The Strength Of A Dragon Emperor

The dragon roared once more, flying upwards to strike Aerion. He smirked and opened his left palm, preparing to make use of the Deva Path.

"Shinra Tensei!"

BOOM.

The dragon was sent back into the depths of the ruined city by an almighty push. Aerion remained high in the sky, looking down on the rather large dragon. His purple Rinnegan eyes stood out even in the day. As the dragon looked up, he felt inferior to the celestial being above him.

"What's wrong? I thought you were flying upwards, not downwards." Aerion mocked the dragon.

"You... you dare toy with this dragon!?"

The dragon took a deep breath and released a ferocious wave of fire in the direction of Aerion.

"Hmph, fire is the worst thing you can use against me."

Aerion channelled the Fire Dragon God's divine power and turned the flames around, towards the dragon. Since it was a fire dragon, its flames didn't do much damage but the attack irritated the dragon greatly.

Aerion grasped the Heaven Smiting Sword with both hands as Ghost Flames exploded upwards, covering the entire heavy sword. The dragon tried to fly upwards once more and Aerion allowed it to, in fact, he welcomed it.

Soul Shattering Slash!

Although not a single scale of the dragon was damaged from the slash, its soul and mind were temporarily stunned. The dragon stopped flying and started to fall downwards once more. Aerion pointed the Heaven Smiting Sword at its chest.

The Sixth Sword Style of the Heavenly Wold Hell God's Tome, Bloodmoon Immortal Slaying Sword!

Countless beams of blood-red sword light rained down on the dragon. Once it was done raining, Aerion could no longer see the dragon. It had sunk deep into the waters and was waiting for a good moment to attack.

Turns out that the dragon is rather fast and cunning, it had flown up to Aerion from behind and managed to grab his entire body with its right hand.

"I've got you now." The dragon laughed in a delightful tone. "You're a dead man now!"

Aerion's silver scales grew out of his left arm and started to absorb the Divine Master dragon's profound energy.

"Is that supposed to be a good thing?" Aerion inquired.

"You..."

Aerion channelled the Preta Path along with his Heaven Absorbing Silver Claw, rapidly sapping the dragon out of its profound energy so much so that it had no choice but to let go of him. Once the dragon let go, it struck Aerion with its spiked tail and sent him flying into the ruined city.

BOOM.

This dragon is tough...

He emerged from the waters with a few wounds. Most of his body was swiftly covered in crimson scales as he released the profound energy he had gathered. A Perfect Susanoo emerged soon after as Aerion was planning to defeat the dragon in a single blow.

DRAGON... EMPEROR!

ROAAAR.

A roar far more terrifying than the dragon's roars combined resounded across the entire planet. His Perfect Susanoo seemed to resemble more of a dragon after the fifth gate was opened. There seemed to be a greater balance between crimson and silver as well, however, crimson remained the Susanoo's primary colour.

He gave the Heaven Smiting Sword to his Perfect Susanoo, who enlarged it to fit its size. The sky turned dark as the Perfect Susanoo's clear, silver, eyes started to shine with fury.

Aerion smiled confidently. "You won't survive this, little dragon."

"I... I don't want to fight that thing. How about we made a deal or something? You can walk away with the treasures and I'll also ignore your transgressions if you don't attack me." The dragon started acting a little hesitant under the towering presence of the mighty and terrifying Susanoo.

"Hmph, it's too late for that."

The dragon actually tried to run away which made Aerion chuckle for a moment.

"Banshō Ten'in!"

Aerion used the Deva Path once more, this time pulling the dragon back towards him.

"No... no!" The dragon protested but it was all for nought.

HEAVEN DESTROYING CRIMSON SLASH.

SLASH.

BOOM.

The dragon's head was separated from its shoulders and the shockwave from the slash resulted in catastrophic damage to the environment. However, luckily, this was already a ruined city without a single inhabitant so it didn't matter except for the fact that some treasures may have been destroyed in the process.

Aerion started to breathe rather heavily as the consequences of using Dragon Emperor along with his Perfect Susanoo finally struck him. He coughed up some blood as well, however, this did not decrease his feeling of joy in the slightest.

That dragon was just as strong as the one Master fought back in the Flame God Realm and I slew it in a single slash! Well, it wasn't just one slash but most of the damage was attributed to it. The slash was also rather simple and was not coated in any type of element. It was just a merge between the Perfect Susanoo, Heaven Destroying Crimson Hand and the Heaven Smiting Sword.

Hahaha, this King is all-mighty, indeed!

"If you used my strength along with a proper profound skill, then that attack would have been even more potent. Primal Chaos is not ready for a peak Divine King Realm version of yourself, you would become something comparable to a God. I look forward to the day you reach such heights, it will be amusing!"

It will not be long, Rotias.

The ruined city was even more ruined than ever before. Barely anything remained, it was not even worthy of the title ruined city. However, it would remain to be known as Old Valyria despite this due to its prominence in history. Such a place would not be forgotten so easily.

He flew down and placed the dragon's entire body inside of the Seventh Heaven Pearl. After that, he returned to King's Landing to recover.

~Two weeks later~

Aerion spent most of his time with his two wives and daughters as it had been a long time since he had done so. After the two weeks, he returned to Blue Pole Star using the World Teleportation Portal. The Sacred Land was the first place he visited.

"Where is Aurion?" Aerion asked the Heavenly Fire Demon.

"Ah, about that... he decided to leave for the Blue Wind Kingdom."

"By himself?"

"No, Fen Juecheng left with him. It is unlikely that any harm could come to him under such circumstances so I did not look into it too much. The Blue Wind Kingdom is the weakest overall if the Noble Rogue Sect and Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace are excluded."

"Hmm, there is not a single monarch in the Blue Wind Kingdom outside of those two sects so I suppose you were right not to pay much attention. Inform the entire Profound Sky Continent of my return, Aurion will come running soon after."

"Very well."

"Also, I'd like for you to make preparations for a wedding in the Dragon Imperial City."

"Oh, a wedding?" The Heavenly Fire Demon chuckled. "It's been a while since the Celestial Dragon Emperor took another wife. I wonder, what's the name of this lucky bride?"

"You'll know soon enough." Aerion smiled. "I've wanted to marry her for quite some time now but I never spoke of such matters to her. I've been rather patient and perhaps even nervous when it came to it. But now, I've finally made my decision."

"That is excellent news." The Heavenly Fire Demon nodded. "Is there anything else you require?"

"No, that is all."

"Good, I'll get to it then."

Aerion left the Sacred Land and flew straight to the Divine Phoenix City, the Divine Phoenix Sect to be exact. This did not take him long as he was a Divine King traversing a lower realm planet.

...

"This Emperor demands the presence of the Divine Phoenix King!"

These ten heavy and authoritative words resounded across the entire Divine Phoenix City, one would have to be deaf not to hear such a command. Feng Hengkong did arrive swiftly before Aerion Targaryen and bent his knee.

"Your Imperial Majesty, it has been quite a while since you last visited the Divine Phoenix City. What may you need of me?"

"Feng Xue'er." Aerion bluntly replied.

"This... do you remember what I told you regarding this matter?"

"It is because I remembered that I came all the way here. I will propose to her right in front of you. As a witness, you will have no choice but to accept the truth."

"Ahaha, actually I was looking forward to this day."

"Hmm? You seemed rather hesitant when I brought the matter up for the first time."

Feng Hengkong laughed. "Well, many things have changed since then. I'll take you to Feng Xue'er personally."

Aerion stroked his non-existent beard.

This is strange, I wonder, what was it that made him change his opinion?

As he followed Feng Hengkong, the nearby members of the Divine Phoenix Sect bowed with great reverence when they saw him. Due to the path he was walking, Aerion came to realise that Feng Xue'er no longer resided in the Phoenix Perching Valley.

"Your Imperial Majesty, your mere presence is an immense blessing to the entire Divine Phoenix Sect, please, accept this bow of deep and sincere respect." Feng Xiluo, the 14th Prince of the Divine Phoenix Kingdom bowed.

Aerion chuckled, this kind of reverence was simply too much.

"We're here, this is the Divine Phoenix Goddess' sacred hall, Xue'er's resting place in the Divine Phoenix Sect."

"I'd like to ask you something first. Why the sudden change?"

"Why? You are the mighty and prestigious Celestial Dragon Emperor, is that not reason enough? After much thought, I have realised that you are the only man worthy of Xue'er. Besides, she has been wanting to see you for quite some time. It is hard for me to ignore her feelings any longer. Go on, enter and ask for her hand in marriage."

Aerion smiled. "You don't need to tell me twice."