Chapter 3 - 3 - Long Aotian

"Mommy Yukiya, what is the transparent blue shield places there?" the little crayfish asked with curiosity. 

"That my child is an energy shield. You are too young to explore the outside would. There are a lot of dangerous predators waiting to eat such a cute crayfish" she answered as she tickled the crayfish with her fin.

"Promise me dear. Promise me that you would not leave this energy shield without my permission. This cultivator's world is very dangerous and there is no bound to human greed. We should all we can to protect ourselves." 

"Okay mommy Yukiya" Xia che said cutely.

1800 years has passed from that day but still Xia Che kept his promise to Yukiya. And he will keep it from the years that are going to come ahead. 

He waited patiently for her to come back. He never complained. He never wavered. He just waited near their usual waiting spot. Though rain and snow he still waited. Cultivators who reach spiritual sense don't need eat or sleep. So he just waited on the same spot without any thought. In spring mushrooms grew on him. In autumn fallen leaves piled on top of him. Snow came; it became ice frozen all around him. He just looked like an ice statue rather than a living breathing demon. 

There are multitudes of realm in this world and the realm Xia che lives is just the second tier world. A World where people and demons are born with the spiritual roots; They have the talent to cultivate. There also the realm where humans and animals do not have the talents to cultivate. We just call them mundane worlds. 

Alternately the first tier world is where the immortals ascend to. The heaven realm protects the human realm from any harm. A World in which cultivation is their livelihood. This realm is ruled by the strongest of demons known as the spiritual dragons. 

The young golden dragon became the ruler of heaven realm just 3000 years after his birth. One day the golden dragon met a beautiful fairy and fell in love with her. He married her and brought her to the heavens realm. Their love transcendent and they had beautiful children soon. Two sons, that represented the sun and the moon of Heavens realm. Both talents exponential to another. 

The eldest of the two, the red dragon is known to be a genius in governance. And the youngest one the black dragon is said to be a genius in cultivation. The red dragon has gone into close door cultivation for almost 500 years now. No one knows his whereabouts. The black dragon is on the verge of break though to immortal by existence. The entire realm rejoiced the news. 

Realms lower than the mundane realm was known as the Rakshasa Realm where demons cultivate dark arts. These malignant demons also heard the news of the black dragon's immortal assent and sent their power assassin to kill the dragon when it is at its weakest.

The fateful day came. The black dragon Long Aotian stood on top of Kunlun mountain rage. The sky darkened threatening to pour down its heavens will. Thunder roared on top of his head. Long Aotian tuned back to his majestic black dragon form to get baptised by the upcoming thunder, shedding his mortal belonging. Hundred purple thunder strikes the black dragon. 

Long Aotian coiled his enormous body on the peak of the mountain as the thunder strikes his body. Each strike one of his scales shed to show a new iridescent black scale underneath. Three hundred strikes later the thunder changed golden. It is said that golden thunder is the strongest of them all. Long Aotian cultivated through his pain. He could feel his cultivation increasing drastically. When his breakthrough was near, an arrow shot towards his heart. He was able to notice this only after it came too close. He slightly moved to the right to dodge the arrow. The arrow head lodged on his left shoulder. At this moment, a golden thunder strikes the black dragon.. So like this the most powerful dragon Long Aotian, was shot down to the lower realms.