Pathway

Chapter 17: Titan Lord Primus [2]

"I believe you've already figured out where you are. Yes, you are in my personal domain. This mountain was my natural self before I gained sentience and could transform into mortal forms. And this lunar plain you see, is my dominion by right of existence. It could have been a domain but the lunar stones made it a dominion. Laws of creation. Oh, pardon my overlook."

Realizing they were still standing, the titan lord gestured towards the mats that were in a semi-circle in front of him.

"Please, do sit down."

After waiting for them to have their seats, he continued.

"From creation, I was born a yellow mountain. No awareness, no mind, no thoughts, and surely, no soul. Just a simple mountain. But during the rapid expansion of the universe, there was so much released cosmic energies with great effect on some natural things. Although not many experienced the effects, but the few that did, received the powering impact of the energies. Billions of years ago, with the passage of time, its effects on me started to manifest. I slowly began to gain awareness, and began to reason. I started asking myself questions. What was I? Where was I? And why was I? Slowly, I began to understand, and gradually, I became a sentient being."

Stopping temporarily, Primus looked from one face to the other. Registering their devoted attention, he nodded and continued.

"After gaining awareness, I continued to absorb the energy nonstop. Billions of years after gaining sentience, I realized I could transform into a mortal form. This was my immortal attainment. Unlike immortal mortals like yourselves, we titans don't cultivate. We are natural elementals, but we have our own way to eternal life nevertheless. It takes longer time, and it's very difficult, but we do have titan sovereigns who have reached eternity. And we do meditate to gain soul enlightenment. The more the meditation, the more the awareness. The more the awareness, the more the reasoning."

With furrowed brows, the titan lord stopped and rummaged through some stored information in his memory.

"Many years after the great war, a titan king entered the void looking for the Irolon black star. A powerful black core formed inside the void. Why? Up till now, we still don't know. But one thing we do know is that, there are three kinds of ultimate cores in existence. The [Icaros Red Stone] from our universe , the [Ideria Blue Orb] from chaos and the [Irolon Black Star] from the void. The titan king was looking for the Irolon black star in the void. He was well aware of the dangers inside the void, and he was well prepared."

The titan lord paused for a second as a sad distant memory came into fore.

"Unfortunately, he came across one entity he couldn't properly phantom. He said it was of pure black energy, but in different forms of manifestation. The battle between the two of them was a deadly one. They fought for a long time, but the titan king couldn't do much damage to the entity. On the verge of destruction, the titan king manages to escape with his soul's avatar leaving his immortal body behind in the void but his soul's avatar was gravely injured during escape. His soul's avatar disintegrated upon entering the universe, but not until he put the information in the memory stone. The Nefrims guarding one of the primordial gates were the one that saw him first, and called for the celestials who were in charge of parading the universe, checking for irregularities."

A rift appeared in the space beside the titan lord Primus. It was indeed a spatial dimension. They watched as a small golden jar of Dew-Of-Heaven, a soul relaxing and nourishing elixir, and six golden cups flew out of it. Automatically, the elixir was poured into the cups, and all were served without them leaving their positions.

After downing his drink in one gulp, the titan lord continued.

"When the celestials saw the information on the memory stone, they swiftly informed the divines. The divines quickly identified the void entity as one of the manifestations of the Chasm Atrament. An entity that had been declared a threat to this universe due to its destructive existence and the extremely deadly atramental energy. That was the energy that attacked you."

This was a lot of information to process for the fast thinking Ju Feng. From the information received, he now knew that the atramental energy was from the void, and the Chasm Atrament was trying to kill him and his mother. But why? He had also come to know about a titan king who went into the void and died on coming back. Did he even find the core? What were the cores for? He had so many questions to ask that he didn't even know where to start. While deliberating on the questions, he heard the voice of his mother.

"Titan lord Primus, do you know why they are after us?"

Asked Zhang Xiu Ying concernedly.

"Unfortunately, I don't. But know this, whatever the reason they have, it must be very important to them, and that's dangerously alarming."

"But can they still come back here?"

"Oh, they can, but they won't. By now, they must have known more powerful people are currently involved. I have already informed the conclave in the heavenly realm, the three monarchs, and Urdath, the other titan on the Yamachi continent. They would be destroyed before they even start. You don't need to have much cause for concern on this."

Glancing at Zhang Xiu Ying, the titan lord let out a short breath before shaking his head.

"Zhang Xiu Ying. You need to realize what you are truly capable of as a demigod. You should be much more powerful than you are now."

"Titan lord primus, pardon me for asking this, how can we fight them if it happens again?"

Asked Zhang Li Qiang with a little bit reservation as he quipped in.

"Absolute power is all you need. Although powerful elemental lights will be needed to fight an enemy like this, you simply need to be more powerful. If you are, you won't need to fear any of that in this universe. You live in that ancient cave at the outskirt of the village, don't you? Make good use of what you have."

Lord Primus replied before smiling at their bewildered faces.