Emperor and Trial

After entering the cave, we were suddenly surrounded by bright light. After that light faded, we looked around to identify the face. I then looked for Ning'er and relieved since she was with me. I then said, "Let's first look around to identify this place and find clues to get out of here.". I used observation haki to fullest to scan this place. To my dismay, there was only one way and that to goes deep to center of the cave. We then started to walk towards the center of the cave. It was a cave of unknown origin. The soul energy was rich here than outside. There were some murals carved on the cave sides but I couldn't find the meaning for those. Suddenly when we reached a path, the fire lamps started to lit showing the path. I scanned but found no traps.

We then travelled the path showed by the lamps. Since there were no traps, we were slightly relaxed but still kept our guard. At the end of the path, there was a bronze gate standing majestically, radiating ancient aura. The gate was carved with many murals, but what surprised him was some had shapes of planets and some races which was felt similar to him but couldn't place a finger on it.

I touched the gate gracing through the patterns and engravings. Suddenly the gate has opened slowly yet gracefully. We both were stunned but immediately positioned ourselves for guard against the opposite side of the gate. I equipped with Monkey king spirit which surprised her. I then released the soul force of Gold rank. I looked at her and saw expressions of awe, pround and bitterness. I told her, "Sorry Ning'er for not telling about my real strength. I will talk to you after this trip is over. And don't think that you are dead weight. You are far too important person for me, and your cultivation was stagnated due to poor method and disease. If not you would have reached this realm before me. So don't blame yourself.". I then caressed her cheeks.

We then entered, passing through the gate and suddenly the scenery changed. We saw a throne room decorated with skeletons sitting on them. The room was somewhat damaged, and some chairs were destroyed. They saw a few skeletons sitting in some of the chairs and were looking at one direction. Next moment a powerful force stormed at us.

The pressure was suffocating enough make us kneel. I tried to withstand the pressure but no avail. My bones started to creak under the pressure. I then used my adapting body to adapt the pressure. The pressure was enough to make us think as ant. I overcame some obstacles and without my consciousness a speck of arrogance stated to root. But from this pressure, I was able to understand that I was a frog in the well. The skeleton must be from the draconic realm cultivator. He must be one of the powerhouses in the realm when he was living.

To defeat these kinds of people, I must never back down. I once vowed to become the strongest being and for that, I must never back down. I might be an ant in front of them, but even an ant can defeat an elephant with determination. Something inside me broke and now my haki had a breakthrough. With clear mind, I started to refine the pressure to improve my cultivation. My cultivation started to soar. I reached the pinnacle of Gold rank and was a step behind to reach the black gold rank. I then circulated the soul force around Ning'er to ease the pressure.

Third Pov:

A booming voice then heard by them. "Well done youngsters! well done. To able to withstand 10% of my pressure itself is an incredible feat for you. This generation indeed has its geniuses" , the voice praised them. The voice sounded old but it was majestic. Tian immediately saluted, " Many thanks for the praise senior and helping this junior's cultivation to black gold rank. If senior doesn't mind, may I know the senior's name?"

The voice laughed and then said,"Your breakthrough is your own achievement. What I did was a catalyst to spark your potential. My name is Emperor Lin Ming, who once stood at the pinnacle of this world with my legion at the draconic realm. What are your names youngsters?".

Tian immediately replied, " This junior name is Long Tian and her name is Xiao Ning'er. We are from the glory city, which was formed after the age of darkness as a last stronghold for humanity against the external threats. Is the senior was in emperor realm?".

"Hahaha!! So humanity had survived the age of darkness. And yes I was at emperor realm but now, I am just a speck of remnant soul waiting to pass the inheritance. How do you know about the emperor realm youngster?". Then Tian explained that he read the information from ancient books and about different realms. Ning'er was at a loss since this is new information hearing about cultivation above legend rank from them.

Tian then asked, " What happened to the senior and his legion? Why did the senior become the remnant soul?". Suddenly the room was laced with thick killing intent for a second and then went quiet. He then said, "I was once hailed as a genius in my era. I became legend rank at age of 14 and my law lies in Space and time.". Hearing this Tian was shell shocked since Time and space was a profound law that was difficult to follow and understand. Yet he has specialized in that field. He must be a hell of a genius(Sorry for language).

The emperor continued, "And I became emperor at age of 30. I was also hailed as a genius in the draconic realm. I made many contributions to humanity, and some willingly followed me. I helped them with cultivation and in a few years they became a powerhouse and we formed 'Azure dragon legion'. we protected the humanity from the beast clans. But one day it changed. The villainous sage emperor made a divination that our legion would be a threat to him. So he sent his deity rank followers and beast to annihilate us. He himself came in person to attack us. At that time, I found an eccentric Daoist named Kong Ming."

This made Tian shocked that kong ming was the owner of Temporal Demon spirit book and Thunder God meteorite sword. He is a mysterious man even in the novel. The author never really mentioned him in the book. He was also the one who set 5 inheritors to fight each other to obtain full inheritance of kong ming.

"We often changed notes and became good friends. He was also well versed in space and time laws. Together we tried to defeat them but alas, the greed of other emperors on Kong ming's book and treasure of mine, created an infight among us. He lost around 7 pages of his book. Sage emperor used this opportunity to attack all of us and manage to defeat us. But he was also in bad shape. We made him weak to an extent he had to recuperate for thousands of years. I lost most of my legion. We took all our treasures and came to the tiny world waiting for a worthy successor. We waited for a long time for a successor and now heavens answered us by means of you. Will you be able to inherit our wills and fight the sage emperor or will you leave now? If you wish to obtain our inheritance, you must pass through a trial? Are you willing?".

Tian immediately replied, " Senior, My ambition is to be the strongest existence standing at top of the world. For that ambition, I have to face the sage emperor anyway. I will accept your inheritance and will face the trial."

"Ooh! Do you wish to stand on top of the world?. A worthy ambition, Worthy to be my disciple only if you pass the test. Now be ready to face the trial. In the meantime, I will teach her and help her in her cultivation. From what I see, she is willing to give her life for you. This kind of determination cannot be seen in anyone. Now stand and be judged!".

What kind of trial will Tian face? Will he pass or fail? In the next chapter of Tales of Demons and Gods:reincanation.