes, after all, Martial Lords entering the Martial King realm is all about comprehending the World Law so after consuming the Fire Essence Fruit, my Fire would have significantly improved in profoundness."

"I'm surprised I didn't need to restart comprehending again. It was as if comprehension had automatically entered my thoughts. As if it was innate and I was merely re-awakening a memory."

Oh!

Smirking, Blade gazed at his palms. They were still bloodied. Now that he had satisfied his curiosity that arose with Athena's cultivation base, it was time for the main event.

He was too excited so he didn't bother to have a bath! With some focus, his will descended into his space ring and it released a ray of light.

In his hand, a sword appeared. Again, another sword appeared, this one floated around him. The first sword was black and red, while the second was mixed with black, red, white, and purple.

The second sword floated around his body before landing on his free left palm. Feeling the two and the force that wanted to fuse, Blade was confused.

"So, how should I go about this...?"

"Is that two halves of a whole sword? Are those actual Origin-grade weapons?!" Athena exclaimed.

"Yeah, I got the first half from the master. The second one was a little gift given to me by a kind-hearted Peng clan member."

Blade replied to Athena who covered her body with the bedsheet. 'Truly foolish. I have explored every nook and cranny of your body you poor girl...'

"Oh, I guess you're trying to fuse them, right?" Athena asked, once again proving her usefulness as she said.

"You've got to infuse the same amount of energy in the weapon. Of course, certain requirements should be met. Firstly, the sword and the person infusing energy should be the same."

Saying this, she stopped. Looking at Blade with a pair of apologetic eyes, she said.

"From what I sense, the weapon is of the darkness element. Someone like you wouldn't be able to fuse them. After all, you use the Law of Lightning."

Blade snickered coldly and replied. "Just tell me all the requirements."

Hah... Sighing, Athena continued.

"After the first requirement is accomplished, the second would be for at least one-half to accept the cultivator as its master. Of course, the other half needs to be masterless."

"The final and easiest of the tasks would be infusing Law power into the weapon. The Law power must be perfectly synched with both weapons. When they fuse, it'll incur the wrath of the Heavens!"

"Most would be destroyed but, the especially strong Origin-grade weapons would be reborn!"

Kekeke.... Hahahahaha!

"Good good!" Jumping to his feet, he walked toward Athena, kissing her on her forehead and causing her to cutely wince, he disappeared, leaving a dazed Athena.