Asura Sovereign XIII

by Shian Jeen

  ‘What kind of freakish existence is this ah?!’

  The Hundred Spirits Beast King even suspected that Huwang Xiao was the reincarnation of a powerful Heavenly God from the Divine World. No, even a Heavenly God’s reincarnation couldn't be this monstrous!

  Two months later, after being bombarded by Huwang Xiao and the attacks from his Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire spirits, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head was littered with injuries. It finally felt the danger of death.

  But, no matter how it begged and tempted him, Huwang Xiao’s attacks continued to rain down.

  Huwang Xiao held steadfast to his intention; destroying the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s will inside this head and refine it!

  Finally, after a little over three months, the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fire spirits turned into an icy blue and crimson red light that pierced through the giant head's forehead. The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head forever fell into silence.

  Watching the silent Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head, Huwang Xiao let out a great sigh of relief, heavily panting as he fell butt down on the floor. He wiped off the sweat on his forehead only to find his sleeve damp.

  ‘I finally defeated this Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head!’

  Thinking back to those three months of bitter battle with the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head, Huwang Xiao inwardly shuddered. If he didn't have close to ten thousand Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets inside his Asura Ring, if he didn't possess the Instant Recovery ability, even with the aid of both divine fires he would have died right here!

  Although the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires were powerful, Huwang Xiao himself had yet to become a Highgod Realm master. Without the force of a godhead, he could hardly display even a tenth of both divine fires’ true power.

  “I need to refine another batch of pills when I get back.” Huwang Xiao smiled wryly.

  Three months of continuous battle had almost depleted his entire supply of Spring Autumn Hundred Life Divine Pellets. He had accumulated so many divine pills only after a decade of refining.

  Some time later, Huwang Xiao finally dragged himself up to his feet. Looking at the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head, his face showed undisguisable jubilation.

  The time had come to collect his harvest!

  He no longer hesitated. In a leap, Huwang Xiao hovered in the air above the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head, he then sat down in a cross-legged position and circulated the Asura Tactics as he began the refinement of the giant head.

  After completely expelling the gray demonic qi from the giant monkey head below, strands of Hundred Spirits Beast King’s blood essence began to float into Huwang Xiao’s body. The Treasure Dragon diagram within him appeared, glimmering as it greedily devoured the blood essence.

  Multiple strands of pure energy spread to every corner of Huwang Xiao’s body, both his dantian and Qi Sea were roaring with joy.

  The two spirits of the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires were hovering around Huwang Xiao. Opening their mouths wide, they also absorbed the energy from the Hundred Spirits Beast King blood essence.

  Asura qi formed a domain around him, growing darker and denser. Ghosts and demons howled within, and the voice of the Asura grew clearer.

  At the same time, the black and blue dragons flew out from Huwang Xiao’s body, their roars echoing throughout the gray space.

  Time passed by.

  As he continued to refine the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s blood essence, Huwang Xiao could feel the time and space threads within his soul sea strengthening, moreover, the clarity and brightness of his soul was blinding. His soul sea quivered, showing signs of being on the verge of condensing a godhead.

  Huwang Xiao tensed up.

  To many God Realm cultivators condensing their godhead was a lifelong dream, but Huwang Xiao felt differently. More accurately, he didn't want to condense his godhead at this moment.

  He was aware that, based on his current soul clarity, it absolutely hadn't reached the requirements to form the king of all godheads.

  Huwang Xiao quickly focused his attention, repressing the energy fluctuations within his soul sea again and again. At the same time, he also repressed the true immortal essence force in his dantian and his god battle qi, hoping they could absorb more of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s blood essence.

  As expected, after being repressed again and again, the turbulent energy fluctuations in his soul sea gradually calmed down.

  Huwang Xiao heaved a sigh in relief.

  Even then, he dared not relax his vigilance as he continued to repress his true immortal essence force and god battle qi.

  One year passed, two years, three years, four years…

  Huwang Xiao already lost count how many times he had repressed his true immortal essence and god battle qi, he only knew that after being repressed multiple times the true immortal essence force in his dantian and the god battle qi in his Qi Sea became sparkling bright, as if they had changed somehow.

  After four years passed, blood essence stopped floating out from the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head, completely absorbed. Just as Huwang Xiao thought he was done, colorful spheres of light floated up from the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head. They seemed to be made of liquid, yet also mist at the same time.

  These colorful spheres of light were the soul energy contained inside the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head, many times more precious than its blood essence.

  The soul sea was the place where the godhead was formed, and where a person’s soul force resided.

  The Hundred Spirits Beast King was the most powerful master of the demonic beast clan, to the point where several Highgod Realm masters' besiegement still couldn't kill it. One could only imagine how powerful its soul force was.

  Despite its soul force being suppressed for many years by the altar’s sealing formation, resulting in close to half of it having dwindled, the remaining force was still horrifying.

  As the colorful, misty spheres of light containing soul force entered Huwang Xiao’s body, his soul sea once again burst out with blinding light.

  His soul force rose at an alarming speed.

  Looking from afar, spheres of colorful, misty light merged together above Huwang Xiao.

  Another thirteen years passed.

  The colorful spheres of light finally stopped floating out from the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head. With a clear crisp sound, the giant head disappeared from the world.

  The demonic qi inside the gray space lessened and dispersed.

  However, Huwang Xiao remained as he was in the air above the altar, continuously circulating the Asura Tactics.

  A few days later, Huwang Xiao finally stopped, opening his eyes.

  The gray space shook, as if Huwang Xiao’s gaze contained indescribable power.

  Huwang Xiao suddenly looked ahead. He hardly moved, but the fabric of space was ripped apart, leaving a gaping black hole several kilometers in diameter.

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  The torn space did not mend itself. It spread until it reached several hundred li before stopping.

  Chaotic space currents flowed out from the black hole, engendering a radius of a thousand li to be filled with destructive chaotic space currents.

  Some time later, the black hole gradually shrunk and the chaotic currents disappeared.

  Huwang Xiao’s eyes shone with joy. The fact that refining the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head actually enhanced his soul force to such a degree was an unexpected boon. On top of that, he had gained a powerful soul ability.

  His soul attacks could now actually materialize in the real world.

  Soul force originally had neither shape nor form. Even though cultivators that trained in soul techniques could attack using their soul force, it could only attack their opponent’s soul, an invisible method of attack.

  Which was why a tangible attack was vastly different.

  Now, Huwang X
iao was able to use his soul force to shatter a thousand zhang tall mountain.

  That black hole just now was Huwang Xiao employing his soul force, forcefully tearing the fabric of space.

  Huwang Xiao stood up, then looked at the giant altar below. Circulating his true immortal essence force, he stomped his foot down. The altar below that used to seal the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head quivered, then it cracked from the center. Deep cracks spread like spider webs all the way to the edges of the altar.

  Booming sounds echoed as the altar crumbled to the ground.

  Huwang Xiao didn't know what material the altar was made of. It was extremely hard, an object that had remained for an unknown number of years inside this gray space. Yet, it crumbled under Huwang Xiao’s foot!

  Looking at the pieces of the crumbled altar, he nodded with satisfaction. Although he managed to stop his soul sea from condensing a godhead, suppressing his cultivation at perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm, his strength had undergone immeasurable changes. He had become three times stronger than before, maybe more.

  Now, if he came across Highgod Realm masters like the Evil Ghost Ancestor, he could easily kill them instead of going through a strenuous battle.

  Huwang Xiao’s figure sped away, flying out of the gray space through the earth toward the surface. Barely using any effort, the earth seemed to separate, making a path for him. His speed going up to the surface exceeded his previous speed when he came down.

  Moments later, Huwang Xiao broke past the Death God Lake’s surface, hovering in the air.

  The gray demonic qi around the Death God Lake had dispersed. Towering old trees and plants were destroyed and giant fissures created zig-zagged patterns across the land.

  With a single look, he knew that the surroundings’ destruction was caused by the shockwaves from his battle with the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s head.

  Huwang Xiao determined his direction and flew toward the outer area of the Beast Mountain Range. A while later he was out from the mountain range, heading toward the Sea of Flowers World’s transmission array.

  Huwang Xiao’s current speed, even without flying on a sword, was faster than any peak late-First Order Highgod Realm master.

  His figure was nothing but a streak of light in the air. Even a late-First Order Highgod Realm master could merely catch the tail of a blurred image.

  No more than fifteen minutes later, Huwang Xiao lightly descended before a city gate. This was the Sea of Flowers World’s biggest city, Sea Flower City. The Sea of Flowers World’s transmission array was located inside this city.

  Entering the Sea Flower City, Huwang Xiao passed by a restaurant as he was heading to the transmission array. Out of impulse, he stepped in and ordered a jug of wine and some side dishes. Sitting down, he pondered and planned his next move.

  According to Liang Guang’s memories, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s last sealed location was in the White Tiger Galaxy, in a place called Devil Domain.

  This Devil Domain was a big mainland floating in the White Tiger Galaxy, with a land area even bigger than the Black Tortoise Galaxy’s Cloudsea Mainland. In that place, numerous cultivators dabbling in devil techniques were present. It was the fulcrum of the White Tiger Galaxy’s devil cultivators.

  Devil cultivators were more often than not bloodthirsty characters due to their cultivation techniques, and thus, killing and slaughter was common on the Devil Domain Mainland. Alone, not even a First Order Highgod Realm dared to venture in carelessly.

  “Rumours say that, a few days ago, the White Tiger Institute Principal’s personal disciple Wan Zhenxing’s cultivation broke through to the Highgod Realm!”

  “What? This term’s Highgod Advancement Tournament is definitely more exciting than previous ones!”

  “But there are also Xiang Mingzhi and Huwang Xiao, two freak geniuses, in this term’s tournament. I’m afraid it’s impossible for others who want to take the first place. Neither He Feifan nor Wan Zhenxing are a match for them.”

  “What do you guys think, between Xiang Mingzhi and Huwang Xiao, who is stronger?”

  “My bet is on Xiang Mingzhi. He is already a Highgod Realm master, but more importantly, his godhead is the only top rank ten godhead in the four galaxies that has ever appeared, and there’s also his Azure Dragon Divine Fire! Though recently there are rumors spreading around that Huwang Xiao killed the Evil Ghost Ancestor and a few other infamous Highgod Realm masters, at the end of the day, those are only rumors and cannot be taken as the truth!”

  While Huwang Xiao was pondering about the Devil Domain Mainland, at the table next to his were several disciples from various families of the Sea of Flowers World talking excitedly.

  As the day of the Highgod Advancement Tournament grew closer, talks about it grew increasingly frequent, so much that one could almost hear discussions about it almost everywhere in the four galaxies.

  Naturally, the top ten names on the Highgod Advancement List such as Huwang Xiao, Xiang Mingzhi, He Feifan, Wan Zhenxing, and Wan Long were hot topics.

  Huwang Xiao was a little surprised when he heard that the White Tiger Institute Principal’s personal disciple had also stepped into the Highgod Realm. He didn’t have a deep impression of this Wan Zhenxing, merely catching a glimpse of him during the Alchemist Grandmaster Competition long ago; tall and muscular, with palms bigger than the average person.

  His poured more wine into the cup as he listened to the discussion at the nearby table. He didn’t mind them saying that Xiang Mingzhi had a higher chance than him in taking the first place.

  A while later, Huwang Xiao left the restaurant, arriving at the Sea Flower City’s transmission array. He paid the fees in Xuanwu coins and headed back to Martial Spirit World.

  Before he went to the Devil Domain Mainland, he wanted to check on the Huwang Clan Manor’s current situation. This time, he was away for almost twenty years.

  A day later, Huwang Xiao was back in Martial Spirit World.

  The moment he stepped out from the transmission array, the rich and abundant spiritual energy was immediately obvious.

  After twenty years passed, Martial Spirit World’s spiritual energy had once again improved. Now, it had already surpassed the Cloudsea Mainland.

  Huwang Xiao was very satisfied with this result although he had expected it.

  Arriving back at the Huwang Clan Manor, Huwang Xiao noticed that the spiritual energy here was even richer, more abundant, like tiny dew drops. Right above the Huwang Clan Manor, the dense spiritual energy formed clouds.

  From a distance, the Huwang Clan Manor was akin to an immortal palace in old myths.

  The manor, from top to bottom, was filled with cheers and joy at Huwang Xiao’s return.

  Watching his family circling around him, talking nonstop, Huwang Xiao was helpless. Especially his parents, Huwang Peng and Su Yan, asking this and that to the point where Huwang Xiao didn't know how to answer.

  Only Shi Xiaofei held back, standing a few feet away with a smile on her face. There was only Huwang Xiao reflected in her beautiful eyes.

  “Big brother, this time you’ll be staying for some time, right? Big sister-in-law misses you every day.” His sister Huwang Min said.

  Huwang Xiao was caught off guard by the question and could only nod in answer.

  Hearing Huwang Min call her ‘big sister-in-law’, Shi Xiaofei blushed shyly.

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  That night, a lively banquet lit up the Huwang Clan Manor.

  Huwang Xiao and his parents sat at the head of the banquet table. His family was on the left, whereas on the right side were Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, Phoenix Clan Ancestor, and the other Highgod Realm masters.

  As per the norm, Huwang Xiao asked about matters related to Martial Spirit World while he was away.

  In that period, Martial Spirit World was mostly peaceful except for quite a few small incidents; such as many cultivators migrating over to Martial Spirit World and setting up residences there as the spiritu
al energy became more abundant. It was those outsiders who had many conflicts with the native families.

  Those outside cultivators wanted to take over some kingdoms’ royal cities, and even imperial cities. That was because Spirit Amplifying Arrays were built in each royal and imperial city, resulting in these places having a richer spiritual energy compared to other places.

  The Martial Spirit World’s royal and imperial families all sought aid from the Huwang Clan Manor.

  Huwang Peng made the decision and had the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Phoenix Clan Patriarch, and the several other Highgod Realm masters lend a hand to these royal and imperial cities, hence the situation didn't worsen. Huwang Peng had those outside cultivators who tried to occupy the royal and imperial cities be captured and not killed, locking them up in the secret chamber in the mountain behind Huwang Clan Manor and await Huwang Xiao’s decision after his return.

  Hearing the details of these events, Huwang Xiao’s brows creased into furrows.

  Outside cultivators wanting to reside in Martial Spirit World, Huwang Xiao won’t stop them. In fact, he welcomed them, only this would help bring more prosperity to Martial Spirit World.

  But these cultivators, after arriving here, actually wanted to forcefully occupy the royal and imperial cities, this meant they didn't put the Huwang Clan Manor in their eyes.

  No doubt, upon arriving here, they could ask any random person on the street and know that Martial Spirit World was under the Huwang Clan Manor’s governance. The whole Martial Spirit World was their territory.

  But even after knowing this, those people still dared to forcefully occupy some cities?

  The look in Huwang Xiao’s eyes turned cold, it seems like he needed to kill a few chickens to scare the monkeys.

  Huwang Xiao asked about the identities those outside cultivators. Most of them were disciples of super forces from the four galaxies, but there was a small number of evil cultivators, and even demonic beast clan masters.

  “Right, Little Huwang brat, there’s one more thing.” Suddenly remembering something, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi said, “About a decade ago, not too long after you left the Huwang Clan Manor, although indistinct, I sensed some prying eyes over the Huwang Clan Manor. That person’s strength is definitely above mine.”