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Published at 27th of December 2018 05:39:11 PM


Chapter 25

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"Are you sure about this Braedon?" Kai Jun whispered in his ear while placing his hand on Braedon's chest. "Do you feel a bit nervous?"

Braedon was currently laying in a bed with Kai Jun sitting on top of him, knife in hand.

Braedon released a sigh and said, "Not really,I actually feel a little bit of anticipation for the results." He tightened the grip on his fist and said, "Let's do this." While shoving a piece of cloth in his mouth.

Kai Jun raised up his arm and shoved it deep into his chest. He ripped it out and in his hand was a heart that was still beating, "The first thing every phoenix has ever learned, death is only in your imagination. To achieve rebirth, you must first overcome death."

Braedon felt his life force slowly drift away and his final thought was, "What the f*ck am I doing?"

~~~~~~~~~~ A Few Hours Earlier

Zan Fu was sitting cross legged on the floor with Drodon in his lap. He had his arms wrapped around the orb and laid his cheek against it.

"I've missed you." Zan Fu was quite surprised after his meeting with Shu Rong. He sensed Drodon all of a sudden.

After reaching the third realm, Drodon suddenly stopped talking with Zan Fu. He still flew around and wrote down advice for him, but he never said a word. Zan Fu was worried about this at first, but he only thought it was some sort of phase. Like a child ignoring his parents. But then suddenly, Drodon stopped interacting with him completely.

He didn't fly, write, move, speak, or have any sign that he was once a conscious being. It was as if whatever was keeping Drodon "alive" disappeared. The last thing Deleon told him was to wake him up when he died. Zan Fu understood what he meant. He was telling Zan Fu to not worry about him.

Zan Fu was a wreck after that. He held back his practice and became depressed for a while.

His parents tried to help, his friends talked to him, and his servants investigated all of the girls he made contact with in the recent years. He eventually got over it but he would visit the room that he place Drodon in once in a while.

"Zan Fu, what is wrong?" Drodon was still groggy from long slumber. Zan Fu had tears streaming down his face, "It's nothing. Drodon, what happened to you?"

Drodon told him that he would explain later but right now he wanted to know what had happened and what he needed help with. Zan Fu explained the entire situation, from discovering Braedon's secret, to obtaining a dungeon, and finally to the entity.

Drodon stayed in silent contemplation for a few seconds, "Are you sure that he used a feather made of flames? And are you sure that your friend's eyes became golden?"

Zan Fu nodded his head with certainty, "Absolutly positive." Zan Fu noticed that when he said this, Drodon became uncharacteristically warm.

Usually when Zan Fu held Drodon, he was very cold but never too cold. It was like having an ice cream on a hot day, he felt extremely comfortable and sweet. But when Zan Fu said The description of the entity, he felt a freezing chill pass over Drodon.

"I think you should forget about getting him back and just train yourself."

"What! Why?" Zan Fu was shocked by Drodons words. He didn't expect him to respond like that. "Zan Fu, I can't explain why right now but you need to trust me and just give up."

Zan Fu was tired of these words, "You can never explain "right now" can you?! You just hide these things to yourself! Why is it so hard to tell me, am I that untrustworthy?"

Drodon spun in place as a sign of shaking his head, "It's not that you're untrustworthy, it's just that you are weak. So weak that to the entity you spoke of, you are the equivalent of an ant."

Drodon's words quieted down Zan Fu complaints, "Using what I already know as a reason is unfair." Even so he couldn't help but hate his weakness. He hated how weak he was, "That's why I need your help. I am about to break through into the next realm, but this feels different from usual."

Drodon nodded as best as he could in understanding, "Well it makes sense. Since as soon as you breakthrough into he fourth realm, you officially qualify as a god candidate."

"... wait what?"

"I said-"

"I know what you said!" Zan Fu quickly shouted out while at the same time scratching his head in confusion, "What do you mean god candidate?!?!"

"Drodon looked at him like he was an idiot, "It means just that, the beings who have the highest chance of becoming your definition of a deity." This still didn't make any sense to Zan Fu and it made his head spin. He commanded Drodon to explain more about this to him.

"I cannot explain too much about this Zan Fu. If I reveal too much, the results will be disastrous."

"Drodon if you don't explain to me what you're talking about right now, I am taking away your phone and games!"

"I'll talk!" Luckily Drodon was completely addicted to electronics.

~~~~~~~~~~

Braedon walked out of the bushes he was hiding in, "Why the hell did we go into the forest if there were so many monster stronger than us in here?"

After Kai Jun and Braedon had entered into the strange room, Kai Jun pulled Braedon over and quickly ran to the forest. They ran through and Braedon was ginormous beasts all around chasing after them. He was flung over into a bush and Kai Jun hopped in headfirst along with him. They hid there for a few minute before being able to leave.

"This is the shortest path with the least amount of danger. If we went any other way, death is the only option for you." Kai Jun told Braedon this after walking down a dirt road.

Braedon tried asking him where they were going and Kai Jun just pointed to the strange object in the distance. The more they walked the more Braedon felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

"Of course this feels familiar, you were in a similar space just now. The dark space you were floating in is just a lower level form of this world. Just like the area with the rats you were in a while back."

Braedon pauses for a second and asked, "That was a different world?" Kai Jun nodded as they kept moving forward.

"So what do we do now?" Braedon was curious about what the plan was exactly.

"We are searching for a suitable place to kill you."

Braedon, "Wait what? What do you mean kill me? I thought you were helping me!"

"I am, usually when you enter into this world you enter in an astral form. Somehow though, you built yourself a new body made of matter found around the other world. Now I need to remove your heart from you body and try to summon out your astral form just like how you were in the rat area." Kai Jun casually explained this while finding a house and entering without much trouble.

"What is the problem with me having a new body like now?" Braedon didn't feel like this was a problem.

"Are you stupid? If you already have a body, how will you reclaim your old one when the time is ripe?" Kai Jun slapped him across the back of his head.

"Is there any difference between my old one and this one?"

"Your current one is going to explode first of all. My home is like a heaven to people like you. If you just sat down and slept for a few years, your cultivation would constantly increase without stop. The only problem is, this only strengthens your soul but your body will remain weak."

Kai Jun found a bed and grabbed the sheets on top of it and threw it to the ground.

"If your soul, which is actually where most of "heaven's force" is collected, becomes one hundred times more powerful than your body, you will explode."

Braedon contemplated this, "The same as when I first met Glode."

"Yeah. Basically what is going to happen is simple. If you want to know the truth about what the flame is planning and what Glode is then you need to become stronger. I am going to teach you here in this world and once you are ready, we are going to reclaim your body."

Kai Jun slapped on a glove onto his hand, "To increase your strength, we must first get rid of your current body. This is because the material it is made out of cannot absorb "heaven's force" so putting you in your astral form is better."

Braedon asked for a second to collect his thoughts, " Wait, is my astral form just my soul?"

"Yes."

"What if it becomes too powerful for my body then? Wouldn't I just die anyways?

Kai Jun smiled, "I like the way you're thinking. To answer your question, this is where the entity steps in. He can not absorb "heaven's force". This is a restriction placed upon him by a being far greater than you can imagine. Due to this restriction, he will 100% try to strengthen your body instead. Once that happens all we need to do is patiently wait while he does all the work."

He gave off an evil smirk while rubbing his chin at these words, Braedon worriedly took one step back away from Kai Jun.

"Why are you doing so much for me?" Braedon didn't understand, they have only met twice and yet Kai Jun was helping him out a lot.

"I'll explain that once you become stronger. For now lay on this bed and prepare yourself."

After the initial preparations Kai Jun finally had the heart of Braedon's new body. "This will take some time, sorry about this Braedon. But I need you r strength for what I am planning."

Kai Jun looked into the distance as a strange power washed over him. "The other half of the Phoenix orb is nearby... maybe I should claim it... No my mission is to complete Braedon's journey. I'll ignore the orb for now."

He began forcing out Braedon soul as excitement started to grow inside of him. He thought of the past while drawing out Braedon's spirit.

A past where two of his friends, his master, and he had their own arduous journey. "Master, I found you."

A single tear traveled down his face.




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