2026-05-10 08:36:54"Betraying me with the secrets I entrusted to you, you are my generals if I fall you fall along with me or do you think Tian Yi will let you go in peace?"
"That's for us to think about, we naturally have plans for Tian Yi, hand over the mandate Yan Ming." Tan Yuan said with a hint of anticipation in her voice, Yan Ming knew that tone all too well. Letting out a low laugh, Yan Ming raised his right hand crossing his index fingers with his left and said "If you think sealing my flames and cultivation will be enough to take me down you're underestimating me way too much. Tian Luo, come forth!" A huge rift opened up behind him with a pillar stretching out from it high into the void, chains were wrapped round the pillar while surging red inscriptions were written on the chains binding the pillar. The moment the pillar appeared the three women had looks of apprehension on their faces, Shi Yuan stretched out her right hand summoning a long whip with grey patterns on it. "I'll hold it back, I expected this to happen." Shi Yuan said. "He actually summoned the mandate from the capital all the way here, but that makes it easier for us to take it." Du Ying said with a cold glint in her eyes. Shi Yuan leaped towards the towering pillar, the whip in her hand coiling round her arms all the way to her shoulder while it's tip extended to the pillar and coiled round it, rows of teeth appeared on the whip piercing deep into the pillar. "Awaken Bo Ming! Seal it up!" The rows of teeth dug deep into the pillar, blood marks appeared on it spilling all over the whip along with it came a shrill cry from the pillar. The whip exerted a suction force on the pillar freezing it in place. Yan Ming watched everything going on with a fiery look then stretched out his arms summoning a circular formation midair. "You really want to follow this right to the end, I'll be glad to accompany you all then, hellbound authority's primordial domain!" The pillar initially struggling against the whip suddenly cried out and gritted against it breaking free with a single thrust, a red stream flew out from it into the magic circle Damion created distorting the space around it. "If you thought you'll take me down by sealing the seven flames and my cultivation you're so wrong, before cultivation existed, before I had the flames I was already the sovereign of flames, burn them Tian L----" Yan Ming's eyes widened when the pillar suddenly crumbled down, tiny fractures appearing all over it's exterior stretching high up to it's tip. "What's that?" He muttered in shock when he felt a sense of danger behind him. 'Someone else is here' he thought then swiped his arm behind him but with his cultivation and flames gone he couldn't withstand the pressure before his body was blown up into bits. "Yin Chen, you really dare to come here, I get it now." Those were the last words Yan Ming said before his body crumbled into bits extinguishing him from existence. The three women watched Yan Ming crumble out of existence then glanced at the man who appeared out of nowhere with a blazing sword in his right hand, the sword had cut through the very spot Yan Ming was standing moments ago. "Yin Chen, this was a deal, you've gotten your part now leave the mandate for us." Tan Yuan said with slight apprehension fearing he'd go back on his words. "Of course you can go ahead, the mandate's all yours." He said with a light smile, his attention fixated on the empty space Yan Ming stood moments ago. "Four thousand years ago you nearly killed me and broke my gifts, destroyed my empire now you've crumbled away like those before you. This is all I need, all I need is his death." He said with hands outstretched and arms spread out. "Yan Ming's demise is all I need as my conviction, I don't care about what chaos says or it's laws." A maniacal laugh came from his lips. The three women ignored his rants and flew towards the mandate halfway stuck in the rift, it had splints all over and numerous cuts could be seen on it's edges. "It won't recover anytime soon." Shi Yuan said then summoned her whip to wrap around it when it suddenly trembled, a crack ran across it's surface splitting it apart into two, the three were stunned by the sudden change of events when the mandate dissipated into ashes and blew apart with the flowing wind. "W-what just happened?" Du Ying asked in a flustered tone, her voice filled with apprehension. "The mandate refused to be subdued and it dispersed to find a new host." Shi Yuan said amidst frustration. "Does that means this was all for nothing? Without Tian Luo killing Yan Ming serves no purpose, it will only create more disasters for us." Tan Yuan said with anger, she clenched her fists so hard blood could be seen seeping out from the cracks. "Yan Ming is dead already, we just need to find the mandate and retrieve it." Shi Yuan replied. "Then what? Do you have any clue where it is? Where do we start from? Tell me Shi Yuan, where do you expect us to start searching from?" Tan Yuan asked in frustration. "We don't have to search, it'll come over itself, just be patient and try to make everything look normal, hold out for now." She said then vanished from the spot. --- Mortal Realm Nexus prime, Solar system, milky way. A streak of light cut across the realm a billion times faster than the speed of light, it was fast enough no one could trace it with the visible eye. The streak of light flew all the way to Nexus prime landing on a body lying dead, bruised and battered on the cold ground with no signs of life left in it. A few seconds after the light descended on it the body's finger twitched, his eyes flapped open. "Yin Chen!!!"
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What Remains: End Of Book One
A year later, the coalition that had once formed purely from desperate necessity had settled into something considerably more permanent — a genuine, lasting alliance between eleven territories that continued cooperating on trade, mutual defense, and the ongoing work of ensuring the Concord's dissolved structures never again coalesced into anything resembling their former, coercive unity. Tian Shen, now formally recognized as the alliance's primary coordinating voice, had proven himself as capable a peacetime leader as he'd been a wartime commander, the Tian clan's territory flourishing under his continued, thoughtful governance. Long Xue had settled into a role as the alliance's primary liaison to the void dragon clan's reforming leadership, her own journey from grief-driven hunter to genuine, trusted ally now complete in ways that had transformed her entirely from the cold, calculating figure who'd once ambushed Yan Ming at the Withering Garden's threshold. She vi
A Quiet Return
Nearly six months after the convergence's collapse, with the coalition's rebuilding efforts finally settling into sustainable, ongoing rhythm rather than urgent, demanding crisis, Yan Ming and Qing Chun found themselves, for the first time since their tournament victory so long ago, with genuine, unhurried time to simply exist together without the weight of imminent catastrophe pressing against every decision. "Do you remember," Qing Chun said, as they walked together through the same tournament city where their journey had first properly begun, its streets considerably more peaceful now than the chaotic, celebration-filled days following Yan Ming's unexpected victory, "when you told me jade necklaces were useless, and then bought me one anyway?" "I remember," he said, managing a genuine, warm smile at the memory's simplicity, so distant now from everything they'd since endured together. "You still have it?" "Always." She touched the necklace at her throat, the s
Rebuilding
The weeks that followed brought the considerable, demanding work of transitioning from war back toward peace, the coalition's eleven territories gradually shifting their focus from coordinated military preparation toward the equally challenging task of helping the Concord's absorbed sects and territories reestablish independent governance, free from the coercive unity Feng Lie Zun's ambition had once imposed upon them. Tian Shen took a leading role in this transition, his diplomatic skill proving as valuable in peace as it had been in building the original alliance, carefully navigating the complicated process of restoring trust and autonomy to territories that had spent years under the Concord's controlling influence. "It's slower work than the battle itself, in some ways," he admitted to Yan Ming, during one of their regular strategy sessions turned peace-building consultations. "Fighting has a clear beginning and end. Rebuilding trust, restoring genuine inde
The Warden's Confirmation
Three days after the battle's conclusion, as the coalition's forces settled into the considerable work of managing the Concord's dissolved territory and beginning the delicate process of reintegrating absorbed sects back into independent governance, Yan Ming found himself once more drawn toward quiet solitude, old habit of reflection reasserting itself amid the aftermath's demanding, ongoing activity. He found Qing Chun and Long Xue already waiting near the makeshift camp's quiet edge when a familiar, layered voice broke the evening's stillness. "You've accomplished something remarkable," the Warden said, materializing with the same unhurried, patient grace that had marked his previous appearances, grey robes settling around him as though he'd simply always been present, watching quietly from just beyond ordinary perception. "I confess, even I hadn't fully anticipated this particular resolution." "You knew about Feng Lie Zun's manipulation?" Yan Ming asked, old
The Battle
They emerged from the spire's shattered entrance to a scene of considerable, ongoing chaos, the coalition's massive diversionary force still locked in fierce engagement with the Concord's outer defenses, though the battle's character had visibly shifted in the time they'd spent within the spire's confines. Concord soldiers, no longer receiving coordinated command from whatever central authority had directed their earlier, disciplined resistance, fought now with the scattered, uncertain desperation of an army that sensed something fundamental had changed. "The convergence's collapse must be affecting them," Yan Ming observed, studying the battlefield's shifted dynamics with old, tactical assessment despite his considerable exhaustion. "Whatever loyalty bound them to Feng Lie Zun's cause, it's clearly tied at least partially to the array's continued function." "Then let's make sure that collapse continues," Long Xue said, already moving toward the nearest cluster
What Remains Between Brothers
They rested amid the chamber's settling wreckage for a long while, exhaustion from the confrontation's staggering demands finally, fully catching up to all four of them. Qing Chun leaned heavily against Yan Ming, her cultivation reserves depleted almost entirely by the containment technique's considerable exertion, though her eyes remained open, alert despite the fatigue. "You're alright?" Yan Ming asked, old concern evident despite his own considerable exhaustion. "I will be," she said, managing a tired but genuine smile. "Tianyi says the depletion is significant but not dangerous. Just needs time to properly recover." Long Xue settled nearby, void-attribute qi finally quieting after the confrontation's demanding exertion, her gaze drifting toward Feng Lie Zun's kneeling, exhausted form with old, complicated wariness that hadn't entirely faded despite his genuine cooperation. "What happens to you now?" Feng Lie Zun looked up slowly, old weariness and somethi
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