War

Soon, she was able to get out of her room. She was hoping to meet the different races and other people in the palace. She had fully accepted her role as the Princess. When the time came for her to leave the room, the Emperor was with her.

She saw that her room was part of a big courtyard of the palace. Her courtyard was lavish with a beautiful and big garden that had many artificial lakes, rivers, mountains, and even a cave. Flower beds were everywhere, and it was a picturesque scene straight from the movies. She went to the main palace and saw that it was lavish.

The air became a bit lighter in the main palace and she assumed it was because of the 'heaven and earth energy' was less here. She asked and she was told that a level 8 formation master had made special formations below her courtyard to nurture more 'heaven and earth' energy. She found many different paintings and statues in the halls of the palace, but they were all covered.

"Why is everything covered?" She asked.

"Everything here was made by level 8 and above blacksmiths, sculptors, and painters. Since you do not have any 'heaven and earth' energy and are a mortal, if you look at them, your soul will be sucked into them. Anyone below the Sky Realm cannot look at them. Even Sky Realm Cultivators can glance only and not look for more than a second. They have profound mysteries in them." Her father replied.

They were following her and answering her questions patiently.

As she went around more and more, she found that something was odd. The Palace was a bit empty. Being one of the top 4 powers of the Plane, she thought it would be filled with cultivators, guards, ministers, and other people coming in to give reports, but she only saw few people here and there. Most of them were maids and only a few guards.

"Why are there so few people? I was hoping to meet so many different races here." She asked.

The faces of everyone became unnatural and sad. They all had looks of sorrow and yet there was some pride in it. They sighed and they all looked at the Emperor asking him to answer this depressing question.

The Emperor sighed and began telling a long story, "Just before you had Qi Deviation, there was a huge war between the evil forces that wanted to eradicate everything and the other forces. At that time, heroes were born, and one or two heroes stood out to bring peace. Many forces had joined hands with the evil forces, like the ghosts, spectres, the alchemists, some factions of the monster clans, the underworld, some factions in the Demhaven Plane, the Yin Yang Kingdom, the Light Theocracy, 5 of the 8 great forces, and many other middle Realm forces and other smaller forces were part of the evil faction that wanted to rule the universe and bring destruction.

They had almost succeeded but two heroes, who are now the top experts at the Primogenitor-God Realm forced them back. The population across all Planes had decreased to less than half and many smaller races had been eradicated. Your siblings, one brother and one sister, both at the Sky-God Realm were also killed in that war. There are still some things that you will know once you become stronger.

At that time the traitors of the evil forces were everywhere. The only reason that some of the forces that had joined them are still able to exist is that there were some do-gooders in their midst that pleaded for their continued existence. The war would not have been won if not for those people as well. At the same time, there were many traitors from our side as well which led to huge losses. Many people and forces were killed by them.

A huge price was paid to win that war and struggle to continue to live. It has been named as the 2nd Great War. But after every major war comes times of peace and prosperity. Right now, everywhere people are recuperating. Many people have become stronger during these times. New forces are being made and the world is undergoing restructuring.

Almost all the strong ministers of our Empire were lost in the war. Right now, the ones who are left are out in the Empire to bring peace and trying to remove the leftover evil. In the next 20 years, everyone will be very busy. This is the reason that you do not find many people in the palace. Being one of the top 4 forces, our losses were also the most. Although we have vassal forces and other subdued forces, even after they were used as cannon fodder, we still had to bear huge losses."

Feng'er was stunned. She did not think that she would be reborn at a time like this. She felt that she was reborn a few years later than when she should have. She gave a wry smile. Maybe her experience of being a spy would not be put to great use here.

Soon she became tired as this was the first time in 6 months that she had walked so much. She wanted to go back. With the help of her Father, she was directly teleported to her room.

"Today, what you saw was only a part of the Palace and it's management. There are still other places. There are cultivation rooms, but you don't need to spend your time there as the room next to yours is the same. There are blacksmithing yards, alchemist rooms, herb gardens, a library, enlightenment steles and statues, a medic bay, practice formations, a fighting arena, beast farms, minor forests, a volcano, underground rivers and lakes, hot springs, a graveyard full of ghosts and spectres, a rare metal mine and many courtyards with varying features that help to understand different types of laws.

You will be able to use them after reaching the Sky Realm. If I take you there now, I can cover you with my energy, but you will not be able to see the true beauty of those places. Starting from tomorrow, you will start cultivating and reach the Lower-level Mortal Realm.

You already know that your innate affinity is with ice. But since you had Qi Deviation, we will check again. I will send some good martial art skills to you depending on your affinity. Rest well now." He patted her head and went out. He also felt some regret that his daughter had died but whenever he looked at her, he could only melt. All his children died in the war, some painfully so. So, he left to go handle the Empire matters.

She went to sleep with excitement as she could start cultivating from the next day.