Prologue: When Devils die.


    "Die Devil!" A giant covered from head to toe in black raised


    his hand letting the blade radiate flames that destroyed a mile


    in his direction. Has he lowered the blade the male figure who


    was slim reached out his hand grabbing it with his hand. The


    and around them shoot and broke apart. When the dust cleared


    the land beneath the young mans feet were the only undamaged


    areas. As the the veins in the giants body quivered and shoot


    the young man smiled and with a squeeze of his and shattered the


    blade and with a wave of the other the giant was nothing was a


    spray of mist the next moment.


    As he dusted himself of he looked up at a veiled goddess of a


    women and the coldness in his eye turned into a warm that would


    flood the world. Her eyes smiled back at him and the look of boredom


    faded as he flew to her opening his arms and taking her into


    his embrace.


    With a sharp pain in his side the pushed her away from his embraced


    and found a dagger in his sided. A look of shock and pain was on


    his face as he looked at the women whose smile had turned hard


    and cold. He didn''t have to look to know what she had done to him.


    He had transcended the heavens and was only one step away from


    attaining the power of a god but the only person he loved and


    trusted not only betrayed him but she had used the one thing that


    meant the most to them. A dagger forged with his own blood and


    essence of the fallen star. He had given her it to protect herself


    as it was only second to his own blade.


    He hit the ground with a loud thump still semi consensus starring at


    her as her face became blurry to him. He felt something warm and


    soft arms around him and reconciled the cent cherry blossoms that


    she loved.


    "Why Yuri Ming?"


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    he felt the cold drops of tears on his face.


    "Y-you killed my brother. I know you had not chose but still


    I couldn''t forgive you nor myself for loving you. I know as


    a immortal you can heal from would so I laced the dagger with


    soul dispersing medication. Your body and soul will both die hear


    my love."


    As she spoke he whom had fought from the very bottom and reach


    the heavens felt a very sad. He had loved only one women and let


    only her in throughout his entire life and in the end she betrayed


    and killed him for a man that would have raped and killed her had


    he not come along. A bitter laugh came from his thought with his


    blood that had turned black with the poison.


    It was a secret that the people of that day knew and with hid


    death would come to light when they came. Even thought he didn''t


    feel close to anyone he had help many people in his life and they


    would pay their respects. He raised his trebling hand to meet her


    now wet with tear face. He smiled softly and letting go as the


    the pain subsided and everything faded to darkness.


    Chapter 1


    With a loud shout a young sickly looking and handsome man shot


    up from his bed.


    "Master Ling Ming is awake!" A young girl voiced yelled with shock and


    a little sullenness. The boy who suddenly shot up turned his head


    looking at a young girl only around the tender age of ten and felt


    a sudden peg of pain rush to his head that sent him down to his


    knees. A rush of memories flooded Ling Ming''s head as the servent


    girl rushed to his side and laid his body back down on the mat.


    "Little Xe, where am I?" his voice was crate from dryness and


    but his eyes were clear as the blue sky. The servant girl who


    had been with the young master for the last five years faced


    turned red for and instance before she retrieved her barring and


    grabbed some water tipping it to his mouth.


    "Master after you were to marry into the Tang family the little


    miss went... out but the elders carried on the ceremony without


    her as they said it was for business." The slight paused caused


    the memories in Ling Ming had to awaken and a frown painted his


    pale white face.


    He had been the former head of the families son and was to be


    its successor but life had other plans. His father was killed


    when he was eight and he got sick halting is already average


    talent in martial arts. His uncle took over the family and his


    son who has showed talent in cultivating and was taken into


    the Torrent Flame sec had basically made his existence and hindered


    in the clan. Even thought his family weren''t a martial family since


    is grandfather generation they have slowly been head toward that


    way.


    Ling Ming wasn''t stupid and supped that his uncle had a hand


    with his fathers murder. Even if other suspected as well the


    uncle brought to many benefits to the clan that they over looked


    his deeds. The only one who even treated Ling Ming well was his


    grandfather whom had become old and sadder since his favorite sons


    death. Even when his uncle would visit with him their his grand


    father would only take him in making is stance clear. Even if


    the clan won''t punish you, to me you are not my son. This atmosphere


    took a turn when his grandfather got sick suddenly.


    His old friends family the Tangs a small merchant group that


    he help in his younger years had profited well and found a


    rare medication he needed. As thanks they asked his grandfather


    to let his promise of tieing the family together he made in


    his youth come true. Back in the day his grandfather promised


    to marry their children but they had males which prevented


    it from happening. Since their grandchildren were Ling Ming


    and the Tang granddaughter Tang Xe they could keep their promise.


    Ling Ming knew this innocent suggestion would lead to his ruin


    as it was ok for a women to marry into a family but for a male


    to do so would be stripping him of all his rights. For instance


    if he open restaurant that became successful his family wouldn''t


    get the profit only the Ming would. Even if he had children they


    would take the sur name Tang.


    His grandfather refuted the suggestion but his uncle and grand


    mother convinced him somehow. His last night their his grandfather


    who didn''t cry when his son died nor his first wife shed tear


    in front of Ling Ming. He heart ached for the old man and he


    left with a smile telling him he would live well before cutting


    ties with his family.


    The servant girl stared at Ling Ming as he was in his dazed not


    moving and inch. After a long while Ling Ming sighed and his head


    cleared. He was and ancient cultivator and at the same time a


    person name Ling Ming. Even thought he felt the giant bump on his


    head were he got hit with a rock on his arrival sending him tumbling


    down the stairs he knew he hadn''t died. When he open his eyes it


    felt like he awoke from a long dream remembering only a portion


    of it though. He sighed turned his sore head toward the young


    girl with her head down at him and a soft smile appeared on his


    lips, "Little Xa could you get me something to eat please".


    Her eye dotted up and nodded her head in a fury before running


    away. Ling Ming smiled turning his head to looked out the


    open window of the old house and smiled. "Well then looks like


    I will work hard once more reached the heavens".