Meeting Between Gods

"This Sacred Hall and the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake will be your two places of cultivation from here on out. You are my direct disciple so you shouldn't even think of slacking off for a single moment! I considered being merciful to some extent... but after your act of defiance, hmph, you can forget about it. Not only will you train every day, but the cruelty of the training will also be far worse than you can ever imagine. If you have any regrets... well, it's far too late now!"

Aerion nodded, Mu Xuanyin's extreme training could be considered a good thing. The thing he desired most now was power, after all. Aerion was far more willing when he thought about it in this way.

"Does Master have a powerful movement technique?"

"Your movement technique is slow and lacking... this king naturally has something far superior. However, you must learn the Ice Phoenix God Investiture Canon first before you can even think of a movement technique!"

Mu Xuanyin walked closer and imparted the Profound Art onto him. Her movements were cold, indeed, so cold that it clouded her beauty. "You can start now."

Aerion nodded. "Very well."

~

In a small world above the Primal Chaos Dimension, six divine figures met to discuss a few matters. Such an event would only occur once in a million years... however, one thing has piqued their interests. The disappearance of Aerios and the rise of Aerion was a dramatic change since they had forgotten the thought of death a long time ago. The fact that another one of their kind had fallen so suddenly was quite unbelievable, even more so when they considered how he died. Giving a complete inheritance to a mortal, the prideful Aerios would never do such a thing... many of them simply couldn't understand the reason why.

"It has been less than eight years... yet the boy has already grasped some of Aerios' divine power." Surge chuckled. "He's doing much better than all of you had ever predicted."

Nexus nodded. "His growth is, indeed, impressive but there is something just as important. There are two reasons why we have all gathered here; to discuss the matter of Aerion Targaryen and the gradual return of our divine power. Naturally, we will start with the former."

"We should definitely assist him in his journey, the sooner he masters Aerios' power, the better. I believe he is more than worthy of claiming Aerios' seat." Nearon stated his opinion.

"More than worthy? I think not... we should slay him before he becomes a threat." Raela countered.

"Then how is he not worthy if he is capable of becoming a threat?" Helia laughed. "You just contradicted yourself, Raela. I believe we should do our best to protect him!"

"Could the Goddess of Love have found her next target, hmm? His image reminds me of Aerios... it would be best if he is eradicated immediately." Vena coldly stated. "He even tried to obtain one of my followers... heh, it was a threat that the previous him wouldn't have been able to handle. Who would've thought that he would enter the Primal Chaos Dimension and... hmm, isn't it clear that the Transcendent Being has been helping him?"

"So what? He has never gone out of his way to protect someone, therefore, we can still do as we wish." Raela added.

"I believe we are split evenly on this matter, Nexus never liked Aerios anyway." Surge shrugged. "Therefore, nothing is going to happen."

Nexus nodded. "That is true... how unfortunate. We will do nothing for now..."

Nearon coughed. "Although this God believes that Aerion Targaryen is worthy and shouldn't be killed, he can still be manipulated..."

"Manipulated? I believe Rotias tried to dominate him and absolutely failed... in fact, I believe Rotias accompanies him now." Helia refuted.

"Rotias?" Raela coldly laughed. "He is an ambitious fool who isn't even comparable to Aerios. Yet he did manage to do one good thing and that was acting on his own. He didn't sit around and wait... by the way, how long has it been since any of you descended to the mortal realm? We have been doing nothing for so many damn years... you have all grown into sloths. Hmph... don't worry, this Goddess will handle the matter of Aerion Targaryen herself!"

And so, she descended into the Primal Chaos Dimension.

Surge shook his head. "What a crazy Goddess... didn't she like Aerios so shouldn't she... like him too? This makes no sense."

"She admired him most and believes that Aerion Targaryen is unworthy of being his avatar... from what I can see. Now that some of our divine power is returning, she is more than capable of ending his life." Nearon sighed. "A waste."

Surge shrugged. "He has Rotias so Raela shouldn't be able to kill him just like that."

Raela going off on her own resulted in Helia doing the same. The rest soon followed and their little council shattered in just a few weeks, the return of some of their powers along with Aerion's swift rise were the leading factors of this momentous event. In the past, Aerios would decide everything while taking the advice of the others... now that he was no longer there, naturally, there was disorder.

~

It took only a week for Aerion to completely comprehend the Ice Phoenix God Investiture Canon. Comprehending this Profound Art was far easier than the others since he had seen it in action quite a few times, his Sharingan definitely helped with this task. He opened his eyes and stood up when he was done.

That was also when he noticed an icy figure looking directly at him. He recognized the figure as his Master... but something was off. The way his master looked... he blinked once more to check if his eyes were playing tricks on him. Then he realised that this was, indeed, Mu Xuanyin. But she was nowhere near as cold as before and her beauty was made far more apparent. She seemed so... seductive.

He could hear Rotias laughing. "Who would've thought... perhaps this is fate... hahaha."

!?

"How is my so very handsome disciple doing today... hmm?" A pleasant voice came from her delightful lips as she walked forward, closer to him.

...

Aerion couldn't believe it. This is Mu Xuanyin, the Snow Song Realm King who was colder than ice? This had to be some sort of jest... yet is Mu Xuanyin one to jest?

"I'm well... just finished comprehending the Ice Phoenix God Investiture Canon. What is Master's next... instruction?"

"You've been a very daring boy... a very bad boy. How should Master... punish you?" She made a small circle around his chest with her index finger.

Aerion felt his blood rush, the man was speechless. Never before did he found himself in such a bizarre situation... a cold Master who suddenly turned into a seductive master, an extremely beautiful master at that.

He wanted to use 'observe' but he ended up looking in all the wrong places and so his observations came to nothing.

"It is... Master's decision."

"Your Master does like obedient children so you are learning, at the very least." She said, with an alluring smile. "But you are allowed to be daring once in a while... otherwise, there would be no fun to be had."

Aerion nodded... after a single blink, the seductive demoness before him returned to the usual cold Snow Song Realm King. Aerion was weirdly relieved since he was afraid of stumbling and making mistakes with the seductive Mu Xuanyin.

"Good, now that you finished comprehending the Ice Phoenix God Investiture Canon, I can pass down my movement technique onto you."

Mu Xuanyin spoke coldly as if nothing had happened.

~7 and a half months later~

Aerion was meditating in the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake as usual. A few months ago, he had completely mastered the Moon Splitting Cascade which was the movement technique Mu Xuanyin had bestowed him with. She was the only one in the Snow Song Realm who had cultivated it since it was extremely difficult to comprehend. Cough, it took Aerion less than three months to reach the Great Perfection Realm which not even Mu Xuanyin had reached in ten thousand years! Later, he helped her reach that realm as well.

The Moon Splitting Cascade was similar to the Star God's Broken Shadow because it leaves behind afterimages. However, it has an inferior range of movement while also providing a special advantage; presence concealment. Aerion mastered it to the point of becoming invisible... unfortunately, an extremely powerful being would still be able to see through it. Still, he could become a ghost to anyone below the Divine King Realm so this was a major advantage.

Aerion was approaching the Fifth Stage of the Divine Soul Realm when Mu Xuanyin had appeared before him.

"I have some news for you... the Profound God Convention will be held thirty months from now."

Thirty months!? The Profound God Convention only happens once every three thousand years... it's only been seven hundred years since the previous one... what could possibly be the reason behind this?

"Furthermore, it is restricted to those of the Divine Tribulation Realm and above. The event will be jointly held by the four Royal Rank Star Realms of the Eastern Divine Region. The rewards are quite excessive and luxurious as well... the top one thousand will spend three thousand years in the Eternal Heaven Pearl. Due to the Eternal Heaven Pearl's special effects, those three thousand years will only amount to three in real-time. It seems that this Profound God Convention is far from ordinary..."

"Who is my competition?" Aerion inquired, his eyes seemed to glow brighter.

Who would've thought... a Profound God Convention! If I win, then I'll be able to see Jasmine again... the World Teleportation Portal to Westeros and she should be safe forever... right? But those Ancestral Gods can still cause some problems since Aerios appeared in Westeros and so that means the others should be able to do the same.

"For now, you aren't even worth a single breath when compared to the Four God Children... but that will change as the Profound God Convention draws nearer."

"Since I'm still lacking in strength, will Master spar with me more often? I tend to progress faster that way."

"As you wish." Mu Xuanyin agreed. "Stand."