The Tale of the Devil Sword

Chapter 155: Altar-1

(Author Note:- 200 power stones in a week for 1 bonus chapter.

300 power stones in a week for 2nd bonus chapter.

350 power stones in a week for 3rd bonus chapter.)

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*drip* *drip* *drip* *drip*

He could feel water dripping on his face. He opened his eyes and wanted to move but he couldn't.

[It's hurting...] he complained inwardly.

"You're awake huh?" a heavy voice could be heard right beside him.

From the corner of his eyes he could see it was a burly middle aged man.

The burly man gave him a pill and his body started recovering.

Looking around he saw the man was the only one around here. And far away was a burning building.

"They are all gone. The buildings, the people... everyone."

Looking at the grey eyed boy's lonely look he continued further

"You don't need to stuck up with the past." Pointing at the silver sword in his hand he continued

"You have the power you need. Become stronger.... far stronger than anyone in this world so that you won't be bullied anymore."

"It's now upto you if you want to stuck up in the past or work hard for the future."

Saying that he went silent. The child continued to look at the burning building.

The 'prison' he stayed in was gone. The people who 'tortured' him were gone.

Looking at the blood and water trickling from his silver sword he turned towards the middle aged man in front of him.

Seeing this the patriarch had a slight smile on his face.

"Say boy, wanna come with me?" The child, after few minutes of silence, nodded his head.

With a wider smile on his face the patriarch said "I am the patriarch of the Bai Clan, Bai Yishan. What's your name?"

They boy was stunned for a while. Name? What name??

Looking at the dark sky filled with twinkling stars which turned slightly brighter due to the burning building nearby he couldn't help but think about it.

Ever since he could remember he was always called as 'the blue eyed brat', 'the unique product', 'No. 1278' and similar names.

He couldn't see the end of the horizon. It was weird how, even though it was raining, he could still see the stars.

Gripping the sword tightly he said with a genuine smile on his face

"My name... is Kylo." (A/N1)

And the raindrops suddenly turned into swords destroying everything around here.

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His eyes snapped open. He was covered with cold sweat.

The first thing he did was to check the surroundings.

Numerous tall white pillars could be seen supporting the pure white ceiling.

Mysterious designs were drawn on this pillar which seemed attractive yet scary.

There was a huge door of the same color as the pillar at the end of the spacious hall he was in.

Seeing so many white things Kylo immediately thought

[Could it be I reached the altar?]

Looking around he saw he was alone.

[It's fine as long as there is no danger.] he thought to himself.

"Why did I see that dream... again?" Kylo muttered to himself now that he found he wasn't in any danger.

Thinking about the dream clearly he continued mumbling

"No this time it was different." [Especially the rain at the end.]

After few minutes of silence Kylo suddenly exclaimed.

"The inner demons... have been cleared... How!?"

While transcending to immortality, practitioners face inner demons; which are a type of test conducted by the heavens.

And these inner demons are either your worst past which you couldn't forget.

Or something which you are always afraid of. Your worst fears.

One of the reason why people fear facing their inner demons is because whenever you see the illusion (in case of fears) or dream (for past) you'll always forget your memories as a warrior.

That means your thinking ability and everything will all be of the same age as you appear in your illusions.

People will experience the events they see as if they had been experiencing it for the first time.

Another reason why most of the people fail in clearing their inner demons.

When Kylo faced his inner demons just now, he didn't had any of his memory as a cultivator.

He only had his thinking ability and emotional stability of a 10 year old.

It was as if he returned to being a child. As if he was experiencing the event once again!

Including this one, Kylo faced two inner demons in his 'previous life' before transcending.

And he failed to completely clear the inner demons which almost killed him.

Failure in clearing inner demons can lead you to three results.

Firstly instability of your soul which can cause you heavy injury leading to death.

Secondly you might have trauma and be afraid of transcending in the future that meant getting stuck below immortality forever.

And that is a cruel result for a warrior who started cultivating to achieve immortality.

And lastly where the practitioners might go crazy, which is a rare result but it does happen.

But it does not mean there are no exceptions. Kylo himself is an exception.

He somehow became an immortal even though he failed in clearing the inner demons. But he was still heavily injured after he transcended.

And it was also at that time when {Holy Emperor Tang} and the others declared war on him. One of the reason why he got killed.

But now one of his inner demons were cleared! How could he not be surprised?

Thinking about the dream he remembered how the rain drops suddenly slashed his dream.

[Maybe the 2nd chapter of {God of Dance} was the reason behind it?] Kylo couldn't help but conclude this.

Previously when he faced his inner demons the dream always ended at the part where he lost consciousness.

But this time he saw it till the end and the rain drops helped him in clearing the inner demons... Which mean he would only face one inner demon in the future.

Kylo exhaled heavily as if removing all the tension from his body.

Now that he couldn't see his subordinates, he got up and planned to search for them.

Just when he got ready to step forward he could feel space behind him fluctuating.

Without any hesitation he took out his sword and prepared to face the enemy.

And suddenly a figure dropped from the fluctuating space.

Looking closely at the unconcious figure Kylo couldn't help but be stunned while muttered

"Isn't this my Elena?"

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(Author Note 1:- The word Kylo is of an American origin which means means sky.)