XLI

'What a dream… that was the most fun I had in a while.' I sat back on Blitz's seat, recalling my 27 assist night and then that crazy ass dunk to finish the game. I was dishing that ball like peak Magic Johnson throughout. Then the whole inspirational speech from my boy Xiao Jiantian to end the night? Even now, I felt pumped.

Though… was it really a dream? 

'Be the King…'

…

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Name: Rokas / Long Ke

Alias: Lord Phoenix God, Brahma Heaven God Emperor's Direct Disciple, Qianye Ying'er's Fiance

Race: Chimera

Identity: Brahma Heaven God Emperor's Direct Disciple

Age: 22 → 23

Timeline: 6yr, 6 months, 6 days → 7yr, 11 months

Profound Strength: Sovereign Profound Realm III → Divine Spirit II

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[Stats]

Comprehension: A+ → A++

Strength: A

Endurance: A++

Agility: B++

Profound Energy Quantity: A → EX-

Profound Energy Control: A-

Luck: C

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[Confidants]

The System (The World): 7

Jasmine (Fortune X): 6 → 7

Cang Yue (Lovers VI): 10 (MAX)

Murong Qianxue (Moon XVIII):  4

Xia Qingyue (Hanged Man XII): 9

Li Suo (Empress III): 4 → 5

Feng Xue'er (Hierophant V): 4

Xuanyuan Wentian (Death XIII): 3

Huan Caiyi (Emperor IV): 3 → 4 

Qianye Ying'er (Magician I): 0 → 4

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[Abilities]

Secret Ability: Consume

Special Ability: Inner World A → Divine Inner World A+

Unlimited Energy Works F-C

Sigma Male Grindset B → B+

Profound Handle B- (Orange)

Star God's Broken Shadow B+ (Fifth Stage)

World Ode of the Phoenix B

Golden Crow's Record of a Burning World B

'EVERYTHING!!!' D+++++

Shared Growth A

Perfectly Balanced Blue Water B+

Poisonous Blazing Water Arts A

Shapeshift B

Charm B

The Great Way of the Buddha B (Fourth Stage)

Ice Flame A+

Essence of Creation A- → Essence of Creation A

Divine Heavenly Tribulation Lightning: A+

Great Splendorous Brahma Shadow B- (Beginner stages)

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[Bloodlines]

Complete Bloodline: Nine-Headed Divine Chimera A+

Divine Powers: Brahma God Divine Power, Sea God Divine Power

Laws: Fire, Water, Lightning, Darkness

Misc: Berserk, Divine Authority, Poison

Complete legacies: Phoenix, Blue Dragon, Dragon God, Golden Crow

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'Only through diligence may the heavenly procrastinator grow'

The Trial of Space awaits.

Meditation/Comprehension Goal IX: Dedicate fifty thousand hours towards the Profound Way (26,939/50,000)

(Reward: Trial of Time)

Dual-Cultivation Goal VII: Seduce Qianye Ying'er

Reward: System Confidant Rank

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[Playing 'Do What I Want' by Lil Uzi Vert.]

'... Man.' Rokas smiled slightly. 'This does bring me back.'

As the distance wasn't exactly close, even the Blitz took quite a while to reach the Moon God Realm. The Trans-Am from before had slightly impacted its performance as well.

[System: Boy, I started from the bottom. Made my way to the top. Boy, I'm going to keep winning… sing along fam.]

'I'm good.' Rokas chuckled.

[Playing 'Number One (Vocal Version) from Bleach le Anime.]

Rokas raised an eyebrow as he noticed that the audio changed.

'You're playing outside of my head?'

[System: Yessir, Gundam Radio ish. Now you won't look like a weirdo singing to yourself <3]

'There's a music player in here?'

[System: Who said I needed one?]

'... This shit hitting fr though.'

…

"Now you feel like number one, shining bright for everyone. Living out your fantasy, the brightest star for all to see. Now you feel like number one, shining bright for everyone. Living out your fantasy, you're the Brightest star there's ever been."

[System: That's the spirit!]

"Ahah…" Rokas chuckled. "You're not pulling that one and expecting me to stay silent forever."

[System: What about this one?]

[Playing 'All of me by Big Gigantic.']

"Don't remind me of those NBA 2K18 days."

…

"I try to evade it but can't, I know you're far from a Saint, but I keep lying to me…" Rokas paused. 'This shit hitting too close to home.'

"When my intuition got me in a mission, we see eye to eye but you ain't in my vision. Oh, no… I said oh no. Back in the day I used to say a girl like you was all I wanted, I used to pray for days for…"

"Now I'm out here like way more. What the fuck would I stay for? Why the fuck would I pay for it… something that's going to kill me?"

'Though, I can't say its been six months… hasn't even been a week.'

[System: Next song…]

[Playing 'Age of Aggression, cover by Makulah.]

'Who…?' Rokas raised an eyebrow. 'Oh… ooooh. I remember her.'

[System: Hood classic for real.]

…

"Down with Ulfric, the killer of kings. On the day of your death we will drink and we will sing. We're the children of Skyrim, and we fight all our lives. And when Sovngarde beckons, every one of us dies. But this land is ours and we'll see it wiped clean of the scourge that has sullied our hopes and dreeeeams. Ahhhh…"

Rokas' voice cracked slightly.

'How the fuck does she do that? She really is built different."

…

After the solo karaoke session which seemed to last for an eternity, Rokas decided to relax a bit.

"You can control the Blitz, can't you?"

[System: Yes, certainly. You take a nice break.]

'I don't like your choice of words… rubbing me the wrong way.'

[System: You totally wouldn't wake up Chi Wuyao's lap ;)]

'... What's with you and leading me into the prison of powerful women?'

[System: Kinky. Besides, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. She'd take good care of you and raise a proper ruler.]

'You mean a fitting pet? What I want is a breath of fresh air.'

[System: A breath of fresh air is hardly better than having your face in some boobas, is it?]

Rokas rolled his eyes. 'How are you hornier than me?'

[System: You weren't that much different… shall I bring up your nigh endless search history?]

'I just… need time for myself. Not another problematic woman.'

[System: Alright, I got you.]

'Really?'

[System: Rest up King.]

'Nah, actually… I'm good. Don't even feel tired. Just, flying in a straight line for so long is pretty boring.'

[System: Then I'll auto-pilot, you lazy bum.]

'Bet.'

…

[Playing: 9Dragons - Heavenly Demon Alternate OST 'Land Alive']

While the system piloted his gundam, Rokas focused on creating new weapons to add to his arsenal. In his inner world, he already had an entire armoury full of shit he never used. The purpose of said weapons were… well, to look good. Creating had become one of his favourite hobbies as there were little restrictions as to what he could make.

That was once the allure of writing… to create what he wanted. Some loved it, others disliked it. But… in the end, he always did it for himself. The praise was nice and all but did criticism really matter? Was he making money out of it? Hell no. In the end, the stories that came from his time and effort were the greatest prize.

As long as he had a good time writing them… that's all that mattered. Though, his nature always kept him to a certain standard where he couldn't help but care what others thought. He didn't want to put out something he wasn't proud of.

After so long, it was time to get a sword that wasn't a Gundam. He certainly had the profound energy for it. If anything, a sword required far less.

He was extremely tempted to make a katana… but the nostalgic soundtrack led him to another road. Unleashing his nearly endless profound energy, he compressed a vast portion of it and compressed that portion once again. He completed this process over a dozen times, refining the profound energy almost perfectly and strengthening it as much as possible. After that… it was all about shape.

'We do a bit of blood magic.'

Rokas spit out a decent amount of his blood, adding it to the mixture.

Slowly but surely, the form of a dao sword became visible from the raging red profound energy. Or as he liked to call it… the Heavenly Demon saber. Its blade was shining white without a single stain, unveiling a sense of divinity and superiority. Its aura burned with endless rage and ferocity like few weapons could.

In regards to aesthetics, it had a smooth royal purple tassel at its end, several large golden rings at its upper edge and a distinct crimson gem above its black guard. The handle was also mostly black with crimson markings 

'I think that I've outdone myself this time.'

Rokas observed as the sword landed on the ground vertically, smashing deep with barely any effort. With such a simple gesture, it had already created a crater!

Approaching it slowly, he moved his hand to grab its guard.

'Ayo?'

However, his efforts of lifting the blade made him believe that it was a mountain… not a sword!

'Your bitchass has no right being this heavy!' Rokas raised an eyebrow, using both of his hands this time. And yet… the result was no different.

'… I'm being violated by my own sword. This is brilliant.' Rokas thought sarcastically.

He stepped back a bit, taking a deep breath as his raw strength surged to far greater heights. Using the most out of his berserk aspect without harming himself too much, he went over to lift it again.

This time, it budged… slightly.

'...'

"Ahahaha." 

Rokas stepped back, laughing a little. His hands were sore red from trying… bruised, even. 

'How am I supposed to train with this?'

Even lifting it with profound energy was impossible.

'Bastard.' Rokas sighed, opting to create a vastly inferior version which he could genuinely use. 'One day, I'll lift you up to the fucking sky.'

"Weakling."

Suddenly, a voice rumbled in Rokas' inner world.

"Who's talking?" Rokas questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Imagine forging a blade and being unable to lift it! Hahahahaha… hahahahahaha!" 

The Heavenly Demon saber elevated from the crater, seemingly moving on its own.

"How could a weakling like you forge a mighty blade like myself!?" 

Rokas frowned, stepping back slightly. 'Is it forgetting who its daddy is?'

'Divine Authority!'

Focusing his Divine Authority on the blade, he managed to cease its movement. After all, the blade had been made using his blood. 

"What… ugh… I've been sealed?!"

"I don't know what to do with you… not only are you too heavy, but you also have a willful nature." Rokas stroked his chin. "Hmmmm… should I shatter your blade and reforge it?"

"Shatter… me?" The Heavenly Demon saber chuckled. "You can barely lift me, how would you shatter me?"

"I'll teach you a good lesson, boy." 

"Hahaha, what can a weakling like you do?"

Rokas moved the Titanic Sea God Cannon closer, warping his Inner World slightly as he did so. It was empty from the previous firing so he took a deep breath, letting out every ounce of profound energy in his body and propelling it into the cannon.

"Wait… wait… we can talk about this!" The Heavenly Demon saber suddenly began to worry. "Is it really worthwhile using all your profound energy just to break an insolent sword like me?"

"If my own sword won't obey me, then why should anyone else?" Rokas questioned. "Besides, I recover rather quickly… I can't say the same for you."

"We can talk about this…"

"You want to talk now? It's a little late for that."

BOOOOOOM.

The cannon fired directly onto the sword, focusing its fire at a single point… and eventually shattering the entire blade. From the aftermath, only the hilt remained alongside a tiny portion of its blade.

"What do you know, there's still some energy left in the canon." Rokas remarked, turning away. 'Guess I'll have to make a weaker sword next time… I got too ambitious. Still, I didn't expect it to have a will of its own. Nothing else I made so far has had something like that. System… why is that?'

[System: When you made that blade, you poured your soul into it… literally. Added with your blood, growing profound strength, the sheer amount of profound energy you put into such a small thing and advanced essence of creation, it created a living thing.]

'My soul? How much of it?'

[System: Not an amount to worry about as most of it was excess soul energy. Though, I wouldn't make a habit of doing it.]

'Why exactly did this weapon receive my soul, though? I don't recall doing anything differently.'

[System: You did it naturally, by wishing for the blade to be as strong as possible.]

'What a waste then…'

[System: I wouldn't say it was. I'd give it a few days for it to restore itself.]

'Right… well, it better have learned its lesson by then.'

~

In the final hours of the flight, Rokas took time contemplating how he should approach his entrance to the Moon God Realm. The two main ways were using Blitz's stealth features or his status as direct disciple of the Brahma Heaven God Emperor. Considering the complicated relationship between the two realms… he decided it was best to go with the former.

The crosshairs which would suddenly appear on his ass from being the one to shag Qianye Ying'er weren't worth it. Especially with the crown prince…

[System: Are you really shook when it comes to a first level Divine Master?]

'Be the King…'

Xiao Jiantian's words echoed in his head.

'Wait, the Moon God Realm's crown prince is ONLY a DM1?'

[System: You forgot?]

'He ain't shit.' Rokas chuckled. 'I can pick his little ass up and throw him straight in the dumpster.'

[System: From the cockpit of Blitz.]

'From the cockpit of Blitz.' Rokas nodded, grinning slightly. 'I ain't changing my appearance for someone that weak. Hell, I'm taking his bitch ass out from the start.'

…

Blitz landed on the Moon God Realm and instantly made use of its sniper and range extender, targeting the Moon God Realm's crown prince. White lightning surged from its GN drive straight into the rifle, charging up for an entire minute.

Though, for a moment, he considered it a little extreme to kill him without the Crown Prince having done anything wrong to him directly. Explaining it to the Moon God Emperor wouldn't be too easy, either…

[System: Fun fact… he may or may not have groped Xia Qingyue in canon. There was an attempt.]

He didn't need to hear any more.

'Pack his ass up.'

Rokas pressed on the trigger.

ZOOOOOM.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.

The Crown Prince's palace went up in flames… as everything within was incinerated, including the crown prince Yue Xuange. Before long, everyone's attention turned to the source of the lightning. However, there was nothing there.

'You know, explaining why I killed his heir is gonna be a bit difficult… but that's the only downside. I'll figure it out when I get to it… the prince would've caused me too many problems regardless. Then again, I can play it off. No one saw me do it, did they?'

[System: You're becoming more of a menace by the day.]

'Maybe… but it's one less problem to deal with.'