Sword Sovereign

"It seems that the dimensional profound formation has yet to be activated." Mu Huanzhi stated. "So we came early, after all."

"I suppose waiting for a bit is not the worst thing." Aerion pulled out a book about different types of dragons and started to read it.

"Reading a book at a time like this? Shouldn't you be preparing for the Profound God Convention, Senior Brother?" Mu Hanyi questioned.

"I'm more than prepared already. You should be worrying about your own ranking."

~ Sometime later~

"This sword aura... could it be..." The expressions of the senior members of the Snow Song Realm suddenly grew serious.

Hmm?

Aerion looked up and saw two figures. One was an old yet celestial being whose strength could not be denied while the other was a rather beautiful young lady. The old man seemed to be rather gentle for someone so mighty. The young lady carried an interesting sword which had made quite an impression on Aerion.

After a quick observation, he understood who these two people were. One was the Sword Sovereign Jun Wuming, a peak Divine Master, while the other was Jun Xilei, one of the Four God Children and the Sword Sovereign's only disciple. The Sword Sovereign was a prominent figure in the Eastern Divine Region as his skill in the way of the sword could not be matched by any other. Well, more accurately, he is known as the strongest sword practitioner in the Eastern Divine Region. The strange thing about him is that he doesn't belong to any star realm nor does he have any children at the age of 50,000.

"Mu Bingyun from the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect of the Snow Song Realm pays respect to Senior Sword Sovereign!"

"D-divine King Realm... how is that possible?" The Sword Sovereign muttered.

"Divine King... who could you be referring to, Master?"

Who, indeed.

Aerion subtly smirked as he turned the page.

"A... Divine King..."

Aerion had hidden his aura but it wasn't anything the Sword Sovereign couldn't see through. It soon became rather obvious that the Realm King who had shocked Jun Wuming was none other than Aerion Targaryen.

"Im-impossible..." The Sword Sovereign still couldn't believe it.

"Senior Brother is a Divine King!? Wasn't he in the Divine Soul Realm like three years ago?"

"Th-three years ago!?" This added to his shock, of course.

"A Divine King?" Jun Xilei wished to test the truth of the statement, not believing it herself. An astral sword of great strength was sent his way... however, Aerion's wind aura slapped it into the distant sky.

"How bothersome." Aerion shut his book closed. "Picking a fight with this King is so very unwise of you... but I'll be kind and ignore this transgression."

Blackfyre was almost begging Aerion to be released but he ignored its call. A fight with someone so weak wasn't worth his time.

The Sword Sovereign managed to regain his cool composure. "I never thought that a Divine King would be participating in the Profound God Convention... to be so young and powerful, it is something extremely rare. The Snow Song Realm King is truly the most fortunate master to have a splendid disciple like yourself by her side."

"And I am a fortunate disciple to have her as my Master."

"I have yet to know your name..."

"This King's name is Aerion of House Targaryen." Aerion proudly replied. "You are, of course, the famed Sword Sovereign. It is a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance."

"I doubt your name will remain unknown to the masses once this Profound God Convention is over... this is Lei'er, my disciple and successor."

I wonder, how would this have gone if I were somewhere in the Divine Tribulation Realm... Jun Wuming doesn't seem like the person to show off but people do tend to hide their ugly side rather well when faced with someone great.

"One of the Four God Children..." Aerion smiled. "It seems that fate has brought us together earlier than expected."

"How did you manage to reach the Divine King Realm?"

Alright, straight to the questions...

"I'm just really talented." Aerion casually replied. "The most talented man in the Primal Chaos Dimension by far, in fact. I can breakthrough just by breathing in the air... I would say that the Heavens truly favour me over everyone else."

I managed to absorb the Divine Tribulation Lightning which almost destroyed the whole of Primal Chaos... it was nothing major, just breathing in the air.

"That does not seem unlikely, you do look rather extraordinary."

Rather extraordinary?

Then the dimensional profound formation to the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm opened.

"Since this formation is in the Snow Song Realm, it would only be natural for the direct disciple to enter first." Jun Wuming suggested.

He's acting rather respectfully towards a disciple.

Aerion nodded. "Very well."

Aerion entered first, followed by Jun Wuming and the Snow Song Realm's group. The place they had entered wasn't quite the Eternal Heaven God Realm, instead, it was the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm. The one thing which clearly stood out was the Eternal Heaven Tower. The Eternal Heaven Pearl, the mighty Heavenly Treasure, was right below this tower.

After a few hours of moving about, they reached a certain location of importance. There were countless screens and by the looks of it, this was where the disciples of the many star realms would sign up for participation. By this time, Jun Wuming and Xilei had already gone on their own. Those of the Snow Song Realm who weren't participating, namely masters and elders, continued onwards to the Eternal Heaven Tower

Several High-Rank Star Realms came into the Eternal Heaven Divine Realm with some absurdly massive profound warships. Aerion felt slightly envious since he, as a Realm King, did not have anything nearly as impressive. However, he knew that his day would come soon enough.

"Put your hand on the screen of light. If you qualify, you'll be able to go inside."

I wonder if you can be too strong? Being a Divine King, I automatically remove all sense of competition for the first position in this tournament.

Aerion raised his arm and touched the light screen with his arm. Blue light then covered his palm and proceeded to grow, covering his entire body. Then the blue light disappeared and the light screen reacted to it.

Lifespan: Twenty-six years.

Cultivation: Second stage of the Divine King Realm.

A clear soul voice resounded in his mind; please imprint your name and place of origin.

"Aerion Targaryen, Snow Song Realm."

He turned to Izanami and broke the seal which had hidden most of her cultivation strength. "Peak Divine Spirit Realm... you aren't far from the Divine King Realm, Izanami."

"Let's go to the competition site, there's nothing else to do here anyway."

"True... Robb, are you done?"

"Yes, My Lord."

"Then let's proceed."

The world around them changed almost immediately after they willed themselves into the competition site. This was where all of the geniuses of the Eastern Divine Region had gathered. The competition site looked like an abandoned ancient city which was rather strange, Aerion had expected something more... modern.

"There are still two days left until the Profound God Convention really kicks off... what do we do until then?"

Aerion shrugged. "I might have to take a nap... maybe meet with the other geniuses? Ah, making connections, that's exactly what we should do!"

"That sounds like a great idea." Robb nodded.

"Izanami, what do you think?"

"I'd rather not. Meditation sounds like a better idea." Izanami walked away.

"Well, it's just you and me then. Let's look for the most promising geniuses of this Profound God Convention and speak to them, in order to pass the time."

...

After some time, Aerion and Robb encountered just that; Shui Meiyin and Shui Yingyue of the Glazed Light Realm. Both were rather promising and belonged to the Glazed Light Realm, which was one of the three strongest High-Rank Star Realms of the Divine Eastern Region. Their father was also the Realm King, a mighty late Divine Master Realm existence.

"Beautiful ladies, may this King have the pleasure of knowing your names?" Aerion already knew through a quick observation but he asked anyway.

"My name is Shui Meiyin and my Big Sis is..."

"Shui Yingyue."

"Oh, so you two are the daughters of Shui Qianheng. It is a great honour to make your acquaintance."

"And who might you be, Big Brother?" Shui Meiyin asked as her eyes stared deeply in his.

You're a little bit too young for me...

"Aerion Targaryen and this here is my loyal advisor, Robb."

"Pleased to meet you," Robb stated.

"You look really strong for someone in the late stages of the Divine Tribulation Realm... and you, Big Brother, seem to be even more outstanding."

"Oh, you can see such things?" Aerion replied since she had piqued his interest.

"Mn."

"Can you discover my cultivation strength then?"

"Hmm... no, unfortunately, I can't see it."

Aerion smiled. "It was intended that way... well, the truth will get out eventually. Those ancient late-stage Divine Masters will catch onto me in due time." Aerion took a sip of his sweet, sweet, wine. "I'd rather not keep you two ladies for too long so I'll be on my way."

"What... but we just met them?" Robb questioned.

"They're busy, I'm sure..."

"No, not at all... we're quite bored, in fact." Shui Meiyin countered.

Wha...

"I suppose the company of two ladies isn't so bad." Aerion gave in since blatantly running away would be quite undignifying.

This definitely wasn't part of the plan. However, I may be able to establish a connection with the Glazed Light Realm... this might be a good thing, definitely better than taking a nap for two whole days.