Forever Mine[BL]

Chapter 25: When There Were Dynasties/Arc 3.8

"Ah, one more thing."

"What?"

"We never talked much about our identities because we were around Yuan. Wouldn't you like to know me better?"

Wang Tao nodded and the Emperor said he could ask any question. He promised he would answer truthfully and in turn Wang Tao did the same.

Wang Tao agreed, mostly because of curiosity but also to help distract the man from his grieving. He had realized that the man was sinking further into depression over the lifetimes and couldn't stop worrying.

"What's your status among the Zions?"

"I knew you'd ask...I'm the Demon Emperor."

Wang Tao blinked as he understood something. The Demon Emperor was the ruler of the Zions, the strongest and most intelligent among them.

Zions aren't demons though, the title of the Emperor is decided by the Emperor himself and could be almost anything. Most likely if he chose the title 'Demon Emperor', he specialized or was fond of dark magic.

"I didn't expect that. No wonder you were so experienced in all the worlds."

The older man smiled at him and Wang Tao reminded the other that it was his turn. Zhou Jian then asked the same question. The silver haired male paused for a second before revealing,

"I'm the Celestial Emperor of Death. '

"..."

Wang Tao held back a laugh upon seeing the other's comical expression.

Zhou Jian was in shock.

None of the races aware of Celestials didn't know the sheer power of the 7 Celestial Emperors/Empresses. Currently there are four Emperors and three Empresses and each is incredibly powerful.

The Celestial Emperor of Death in particular was quite feared. His emotionless face and stone cold eyes sent shivers down one's spine. At the moment, he was the second strongest, behind the Celestial Emperor of the Sun who was a good million years older.

This made sense as Celestials power grew with age, not exactly practice. They could be stronger than others their age with great skill but the raw power would be roughly the same. The only difference was the potential for the different elements. All Celestials have all elements, but they have different affinities and some could be so low to the point that the element was unusable.

The Celestial Emperors/Empresses aren't chosen but born as such since their power values are different from others. All their powers were at the high levels except the sub element of their Empire's element. This sub element of their's would be at the legendary level.

Only they were born with the potential for that element to reach legendary status, making those 7 the strongest of their kind. But they only become Emperors and Empresses at 3 mil years old and are crown princes/princess before then.

Thinking of all this, Zhou Jian understood why the other was so cold to people and had such little emotion when they first met. He also understood why the other seemed to enjoy his job in the second world.

The older man was even more surprised now at the fact that the other had such an innocent side despite his position. Zhou Jian became more determined to preserve the other's innocence since it was such a rare thing in people of that status.

"I never expected to have become so close to someone like you. Since you're the Emperor of Death, your sub element must be from the dark element. What is it?"

"Necromancy…kind of."

"Kind of?"

"Mmm. It's not like others where they control dead bodies. For mine, I kill my targets and utter the command. Then their soul, which is shaped like their outer appearance, takes a dark shadow form. I can then summon the souls at will and they are loyal to me. I can also train them, making them grow stronger and in a way level up."

Zhou Jian'd golden eyes lit up at this.

"That's incredible! Is it limited by your power?"

"Mm-hmm."

"So do you have to kill them yourself?"

"Yeah, or it won't work. I don't have to make them my shadow soldiers just because I killed them  I have a choice and it could be different species. I have an army of them, separate from my Celestial army."

Zhou Jian was in awe and the two continued discussing with interest. Before they knew it, night was upon them.

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