At the middle of the forbidden land, the forest was in a state of chaos.
Clang—
Sword clashes with each other, a group of nascent soul immortal hunting down an individual covered in a black veil.
"Don't look back keep running your highness"
The bodyguard said while holding off the three immortals by herself. "I won't hold back anymore…" She glanced to the individual with a smile.
She released an enormous sword energy from the sky. The group of immortals stopped the sword from descending.
The bodyguard gushed some blood and its already in the deaths door.
An incoming sword was about to behead her head, but a large roared echoed across the forbidden land.
In the middle part of the forbidden land, there's a cave deep within the forest.
A territory of a terrifying beast that resides the inside.
A place where you won't be able to survive by its King like traits. A 100 meters of white frozen snake went outside.
Inside the Ancestral sacred ground where Nexus was cultivating, he sensed an enormous amount of energy that was headed towards its place.
However, he already knew the purpose of the Frostscale serpent king. The ongoing fights that was happening around the entrance of the forbidden land was concerning for the natives of the forest.
If the fight between two sides escalated further, the damage will be severe.
So, the Serpent King had to stepped up.
Even though the body of the serpent king damage the surrounding territory of the dragon emperor, nexus.
The tensions between the both kings doesn't need to be established for the mean time, where nexus was in a critical situation. He let him passed through the his territory.
…
After the roar of the Frostscale serpent king, the immortals from both sides was stunned by the burst of energy and headed towards them.
The clashed was inevitable for both of them. A large frostscale flew from the serpent king.
The immortal of nascent soul received a devastating blow, the tried to resist the force but… they flew and a shattered meridians.
However, the Frostscale serpent king doesn't stop with that.
"How brave for some human to dared to come in my forbidden land"
With its hunted meters body landed exactly in the crippled immortals.
The intensity of the aura that was emitting from the serpent king, made all of them trembled in fear.
A words popped up remembering the story from their childhood. The beast in the forbidden land was terrifying that if they wished to conquered the land, nothing could stop them.
"You're the Serpent king from 100 years ago, the one who injured my master who once a nascent soul at that time, yet here we are…" The immortals power suddenly surges like an explosive waves.
They're started to glow.
"Don't tell me… Suicide" In that moment the serpent king, swiftly move his tail. The spiritual energy beneath the ground of suicidal immortal froze and flew towards the sky.
Bang—
A large explosion could be heard from the sky, air blowing from the impact.
Thanks to the critical thinking of the serpent king he managed to lessen the damaged to the surface.
After that he went back to his cave.
Inside the ancestral sacred ground, Nexus was worried about on how to reach the next tage, the dragon bone forging.
For day and night, he tried everything he can to get to the next level but still… unsuccessfully. "Maybe I need some enlightenment from the senior but…" He remembered that the dragon soul was still in the slumber only he could solve the mystery.
…
Crunch—
A sound of crunching of leaves from the footsteps with unfamiliar face.
A little fox beast wandered around with a bloody fur. The beast on the surroundings smelled the scent from afar.
After that they tracked the little fox beast until it reached the center of the lower sector where the dragon emperor was reappearing and disappeared from time to time.
The wolves howled to alert the king of the forbidden land.
Nexus appeared in the center, with the dragon aura intimidation emitted from nexus.
The little fox beast trembled and… cried? this made nexus anxious on what to do with this little beast.
He then stared at the wolves that were roaming around, nexus understood what the wolves were saying.
"Ahh, so that's what happened while I was to away. Everything happened all of a sudden can they give me a break"
"Why is she still crying" Nexus pointed his finger to the little beast asking the wolves.
The wolves pointed their fingers to nexus, the only reason she was crying was because of him.
Nexus was clueless about anything at all, the dragon aura he emitted was not an ordinary for a little beast it was uncomfortable and domineering.
Since then, the little fox found herself at home in the forbidden forest. Nexus forgot what he had on his mind for focusing too much in the promotion of realm, but instead he tried to play with the little fox.
He never skip his training until he mastered all of his techniques to the supreme.
His heaven devouring dragon art reached a new height.
He now reached an unprecedented level where as, unlike the normal breathing techniques that absorbs energy slowly, Devouring breath pulls energy violently into the body.
Each breath creates an devouring vortex, impurities are crushed and become an pure energy of Imperial dragon qi.
The little fox and the other beast in the lower sector witnessed the Dragon Emperor Nexus, having an enlightenment.
But the energy itself wasn't enough…
The dragon soul that was slumbering for a month awakened was again.
He opened his eyes and found himself staring into the Devouring vortex.
"This brat… Is truly something else, this thing wasn't supposed to be learned yet until you reached the Dragon soul realm. Did he have his own enlightenment from the nature and created this out of nowhere?… I see" He laughed hysterically because he thought that nexus was just another brainless idiot from the past emperor.