Chapter 22 :Red Planet

"No one knows exactly why that place is so special, but there's a rumor that the place is the prison of a scary demon. A demon that can destroy the Heavenly Realm if he gets out. Thankfully there is a barrier that's keeping that demon trapped forever!" Mengchan said with a serious look on her face.

"A barrier that's keeping a scary demon trapped? What is this all about? How come I was never told about this?" Xu Liang muttered as he fell in deep thought.

"So you know why father went there?" Xu Liang inquired.

"I apologize but I don't know that. Thought I can guess that something really serious must be going on there. In the last few years, many important people have been going there regularly. Goddess of Medicine and Illustrious Emperor went to the planet twice in the last two years while War God Zhen often goes there. Even his majesty had gone there quite a few times." Mengchan further continued.

"Hmm... Looks like things are actually bad. What can be happening there..." Xu Liang let out as he fell in deep thoughts.

'Wait a minute! Didn't Goddess of Medicine say something about a barrier weakening? Barrier... Red Planet... Demon... Oh, fu**!!! So that's what's happening. It would truly be a disaster if that trapped demon is really that strong and escapes.' Xu Liang's expressions kept changing as he kept figuring out more and more.

'But is there something I can do? If father is unable to stop it, then what can I do?' He walked back and forth with a perplexed look on his face.

"Alright, you can go now. Tell me when father comes back." Xu Liang told Mengchan.

"Yes, master."  Mengchan nodded her head as she left.

"All I can do for the moment is to try to increase my strength!" Xu Liang muttered as he sat on the ground. He began his first cultivation after waking up from his coma.

This world had many cultivation realms that one had to go through to reach immortality. Each Realm had 9 stages.

The lowest level of cultivation realm in the mortal world was Body Refining Realm. A Body Refining Realm Cultivator was able to have a lifespan of 80-100 years.

The next realm was Spirit Establishment Realm. It provided a cultivator with much more strength and a lifespan of 150 years.

The Gold Core Realm came next which was followed by Earth Realm, Sky Realm, Heaven Realm, Saint Realm and so on...

While the Earth Realm Cultivators could live up to 300 years, a Saint Realm Cultivator was able to live up to 2000 years.

The Realm that came after the Saint Realm was said to be the realm that provided a person with immortality! Although it was called immortality, it was actually only 5000 years of lifespan. It was said that to gain true immortality, a person had to reach the true peak of cultivation.

While a mortal was born without any cultivation and had to start their cultivation from the Body Refining Realm, the kids from Heavenly Realm and Demon Realm were born with the cultivation of Earth Realm since the moment they were born.

As Xu Liang was a mortal, he had to begin his cultivation from the first stage of Body Refining Realm. Even after starting from the beginning, Xu Liang had managed to shock everyone as he was the youngest person in the heavenly realm to break through to the saint realm. 

Despite being born with Earth Realm cultivation, no heavenly realm kid was able to break through to the Saint Realm before they turned 25, but Xu Liang had not only done that, he had, in fact, reached the 6th Stage of Saint Realm. Even after a long coma, Xu Liang was still only 24.

This was why he was considered as the no. 1 genius of the Heavenly Realm. Citizens of the Heavenly City liked him despite him being an outsider.

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Xu Liang began his cultivation as he focused his mind. He was cultivating using the 'Myriad God' Cultivation Technique. It was a skill that Heavenly Emperor himself made after modifying his own cultivation technique so that it could be Suitable for a mortal to cultivate.

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The night passed as morning arrived. Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu finally returned to his palace with War God Zhen.

"Your Majesty, you are back!" Mengchan let out as she noticed then.

"Hmm...? What are you doing here so early?" Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu inquired with a doubtful look on his face.

"Hmm? What's he doing here as well?" Before she could reply, Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu let out as he looked back.

"What are you doing here little brother? " Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu said with a smile.

"Of Course I'm here to check on nephew Liang. I heard that he woke up." Illustrious Emperor stepped towards Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu. His beautiful concubine Walked with him, hand in hand.

"Really? I would never have expected you to come here for him." Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu said with a doubtful look on his face.

"Well, he may be a dirty mortal of unknown origins, but since you care for him so much, I couldn't help but worry about him as well." Illustrious Emperor said as he smiled.

"Where is Nephew Liang, Your Majesty?"  The woman walking with Illustrious Emperor said with a caring smile on her face.

"Well, since you guys are so worried about him, I'll let you see him. He should probably be in his room."

Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu said as he began walking in a certain direction. War God Zhen, Illustrious Emperor, and his concubine followed Tian Zhu.

Tian Zhu stopped in front of a room.

"Liang? " Heavenly Emperor let out softly as he opened the door but he was stunned as he found the room empty.

"Mengchan? Where's Liang?" Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu asked as he looked at Mengchan.

"His highness... He is in Princess Yue's room. " Mengchan replied as she looked down.

"Her room? Is everything alright?" Tian Zhu let out as he hurriedly began walking towards Yue's room.