Emperor Kai

"Kai!" Yang Xin shouted once she spotted him in the mysterious palace she had been taken to.

Behind Yang Xin were Mikoto and Guan Yu, all equally confused about how they arrived in the mysterious palace.

Kai smiled and figured Ming Fei was a reasonable man as he didn't leave his companions in the Nine Layered Deathlands. Kai told the ladies the Lord of Nether had brought them to the palace and urged the ladies to behave themselves.

Following the hall that a servant led them down, Kai and the ladies were taken to a beautiful garden with a myriad of colorful vegetation. Kai found his seat at a table with four teacups, and Ming Fei was seated at the end. It was an odd sight as Ming Fei sipped his tea in the sunny garden, and still, Kai could not make out his face.

Kai pushed it aside and attributed it to a skill derived from his mastery over nether laws.

"Kai, Wei Guan Yu, Mikoto Ashikaga, and Yang Xin. Yang Xin is the most surprising as I figured that you would have become content as the leading mind in alchemy in Glory City. Though I always found it odd that you never study ancient languages as it would have propelled your knowledge beyond any alchemist's in Glory City's history."

Kai smiled as he understood that Glory City's books had centuries of knowledge, far beyond what Glory City applied. All they had to do was teach one person how to read another language, and the City might have more legend rank cultivators.

"Wei Guan Yu, I was hopping on taking you from the Heavenly Note Sect as you are the most talented Blood demon since your father. But the idiot abandoned the laws of blood once you were born." Ming Fei continued.

Guan Yu was surprised that the Lord of Nether had such high praise for her father.

"Mikoto and Kai. The tricky lovers. I never expected to see a higher realm array around your clan. But when you two came out as legend ranks, I was not surprised, as I witnessed your birth before the show was cut short."

Kai and Mikoto frowned.

Ming Fei chuckled and sipped his tea once more. "Relax," he said, "It's not every day that one gets to share a drink with the mythical Titans and discovers their descendants free and in a lesser realm."

Yang Xin and Guan Yu looked confused.

"Do you want to fight me?" Kai asked, "Because you're telling my secrets like you want to be my enemy. Speak plain and straight."

Ming Fei chuckled. "I just want to know if you plan on using the Thousand Flowers ambassador's token during this year's selection."

Kai immediately looked towards the ladies as he didn't receive any such token. Guan Yu then pulled the token out and handed it to Kai.

"We are going." said Mikoto, "It's a good deal, better than any he could offer."

"We'll see," said Kai. "Ming Fei, can you tell about this ten thousand flowers sect?"

"Gladly." Ming Fei replied, " The Thousand Flowers Sect is allied with the Divine Feather Sect -One of the six powerful and prestigious sects in the Draconic Ruins Realm. The Divine Feathers Sect controls a massive territory, including hundreds of cities with a total population of over several hundred million...

Many factions and families are vying for power in the sect. They compete in recruiting promising new students to raise their standing. Many of the newly recruited members are from the smaller realms, such as the Little Heaven Realm and the Tiny World. This is common because, without the backing of such a faction, they will have trouble acquiring much-needed cultivation resources such as Spiritual Stones and Demon Spirits. However, joining a faction means becoming a lapdog of that family and losing much of one's freedom...

Currently, there are about one thousand members that come from the Little Heaven Realm, but only a handful that comes from the Tiny World. However, one year, a woman from Ozarka Plains, a desolate world ruled by Demon Beast, cultivating human slaves and cauldrons for dual cultivation...

The woman got her hand on demon arts and eventually made her way to the Divine Feather Sect, where she became a powerhouse and Established a faction so big, it became the Thousand Flower Sect. I'm sure you can tell what kind of place it is."

Kai smirked. "Demon Beast and Humans? Uncouth and raw?"

"So the rumors say. But they only display righteousness to the outside world to maintain their status, protection from and resources from the Divine Feather Sec," said Ming Fei. "Anyway, There's already an ambassador assigned to this world from the Thousand Feather Sect. However, you can observe the selection, and then I will teach how to navigate the world gate."

"Why help me?" Kai asked.

"Because I'm bored, and I wish to see what the Draconic Zruins Realm will look like once the Titans return." Ming Fai explained.

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After Ming Fei and Kai spoke about the Draconic Ruins Realm a while longer, Kai and his company were sent back to the first layer of the Deathlands. Together they crossed the second, third, fourth, and fifth layers.

Kai silently observed as they did all of the fighting. The only time he stepped up was to make corrections and give advice. Over the course of three months, Guan yu and Yang Xin had improved greatly.

The group was sitting at the edge of a pond eating dinner when Kai's communication talisman began to hum.

"Father?" Kai answered.

"Kai. Your grandfather will like permission to kill the patriarch of the Sacred Family."

"Why the hell would he want to do that?" Kai asked.

"He is in league with the Dark Guild. If we continue on with our plan, the Dark Guild will be sicked on us." Ryuji explained.

"What is happening there?"

"The Sacred Family is cunning. Despite our efforts, the Winged Dragon Family has fallen into their trap. Their only way out is to sign over a large portion of their assets and agree to an engagement. Or they can hand over all of their assets and decline the engagement."

"Ahhh, how bad do you and uncle want this family?" Kai asked.

"They are the key to everything."

"Fine, here's what you do. Pretend, I, the young patriarch, has returned and sent many gifts to the winged dragon Family. The most precious gift will be pills given to the young miss by Old man Yoshi. Make them precious, but to accept the gift, they will have to accept my marriage proposal. Step 2, disguise a few clansmen as dark guild members and have them attack. Of course, our clan will be there to protect little miss. The engagement and trust should be sealed after that. Finally, you introduce a new strengthening pill to the market with a few elixirs, then you make the winged dragon family the main suppliers and settle their debts." Kai explained nonchalantly.

"You will marry the little miss?" Satoshi asked.

"Yes. Why else would our reclusive clan help the Winged Dragon Family? I also want to keep the clansmen in their place, so there isn't anyone else I can offer up to marry the little miss. Besides, the wedding won't be for years to come. Get everything in motion, and we'll handle the traitors once I return." Kai then ended the transmission.

For another two weeks, Mikoto, Guan Yu, and Yang Xin trained. after reaching the sixth layer, Kai pulled the group out and returned to the Blood Demon Clan.

"Master, why can't I go with you?" Guan Yu pouted.

"Because mortal affairs shouldn't concern you. When I return, we will ascend. Focus on your family for now." Kai replied.

A few days later, the trio arrived at the Ashikaga clan to find it packed with many fathers and gorgeous daughters. Each of the trio had similar reactions, annoyance.

"Old Man Yoshi!" Kai shouted and his grandfather turned around with an estatic expression that soon faded once he saw Kai's annoyance with the situation.

"Kai, its about time you got here and explained the situation." Yoshi moved his eyebrows but Kai had no idea what the hell the old man was talking about.

"What situation?" Kai asked.

"You're decision to take the little miss Xiao Ning'er as your second wife and no one else," Yoshi explained and Kai sighed as he finally understood what was happening.

Families had come from all over Glory City to propose marriage after Kai's idea to mary Xiao Ning'er was made public while already being married to Mikoto. Kai scratched his head and looked at a room full of people.

"How can I put this. All of you are trash compared to Xiao Ning'er green soul realm. Now get out of my house because I'm tired. If you wish to marry into the Sky Divine Origin Clan then be prepared to have your family and all of its assets swallowed. And no, you will not be marrying me, but a cousin of mine. Now leave and contemplate that."

The crowd was shocked speechless, though Kai cared not as he took Yang Xin and Mikoto by the waists before walking away. As Kai was about to leave the room he stopped and looked over his shoulder at a pink haired girl with big pink doe eyes. She was rather busty for her age and very beautiful. Though Kai didn't stop for her looks, he stopped because the persumptious bitch was using her demon spirit.

The Snow Sakura, this demon beast spirit, is considered rare and is held by one Huyan Lanruo. She is a member of the Huyan Noble Family and daughter to Huyan Xiong the family head. The Snow Sakura has strong charming abilities. As a demon beast, the Snow Sakura would charm all kinds of creatures, drawing them close enough to be swallowed by it.

Kai had seen her around a few times at the institution and heard she had been gifted a rare Demon Beast Spirit by her father. Kai snorts and began to walk through her illusion. Lanruo looked pleased as she assumed it was working until her illusion was utterly obliterated and Kai slapped her so hard that her body twisted to the ground and blood splattered across the faces of those near.

Kai frowned at Lanrou's father. "You know what she just did?"

"Y-yes, Lord," he replied.

It was common knowledge that Mikoto and Kai were young geniuses at Black-Gold rank as they kept their true cultivation concealed like all of the Ashikaga clansmen.

"Then, from one lord to another, I hope you discipline her properly. If not, I have ways to break unruly bitches. Now get the fuck out of my house." Kai growled and Huyan Xiong picked his daughter to promptly leave.

Kai was fuming, ticked off beyond reason. Before he left, Glory City will learn its place. When the clan was cleared. Kai looked at his father, Uncle Satoshi, and his grandfather Yoshi.

"Old Man Yoshi, you will go to the City Lord with Uncle and make your cultivation known. Father, You and I will go to the Sacred Family and turn it to rubble. Old Man Yoshi, make sure the City Lord does not react. Also, you will put forth a proposal and I will take his daughter as well. Tell him I want a smooth transition of power and this is the only option he has. Yang Xin, you will take over the Alchemist Association and Mikoto will handle the Inscriptionist. Find Chiharu and inform her that she will be taking over the Holy Orchid Institution." Kai informed everyone and they listened intently as they could tell he was still aggrieved by the stunt the Huyan Family pulled.

"Boy, what transition of power are we proposing to the City Lord?" Yoshi asked.

"His adoptive son will become City Lord, and his daughter will be a consort of this Emperor. We have waited long enough. We will also send five legend ranks and the 1st elder to Heavenly Fate Plateau. They will develop the city there and officially announce the existence of the Sky Divine Origin Sect. The 4th elder will take control of the Ancient Orchid City Ruins. They will rebuild and that is where the main family will reside when the smoke settles."

Everyone shared glances. After all the slow progress they made to swallow the saint ancestral mountain range. Kai pissed on it all to prove a point.

"Son, don't you think that's a little too fast?" Ryuji asked.

"No. We will subjugate the Saint Ancestral Mountain Range now. I have three months until the portal to the higher realm opens. I want everything to be handled by then. I also need large quantities of black glass. Prepare. We will execute in an hour."

With the ambassador token opening the way to a preset foundation for him to claim in the higher realm, Kai was rethinking his plans for the future, and those plans were being expressed with great haste.

The clan was sent into utter chaos a Kai's order were issued. When the hour mark came, two groups led by the 1st and 4th elder had left Glory City. Yoshi and Stoashi had made way to the City Lord's mansion as their full cultivation was put on display alerting everyone to the arrivals of experts.

Yang Xin and Mikoto did the same as they went forth and subjugated to the Inscriptionist and Alchemist. Kai was feeling Tyrannical at the time. He wanted to slowly come into power coast to the top. But now, he thought differently when he was insulted by a bronze rank bitch. It was insulting and gave Kai the perfect excuse to lash out.

Kai and his father kicked in the doors of the Huyan clan. They released their cultivation just enough to let the Huyan family know who they were dealing with. Kai snatched the little miss, Huyan Lanruo, and told Huyan Xiong to have another daughter as the little bitch was now his slave.

Kai felt better after that. His mind was cooler. He knew once he ascended he would be nothing more than an ant, but while he was in the tiny world. He demanded his respect and fear.

Huyan Xiong tried to protest but found himself slapped unconscious. Huyan Lanruo apologized and begged for forgiveness, but Kai would hear none of it. After he put Lanruo in chains, he and his father put on robes belonging to the Dark Guild and attacked the Sacred family.

It was a slaughter and everyone witnessed it. Kai killed three quarters of the sacred family and turned the remaining into slaves for his clan. Among the slaves were Shen Xiu and her nephews Shen Fei and Shen Yue, as they had the highest talent. The patriarch was the first to die at Ryuji's hands.

When the slaughter was over, the Sacred family was stripped of all of its wealth and slaves were sent to the Ancient Orchard City to help rebuild. Shen Fei, Shen Yue, and Shen Xiu were put in chains next to Lanruo.

When morning came, Glory City was a new place and the Sky Divine Origin Sect had claimed dominance. Kai had declared himself Emperor with Mikoto as his Empress and Xiao Ning'er, Ye Ziyun, and Yang Xin as his concubines.

The first order of business was to gather all of the noble families. Some resisted, of course, but when they saw a clan of Legend rank Demon Spiritualists, they immediately gave in.

Kai sat at the head of the hall in the City Lord's mansion. Though, Mikoto and Yang Xin had returned to the Nether Realm to gather the Blood Demon Clan. Kai decided to relocate them to Ancient Orchard City.

Kai took his time sipping his goblet until it was empty. When he sat it down the room stared at him and anticipated life ruled by a tyrant.

"I have three cities now. Glory City, Heavenly Pleatu, and Ancient Orchard City is in the process of being rebuilt. Once it is finished, it will become the capital. Ye Zong will remain City Lord to manage Glory City, and he will answer to me. The Institution will be run by Chiharhu Ashikaga. Everyone in Glory city will be examined, those who meet the requirements will be accepted and the tuition paid in form of loyalty and labor. The best will be sent to Sky Origin Divine Sect...

This process will be initiated immediately, as the ones I chose in the coming months will ascend with me and I will personally turn them into existences beyond anything thought possible in this backwater town."

Kai took a pause and held up his cup so that a servant would fill it. He emptied another cup and spoke some more.

"Embrace this change and see your lives changed for the better. I'm not doing this to be a tyrant. I'm doing this to show you all that there are levels to this world and I am at the top. Anyway, this selection will repeat every five years. Five years from now, you will all be grateful to call me Emperor."

Kai then opened the floor for questions, and he answered them all honestly though many couldn't believe what Kai was telling them. But he cared not.

The weeks that followed went smooth as the Sky Divine Origin Sect ruled with an iron fist. Kai spent a month walking Glory City during the selection. He examined and hand-picked people he wanted to take with him to the higher realm.

Some of his choices broke hearts and other choices induced celebration. Kai had to prepare to take on a great enemy, and to do that he needed soldiers. And the Tiny World Provided those soldiers along with its many artifacts.

Kai now found himself at the last stop as his selection month was coming to an end. The Heavenly Marks Family compound at the northern border of Glory City, fairly close to the outer wall. Though they have a large area of land in a valley, the resources are poor. The family's castle is very worn and old. The outer wall has been extremely damaged, however, they do not have any money to repair it.

Kai had gotten word that the poor family, despite its contract with the alchemist association had produce a child with an odd physique that his clansmen could not identify. This child was only four years old and not apart of the selection. Ashikaga clansmen had been waiting around found the little girl adorable, once clansmen picked the girl up, she sensed it.

Now Kai stood in this family, and he had a familiar name spoken to him years ago.

"You are Nie Li?" Kai asked.

"Y-yes, Lord." Nie Lie replied.

Kai raised an eybrow, "What is your soul realm?"

"Red, Lord."

Kai nodded. What ever makes Nie Li special enough to have his name mentioned by the Space-Time Moose seems to not have happened yet. Kai then turned to look at the little girl who prompted his visit.

"This must be Nie Yu." Kai spoke with a soft smile, "Nie Yu, may I take your hand?"

Nie Yu was shy and held on to her father's leg. Her mother had worried look and told her daughter to comply with the lord's wish. Reluctantly, Nie Yu held out her hand and Kai was pleasantly shocked when grabbed her.

"What is her soul realm?" Kai asked the parents.

"Yellow." her father replied.

"Your daughter is very special. My family has been around, unbroken, since the beginning of Glory City. Your Ancestor was one of the ten great lords. One of your women had the pleasure of being a concubine in my clan. Your daughter has the same physique as that concubine—the Physique of the Heavenly Marks. Extremely rare, and its cultivation techniques lost to time. However, my family still has them archived. I wouldn't take away such a young child from her parents. So I must ask that all three of you follow me to the higher realm. "

Nie Yu's parents were shocked. They had no idea what to say.

"I'm hoping you will say yes. The technique I will give Nie Yu will make her a legend rank demon spiritualist before she even becomes of age for school." Kai added.

"Yes, Lord... We accept your offer." Nie Yu's father replied as his wife was still in shock.

"Good. Wrap up your affairs and meet me at the Sky Divine Origin Clan in a month."

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Kai sat in the City Lord's mansion with Huyan Lanruo, Xiao Ning'er, and Ye Ziyun. Yang Xin and Mikoto were out on a special assignment that only Mikoto could do. Across from Kai were the noble families.

"I will now read off a list of names. These families are to be taken care of in the absence of their children. Yi Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, Nie Yu, Xiao Xue, Du Ze, Chen Linjian, Wei Na...."

The list went on for 10 more names before Kai had finished.

"The name I called will be receiving training with me in the higher realm. Before I leave, Communication talismans will be distributed and you will be able to communicate to your children." Kai explained. "Now go and congratulate the families and make it festive."

When the room was clear. Kai looked at Huyan Lanruo first. "You know why you are here. There is no escaping it. Behave yourself and all will be well."

Huyan Lanruo replied with a small voice, and her head dropped. Kai then looked at Ning'er and Ziyun, " We are engaged, but put that thought aside. From now onward, you can call me big brother. All you have to do is cultivate and be yourselves, live free and happy. When you return in five years, you will be stronger than your fathers."

"D-do we have to leave, Big Brother?" Ziyun asked.

"Yes, we do. But you will have many people to play with, and you can talk to your father as much as you want while we're away. " Kai responded kindly.

"Don't worry about Ziyun, Big Brother. I'll take care of her. She's a bit of a cry baby but once we get there, I'm sure she'll like it." Ning'er spoke, and Kai raised an eyebrow.

'She's a sharp one,' he thought.

Kai gave her a friendly nod then went on to examine all three little ladies. He gave them new cultivation techniques and sent them on their way. However, he wanted to get something for Ning'er to compliment her cultivation.

Leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Kai went to the Holy Orchard Institution and ventured into the Heavenly Sacred Border, a secret Subsidiary Realm within Holy Orchid Institute's training ground. Only geniuses under fifteen years old are allowed to enter it.

Unlike most who would fall prey to an illusion the moment they entered, Kai strolled through as he stretched his sense to find the artifact that was once wielded by Sheng Mu, one of Glory City's founders.

Kai turned into a blur and reappeared on a shore with an ancient altar a ways away from the shore. On the altar was a divine sword that appeared within Kai's sight. This sword was immersed in lightning. The sound of wind and lightning was coming from it like a vortex of chirping birds.

'Such a terrifying murderous aura!' Kai thought. 'War and Slaughter....Annihilation?!'

Kai began to rethink giving such a sword to Ning'er. But then again, it would fit her better than Yang Xin. He would just have to be there to guide along her cultivation to keep the sword in check.

The Divine sword has a soul. Even though it was a hundred meters away, Kai could still feel that bone penetrating chill.

"Who are you, boy? And how di---"

Pah!

Kai slapped the spirit out of the sky. Kai had no time to talk with dead people about things that no longer concerned them. Kai approached the sword with ease, but fifty meters away from the Thunder God's Meteorite Sword, a terrifying pressure blew over.

Thunder God's Meteorite Sword has killed a countless amount of demon beasts. After soaking in the blood of those demon beasts, it became even more powerful. At the same time, it also devoured countless demon spirits, causing it to form an extremely powerful sword soul. It was filled with a terrifying murderous aura.

The terrifying murderous aura was a tidal wave that swept over everything with the intent to swallow everything up.

It's really worthy of being an ancient sword!

If it was an ordinary demon spiritualist, even if they had reached Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, they would go insane from the terrifying murderous aura.

At the moment when the murderous aura rushed towards Kai, he let out a soft snort, he raised his hand released his cultivation and stepped directly into Titan Form with thousands of years of cultivated murderous intent from his past life along with Akasha's.

The two forces crashed into each other. Kai releases the laws of war/slaughter and death, then continued to progress as he felt his fate soul growing immensely. Kai then collapsed to the lotus position as he recognized the opportunity as a once in a life time event.

Slowly his War/Slaught fate soul grew bigger until it stoped and became dense. His comprehension grew as vast as the cosmos, and two days passed in a blink of an eye. Then he felt it. His fate soul had reached completion and couldn't grow any further as his power pushed at the barrier of the 2nd Fate Soul of the Heavenly Fate Realm.

When Kai opened his eyes, a profound understanding of war and slaughter burst forth and cleared the murderous aura that once attacked him.

When Kai finally reaches the sword, he grasped it tightly, and countless demon beast spirits attack, and Kai's Titan Avatar crushed them all one by one. He soon switches from defense and becomes aggressively offensive, attacking the sword's demon spirits head-on. He wanted to beat them into submission. When the opening had reveled itself, Kai injected his soul force in to the sword warping it and tricking it into believing that his power was the same as its power.

Kai pulled the sword free in a matter of moments, and a great wave of energy rocked Glory City as the sky craked with thunder.

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Kai returned to his clan and found Mikoto and Yang Xin waiting on him.

"Where have you been?" Yang Xin asked.

"We've been looking everywhere for you." Mikoto added, "Ye Mo has returned, and he's looking for you."

"Irrelevant. Tell me of the barrier," said Kai.

"It protected a Ten Millennium Spatial Array. We can enter it whenever you like," said Mikoto.

"Glory City has truly neglected its wealth. A subdomain was in the City Lord's backyard, and they had no idea." Kai shook his head. "Gather a few fighters. We'll leave tomorrow."