The next day Nero decided to relax and enjoy the day. He visited famous places, ate food and laid down in a park till afternoon. ' It's been a long time since i felt this peaceful ' Nero thought while looking at the clouds passing by in the sky. Seeing Nero like this Aria was relieved and made a joke [Just don't become Shikamaru].
While resting Nero felt a gust of wind beside him and after opening his eyes what greeted him was a 40-45 year old looking man with a unique left hand that looked like it was made out of air. ' I didn't feel any malicious intent he must be the person my father was talking about Aria his status ' Nero thought while looking at the man who looked at Nero with a multitude of emotions in his eyes.
[
Name: Zhou Hongbuo
Age: 117
Martial soul: Consecrated Wind serpent(photo in comments)
Rank: 98
Innate soul power : 9.5
Soul ring configuration : 🟣🟣⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫🔴🔴
]
" You have grown up young Nero seeing you makes me think of the day when i first saw your father" Zhou Hongbuo was the first to start a conversation with still a look of reminiscence on his face. " You must be the person my father was talking about " Nero said to Zhou Hongbuo after a moment of silence. " Yes, you can call me Grandpa Zhou although i don't deserve to be called that when i couldn't even save your father " Zhou Hongbuo introduced himself with a look of pain and regret in his eyes.
" so how did you know my father Grandpa Zhou. He talked so much about you and how you were a family to him " not knowing how to comfort Zhou Hongbuo Nero decided to change the topic.
After recovering his emotions Zhou Hongbuo narrated " I first met Arlo when he was 7 years old. His father entrusted me to take care of him because of a favour I owned. At first i treated him like a stranger and i thought I would just take care of him till he was 14 and leave him on his own but your father was a stubborn child he annoyed me almost everyday to accompany him and tried to become my friend. It is still hilarious thinking of a 7 year old trying to befriend an old man. As time passed without even me realising Arlo became like a son to me. Your father had an enchanting personality. Arlo never claimed to be righteous, he admitted his shortcomings and stayed true to his heart. You know when you were born Arlo said to me that even if he has to sacrifice the whole world for his child he will do it without hesitation. Perhaps this is what made so many people in spirit pagoda follow him willingly. In this world where mostly everyone wore a mask of hypocrisy he was a unique shining gem. To this world he may not be as grand as Sea God Tang san or Huo yuhao but to the people who knew Arlo he was something much greater. I once asked Arlo about whether he wants to become a god like our predecessors. You know what was his answer he said that he didn't want to become a god like Tang San or Huo Yuhao and leave the Douluo continent. He just wanted to make this world a better place for his child "
Nero was once again amazed and shocked by his father he didn't know what to say about his father perhaps becoming the son of such a man was his greatest blessing. In this world where everyone wanted to become a god like being his father wanted to remain a human being just for his loved ones.
" How did you lose your hand Grandpa Zhou " Nero asked Zhou Hongbuo as he wanted to know more about his father. " Now that's a story for another time Young Nero now i should take you to the thing your father asked me to give you " Zhou Hongbuo said while ruffling Nero's hair.
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Nero and Zhou Hongbuo were now in one of the secret locations only known to Arlo's allies. " Here take this " Zhou Hongbuo stopped for a second and gave Nero a card. " What is this Grandpa Zhou" Nero asked while examining the card. " This is a Spirit Pagoda card which marks your identity as my successor and relative of someone you are about to meet. This is important as your relation to your father should not be known to anyone in spirit Pagoda.It also allows you to access the spirit pagoda's highest facilities " Zhou Hongbuo explained the importance of the card.
After a few minutes of walking Zhou Hongbuo and Nero arrived in a room with nothing but an encased glass in it. " Go on! this is something that your father asked me to give you " Nero listened to Zhou Hongbuo and went towards the encased glass. After seeing what was inside the glass shock would be an understatement to describe Nero's facial expression.
Inside the glass was a plant type spirit soul but it was somewhat different than your usual plant beast. The spirit soul looked like an inverted white tree with roots growing at the top and branches in the bottom
Nero was astonished at the resemblance of this spirit soul with Qliphoth. " This was an artificial spirit soul made by using the core stem of Ancient Golden tree and residue of the core seed inside you. It is a special soul because it has no consciousness with an undefined growth limit. Your father made this as your 2nd spirit soul. According to him your first spirit soul won't be affected by becoming a demon as it would be far too young to be affected but your second spirit soul which would be at least 10,000 years old won't be able to fuse with you as the demon blood will make its mature mentality go berserk. After fusion it will remain inside you until you need the fifth spirit ring." Zhou Hongbuo came beside Nero and explained the origin of the spirit soul. ' Aria can you scan its information ' Nero mentally asked Aria [ Yes as it has no consciousness then i can gather all its information ]
[
Spirit soul name: Unknown (photo in comments)
Age: 18,000
Traits: Plant,Devour,World core, integration of energies
Info: An infant world core Spirit soul accidentally created when the requirements were met. The ancient golden tree provided a suitable world core body and the Demon core seed provided the energy for it. It is almost like a real world core/tree except there is no metaphysical entity to host it. A metaphysical entity can take over after the spirit soul breaks through 100,000 years.
]
" Why don't you give it a name " Nero was brought back to his senses by Zhou Hongbuo. " Qliphoth " Nero replied without even thinking. " A unique name well i shall go outside as the relative whom i was talking about is coming and you should also fuse the spirit soul " Zhou Hongbuo said and went outside of the room.
" Aria do you think you." [ Yes i can host the Qliphoth and this was the secret project i was working on.I was trying to find a way to make myself body using soul tool technology. ] " but why you can always reside.." [ Nero you created me because you were alone and devastated but you have a new life now. You will have your own friends, family and your other half in future.I can't always reside inside you. I know you would have lashed out that's why i didn't tell you.] Nero didn't know what to say as it was true if Aria told him this three days ago then he would have made a ruckus. ' Aria is not a bunch of codes anymore to serve me . She has her own will now and she can make her decisions. I created her as my sister then I should treat her like that too. ' Nero thought and decided to let Aria create her new body until Qliphoth became a 100,000 year old soul.
" Master you should absorb Qliphoth as it would help your bloodline advance " Iblis came out of the spirit ring and suggested to Nero. " You are right Iblis i will do it now please guard me " Nero also agreed with Iblis and sat down to absorb Qliphoth.
10 minutes later Nero opened his eyes and at the same time a wave of spirit power radiated from him. Iblis already went inside the spirit ring to absorb the benefits.[ Your status and bloodline ability page, because a new bloodline ability just unlocked]
[
Name: Nero
Age: 9
Martial soul: Yamato
Rank: 25
Bloodline: Sparda (35% unlocked)
Legacy: The Alpha and The Omega
Spirit soul: Iblis (2000 years)
Qliphoth (18,000 years )(Note: Available for fusion at 5th ring)
]
[
Bloodline Skills:
( Awakens when the required amount of bloodline is unlocked and gets strengthened after every 1 % unlocking of the bloodline)
Demonic-Human physiology (Passive)
• Demonic-Human physiology - As a descendant of Demon knight sparda and also being a human you have the perk of enhanced strength,speed, agility, regenerating power and longer lifespan. It gives the user capital to go on par and even slightly overpower the golden dragon king at the same rank in terms of physical combat. This physiology also gives access to demonic energy which makes the user's spirit energy stronger,condensed and larger than normal spirit power while also forming a demon core when the required demonic-spirit energy is obtained. Demonic power slowly grows with time.At the same time the side effects of demons which are bloodthirst,rage and other unstable factors are countered.
Demon eyes
• Demon eyes: Demon eyes build a mental barrier as a passive which enhances the resistance against spiritual attacks. Demon eyes allow the user to see the flow of the world from seeing everything in slow motion and detail in the initial stage to modifying the lines of Time, Space and fate in limited range at the final stage. Demon eyes grow with the user's bloodline.
]
" In the initial stage demon eyes works just like Tang sect's purple demon eye and my spirit rank also got raised by 2 ranks" Nero said as he examined the benefits brought by the absorption of Qliphoth soul.
Nero activated the Demon eyes for the test. Nero's iris became purple and pupils changed into a vertical demon pupil (photo in comments ).Even though it was dark in the room Nero could see the finest grain in the air.
Nero left the room to meet Zhou Hongbuo after
experimenting with Demon eyes. Nero found Zhou Hongbuo talking to a beautiful woman with red hair. Nero couldn't see her face as Zhou Hongbuo was blocking him. " Nero you are finally out let me introduce you to your father's righteous sister Leng Yaozhu " Zhou Hongbuo who finally noticed Nero stepped aside and said. Nero was surprised to see such a familiar face he didn't expect the vice master of Spirit Pagoda to be his aunt. Aria also displayed Leng Yaozhu status.
[
Name: Leng Yaozhu
Age: ?? (Every mature woman guards her age)
Martial soul: Heavenly phoenix
Rank: 99
Spirit ring configuration: ⚫⚫⚫⚫🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴
]
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I couldn't find Leng Yaozhu's original Spirit ring configuration so i gave her this configuration.
Leng Yaozhu( i will upload her picture as some of you may not know her )came near Nero and squatted down to his level. "It's been a long time Nero you may not remember seeing me but i am your aunt I was with you on the day you were born. You have grown so much it must have been hard living alone all these years. Sorry because of your safety i couldn't even visit you once" Leng Yaozhu gave a hug to Nero and said with tears in her eyes.
" It is fine Aunt Yaozhu i wasn't all alone Sebastian was there to accompany me and can you let me go? I am suffocating " Nero comforted Leng Yaozhu in a muffled voice as his head was squashed between two soft things. Leng Yaozhu laughed and released Nero from the hug. " I couldn't find anything special for you other than this soul tool your father gave me years ago. Now please take it as you are the carrier for all our dreams and hopes" Leng Yaozhu said in nostalgia and gave Nero a bracelet with various unknown markings.
" Aunt Yaozhu how did you meet my father " Nero asked Leng Yaozhu as in the original story there was no such plot like that. Leng Yaozhu looked up in the sky with a look of reminiscence in her eyes and said after a moment of silence " Children of the Leng clan were always under supervision and it was much more strict for me due to my innate soul full power. I didn't know what a normal childhood was like as most of my time was spent in either learning or cultivating. I met your father for the first time in the garden where i used to practice while no one observed me. Your father actually sneaked in there to give me candied Hawes, it sounds stupid and unreasonable right i also thought the same thing at that time. When i asked Brother Arlo why he did that his answer was because he saw me sad and lonely at the lobby of spirit pagoda monthly meetings and according to him no one should be sad and lonely perhaps because he had felt the same, from that day on he used to visit me and give me different gifts eventually i became his righteous sister. That was the kind of person your father was he didn't need a reason to do something for someone he deemed important he just did what he felt was right. In fact Brother Arlo went to fight the entire Shrek just because i had a crush on Yun Ming and he rejected me. No one knows about this incident because Shrek never allowed anyone outside to know the incident"
At this point Nero wasn't even surprised as according to all the things he has heard so far his father was calm and collected mostly but the exact opposite whenever the situation comes to someone related to him. " Aunt Yaozhu do you know a girl named Gu yue " Nero asked Leng Yaozhu as he was curious about what happened to the Silver dragon king. " Gu yue?? Ah! i remember there was a girl named like that in the previous spirit pagoda
meeting i think she was recommended by star luo empire's Vice Pagoda master and some other families of Spirit Pagoda. I wanted to accept her as my disciple but i stopped as she didn't seem like someone who will agree to how we view the future of Spirit Pagoda.What's the matter ? is my nephew in love, common you can tell your aunt " Leng Yaozhu informed Nero about Gu yue and teased him jokingly. " It's nothing like that i just saw her name in our school's admission list and found her martial spirit interesting" Nero shook his head at his aunt's antics and replied in a dead pane tone.
Leng Yaozhu ruffled Nero's hair and advised " Nero you don't have to worry about Spirit Pagoda just focus on your cultivation and live a happy life. All of us are with you and the moment you are ready to accept your father's last gift your father's allies will take Spirit Pagoda's ruling board down in one full sweep". After talking with Nero for a few more minutes Leng Yaozhu went back.
[ You do know that the silver dragon king will become your enemy right as she won't be able to control the spirit pagoda fully because of you. She also won't show mercy as she did to Tang wulin ] Nero nodded after hearing Aria's reasoning as this time the spirit pagoda will be divided into two factions unlike the original timeline where Gu yuena controlled the whole spirit pagoda. Nero knew that a fight with both Silver dragon king and Tang family is inevitable as he was an obstacle to both of their plans. Gu yuena wants to dominate the human race and although Tang san says he wants to evolve the douluo star using the abyssal plane but the situation of Douluo star in Douluo dalu 4 raises red flags.
Even though Nero doesn't care about what happens to others, he can't allow the people he knows or will know to fall in danger. Zhou Hongbuo sent Nero back to the academy after spending some time and giving pointers in cultivation to Nero. The next couple of days were nothing special to Nero as he just trained and strolled around the city.
It has been 1 week since Nero first met his relatives
while taking a stroll around the city a scene caught Nero's attention as some Gangsters were harassing stall owners for money. Nero remembered that there was a plot like that in the original book. Nero didn't do anything as firstly he didn't know the stall owners enough to fight a group of great soul masters and secondly even if Nero fought and defeated those gangsters and the backers behind them it won't solve the core problem as someone else will take their place.
Nero was about to leave the area when someone grabbed Nero's locket which was his mother's gift. " Hey boy! you need our protection right why don't you give this locket we will protect you in exchange" the lacky who was holding Nero's locket said with a hypocritical smile on his face. ' Why is this cliche! happening to me ' Nero thought while massaging his temples. " Oye! didn't yo..." The lackey was sent flying into a bush before he could say anything else. Nero quickly knocked everyone else except the leader as he didn't want to waste time. " Youuu don't come near me my brother Guang biao is the cap .." Nero didn't want to waste time so he knocked Guang long unconscious." Take care of Guang biao " Nero called someone to take care of Guang Biao and then went back to the school as he didn't have the mood to look around anymore.
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Nero was looking at the storm outside which was caused by the typhoon.It has been a few weeks since Nero joined Spirit Pagoda, Nero practiced and wandered around in these last few weeks as he had nothing better to do until the fight against class V. Although Nero already mastered Vergil's legacy phase, he still wanted to fight the protagonist team.
" Aria Will Gu yue sense the Sparda bloodline" Nero asked Aria as although it didn't make any difference he still wanted to hide his bloodline as long as he could. [ No unless you are in Sin devil trigger mode which utilizes Sparda bloodline to its full potential Gu yue or Gu yuena won't be able to sense you ].
Finally the day of the confrontation between class 5 and class 1 arrived. " Class 1 Please send your team on stage " Long hengxu announced and in the unbelievable eyes of everyone Nero went alone on the stage. " Miss ying luo, are you sure to send only one player " Long hengxu asked Ye Ying luo who just nodded her head. Tang wulin, Xie Xie and Gu yue also arrived at the stage, all of them had serious eyes perhaps because of Wu Zhangkong's warning. ' Aria their status ' Nero inwardly asked
[
Name : Xie Xie
Age: 9
Martial soul: Light/ shadow dragon dagger
Rank: 22
Soul ring configuration: 🟡🟡
]
[
Name: Tang wulin
Age: 9
Martial soul: Blue silver glass (Variant)
Rank: 15
Bloodline: Golden dragon king
soul ring configuration: 🟡
]
[
Name: Gu yue
Martial soul: Elementalist
Age: ???
Rank: 21
Soul ring configuration: 🟡🟡
]
Nero smiled after seeing their status as sure enough Wu Zhangkong made them stronger compared to the original timeline. " Nero, Martial soul Yamato and spirit Rank 25 " Nero introduced himself first. Tang wulin, Gu yue and Xie Xie also introduced themselves
The crowd and teachers were shocked to hear Nero's spirit Rank as it was something very hard to achieve at this age.
Nero summoned Yamato and Iblis also came out as Nero wasn't going to fight all three of them alone at the same time. The crowd gasped at the emergence of Nero's soul ring configuration and Iblis, whose body was radiating a pressure comparable to a 9000 year old soul beast whilst still being 2000 years old. Gu yue stared seriously at Yamato as she could faintly perceive the Law of separation in it.
Class 5 also summoned their Martial soul, the people in the crowd who didn't understand why Tang Wulin was on the stage got slapped in the face after seeing Tang wulin's Golden Dragon claw and blue silver grass. All the dragon related spirit masters felt a slight bloodline oppression the moment Tang
wulin's right hand became Golden dragon claw.
[ Nero there is an extraordinary force hidden in that claw which i guess is Golden Dragon king's inherent power of destruction and annihilation. Although from the looks of it Tang Wulin can't use it because he is not fully fused with Golden dragon king bloodline and a human mind isn't strong enough to bear the Golden dragon king's resentment but there is a chance that in extreme situation Tang wulin can go berserk and use that power] Aria warned Nero about Golden dragon king's power of destruction.
Nero also nodded his head as he didn't want to expose his hole cards yet.
Gu yue was first to attack by firing a dozen fireballs strengthened by wind element half of them were evaded by Nero using light and shadow movement technique. Nero divided the rest of them by a few strikes from Yamato , at the same time Iblis emerged from Nero's shadow to confront Xie Xie who was attacking from behind.
Tang wulin summoned numerous Blue silver Grass vines and tried to bind Nero. Although Tang wulin's blue silver grass was tough, it wasn't something that could stop Yamato. Perhaps Tang wulin also knew that so he attacked Nero using Golden dragon claw. Although Nero had confidence in his physique he didn't want to withstand so many punches so he deflected Tang wulin's attacks using the combination of Yamato's sheath and guard. Gu yue trapped Nero's feet with dense earth elements and binded Nero hands with ice chains protruding from the ground. Just when Nero was curious what Gu yue was going to do Tang wulin and Gu yue attacked Nero from both sides. Tang wulin with his claw and gu yue with a earth and fire spear in her hand.
"????" Nero had imaginary question marks on his forehead while thinking why did this female tyranasarrous stop hiding behind Tang Wulin and engaged in physical combat. Attacks of both Tang Wulin and Gu yue devoured Nero and created a smokescreen. After the smoke cleared contrary to everyone's expectation where Nero should at least be injured, what came into view was two hands stopping both Gu yue and Tang wulin attacks but the strange thing was that the hands were made out of energy.
" External spirit bone " Wu Zhangkong murmured as this time even he was slightly shocked.
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