Chapter 106 - The Crownless Prince

As Jean was fighting against the impossible, Fen Juechen already arrived at Black Fiend Nation.

It was a land where even the light of the sun had some problems with piercing through the gray and dense fog.

The wind blew up incessantly, making sounds that bore similarity to the cry of ghosts.

The fog that was extremely loaded with Darkness Profound Energy should have killed Fen Juechen dozens of times by now, but even he didn't have any idea about what is saving him.

Was it his determination to gain enough power to win against the Demonic Cultivator who destroyed his family and home?

Was it the knowledge of the existence of an irregularity such as Jean, and the wish to surpass him?

Was it to hold high the honor of the Burning Heaven Clan even after its disappearance?

Or was it his own greed and power-thirsty himself that kept walking in this wretched land?

He didn't have any idea, but since he could still walk, even if with fatigue, then he will take advantage of whatever is keeping him alive and reach the place that the black key on his hand is pointing to.

Fen Juechen knew it, he was near…

He was climbing a small hill with the remaining strength on his legs, the Darkness Energy was deteriorating his body to levels that he didn't even have any idea about what is happening.

Hours passed quickly and he reached the extremity of the hill. There was  huge jade coffin with an eerie black fog moving around inside it.

"So you have at last arrived… This king has waited a very long time for you."

The black fog inside the jade coffin suddenly started to sway, and an eerie voice rang out in Fen Juechen's mind.

With surprise, Fen Juechen let out his voice. "Who are you?"

He expected a treasure here, something that could help him. Not a soul trapped inside a coffin.

"This king, is the very person you're looking for! And you, are precisely the one this king has been waiting for! Use the key in your hand to open this shackle that has sealed my soul. This king shall bestow upon you supreme power as your reward!"

If there was a thing Fen Juechen learned from his journey and Jean, then it was to not trust people that look like they would offer candies to random children.

He didn't have an idea about the meaning of this sentence, but he felt that this description fit the trapped soul.

"Why should i even believe you?"

"You don't have any choice, you probably didn't notice it yet, but the Dark Profound Energy in the area is corrupting your body to a point of no return. Unless I merge with you, not even a God can save you.

My eternal hatred will merge with your infinite determination, creating a duality that will exponentially increase your power to an unimaginable level.

This king is just a leftover damaged soul now, so if you want power, it's necessary to draw support from your body! If this king gets released, there is nothing but infinite benefits for you. Otherwise, if you go on like this, you could only desperately wait to meet your death!"

With a trembling hand holding the key, Fen Juechen gazed at the jade coffin. If what he said was true, then he had only 2 choices.

Gambling his life, or die… 

Cang Yue was already doing her best to save the Blue Wind Empire, Jean was doing his best against whatever the glitched entity did to him.

What sort of person is he if he didn't his best while his friends were doing everything?

He let go of the black key, which fell on the Soul Sealing Coffin. In the blink of an eye, mist sprang up from every part of the Soul Sealing Coffin, and rays of light flashed for a brief moment from a formation, before disappearing without a trace.

Eerie wind started to blow from all directions as the Soul Sealing Coffin suddenly opened up. The soul sealed inside the coffin immediately escaped out of it, and laughed out wildly in extreme pŀėȧsurė.

Suddenly, the soul straightaway rushed towards Fen Juechen, mercilessly piercing his soul and entering inside it.

"Hahahaha… Hahahaha…. A millennium, it has already been a millennium! This king has finally obtained freedom! Looks like the heavens have at long last showed some compassion, and gave this king the opportunity to get revenge against the ones this king harbors bloody hatred for… hahahaha…

Boy, this king is grateful to you for allowing this king to regain freedom! To repay your kindness, this king shall replace your soul and become the new owner of this dilapidated body of yours! It would certainly be the greatest favor you could hope to receive in return… hahahaha!"

"Fuck… You…!!" Fen Juechen gritted his teeth, he felt as if thousands upon thousands of needles pricked inside his soul.

Blood flowed out of his eyes, ears, nostrils and mouth. A shout of excruciating pain escaped from his mouth, meanwhile the dark soul inside him spoke in a gentle voice.

"You don't have to worry. After swallowing your soul, this king will look into your memories and accomplish what you wanted to do most in this world so as to respond to the determination in your heart. Would that be enough to you satisfy you?"

"AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!" An heart-breaking scream came out from his weak soul. It seems that he lost his gamble…

Favoring people like Jean but take everything from him…

He would like to taste the sensation of victory, at least once, without anyone helping him.

He can't even have that?

Then why did he make all the way from the Blue Wind Empire to here?

...

TO HELL WITH THIS BULLSHIT!!

He didn't come here to become someone's puppet!!

"AAAAAARRGGHHHHHHH!!!"

Seeing how even in this situation, Fen Juechen was still resisting, the soul chuckled in amusement. "Tsk-tsk, I didn't think you'd still try to struggle in vain. Hahahaha, this is truly and extremely funny. Just how can a small and weak soul like yours, which is no different from a completely insignificant ant in my eyes, possibly escape from… Hm? Wh… What… This is impossible…. This is impossible… This is impossible!"

The soul shouted in shock from within his mind, before the next words went to something that not even Fen Juechen expected to hear. "Huang'er… Huang'er… You are Huang'er?!!"

Suddenly, Fen Juechen felt all of his resistance covering the dark soul and slowly devouring him, as if the dark soul stopped everything it was doing before. "I can't do this to my own son… Obtain my memories and my power confined inside the soul, but please, avenge us… Avenge the Eternal Night Royal Family."

"What…?"

"Heh, you'll become clear about everything soon… Huang'er, you are the prince of my Eternal Night Royal Family, the last of my Eternal Night Royal Clan's lineage and hope… I wish you live a good life, seize back my clan's Heavenly Sin Divine Sword, reestablish the Eternal Night Royal Clan, and take revenge for your mother… for all of your clan members… and for your very own self… You must take revenge… Never forget to take revenge!!!"

Fen Juechen didn't have any idea about what is happening, this event was completely new even for him. Eternal Night Royal Clan? Heavenly Sin Divine Sword? Prince?

What the hell was this soul spewing?

Suddenly, the memories accumulated over the long span of a thousand years gushed towards Fen Juechen's soul like tidewater, and his expression gradually became sluggish. 

Finally, he kneeled down on the ground like a lifeless person, and didn't make any sort of movement for a very long time. His face was filled with the stains of tears that were overflowing from his eyes…

Now he understood…

The real threat in the Profound Sky Continent is one of the Four Sacred Grounds.