The Finale - Part 1

It was the day of the finale of the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament. The day that everybody who had attended the tournament had been looking forward to. Though it was a tournament with lots of surprises. At first everybody thought that Ling Yun of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa would be in the finale and win. But instead, he lost to Xia Qingyue in the semifinals, who herself had surprised everyone when she hid her true strength. The finale of the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament did not have a disciple of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa participating in it. The Burning Heaven Clan had been kicked out of the top 4 of the Blue Wind Empire for the first time since the tournament's inception.

But the biggest surprise of them all came from the Blue Wind Imperial Family's participant, Mesa Uchiha. Traditionally the Blue Wind Imperial Family would rank at the bottom end ranking of every tournament. But this time it was certain that they would win, because their participant, Mesa Uchiha, was a monster to put it lightly. Everyone there were incapable of judging his strength according to their standards. His speed, strength, abilities, powers and most crazy of all, his weapons and most notably, Mjolnir, was so out of the ordinary for them, that they couldn't judge his true potential. But one thing was very clear, he was way of everyone's league. The disciples from the Four Major Sects were nowhere near as monstrous as he was.

And so the final match of the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament would consist of Mesa Uchiha, representing the Blue Wind Imperial Family against Xia Qingyue, representing the Frozen Cloud Asgard.

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Night, the previous day, a few hours before Ling Yuefeng left to try and see Chu Yuechan.

Xia Qingyue sat beside the lotus pond in their courtyard. The restlessness visible in her eyes. Tomorrow was the day that she would fight against Mesa in the finale, but after seeing what Mesa had done during this tournament, she had second thoughts. She remembered the day he left back at Floating Cloud City. He had given her the Heavenly God Spiritual Veins and cleansed her body of all the leftover cold energy. After he had done that he left, but promised her that he would see her again and that they would both be stronger at that time. This whole time, she had gotten much stronger than she had expected and thought that the next time she saw Mesa, she could show off her true strength to him. But to her and everyone else's major shock, the power, abilities and most of all, his hammer Mjolnir, that Mesa showed during this tournament made her reconsider fighting him.

As she was lost in her mind, a figure silently showed up next to her. Looking at her, Xia Qingyue stood up and bowed: "Greetings, Senior Master."

Chu Yuechan nodded and then extended her hand to her with a green bean in it: "You used your Domain today and slightly wounded your vitality. At this rate, you will only recover 60% of your energy by tomorrow, but after taking this bean, you can completely recover."

Xia Qingyue looked at the bean in Chu Yuechan's hand with questioning look on her face: "Uhmm… Senior Master, what is this bean in your hand?"

"Mesa Uchiha gave this to me for you. It is called a… Senzu Bean. Apparently it is a mystical bean filled with immense rejuvenating properties that can, when eaten, completely recover one's energy and heal nearly any wound one has." Said Chu Yuechan.

Hearing this, Xia Qingyue was astonished and didn't take the Senzu bean: "Senior Master, I cannot take this. If it is true, then this is a priceless treasure that shouldn't be wasted on me."

"That is what I said to Mesa Uchiha as well. But his answer was, and I quote: 'Don't bother with it. I have thousands of these beans in my inventory. At this point they're just like candies. If I can give one to Xia Qingyue to use, then I would at least use these damn things.'" Said Chu Yuechan as she put the Senzu bean in Xia Qingyue's hand. Listening to her, Xia Qingyue was silent and didn't know what to say as she stared at the Senzu bean in her hand dumbfounded.

"I know exactly how you feel. I had that exact same face when Mesa Uchiha gave me this bean for you. So my advice is, just do as he says and eat it. This is not the first time he shocked everyone and I believe it won't be the last time." Said Chu Yuechan in a bit of a tired tone.

Listening to her, Xia Qingyue realized that she was right, so she just took the Senzu bean and ate it. Mesa did shock everyone multiple times and it wasn't very likely that he would stop any time soon. Immediately after she swallowed it, she felt all her energy returning to her and all the small wounds and aching muscles she suffered from her match with Ling Yun just disappeared.

"Tomorrow, when you go up against Mesa. Just do your best. The very fact that you've made it this far is already amazing enough. So just do your best tomorrow and don't give up. You have already done an amazing job by defeating Ling Yun. I am proud of you." Said Chu Yuechan as she placed her hand on Xia Qingyue's shoulder. Xia Qingyue just didn't know what to say, she a sense of pride bubble up from deep within, even though she had practiced so hard to keep her emotions in check for so long.

As Chu Yuechan and Xia Qingyue were having this moment, sounds of footsteps could be heard outside of the main gate of their courtyard. Soon, a voice echoed out: "This one is Xiao Sect's Xiao Kuangyu. I would like to meet the Fairy of Frozen Moon, 'Xia Qingyue'... This one does not have any other intentions. It's just that I have a frozen jade hairpin which suits the Fairy of Frozen Moon. Only when matched with the Fairy of Frozen Moon, would this treasure not be wasted. And also..."

Not wanting to hear his drivel any longer. Chu Yuechan, with a wave of her of her hand summons four huge and angry bears made of ice that surrounded Xiao Kuangyu and growled at him, who upon seeing these ice bears was frozen in fear in his place. Seeing the way the winds were blowing, he blew a hasty retreat from there. Even though his face was twitching with anger, he did not dare to say anything. He had no option but to forcefully clench his teeth as he angrily left with a flick of his sleeve.

After Xiao Kuangyu had retreated, Xia Qingyue was puzzled at the kind of attack Chu Yuechan used. As far as she knew, the Frozen Cloud Arts were incapable of summoning animals made of ice.

"Senior Master, w-w-what was that?!" Asked Xia Qingyue shocked.

Chu Yuechan turned around and just when Xia Qingyue thought she would leave, she said: "This is the True Ice Arts. It is a new Profound Art that Mesa created intended to replace the Frozen Cloud Arts. It is more powerful than the Frozen Cloud Arts, but has none of its drawbacks."

Listening to her, Xia Qingyue mind went numb. Mesa created an entire Profound Art himself! Just what else was he capable of?! Seeing that her mind was in turmoil, Chu Yuechan came clean to her.

"I know that you have like a million questions on your mind and let me tell you what happened. Previously, I left the Frozen Cloud Asgard to hunt for three Sky Profound Cores so you can refine the Frozen Heart Liquid Jade. When I obtained the third profound core, I accidentally got poisoned. After that, I met Mesa and he helped me cure the poison, and I ended up owing him a favor. As part of the favor, I had to accompany him on a journey. 1 month later when I returned to honor the agreement, I ended up staying six months with him. During this time, Mesa had created the True Ice Arts, helped me break through into the Emperor Profound Stage and promised me, that he would make the Frozen Cloud Asgard as great as the Sacred Grounds."

Xia Qingyue did not make a sound for a long time, for she was unable to believe everything she had heard.

"I have told you this, but I trust you keep this to yourself." Said Chu Yuechan sternly.

"Yes." Xia Qingyue nodded, who was still bewildered at everything she was told.

"In exchange, can you answer a question of mine?" Asked Chu Yuechan.

Today, Xia Qingyue had an unreal feeling, what with Chu Yuechan talking so much. She nodded: "Go ahead Senior Master, please ask."

"When I taught you Frozen Cloud Arts, I checked your awareness and found out that you did not really like to train, but had a very strong desire to obtain greater power. Can you tell me the reason why?" asked Chu Yuechan.

Xia Qingyue was startled, and a deep sadness appeared in her eyes.

"Because of... my mother. Father and mother's meeting was very magical. When father met mother outside of the city, she was in a coma and her entire body was covered with blood. After she woke up, she did not have any of her memories and her body was extremely weak. My father took care of her and nursed her back as best as he could. It was during this time that they fell in love and they ended up marrying each other. But because her body was still weak, giving birth to me was very difficult and I narrowly escaped death. When I was four years old, mother suddenly regained her memories and she left. Like a fairy, she flew away and left. When she left, she hugged me and my brother while crying profusely, saying that if she didn't leave, she would bring calamity to the whole family. She said that where she was going was a place called the Domain of the Gods. It was a place that we could never get to. After that, even though father stayed strong, I often see him shed tears quietly when he was alone. After more than ten years, he never remarried. Brother was so young and ignorant, but as he grew up, the thing that he envied the most, was that others people had mothers." Said Xia Qingyue with a deep pain in her heart and traces of tears forming in her eyes.

"Domain of the Gods? Can't say I have ever heard of it. Do you have any idea what kind of place this is?" Asked Chu Yuechan with a puzzling frown on her face.

"No, I haven't. I have researched many ancient books, but I never encountered this name." Said Xia Qingyue.

"Heeeyyyy…" Said Chu Yuechan with a 'sudden inspiration' face. "This may just be a crazy idea, but maybe Mesa knows about the Domain of the Gods."

Xia Qingyue looks up at Chu Yuechan with a face full of questions: "Senior Master, what makes you say that?"

"Because of his hammer, Mjolnir. Remember what he said about it." Said Chu Yuechan.

"Yes, I remember. He said it used to belong to the… god… of… thun… der." Said Xia Qingyue slowly as the realization dawned in on her and she looked at Chu Yuechan in shock.

"Yes, exactly. After this tournament is over, ask Mesa about the Domain of the Gods. Maybe he knows something about it. It's worth a try, wouldn't you say." Said Chu Yuechan.

"Yes, you're right Senior Master. It is indeed worth a shot." Said Xia Qingyue a little elated.

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The next day, at the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa's Sword Discourse Arena.

"The final battle of the ranking tournament: Blue Wind Imperial Family's Mesa Uchiha, versus Frozen Cloud Asgard's Xia Qingyue. Both contestants, please enter the Sword Discourse Arena!" Ling Wugou declared loudly at the center of the Sword Discourse Arena.

Walking up the arena, Mesa had his Akatsuki coat on, with his right hand hanging out of the zipper area. There at the arena, he came face to face with Xia Qingyue. It was visible to him that she had forced herself to come up to the arena and fight him. Even though her face looked emotionless, he could see traces of nervousness and fear in her eyes and her body was even lightly trembling.

"Just do your best today Xia Qingyue. You have already done an amazing job by getting this far. Just do your best and don't give, ok?" Said Mesa to her, calming her down a little.

"Blue Wind Imperial Family's Mesa Uchiha vs Frozen Cloud Asgard's Xia Qingyuu. Let the Battle Begin!!"

Immediately after the signal was given, Mesa put Xia Qingyue in a genjutsu, freezing her on the spot. Taking off his Akatsuki coat, people could see the Boosted Gear underneath it and it started shining with a bright red light, enveloping Mesa.

RED DRAGON EMPEROR: BALANCE BREAKER

BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!

Taking on the Balance Breaker again, Mesa calmly walks over to Xia Qingyue. Everyone was collectively holding their breath. Xia Yuanba was trembling with anger, thinking Mesa was going to humiliate his sister in front of everyone. The other members of the Frozen Cloud Asgard were also trying to contain their anger. Right after Mesa told Xia Qingyue to do her best, he freezes her in place and now he wanted to humiliate her like this in front of everyone. But to everyone greatest shock, Mesa places his hand on her shoulder and then…

TRANSFER!

Suddenly, Xia Qingyue's strength level jumped up. From level 3 Earth Profound Realm all the way up to level 3 Sky Profound Realm. Everyone jumped up from their seats in shock. They had all seen it when Mesa previously used the Boosted Gear to raise his level of strength instantly, but now he transferred it to someone else. Xia Qingyue was most shocked out of everyone. Suddenly she felt her level of strength make an enormous jump, just like that.

(A.N.: When he uses the transfer ability, it takes 2x BOOST to make someone else jump 1 level.)

"Now then, this should make our battle more interesting. And just in case you're wondering. No, that power-up is just temporary. It will be gone within an hour and you'll be back to your normal level of strength." Said Mesa.

As the battle was about to begin, the eyes of those witnessing what just happened took on a greedy glint, which Mesa had already counted on.

'Now then, with this their greed should be at an all-time high. This should make the trip to the Heaven Secret Basin Realm much more fun.' Thought Mesa to himself in joy as he took out his sword, a long katana and dispelled the Scale Mail to take his stance.