The green fire, it was a beautiful sight to behold. One which consumed and devoted itself to be the bane of existence. It was an ethereal sight yet no one wanted to get closer to it.
In the centre of such a fiery green tornado, a man stood, aloof and rigid. With shackles covered by a myriad of green talismans wrapped around his wrists and neck, connected together by chains which were made from a specially enhanced obsidian that cut into the flesh leaving a bloody puddle all around. Yet there was no crease on the man's jade face, he possessed a smooth-handsone countenance that could enchant anyone who was curious to gaze upon him, it seemed almost as if he was.....Bored by the happenings around.
"SHENZHUA, THE MASTER OF THE IMMORTAL PLAGUE SECT, DO YOU PLEAD GUILTY FOR THE COUNTLESS ABDUCTION AND KILLINGS OF THE ONES FAVOURED BY THE VERY HEAVENLY DAOS?!"
A voice rang from outside the tornado, causing the man who was called as Shenzhua, to turn his crimson eyes that could easily see through the fire and thus he could easily understand who the voice belonged to.
It was none other than,
The Lord Of The Upper Realms— The Host For The Eternal Concepts.
The Eternal Judge Gumao.
Shenzhua tilted his head to the slight right as he took a breath, and then he answered, as an unnatural smile appeared on his face.
"I do."
A series of gasp rang all around, which meant there was an audience constituting of many elders and juniors who were once his allies and now they were his rivals. Shenzhua kept his shameless smile, as he didn't even bother pleading and lie about his innocence, why should he? He was a conqueror not a liar nor a diplomat. Shenzhua still had some morals in his consciousness, otherwise the heart demon would probably take over, very tricky thing it was.
"Very well, it just makes everything easier. Do you want to say anything in your defence?"
Gumao spoke with disgust clear in his tone, as he squinted his eyes, feeling an odd shiver running down his spine as he could still the smile on Shenzhua's face even when he was getting so close to death.
"Why should I defend myself? I mean, I don't think I have done anything wrong. I have merely adapted in order to survive. Let's be done with the execution shall we?"
Shenzhua said with a shrug and a roll of his eyes, as he used the shackles to move away a stray white hair that kept responding to the fast winds and due to the long hair that he kept always (because of traditions) which ran till his hips , it was highly irritating for his eyes.
Gumao gritted his teeth at the lack of fear, and just simply closed his eyes for a brief period of time, he couldn't see such a demon who he knew quite well. He knew him from a time, when both were just best friends and now his own best friend, had become a demon.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Once an angel and now he was the very epitome of vile.
"Fuuuuu..... Very well then. I hope you find your desired salvation in death and may your next life be proper."
Gumao raised his right arm in front of him and willed the green fire to consume the demon inside, and Shenzhua seeing the fire around advancing only laughed.
"Blood Eternal. Heart Dark. Soul Hell. Open The Dantian. Consume Ethereal."
Shenzhua thought to himself, as a smirk remained on his face, for he had a plan in motion. A plan which needed him to die yet! It wouldn't be just him. Everyone who was here spectating. All of them would go with him to realm of nothingness, even Gumao, who was beyond the confines of death itself.
After all, Shenzhua always had the final laugh in whatever fight he took part in.
As the mantra of destruction ended in his mind, and the walls of the Dantian fell, the demonic heart exploded and only destruction remained all around.
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Birds chirped and a cold breeze ruffled the brown hair, as rays of the early morning broke through the gaps of the dark blinds. The smell of fresh flowers that bloomed came in the minimalistic room— equipped only with a desk carved from wood carrying quills and parchments, and a small bed that had a boy sleeping over it covered only by a thin red blanket.
The chest rose and the fists clenched, and the jaw tightened as a moan of slight pain left through his lips. The eyes soon opened revealing a scarlet hue which seemed to have a sheen, and soon the handsome boy sported a smile which didn't go well with his innocent looking countenance.
"Alive yet again. This means, the Dantian bomb was a success and even in death, I was the one to emerge victorious."
The thoughts ran wild inside the mind of the boy of just sixteen as he stood up from his bed, and stretched his arms a bit. He was a broad shouldered boy with lean muscles covering his body, courtesy of the training which had been implemented on him since a very young age, by his parents who had high expectations for him.
This was none other than Shenzhua or otherwise, now known as Shenzhua Paiyn who still hadn't forsaken his family name for higher power. From the start of his first life, he was a greedy bitch who could do anything for power, and it was further amplified by this world he came to after his first death which he had read about in a novel.
And now he was leading his third life, all due to greed. He could have escaped death in his second life too, but it wouldn't do him any good, for to advance to the next level of his cultivation path that he had integrated within his soul essence he needed to die yet again.
Now since he had achieved this, nothing could ever stop him from reaching true immortality and a power that was even beyond the Daos.
"This will be fun."
He chuckled to himself silently, when suddenly he heard a knock on his door and a known voice rang out, that made him immediately put on a smile on his face so that no one would get suspicious. Especially the one who was behind the door, she was oddly keen in noticing even the most minute details about him and he wasn't going to risk his plans in any way. No matter what happens.