Immortal Ascension Tower - Book 1: Reborn! [CH 1 - 75]

Chapter 26 - The Beast Residing In The Second Floor: The Roc

Cheng Hao and Uncle White were sitting on chairs and drinking happily: Cheng Hao had narrated the events that had happened ever since his battle with Tian, to his rebirth and up to now.

The old man clad in white sometimes frowned, sometimes smiled and at others even he face palmed at how absurd the boy's methods were. After Cheng Hao finished telling his story, the older man lifted his head and spoke:

"Xu Ling... No, Cheng Hao, I understand that you might feel embarrassed or even sad for sealing me in here, but you see" he lifted his head and it could be seen he wasn't lying "I don't mind. The place is spacious, I have many forms of entertainment like the book you have just seen. My only regret is not being able to fly into the sky again, after all, I was born to be the one and only ruler of the sky, unfazed by anything."

The old man sighed "But the situation wouldn't have changed much: after my attempt at rebellion towards him, Tian has branded me an enemy of the Nine Heavens, I doubt I would be able to fly as unhindered as in the past... But I guess, that after flying for millions of years, stopping for a short while shouldn't do any harm, right?"

"As you know, during your battle with Tian, due to my peaceful and cowardly nature, although I wielded great strength, I didn't fight nor aid you or Blindlight. First of all, I would like to apologize for that!" The old man bowed and Cheng Hao helped him to prop himself up "Uncle White, you needn't say any longer: you have helped us considerably even though you were in a neutral faction!"

Cheng Hao bowed as well "Without you, we wouldn't have been able to reach the ninth level of Heaven safely. I, in the place of my comrades, thank you wholeheartedly!"

The two smiled at each other and began to laugh... After all, their meeting was just too much of a coincidence to make it seem like it was not somehow planned...

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About a thousand years ago, ravaging and pillaging the Nine Heavens Of Tian, a huge army had gathered: it was composed of humans, beasts and monsters alike, and it was both huge in terms of size and powerful in terms of strength. Most of all, almost each and every one of them had a grudge with Tian!

Although he called himself the Ruler of All, he only seized the position by killing the Jade Emperor. He was only a lowly servant then, and by stealing the Jade Emperor's cultivation he gained strength, created the Nine Heavens and proclaimed himself the ruler.

At that time, he said that the Emperor had fallen and he had given him his power as he was the one he trusted the most. Nobody doubted the 'Emperor's' words, so they firmly believed all that Tian said, millions of years of peace under the kind and war-hating Jade Emperor had clouded their judgement and, before they knew it, Tian had already become a tyrant.

A tyrant that was one of the strongest beings under all heavens and most of those who had greater power had already been enticed to join him or forced to make contracts that denied them the right to fight directly against the Nine Heavens.

Few in the Heavenly Realm didn't have grudges with Tian, but most who did had already pledged their submission to him and had no way of fighting back. This period of tyranny went on for thousands of years and seemed like it would never happen. That was until, an unlikely incident happen...

Humans, who had been deemed as unworthy to stand on the same ground as the Heavenly had the biggest impact on the Nine Heavens themselves, even declaring war to the Tyrant. One man in particular showed burning hate and raging fury towards the Heavenly Lord Tian. His name... Was Xu Ling!