《Divine Emperor of Time and Space》


 1 Chapter 1- Suffering and Wrath

    Within the Fantasia continent there are many powerful families with elemental bloodlines, from the five main elements fire, water, earth, wind and nature to less known elements such as poison and death qi. The most powerful families are those with the bloodline of the five main elements. Each of the main elemental families rule a section of the fantasia continent where they suppress the minor bloodlines with their all encompassing might.


    Shi Yan was from a declining noble family in the Earth kingdom with the special bloodline of time. The family was once one of the most powerful families in the kingdom until calamity struck and wiped out their most powerful elders and all their inheritance and fighting techniques. They were only left with the techniques to awaken their bloodline to the first level.


    The family was in dire straits because only a few persons have been able to awaken their bloodline over the past 500 years. To escape the total destruction of the family the present elders decided to enter into a marriage agreement between themselves and another declining noble family with the bloodline of space. This allowed them to have a few descendants with a weak version of the space time ability.


    These descendants were not able to use their abilities for attacking or defending, they were only able to use it to make simple storage rings and to preserve food. The families'' weakness caused them to be made into slaves by the royal family. They were forced to create storage rings for the royal family and treated as nothing more than animals meant to be pushed around.


    Completed storage rings were usually collected by the imperial guards or one of the princes when they were in town ''secretly'' visiting brothels or gambling. This just so happened to be one of the days that the crown prince of the kingdom was in town so he decided to pick up the shipment of storage rings and the whole clan was gathered at the gates to welcome him.


    The crown prince of the kingdom Livia was a person notorious for his play boy ways he was known to have destroyed the lives of many young girls around the kingdom and had a bad reputation among the people of his kingdom and well today just happened to be the day that he was searching for a new plaything.


    After a while of waiting a luxuriously decorated carriage which was being pulled by golden horses appeared in front of the clan gate and a handsome young man dressed in golden robes walked down from the carriage.


    "We greet the crown prince"


    Voices came from hundreds of clan members in neat rows kneeling before the crown prince. Their voices reverberated throughout the courtyard.


    "I have no time to waste quickly bring out the shipment"


    "As you command crown prince"


    As the clan head who was Shi Yan''s grandfather bowed and started ordering the other clansmen to bring the shipment, the crown prince who was looking around happened to catch sight of a beautiful maiden who was none other than Shi Yan''s younger sister. She was a beautiful young girl with luscious lips, long black hair, a petite figure and eyes that sparkled like stars in the night, a maiden that could truly cause the downfall of an empire.


    As soon as he saw this beautiful specimen the crown prince instantly decided that she would be his new plaything for the month.


    "Whose daughter is this, I would like to give her the honor of warming my bed for a month, clean her up and bring her to my manor this instant."


    Shi Yan and all the other clan members were instantly enraged, this was the granddaughter of their clan head a person they looked up to and the crown prince dared to be this disrespectful to her.


    The clan head quickly calmed down the other members of the family.


    "I am sorry your highness but my granddaughter is not of age yet, please give her a few more years"


    Of course the clan head wouldn''t hand over his only granddaughter to the crown prince who played with girls as if they were mere toys, he was only trying to buy time to give her a chance to escape.


    The crown prince turned and looked directly into the clan heads'' eyes, a huge amount of pressure that came from someone who was used to being high above others struck the clan head.


    Cold sweat filled his face.


    "I did not ask a question I gave you a command, a command that you should not dare to disobey if you don''t want your bloodline to be cut off right here right now."


    The clan head clenched his teeth to hold back his rising anger.


    "Your highness although we are a declining noble clan we are still nobles, please treat us fairly"


    "My patience has run out, guards immediately capture that girl and bring her to the carriage"


    The imperial guards who came with the carriage showed savage smiles as they walked towards the young girl.


    The whole clan was immediately enraged.


    "How dare you"


    "We will fight it out with you"


    "We won''t allow you to take away our Han''er"


    The clan members all banded together to try and stop the imperial guards but how could they manage to stop these well trained imperial guards, they were all immediately subdued and captured.


    Shi Yan stood in front of his sister with his back straight trying to protect her. Even though he knew that he did not have the power to stop them, he was not going to give up without a fight.


    "I will not allow you guys to take away my sister"


    "Stupid boy move out of the way"


    The guard lifted his hand and with one slap hit Shi Yan into the arms of another guard.


    "Yan''er!"


    "Your highness you''ve gone too far!"


    The clan head that was now bound and forced to kneel on the ground was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot and veins bulged from his forehead.


    "Too far?, I haven''t even started as yet, I''ll show you true despair for daring to go against me, bring the girl over."


    Shi Yan shouted and struggled as he tried to get away from the imperial guard.


    "No stop let her go!"


    "I will kill you if you dare to lay a hand on her"


    Shi Yan was so angry and scared at the same time that his whole body began to tremble and cold sweat ran down his back.


    The crown prince just stared down at him condescendingly, the look in his eyes made it seem as if Shi Yan''s words were worth less than the dirt at the bottom of his shoe.


    "Idiot trying to protect your sister from me, I commend you for your bravery but you''re stupid if you think that you could hurt me. Anything this prince wants he will get it and you know why, it''s because I have power that you can never fight against, even if you dedicated your whole life to improving yourself a weakling like you will never reach my level"


    The crown prince roughly held Shi Yan''s sister by her hair began to forcefully strip her clothes in front of everyone. He then straddled her in his arms and roughly grabbed unto her smooth white peaks.


    Shi Yan''s sister cried out loudly in fear, she was just a young girl who was barely at the age where she developed her first real crush.


    "No! Stop please, someone help me, brother save me, I don''t want this, help me!"


    The prince shouted with bloodshot eyes and a lewd grin on his face as he continued to strip the girl.


    "Hahaha, I will allow everyone to watch as I take away this girls'' purity, you all will understand that being weak is a sin"


    "No! Stop, I will definitely not allow you to hurt her! "


    Shi Yan shouted as he managed to find strength that was deeply hidden inside his body and forcefully escaped from the guards and ran towards the crown prince.


    Within an instant he was in front of the crown prince and with his entire strength he threw a fist at the crown prince'' face.


    ''crack''


    The whole compound went silent the only thing that could be heard was bones breaking as Shi Yan''s fist hit a transparent barrier that suddenly appeared around the prince.


    "ahhhhhh!"


    Shi Yan screamed as his hand folded in on itself, joints fell out of place, large pieces of jagged broken bones and veins poked out of his arm and hot blood started to shoot out of his hand in large volumes dyeing the floor a dark red.


    The crown prince stood there wide eyed and dumbstruck as the transparent barrier began to slowly dissipate. If it had not been for the transparent barrier he might have been severely hurt if not killed by that punch.


    The prince began to turn livid as he realized that he was almost killed by someone he considered a slave of the royal family. A mere ant dared to not only attack him but also almost managed to succeed in hurting him.


    "Die!"


    The crown prince was enraged as he gathered his earth attribute power, a dirty yellow aura surrounded his arm until his arm could no longer be seen, he then looked directly into Shi Yan''s blood shot eyes pulled back his arm and punched him directly in the chest.


    "Bam! Crack, crack, crack"


    As Shi Yan already lost all his strength after punching the barrier, he was unable to gather the energy to dodge and flew several feet into the air as all the bones in his body not only broke through his skin but also stabbed into several vital organs.


    "You dare try to lay your hands on me, fool I''ll let you know regret"


    "Guards kill everyone, let no one escape, not even the animals should be spared, even the insects, I want to see them dead now!"


    The imperial guards quickly responded and drew their swords then started to kill every living thing in sight.


    "Nooo"


    "Please spare us"


    "I don''t want to die"


    "Arghhhh"


    "You stupid imperial bast-"


    Blood began to spray all over the ground.


    They killed the old and the young alike, even the animals in the household were not spared. Rivers of blood flowed throughout the Shi household as blood sprayed from the severed necks of the clan members.


    Shi Yan could only lay there with blood flowing out of his body and dying slowly as he watched his entire family brutally slaughtered in front of him.


    He watched his grandfather screaming in pain as the guards tore off his limbs with just their brute strength.


    "Arghhhh"


    He watched as they stuck spears in all the orifices of his father''s body, he watched as they brutally tortured his clan members and desecrated the home that he stayed in for the entire sixteen years of his life, he watched as they murdered, raped and pillaged with smiles on their faces as if they enjoyed seeing suffering of the weak clan members who could not resist their power. He watched as they laughingly ripped the organs out of the children who haven''t even been in this world for more than five years. He couldn''t even find the strength to scream or cry anymore.


    The crown prince spoke as he drew a beautiful golden jeweled sword from its sheath on his waste. The sword was about a meter long and the sharp edge glinted in the sunlight shining with a devilish beauty.


    "Idiot, you dare to attack me just because of this stupid little woman. Don''t worry I have no more use for her, there are many more beauties within the kingdom that are willing to die just for a night with me"


    The crown prince raised the sword above his head and quickly swung it down on the neck of Shi Yan??s sister.


    There was a flash of light and no more sound came out of the young girls'' lips. Slowly a thin blood red line started to appear on the slender neck of Shi Yan''s sister. Shi Yan felt as if he saw the entire thing in slow motion as his sisters'' head separated entirely from her body.


    The crown prince laughed as he saw her head fall to the ground along with the rest of her body with blood shooting out of the arteries and veins on her severed neck. He then bent down, grabbed the head and threw it right in front of Shi Yan.


    The prince started to talk with an air of nonchalance as if what he just did was as simple as breathing.


    "Hmph, this empire is no longer in need of the services of your Shi family, the only reason you guys were kept alive is because of the pact the kingdom had with your ancestors but what is a pact before true power"


    Tears of blood slowly flowed out of Shi Yan''s eyes as he watched the head fall right in front of him. He could see fear, despair and hatred in his sister''s wide open eyes. He felt as if he could still see his sister pleading to him for help begging him to save her but he was just too weak. He did not have the power to save her.


    "Hahaha cry all you want that''s not going to help you!"


    He then took the body of Shi Yan''s sister and threw it to the guards.


    "You guys can go ahead and play with the body all you want it''s still warm"


    "Long live the crown prince!" shouted all the guards


    The crown prince then walked up to Shi Yan and held him by the hair and forced him to watch as the guards defiled and played with the bodies of the members of his family, not even the innocent children were spared. Shi Yan watched as they tore apart the bodies of his family members and drank the blood of his kin as if it was some sort of game to them. Shi Yan tried his best to get his voice out of his blood clogged throat.


    "Stop" Shi Yan said as he threw up a mouthful of blood with some crushed organs.


    "Hahaha" the crown prince laughed condescendingly.


    "Stop?", you must be joking we are just getting started"


    Looking at all the chaos around him Shi Yan''s face slowly began to turn expressionless all the emotions that were in his eyes began disappear and die one by one.


    His beautiful long sleek hair began to change from a deep black to the icy white color of snow. His deep black abyss like eyes slowly began to turn into an icy blue that seemed as if it could freeze the souls of any mortal being who dared to look into them.


    The crown prince saw the changes in Shi Yan and slowly stepped back. Shi Yan then slowly began to stand up from the ground.


    "Huh! How are you still able to move!" exclaimed the crown prince.


    Shi Yan slowly turned his ice blue eyes towards the prince. The prince felt a chill run down his spine as he looked into those cold blue lifeless eyes.


    "From birth my family and I have been ridiculed and looked down on by everyone around us but we still lived on and bore the pressure not only for our sake but also for the younger generation of our clan."


    "Throughout the ridicule and torture, we lowered our heads and endured, we did not dare raise our heads to even look at the sky, we secluded ourselves from the world, we tried not to offend anyone and we even endured being bullied by mere commoners on the street, all this so that we could survive."


    "All we wanted was to live in peace. We did all this so that we could survive to this day but why do people still keep doing this to us, why won''t they stop hurting us, why won''t they stop hurting my family, why won''t they just leave us alone!?". "I, I hate this entire world, I hate this continent, I hate, I hate, I hate, I want it all to to ----"


    ¡­..


    "Just disappear"


    As soon as Shi Yan said this something inside him broke and he started to rapidly age, his skin turned wrinkly until it started to peel off even his bones started to turn to dust until nothing was left in the spot where Shi Yan once stood, the same thing started happening to all the bodies of his family members.


    Suddenly everything went quiet, the birds stopped chirping, the wind stopped whistling, the clouds stopped moving, everything on the Fantasia continent just went still.


    The crown prince began to have an ominous feeling.


    "Let''s hurry and leave I have a very bad feeling about this"


    But as he tried to leave he realized that he couldn''t


    "What? Why won''t my body move, is it due to fear"


    "No that''s preposterous, there''s no way I the great crown prince could experience fear because of a mere mortal"


    The crown prince wanted to run but he could not move a finger. As he continued to struggle, the earth beneath his feet began to peel off in layers, the pieces then floated into the sky and disappeared into thin air, the trees began to age, their leaves turned brown and their barks started to decompose and turn to ash even the crown prince and the imperial guards began to age at a rapid pace.


    The crown prince wanted to scream but as soon as he opened his mouth his teeth fell out one by one as the handsome crown prince turned into a wrinkly old man and then slowly to dust. This phenomenon began to spread until it encompassed the entire Fantasia continent. Many powerful cultivators could be seen flying out from caves and large palaces trying to escape as quickly as possible but they were still caught within the phenomena and forcefully aged then wiped out from existence.


    Every living thing on the Fantasia continent started to turn to dust, even the Fantasia continent itself started to disappear, until only the ocean was left which began to cover the area where the continent once existed.


    At the cost of his life and the souls of his dead family members Shi Yan was able to unlock his time and space bloodline and used it to destroy the entire Fantasia continent. When persons came to find out what happened on the Fantasia continent after not getting any news for a few days, there was no more Fantasia continent, all that was left was the ocean in its place. A legend began to spread about how the Fantasia continent angered a god who then wiped out the whole continent.


    As for Shi Yan the broken pieces of his soul slipped into a space time rift and completely disappeared.

 2 CHAPTER 2- Capture and Escape

    Shi Yan felt as if his body was completely weightless floating through a colorful channel at a very fast speed.


    Suddenly this feeling of weightlessness disappeared and he felt as if he was falling from the sky.


    ''Bam!''


    "Ouch that hurts"


    Shi Yan complained as he massaged his rear end.


    "Wait a minute, I can feel pain, I''m still alive and I still have my body, what''s going on."


    "Please let it be like one of those transmigration novels that I''ve read when the main character gets sent back to the past, please, please, please."


    Shi Yan continued to feel hopeful as he looked around his surroundings.


    "Th-this does not look like the past"


    While looking around he quickly realized that he was in a majestic throne room.


    The throne room was decorated with large black columns and blood red curtains draping down from the windows. The floors were made from a obsidian like material with various patterns printed on it, that when stared at made Shi Yan feel as if his mind would be turned to mush if he continued looking.


    He quickly stood up and continued looking around the room.


    In front of him Shi Yan saw seven majestic thrones each corresponding with a different color of the rainbow, decorated with diamonds and black gemstones. The throne room itself had a very sinister feel to it.


    "Where am I?"


    "That information is of no importance to you at the moment"


    Suddenly a man dressed in a tight fitting black full body suit, white epaulettes and a black commander hat with golden leaves appeared before Shi Yan. The man was so lanky that he looked a lot like the mythological creature slender man but the strange thing about this slender man look alike was that Shi Yan was unable to clearly see his face. It seemed as if his face was being blocked by a thick layer of fog. Shi Yan decided to see if he could get any information out of this guy.


    "What are you, no I mean who are you and do you have any idea where this place is?"


    Shi Yan could not see this creatures face but he felt as if he could feel its emotions and right now he could clearly tell that this guy just got very angry.


    "How dare you, you should know your place and speak when spoken to, the council of gods has already decided your fate"


    "What?"


    "We have decided that your powers might become a threat to the existence of the council of gods. We are not able to kill you because your time and space power protects your soul, so we have chosen to seal you in purgatory for a thousand years and torture you daily to break your spirit so we can use you as a weapon of the gods"


    Shi Yan was indignant at the way he was being treated, it was if he was worth nothing in this creature''s eyes.


    "Wait who are you guys to think that you can just determine my fate, I''m a human being I have rights and I demand to be treated fai---"


    Suddenly the air froze, the man creature thing slowly turned his head and looked directly into Shi Yan''s eyes.


    He felt as if the creature was looking directly into his soul, suddenly a powerful pressure fell down on Shi Yan''s body, it felt as if a mountain was placed on his shoulders. It pushed him flat onto the floor of the throne room but he still continued to stare defiantly at the man in front of him.


    "Hahaha" "Who are we to decide your fate you ask, if you truly must know, we are the gods who rule this world, we can do whatever we want, this world is ours and all you pathetic beings in it are our playthings."


    The creature''s speech began to turn crazed as he stretched both his arms out wide and continued to speak.


    "We are the ones that decided that your family should decline and we also facilitated their oh so wonderful, beautiful, BLOODY death." "You want to know why?" "We did it because we felt like it and there''s no one who would be able to stand in our way, if there is someone that is or will be able to stop us we can either just get rid of them with the snap of a finger or imprison them and break their spirit."


    "You don''t have the right to decide your fate, if we say you are to be sealed you will be sealed, we control your fate and the fate of all the other ants in this world, we are the absolute authority, we are the rulers, we are all knowing, we are all powerful, we are the gods, no one can and no one would dare resist us!" "Now enjoy your time in purgatory, foolish being that dares to question us"


    Shi Yan did not even have time to protest before the man waved his hand and he felt as if a wall of wind slammed into him and he was sent flying into the air directly into a red portal. As he was travelling through the portal Shi Yan felt as if his whole body was being ripped apart, he quickly lost consciousness due to the sudden pain.


    When he opened his eyes Shi Yan realized he was in a small room on his knees chained to the ground unable to move. He could still feel his power inside his body but it seemed to have been suppressed and trapped within his soul.


    "Please tell me I''m not really in purgatory"


    As he looked around he realized that he was in a plain looking room with red walls which seemed to have been soaked in blood for thousands of years. On the walls were a multitude of sharp weapons that still glinted within the dim lighting to show their lethality.


    "This is definitely purgatory"


    As Shi Yan continued looking around the room his eyes happened to catch sight of a red colored fog. As he continued looking at the red fog a completely red silhouette started to appear before him. Shi Yan could feel a large amount of bloodlust coming from the figure in front of him; he knew that this thing must have bathed in rivers of blood to give off such an air.


    The silhouette then started to speak, its voice sounded as if it ate nails for breakfast.


    "Welcome to purgatory I shall be your best friend for the next one thousand years".


    "F*ck my life"


    Shi Yan felt cold sweat run down his back. He knew he was in for a world of suffering but he felt no fear, he just swore to get revenge on the gods in the future.


    After awhile heart wrenching screams could be heard from the room Shi Yan was imprisoned in. The screams sounded as if someone was having their soul forcefully dragged out of their body then roughly stuffed back inside of them.


    ¡­


    Five hundred years slowly passed by as Shi Yan suffered extreme torture eighteen hours a day every day with no one to speak to save for his torturer and the bloody walls, lonely and sealed in a damp dim room, he began to build up resentment against the gods for throwing him in a place like this with barely an explanation.


    He had so much resentment and hatred bottled up inside him that it manifested itself physically as a black cloud that surrounded his body. He swore that if he gained another chance he would not allow the gods to control his fate; he decided he would become strong enough to get revenge for all the suffering they''ve put him through and completely destroy the gods.


    ''Whooosh''


    Suddenly there was a strong gust of wind within the room and a cloudy man like apparition appeared in front of him, the apparition was black with tiny specks that looked like stars scattered within it which were continuously blinking in and out of existence.


    "How much are you willing to give up for revenge?"


    Shi Yan slowly looked up at the being that appeared in front of him, he could tell that this thing was very powerful. He felt as if this beings power extended beyond the creation of the entire universe but at the same time he felt as weak as an ant that he could crush with his pinky finger, it was a contradictory feeling.


    "I would give anything but I have nothing more to give"


    Shi Yan felt as if this man would be able to help him but he knew that there is a price for everything, there are no free meals in this world and if there is one thing that being in this place has taught him it is that he should never completely trust anyone.


    "The law of equivalent exchange states that you cannot gain anything without first giving something of equal value in return, the chance that I will give you comes with a small price"


    "You just need to give up all your positive emotions except for hope and I will give you a chance to be reborn and a weapon powerful enough to completely destroy the gods."


    Shi Yan held his head down and thought about the offer, it was a small price to pay for revenge. He knew the being in front him would be able to do what he said. He had no idea why he believed him but he was grasping onto straws right now, this was the only way out.


    He quickly made up his mind.


    "Go ahead I have nothing else to live for anyway".


    "Good, good, good, I knew that you wouldn''t disappoint me"


    "Now lay your eyes on the weapon that was able to completely destroy the seven original gods."


    As the being stretched out his hands slowly a pitch black metallic arm guard began to materialize in his left hand and a completely white metallic arm guard appeared in his right hand. The arm guard in the left hand was so black it seemed to be absorbing all the darkness around it, while the arm guard in the right hand was so white it seemed to sparkle even in the dim lighting.


    They both had very complicated design and writings that Shi Yan was unable to understand. The designs made it seem as if a black and white river was running through each respective arm guard and was constantly on the move. There were three empty sockets on each arm guard that seemed to have once held some sort of precious jewels.


    "The black one is called Konton and the white one is called Ch¨±mon. The weapon can change its shape according to the will of its user. During the Great War the gems that were in each of the weapons and what gave them their world shaking powers were scattered across the three realms of heaven, hell and earth. You are currently in the astral realm where the seven main gods stay. You will need to find all six of these gems to bring the weapon back to its ultimate peak."


    "As soon as you equip the weapons your positive emotions will be drained away''


    He then threw the arm guards into Shi Yan''s hands. Shi Yan took a deep breath and quickly equipped both weapons onto his arms.


    As soon as the weapons were equipped he could feel a large amount of power rushing through his body, the restraints that were holding him down completely broke away and the black cloud of resentment that surrounded his body was absorbed back into him, but as he gained this power Shi Yan could feel as if he was also losing something very important.


    As he stared at the arm guards on his arm Shi Yan decided that this form was not convenient enough for him, so he used his mind to turn the arm guards into two cuff bracelets that fit perfectly on his wrists with three sockets in each bracelet.


    "You shall now be reborn as a pure blood vampire of the Shi household on the Ketsueki continent. I shall seal away your presence from the gods so that they will not be able to find you, I hope you succeed"


    The being then waved his hand and Shi Yan slowly began to disappear. As he stared at his slowly disappearing body Shi Yan thought about how he was finally free and then a blood chilling smile appeared on his face.


    ¡­


    Within the beautiful throne room the council of gods was having a meeting. Suddenly they all felt a tingle go down their spines. Suddenly the god in the red throne known as the blood god Ketsueki stood up with sweat running down his forehead, all heads turned towards him.


    "The calamity has escaped"


    Everyone in the throne room drew in a cold breath of air. As soon as all the gods were about to start panicking a calm voice came from the water god Shimesu in the blue throne.


    "Don''t worry, the only way he would be able to harm us is if he got his hands on the divine weapons and they are sealed deep within the abyss of death where father Chaos is sealed. If he even thinks about getting revenge on us the only thing that awaits him is an eternity of suffering. Now calm down and let us get back onto the topic of declining sacrifices."


    The throne room then began to settle down unaware of the calamity that was approaching them step by step.

 3 Beginning

    The Shi kingdom was a country with technology beyond its years, it was a peaceful country where crime did not exist and where equality was spread among everyone below the Shi family. It had clean streets and buildings towering up to the skyline. Though all of this came at a cost, all citizens of the kingdom apart from those of the Shi household had to give up their privacy. They were chipped, tracked and watched at all times, a small price to pay for peace and equality.


    Within the courtyard of a lavish household within the Shi kingdom of the Ketsueki continent sat a young boy of peerless beauty. He looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. He had lips as red as blood and smooth flowing long white hair with a long streak of black hair flowing in front of his eyes . A pair of cold deep blue eyes could be seen on his face. Looking into these eyes seemed as if it could take away a person''s soul and freeze them in an eternal moment of bliss.


    He wore a long black and white robe and had a cuff bracelet on each hand, one as black as night and the other as white as snow.


    This young boy was Shi Yan; ever since he was reborn on the Ketsueki continent as the only child of the leader of the Shi clan he had lived a life of peace and luxury. He had servants to provide for him, money that he wouldn''t dare dream of completely spending in this lifetime and loving parents that took care of him and loved him more than life itself.


    He had all these things and more but he felt empty inside. Shi Yan could not find it in himself to care about any of these mortal pleasures, his heart was cold and only filled with the thought of revenge. He understood that this was just one of the effects of losing all his positive emotions.


    "Sigh, it''s just so boring at home, when will father allow me to leave to explore the outside world. It''s not like I can learn anything more by staying in this stupid overdeveloped country"


    Shi Yan had been in the Shi kingdom for about fifteen and a half years but he has never stopped training during all those years. When he was six years old he realized that he would not be able to develop his time and space powers any more without finding the gems for his weapon but this did not stop him from working hard because he knew he had a goal to achieve.


    So instead of sitting around and living life like a silk pants he decided to train his sword techniques to the peak. His sword techniques became so advanced that he birthed sword qi and there was no need for him to use a sword anymore. Anything could become his sword even a strand of hair or a single leaf. He also consolidated and found different ways to use his time and space powers throughout the years.


    He could now control all the space within a two meter radius of himself and he could stop time within this area for one second, this little amount of time could determine life and death in a duel among experts. If he got into a fight it would be extremely hard for someone to beat him. But alas such great power also comes at a great price, to use this power he has to burn his own lifespan. But lo and behold it seemed as if a powerful being was looking out for him when he allowed him to be reborn as an undead and not just as any undead but as a pure blood vampire with a near unlimited lifespan.


    Shi Yan sat within the courtyard slowly sipping from a wine glass with fresh blood within it. Shi Yan turned to the empty space beside him and said "Get me a vintage bottle of that rare AB negative blood from father''s study, it seems to help my body become stronger and keeps away my murderous urges".


    Suddenly there was a flash within the courtyard and something seemed to have disappeared but then reappeared seconds later. If someone was standing within the courtyard at that moment the only thing they felt would have been a slight wind and a bottle of blood suddenly appearing in front of Shi Yan.


    The servants around Shi Yan were some of the fastest and most powerful blood slaves that were owned by the Shi family. These blood slaves were raised to be absolutely loyal and to execute every order given to them even if it meant death.


    A servant quickly walked into the courtyard and froze at the scene of his young master sitting with the sun reflecting off his hair and a glass of blood within his hand. It was such a beautiful scene the servant could not help but stare, the blood contrasted perfectly with the pale skin of the young master, and the surrounding ambience helped to bring out the beauty of this young man even more. The servant was used to seeing beautiful persons within the vampire race but he thought that it should be illegal for someone to be born so beautiful. It would have been a calamity for him if he was not born in his current family.


    The servant almost became lost within this picturesque scene but managed to quickly shake his head to come out of his daze. He lowered his head for fear of getting lost within the scene once more.


    "What has brought you to my courtyard this fine morning Yuto?"


    In accordance to his name, Yuto was a very gentle person. He was the most liked servant within the Shi family and was able to get along well with everyone. To Shi Yan he was just another ant that the gods could control.


    "Young master the sir and madam would like to see you at the dining room for dinner. How should I respond to them?"


    "Tell them I''ll be there in a minute"


    "Yes young master


    Yuto quickly bowed and left.


    "I hope father will finally allow me to leave, if he doesn''t I''ll have to prepare to run away"


    Shi Yan slowly rose from his position and donned a black and white mask that covered his left eye and the lower part of his face then headed to the dining room for dinner. As he walked through the Shi household all the servants and family members bowed to him to show their respect. To many persons within the Shi household Shi Yan''s actual face was a big mystery. There were about only ten persons alive within the entire kingdom who knew what he actually looked like, the others who knew his true face were already dead.


    As Shi Yan walked into the lavishly decorated dining room he could see two persons around the table. A beautiful lady dressed in blue, with long white hair reaching down to the center of her back pale skin and beautiful light blue eyes, next to her at the head of the table was a rugged man dressed in red that looked as if he could bend the heavens to his will, he had long black hair and piercing blood red eyes that seemed as if they could see through every secret and hidden desires. The man was named Shi Yang and the lady was called Kasumi.


    "Father, mother, good afternoon" Shi Yan said in a cold tone.


    As he looked at the ones who brought him into this world Shi Yan felt nothing whatsoever, he had no feelings of belonging to these persons in front of him. He felt as if he was just looking at two pieces of wood sitting in front of him, just another pair of ants the gods had control over.


    He looked at all the food spread out over the dining and could not help but think ''these people are really rich''. Along the large dining table was a multitude of expensive foods, foods that common families would have to give up a kidney and a heart, just to get a whiff of its fragrance.


    Shi Yan sat directly opposite his mother at the dining table and wolfed down all his food within seconds not even being able to feel the pleasure that came from consuming something so delicious and stood up to leave the dining table.


    His father then said "Sit, I have something to discuss with you"


    Shi Yan nodded his head sat down and thought in his mind ''here it comes, freedom''.


    "I have decided to accept your request to leave the family and go out into the world to hone your strength, I''ll allow you leave tomorrow at day break"


    "Thank you father"


    "You better come back much stronger than before to the point where you can control this whole continent with just a single hand"


    "I will father"


    "Hahaha, that''s my boy. Go ahead and start packing, your mother and I will see you off tomorrow".


    As Shi Yan rose and left the dining room Kasumi said to Shi Yang "You should allow him to carry the family heirloom with him, I don''t want to see him getting hurt out there"


    "Don''t worry I''ll give it to him, after all, he is the future leader of the Shi family"


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    The next day at daybreak Shi Yan was ready dressed in a white robe, a space ring on each middle finger, a sword on his back and a large bamboo hat that covered the top half of his face.


    Everyone within the Shi household came to see their young master off.


    "Goodbye father, mother, I shall be leaving now and father don''t even think about it"


    Shi Yan''s father entire face suddenly turned red and he suddenly started stuttering.


    "I-I h-have no idea what you are talking about"


    "Sigh I don''t need any protection tell them to return"


    "Oh! Are you talking about the blood slaves around you, I didn''t even see them. What are you guys doing out here quickly return to the house."


    Suddenly there was a flash and something seemed to have disappeared from the surroundings. Kasumi started to laugh at Shi Yang''s antics.


    "Wait take this with you it''s the family heirloom, we''ve had it for thousands of years take care of it and remember to keep your hat secured or wear your mask, your face creates a lot trouble" said Shi Yan''s mom as she placed a box within his hand.


    The box was as big as the palm of his hand, it was a black box with golden designs. As Shi Yan took the box he could instantly feel a reaction from the white bracelet on his hand that he almost completely forgot about. It felt as if it reunited with a long lost friend. Shi Yan quickly took the box bowed to his parents then walked away. He knew he had to quickly see what was inside that box.