Targaryen Who Turned Dragon

"In truth, it was I who killed her."

"..."

The chances of that being true were existent but Aerion still found it shocking. The Brahma Heaven God Emperor had killed his own concubine but for what reason? Making Ying'er his heir and announcing that her mother was his God Empress... it was all to gain her complete loyalty.

"So that's how it is." Aerion sighed. "I'd like to ask why you did so."

"Ah, that is rather simple." Qianye Fantian gave a cold laugh. "Ying'er still had a fatal weakness back then and that was her mother. Her talent far outshined my original successor so I was willing to use him and his mother as a scapegoat in exchange for an even greater Ying'er. She cared too much for her mother and so, I got rid off the weakness myself. I feared that upon the death of her mother, she would lose her ambition and goals so I simply transferred this affection onto myself by gaining her absolute loyalty. This was not a difficult task, all I had to do was name her mother my god empress once she died, haha."

Aerion closed Dragon Emperor and all of his dragon-like features disappeared, along with his great power.

"Hmm, what was I saying?"

Tears... from the cold Brahma Monarch Goddess!

I half-expected for the Brahma Heaven God Emperor to live slightly longer than this and atone for his wrongs. But this revelation would stop that from ever happening. To Ying'er, he was already a corpse once more.

"Do what you wish with him, I do not care." She wiped the tears from her face and coldly turned around.

"Ying'er... did I say something wrong?" The Brahma Heaven God Emperor did not remember.

Aerion touched the Brahma Heaven God Emperor and sent him straight to the Kamui dimension for later. His right arm had already reformed with crimson scales but it wasn't serviceable quite yet so he decided to rest in the Brahma Monarch God Realm and make a full recovery. Using the outer path's most forbidden technique along with Dragon Emperor had also taken a great toll on him.

~

After a day, Aerion entered the Kamui dimension to reunite with the Brahma Heaven God Emperor.

"What is this place? Why are the Southsea and Moon God Emperors here?"

"For the same purpose as you; to serve me. Unfortunately, you'll have to die again to accomplish that."

Aerion drew Blackfyre and opened Silver Calamity along with Phase 4.

"So you returned me to life just to kill me again?"

"I got the truth from you and that was all I needed, Qianye Fantian."

Aerion stabbed the Brahma Heaven God Emperor once more. Then Aerion brought out a couple of black receivers once Qianye Fantian had fully died.

What path should you represent, Qianye Fantian?

~

Aerion laid in the chambers which the new Brahma Heaven God Emperor had given him. It was luxurious, to say the least. The comfortable bed led him closer and closer to a deep slumber. He had come to realise that the use of the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique did not necessarily lead to death as long as one had enough vitality to survive its backlash which meant that he would be able to use it in situations he deemed necessary.

Rotias... did you see my last dream?

"Yes, I did."

Hmph, a domain of ice conjured by a massive yet elegant ice phoenix. It wasn't quite a Dragon Dream, was it?

"No, it was an average dream. You thought of Vena and the threat posed by her. Your fears are not displaced, among the Ancestral Gods it is likely that she hates you most."

Because of my inheritance?

"Yes, Aerios' fire is the complete opposite of her ice."

How am I to unite them all if such petty things stand in the way? Even more so, this is not something I can change.

"You must dominate," Rotias stated.

Dominate? Hmph, first I have to find her.

"She'll come to you one way or another."

Aerion nodded and closed his eyes once more. This time he went over to visit the Cloaked Man and perhaps look around for the Tenth Floor once more.

"Hehe, I have a treat for you, Aerion Targaryen!" The Cloaked Man proudly announced. "But it's going to cost you some gold, of course."

"What is it this time?"

"Xia Qingyue's mother." The Cloaked Man chuckled. "There is no better merchant than I in the wide universe as I know exactly what you want and how to get it."

"Xia Qingyue's mother, you have her?"

"Mn, the lass got a little wrong in the head and decided to kill herself but I sorted her out. Now she wants to live on and see her children. Surely, the kind Dragon is willing to buy her freedom and fulfil her wish? If you don't pay up, I might have to send her to the Yellow Springs or whatever they call it."

Aerion sighed. "I haven't been gathering much gold recently so I'm not sure if it's enough."

The Cloaked Man inspected his ring and nodded. "Of course, it's not enough! My services aren't cheap, you know? I need this gold or very terrible consequences will come my way. You need her as well so you had better start farming for gold."

Aerion nodded. "I'll be back after a while."

Aerion entered the Ninth Floor and started to slay the elemental warriors. After several rounds, they started to grow in strength rather swiftly until the peak of the Divine Master Realm. Aerion had never come this far so he was caught off-guard.

So much gold!

The final enemy was a massive elemental warrior with a two-handed axe, a peak Divine Master Realm entity on the level of the Dragon Monarch. Aerion defeated it after a tough battle where he used most of his strength, excluding the Dragon Emperor gate and Rotias.

From the frightening mess that was the sky of Floor Nine, appeared a massive glistening golden gate. Aerion looked up at its inviting light and flew towards it. Upon reach it, he realised that the gate required a certain key for it to open.

The Key to the Divine Palace and cultivation strength of the Creation God Realm required.

The Key to the Divine Palace... Seven Hells, where am I supposed to find such a thing?

Aerion sighed.

"The Divine Palace?" Rotias frowned. "It's the name of the Transcendent Being's dimension, where would you get a key to such a place? Unless he provides you give an opportunity to get one..."

"It'll probably be some sort of challenge," Aerion added. "The Creation God Realm will take me around a hundred years or so to reach anyway. How troublesome, the gold from the peak Divine Master elemental warrior should do for now."

~

"Is this enough?"

"Sure, that's enough. Here you go."

Yue Wugou appeared before him. Aerion had no doubts that this was Xia Qingyue's mother after a quick observation.

"So you must be my son-in-law, a very charming young man, indeed."

"Huh!?" Aerion looked at the Cloaked Man. "What did you do this time?"

"Eh, nothing much." The Cloaked Man shrugged.

"What do you mean by nothing much?" Aerion shook his head. "Everything this mysterious man told you is false, well most of it anyway."

"I see, that is unfortunate. He told me that you'd lead me straight to Qingyue, is that true, at the very least?"

Aerion nodded. "I can do that, it's one of her greatest wishes, after all. However, you'll have to wait for a little while."

"I am willing to wait as long as it takes."

"Good to hear. Come, I'll lead you to your temporary home."

Aerion led her to his inner world of slightly brighter darkness. It wasn't pitch black anymore and Aerion wondered if it will ever become bright to the point of being white.

"You'll have Rotias for company. Not the best person, certainly, but he's better than no one."

"Pleased to meet you, Yue Wugou. It is unfortunate that the little dragon got out of hand and started killing God-Emperors left and right, including your dear lover." Rotias sighed.

"You're meant to be on my side, Rotias. But, then again, your true form is that of a snake so I shouldn't expect much from you, heh."

"You... hmph, it was just a jest."

"Anyway, I'll be leaving for the Star God Realm soon so you won't have to stay here for long."

"The Star God Realm?"

"Ah, Rotias explain to her the current state of the Eastern Divine Region."

"What, why me? This God shouldn't care about the needs of a mor-"

Aerion opened his eyes and realised that he was slightly warmer than usual. This was because the Brahma Monarch Goddess herself had embraced him!

I take a nap and this happens.

Although, he could not complain much. Qianye Ying'er was far too beautiful for that.

Aerion chuckled. "Ying'er, you should've asked."

Her golden eyes opened and glowed as they looked into his violet eyes. "Then it would not be much of a surprise, would it?"

"Hmm, I do like a few surprises."

"I want to thank you for finding the truth. Your wounds from that day are still present which is likely why you did not go far from here and, instead, decided to recover. In the end, you went through that pain for my own selfish needs."

Aerion shook his head. "No, I wanted to find out the truth for myself as well."

"I'd like to ask for one more thing from you. The Samsara of Heavenly Life... can you use it once more when you recover?"

Aerion nodded. "Once I make a full recovery, it should be simple."

"If you can use it to return my mother to me, then I'll be eternally grateful to you." Qianye Ying'er stated, rather bluntly. "Although I admit, there's not much more I can offer you. The Brahma Monarch God Realm and my hand in marriage are already yours."

"I want you to try your best to get on good terms with the Heavenly Slaughter Star God, could you do that?"

"Of course, if it means the return of my mother. But I doubt the Heavenly Slaughter Star God will ever accept me. Her hate runs deep because of the death of her brother... about that, you could return him as well. That is the only way I see it ever happening."

Aerion smiled. "I always wanted to meet Prince Xisu."

~

After returning Qianye Ying'er's mother to life, Aerion rested for two weeks where he spent most of his time in the Seventh Heaven Realm and the Ninth Floor. As planned, they all regrouped in the Star God Realm for the conquest of the Eternal Heaven Realm. The Eternal Heaven Realm was favoured by the public due to its righteous and just acts of punishing criminals so invading it would naturally cause an uproar.

As usual, Jasmine looked at Qianye Ying'er with frightening killing intent but Ying'er decided to ignore it this time around instead of adding fuel to the fire.

"Honestly, taking the Eternal Heaven Realm will be easy with our overwhelming force and so, I've decided to take it myself while the rest of you proceed onto Phase Two of the Dragon Conquest; the High-Rank Star Realms. There are around four hundred and fifty High-Rank Star Realms in the Eastern Divine Region but with four separate Divine armies from each of the King Realms, it shouldn't take long especially once the Realm Kings begin to surrender."

"Qingyue, you will take the Moon God Realm's forces and conquer the southern-most High-Rank Star Realms. Ying'er, you will take the Brahma Monarch God Realm and conquer the eastern-most along with those in the centre of the Eastern Divine Region. Heavenly Demon, I trust that you'll be able to conquer the western side of the Eastern Divine Region with the Star God Realm's forces."

"Yes, I will conquer those Star Realms in your name, My Lord."

"And I'll take all of the northern High-Rank Star Realms on my own," Aerion announced.