The World Ruler Fu Xi
The Ancient Fortress was a colossus city with tall towers everywhere, the likes of which Yi Ping had never seen before and it was crowded with people, the Desolate Immortals!
There were little light because all the denizens here were Desolate Immortals who were capable of darksee and the lights from the starry heavens above were sufficient enough.
But now everyone was looking at the long procession that was led by Lord Asatru and his thousand companions!
All the other Desolate Immortals of the Ancient Fortress were all looking curiously at the street procession and wondered what was going on for they had never seen so many Desolate Immortals that were from the plains below that had left their posts to form such an orderly procession!
It was obvious that they were escorting the Goddess Aeris and Yi Ping for they were in the middle of the procession!
Most of them had recognized the Goddess Aeris and not Yi Ping. But Yi Ping’s aura was all too noticing and there was something about him that attracted the attention of everyone!
They began to wonder, “Who is this Great Lord that carries with him two divine swords? Who is the man that is with Lord Asatru the Captain of the Outreach Immortals?”
Yi Ping on the hand was a little awe by the city as he said to the Goddess Aeris, “So this is the Ancient Fortress, the City of the Gods! There are so many imposing towers and citadel buildings here…” This had reminded him of the citadel city that he had seen floating in the skies above when he was in Level X of the Stellar City!
The Goddess Aeris smiled and said, “It seems that you have forgotten what the Ancient Fortress has looked like. I say, how long have you been out in the desolate Borderlands?”
Yi Ping smiled weakly and said, “Very long…”
The Goddess Aeris looked at him and whispered, “You don’t know how to lie? Just where are you from?”
Because she was an Eighth Positioning Immortal, she knew that it would be impossible for Lord Asatru or the others to eavesdrop on them.
Yi Ping sighed softly as he whispered in secretly back, “I am from the Three Known Realms.”
The Goddess Aeris was startled as she stared blankly at him, “Really? Do you know that everyone is now hunting for the sign of the strange celestial manifestation that is seen earlier? No one exactly knows about it except that it is an outer celestial phenomenon. How did you manage to traverse across the realms? And the Great Lord Xuan Yuan seems so particular interested in your divine sword. Just who are you?”
Yi Ping whispered quickly, “I will tell you in due time. But first, we have dangerous visitors!”
The Goddess Aeris was startled as she looked at her crowded vicinity.
All of a sudden the streets became muted silent before it burst out excitedly as three imposing Desolate Immortals were seen at the front of the citadel!
Yi Ping was looking at their direction and he had become tense as he gently touched the hilt of the Celestial Alice…
He thought, “What a frightening malevolent!”
The Desolate Immortal that was in the middle wore an armor that had four wings and a half ring on top, while the female Desolate Immortal in white that was on the left had a white silver rune sword and the female Desolate Immortal in black that was on the right had a pair of black short swords!
Lord Asatru turned ashen immediately and the entire procession stopped in their tracks!
It was because the Desolate Immortal that was in the middle was none other than the World Ruler Fu Xi, one of the two of the most powerful rulers of the Ancient Fortress!
The other two ladies were not just stunning beholden but they were equally deadly. For the lady in white was the Heaven Goddess Zero of the Guarding Heavens, a Ninth Positioning Immortal and the one in black was the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien of the Twin Eternal Darkness!
The three of them were all Ninth Positioning Immortals and were extremely powerful!
Naturally the World Ruler Fu Xi was the most powerful out of the three for he had already reached the late stage of the Ninth Immortal Positioning while the Heaven Goddess Zero and the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien were at the initial stage.
In all the Immortal Stages, there were always the initial, the intermediate and the late stages.
Yi Ping could feel their terrifying presence staring at him!
The World Ruler Fu Xi hummed coldly, “Why do you leave your post and have to bring so many up here?”
The Lord Asatru immediately said, “My honorable respects to the World Ruler. I have orders from the Great Lord Xuan Yuan to bring a guest to his palace.”
The World Ruler Fu Xi said coldly, “But what if I want to bring this guest to my palace instead?”
The Lord Asatru turned ashen immediately but he said firmly, “My lord, the Great Lord Xuan Yuan wants him…”
The World Ruler Fu Xi interrupted coldly, “So you chose to obey the commands of the Great Lord Xuan Yuan and not me?”
The Lord Asatru answered with a trembling voice, “No, of course not. Everyone knows that we have to heed the commands of the two great lords. This is really a most difficult thing to do. We can’t defy the Great Lord Xuan Yuan…”
The World Ruler Fu Xi smirked coldly, “Why don’t you ask your guest over there? Maybe he wants to come with me instead before going to the palace of the Great Lord Xuan Yuan. After all, I am really curious on the connection of the celestial omen that had happened tonight and the appearance of a long lost divine sword.”
He had stopped short of mentioning the Fantian Sovereign Sword but Yi Ping had understood his intentions immediately!
The Goddess Aeris had turned ashen as she murmured softly to Yi Ping, “Please be careful on what to say. You don’t know what you are going into.”
All of a sudden a Desolate Immortal carrying a big ring weapon on both hands had walked calmly into the streets as he laughed aloud, “I am afraid that the guest of our Great Lord Xuan Yuan isn’t going anywhere.”
Lord Asatru was startled as he quickly bowed, “Great Lord Shenmu!”
Many of the onlookers were startled as they muttered, “The Great Lord Shenmu is also here?!”
The Great Lord Shenmu of the Blighted Shields was the right hand man of the Great Lord Xuan Yuan and he was a Desolate Immortal of the intermediate Ninth Positioning!
The Heaven Goddess Zero lifted her petite eyes and said coldly, “You dare to defy the will of the World Ruler Fu Xi?”
The Great Lord Shenmu laughed, “I really dare not but I am sure that the World Ruler Fu Xi isn’t someone who is so unreasonable as to set his eyes on a guest of the Great Lord Xuan Yuan, am I right?”
The World Ruler Fu Xi smiled coldly, “I am just interested in what type of a guest that the Great Lord Xuan Yuan is interested to bring to his palace. That is all. I won’t want to break the peaceful accord that we have laid down over the thousands of years. After all, it is soon time for us to invade the Material Realm.”
He added a mocking smile as he emphasized slowly, “But if I do want him then no one will be able to stop me. Not even the Great Lord Xuan Yuan.”
All of a sudden the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien had flashed forward with mocking laughter, “Our lord may think this way but we who are his servants are honor bounded to protect his prestige! What if your guest is dead before he could reach his destination?”
She was raining the sword energies of her dark swords and was aiming at Yi Ping!
The Great Lord Shenmu had interrupted the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien with his huge platinum rings as he shouted, “So if you want a fight then don’t blame me!”
The Heaven Goddess Zero had appeared over the Great Lord Shenmu at the same time in a white blinding light as she hacked her silver sword thunderous over him, causing the vicinity to resonate loudly by their clashes!
At the same time, bursting dark outbursts from the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien were flashing explosively!
The Great Lord Shenmu raised his two large rings and in the next instant, his two rings had grown twice as large as he shouted, “Giga Rings! The sanctorum power of my Celestial Striking Spheres! Zero, Xia Hsien! If you want a fight, so be it!”
The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien said coldly, “We are just sparring. Do you need to utilize the sanctorum power of your divine weapon and be so serious? If so then I will need to be serious too!”
As she said that, her twin black swords became elongated dark forms and were slashing like whipping black dragons, exploding upon contact!
The Heaven Goddess Zero lit a smile as she tumbled back, “So it is finally time. I have always wondered how strong the Great Lord Shenmu really is!”
As she said that, she had burst into a white flare, revealing the true extend of her divine power.