Heavenly Oath

The size of the Han clan territory expands in a vast area of 10,000kmx10,000km which is mostly taken up by the Hollow crest forest while the residential area barley accounts for anything. Within the Residential area, you could see houses, beautifully decorated villas, and a whole lot of disciples wearing cyan and black robes training to their heart's content.

And within the sea of disciples, you could see a boy, no more than 14, with incredible, other-worldly features, running in his plain attire towards the First Elders residence on the other side of the residential area.

He ran not because he wanted to but because he has to because anyhow he makes the First Elder wait, then whatever the elder has to say would be terrible.

He made his final dash of 25m towards the elders home only to hear a loud ass shout that sounded like 10,000 war horses passing by at full speed.

"YOU DAREE KEEP ME WAITING!!!"

Aethers face instantly flashed with a disgust, ugly, then finally despair expression and resigning to fate, but quickly left his face as fast as it came.

But as the First Elder of the Han clan how could he not sense the change in expression. The Elder smiles wickedly in success in shaking the boy. The boy quickly made it to the First Elders office only to see a fat man wearing a blue robe making him look like a Rasengan, he had an ugly, oily face that not even a mother could love.

The first elders' chins jiggled before letting out some words. "Boy, why are you not kneeling?" asked the first elder in a very irritated tone.

Aether looked at the elder and coldly spat "Men have gold under their knees, so I will only kneel to my Mother, my Father, and the Heavens!!".

The elder looked furious but calms himself down in a second. The elder looks at Aether and Coldly spoke "Hummp that whore of a mother of yours died due to injury, and your 'genius' father abandoned you to survive on your own soon after, so I guess I can let go of your actions and words for today, since you clearly had no training at home" The elder finished while giving himself a high five inwardly for his choice of words.

Aether felt furious, he felt enraged, he wanted the elders head for saying such words about his mother and defiling his fathers' image. But he endured, he bit his lip in frustration of being weak and it bled, he never wanted power more than at this very moment.

Seeing the blood drip, the elder had a wider smile as he continued to speak. "So, as to why I called you here"

Aether still had blood on his chin, but even it cannot wipe the curiosity off his face. And he has a reason for this because he hasn't done anything remotely bad in the clan for 3 months.

Seeing his expression the elder continued "In 5 months from now is the exchange between disciples to promote those from the outer-ring to inner-ring and inner-ring to core disciples. As you know to qualify to be in the exchange you must be at level 7 in the Tempered body realm, and you haven't made any progress and has been stuck at Level 3 for 5 years now, some and a lot of other elders decided to give you a push for an untalented child like yourself" the elder said the last part with a hint of disdain.

Aether completely ignored that fact as he was only concerned and expectant as to what this 'push' might be.

Seeing his expression the first elder continued "so the push we are are giving you is that you have to be the champion of the exchange to enter the inner ring, and you must defeat one core disciple to enter the core of the clan. If you cannot pass this small challenge then you have no business being here and cultivating. So in other words for your simple mind, you'll be kicked out of the clan and crippled as well".

BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!

It was like a bombshell that just exploded in Aethers head as he felt he was going unconscious from hyperventilating. 'This was no fucking god damn "pUsH" this was simply sending me to my death' he screamed inwardly, because crippling him was the same as killing him, if he was crippled and kicked out of the clan then he can only wait for death, as the first elder would just send somebody to kill him in no time at all.

"First Elder you really don-.." Aether was pleading, but the first elder cut him off before he can finish.

"Don't worry Aether just take it as a gift, from the clan to you, for your diligent hard work, we only try to help" the first elder smiled and said shamelessly.

Aether felt at loss of what he should do as he really didn't want to die, but before he could say anything he was pushed by a gust of wind out of the elders' office and landed in front of his house.

"Good Luck my dear nephew ahahahaha.."

These were the last words Aether heard before he was out the door. Aether sighed in despair as he walked at snail's pace towards his shack.

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Aether was finally home as he slouched back into bed sulking in despair upon remembering today's events, but then a sudden change happens in his expression as he was remembering about his past, as he remembered what his father said the day he left.

"Aether if one day you fall into despair and it seems the world is against you, then go against the world, if one day the heavens are against you, then conquer the HEAVENS!! Nothing in this cruel world is free, if you want freedom, then break the shackles that bind you, with pride and arrogance that could kill with a single scoff. Since you're my son, then it's only natural for you to be a monarch of the world, all you have to do is reach for it, grab it, and never let it go".

OUOOOOMMMMM!!!

If the other one was a bombshell then this is a meteorite that can destroy planets "That's right!" Aether screamed loudly with excitement.

He stood up with absolute Arrogance as he screamed towards the sky "I SWEAR A HEAVENLY OATH, THAT IF I DON'T REAP THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO WRONGED ME, OR THOSE WHO EVEN GO AGAINST ME, THEN NO NEED TO CRIPPLE ME, I WILL CRIPPLE MYSELF!!!".

If only the First Elder knew what he had done, what kind of monster he made, if only he knew that this very boy he decided to bully, will form a Dao that can kill gods, make demons shiver in fear, and completely suppress the heavens.