[Eternal Capital]
(Eldar Chamber)
Back at Esnor the Crown Prince had been summoned by Zhi'an to the Eldar Chamber. As he was entering the Chamber he was joined by Jinxi, who was also summoned by the emperor.
"Do you know why we have been summoned?" asked Jinxi as he did not know who Zhinu was, since they have never met before, "I have no idea, by the way who are you?", asked Zhinu, very curious since Jinxi did not immediately greet him according to Imperial protocol.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, I am Jinxi, Zhuang Jinxi", answered he as they were walking up to the Lion throne were Zhi'an was sitting in the Eldar Chamber. "I am…" said Zhinu before he was interrupted.
"Crown Prince", said Zhi'an looking down at the two, with Jinhui standing next to him, "Crown prince!?", said Jinxi softly with shock in his eyes and voice but still hinting at a sense of familiarity.
"Greeting, Father", said as he and Jinxi bowed.
As they rose, Zhi'an got up from his throne and walked closer to the stairs leading down to them, standing at the top.
"There as recently been an incident, in the lower ring and has cause, great concern, seeing that, that section is the farming land of the capital, it's of great value, so you will investigate the problem, since you are so good at discovering the truth", said Zhi'an with a stern and commanding voice, opening the wounds of recent events.
"Yes, Your Majesty", said Zhinu, accepting the decree respectfully. "Jinxi will join you in this investigation and take this with you", added Zhi'an, giving Zhinu a special sword that caused the officials in the room to whisper among each other before adjourning the Eldar Council and Imperial Court.
(Training grounds)
"Come on!", shouted Gu Nan as he and Mu Yuan did battle,
"Incredible", said Ying Pu as he was looking on from the stand with excitement, and Mu Xuan who looked rather pleased to see his brother progress to smoothly in cultivation and battle prowess.
"Yes, it is amazing seems like this Divine Martial Tournament will be an interesting one", said Chang'an as she walked up the chairs of the stand, "Greeting, Princess", said Ying Pu, bowing and Mu Xuan not bowing because they are of the same rank, "Chang'an", said he.
As she joined them, they continued to watch the battle peacefully, but in the Shadow Realm, things were just about to unfold.
[Shadow Realm]
(Shadow Plains)
As they entered the dark, shadow-filled realm, they looked over the horizon, "My God, how this place has decayed, who would have thought", said Changhe with a sad and pitying tone yet firm. "Let's move to the Great Hall of Shadows", said Arceus, confirming their destination, and they flashed off in its direction.
At the mountain gateway in the Monster realm, the State preceptor and the captain Xijang are holding the force of the primal sea, struggling to maintain the suppressing array. "My Lord, we can't hold it anymore?", said the captain, struggling to hold his ground as he gets pushed back. "Stand fast", instructed Taiyu, and reinforced the array using more of his inner force, which in turn helped the captain to also reinforce it even more.
At that moment, the Crown Prince of the Monster realm appeared. Seeing the situation, he brought more skilled fighters to help sustain the array. "Soldiers, listen to my command, hold the array!", commanded the Crown Prince, Mu Chengyi.
"Ahhh, Your Highness, you made it", said Taiyu jokingly as he greeted the Crown Prince. "State Preceptor your still as free spirited as I see", replied Chengyi, smirking. Everyone then reinforced the array by holding it firmly.
Mu Chengyi, then leaped forward into the air, and gathered more inner force and heavily reinforced the array, and slow down the force of the primal sea, "State Preceptor!", instructed Chengyi sternly and Taiyu leaped into the air, using his Fúchén and palm techniques to perform his Heaven Level, Taoist Art,
As the State preceptor was using his powerful martial art technique, the Crown prince and then rest of the fighters looked on, holding the suppressing array steady, "Remarkable, the State Preceptor has reached the pinnacle of the Heaven Stage cultivation level, his cultivation has entered the,
As Taiyu, used his technique to calm down the primal sea, and the crown prince, using almost his full power to hold the suppressing array steady along with Xijang and the prince's right-hand man, Yi Huan. Arceus and Changhe are about to experience their own troubles.
(Great Hall of Shadows)
"This place looks deserted", said Changhe as he gazes upon the once might temple of the Shadow Race, "May I know why you're taking this drastic measure to release to the primal sea and open the shadow realm?" asked Changhe curiously looking Arceus. "Recent events seem to be tied to this realm, and I need to confirm something, let's go", said Arceus as he walked into the temple.
As they entered the temple, they walked to the centre of it, Changhe looking around to see if anything was out of place in the shadows, "What happened here?", he asked, unaware of the reason behind the Shadow realm's downfall.
"The Shadow race was once a powerful race of the divine, but after their corruption by the Evil God, they fell into darkness for their sins and evil. The High Gods of the God Realm sealed them, but before they could, the Shadow race went on a rampage, destroying anything in their path. The divine suffered heavy deaths and many divine races known then were vanquished", explained Arceus as he walked closer to the podium in the centre of the temple.
"Tragic, I never knew, Father always said it was shame that the shadow race fell", said Changhe upon hearing Arceus explanation, "The High Gods then sealed the Primal Sea and connected the Internal Seal of the Shadow Realm to it, to act as an External seal, although the Shadow realm was sealed the damage was vast, and took ages to heal and fix, some still exist today", explained Arceus further.
As they approached the podium, Arceus noticed something was missing, "As I expected, the Shadow Heart is gone", said Arceus with a worried tone. "Impossible, no one can enter the realm without opening and releasing the primal sea first", explained Changhe, shocked after hearing Arceus's explanation.
"Yes, but the recent attacks on the Great of city of the Fallen Giants and the incident at Southern Portal-link, explains it all and now I see why and the only way to the access the Shadow realm gateway here besides of opening the primal sea is directly accessing it through the Infinite Ocean", said Arceus as he explained it to Changhe, who looked surprised and shocked to hear this revelation. As they were coming to grips with the issues at hand, a sudden change in spiritual pressure caught their attention, and they flashed outside only to be met with the horde of the shadow.
"Interesting", said Arceus, surprised.
At the Mountain Gateway, Taiyu, Chengyi, and the rest of the fighters are trying to stop the tidal wave force. Taiyu used his power to subdue the force of the primal sea and calm it. This caused a backlash of pure energy that knocked down everyone and sent Chengyi flying back. As Chengyi was pushed back by the backlash, he landed on his feet and reinforced his inner force and used a spell,
Taiyu landed on the ground gracefully and thanked the prince for his help, and as everyone got back up from the blast, they looked on, waiting for the return of Arceus and Changhe.