《EMPYREAN ICE EMPEROR》 Prologue Life what is it?.....A youth couldbe seen reading a book...the Universe? ....what about Death?....like all leaving things we breathe this essence an existence of balance the yin and yang of the world. Life is the essence and vitality of all creation, be it plants, animals, the earth or even the wind itself it is the power to create if put into one word and stands at the peak of all essence only equalled by the power of Death. Chaos is death and in death, you find chaos the power of destruction it was believed in ancient times that before the life essence the power of chaos ruled over the realms and in that chaos, the lands, countries, continents, and realms were created and thus came the existence of life. After that, the realms started to develop essence and the essence of time came into existence making it the third essence of existence. After thousands of years, the first beings were formed from the essence of the world. As time went on one of the beings managed to get insight on the essence andcreated the Humans her name was Nuwa.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! Nuwa doted on her creation and took in disciples and started teaching them the Dao making them gain different insights and thus the human population continued to grow larger and more powerful and thebeings started beings referred to as Empyreans. But some of the Empyreans were jealous of Nuwas Achievements and thus a great war started.... Millions of years later after the Great war of realms mankind produced its first Empyrean god and thus the age of cultivation begun seeking the Dao inOderto gain eternal life Now, my son, do you wish to embark on the path of an immortal cultivator. Remember to gain a new life one must first die Chapter 1: Battle Born with a damaged soul his father ravaged the world looking for a cure, in his search he became the world know scientist with the title of Alchemist. His research on the soul won him many Nobel prizes but he refused to acknowledge them though he helped many the main focus of his attention was his son. Though his father had wealth Tony was never a silk pant and always devoted most of his time in his studies or training his body and occasionally he would help his father with the experiments, and due to all this, his train of thoughts had already matured past his peers. Although he had a damaged soul and his body was weak his knowledge was vast and this was mainly due to his father''s miraculous potions and the mysterious ancient sea scripture, that had strengthened his spiritual force from childhood. Thus his ability to grasp thing was much faster than normal people and was named the crippled genius by his elders. The soul was one of the most complex things to mend even an immortal would have trouble healing such injuries. Burning the midnight oil his soul fire raged on the alchemical furnace (trees with)a 100-year-old maca, 500-year-old Guayusa soul stealing herb, 1000-year-old Eeleutheros, 10,000-year-old Brahmi, this was all rear herbs and were difficult to obtain, as the flames raged the concoction started to draw in moonlight, inside the furnace the boiling medicinal herbs started to turn silver as their essence was drawn out with the support of the moonlight and the raging storm inside started to calm down. The initial preparation of Umbra''s moon potion is complete now only my essence is needed. He looked up to the sky as a tear rolled down his cheek, hesitation flashed on his face but he instantly buried it and firmed his resolve. Umbra was an ancient potion and its history was unknown, using one''s own life essence to enhance and mend the soul removing all impurities. Brenan had only received a fragment of this potions recipe and throughout the years he had spent all his time researching this recipe and in time came out with a new version of it which used the moonlight essence. Even when the potion was modified a price still had to be paid though not as hefty as the original that would require one to sacrifice three-quarters of his life force, the modified potion only brought it to half, with his age after the potion was finished he would only have a month''s time to leave in this plane. Blood drops dripped into the potion containing his life, as soon as the two made contact space cracked and essence began to converge inside the jade bottle Day turned into night as thunderous clouds converged into the skies covering a span of 450 000 mu (300km if am not wrong) Its oppressive might shattered the high-grade formations that were initially set a Divine tribulation was descending and its aim was not the pill but the one who forged it Damn old bastard after all these years you still won''t let me be che.. but this time I won''t let you have your own way His clothes fluttered as Sovereign energy erupted from his body, a quick set of seals was formed by his hands as soon as he completed it a suppressive aura engulphed the skies while draconic roars could be heard from every direction as if wanting to swallow the whole planet a cauldron appeared blocking the might of the tribulation lighteningIf you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Hahaha old Li so this is where you came to hide an old man emerged from the dark clouds his aura was suffocating and his spiky white hair with traces of lightening lingering on his body made him look like a god that had descended, his eyes looked directly at Brenan Rain lightening the white old man said Rainbow coloured lightning was again shot towards Brenan this time its might more superior than the last even space cracked whenever it passed its might clearly visible the expression on Brenan''s face turned ashen All the commotion going on outside had awoken everyone in the sect as they went out they could see the old alchemist who treated their wounds blood socked with a cauldron by his side emitting powerful ripples At that moment it was like a thousand needles had pierced their hearts straight into their soul Brenan had treated them all and their children when all the physician turned them away he had given them hope and rejected no one furthermore he never asked for repayment and served all the people with his heart, though at times others felt jealous of how he treated tony he was after all his son Lightning and cauldron went toe to toe but the old man started getting the upper hand but what he didn''t notice was that the cauldron was continuously absorbing the divine lightening of the old man though some of it struck Brenan it was continuously sapping his energy Chen Hai why are you going this far when we already conceded Brenan looked down a bitter expression on his face I should have killed you back then Li Bai your clan should never have provoked us with you dead we don''t have to fear a counter attack His diminishing strength flared up black lightening descended in an utterly overbearing fashion this was the Chen clans famous lightening wind annihilation technique as it descended it colluded with the cauldron 85% percent of the attack was absorbed while the remaining struck Brenan sending him crashing into the sects building as he stood up both his arms were broken one of his leg burnet to ashes his strength was completely exhausted seeing him all bitten up a spark of rage was ignited as all of them released their profound strength although most of them were in the spirit realm there were two or three in the earth realm and all of them sent their profound energy to aid him this must be known that healers sect had more than 3000 so all the energy they were sending was enormous but only 3% of his energy had been restored Tony was standing next to his father as he had been awakened by the crash his face ashen and full of questions, he had been cultivating the sea scripture which cut his connection with the world to further enhance his soul as this was his daily routine, once he woke up he saw his father crashing in and thereafter an enormous amount of profound energy pouring into him but even after all that energy intake he still looked pale Before he could even say a word a small cosmo Bag was thrown into his hand, a smile appeared on his fatherly face as he charged forward with renewed vigour Old Chen this time you will die for good He used a movement technique directly appearing behind him and locked his body with him he was planning to detonate his dantian When Old Chen noticed this very tiny sparks of black lightning ignited on his fingers and shot towards Tony I will not die alone Li bai I will take your family with me Chen Hai said his face fool of satisfaction noticing this he ordered the cauldron to protect Tony since the detonation could not be stopped or prolonged though this was possible he knew that if he delayed any longer then his family would truly perish BoooM Boom BooM a heaven-defying exposition occurred even breaking the laws of space and timed drizzling rain powered down and sunlight shone for a few minutes creating a breathtaking phenomenal A special tear appeared sucking in the aftermath of the battle, in an instant nothing was left almost as if a battle never happened and the sky returned to normal Deathly Silence prevailed. Chapter 2: Heaven Sea Scripture Darkness....tiny motes of light shined in the vast darkness as if the starry skies had descended, at the centre stood an ancient silver pagoda which gave of a suppressive feeling, coiled around it was an ancient dragon which seemed to be in deep slumber Inside The hall was vast and bright and the far end stood an elevated throne just right next to it was a plane bridge made of starlight leading to four halls. The first one was the hall of reincarnation, at the centre to the right stood the treasure hall and to the left stood two doors the soul hall and the Dao hall As one who poses the ancient scripture two tokens shall be awarded The first token shall immediately be bound to the door of reincarnation as for the second you can choose out of the two halls to seek your fortune but only one item can be brought out then you will be sent to the hall of reincarnation The first hall will let you be reborn again but only once if you seek death it will be true death from henceforth The treasure hall contains divine, sage and primordial artefacts even mortal ones left by the previous generation only if you have an affinity can you bind one of those weapons luck also plays a major role The soul hall focuses on the soul you should already have a clue about it the ancient sea scripture you practice was created by a powerful sage whose power rivalled those primordial the copy you have encompasses two whole realms only the third realm missing you must have truly been loved The old man sighed as he looked down at me with a profound look Thus you cannot choose anything from the soul hall until you reach the cycle realm The final Hall is the Dao hall all the marvels of the universe are contained within it but unlike other halls, the Dao hall seeks one''s essence and true nature. Once one''s essence is determined one will have to attune with the Dao itself to find a better cultivation technique suited for one''s self. Tony took a deep bow and clasped his hands before the elder a look of anticipation coloured his eyes The bridged seemed to calm once soul and with each step taken the sea scripture began purifying the soulDid you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. Just like cultivation the heaven sea scripture had four major realms but has no minor ones this meant that with each realm advancement one would receive a qualitative change in one''s soul The spirit soul realm, World soul realm this two would be referred to as the mortal soul plane The starry soul realm, Ascended soul realm while this one the heavenly soul plane in terms of soul cultivation this four realms made up the Heaven sea scripture. A cool feeling suddenly engulfed his body it was like drinking water after traversing the desert for days his sense were sharpened as he placed his hands on the door A small flame lit up the dark showing its might it reigned supreme amongst all the elemental Dao''s Fire And just like these other Dao paths began to appear he had to choose one of them his subconscious hinted at it Right next to the flame was a mound of earth it represented the earth Dao which was known for its hegemony in tenacity and defense closely followed by a blue jelly-like substance which represented the water Dao he thought even when faced with the might of the other elements it still remained tranquil and finally the Dao of wind it roamed everywhere among the four elements ... Looking around him other Dao''s were present be it the Dao of the sword or the Dao of time, the Dao of space or the Dao of the sabre all were present in the vast space Though his father never really talked to him about cultivation in detail he had at least some knowledge about it. He sat down crossed legged an began thinking of what he wanted of all the Dao''s present the one that suited him most was the Dao of the wind and water he had always led a calm life and he wanted to maintain it the only thing he ever lucked was freedom to do what he pleased furthermore he still had the heaven sea scripture which in real sense was of yin energy so the most suitable path would have been that of the wind but for some reason he thought that he was restricting himself the feeling grew stronger and stronger as time passed and he gave into it after all what did he have to lose ************************************* I have traversed countless continents and hidden realms Sought enlightenment from chaotic regions and grew my power My Dao Heart grew....... Battled with Gods, Transcendants, and Sovereigns My battle power experienced explosive growth..... Mastered the Dao essence of Alchemy and the four elements essence A genius of my generation..... Experienced fortunes events My spiritual sense was cultivated All to seek eternity and protect my loved ones And yet here I lie on my deathbed Imprisoned in this forsaken place Not because I was weak or betrayed by my loved one, what I lacked was a friend who could stand by my side and challenge the universe with me, a wife who would calm my nerves during stormy nights and a family who would welcome me home with warm smiles and stand by my side even if the whole world was against me. Now....Successor....I cultivated to the peak on my own, in my journey all my friends and family died because of their weakness and I could do nothing but watch even with my power Chapter 3: Cultivation The tiger beast pearl can at least buy us a year¡¯s worth of time Li-li quickly help me set up the formation Qiang Zhi needs to rest the sword qui inside here is too dense for him to survive Fragmented memories started flowing into the young boy¡¯s brain his name was Qiang Zhi, Qiang for power and Zhi standing for ambition his parents had given him this name in hope that he would have a pleasant and joyful life and become a powerful person in society. His father was the Crown prince of the Shan domain {Mountain Domain} while his grandfather Lao Zhi was an emperor in the Monarch realm who had ruled for thousands of years but due to failing to comprehend the later parts of cultivation, his health was deteriorating thus a verdict was passed down on who was going to be the next king Li Zhi being the second prince naturally couldn¡¯t let this occur. He was a natural born battle maniac and had achieved numerous battle achievements; in fact, his army was feared even in other continents gaining him the title of First General under heaven. He was a conqueror and he had his eyes on the throne his thirst for power was endless. On the other hand, Ye Zhi decided to choose the path of a scholar filling his brain with a vast amount of information and was known as the Grand scholar though everyone knew that his ambitions were much grander and that he wanted to attain the title of sage. If anyone had asked who was the king of Mountain Domain it would undoubtedly be Lao Zhi but if the question was phrased in another way who ruled the territory then Ye Zhi would be the first, what surprised people most was that his cultivation was not lucking but almost on par with his brother. The two duo then came to an agreement they both had influence in various places and their strength was on almost equal footing even if they had a battle the win would not be easily decided thus, The battle of the throne was decided to be carried out by their children, the condition was whoever¡¯s child had superior talent would win the challenge and the loser had to be imprisoned in the ancestral grounds. but the unexpected happened Qiang Zhi had a damaged soul when he was born this meant that he would never go past the spirit realm through his talent was graded as peak epic this alone was enough to enable him to inherit the entire Domain instantaneously and no one would dare to oppose, even the neighboring domains would curry favor with him. Zhi Ruo had a peak rare talent although not as outstanding as an epic grade it still held a tremendous sway on the path of cultivation and not many had such a grade but it was clear she was going to be a powerful person in future and his father being a strong general many favored him, also knowing that he was going to be the future king, no one questioned when he was imprisoned for a year on the ancestral grounds. The ancestral grounds was a sacred place for the residents of the kingdom but at the same time a deadly place it was a trial by fire meant to nature the younger generation, those who succeeded profited tremendously and those who failed were assimilated into the ancestral grounds and that was the majority only a few had ever passed and the last one to undertake the trials was the emperor. It had already been a year since entering the ancestral grounds, the air was filled with sword qui making nothing visible it was like a dense mist beneath the mountain in the early morning, once the protective shield had used up all its energy the sword qui rushed inwards filling in the gap and penetrating into Qiang Zhi body, his skin turned pale as the final breath left him he died.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡°Revolve¡± Ye Zhi tried to infuse his profound energy to help but nothing happened his expression became ashen his strong will crumbled, the soul ripping agony pounded on his heart like a master crafting a divine weapon, weakness sipped deep into his bones making him fall down on his knees, he regretted it every single thing, he couldn¡¯t hold back his tears. If only I didn¡¯t fight for the throne¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡°Revolve¡± Li-li was silent as streams started flowing down her chicks through the sword qui assaulted her she poured all her profound energy synching with her husband to protect their son. They knew he was dead but that silver of hope still lingered on their soul. They would perish together if need be. ¡°I haven¡¯t seen you grow yet please don¡¯t die on me¡± ¡°your mother loves you¡± ¡°Revolve¡­Revolve¡± Plop! Black filth poured out of his body making it pure and null of any impurities, like a vortex the surrounding sword qui was absorbed by Qiang Zhi flowing through his channels and nourishing his bones the pain wasn¡¯t something a normal baby could withstand but currently he was unconscious in a half-dead state otherwise the pain could have made him regained his consciousness Each and every part of his body absorbed the sword qui converting it to sword essence making him have a silver glow, this continued for a full day with him having absorbed almost half of the sword qui that filled the area his strength having soared to the late stage of mortal realm. He finally opened his eyes his path had just begun he would protect everybody this time he had made a promise and it was also his will ¡°Sword body realm complete ha-ha¡± His laughter astonished the couple for a second ¡°Thank you ancestor¡± Ye Zhi shouted at the top of his lungs Then they all joined in laughter they believed the ancestors had heard their cries and blessed their son Qiang Zhi blinked for a moment in confusion but started laughing happily again and hugging his mother never wanting to let go. He had seen how much his parents cared for him in this life and at that moment he swore to make them happy. He was going to be strong The Ancestral Sword Scripture was the cultivation manual that he got from the Dao temple it was so profound that it made him want to cry when he received it none the less the requirements to train in it was so hard that he almost wanted to puke blood. Yet the power it held was unquestionable plus that elder was fated with him. The ancestral scripture was divided into three major realms; Body, spirit and soul and each realm sub dived into two minor realms transformation and link. Transformation transformed the body spirit and soul to that of the sword while link linked it to the essence of the sword. Each of this realms needed a humongous amount of sword qui to advance and the crucial part was that one needed to reach the body transformation stage before the age of three years old. Normally elders would assist in the process by using various means but only the major sects had the techniques which the guarded heavily. Qiang Zhi had barely touched the Body link sword realm and had not entered it yet. Though the reincarnation hall guaranteed revival it didn''t foolproof for example if someone was killed yet you reincarnate only to be killed again by some misfortune you wouldn¡¯t be given a chance or if your will wasn¡¯t strong enough to live then you would suffer true death Qiang Zhi was in such a situation had he not been in the ancestral grounds the chances that he could have died were pretty high but luck favoured him and his strong will made him pass through the ordeal. The second part of the ancestral sword cultivated mental energy the Luminous Sword heart this was even more difficult than the later not only did one need lots of resources but ones comprehension had to be outstanding ¡°That old geezer told me I should cultivate both at the same time sigh will I even be able to form any mental energy?¡± he thought as he fell asleep. CHAPTER FOUR: THE WAR Time flew by and soon six years had gone by, the ancestral temple was filled with vast ancient books and knowledge, with the help of his father Qiang Zhi was able to read the ancient text and speak fluently by the age of six, such books and the knowledge contained within them was so rear in that if one took a single book outside and sell one could buy his way into becoming the lord of the Shan domain. The soul is like an unrefined gem tempered by the raging flames of a volcano but once refined it turns into a precious jewel worth a realm, the heart as the furnace, mental energy the jewel. Ever since he began cultivation no matter how hard he tried he had never been able to form mental energy though he had the luminous sword heart he never understood it no matter how he tried, this book explained the cultivation of mental energy. Putting it down he started cultivating. With a strong soul, he was able to comprehend each word to his heart making his cultivation much faster. The heart was like a machine converting raw energy into soft energy. All of a sudden the surrounding seemed to become much quieter, he could feel the slight breeze in the air, the piled up dust on the books and as he reached his mind outwards sounds of gears turning could be heard, a majestic door appeared beside it were two majestic pillars supporting a signboard with Ñ°ÇóÌìÌà written above it (heaven seeking) in an Ancient text, if one looked closely an ancient dragon coiled around the pillars suppressing all beneath it. There was a huge suction force devouring his newly established mental energy greedily, it was as if his life was being sucked out. As he opened his eyes he saw his father walking towards him ¡®it seems you have made yet another breakthrough¡¯ Qin Zhi looked at him surprised mental energy was supposed to be undetectable even an expert wouldn¡¯t notice it unless one had trained in mental energy, although he knew his father was strong, the number of people who were able to form it was quite few, this was based on the knowledge he had acquired and the questions he had asked it in a roundabout way¡¯ ¡®the heaven seeking gate will only open to those who are chosen and have firmly set foot on the cultivation world and the only way to open it is using mental energy.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. it appearing means that one has trigged its mechanism, your mother and I haven¡¯t cultivated the heart so we cant use it that only leaves you. Even without that, the residual energy of your breakthrough was something we could detect.¡¯ A profound smile could be seen on his face ¡®Young brat good job, you can now finally be called an expert now quickly clear the trials so that we can leave, I swear once we get out i''ll kick that stupid¡¯s brats face to the seventh hell nkt¡¯ His father realy talked about his brother it was like a taboo amongst them when ever he tried to bring it up his training would be doubled when his father was in a bad mood he would tell him to stand at a corner with one finger on the ground for a week each day a different finger and this was after a gruesome day of training a few years back when he had started to get used to it he tried asking again thinking that there was no panitment that he couldn¡¯t with stand this time he stood for a whole week with one finger and the cycle continued he vowed never to ask again. ¡®During the ancient times, our sect used to be amongst the strongest, although we could rival those big sects of the realm we still had a say in things that is because our sect produced many geniuses who later joined those big sects and that was because of the heaven seeking hall. It is rumoured that the hall of heaven was a treasure of atop expert back in the primordial era and due to some unknown reason it landed in our world and because of that, no outside force dares to invade our planet. Qin Zhi looked at his father with amazement ¡®Father what happened to those who tried to invade and why has our world become so weak¡¯ Looking at his curious son he sighed ¡®Anyone who bore ill will towards this world would be crushed into a pulp of blood every magical treasure turned to dust, not even his corpse would remain, those who dared would just be courting death. Our world gained prosperity and we became a force to reckon, but with time people started becoming arrogant and doing evil deeds outside then come back here to seek shelter this included the world lords son who offended a realms lord by raping and killing his daughter. When the realms lord found out he was so angry and vowed to destroy our planet and the proprietor a vast force that could wipe out planets within seconds was gathered. When the son learned who he had offended he ran away back to his father seeking protection. The father was furious at his son but he also dotted on him heavily and in the end decided to shelter him after all no force could shake this world off its roots. What he did not know was that the realms lord was in control of a primordial treasure also. A heavy battle was fought in the end the spirit of both treasures appeared and came to an agreement both the head of father and son were to be given and for 10000 years no expert shall step out of this world in exchange they would retreat and not seek trouble again, and thus our fates were sealed.