The Endless Promise

88. Confession

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Central Sky Realm was not new to Calamity, but the previous day's events were chilling, even for age old immortals.

By now, word of Jin Lan's and the Floral Deity's misdeeds had swept through Central Sky Realm and rumours of the Demon King's return were already flying around.

The crystal array surrounding the floating gold and white central city had been reinforced, and Sky soldiers were dispatched in masses around the City, which only heightened the rumours and a mild panic had spread amongst most immortals.

From the previous night, the Sky Emperor, Zhurong Tianlong, had already assigned an ancient immortal, a *Baize, to temporarily take on the mantle of Fate Immortal, and he was instantly tasked to alert the Wulin and every Immortal in the Mortal Realm, urging them to be prepared, and extra watchful of any Floral Clan members around them.

Next, a set of immortals with Sun Liang leading them, were sent to secretly watch every Floral clan member still within Central Sky Realm, or outside the Floral Realm.

It wouldn't be fair to assume every single one was involved in the treasonous acts, but it would also be foolish to ignore them.

Finally, at dawn's earliest light, Tianlong summoned the War Deity and Sky Generals to the cliff of destruction.

"Hmph. The sun is bound to set, and peaceful times are bound to fade away..." The War Deity mused aloud, as he and the Sky Generals headed for the cliff.

The current War Deity was an old nine-tailed fox, leader of the Fox Clan, and a Grand Immortal feared by many, as he controlled most of Sky Realm's military force with the aid of the three Sky Generals, all High Immortals which comprised an Eagle, a Merman, and another Fox.

"But is this 'Demon King' rumour to be believed? Isn't this just that Floral Deity misbehaved in the mortal realm?" General *Eagle, the youngest, wondered aloud. "She is throwing a tantrum to evade punishment... Why all this fuss?"

(*Can't be bothered with their names! (｡^⌣^｡))

"Shut your wide mouth." The War deity spoke calmly, but his voice thundered. "To be a Sky General, one must recognize the flows and tides of war... Even if we ignore the Demon King's possible return, haven't you heard that there are suddenly hundreds of thousands of trained members of the Floral clan?

"This means the innocent looking, peace loving floral deity sky Realm has known for almost a millennia was a lie, and she has been secretly raising an army.... That is enough to cause a stir on its own, but when you add that to how poisonous some of the celestial flowers can be, you wouldn't underestimate the situation." He shook his head.

"In the same line, there are numerous medicinal flowers. If floral deity does something to affect the growth of all flowers outside floral realm, would you still speak so light-heartedly?"

General Eagle could indeed only 'shut his wide mouth'.

If that happened, it would cause an uproar as sick mortals and immortals alike, or their families and loved ones, might shift loyalties to get resources from the floral realm, leading to a scary shift in power.

'I never knew flowers could be so dangerous!' He thought, as they landed on the cliff of destruction...

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The Cliff of Destruction was a vast but plain rocky clearing, and the first things to meet one's eyes upon getting here, were the platforms for imprisoning the worst of criminals.

These platforms were not too wide in diameter- just enough for a single prisoner to sit in the lotus position, and a little extra space around them to avoid touching the edges.