《Rebirth of the Heavenly General》 The Betrayal In the Heavenly Realm, where all kinds of Heavenly Deities live their daily lives, a shocking event had just taken place. In front of the Imperial Jade Palace, where the Jade Emperor, the Ruler of the Heavenly Realm resides, a great crowd was gathered. The main subjects of the crowd were the Jade Emperor who was standing in front of her Daughter, The River Goddess and beside her was standing a Colonel of the Heavenly Army, Song Baoshen. The Jade Emperor was confronting the General of the Heavenly Army, General Yang. The General Yang was a tall man, with long white hair tied to pony tail. He had sword like eyebrows, a defined jaw and a pointed nose. The General had an eye patch on his left eye and he was wearing a golden armor and his entire being was exuding heroic aura. "General Yang, what is the meaning of this?" The Jade Emperor asked in a severe tone. Just a few moments ago, he had heard his daughter; the River Goddess''s scream which alerted him. When he came to the scene, he saw Song Baoshen, a Colonel of the Heavenly Army standing in front of his daughter, with his sword drawn and standing opposite to the General of the Heavenly Army. "Your Ma-" "Esteemed Father, serve justice for me. That man had barged into my room and was forcing himself upon me, and if it weren''t for Colonel Baoshen, I wouldn''t have been pure anymore" General Yang opened his mouth to answer the Jade Emperor''s question but he was interrupted by the River Goddess. Hearing the River Goddess''s words, the Jade Emperor was incensed and he looked at the General furiously, ignoring the fact that his daughter had just called someone by their name. "Let me explain Your Majesty-" "No, you don''t need any explaining General Yang. You were my most trusted and loyal subject and if you had asked for my daughter''s hand, I would''ve given her to you and showered you both with my blessings but you dare to lay your hands on my daughter with malicious intentions?" "I, the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Realm, Ruler of the entire World, herby strip you of the Honorable Title as the General of my Heavenly Army which you have sullied and hereby sentence you to eternal life in the lowest rungs of the Hell" The Jade Emperor''s voice resounded throughout the Heavenly Realm, leaving every single soul in it completely shocked. General Yang was one of the most powerful Deity in the Heavenly Realm and for him to be given such a punishment, the matter was not as it seemed at all. General Yang himself was appalled. He had been utterly loyal to the Jade Emperor and went through mountains of swords and rivers of blood just for him. Such a punishment, without even listening to his side of the story even once was shocking. General Yang looked at the Jade Emperor blankly before suddenly his eyes fell upon an old man in golden robes standing behind the Jade Emperor. He looked towards the young man beside the River Goddess before his gaze rested on the Goddess herself. Suddenly realization dawned on General Yang. He recognized the old man in golden robes as he was the Imperial Adviser and before being an Imperial Adviser, he was the father of the young man beside the Goddess of River Song Baoshen, Song Baishen. The Imperial Adviser was also one of the most trusted aides of the Jade Emperor even more so than himself.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. "I see, I see, now I finally realize what this all is about. To think I was such a fool to go through thick and thin just for you" General Yang spoke in a desolate tone as he gazed at the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor furrowed his brows when he heard General Yang''s words. His heart lurched as a bad premonition appeared in his heart. The Jade Emperor suddenly moved without warning and as if he had teleported, he appeared in front of General Yang and sent out his palm towards his naval. General Yang easily noticed the Jade Emperor''s movements. For others it may have been as if he had teleported, but he merely moved with great speed, faster than anyone''s eyes could perceive but not General Yang. "Humph! First you keep me close and now that I have become a threat, you simply want to throw me away, don''t be delusional Ex-Imperial Adviser" General Yang snorted and he also sent out his palm towards the Jade Emperor. When the Jade Emperor heard General Yang''s words, his heart trembled as he looked at General Yang in utter shock. "How?" General Yang and the Jade Emperor''s palms met. Space itself seemed to distort as they clashed but it wasn''t clear who was came out on top in the clash. General Yang and the Jade Emperor both retreated a few steps. The Jade Emperor steeled his heart and killing intent appeared in his eyes. He no longer had the intention of merely sealing General Yang''s Cultivation but killing him since somehow General Yang managed to discover his darkest secret that only one other person knew. The Imperial Adviser was also shocked internally when he heard General Yang''s word. His mind immediately started working as did what he does best, scheme. "Yang Tai, you dare attack His Majesty, your punishment shall be your soul''s annihilation" The Imperial Adviser bellowed out. The entire Heavenly Army heard his words and unsheathed their swords. Their sole duty is to carry justice for the Jade Emperor, and General Yang attacked the Jade Emperor means that he had committed a great crime and needed to be eliminated. *HUA* Every single Heavenly Soldier released their battle intent and charged towards General Yang. Their might was unparalleled as all the hearts of other Deities shook in fear. General Yang looked at the Heavenly Army with fearless eyes. Who was he? HE was the one who lead this very army. He readied himself and brought up his defenses against the clash against the power of the entire Heavenly Army- *AHHHH* -before a sudden change took place. A scream suddenly rang out and the entire Heavenly Army stopped and looked towards the origin of it and so did everyone else. When everyone saw who screamed, they were shocked once again. The Goddess of River was staring blankly at her secret lover''s father, her father''s most loyal subject, Song Baishen. Even Song Baoshen himself was looking blankly at his father and what he had just done. Song Baishen was standing infront of the River Goddess, holding a spear which was stabbed into her chest. The Imperial Adviser had a calm smile on his face as if her life and death didn''t even bother. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING BAISHEN?" The Jade Emperor was also looking at the scene and he screamed in anger. His most precious daughter was murdered by his very own best friend. "F-father?" Song Baoshen was shocked. The girl, that he had fallen in love ever since he saw her for the first time, was now standing there with her heart pierced by his very own father. "You foolish son, I told you not interfere until General Yang and this useless whore did the deed but you had to become impulsive and destroyed my ultimate plan" The Imperial Adviser looked towards his son and reprimanded, not minding everyone else, especially the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor was infuriated and once again bellowed, "ANSWER ME, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" The Imperial Adviser finally turned towards the Jade Emperor and gave him attention, "oh, its nothing much, just disposing of your useless whore of a daughter" The Imperial Adviser calmly replied. The Jade Emperor become extremely furious, more than he was at General Yang, and attacked the Imperial Adviser. The entire Heavenly Realm trembled as the Jade Emperor''s fist turned Bright Red as he appeared in front of the Imperial Adviser and punched him in the chest. The Imperial Adviser looked calmly at the Jade Emperor''s ferocious strike and held a strange rectangular piece of wood in front of the Jade Emperor''s fist. The wooden piece was strange because of the strange markings on it. The fist and the wooden of a strange material clashed. The rectangular piece didn''t even pose any resistance and broke under the Jade Emperor''s fist. General Yang, who was watching from the side lines, furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the Imperial Adviser''s strange actions as he couldn''t figure out the reason but the next moment, the reason revealed it itself to him and everyone present. When the wooden piece broke, a very strong force was released from within the wooden piece which even managed to not only repel the Jade Emperor, the ruler of the Heavenly Realm himself, but it also created a crack in the very space and what came from within made everyone''s heart shudder in fear. Chapter 2: Defender of the Realms! From within the crack, four very long and huge red fingers suddenly came out and gripped the sides as if it were a wall. The fingers started moving to one side horizontally and the cracked started widening and before long, another set of four fingers came from within the crack. Both of the pairs of four finger exerted pressure on the opposing sides of the crack and the next moment, the space was ripped open. What came from within the space scared everyone witless. An abomination slowly stepped out form within space. This abomination had completely blood red skin, three arms on each side of its body and it possessed three heads. Each head had a bloodthirsty smile on its face. The moment this abomination appeared, the Imperial Adviser suddenly kneeled down on both knees and placed his head on the ground. The Jade Emperor raged inside as this was the very stance that everyone who is in his presence takes and now his best friend who he had exclusively excused him from this practice was doing it on this new being. This abomination looked beneath and saw Song Baishen kneeling reverently. The three heads of the abomination smiled and let out a chuckle. "kukuku" The moment everyone heard the abomination''s voice, all the weaker Deities immediately vomited blood and fainted while the stronger ones felt fear grip their hearts. General Yang was also feeling dread and he looked at the dead body of the woman who betrayed and schemed against him. Then he looked at his own most trusted friend''s father who was kneeling in front of the abomination. ''Although these people betrayed me, I had worked hard to maintain peace in the Realms and I won''t stand a traitor destroying the peace I worked so hard to achieve'' General Yang thought and he unsheathed his sword. Boundless battle intent exuded from his very being as he charged at the abomination that just came out from the space crack. "HAAA" With a heroic battle cry, General Yang burned his very Life Essence and boosted his own power for a limited amount of time. General Yang became a golden streak of light as it moved towards the abomination even faster than the speed Jade Emperor had used to advance towards the Imperial Adviser. The abomination noticed the golden streak of light that was coming towards him at break neck speed even to him. It let out a mighty roar and used all six of his hands to intercept General Yang *BOOOOM* The clash created such a shockwave that it threw every single Deity and Soldier back by more than a million li. Their clash shook not only the Heavenly Realm but even the Living Realm and the Hell Realm. The entire landscape and space scape throughout the Realms changed. Many civilizations within the Living Realm simply vanished from existence. In the Hell Realm, the prisons broke and it freed the most heinous and dangerous criminals to the entire world.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. General Yang noticed that the abomination had blocked his strike. He started burning his Life Essence even more which gave him even greater power but the time he could maintain it for also decreased considerably. General Yang broke past the abomination''s defense. The abomination instantly felt great danger, something that it had never felt before from the tiny creature in front of him. It raged as it felt offended by the tiny and weak creature giving it an unfamiliar and uncomfortable feeling. General Yang didn''t give heed to the abomination''s anger and moved his sword, faster than he had every done and slashed horizontally, along with putting his all in it. Unknown to him, due to his desperation, he had literally placed his all in it. It means that not only will, but his very Life Essence, Spiritual Essence and the most important of all, his Dao. *SHINNNG* A golden colored horizontal slash was released from General Yang''s sword. The slash was so terrifyingly powerful that the very space from which the abomination came from was split in two, not to mention the abomination whose three heads simply vanished as they were smaller than the width of the sword slash. Imperial Adviser was absolutely terrified as he witnessed this scene. He knew very well about the abomination that he had summoned. This abomination was something that even the entire Heavenly Realm, the combined strength of all the Heavenly Deities, Heavenly soldiers, the Jade Emperor and the very Heavens couldn''t hope to defeat was killed by General Yang, a mere General of the Heavenly Army. The Imperial Adviser noticed the space from which the abomination came from was also cut and it was about to collapse. Using all the strength he could muster, he grabbed his son by his neck and jumped into the space crack. He reached the space crack and passed through it by a hairs breath of time before it completely collapsed. The Imperial Adviser released a sigh of relief when he discovered he and his son made it. He dusted his clothes and stood up but his very heart froze as he saw the scene in front of him. The most terrifying army, that he had ever seen, an army where even their soldier trainee is enough to take on the Heavenly Army and come out on top, was simply lying the ground, each soldier''s eyes lifeless. ...... In the Heavenly Realm, a single man with a golden armor was standing with his hands clasped around a sword stabbed into the ground with his eye closed. All the Heavenly Deities who were thrown away returned to the place where the man was with his eye closed. They saw the headless corpse of the abomination lying a few feet away. As the Heavenly Deities neared the corpse of the abomination to take a clear look, they were assaulted by an unfathomably strong evil aura emanating from it but as they took few steps back, that aura simply vanished. Every Heavenly Deities was puzzled because such a strong aura should''ve spread across the Heavenly Realm but it didn''t move even further than a few feet away from the corpse. The Jade Emperor understood what was happening and looked at this scene with melancholy in his eyes. Today, he had been tasted a fruit of his own actions ten thousand years later, and the one he disposed of to hide the truth was the one who came out to be the one who protected the Realm. "An unimaginable evil, slain by the most heroic and chivalrous man I had ever met. Even before his death, being betrayed, he still defended while everyone was powerless by scarifying his life and after his death, this man protects the Realms of the Evil that still lingers" The Jade Emperor sighed as he looked at the place where the abomination had come from. This event would be recorded forever in the annals of history, the event which be sung by bards for the times to come in all the Realms, the title which the martyred hero gained from the masses, The Defender of the Realms, General Yang Chapter 3: Breaking the Heavenly Laws! General Yang found himself in a constricted place. The walls of this place were smooth and dark pink in color. The place seemed small but he didn''t feel uncomfortable. In fact, he strangely felt very serene and peaceful. This was a first for General Yang. Muffled voices could be heard coming from beyond the wall. General Yang calmly inspected his surroundings and pondered where he could be. One thing for sure was that he could confirm that he was inspecting everything through his Divine Consciousness. He extended his senses and strangely discovered his body to by just a tiny, extremely tiny soft round drop of liquid. General Yang was puzzled and he focused on his memories, he had a feeling he knew what this round liquid was. He concentrated and the next moment, he discovered another anomaly. ''My memories, they aren''t complete'' he thought. He tried recalling what he did the last time and the next moment, he recollected everything. ''That abomination, the betrayal of Imperial Adviser, the death of River Goddess¡­'' General Yang began remembering everything and when he finally did, he was shaken. He recognized what this round liquid was and it was not its existence that shook him but realizing that this round liquid thing was him. ''How can it be possible? Heavenly Deities can never reincarnate as they become a part of the Heavens and how is it that I have my memories as well'' Even after thinking for a long time, he couldn''t find an answer to his situation. If it was possible for Heavenly Deities to reincarnate, the Jade Emperor would''ve not made him just spend 10,000 years within the lowest levels of Hell but also would''ve made him reincarnate as a pig. General Yang sighed and stopped thinking about it. He couldn''t get an answer and it would be better to think about something else. He had noticed that he had memory gaps. He couldn''t recall his early life which should''ve been easy for a person of his stature but it doesn''t seem so. ''The only thing I can think of is that last strike that I used to kill the abomination and destroy the space crac¡­'' General Yang suddenly recalled another thing, something for an extremely great importance. He hurriedly focused on all the Marital Arts, Cultivation Techniques and the Dao he possessed. He, yet again, became shocked but this shock affected him the most. ''No¡­no everything is gone. All the martial arts and cultivation techniques I procured, and most importantly my Dao'' General Yang despaired. He had in his possession many, many great martial arts and cultivation techniques which allowed him to become a Heavenly Soldier and ultimately Heavenly General and now all of them were gone. He would''ve been able to bear the loss of those things but Dao is something that no one could bear the loss of. Dao is the understanding of a certain path one pursues, and it''s connected to the Soul. Those so called Heaven Defying geniuses were actually reincarnated individuals who had high attainments in the Dao that they were pursuing. Only now did General Yang truly realize that what made him kill the abomination and close the space crack wasn''t just him burning his Life Essence and increasing his power for a limited time but his very Dao. He had not only sacrificed his life for the Realms, but also his future potential. General Yang sighed as he calmed his feelings. What''s gone is gone, he had to think about the future. ''Well even if I lost my Dao and all the techniques that I knew I have still retained the knowledge and experience of cultivation from my previous life'' General Yang became optimistic about the situation. Although he didn''t retain his Dao, it would only mean he needed to work harder because even if one has certain achievements in Dao from their previous life, that doesn''t mean they would achieve greatness in their new life. They had to work hard, and only then their Daos would make their paths easier. ''Now I need to go into deep meditation to try and recover any memories if possible and if not, then consolidate my current ones so that i don''t lose them. In this new life of mine, these are the only advantages I have'' General Yang thought. Deep meditation was a practice that every cultivator used to calm their Spirits and think clearly. It is also used to stabilize and increase Spiritual Essence of a cultivator which is useful for many things. General Yang was one of the strongest Heavenly Deities in Heavenly Realm and for him to go into deep meditation needed only a single thought. ..... Time passed gradually and a whole twelve months passed while General Yang was in deep mediation before a sudden disturbance woke him up. Normally, he would''ve woken up when it was time to go out from his mother''s womb but something caused him to wake up early. Coming out of deep meditation, General Yang''s spirit was livelier than ever. Although he didn''t retain any of the lost memories, he did consolidate the ones he had with him and made it so that it won''t be lost unless an external factor affects it. General Yang spread his Divine Consciousness and it extended till Five meters. When he had just gained consciousness in his new life, his Divine Consciousness only extended till a mere 50 centimeters and now it was a whole five meters. Four meter and fifty centimeter progress in twelve months was not bad at all.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. General Yang''s new body was completely formed and it seemed to be only a few days before he would be born into the outer world. Although he was in deep meditation, it was the best he had every experienced because the place he was in made deep meditation even more effective. He had grown attached to this place and became reluctant to leave it. General Yang returned his attention to the disturbance that woke him up. Spreading his Divine Consciousness, General Yang inspected his mother''s body. He suddenly frowned when he noticed something in his mother''s bone marrow. ''What is this? It seems some sort of poison'' General Yang thought as he focused his Divine Consciousness on it. He was a General in his previous life, the only thing he was best at was Fighting and leading his army. He didn''t have enough time for other things such as Alchemy, Blacksmithing etc. General Yang pondered about this poison and he unintentionally opened his eyes. He immediately noticed something different about his eyes. What he was seeing from his right eye was pure darkness but the sight that he obtained from his left eye left him flabbergasted. From his left eye, General Yang could see the pink walls of his mother''s womb with extreme clarity. Even at his peak in his previous life, he hadn''t seen anything with such clarity. He decided to ignore this change for now and focus on the poison in his mother''s bone marrow. When General Yang looked up and directly at the direction where the poisoned bone marrow was present, a sudden change took place. General Yang''s vision literally tore through the pink walls of his mother''s womb, the organs in her body, the bone and directly gazed at the poisoned bone marrow which was purple in color. The next moment, his mind was filled with strange knowledge that had come out of nowhere. -Marrow Clotting Poison: 11th Rank Mortal Poison. White grade purity pill concocted by 11th Tier Alchemist clogs the marrow of with special poison which converts the normal blood into a poisonous one and releases it into the whole body. Slow acting poison used to kill a person painfully. If used on a pregnant woman, the child will be born with a weak body and slow mind. Weakness: Inflicts only one bone marrow, Changes the color of the inflicted bone marrow to purple which could be seen on the skin and mistaken for a bruise, 12th Grade Pill Blood Rejuvenation Pill greatly negates the affect¡­- General Yang couldn''t make head or tails of what was happening. He calmed his mind and began thinking about this strange turn of events. After a short while, his eyes brightened in realization. ''My left eye, of course how could I forget'' General Yang thought ecstatically. ''That Eye in the Ruin which I discovered. I had a gut feeling that it is a very special eye and even tore my own left eye to implant the one I found. I had only placed it in my left eye socket before it connected itself without me breaking a sweat. From that day, although I never found its use, I didn''t discard it and kept it'' ''To think that the Eye cam¡­'' General Yang paused as he thought of a possibility ''Don''t tell me that this eye was the thing that broke the Heavenly Laws and made me, a Heavenly Deity reincarnate?'' General Yang thought the possibility was extremely feasible. The eye followed him to his second life and if it did, it must mean that it was responsible for making him reincarnate. General Yang refocused his attention on the poison in mother''s bone marrow. Internally, a tsunami of rage was brewing but he didn''t release. His mother''s life was a priority now and after it was taken care of, the culprit wouldn''t get away scot free. General Yang thought about the all weaknesses of the poison revealed to him and he focused on a single weakness and recalled a detail of the ruin where he found the Eye in. ''That ruin where I found the Eye had the purest Essence that I had ever seen and it was also the main reason I became Heavenly General because of the boost I gained after absorbing it. If memory serves me right, Blood Rejuvenation Pill purifies the blood and it is also negates the effect of the poison. If I purify my mother''s blood enough, the poison could be dealt with completely and she would also gain a complete immunity against it'' General Yang pondered. He focused on his left eye and next moment a suction force originated from it. This suction was somewhat strong but nothing that he isn''t able to control. General Yang focused on the Blood Essence present inside the Blood of his mother. The Essence slowly started being extracted from the blood and entered within his left eye and the moment it did, General Yang suddenly found himself in an entirely different world. Within this world, the sky was beautiful azure with clouds scattered and the water was extremely clear, it was so clear that one may mistake himself in middle of a sky. General Yang had never seen such beautiful sight and before long, his gaze landed on the Golden Colored book in the middle of this beautiful space. General Yang looked at his own body and saw it to be his previous life''s one. He slowly took a step forward and moved towards the golden book. The book was as big as a normal book and it was fairly thick. The moment General Yang''s hand touched the golden book; a ripple came out from it that went through him towards the horizon. He felt a connection with the golden book, a very deep one. General Yang slowly opened the book and the first page was revealed to him. On the top middle, the title of the golden book was written. Although it was in a language he had never heard of before, he could understand it. ''The Empyrean''s Tome'' General Yang softly spoke the name of the golden book or rather tome in his mind. ''A domineering name'' he commented inside his heart. That was the only thing written on the first page. Turning to the second page, something else was written. -Balance: 3 Mortal Rank Tier 0 Blood Essence -Mortal Rank Tier 1 Bone: 100 Mortal Rank Tier 0 Blood Essence -Mortal Rank Tier 2 Bone: 200 Mortal Rank Tier 1 Blood Essence -Mortal Rank Tier 3 Bone: 300 Mortal Rank Tier 2 Blood Essence ¡­ General Yang''s eyes widened in surprise as he could imagine what this meant. General Yang started feeling that his rank of the Heavenly General was actually quite useless and the pride he had was childlike. He felt his horizons broadened as he truly accepted that he was nothing but a frog in the well, or rather a Heavenly General in the well who didn''t know how vast the sky is. Every single person has 206 and normal people usually have what is called Tier 0 Bones. There certain special people who have higher tier bones and those people are stronger at the same level of strength than a person who has lower tier bones. From what General Yang could infer, the golden tome could somehow increase the Bone Tiers. Increasing Bone Tiers is actually not a shocking thing but it isn''t also easy that anyone is able to do it. Only wealthy clans would spend money on their most talents heirs and increase their Bone Tiers, and disciples in well off Sects could also earn to gain Bone Tier increment pills. ''Higher Bone Tier means more purified blood, it seems like I have finally discovered a method to cure my mother'' General Yang thought in relief. He saw that he had only managed to absorb 3 Tier 0 Blood Essences from his mother. He needed 97 more to increase his mother''s Bone tier to 1 for it to fight off the poison. General Yang departed from the world and stated absorbing more Blood Essence from his mother. As he was absorbing the Blood Essence, General Yang found out that he could keep tabs how much he had absorbed. After this discovery, he increased the suction force and within a short while, he had gathered 100 Tier 0 Blood Essence from his mother but he also noticed that it was almost depleted inside his mother. General Yang hurriedly entered the beautiful space again and moved toward the golden tome. Opening it, he focused his attention on the first option, [Mortal Rank Tier 1 Bone] and his target was his mother. The golden tone shone with resplendent light as from General Yang''s left eye, a golden ray came out engulfed his mother internally. A single bone of hers slowly started changing and before long, his mother possessed a single Tier 1 Bone. The evolved bone Tier started working its magic and it started releasing Tier 1 Blood Essence, albeit a bit slowly. A single unit of Tier 1 Blood Essence was enough to rejuvenate his mother''s entire blood and the poison within her bone marrow was suppressed almost instantly. General Yang became relived that the poison was suppressed. Now he just had to wait to be born and meet his mother in this life time. Notice Hello there! I wanted to give you guys a heads up about a change that i will implement. As you may alll know, or not... that i also have this novel posted on Webnovel.com (Qidian). I will revise each chapter and then post them over here. In other words, the novel on Qidian will be further in the story but it has a chance to be edited and changed while the novel in RoyalRoadd will not change. Of course i will edit and update all the changes in Qidian. I will write (EDITED/REVISED) along with the chapter name.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. The release date will be one chapter a day in RoyalRoad. The chapter will already be released in Qidian but it will not have the changes. On Qidian, the new chapter release will be random but the minimum would be 4 chapters a week. Some of you may not like this but since i am a beginner, mistakes and changes are bound to happen. I hope you guys do not mind. Chapter 4: The Colossus, Queen and Concubine "F-father what are these creatures?" Song Baoshen asked his father in fear. After he had been grabbed by his father and thrown into the space crack, he saw entire army of strange creatures lying lifelessly on the ground while he father looked on blankly. All of this creatures were even more scarier than the worst nightmares he had ever had. *KSHH* His father didn''t reply and looked up. He saw a blade stab out of nowhere and sliced down the very space with utter ease. From within the rip came a slender tall being with two tall curved horns on top of its head. This being had grey skin and white hair, wearing a black armor with golden lines drawn throughout its armor. The Imperial Adviser couldn''t sense anything from the newcomer and this terrified him, even more than the abomination and the fact that General Yang killed the entire army with a single sword swing. It should be known that after a person gains an enough degree of strength, the weaker people wouldn''t be able to sense any extraordinary from them because they are in their own dimension of strength. "Follow me, my king wishes to meet you" the strange being spoke in an indifferent tone but it changed into reverence when it mentioned its king. Imperial Adviser became terrified internally and looked at the newcomer in fear as he took a glance at the dead arm. The strange creature noticed and understood its apprehension. "Don''t worry about them, they are merely cannon fodder. Come now, it''s best not to make my King wait" the strange creature spoke and extended his hand as he made a grabbing motion. The father and son duo suddenly felt the very space around them constrict as the moved towards the strange being. The trio passed through the rip in space and appeared inside a magnificently big hall. In this big hall, there was a gigantic throne on which a colossal red skinned giant sat. This red skinned giant had horns like that of a deer growing out of its head, with black hair. He had wave like eyebrows and his eyes were triangular. This being''s mouth was vertical instead of normal horizontal that everyone had. He wore a strange outfit of two simple cloths, one wrapped around its leg and the other around it back with the chest area uncovered. The creature in black armor kneeled on the ground and made the father and son duo face plant. "Your Majesty, I have brought our spy before you" the creature spoke in a respectful tone while looking at the feet of the red skin colossus. The red skin colossus opened looked at the father and son duo deeply. The Imperial Adviser felt naked in front of the gaze of the Colossus as he felt that no secret of his went uncovered. The Colossus opened its mouth and asked the Imperial Adviser, the very palace trembling from it, "Tell me, have you conquered your own World and surrendered it to me?" The Imperial Adviser''s very soul shuddered as he answered, "I-I beg for mercy Y-Your Excellence, for I have n-not taken control of my World, b-but I assure you, it will be only a matter of time before I succeed" The Red Colossus quietly looked at the Imperial Adviser for a while before asking, "What went wrong?" The Imperial Adviser opened answered once more, unconsciously as if the words of the Red Colossus was absolute, "Your Excellence, everything was going according to my grand plan except this foolish son of mine made a tiny mistake which completely disrupted it. The General of Heavenly Army defeated the Asura that you had sent by a fluke" "Fluke you say? I don''t think one man from such a weak world as yours could kill my palace cleaner and an entire party with a single sword stroke by a fluke" "Your Excellence, bestow me another one of your ar-party and I shall present you the World within an year" "No, I shall reject your request. If one of your race could do such a deed, and he is a mere General of the Army, then that means there must be stronger individuals within your World, merely in seclusion." "Start invading the World slowly from the lower Realms and conquer it. I will give you the command over this operation but heed to my warning, do it discreetly so that those stronger beings of your World do not get wind of this or we will suffer great losses. If you fail this mission, I shall eat your soul and give you the most painful death" The Red Colossus decreed and waved his hand to dismiss his audience. The strange creature with horns along with the father and son duo simply disappeared from the hall as if they were never ever there. ......... The strange creature with horns brought the father and son duo to an encampment outside of the Palace. The strange creature dropped them outside the encampment and said. "This will be the party that you would be in charge of. All of them are slaves and if they are rowdy, take this medallion and insert your Essence into it, they will listen" the horned being dropped a pentagonal medallion and simply disappeared.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. The father and son duo stood up, completely disheveled. So much happened in the last few moments that the son was becoming dizzy while the father felt that his heart could take no more. "F-father, why did you betray the Jade Emperor? Weren''t you sworn brothers?" Song Baoshen finally asked the question he had on his mind since his father killed his lover. The Imperial Adviser looked his na?ve son and sneered, "Sworn Brothers? Don''t make me laugh, that man and I were never actually even close. I only acted and he was fooled into thinking that he has a close friend that would go through thick and thin with him" "Then, why did you act? What was the reason for you to do that?" "Reason? It''s actually a very simple reason, very simple indeed. You see, I am just doing what he did to my little brother, nothing more and nothing less. It is he that brought this upon himself, not me. I am just repaying my gratitude and grudges" the Imperial Adviser spoke with killing intent in his eyes. Song Baoshen was scared by his father''s killing intent and chose not to speak anymore. ............¡­.. Inside simple a room within the Palace of the Green Cloud Kingdom, an aged woman was sitting in the chair looking at the setting sun outside of the windows of her room. This woman had white hair, a wrinkled face and bleak face but her eyes showed liveliness and excitement. "Finally, after such a long time I am able to bear another child and this child has survived all these months" the aged woman softly spoke to herself as she looked at her bulging stomach with a serene smile on her face. *CREAK* The door to the room opened and a maid came with a tray in her hands. On the tray were a cup of water and some pills. "Your Highness, it is time for your medications" the maid spoke in a respectful tone while looking down. The aged woman, who turns out to be a Queen, turned her head towards the maid that entered. "It is unneeded anymore, i am feeling very well since yesterday night and I even had the most comfortable sleep since the past decade. I also didn''t feel the usual weakness and pain this morning; it seems that after such a long time, my illness has finally been cured" the Queen spoke with a happy tone. She looked towards her bulging stomach and softly murmured to herself, "Maybe you are my lucky star that the heavens have finally bestowed me" The maid''s eye flickered with strange light when she heard the Queen''s words. The light vanished within an instant and the Queen didn''t notice the change in her eyes. "But Your Highness, you must have your medications or His Majesty will be displeased if you are not taking care of your health" Hearing the maid''s insistence, the Queen coldly snorted, "His Majesty will certainly be displeased if he has the time to think about my health instead of staying in Concubine Lin''s room all day long" "Your Highness, His Majesty is stressed nowadays and Concubine Lin is the only one who His Majesty could go and relieve himself to" The maid spoke in a respectful tone. "Stressed you say? What is he stressed about if I am the one who has to take care of the unreasonable council that have the free time to come annoy me instead of doing their work. Leave, and don''t disturb me" The Queen spoke in an irritable tone. She understood the hidden meaning behind maid''s words but didn''t react to it. It was a normal attitude everyone in the Palace had with her. "B-" "Lowly servant, didn''t you hear Her Highness''s order? Who gave you the courage to oppose it?" The maid was about to insist once more but a cold voice came from her back. The maid felt a chill run down her spine as the one behind her released a faint trace of killing intent. The maid fearfully turned and saw a tall woman with a slender figure standing behind her. This woman possessed blonde hair and sharp azure blue eyes. Her skin was seemed to be very soft, as that of a Maiden which contrasted to the armor she wore. The aura coming from her was of a warrior but her appearance was that of a beautiful lady. The maid bowed and fearfully when she saw the newcomer and hurriedly left. When the Queen saw who it was, a smile bloomed on her face. "Little Gu, you''re here" the Queen spoke in a joyful tone "Look at you, all sweaty. Didn''t I prohibit you from practicing in the sun? How can you marry if you don''t take care of your appearance?" Hearing the Queen''s words, the lady exuding an aura of warrior became embarrassed. She closed the door hurriedly lest anyone hear the Queen''s words and came running to her. She sat down beside her legs and started massaging it. "Aunt Xu, I don''t want to marry any man. I want to always stay by your side and if I want to protect you, how can I do that without shedding sweat and blood?" The lady in armor spoke in a determined tone. Seeing her niece acting like that, the Queen sighed. "Little Gu, how will I answer to your mother if she asks me about her son-in-law when I go to the Heavens?" "Humph! You don''t have to answer her alone. I will go with you" the Queen sighed once more looking at the spoiled attitude of her niece. "I heard you were different from the gossips within the Palace, is something wrong? Are you hurting anywhere?" the lady in armor asked in a worried tone. The Queen shook her head and patted the lady''s. "No, in fact I am feeling extremely well. I haven''t had such a comfortable sleep like last night''s for a long time" the Queen answered and assured her niece. "Oh really" the lady in armor became joyful and her gaze landed on her bulging stomach, "Aunt Xu, maybe your child is an angel which the heavens decided to bestow for all the sufferings you experienced" The Queen hit her niece''s head lightly, "Look at you, speaking anything that comes to your mind" The Queen didn''t know what to do about her niece but unknown to her, her niece was actually right. "I remember now, the Lieutenant Colonel of the Palace Army was looking at you discreetly when you were training. Do you want me to arrange a meeting with him?" The Queen suddenly recalled something and asked her niece. The lady in armor pouted at her Aunt who was relentless in marrying her off. "Aunt Xu, for the umpteenth time, I don''t want to marry" she said and then her gaze once again landed on her Aunt''s stomach "If you are so adamant about wanting me to marry, I shall marry your son" The Queen quietly laughed, "I see, what if my child is a girl?" The Queen asked with a smile but internally, her heart lurched as she spoke those words. "Your child will be a boy, I definitely know it. You can say it''s a woman''s intuition" the lady in armor spoke in a confident tone. The Queen silently smiled and thought internally, ''I hope it is so'' ...... Within another room inside the Palace of the Green Cloud Kingdom, the maid who had brought the Queen her medications discreetly entered the room. This room was very big, with a king sized bed, a carpet made from the hide of an animal which seemed to be extremely rare and a chandelier hanging from the roof. This room seemed to belong to an actual member of the royal family. Reclining on the king sized bed was a young woman with black hair and black eyes. He skin was as white as jade and as soft as a baby''s skin. She had supple lips which had pink lipstick on it. Her body was slender and her legs were long. Her chest was larger than average. She could be described as a Kingdom toppling beauty. The maid entered the room and kowtowed towards the beautiful woman on the king sized bed. "Your Magnificence, I have important news to deliver" the maid spoke in a reverent tone. The beautiful woman looked up from the book she was reading and gazed at the kowtowing maid. "For you to disturb my free time, it must be something important" a soft voice came from the beautiful woman''s supple lips which carried a seductive charm to it. "Yes Your Magnificence, it is important. A few moments ago I was delivering Shang Xu''s medication to her and she refused to take it. She said that she wasn''t feeling any pain in the morning which she usually feels and she also stated that she had no problems sleeping last night" the maid said respectfully. "I see, that is strange, strange indeed. It''s already quite shocking that she managed to bear a child after all the meticulous care we gave her and now her illness seems to have been cured. You may leave" the beautiful woman thought to herself out loud before dismissing the maid. She looked towards the direction of the Queen''s room as if her sight tore through the walls and could see her directly. ''It doesn''t matter anyway; I have managed to get a firm foothold in the Palace. If there is an anomaly, I will take care of it then. It isn''t like an injured animal is a threat to me" Chapter 5: Disappointment Today was the day General Yang realized the day of his birth. The walls of the womb he was in were starting to constrict and he was moving. He felt pain in his body as he was going through the narrow opening but it was still manageable. He has felt far greater intensities of pain and this level of pain wasn''t even worth for him to scratch. ''My mother will feel much more pain than myself'' General Yang thought. He spread his Divine Consciousness and focused on his mother''s body. Although he was just an unborn child now, his soul belonged to that of a Heavenly Deity. He could perform many feats with his Divine Consciousness in his previous life but after the fight with the abomination where he had sacrificed his Dao, his soul was very weak but it was still enough to do what he was about to do. Giving complete attention to his mother, General Yang used his Spiritual Essence to weaken the pain receptors throughout his mother''s body. It should be known that a body contains uncountable number of pain receptors and General Yang had to weaken every single one carefully lest he completely deactivates them or worse, affect any other part which could come out to be fatal. With his Divine Consciousness, General Yang noticed his Mother''s mentality calm down considerably and he smiled internally. Now all that was left was to follow the natural course and go out into the real world. ...¡­. Outside, in the Queen was lying on her simple bed with sweat covered face. Her water had broken a while ago and she was starting to feel her child ready to come out. Within the room, the only other person was the lady in armor, The Queen''s niece. The Queen didn''t possess any standing in the Palace and didn''t trust anyone. The only person she could trust her life with was her niece. "Aunt Xu, take deep breaths and slowly push. I know it will feel pain but it will only be for a little while" The lady in armor instructed her aunt calmly. Although she had practiced extensively for this very moment all those years, this time was different as it was her Aunt giving birth to her cousin. The Queen looked at her niece with a loving gaze and softly opened her mouth, "It is actually strange being told that by a young girl who hadn''t ever given birth to" but suddenly the Queen frowned and she became worried, "I am oddly not feeling much pain, Little Gu is my child alright" the Queen became worriedly and her face paled. She had waited for this day for years and if her child didn''t make it, she believed her heart wouldn''t take it. "Rest assured Aunty, I can feel your child''s life signs and didn''t you remember what I said a few days ago, your child is an angel bestowed by the heavens, giving birth to him will not be painful" The lady in armor assured her aunt but internally, she knew she was bluffing. Now she only hoped that her aunt becomes calm. The Queen didn''t think about anything and listened to her niece''s words. She started pushing slowly and gradually. Before long, her niece''s excited voice came. "I can the head of the child Aunty, just push a little more" The lady in armor became extremely joyful and carefully held the baby''s head. The Queen also became relived at her niece''s words. "Just a bit more¡­. Finally!" The lady in armor exclaimed as she held the new born baby within her hands. "uaaa" A soft wail of a child sounded out. The Queen''s tension completely disappeared when she heard her child''s wail. It was like finding an oasis in the desert. The lady in armor gently held the baby in her palms and brought it to the side where a tub of water and a soft cloth were already prepared. The lady in armor gently dipped the baby in the warm water and wiped off all the splatters of blood from the baby''s body. She dried off the baby after he had been cleaned with the soft cloth and wrapped the baby in another. The lady in armor sneaked a peek at the baby''s nether region and smiled excitedly. "It''s a boy" she spoke enthusiastically. The Queen squeaked a sound of joy when she heard the news and all her exhaustion vanished into thin air. She quickly sat up and looked at her child in her niece''s hand expectantly. The niece understanding her Aunt''s thoughts scurried over to her and gave her the child in her arms. The Queen looked at her newborn baby boy with love and gently kissed her child''s head. "I have waiting very long for you" the Queen gently spoke to the baby. The baby slowly opened its eyes and when he saw his mother''s face, his eyes widened as if in surprise before long a tear slowly dripped down from its eyes. The baby started making sounds and raised his hands. "My child, why are you crying?" the Queen softly asked with a smile and brought her pinky finger to her child who surprisingly held it with a firm grip.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. *BANG* Suddenly, the door to the Queen''s room was barged open forcefully. The Queen along with her niece frowned at this sudden disturbance. The lady in armor turned and was about to shout at whom had such an audacity to barge into the room but when she saw the intruder, her words became stuck in her throat and she immediate kneeled. "Your Majesty" she said but there wasn''t an ounce of respect in her voice. The intruder ignored the lady in armor''s salute and moved towards the bed of the Queen. The Queen''s frown deepened as she looked towards the intruder. The one who barged in was an average heighted man with shaved face and sharp eyes. His eyebrows were sword like and he had brown hair along with dark brown colored eyes. This man was the King of the Green Cloud Kingdom. "I see that you have given birth to my child" the King spoke in a bland tone as he came near the Queen''s bed. From the tone of the King, it wouldn''t seem that as if he was talking about the birth of his own child. "Ye-" The Queen was about to reply but she was interrupted when the King bent down and took her new born from her hands. Looking at his nether region, the King noticed it was a boy before looking at the child as a whole. He frowned when he looked at the child''s appearance and figure. "What is this?" The King asked with an irritated tone. The Queen''s frown deepened even more as she heard her husband''s question. "''My'' Son" She answered while stressing the word ''my''. "It certainly is yours. Look at his weak and frail appearance, and he doesn''t even weight like a normal child. This isn''t someone I sired" the King commented before dropping the child. The Queen and lady in armor were absolutely shocked at the King''s actions. The Queen, even with her frail body showed staggering level of speed and caught her new born child before he fell to the ground. "What do you think you are doing by dropping my child like that Murong Baishi?" the Queen literally screamed at the King in anger and furious rage. The King sneered at the anger the Queen was showed. "You have disappointed me yet again woman of Shang, I hereby expel you from the Palace and assign you to live in the Grey Manor outside of it. Also take that useless daughter of yours with you" the King decreed before moving out of the room. The Queen was dumbfounded at his words. ''Why did I marry him?'' the Queen thought blankly. The lady in armor wanted to unsheathe her sword and behead the miscreant. She couldn''t believe a father would actually do that to her husband. When the King was about to leave the room, he halted in his steps as he felt a sudden sensation of Death but it was only for an instant before he harrumphed and continued moving. The Lady in armor hurried over to the Queen and looked at the state of her newborn cousin. Now when she looked at him closely, she too indeed noticed that her newborn cousin was smaller than a normal baby and seemed very frail. She frowned as she knew this wasn''t normal. ''Aunty Xu''s illness must''ve affected the baby as well'' she sighed internally but her love for her cousin didn''t waver and in fact increased. "Aunty Xu, you should rest for a few days before we move out from this place" the lady in armor suggested but the Queen firmly shook her head. "No, we shall move out from this place right this instant. Little Gu, I want you to bring Shuan''er to the grey palace while I take my newborn" The lady in armor wanted to insist but she gave up knowing that now she needed to support her Aunty and not oppose her. "Very well Aunty" she bowed and left the room. Looking at her retreating figure, the Queen finally let out all the emotions bottled up inside her and cried. "¡­I am sorry little one; I am such a useless mother. I couldn''t save my daughter from her cruel fate and I am powerless to give the life of a prince and princess to my children that you both deserve" the Queen cried and spoke to her newborn child. He eyes were closed and her tears dropped on her newborn''s face. Slowly, without her noticing her mood began calming down and she got hold of herself. Looking at her child who was looking back at her, her will and determination grew. She quietly wiped off the tears from her face and stood from her bed. She changed her clothes and packed the few she had with her. Picking her child, she walked out of the room with her a small bag which contained all her belongings. The Queen of the Green Cloud Kingdom didn''t look like an actual Queen. Wearing a simple light blue colored dress, she didn''t have even a milligram of jewelry on her body or a trace of make-up on her face. She silently walked the tall and wide halls of the Palace with all the maids and servants looked at her is disdain and mockery. The Queen moved out of the palace and went towards the grey color manor beside the palace that seemed to be more than a hundred years old. There were spider webs all around the Manor and a thick layer of dust on the walls and floor. The Queen stood in front of the run down Manor and before long, the lady in armor came but with an extra person. The Lady in armor was pushing a wheel chair on which a young girl sat. This young girl had black hair that cascaded down till her lap. She possessed emerald green eyes just like the Queen but they seemed almost lifeless. But when the girl looked at the bundle in her mother''s arms, her eyes brightened up and became lively. "Mother, is that my new sibling" the young girl softly asked in a very low voice. The Queen turned and noticed her daughter looking at her brother excitedly. Her heart felt like it had been stabbed by a thousand swords when he looked at his daughter''s state. Her daughter was sitting on a wheelchair. Her left leg was completely missing from the beginning of the thigh region. Her body was extremely thin and frail. Her hair had many white strands even though she was very young. The most disturbing thing about her was her face. The Queen''s daughter, the Green Cloud Kingdom''s First Princess had a completely disfigured face as if it had been melted. She didn''t look like a princess at all. The Queen came forward towards her daughter and bent down. She took the child in her arms and placed in her daughter''s lap. "Yes, this is your newborn sibling. Shuan''er, meet your baby brother, Yang" the Queen introduced her newborn to her firstborn. She had always wanted to put that name on her son, she didn''t know why but it seemed as if that very name was made for her son. Shuan''er looked at her baby brother and smiled lightly but she suddenly recalled something and hurriedly covered her face. She didn''t want to scare her little brother but to her as well as the Queen and the Lady in armor''s surprise, the baby smiled and laughed cutely before Shuan managed to cover her face. Shuan''er slowly uncovered her face and her baby brother laughed once again. He seemed extremely joyful and was moving his arms energetically. "You-You''re not scared of me?" Shuan''er asked and the reply she received was another laugh. Tears came to her eyes and started rolling down uncontrollably. Anyone she met looked at her with disgusted face and ran away from her except two people. When she had heard that she was going to have a baby brother or sister, she was ecstatic but also worried if her baby sibling would be scared of her or not. She was greatly relieved that her baby brother liked her instead of fearing her. Even the Queen and Lady in armor were also in tears. The Queen was relieved that her newborn son loved his elder sister. The Queen never had the courage to look and visit her daughter because when she saw her, she was reminded of her own powerlessness. The Lady in armor pushed the wheelchair and along with the Queen and her two cousins, entered the Manor. She stopped them after entering the gates of the manor and hurried inside to at least make some space to sit down. After a while, the Queen, her two children and the Lady in armor sat in the living room of their new room, bracing themselves to live their life after the sudden abrupt turn.