"What do you intend to do? " Illustrious Emperor straight away asked.

"Before I tell you what I intend to do, let me tell you something else," War God Zhen said. ​​

He stopped in front of the Illustrious Emperor and brought out a small booklet from his storage ring.

"Do you know what this is?" He asked.

Illustrious Emperor shook his head since he had no idea.

"This is something that His Majesty had found from an old ruin. Let me give you a hint, it's something that belongs to the demons," War God Zhen said.

The Illustrious Emperor was surprised as he heard the words. He was starting to feel a sense of danger.

"You still can't guess? Alright. I'll tell you. This small book gives a detailed explanation of how to make a simple formation. The formation might be simple, but its use is not, " Illustrious Emperor said.

"It's called Demonic Steal Formation. I'm sure you would have realized from its name that this formation helps a person steal. You must be wondering what it steals, right?" War God Zhen said with a grin on his face.

Illustrious Emperor just looked at War God Zhen with hatred in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

"It steals your cultivation! Every ounce of your hard hard-earned cultivation will be stolen from you." War God Zhen explained.

" And that's not all, the next part is even more interesting. All that stolen cultivating will be sent to the person that will be standing on that second formation i.e. me. I gotta say, the demons made something quite amazing," War God Zhen continued.

"It's too bad that it can only be used once by a person. It's good though. I'm taking the strength of the strongest person in the Heavenly Realm after all. I don't think I'll need to do it again," War God Zhen chuckled lightly.

"You dare use something that belongs to the demons! Have you lost your sanity?" The Illustrious Emperor roared in anger.

"It's not the artifacts or the skills that are bad, but the users. Since I'm not a demon, of course it's fine," War God Zhen chuckled as he stepped into the second formation.

A barrier surrounded him as well.

The formation started shining as it sucked the cultivation of Illustrious Emperor and gave it to War God Zhen.

The Illustrious Emperor could feel his cultivation decreasing, but he could do nothing but watch. He didn't even try resisting since he realized that no matter what he said, War God Zhen won't listen.

The Illustrious Emperor sighed.

"You know Zhen, you can take my cultivation, but I don't think you'll be able to save anything. With my cultivation, you might be able to match the Demon Emperor in Strength, but we all know he's not the real problem that will cause the destruction of our beautiful realm," The Illustrious Emperor said in a normal tone as he glared at War God Zhen.

"Of course the demons are our true enemy. But I won't let anyone destroy my home!" War God Zhen roared loudly. His cultivation kept increasing.

"Xu Liang! He's the reason you managed to catch me. He's the one who defeated me. I'll be honest, when he went crazy, I could feel more fear from him than I felt from the Demon Emperor."

"I used to think that he was a demon, but I think he was something way more dangerous. You managed to kill him by backstabbing him, but his son is still living,"

"He has the same bloodline as Xu Liang and if he managed to grow up, I don't think anyone would be able to face his wrath. Especially you! Since you killed his family in front of him."

The Illustrious Emperor kept talking, but he was visibly becoming weaker and his breathing was getting faster.

"I'm not saying it because I'm afraid of dying. I never cared for my life. All I wanted was the safety of our realm. That's why I opposed Xu Liang and did something extreme like attacking the royal family. It was all for our future. Since I'm dying, everything that was built by our ancestors will need your protection. I just hope that you'll be able to protect what you wish to protect," Illustrious Emperor said.

Just as his words ended, his life ended as well since even his life force was sucked by the formation.

Only his lifeless body was left in the formation.

The formation stopped working and the barriers disappeared.

War God Zhen stepped out of the formation and stepped closer to War God Zhen.

He pointed his finger towards the Illustrious Emperor and a ball of fire appeared out of thin air and landed on the lifeless body of the Illustrious Emperor.

The body of the Illustrious Emperor started burning in flames.

"That small kid? Why should I be afraid of him? I'll kill that demon spawn as well. Not because I'm afraid of him, but because I can't bear the thought of a living demon spawn that has the holy bloodline of the Heavenly Realm. That kid... He will never grow up!" War God Zhen said in a determined tone as he watching the intense flames.

He turned his back on the fire and left the hall.

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Everything in the Heavenly Realm was changing, but Xu Ming had no idea about any of this.

He had just finished reading the 3 Strikes of Heaven and he felt like he had a general idea about it.

Now all he needed was to practice. Unfortunately, He couldn't go it in his courtyard.

It was already night time and he decided to go to the lake and practice there.

That place was big and empty. Also, the impact on the water of the lake would be a good indicator of the strength of the skill.

He stood up and left the courtyard. He also took the basic sword with him that he had received during the outer sect entrance exams.

It didn't take him long to get to the lake near the 6th ward. Just like always, the place was empty.