Chapter 22

Donghua woke up with a start. He was back at the mouth of the cave, in the qingqui valley. He felt the throttling speed of his heart. Locking down his rising emotions, he got up, fully aware of what he needed to do, and rushed towards the fox den. When he appeared back in Feng jiu's chambers, as expected the whole family was present there already.


Looking at incoming dong hua, bai yi yelled, "where have you been? It's been two weeks and feng jiu still hasn't woken up."


Throwing a hard cold glare towards bai yi, he called in a bone-chillingly scary voice, "Zhe yan, mo yuan, bai zhi, bai yi. Everyone else, out now."


The use of his commandeering voice had not deterred bai qian enough as she was about to protest. But before she could even find her voice to do so, donghua said in a deathly calm voice, "this is the order of your true emperor." This time the indication of his station did it. Everyone vacated the room instantly.


In the now empty room, except for the four men he had asked for to stay back, he placed a privacy shield. Satisfied with his handiwork, he turned first towards bai yi who still hadn't recovered to his full senses, "you are here only because you are xaio bai's father, say one word though and I'll skewer you through canghe before you could blink." The threat was no longer implied now, donghua had made it abundantly clear.


With that done, he turned towards his brothers, "I know how to save xaio bai and it is essential that I do so. A lot is at stake here. I cannot tell you the whole reason behind it right now. Too many variables are at play here and the risk is far too great. Still, I ask for your assistance in this process. If the process succeeds and which it should, the safety of the realms can be ensured for millennia ahead but if it fails, the consequences could lead to complete destruction."


While he was saying this, he saw a question flickering in mo yuan's eyes, facing him he said, "brother, I am not going against fate again. This time, I am doing the fate's work."


That was apparently all the reassurance they needed because before donghua could say anything else to reason with them, in unison, they said only one thing, "what do we have to do?"


Nodding, donghua turned to face mo yuan first, "you have to take feng jiu's body to the exact place where she was born and place her in a spiritual container. The container thought must not have a bottom. It is crucial that her body is connected to the ground. Also, the container should have an opening atop her chest, where the spirit resides. You'll know when it's your turn and when it is, you have to make sure the container doesn't break and under no circumstance, the power inside the container is to come out. This will require a lot of power and cultivation out of you. The flow of power will be very heavy so,mo yuan, take bai yi, bai zhen and bai qian along to assist you. When required, send my missive for help to whoever you want, just make sure that it is someone in our trusted circle. "


Seeing mo yuan nod, donghua then turned to bai zhi, "bai zhi, I need nine drops of your blood, fresh during the process. I have to warn you, though, after you do this, your blood might burn inside you and try to leak out of any and every orifice. But you cannot allow that. Other than those nine drops, not even a single drop should escape, bai zhi. The pain will be excruciating. Are you willing to endure that to save your granddaughter?" Bai zhi nodded.


With his acceptance, donghua finally faced zhe yan.


"zhe yan, yours is the oldest primordial spirit among the living right now, the oldest animal spirit in all the realms right now. From that part of your primordial spirit you need to access your magic today. The process requires power that comes from your essence and is part of your primordial spirit." Again, he could read the question on zhe yan's face without him needing to put words to it, so he continued, "because, zhe yan, you are about to welcome your true queen." Donghua didn't explain any further. Even though zhe yan was curious, he understood the delicate nature of the matter and nodded his acceptance.


With the instructions out of the way, donghua turned to feng jiu's bed. He swiped his hand over it and retrieved the canghe. He kneeled down by her bedside, looked longingly at her face, and quietly whispered, "we will meet soon xaio bai. Wait for me."


Donghua stood up and dismissed canghe. He turned back towards mo yuan, "go now, mo yuan. Get her body established inside the container safely. After you are done, send the news to me immediately."


After mo yuan left, donghua said to bai zhi and zhe yan, "we need to leave to. Follow me."


On their way to the sky kingdom, donghua stopped at the golden barrier closely examining it. He asked his companions, "did xaio bai made this?"


"yes this is her handiwork", bai zhi told donghua, explaining in detail how much chaos these shields have caused.


"she did good, bai zhi." Donghua said, his voice booming with pride.


When donghua started to move past it, bai zhi asked, "will you not undo the shields, now?"


"she will undo them herself, bai zhi." He said and started towards the sky kingdom.


A few moments later, they approached the rock of three lives. Donghua undid the seals and the names on it appeared. Soon after, a crane came flying towards him and landed on his shoulder. It was mo yuan's message, feng jiu's body has been established properly. Now, it was their turn.

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