The Mortal King Stage
Ken took a deep breath and exhaled a stream of purple Thunderfire. He kneeled beside the shivering and shaking woman before he put one arm around her shoulders to lift her upper body up. Keiren popped the pill in his mouth, crushed it with his teeth, and leaned in to kiss the Weaponmaster.
As their lips met, Ken focused on his lungs and a stream of Thunderfire emerged slowly from within him. The Thunderfire met the pill dust, which ignited in a green flame as it entered the women's mouth. He gently blew the mix of medicine and Thunderfire into the lungs of the woman.
A strange bluish purple mist escaped from the woman's body and gathered around them. The Thunderfire was still raging inside her, and more and more of the bluish purple mist gathered.
After he finished filling her lungs with Thunderfire, Keiren broke the kiss and took a deep breath while he opened his eyes. The bluish purple mist instantly surged into him, shocking him a little. At exactly this moment, the woman opened her eyes, meeting his gaze.
Before she had a proper chance to glance at his purple eyes, a deep purple light shot out, straight into her bright golden eyes. The next moment, the Weaponmaster began to glow purple and a 6 Armed 4-winged monster appeared behind her.
There was a giant Yin Yang symbol behind the monster, though it seemed to be suppressed for some reason. Thunder echoed through the courtyard as a lock of lightning got added to the symbol. After these two appeared, they also began to glow purple. The Lock of Lightning that sealed the Yin Yang Symbol shattered into pieces. After the symbol was freed, it emitted an overwhelming Aura of peace and Harmony.
Shyla looked at this situation with her mouth open, fascinated by the beautiful light show that lasted for around 15 seconds.
# Congratulations. You've unlocked the Skill: Emperor's Kiss. #
# Emperor's Kiss: This skill allows you to purify someone's Battle Spirit with your Thunderfire Breath. If used on a person below the Mortal King Stage, it will awaken and strengthen their Battle Spirit.
Note: Works on both genders. #
Keiren's entire body froze as he felt as if bolts of electricity were flowing through him. Amidst his shivering and shaking, his body too began to glow purple and 6 arms grew out of his shoulders. Additionally, 6 snow-white wings emerged and unfolded themselves. Purple Thunderfire covered him like an aura, forming a see-through halo that surrounded him completely.
After unfolding his wings. He flapped them once, which sent a wave of Thunderfire in every direction. Right behind him appeared a purple Thunderfire Elemental that looked exactly like the halo that surrounded Keiren.
"ROAR!!!"
The Battle Spirit roared, and a purple Summoning Circle appeared behind it, sending purple strikes of lightning onto the purple Thunderfire Elemental that seemed to strengthen it. The more lightning it shot out, the more it began to change its color, eventually ending up orange.
Ken's eyes regained clarity, and he lunged forward and grabbed Shyla. His movements were too fast for his wife, leaving her no time to react as his lips met hers. Thunderfire flowed into her lungs like a gentle breeze that touched her hair. Purple light with a hint of orange surrounded them as Keiren used his new Skill on his wife.
After the light receded, there were 6 majestic wings on Shyla's back. A blindingly white 6-winged Angel had manifested behind her, wearing a purple crown with a big orange gemstone at the top. The orange stone glittered with light, and the angel trembled as a multicolored grimoire appeared above it.
The Weaponsmaster that had regained her consciousness while being healed stared at the couple, completely confused about her current whereabouts and these people she had never seen before.
Before Keiren could say anything, his vision blacked out and his body grew limb. Shyla caught him instinctively and carefully laid him down on the ground, allowing his head to rest in her lap. A few moments later she too lost consciousness.
A wave of force erupted from Keiren that sucked in all the Knights, except Suran, and their equipment into the Eternal Realm.
Yang Yin stared at the scene with astonishment.
"What did I just witness?" Yang Yin wondered aloud.
"Oh, you're awake, that's great." Suran walked over to Yang Yin and offered her a hand to stand up.
"Thank you…" Yang Yin wanted to say more, but then she saw the beautiful wings that covered her back. "You're a Divine-Human?"
"Indeed, I am. My name's Suran Tarnum, Commander of his Majesty's Knights." Suran introduced herself properly.
"I am Yang Yin. A not so Divine Rascan-Amun." Yang Yin introduced herself in turn.
"It will be my pleasure to work alongside you, Yang Yin. Please don't worry about the Emperor and the Empress. They're simply unconscious afreat breaking through into the Mortal King Stage." Suran explained casually.
'Emperor? Empress? Mortal King Stage?' Yang Yin still did not see the reality of her situation. She was about to use her Divine Sense to get a better grasp of where exactly she was. Only when she noticed that she was unable to do so, did she notice her cultivation level that had regressed to the Mortal King Stage as well.
"WHAT IN THE NAME OF HELL HAPPENED TO ME?!" Yang Yin lost her cool after this discovery.
Four 18-Winged Arch-Angels appeared between her and the sleeping couple, blocking off the soundwave so it would not disturb the two.
"Regulate your voice, Demon!" Gabriel, one of the male angels, chided her.
"Please excuse his behavior, he's just grumpy, though it would be for the best if you could calm down a bit. It wouldn't be polite to disturb your saviors in one of their most important cultivation steps." Hannah, a female Angel, added as she stroked one of Gabriel's wings.
"We Rascan-Amun aren't Demons." Yang Yin argued with an angry glare, yet she kept her voice in check.
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Kerum, David and Richard sat around a luxurious small table watching the exotic looking egg lying on top of it. The egg originated from Kerum's System, and was apparently about to hatch, which would grant him a massive boost in power. This fact had earned him a round of curses from his two friends.
"I envy you guys. You're already cultivators, while I remain a normal person because my System refuses to acknowledge me unless I tame my first beast." Richard complained for the millionth time.
"I'll trade you my System in a heartbeat as long as you bring me Vera back." David remarked sarcastically.
"Heck, I'll give you mine on top for free, if you manage to do that. Seriously, if I meet this stupid Goddess again, I will rip her to pieces before I devour her body and soul until nothing else is left of her. Then I will annihilate everyone else who has power over Earth." Kerum spat out.
While it might seem like he had all the luck in the goddamned world of Chaosia, he would give it up in a heartbeat as long as it meant reuniting with his precious sister whose fate remained unclear to them.
While speaking, deafening thunder rang through the room and Davids and Kerum's bodies began to glow. The former glowed in a really strange turquoise light, while the latter started to glow red and golden. After a bit of time the red got swallowed up by the gold light, making it shine even more majestically.
System notifications popped up in front of Kerum.
>> The Emperor has awakened <<
>> You've been upgraded to the Level 10 <<
>> Congratulations you are now a Mortal King Stage Cultivator
You've unlocked the Golden Body of Eternal Slaughter
You've unlocked Eternal Slaughter Intent
You've unlocked your Battle Spirit: Demon of Eternal Slaughter
You've unlocked your Emperor Spirit: Fate Burning Cleaver
You've unlocked Special ability: Spirit Link <<
Similarly, System Notification appeared before David, though his were less pleasant.
# Ongoing Quest: Reach the Mortal King Stage.
Time Left: None.
Cultivation Progress: Mortal Stage (1st Layer)
Bloodline: Not activated.
Subordinates: 0
Mission: Failed.
Evaluation: Trash #
# You are an utter disgrace!
You are so slow that an ever sleeping Dragon moves faster than you.
The Emperor has already broken through, while you remain stuck in the 1st Layer of the Mortal Stage!
Get your ass up and work!
I will help you once, BUT ONLY ONCE, AND ONLY BECAUSE YOUR WAY OF THINKING IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG!!! #
# Initiate Fixing #
# Scanning Host #
# Error: Host isn't the brother of the Empress, redirecting Authority access #
#Authority: Cleared #
Upgrading Host with Bloodline.
Fate: Detected
Fate: Human God.
#Error: Missing Goddess of Fate and Benevolence #
Fate impossible
Impending Doom.
# Initiate Fixing #
Problem detected: Current body unsuitable for a Human God.
Requiring Godly essence.
Most suitable Godly Essence: Divine Human.
Starting Refinement.
Refining Body and Soul with 'Divine Human Essence' #
The moment the first notification appeared, Kerum fell in trance and David grasped his head like he got a splitting headache. Meanwhile, the egg on the table finally hatched, revealing an extremely weird 'beast'. All the time in the world wouldn't be enough to explain its appearance. It was pure chaos, as if someone had gathered every known beast and fused it into one amalgamation.
It looked around for a moment, before it transformed into a streak of light and entered Richard's body.
"Aaaah!!!" With a terror incurring scream Richard flew back and lost consciousness as well.