Targaryen Who Turned Dragon

The entire Eastern Divine Region shook once the two forces clashed against each other. In the end, the silver light overcame the God Piercing Spear and sent it spinning back to its owner.

Aerion emerged from the explosion with a broken left arm, the Heaven Absorbing Silver Claw. However, the arm started to recover almost immediately by absorbing the profound energy around it.

"My Lord... I..."

"Your attempt on the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's life was against my wishes," Aerion stated. "Izanami, you sealed me in a barrier of ice and you, Shen Xi, did not break it when I asked you to. I do feel slightly betrayed. Perhaps, you three need to be disciplined and reminded of who the Dragon Emperor is."

"My Lord, there is no need. I did not know of your wishes... I was foolish by letting my rage take control of me."

"Hmph." Aerion shook his head. "In truth, I want you to test my strength, Robb. Treat me as if I am your greatest enemy."

"My Lord... I can't do that, what if I..."

"You have no choice in the matter." Aerion coldly countered. "But, before we do that..."

Aerion appeared before the heavily weakened Jie Yuan and used the Heaven Absorbing Silver Claw on her c.h.e.s.t, absorbing the cultivation strength in her profound veins. The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword's pressure had completely suppressed her.

"You... dare..."

"Your punishment for almost killing me. Remember that it was I, Aerion Targaryen, who saved your life in the first place."

He used the healing flame to ensure that her lifespan doesn't completely vanish before he opened the Seventh Heaven Pearl and forced her inside. Then he added her cultivation strength to his own. He had taken almost everything she had, including her Legacy. In essence, she was no longer a Devil Emperor.

'It will take quite a while to fully add her cultivation strength to my own. However, it will eventually grow into the strength of a Creation God if I cultivate long enough in the Seventh Heaven Realm. Once I become an Ancestral God, returning her power should be rather simple... but is that still possible?'

"Ah, so you're just borrowing? Hahaha." Rotias laughed.

'Indeed, I am.'

Aerion merged Rotias' divine power with his own before grasping the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword with both hands.

"Now we may begin."

Star God's Broken Shadow.

Seven afterimages were left behind as Aerion exploded towards Robb. Robb did not retrieve the God Piercing Spear and stood still as Aerion was about to pierce his c.h.e.s.t.

He stopped the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword, only an inch away from Robb's c.h.e.s.t.

"Why are you not fighting back?"

"I don't wish to fight you, My Lord. Certainly not under these strange circ.u.mstances."

Aerion sighed. "You are hopeless."

"If you wish to be the strongest once more then you can take my cultivation strength... it is all yours, My Lord. Izanami would not have been able to seal you in ice so easily if I had offered it sooner..."

"You earned it through three thousand years of cultivation, how could I just take it all away from you? It is yours."

"No, you are the King so you must be the strongest. As your subject, it is my duty to serve in any way I can. You can still leave me in the first stage of the Divine Master Realm or the Divine Sovereign Realm..."

"Shut your mouth and do not speak of such nonsense again."

The Emperor.

"I order you to fight back."

Robb hesitated but, eventually, he gave in to the command. His figure disappeared as he backed away and returned the God Piercing Spear to his hand.

"My Lord, remember that it was you who asked for this."

"I will." Aerion smiled.

"I may have incited his fury." Izanami chuckled.

"Hmm, was that intentional?" Shen Xi inquired.

"It was. The way to bring the best out of Aerion is to anger him. This applies to the battlefield and even places outside of that, such as his chambers."

"I see..." Shen Xi took note.

In terms of usefulness, the spear was superior to the sword due to its range and versatility. A novice spearman would usually emerge victorious over a novice swordsman because of this. However, this was a battle between two masters of combat. The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword was massive and almost matched the God Piercing Spear in terms of range. It was stronger than the God Piercing Spear as well, making up for the lack of strength on Aerion's side. Skill-wise, Aerion was also superior as Robb wasn't quite on Naeron's level yet. Despite this, Aerion found himself being suppressed, slowly but surely.

"You might lose if this continues," Rotias remarked. "Your body can't handle the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword's full strength for long."

'The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor's cultivation strength is still merging with my own.'

"And you can't keep the Dragon Emperor gate open for much longer unless you wish to die."

'You worry too much, Rotias. I can still use Izanagi three more times.'

"You're really going all out, huh? Very well."

Robb used his greater speed to escape the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword's wrath for the most part which Aerion found troublesome. However, he did manage to get a few good hits in which led to lasting damage. The sword's ability to suppress its enemies was quite useful. Aerion, on the other hand, was approaching the doors of death.

"My Lord, that's enough. You can't go much further than this."

"Oh, is that so?"

Genjutsu: Rinnegan.

'Should I stab him here? Hmm, that would be quite dishonourable. Robb deserves a proper battle.'

Aerion left behind a Perfect Sword Spirit while he cut through space and teleported somewhere else.

'Izanagi... I reject all of my wounds.'

Aerion closed his eyes as he gathered and absorbed more of Jie Yuan's cultivation strength. He had broken through to the eighth and ninth stages in the middle of battle. Now that he had some time, the process was much quicker.

After breaking out of the genjutsu within a few seconds, Aerion's perfect sword spirit was the first thing Robb saw. They engaged in a battle, one in which Robb slaughtered the sword spirit within a minute or so. It took him over an hour to find Aerion's aura which had been hidden rather well.

"My Lord, the battle isn't over yet, not until a victor has been decided!"

Aerion opened his eyes. "Indeed."

Now that he was a Divine Master, the gap between Aerion and Robb had closed greatly. Aerion put both of his hands together and formed the Star Flame.

Dragon Emperor.

"Enough playing around, I'm ending this right here, My Lord." Robb's figure vanished in a trail of golden light as he viciously slammed Aerion into an unknown star realm.

'Bastard... I'll show him.'

Aerion put the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword away.

Dragon... God.

Aerion turned into a complete Dragon. His silver scales took dominance over the crimson scales as he absorbed the energy from his surroundings, mostly the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword. Then both of his arms turned crimson as he formed a Star Flame once more.

Robb realised that Aerion was preparing a powerful attack so he countered that by readying the God Piercing Spear.

'Heaven...Destroying... Infernal...Void...Of...Endless... Destruction!'

"God... Piercing... Spear!"

The domain made out of the Star Flame covered the God Piercing Spear and started to decay its golden glow, destroying it slowly. But it went through the domain and pierced Aerion in the c.h.e.s.t. Well, not quite, it simply bounced off his scales while Robb was devoured in the domain.

Aerion lost his strength rather quickly as he was forced to close the Dragon God and Dragon Emperor gates from exhaustion.

A golden light pierced through the darkness, breaking apart the domain.

ROAAAR.

BOOM.

Robb emerged from the darkness, reborn.

'He broke through to the Divine Extinction Realm...'

"A wonderful turn of events, indeed," Rotias stated in a sarcastic manner.

Aerion was glad and frustrated at the same time. He had used a large portion of the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword's energy to create such an attack and it was used as a way for his opponent to break through into a whole new Greater Realm.

The backlash of using the Dragon God gate came with great fury, almost forcing him into a long rest.

Izanagi.

'Only one use of Izanagi remains before both of my eyes will be lacking the Sharingan's abilities for days.'

"Use that attack on me again, My Lord, I dare you, hahahaha."

'Other...Shore... Asura... no, I can't.'

"Indeed, I doubt even Izanagi would be able to reject such a frightening backlash."

'What to do with my last Izanagi? Hmm...'

"Robb, you should try throwing another God Piercing Spear."

"Oh, I should? My p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e."

'Not only will I reject reality... I will bend it to favour me even more.'

Aerion's right eye was devoid of any tomoes while his left still had three left. His left eye started to glow brightly as he prepared to use Izanagi for one last time.

Robb threw the God Piercing Spear at full strength once more and it went straight through Aerion... until it did not.

'Izanagi, Robb was the victim of the God Piercing Spear.'

"What!?" Robb looked at his c.h.e.s.t.

Aerion laughed as he raised the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword. "That's where your arrogance led you."

'Izanagi-No-Okami.'

'A moment is all I need.'

His six tomoes returned and seemed to be even more powerful than before.

Robb took out the God Piercing Spear from his c.h.e.s.t. Now he was the one in a terrible state, his vast reserves of profound energy were all used up after throwing all those God Piercing Spears and his c.h.e.s.t had a noticeable hole which was being covered by his golden aura.

'Rotias, give me all of your divine power.'

"All of it? I'll have to nap for a bit if you do that."

'Hmph, just do it.'

"Alright, alright."

Aerion formed his Perfect Susanoo and went directly into the Dragon Emperor gate. The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword grew even larger under his Susanoo's profound energy.

"This is how you throw your weapons, Robb."

His Susanoo threw the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword. Robb tried to dodge, but the space around him was warped, preventing him from doing so. He tried to cut through it but it was a wasted effort as the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword pierced him in the end.

'Kamui: Body Separating Sword.'

His arms and legs were all taken to the Kamui dimension within a single instant before the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword returned to Aerion.

'I'd rather not spend too many months with blinded eyes...'

Aerion returned Robb's limbs to the real world.

He closed his eyes as Robb's separated body fell beside him on the nameless star realm.

"You won in the end, My Lord..." Robb smiled.

"So this is what you call a true spar." Izanami floated down.

"You were watching? Hmm, I suppose there was nothing else to do. Robb, I want you to lead the conquest on the Northern Divine Region. I wish for Aurion to play a part to gain valuable experience. There's something else as well... Robb... we once spoke of lands, didn't we?"

"Yes, My Lord, what of it?"

"I'll let you choose between the Southern and Northern Divine Regions. That should be enough..."

"It's more than enough, My Lord... perhaps a bit too much. I merely thought of a good star realm or something of that regard, not a whole Divine Region!"

"Hahaha, you are too modest, my friend. Which will it be, South or North?"

"The Northern Divine Region will be less stable than the Southern Divine Region so I will be the one to rule it in your name. You won't have to worry about the Devils going against your wishes as I'll be the one in command."

Robb's limbs started to return to his body under the golden aura.

"Good... I knew that I could rely on you. And Izanami... I want you to stay beside me in the Seventh Heaven Realm. You are the primary reason why I felt the need to show that I am still the strongest. If you didn't seal me, I would have been able to stop Robb from throwing the spear with a single word and none of this would have happened."

"Oh, then how are you going to punish me?"

"Hmm, I'll think about it in the Seventh Heaven Realm."

Aerion opened the Seventh Heaven Pearl and Izanami willingly entered with him.

"I would be grateful if you could assist me in healing these wounds." Robb looked up at Shen Xi. She had observed the entire battle from afar along with Izanami.

"Hmph, you will recover on your own." Shen Xi flew away.

"Ah... but that'll take forever." Robb sighed.