The fated ones

Chapter 38

Inside the shield, the spectators watched in awe of the fox queen. Those who had not been present for the battle with hei an, now understood what they had missed out on. They hadn't just been shocked at the way, the young queen had addressed the former ruler of heaven and earth, donghua dijun directly by his name, though no one dared to do that before, not even the demons and foes that came to their deaths at the end of his blade. Their shocked expressions had also, stepped from the fact that she had somehow managed to make him take a step back and went in his stead.

The moment the fox queen had stepped outside the shield, the whole atmosphere outside the shield had seemed to change. She had easily disposed of the red symbols of power that had apparently, protected the bai siblings from hellfire. It was only after they paid close attention to it, the viewers finally recognized that the red unfurled phoenix flower symbol ensuring their protection had been the mirror image of the exquisite birthmark present on the young fox queen's forehead. They had been still contemplating on this little piece of information when the whole sky behind the fox queen became saturated with a blood-red hue. The power seemed to emanate from the young queen herself. The visual had already looked so regal and majestic but then the legendary sword of the master of the universe, the canghe had condensed back into its original form and came to rest in the hands of the young queen. The crowd inside the shield was left flabbergasted at the ease with which the fox queen wielded the notorious sword and the power that oozed around her. The sight had been simply, too divine.

After feng jiu had come face to face with the gigantic beast, a long silence had ensued. The curiosity ran high among the celestials and the lords outside the court alike. Among the latter though stood lian song who was having a hard time containing his curiosity and impatiently he asked donghua about it, "what is going on up there?"

Donghua had already been listening in on the conversation between feng jiu and the beast, so he readily explained, "the beast that rained hellfire is no ordinary creature. It's called the yingzi, meaning shadow. Almost a hundred thousand years back, I had heard about the devastation, yingzi had been causing around the lands and shores of the black sea. Its power had been too vast and no method I tried, would kill her, so left with no choice, I had to seal her on the secluded island of ash in the black sea where it resided. Two days back, it had intercepted the power burst of her queen's coming to life. Using all the power it possessed, yingzi broke free of its prison and came to meet her queen. At this very moment, it is elucidating to xaio bai, how she came to be this way. And from what I know, I believe she is saying the truth. Yingzi and its children had meant no harm to the celestials, it was their demonic side that had overruled them when they were provoked, which they unintentionally had been. Instead, they came here with the sole purpose of meeting their queen to seek salvation from her."

With no further response from donghua, everyone looked at each other with an obvious question in their eyes not knowing how to ask. It was yang cuo, ye hua's father and the eldest son of tianjun, that hesitantly stepped forward and asked in a meek voice, "forgive me, your majesty, but I fail to understand why the beast would consider the qingqui queen as its ruler."

Donghua understood that these people had not yet been privy to the true existence of feng jiu but giving the same explanation again and again was getting on his nerves since he was used to never having to repeat himself ever before. But as the matter regarded feng jiu, he made an exception, and for the last time, he explained, "because she is not just the qingqui queen, first prince. She is the holy spirit of all living. Do you not notice the blood-red aura that she exudes? Even though she had expanded only half of it, the whole celestial sky had been permeated with its ethereal red glow. Tell me yang cuo, where else had you seen an aura like this before?"

There existed only one person in all of the realms that possessed such a mighty aura. Looking at donghua with the answer clear in his eyes , he nodded towards dijun indicating his reply. Donghua took pity on the man and explained further, "your answer is correct, yang cuo. Since you failed to make the connection, I will explain, though not just for the peace of your addled brain but instead to introduce the realms to their true queen."