《Sovereigns of Thousand Stars》 Prologue *Heaven Realm* *500 Years Ago* ... On a quiet, sunny day where plants and trees enjoy the heat and light of the sun, and songs of the birds as they enjoy this peacefulness when suddenly a streak of shadow flew pass and a massive gale of wind blasted the air on the surrounding creating a shock wave of noise *Swish* Streaks of blood could be seen as they splatter on the tender green leaves of plants, not long after, these blood suddenly evaporated as it turned into a blood mist before blending on the nature on the surroundings. *Swish* *Swish* Two shadow streaks suddenly appeared on the horizon, and soon, these two streaks of shadow blasted the air on the surrounding and stopped in the middle of the forest where the first streak of shadow flew past. These two shadows as they stopped turned into figures, one is a human while the other is a humanoid beast with its head resembled of that a dragon. "That damned b*tch, she''s nimble and good at hiding tracks!" The human grunted while a cold glint appeared in his eyes as he looked around and surveyed the area finding something on the surrounding. "Cool your head, that woman can''t escape from my senses, let me give a second." Without bothering to talk again with the person right beside him, the humanoid beast closed its eyes, and suddenly, the entire world turned quiet. "So?" The man impatiently asked with his fists clenched up together, he seemed to want to beat the hell out of that woman that escaped from their sight, "We can''t lose that woman again this time! We have already lost hundreds of men because of her! If we kept losing men, we would never have a chance to obtain the godhood blessing!" "Right right, just chill and follow me." The humanoid beast shook his hands on the guy as he is not interested in the rant of this fellow person before blasting to another direction where the first streak of shadow flew pasts. ... Above the blue skies, if one looked down, one could see a figure flying directly on the clouds using it to cover her figure and increase the chances of being not found out by her pursuers. With her scattered silver hair fluttering on the wind, and an exasperated look on her beautiful face, one could see a line of blood flowing on the side of her mouth. While flying on extreme speed, she''s covering her waist with her hand as blood drips, and because of her speed, these drops of blood turned into red particles before evaporating into the air. Her figure was slim, although her clothes were bloody and dirty, it''s also full of holes and ripped holes revealing her alluring white skin. As gale flew past on her face, her brows suddenly curled up as her senses sensed something on her way. She was already tired, her powers are already on the verge of complete exhaustion because of her countless battles during the past week and being hunted by many groups of experts, her senses grew extremely sharp and sensitive, and what she had sensed right now had intrigued her. Because what she had sensed was so weak that ordinary divine sense couldn''t be detected or see. She closed her eyes for a second and when she opened it once again, her eyes dilated and turned into a slit. Soon, the vision on her surrounding seemed to be slow, and the places that eyes couldn''t usually see had now viewed into her eyes like she was standing in front of it. The place that she was looking at was a small dot, it was so little that it can be compared to the point of a needle, yet the fluctuations on the surrounding might seem there''s nothing wrong with it, but there''s actually a tiny suction force emitted by that tiny dot. "A spatial crack?" While flying directly towards it, she finds it weird that in such place there''s actually a spatial crack from who knows where this heads to. Seeing it as an opportunity as an escape route, with her powers, just below deity rank, anywhere in the heaven realm, only few could compete her on her full strength, and that''s the reason why there''s no fear on her eyes as she didn''t hesitate to directly charge towards that spatial crack. However... *Crackle* Before she could even reach that spatial crack, a gigantic lightning bolt struck on her front. Shocked, she forcefully stopped her flying and looked above the skies. "Sh*t..." Her intoxicating scarlet eyes stared on the three figures standing on a giant lotus that hovered next on the clouds. These three figures wore a golden robe with beautiful stitching and aura not weaker on her peak powers as it dominates the skies turning the surrounding very cold and calm. The person in the middle is a handsome man, while the two behind him were gorgeous women, although they weren''t alluring as the lady below them, they still held the presence of a ruler, a dominating aura. The man on the middle looked at the sorry state of the lady below him before staring at those beautiful scarlet eyes. After launching a lightning attack, he used one hand, now he retracted those and calmly put those hands behind his back. A cold smile crept on his handsome face as he looked down on the woman below, "Hehe, I told you, you can''t escape. Choose, submit yourself to me or painful death." The man lightly chuckled and waited for the lady below to answer. The lady stared at him for a second and didn''t even bother to reply before looking on the spatial crack before. Sensing that something had changed and when she found out that change on the spatial crack, despair crept up on her heart. The lightning strike earlier had struck the tiny spatial crack, and the pressure from the attack had overwhelmed the spatial crack. Thus it silently imploded and vanished on the space. The light on her eyes darkens as hopelessness had filled her heart, and her tired eyes had now finally revealed. Soon, many fluctuations on the surrounding bombarded her senses, from weak to terrifying powers, countless figures appeared on the skies and surrounded her. Suffocating pressure, made her movement cold and stiff, from now on her next action would dictate how her life would end. "Ahh, shit, the god prince is actually here... Darn it!" The guy earlier with a humanoid beast companion grunted when he looked above the skies and stared at the three figures on the floating lotus. "Well, he''s the most powerful one here so it wouldn''t be a surprise for him to find her, and from now on, he controls this situation." The humanoid dragon said as he closed his eyes, not interested in what will happen next. "..." Countless figures looked at the lady with anger on their eyes, most people that have a strong base or to say public figures because of their massive strength and power. Their killing intent shook the heavens as their aura grew like a pillar, making the surrounding even colder and unbearable to many. People who had weak cultivation flew back away from the intense pressure and looked at the situation faraway. Only Thirteen figures remained standing on the skies as they looked down coldly on the lady below. "You damned woman, you killed my daughter!" One of them couldn''t contain his anger anymore as he raised his arms, soon a gigantic pillar of light that shook and distorted the space on the surrounding appeared, "I''ll kill you!" However, before he could launch his attack, a faint killing intent shook his heart that forcefully stopped his action before looking at the person that shot that faint killing intent. "Hold your horses'' old man, this matter is on my hands now. This is a first come first serve... oh dear, I mean first come first death sentence." He couldn''t help to laugh on his own joke that no one finds it funny. "Then how can I avenge my daugh-" When that man was about to refute, a cold light flew towards him on a blink of an eye! *Ssst "AHH!" Pain ravage his mind as he screamed. He looked where the pain originated only to see, that one of his arms had actually been cleanly decapitated! Soon, blood spurted from that decapitated arm, he quickly tried to suppress everything, from the pain to the flowing blood. "Hmph! One more time, I might actually kill you no matter what status you hold!" The handsome man coldly snorted before returning his hand behind his back, he then surveyed the people on the surrounding before snorting once again, "Hmph, who wants to get their hands decapitated? Hmph! I might actually decapitate those three legs!"Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Fear enveloped the minds of the powerhouses on the surrounding as they could only suck their anger inside their throat and could only keep their mouth silent. The attack speed of the prince earlier actually scared their wits, and now many of them realize how far below them compared to the prince. Seeing that everyone is silent, he coldly looked at the lady below them once more, "Let me ask you again one more time! Submit yourself to me or death!" Due to his anger earlier, he became impatient suddenly as he shouted at her. Seeing the power of the God prince earlier, it was now utterly hopeless for her as she looked at the grand line up of powerhouses on the heaven realm, each one of them holds grudges with her and with different reasons, but one common thing is, they can''t chew their arrogance. Silently remembering the name and faces of this powerhouses, especially the god prince and the two women behind his back, she finally stored these memory behind the back of her mind and she will surely take revenge on the constant harassment they had done to her after being defeated by her if she was lucky enough to survive in this situation. "I''ll count one to three! If you don''t submit yourself to me, I''ll kill you with a painful death!" Impatience had finally consumed his mind as the god prince shouted at the lady. The lady looked down and slowly dragged herself towards the god prince. Seeing this many people shook their heads, if she really did submit herself to the prince, they really can''t do anything to her, especially the ten figures who had a deep grudge against her. "Hahaha! Good choice woman now comes here and be my bed warmer." The god prince licked his lips as he hideously laughed, he really couldn''t contain his lust for this woman anymore ever since he had first met her! When she finally in front of the god prince, she''s still looking down, to everyone, they thought that it''s only natural for her pride to be shattered, not only that, her life is finally locked in the hands of this overbearing prince who had hundreds of children of his own at such a young age. "Now come here." The God prince slowly opened his palms towards the lady in front as he smiled at her... Finally, the infamous silver scarlet demoness of heaven realm will be on my own hand! The lady looked straight and stared at the face of the god prince, seeing this close deep inside her mind she wanted to puke, no matter how handsome this person is the feeling he gave is disgusting. She slowly lifted her beautiful hand, and when she was about to grab the hand of the god prince, she suddenly jerked her hands that made everyone startled even the prince had his eyes closed because the strength of this lady is actually frightening. However, he didn''t sense something different, when he opened his eyes, the fist stopped a few inches on his face, and soon her middle finger flipped open. A smile grew on the beautiful face, before coldly saying, "This is my answer, F*ck you limpy d*ck." "Y-You! How did you know!!?" Seeing the middle finger on his face and hearing that cold voice, he unconsciously grabbed his groin, trying to protect it because his secret has been revealed! While he''s shocked at the moment, the lady using her other hand, a densely packed silver qi abruptly flew out like an energy beam, shooting straight on the god prince, she had used all of her power on this and she knew this wouldn''t do anything on the god prince with his incredible strength, she only wanted to this because she hated this man ever since she met this that made her life more difficult that lead to this day. *Bang!* A white aura exploded like a supernova creating a massive shock wave and the space around it had actually been distorted, this power alone had actually scared the people on the surrounding especially those ten powerhouses as they sensed a weak death qi on that energy beam. *Swish* *Swish* Under the white smoke of aura, two figures flew out from the smoke, and these two figures were carrying two swords, and soon, these two swords pierced the heart of the lady. She was stabbed so hard that her body actually got lifted up as it directly cut her life source, she spurted a mouthful of blood before faintly looking at the two figure who stabbed her, and these two were the other two women, and seeing their cold face and anger on their look, the lady with her face drooling blood, she actually smiled that slightly startled the two. "T-this crazy b*tch!" One of the women got frightened because, throughout her life, she had never seen such a person who had a strong will and life force! Even on her death, she actually smiled! That bloody smiling face had silently engraved onto the hearts of the two women as for this would hunt their dreams on the night. Tightly holding their sword, their energy erupted at the same time as they channel these energies towards their sword. Two beams of sword light had now actually killed the lady as her body finally slumped forward, seeing this, the two women removed the sword from her body and kicked her as it fell on the lake down below. The two women looked at the blood spreading on the lake before looking above to see the condition of the god prince. Just like what the lady had initially expected, the energy beam didn''t hurt him. However, one could see that there''s an astral image of a bone cage protecting the body of the god prince. However, it was slowly crumbling apart before falling on the skies. Cold sweat had covered the face of God prince as he looked at the now bloody lake below before realizing that there are many people here on the surrounding that are watching. "Except from the ten powerhouses today, none of you will escape!!!" He suddenly shouted that shocked the many! A massive aura erupted from the body of the god prince, and this aura was gold in color, he gathered a ball of golden qi on his hands then he released this upwards, soon, this one big energy ball turned into a small streak of cold lights before striking people who had lower cultivation! "R-run!" *Boom!* Time had passed, countless dead figures had scattered on the ground, some even got impaled by those pointed trees, as for why the prince did this, people who had a large faction wouldn''t take a risk to offend the god prince and they would naturally be kept this secret only by themselves, however, those insects on his eyes once they spread apart, his secret will also spread around the heaven realm and if he let them go, it would be a hassle to find those guys who spread his secret, such a thing is unacceptable! Thus he cuts those roots before it grows and spread around. The God prince looked on the surrounding before looking at the ten figures, he slowly opened his mouth, and a cold voice resounded in the cold and silent sky, "If one dares to speak the matter that had been spoken by that b*tch, all of you will suffer consequences!" he threatened. The ten figures on the skies quickly nodded their heads before turning their backs and blasted away and flew on their respective locations leaving the three figures on the lotus behind, soon these ten figures disappeared on the horizon. "Hmph, that woman only dirtied my clothes." The god prince shrugged his shoulders and pats his clothes. "Ho? who''s the idiot that destroyed the gate of my world?" Suddenly, a cold dominating voice resounded on the skies, and this voice alone made the three shuddered in fear! "W-Who?!" Shouted by the god prince, the three of them looked on the surrounding, however to no avail, they couldn''t find the person who spoke at them, and his terrifying aura is actually so profound that even the god prince couldn''t find the location of that man. "Here." A voice resounded near the three, and when they finally felt his presence near them, the three of them leaped backward, however, the god prince was caught as he was grabbed by the arms. "Where the hell are you going you piece of sh*t, let this uncle beat yo'' ass." The god prince shuddered when he heard this and quickly took a look at this powerful person. A guy with shriveled hair that is poorly taken care off, a lazy trimmed beard, and his odor was beyond godly as the stench couldn''t be described by a simple word. His clothing is also worn out, his red robe is inverted, and half of his chest was exposed while one of his hands rest on that robe, on his bottom, he only wore a dirty linen fishing shorts, however, what made this man actually terrifying is the berserk aura radiating from his body! Even him, the god prince of heaven realm, who only half-step to godhood couldn''t sense the bottom of this man! He seemed like an endless void! "Man~ I went out of my homeworld because some dude wants to have a business with me, only to return back with my gate closed, tsk tsk, someone really needs a good beating. So tell me brat, are you the one that released that lightning strike earlier?" His deep red eyes looked at the god prince after he lazily looked in the area where the spatial crack was before. "T-That is indeed great master, I-if I did something please tell, If you want divine treasures I can give you..." The god prince stuttered as fear had enveloped his entire being, there''s no point in arguing with this guy when he knows he can''t fight this mysterious dude. "Pfft, who would want that, I can even create those. Also don''t call me great master, call me your daddy!" "Ah wait, that sounds wrong... if those two ladies would call me like that then it would be okay...hehe, those plump butts... Ah! But you''re a dude so yuck, no way!" "Just call me uncle, and I will not kill you!" "Only I want to slap those plump butts... Ah, not yours! But to those two ladies'' hehe... Meanwhile you, on the other hand, remove one of your index fingers and I''ll let you off." This mysterious guy suddenly talked to himself, and he became quite talkative, looking at him, the three finally understood that the person they''re up against is somewhat crazy. "I-If I refuse?" The god prince stuttered, however, he still gathered his courage because with his background, even normal deity rank wouldn''t dare to offend him and yet this mysterious guy actually wanted to lay hands on his women and not only that, left his index fingers!? However, such a question quickly angered the mysterious guy as he suddenly flipped the table, his hand flashed for a second, then... *BANG!* The god prince had his face distorted and quickly lost his consciousness as he got blasted away from the horizon with his nose bleeding and a burning hand mark on the handsome face of the god prince. Seeing this, the two women gawked, knowing the strength of their prince, their eyes had almost bulged out. The two didn''t hesitate any more and quickly used all their spiritual energy to power the lotus and disappeared in an instant. Seeing this, the mysterious man looked at the direction where the three flew off, before looking at his hands with a disappointed face. With a grabbing motion, the mysterious man sighed, "Man, those asses..." Although with his strength, he knew he could quickly catch those three with a single flash, however, he didn''t bother to do so. He shook his head before looking at the bloody lake, he waved towards it with a grabbing motion and soon, a bright silvery ball of aura flew out from the lake then straight towards the mysterious person. This mysterious ball of a silvery aura is floating above his hand, the man smiled, "What a crazy girl, giving her last middle finger flip on the face on the half-step deity before her death, truly a mad lad, this only need proper grooming. Since you impressed this God of Madness! I''ll let you live in my world with a new life! I hope you would rise on my magnificent and the craziest creation that I created!" If one knew, that this mysterious person was the God of Madness himself, they can''t be certain that the fate of this poor soul would actually strive on the world that God of Madness created, because, it was said that the world he had created was much worse than living on actual hell... The God of madness smiled before letting go of the ball of silvery aura, this ball of aura is actually the consciousness of the Silver scarlet demoness of the heaven realm. The God of madness waved his hand, and soon his berserk power forcefully ripped the fabric of space on the position where the tiny spatial crack located at. He first guides the ball of light towards it and letting it get sucked before following. When he entered, the void shrunk into a tiny dot. Soon, the area had once again, turned quiet as the wind softly blew past the trees and plants... Two Days Before the Battle Royale *500 Years Later* *Year: 3042 Day:228* *Great Green Cliff: Hundred plains." ... Clear blue skies dominate the sky, with only the sun rising above, one could feel the heat during this summer. On the vast green plains, countless tents could be seen, and thousands of people on this small patch of encampment area had gathered. However, one would notice that the majority of these people were all children that range from ten to fifteen years old! Although there are still many handful amounts of adults, they''re here to motivate their children by slapping their children''s head to have their minds quickly get used of fear and pain, such crude method but it actually works! And such treatments to the children were praised by the many. These people were preparing for their children on a worldwide event that would take place on the central continent where beasts live. This event was special because during year 3040, the god of madness, their domain lord ordered his men to have a special competition for the people of his world and give them a chance to have meaningful gifts for the winners of such event. An event that will take place on the central continent, on year 3042 on the day 290. This event is called the ''road to hell'', because this event, only children from ages 10 to 15 could only participate, and what made people love this event and got hooked to it was purely because of madness and craziness because this event is a survival competition, where their children had their cultivation suppressed and kill each other or kill beasts to obtain points for five years. These points, when gathered, would determine the position of the player''s rank on the competition, the more points accumulated, the more chances of getting an award from the God of Madness. These thousands of children will ride flying beasts with the size of a lake, and each child will only be given a divine consumable item, and that is a bird feather enchanted by the god himself, as for it''s effects and purpose many have crazy speculations that made people excited. There are total eleven regions in the world of Great Green Cliff, the central continent will become a battlefield for these children, and this battlefield would be divided into ten areas where players from the ten regions would take place. The battlefield would shrink by inch every day, and before the grand final, each region should have at least ten participants left before they are allowed to enter on the grand final. And because of this, many children have started creating factions, each faction has ten members as they were guided by their adults for their strategy on how to win the event, and the higher-ups allowed this since children would run on the wilds like a headless chicken. And this is the reason why children are scattered around the encampment area from the southeast region of Hundred plains to recruit members for their factions. ... On a busy road around the encampment area, three small figures could be seen running on the streets, two boys and one girl. The three of them are swift and very nimble as they pass every nook and cranny places quickly. One of the boys has dark hair, dark eyes, he wore a loose black linen shirt and shorts, with leather handguards, shoulder guards and knee guards, and a small knife tucked on his leather belt. While the other boy had a brunette hair and dark eyes, he wore dark linen pants while wearing light leather armor, and behind his back, he only had a small broad sword. Meanwhile the young girl behind them had much better equipment than the two, she wore a white linen dress and leather chest plate, and she also have armors on her joints of her body while a silver rapier was attached on her waist, her hair was blonde in color while her eyes were blue, she actually looked cute. "Do you think we lost them, Ray?" The boy with brunette hair asked while the three of them are running away from someone. The boy named Ray, laughed as he shook his head, "Hahaha, I don''t think so, those bastards had always wanted to beat the sh*t out of me, whoa!" "Hey! That''s dangerous you damned brats! That''s cool but..." "Sorry, old geezer!" Ray had almost hit a person as he waved his hand while still running. "Pfft~ Ray you suck!" The girl behind them laughed. "Oh shut it, Kate." Ray shrugged his shoulders, "Our pursuers are probably catching up." He took a peek behind his back, soon what he had noticed is countless figures running towards them, while different types of bandanna covered their foreheads. "Speaking of the devils..." "RAY JOIN TO OUR BESTIALITY, IT MEANS BEST FRIENDS WITH ABILITIES!"Stolen story; please report. "Shut it! I have a weird feeling about that!" "THEN RAY FORGET THESE IDIOTS, JOIN US, THE GREAT BEARS!" "F*ck that! Your naming sucks!" "NUH-UH, F*CK YOU TOO, WE''VE SPENT TIME ON THINKING THIS!" "KATE!!! FORGET THOSE TWO DUMB IDIOTS, JUST JOIN US TO ALL GIRLS DAWNBREAKER!" "What the frick! Why those girls have awesome group name! You guys compared to these girls, ya''all sound sissy!" On the already crowded place, multiple figures of children created havoc on a narrow road on the encampment area, even the adults couldn''t help to run on the side of the road while cussing on these children. The three of them looked to each other before nodding their heads, soon, the three of them pumping their qi inside their body, the three of them suddenly increased the speed leaving the mob of children behind. "Madness! The three of them are already in qi condensation rank!?" One of the children shouted in amazement. "Follow them! This what makes them worthy of being one of our comrades!" The leader of the great bears shouted to his companions. ... Far away from the encampment area, there''s a small hill covered by trees, behind the cover of these trees, three small figures are standing facing each other, these were naturally Ray and his friends. "Ray, do you think we finally lost them?" Kate asked as she leaned her back on the tree. Crossing his arms, Ray smiled as he nodded, "Yeah, pretty much, those guys haven''t even started cultivating so we naturally had the advantage to escape with this guys and it''s a good thing that we didn''t join those because if we joined those factions, we would be forced to take the lead and handle those weaklings, it''ll be a hassle and will only create hatred if we ever make it out successfully." He sighed. "I really hate when you speak like that, sounds lame." Mark shrugged his shoulders before wryly smiling at Ray, "But still that makes sense." "Well we can''t do anything about it now, our life is on the line this time, so we better have to be careful." Ray shook his head as he sighed, even himself, he wanted to do something crazy with those factions since it will be amusing. Kate whose been listening to these two boys finally stepped forward and crossed her arms, "So, what''s our plan now, we only have two days to prepare." She asked. "Easy, we will be a team of our own because we had the highest chance of surviving in this game if we teamed up. Now, for the last game, we can only force ourselves to join the last faction." Ray explained as he smiled. "Wow, that plan is so crude." Kate rolled her eyes before smiling. "Hahaha, whatever! I like that plan, there are many risks you know! That''s the amazing thing about this plan." Mark laughed while patting Kate''s shoulders. "Whatever, the craziness of the two of you is what I really like." Kate laughed softy, and on that moment, the two boys had their face locked towards that beautiful face of hers, the two of them couldn''t help to blush. "A-Ahem." Seeing their stupid faces, Kate cough before turning around with a pink tint on her cheeks, "A-anyway, I''ll return to my camp now, let''s meet tomorrow." She didn''t look at the two and quickly walked away while waving her hand at them. After she left, both Ray and Mark looked to each other and noticed what their expressions have created, and the first one to lose was Ray as he laughed loudly, "BAHAHAHA! What kind of face is that you looked like you have been shoved in the dirt to plow the land!" he pointed on the face of Mark. "Hahaha, dude shut it, you''re no better than me." Mark laughed and slapped Ray''s hand as he shrugged before walking away. "E-ey! Wait up!" ... As the sun sunk in the horizon, darkness filled the skies as stars show its brilliant lights bringing the beauty of the night skies. The entire encampment area had also lit upbringing a beautiful scenery on this great plains. Far away from the encampment area, two small figures sat on the grassy hills as they enjoy the view on their spot. Ray and Mark were naturally these two figures, looking on the scenery of this place, the two of them couldn''t help to remember this place and would naturally come back on this place to enjoy the landscape once more if they ever got out or returned alive from the upcoming event. They want to remember this not only because of its beauty, but also for its peacefulness because once they enter the battlefield, they wouldn''t be able to enjoy this scene as they have to be wary on their surrounding, and the ground would be littered with dead bodies. After the long silence, Mark broke it as he gave a long deep sigh. Noticing this, Ray looked at him and asked, "What''s the matter?" "..." Mark didn''t respond immediately as he stared at the stars before looking at Ray seriously, "If I die on the battlefield, can you please take care of my mother? Not only that but make Kate also happy..." He said faintly that Ray could only hear. Ray had his eyes enlarge when he heard this, he quickly grabbed Mark''s shoulders, "Dude, you can''t say that we will survive this and the three of us will escape-" He wanted to assure something only to be cut off by Mark. "Ray, we can''t ignore the possibility of getting killed, we''re not that powerful yet, and there''s a great chance that we will encounter powerful players there. I might die, you might die... Even Kate might die..." His voice was faint; however, it was hoarse. "..." Ray was silent, and the pain on his heart slowly crawled on the tip of his heart. "That''s why I want you to promise me that you will take care of my family and Kate if I ended up dying in that place..." Mark looked straight to Ray''s eyes. Ray closed his eyes before nodding his head with a sigh, soon a cold glint appeared in his eyes once it opened up he assured Mark, "I will do that. However, I will never let you die in a place like that, even Kate!" Mark smiled as he shook his head, "You''re really amazing man, fear in a mad lad like you are really on the back of your head." "Of course, if I fear something I will end up dead or weak, we can''t be consumed with fear on this world, we will never grow and will end up being suppressed by the strong, fearing something is not an option." Ray turned his head towards the encampment area while faintly saying that. Hearing this, Mark looked at Ray... I''m glad that I have a friend like you... I''m really pathetic compared to you, Ray. "Oh well, let''s meet tomorrow." Mark stretched his body before standing up, he looked at Ray with a smile, "I guess I have to train hard, I can''t lose to a man like you, I''m afraid that Kate will end up choosing you." Ray laughed as he stood up while shaking his head, "Whatever man, Good luck." He threw a fist towards Mark while he did the same. The two fists bumped before walking away as they separated. Ray, while walking towards his camp, he looked at his palm before clutching it tightly... I will never let someone important die quickly... If they did, I will show them what real fear is... Auxilary Chapter: Cultivation Cultivators in the world of Great Green Cliffs use a unique type of energy called "Mad qi" because it was the most abundant energy in this world. Mad qi has a double edge sword effect, the pros of cultivating such energy are that it boosts the strength of the cultivator by a factor of 2 and strengthened the will of such cultivator. However, the cons of cultivating this type of energy are that it consumes the sanity of the cultivator and the higher the rank of the cultivator, the higher the chance of that person being insane/maniac. That''s why most people on this world fear to continue their cultivation when they felt that they can''t control their sanity turning them insane, and this is the bottleneck of most people who cultivate the ''Mad qi'' However, this is not the end of the line for cultivators who use the power of Madness. The solution for bottleneck is only for people who had the ability or talent to control another type of energy. And this energy is called ''Spiritual Energy'' as the name suggest, this type of energy originates in the spirit of the cultivator, the purpose and uses of this spiritual energy is to stimulate and enhance the mental ability of a cultivator, there''s even a myth that when spiritual energy had reached a certain stage, one could manifest this spiritual energy that could be used for offense and defense of a cultivator. If cultivator had the ability or talent to cultivate their spiritual energy, one can ascend to their current rank and break the bottleneck and ascend further. The stronger the spiritual energy, the higher can one reach the heavens while cultivating a unique type of qi. There are four initial stages of cultivating the madness qi: 1. Qi condensation Stage - This stage is where cultivators start, the cultivator at this stage had the ability to refine the energy on the surrounding, such as ''Mad qi'' and thus the start of making people insane, at this stage, insanity is mildly noticeable. 2. Foundation Stage - One can ascend to this stage if the cultivator had gathered a massive amount of energy to create their dantian/energy field/ elixir field. At this stage, due to the amount of absorbing the mad qi, Insanity can be noticed depending on how strong their spiritual energy.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. 3. Core Formation Stage - One can ascend to this stage once the cultivator had triple the amount of energy they had gathered to build their foundation and start forming their core. A Cultivator''s core is the heart of cultivation, once destroyed they wouldn''t have the ability to cultivate again. This core is important as it automatically absorbs and pumps qi on the body of the cultivators around their meridians, thus enhancing the physical capabilities of the cultivator. The amount of Mad qi to create a core is enormous enough to make people insane, this is where most people start to have their cultivating mad qi to a stop. 4. Nascent Stage - One can ascend to this stage when they can finally manifest and control their ''mad qi'' out from their body for various uses. At this point, this is the threshold people can cultivate their ''mad qi'' if they forced themselves to cultivate their mad qi without cultivating their spiritual energy, they would either turned into a brainless insane person (Like a zombie) or explode to death. After the initial stages one must have the ability to control or cultivate their spiritual energy, cultivating their spiritual energy have nine stages, as such, there are another nine stages when cultivating their mad qi. Spiritual Energy Stages: 1. Gula Stage - Control over frustration and have the power of self-healing. 2. Anat Stage - Control over anger and have the power to use treasures that required spiritual energy. 3. Tanit Stage - Control over fear and anxiety, enhances vision and smell. 4. Isis Stage - Control over apathy, enhances five senses 5. Neith Stage - Control over hatred, gains that ability to use spiritual sense (sixth sense). 6. Psyche Stage - Control over ignorance, enhances the mind to improve physical skills. 7. Kore Stage - Control over obsession, can manifest spiritual energy in physical astral powers. 8. Hestia Stage - Control in all emotions, gains the ability to communicate through the mind. 9. Hekate Stage - Legendary stage, where the current God of Madness had achieved. 10. Still far away to be discussed (This is a secret stage) 11. Still far away to be discussed (This is a secret stage) 12. Still far away to be discussed (This is a secret stage) True Madness cultivation stages: 1. Qi origin stage - Fatal concentration of Mad Qi is absorbed. 2. Soul stage - Will obtained soul of madness 3. Punishment stage - At this stage, one would face trial by fire, Mad Qi would go rampant trying to devour its hosts, if the cultivator failed to control this berserk qi, one would transform into Mad King they would turn into a brainless zombie but hundred times stronger and even cultivators at sky stage can hardly deal with them. 4. Spirit stage - Will be able to obtain spiritual of own madness. (like a spiritual clone) 5. Sky stage - Gains the ability to fly. 6. Mad emperor stage - Gains the ability to use mad domain. 7. Mad sovereign stage - Can create small space pockets. 8. (Not needed for now) 9. (Not needed for now) The Last Day of Peace Year: 3042 Day: 229 Great Green Cliffs: Thousand Plains ¡­ As the sun rose on the horizon, the once quiet encampment area had now once again started to get busy, and this time, people are more eager to do their job, especially the children as they could only enjoy this last day before departing towards the central continent where the battle royale will take place. On the east side of encampment area, there''s a small camp with a black banner with a white butterfly knife impaled on fruit as their logo. As this banner flapped because of the breezy and fresh wind, the tent below had been opened. A large person with a well-built body walked out the tent, not only that the aura he radiates was also intimidating. He had black eyes and black hair; he had a beard, and his eyes were fierce. As he walked out of his tent, he took a deep breath before exhaling slowly. "Good." He mumbled, he looked towards the tent on his front, "That brat is still not awake yet?" He walked towards that tent, and when he was about to open the tent, he stopped in the middle of doing it. Soon, a smile crept upon his serious face, and his aura suddenly went berserk as he released his qi. Making a grabbing motion on his hand, a small amount of berserk aura compressed above his hand, creating a ball of qi. "Son, wake up!" He shouted, however, he was ignored. "Waaaake uuup~!" He shouted once again, like before it was ignored again. "Alright you little sh*t, Eat this breakfast!" The man laughed as he swung his hands towards the tent, and the ball of qi flew towards the tent with incredible speed. *Bang!* Soon, the voice of youth screamed in pain, "AHH! Dad, you almost hit my wiener!" Hearing this, the man outside the tent laughed, "Hahaha! That''s what you get!" when he was about to grab the tent to enter inside, a figure leaped out. Ray, who had his face running with cold sweat leaped out. He then clenched his fists and launched a punch contained powered by qi with his qi condensation level. Seeing this, the man smiled with his eyes closed. While shaking his head, he lifted one of his hands, and with a swift move, he slapped Ray on the head. *Bang* Ray''s entire body slammed on the ground before even having a chance to hit his father. "You still have a long way son before you could beat your old man to death." Ray''s father smiled satisfyingly. "Oh yeah? Then try this!" As soon as Ray said that, the qi on his fist turned into a streak of light before directly hitting the groin of his father. "You- Argh! My balls!" Instantly feeling the pain, Ray''s father quickly grabbed his groin area before kneeling on the ground with a *thud*, now both father and son were kneeling the ground. "Hehe, you old bastard, how''d you like that huh?" Ray laughed. "Y-you damned brat, I''ll beat the sh*t out of you if I end up being eunuch!" Still feeling the pain on his groin, he couldn''t act against his son as he could only clench his hand while his body was intensely shaking, not because of frustration but the pain itself. "Shut it you old womanizer, let that be a good lesson, I bet mom would want that heh!" Ray laughed before standing up and quickly dashed away from his father. It wouldn''t be any good if he stayed here, if his father got recovered from the pain, he would surely make his ass ripe as an apple. Seeing his fleeing son away from him, his anger in his eyes dissipated and soon it turned into a soft wry smile as he shook his head, although there''s still a pain in his groin he could only kneel on the ground for a moment before he could stand up. "Haha, Mary, our son is really a mad lad¡­ I hope your spirit can guide him." He laughed before softly saying. ¡­ Ray lightless, he was a young master from a small clan and was born on year 3028 on the day of 24. Due to his birth, his mother suffered from losing too much blood, which leads to her peaceful death after seeing the face of her baby. His father, Jordan Lightless, is a 34 years old clan patriarch, he had decent cultivation reaching to Nascent stage, where many considered it as the peak of what ordinary cultivators can obtain. Cultivation on this world is complicated that will always be needed to be balanced, there are four initial stages on cultivating a ''Mad qi,'' Mad qi is a unique type of heaven and earth energy created by the god of madness himself. Since the world is purely made out of mad qi, it is only natural that the most abundant energy on this world is a mad qi. People in this world cultivate this energy to be a cultivator, as long they have the will to become strong and dream of being able to reach heaven and look down on people, one can become one. However, being a unique type of energy, this energy is not considered ''friendly.'' Because this type of energy has pros and cons. The advantages being able to multiply the strength of a person by a factor of two and have their will strengthened, however, the disadvantages are, it consumes the sanity of a person, the more they absorb this mad qi, the more power they obtain they get more insane. However, one can bypass that problem if the cultivator has the talent or skill to harness another type of energy, and that''s spiritual energy. Every living thing has spiritual energy inside them, this type of energy can be controlled and cultivated that would further help to cultivate the mad qi. There are nine stages on cultivating spiritual energy, and so there are also nine stages on cultivating the true mad qi, from qi origin, soul stage, punishment stage, and so on. (A/N: You can just look at the auxiliary chapter for further explanation.) Ray''s father, Jordan, had reached the stage of Nascent stage of cultivating mad qi, for ordinary cultivators, this is already a great feat. Unfortunately, his talent on cultivating his spiritual energy is worse, and because of that, he can''t further cultivate his mad qi, afraid that it would turn him into an insane person and losing himself in the process, in fact, he was already lucky that he can still sustain his sanity despite being on the last stage of initial cultivation of mad qi where most people had turned into mindless insane cultivators. This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Ray was born with average talent, which is a little bit better than the ordinary cultivators. Although he doesn''t have a fantastic background as for both of his parents are ordinary cultivators, he can still be proud because he has a strong will that ordinary people can''t compare to. If his father is to describe him, his answer would be, "He has the balls, and it''s made out of steel." Jordan is an adventurous cultivator only to stop when he finally has a family, although he lost the half of his heart, his love remained because of Ray, the fruit of their love with his wife. And Ray, like his mother, loved to listen to the adventures of his father. And because of that, he told to Jordan that one day, he would tell his own experience to his father and show how great he had become on the process, so that Jordan and his mother, Mary, would be proud of him. Ever since he had promised that it was also the day that Ray practiced martial arts and study cultivation before initiating on absorbing mad qi. Because of his strong will power and understanding of the qi, his initial path on cultivation flows smoothly. ¡­ Far away from the encampment area on a small hill, a small figure was sitting cross-legged as Mad qi on the surrounding was smoothly flowing towards Ray''s small body. Inside his consciousness, he was looking at a vast lake of red qi, this is the madness qi that he had accumulated on these past years. He needed to accumulate a vast amount of Mad qi to form his foundation so that he could finally create a much more stable and secure dantian. While he''s smoothly absorbing the mad qi, two small figures were approaching towards him. These two were naturally Ray''s friends, Mark and Kate. "As usual, he''s still cultivating." Kate sighed when she noticed Ray before approaching him with Mark right beside her. The two of them sat on the ground facing Ray while sitting shoulder to shoulder and looking on the quiet and calm Ray who''s sitting like an unmovable mountain, they can''t help to think that the two of them are facing a great buddha, and what first came to their mind was like a marriage. The two of them couldn''t help to have their heart palpitate wildly, and light blushes appeared on their cheeks. They didn''t dare to move, afraid that he/she might find it rude, so they were in a helpless situation hoping that Ray would wake up soon. ¡­ Couple minutes had passed, both Kate and Mark had almost steam coming out of their head, and both are sweaty! They really want to separate now however they can''t! "You may now kiss the bride." Suddenly a familiar voice spoke out, the two bodies jolted when they heard this, Kate was the first one to move away from Mark before shouting at Ray, "Y-You! Have you been always awake!?" "I don''t knooow~?" "What kind of answer is that!" Kate finally couldn''t take it as she grabbed Ray''s collar with both of her hands and shaking Ray intensely. While letting himself being dragged by this girl, he couldn''t help to be lost in thought, thinking that the two of them actually have a mutual feeling but afraid to admit to. He really couldn''t help to feel bad on liking this girl¡­ I guess I can only give up this time. He couldn''t help to smile, his smile was smooth, one could tell that he had somehow lost something but accepted it at the end¡­ A smile of acceptance on losing a battle. And the girl who had been almost choking him saw this smile. "Ew! Why are you smiling like that, did you lose something important?" Kate pushed Ray away. "Yeah, you." ".." "What?" "What?" "What did you say earlier? I didn''t hear it." "I said you are fat." "¡­" "Okay Ray, you really wanted some good beating huh!" Kate had her fists cracking, and when she was about to pounce Ray to beat him, Mark interrupted as he laughed. "Hahaha, you two just stop, you''re making me jealous." "Oh! So you wanted to be beaten up huh!" Kate had her eyes enlarged as she looked at Mark before moving her fist away from Ray, turning it towards Mark. "Oh! Mark, I never knew you''re such a masochist." Ray acted as if he had found something disappointing and poked fun of him. Hearing this, Mark quickly slashed out, "You''re a masochist! I''m out of here!" ¡­ Hours had passed, the three of them sat on the hill facing the encampment area, and on the horizon, one could see the orange sun slowly sinking the great plains. "So this is the last day of our peacefulness huh." Ray silently muttered that only Kate and Mark could hear. "¡­ Yeah." Both of them nodded, they couldn''t help to have a heavy heart. Starting tomorrow, everything will be difficult. The three of them went silent for a couple of minutes. Kate looked at her side, her blue eyes were staring on his two friends, sensing her gaze made the two looked at her, "What''s the matter?" Ray asked while smiling. "Nothing, I just want to remember the faces of my shitty friends." "Then I want to remember that fatty face of yours." (Ray) "Wha-" (Kate) "Not fair! I want to remember that crooked nose of yours!" (Mark) "What did you say!?" "Oh please madam, please forgive these filthy peasants for lying." Both Mark and Ray play as they acted. "You better be! If you keep making fun of me like this, hmph! I might find someone else!" Hearing this, both Ray and Mark are alarmed as they quickly stood up. "H-haha, come on Kate, that''s a joke." "Y-yeah, you''re the cutest female friend I have." "Hmph, say''s the guy who doesn''t have friends other than us!" Although Kate was joking from the start, she couldn''t help to enjoy seeing these two actings towards her. Kate looked at Ray who''s scratching his head in embarrassment, then looking at Mark who''s secretly trying to hold back his laugh, remembering this face well on the depth of her mind, she couldn''t help to giggle swiftly before giving them the most beautiful smile that made them gawked¡­ Sigh¡­ I really love you guys¡­ Benefits of the Event Day 230 During the night, children who would participate in the event "Road to Hell" didn''t get much sleep as nervousness flood their entire being. Thinking about the upcoming event in the morning, thoughts flood their minds on what will happen to them by the time they were dropped off in the central continent. Thoughts like dying, betrayal, and surviving, they just couldn''t help it. However, things are different from Ray. The way he sees this event is an opportunity and a challenge. He thinks this event is exciting, but he knew the dangers of this event, and just like everyone else, he was also nervous before and was scared of death. But after hearing the inner thoughts of his friends, he was determined that he would protect his friends, and the three of them would leave that place alive and well. However, to do this thing, he needed strength to support his desire. Fortunately, the event would have their cultivation restricted, and every participant is no different than average humans. Because of that, he temporarily stopped his cultivation and spends his time with his father. Ray constantly inquired his father on how to survive in the wilds, what strategies, and what needed to be done to survive every day. As he was treasured by his father so much, Jordan imparted the knowledge he had on surviving carefully. ... "Since I''ve taught you how to make simple traps, everything is settled." On the lightless family camp, on the main tent, two figures are sitting while facing each other. Jordan had been explaining and pointing out important things that needed to be considered by Ray. "Thank you, dad, I will definitely remember these words," Ray said seriously when he was about to kowtow to his father he was immediately stopped by him. *Pak!* "What the hell are you doing! That''s so lame!" Jordan slapped Ray on the head. Scratching his head, Ray laughed dryly before looking at his father. Despite being slapped, he didn''t mind it as he was used to it, in fact, he was glad that his father remained the same without worrying about him. Looking at his father, he noticed that he was smiling softly. "Son, take care of your friends." Jordan faintly said, he did not need to tell his son to take care of himself, he is a man, and he should know his responsibilities as a man. He trusts his son that he would definitely survive till the end, and would reap the rewards by the time he returned home. He didn''t need to doubt his son, because he is HIS son, he knew him well. And Ray, understand behind the words that his father told him as he nodded. "Don''t worry Dad, I won''t disappoint you." "I will never be disappointed to a mad lad like you," Jordan smirked as he stretched his hand, then rubs Ray''s head. Savoring the last bit moment with his father, he nodded before slapping Jordan''s hand, "Hehe, Dad, When I returned, I will definitely beat yo'' ass!" Ray laughed while pointing at his father. "Ho? Then I''ll wait for that day, just don''t blame me if your ass exploded!" Jordan accepted the challenge while laughing. "Excuse me, sir. lightless." A faint female voice startled the two before looking towards where the sound came from. Both Ray and Jordan noticed two small figures standing at the entrance of the tent, they were naturally Kate and Mark. The two of them are standing outside with a faint smile on their faces. Kate respectfully bowed at Jordan before fiercely looking at Ray, "Ray, we''ve come to pick you up, the time is up, people are already assembling outside." She said. "Ah, right..." Ray nodded before looking at his father. Jordan nodded then looked at the two small figures outside the tent, "You guys be careful out there, the crucial thing to remember is ''teamwork is the most important in group survival.''" "We will remember this, sir. lightless." Both Kate and Mark gratefully bowed their heads. "Also, If this brat misbehaves, feel free to beat the sh*t out of him!" Jordan laughed as he pats Ray''s shoulder as he pushed him towards his friends. Ray gawked when he heard this, but he didn''t refute and just let it pass.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. "Oh, we will, sir!" ... Away from the vast encampment area, there''s another large patch of grass fields. On this area, countless children, mostly teenagers, stood in place waiting for something. Many are still coming towards this area, and when Ray and his friends arrived, they couldn''t help to get stunned on the number of people in here. Multiple colorful banners can be seen, these were the group of factions that had been recruiting members to increase the chance of surviving the event. Although it was a good plan, it will never work, for two reasons. One, these group of factions are all inexperienced children. Two, their leadership skills are lacking, they established these factions with the help of adults as such when the group went disarray, it will doom them. Ray also knew these, that''s the reason he continually refuses to join any factions because of those two reasons. "What are we waiting here?" Ray asked Kate. As for the three of them, Kate has the most significant influential character while Ray on the bottom. As such, Kate naturally knows the whats and whens. "Father said that sovereigns of Mad palace will arrive here with two ancient flying rays," Kate''s blue eyes blink while looking on the sea of people as she explained, "Those two ancient rays were said to be the size of a large lake, so it''s undoubtedly gigantic." Kate tucked her blonde hair behind her ear before pointing on the specific direction above the skies. Both Ray and Mark looked at the direction where Kate was pointing at. Surely enough, both of them can see two giant shadows behind those big clouds. Because of the size of these shadows, the two of them gawked loud enough to make people around them to notice this. Soon one after another, people began to notice this, and so the noises started to intensify. As these people looked towards the giant shadows, these two shadows were approaching extremely fast. Soon enough, the wind vortexes that it created immediately wiped away the clouds on the surrounding showing the true size and appearance of these two giant flying beasts. "Woaaah!" People screamed in amazement with their eyes bulging out. Even the three couldn''t help to get stunned with their smiles twitching. "Madness, that''s so cool... I want to own one." Ray shook his head in amazement. "Madness indeed, I feel the same." Mark nodded his head while staring at those two giant beasts. "Aren''t we all wanted to own one?" Kate scratched her head helplessly as she sighed. ... Above the skies, just above those two giant flying rays, three figures are flying as they guide these two flying rays. Of these three figures, one is a woman wearing beautiful red robes, her age was in the middle age, but despite the age, her appearance was still young and fresh. She has a black ponytail hair, and her lazy eyes are crimson in color. The aura she releases was terrifying, it was visible on the surrounding if one gets close to her. If she were to be compared to Jordan, it would be like comparing the size of an ant to a moon. Behind her back were two old men, both have already white hairs, and both wear grey robes. Their status compared to the woman on their front is visible, their aura is considerably weak compared to her. "Saint Rose, we''re almost there." One of the two old men notified. The woman in red, called, Saint Rose, nodded before lazily said, "Good, let''s finish this quickly and drop these kids on the battlefield." The two oldmen nodded their head. The three of them disappeared in the skies. ... Soon, these three figures appeared above the crowd of children in a blink of an eye as they float. Seeing them not only shocked the children, they retreated back quickly, letting these three powerful beings land on the ground. These three figures quietly land on the ground, as soon as their foot touched the ground, the woman in front suddenly released a massive amount of aura as she scanned the area. Her aura was terrifying to the point that people who already cultivated mad qi, have their knees limp, making them fell on the ground. Leaving those who had not cultivated standing. Even the adults far away had their wits collapsed and some barely standing because their spiritual energy is weak. The trio, Ray, Mark, and Kate had already cultivated mad qi and is already on the verge of forming their foundation, and thus the amount of their mad qi they have absorbed in their body was already significant enough to turn them crazy if their spiritual energy is weak. They had almost passed out, only to withstand it because the swept of aura earlier was extremely fast, but that small amount that they had sensed had actually can make them passed out if they weren''t prepared! Cold sweats appeared on the many, although her actions are somewhat provoking, they were still consumed by their amazement. "Madness, so this is the realm where true mad qi is being cultivated." Ray wiped his sweat while staring on the woman before them. The woman who released her aura closed her eyes before nodding in satisfaction... Good, there''s some acceptable amount of talent on this group of children. Her lazy and beautiful eyes opened, "Let me introduce myself to you damned brats, my name is Rosalia Redwoods, titled Saint rose, I am one of the eleven hands of the God of Madness, and I am the region lord of this region, and I will be the one sending you brats in the central continent. But before that, these two old dudes will explain the rules and the event itself. That''s all!" She introduced before closing her eyes once again with her arms crossed. When people heard her name, title, and power, all of them are shocked! A true sovereign! To think this young looking, and hot woman is actually a true sovereign! Now knowing her true identity, everyone looked up to her as if she was their hero, eyes full of reverence. The two oldmen behind her back stepped forward and began explaining. "As all of you know, this event is the order of the god of madness himself, not because for fun, well, he does seem to enjoy this, but he has other reasons, such reason is classified and will be explained by the end of the event. This event is necessary for the future of our world because of reasons, the event is called ''road to hell.'' It is called like this because one of you will fight to one another to obtain points which can lead to deaths or if you don''t want to kill someone you can try killing beasts instead and each beast have five points each. One can give up, by shouting, "I am a disgrace to my ancestors!" however, you''ll only be allowed to give up when you obtain twenty points. The purpose of points that you have obtained can be exchange for materials, such as divine weapons, cultivation methods, techniques, heavenly pills, and etc. that will provide excellent benefits for your cultivation once the ''road to hell'' is finished. Of course, you can only transact these points for items by the end of this event five years from now on. Also, you won''t be able to transact with items when you give up. Now, I will be explaining the rules and how the event will play out."