Cue The Mother of Heaven
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Jia Lin could feel his soul splitting in two, there was shockingly no pain but as the sword reached its end, Jia Lin felt as if he would die at that very moment. His vision became dark and the only thing that he could hear was the ringing of a bell. This bell was soft and it seemed to calm his soul as it pulled his mind away from all the pain of the mortal world, the suffering of the flesh, and the struggles and hate of the heavens.
"Wake up"
Jia Lin could hear a soft voice ringing in his ear, his soul felt at peace but something told him not to fall, not to give in. This was the unending will he had for the longest time.
A bright light flashes before Jia Lin's eyes and when he opened them, he found that he was on a road that extended from one end of the world to the next. This road brought back so many memories that he was frozen for a moment. Standing on this road, one hundred ghost warriors wearing battle armor could be seen lining the roadsides in an orderly manner.
"Wasn't this road gone? How could this be"
Jia Lin took a step on this road as he began to walk forward. The ghosts stood still as if they couldn't more or see Jia Lin. It was as if they were all statues that were frozen for millions of years.
"This is the Heavenly Devil Road. If this is here, then the Heavenly Devil Flame should be here too right"
Jia Lin started to walk forward step by step, his mind was absent of all other thought as he moved forward.
"I've never truly understood this road that much"
Jia Lin stops at the side of the road, looking over the side. What he was below was just endless white clouds floating around and nothing else.
"I wonder where I'm I" Jia Lin sat down as he watched the clouds floating by.
"It's so nice here. Maybe I should stay a little while and rest"
Jia Lin felt comfortable all over, it was the first time in all of his life, both the present and past, he had ever felt so good. He had been through battle after battle, pain after pain.
"Maybe it's time to rest. Become becoming a ghost here wouldn't be such a bad thing"
Jia Lin turned to look at the ghost that lines the Heavenly Devil Road. His thought wondering off in peace.
"Wake up"
Jia Lin once again heard a voice in his mind that he couldn't quite put his finger on. He turned to look behind him but there was nothing.
"Son"
Jia Lin once again heard the voice as he stood up, this calling of, son, was the first he had heard it in his lifetime. The voice of a woman, coated with love and affection washed over him.
"Who's there"
Jia Lin looks at the ghost but they were still motionless as always, while he was pondering, his body tensed up as he felt as if someone was standing behind, watching him.
He slowly turned around, his body stiff as he did. To be able to be on the road of the Heavenly Devil Flame, one had to truly have the ability to make it here without him realizing, this person was truly scray.
Once his body finally turned around, what stood before him was a woman dressed in white robes. She was smiling at him with so much love that it was almost suffocating. Her skin was fine as jade and as cool as a spring breeze. Her eyes were bright like the stars in the night sky and her hair blew without wind.
"Do I know you?"
Jia Lin looked at the woman standing before him, his heart was beating so fast that it felt as if it would explode. The look in the woman's eyes made him feel comfortable and at ease but he had never seen her before and to meet her here of places, was a little out of place and strange.
"I watch you grew up and live for so long. I prayed for this day but never thought it would finally come"
The woman took a step towards Jia Lin with nervousness written all over her face. It was as if she was afraid that he would reject her or hate her.
"Who are you?"
Jia Lin took a step back, his mind was at a lost as what to do or say to this woman at this moment other than taking a step back.
"My name is Cue, in your language, it means the mother of heaven. Thousand of years ago I descended to the mortal world and fell in love with a man."
The woman slowly made her way over towards Jia Lin and held his hand. The look in her eyes made him feel warm and relax. He didn't know why but he felt as if he could trust this woman with everything he had.
"I initially had a mission but I found love and the strangest thing happen. I gave birth to a baby boy"
The woman smile as a single teardrop fell and splashed across the Heavenly Devil Road. Once the water splash across the ghost, it was as if they were granted life as they slowly stood up, but the shocking thing was, in front of these one hundred ghost warriors, a flame started to take form in the shape of a meditating old man with his eyes closed.
After a few seconds, the flaming old man opened its eyes and looked at the woman and Jia Lin. The longer he looked at Jia Lin, the more the old man started to frown, and then he released a sigh.
"Sigh. Cue, it would appear as if the end is near"
The floating old man made of flame floated down towards the ground. When Jia Lin heard the voice, he turned around as he noticed the ghost and the old man that was walking towards him.
"Old flame, it would appear as if I have disturbed your rest"
The woman smiled at the woman only with an apologetic face. The heat that should have been coming from the old man wasn't couldn't be felt at all. It was strange but aww inspiring at the same time.
"What is done is done."
The old man waved at the woman as if it was just a simple matter. After all, he had been asleep for good hundreds of years now. So waking up every now and then to get some fresh air was very comfortable and to his liking. But he wouldn't let others know, his personality was one of arrogance and looking down at the weak.
If one wasn't strong or possess a firm will and determination to push forward, then he wouldn't even spare them a glance. This was his nature, this was his bottom line.
"So this is the third prince of Great Mist World huh. That kid Jadedragon going against his people had truly proven to be a wise choice. But in the end, what must come will come"
The old man came to a stop beside Jia Lin as he looked him up and down. The old man was made from pure white flames that felt familiar to Jia Lin.
"You're the Heavenly Devin Flame"
Jia Lin asked as he eyed the old man who in turn eyed him back. He wanted to ask more questions seeing that he had mentioned his father that he had recently come to know about. He had vague memories of his birthday and seeing his father's face but that was oni it.
The majority of what he knew or remembered was his time of being on Immortal of the domain and returning back to the past for Zin Len. But it was due to this and many other factors that he uncovered that he was an Eternal Vessel and that he had a father in the Immortal Realm.
"That is correct. I see you've finally met your mother"
The old man turned to look at Cue with a smile as he reached out his hand, forming a hand sign. From this hand, flames burn gently across the massive road, these flames then formed a circle and in this circle could be seen three black pearls.
When Jia Lin saw the pearls, his eyes flash with a bright light. These were the three pearls the first Eternal Vess had given to him. He had to fully refine these three pearls before he was able to leave this space.
"How did these get here?"
Jia Lin asked in surprise. These pearls had a deep meaning to his life and he had to refine them some way or another. He had thought of blood refinement, energy imbued force, and many more. But nothing had worked out for him.
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