Targaryen Who Turned Dragon

Clean the house...?

Aerion looked puzzled until he noticed her frightening killing intent. She was definitely going out for blood. He was inexperienced in the matters of the Illusory Demon Realm and so, his knowledge only reached the surface. Of course, this would change as he would spend more time as Demon Emperor... for now, he decided to spectate.

She flew to the Yun Family's grand residence. Now, due to the return of Demon King Yun Canghai, the Yun Family was steadily regaining its prestige. The only thing they lacked was a Young Patriarch, to Aerion's knowledge. The current Young Patriarch couldn't even activate his Profound Handle, something all Yun Family members could, which led to questions about his true origin.

"Demon King Yun Canghai!"

Seconds later, Yun Canghai met the Demon Empress in the skies. "Your aura... Demon Empress, you succeeded in awakening the Golden crow's Legacy."

"Yes... I have. Gather your Yun Family... they shall be witnesses. As for you, I need your assistance in confirming my suspicions."

"As you wish, Demon Empress."

She did not just gather the Yun Family, she gathered all Twelve... one by one. Then she headed to Duke Huai's Palace. With a voice that shook the entire Demon Imperial City, Huan Caiyi called out for Duke Huai. "Duke Huai, this Demon Empress requests your immediate presence! If you do not comply, I will have no choice but to drag you out!"

I was not wrong to accept her proposal of marriage, Aerion thought.

Duke Huai walked out of the palace, with a slight look of fear in his eyes. He did it well but Aerion saw straight through it... there was no doubt that Duke Huai has committed a fatal crime and he knew it.

"I..."

BANG.

Instantly, he fell to the floor from a single blow. His strength faded quicker than he had left his palace. His face that of pure shock and later, pain.

"Perform a Profound Handle Soul Search on him." The Demon Empress commanded.

Yun Canghai did so and the Demon Empress started asking him questions. He admitted to plotting a Rebellion against her and stated all those who were supporting him in his endeavours without any hesitation. Aerion looked at Duke Huai and the Profound Handle with amus.e.m.e.nt... the Profound Handle was truly something, its power surprised him.

After that, the Demon Empress dyed those who conspired with Duke Huai in blood. Turns out that the head conspirator wasn't him, it was Duke Ming. He was left for last... instantly, he was crippled and was slowly burned by the golden flames of the Divine Crow. Aerion watched amusingly as Duke Ming had actually crawled his way to him.

"Please... help... you are the... only... one..."

Aerion chuckled. "Why would I help you?"

"Anything... you... want... I... will... provide..."

"You don't have anything that interests this young emperor."

"Help... me..."

"Very well!" Aerion smiled after he thought of something. "I shall sweeten your death, it's the least I can do."

"..."

Aerion turned his goblet of Arbor Gold and watched as Duke Ming's face was drenched in sweet wine. Of course, he didn't want to accept the gift... it was humiliating but he had no choice. He could barely move at this point. A proud Duke who once stood on the very peak of the Illusory Demon Realm... a Sovereign Profound 10 profound practitioner, how could he have fallen so low? Before such a fall seemed unimaginable yet his whole world was turned upside down, in one day, no less!

"This wine is quite expensive... you should enjoy it while you still can."

Aerion turned around and walked away from the cripple that was Duke Ming.

"D-damn.. you..."

The Demon Empress chuckled. "You heard my husband, expensive wine should not be wasted, therefore, I will be kind and allow you to enjoy the wine for a few seconds."

"A..."

Aerion had already left the scene, he saw no point in remaining. Instead, he went to visit his Dragonsguard. He wondered how much stronger they've become. They did not disappoint, both Tai Shu and Fen Juecheng had reached the peak of the Emperor Profound Realm and were making progress towards the Tyrant Profound Realm. The rest also saw a jump of one to two small realms which was impressive, to say the least.

A few days later, Aerion married Huan Caiyi and officially became the Demon Emperor. This, of course, meant that the entire Illusory Demon Continent joined the Celestial Dragon Empire, which used to only consist of the Blue Wind Kingdom. He got the 30kg of Purple Veined Divine Crystal Jasmine required from the Demon Empress and so, he only needed to find a Netherworld Udumbara Flower for Jasmine and she could create herself a new body. There was only one place he knew of that had a Netherworld Udumbara Flower... the only problem was that going down there might lead to his death.

~

"Heavenly Demon, can I entrust this mission to you?"

"Hmm, what is it?"

"I want you to conquer the Azure Cloud Continent in my name."

The Heavenly Fire Demon laughed. "I can definitely accomplish that. But, I wonder, why don't you want to do so yourself?"

"It is unworthy of my presence and precious time. However, they should still know who rules this Blue Pole Star and I want you to inform them. In fact, you may take the Dragonsguard with you... it would provide valuable experience and there should be plenty of resources to plunder there."

The Heavenly Fire Demon nodded, this seemed simple enough. "Very well."

Aerion used his World Teleportation Portal and teleported them to a random place in the Azure Cloud Continent, he specified that it can be any place but the Cloud's End Cliff. Because if they were to teleport there, it would only mean certain death. Aerion then used Izanagi to reject the fact that he had used the World Teleportation Portal and so, it recharged.

"Caiyi, I have to leave for the Profound Sky Continent... I hope you don't mind."

"Don't mind? Hmph, just make sure you return."

"I certainly will," Aerion promised.

~

Feng Hengkong was chilling on his throne when a messenger broke through the doors and hastily ran to him. The servant was breathing heavily which showed that he had flown as quickly as he could. "Your Majesty... this... message is urgent!"

"I can see that... what is this message?"

"A... Aerion Targaryen... declared himself the... Emperor of the Profound Sky Continent!" The humble servant caught his breath. "Not only that, but he wants every single nation leader to gather in the Blue Wind Imperial Palace to 'bend their knees' before him. He demands that each nation, after submitting to him and joining the Celestial Dragon Empire, be called a Kingdom and, therefore, be ruled by a King. If the leader of a nation fails to arrive in two months... he wrote that he would personally 'humble' the entire nation."

"It is acceptable."

"But your Majesty..."

"The boy could topple the entire Profound Sky Continent if he wanted to... I am no fool, I have seen his immense power before. It is highly likely that he has grown even stronger since then."

"This humble servant understands." The messenger gave the letter as proof, which had the seal of House Targaryen attached to it.

~

All of the nations but one had already joined the Celestial Dragon Empire. The last one remaining was the Divine Phoenix Empire. Aerion laid in his room and wondered if he would have to march west and conquer the place himself. He really didn't want to do so but if he was forced to, he would make an example of the Divine Phoenix Empire.

Without wasting any more time, he took to the skies in order to cultivate. He used the Sword Spirit Doppelganger and fought himself for a period of time. It was a good month since he had returned to the Profound Sky Continent so his aura was closer to the Divine Origin Realm. There was still a long way to go, however, so he remained diligent.

Heaven Smiting Sword against Blackfyre, whenever both of these supreme swords clashed against each other, the world would shake for a brief moment. Aerion was already quite skilled in the way of the Heavy Sword and was becoming more skilled as the days passed. His clone started to lose more and more, as the Heaven Smiting Sword was overpowering Blackfyre with ease.

"You are not my match!"

BOOM.

Aerion swung the Heaven Smiting Sword in the direction of the clone, who summoned his Susanoo to block the mighty blow. Aerion backed away and his clone gave up Blackfyre to its Susanoo. Blackfyre extended to an absurd length of a couple of hundred meters as the Susanoo started to swing it around. Aerion managed to dodge each attack with his superior speed. Meanwhile, the clone was performing a profound skill. Golden flames started to gather which made Aerion frown.

That absolute shield sure is annoying...

"Yellow Springs Ashes!"

Heaven Absorbing Silver Claw!

Aerion extended his left palm and absorbed the mighty attack. Then he smirked, the clone didn't have the Heaven Absorbing Silver Claw nor did he have the Heaven Destroying Crimson Hand. Aerion turned the Yellow Springs Ashes against his doppelganger, and this one happened to be twice as strong as the previous one.

The clone was incinerated in the flames after they burned through the Susanoo. Aerion looked down and noticed that there was someone entering the Blue Wind Imperial Palace along with a company of ten men.

So he has come.

Aerion dropped down in front of Feng Hengkong. "Greetings, Divine Phoenix Emperor... it has been a few months. I believe you read my letter, no?"

"Yes, I have."

"Then you know what you need to do."

Feng Hengkong bent his knee and so did the others, who were all Sovereign Profound Realm experts of the Divine Phoenix Empire.

"Henceforth, the Divine Phoenix Empire shall be known as the Divine Phoenix Kingdom and you, Feng Hengkong, shall be its King. The Divine Phoenix Kingdom shall now be a part of the Celestial Dragon Empire and will have to pay a tribute to this young Emperor once every year... I will decide what this tribute will be later."

"Now, I would like for you all to wait outside, apart from the Divine Phoenix King."

The experts walked away and Aerion looked at Feng Hengkong. His lilac eyes were as calm as still water as he requested something from him. He wasn't going to beat around the bush and cut straight to the point. "About that favour... I would like to ask for Xue'er's hand in marriage."

It took the Divine Phoenix King a few moments to think of how he would answer. It was already made clear that Xue'er has special feelings for him... he had seen it himself during those two months. "It is not my choice... you will have to ask Xue'er yourself and if she agrees to it, so will I."

What a move... this Feng Hengkong has me in a tough position. Ask? How would I approach her?

Hey, Xue'er, wanna marry me?

No... that sounds wrong. Damn, I'm no good with things like this.

"I completely understand, you may go now."

Making things hard for this young emperor, eh? Sigh... I don't have time to be chasing beauties right now. My breakthrough is more important than that.

Aerion looked at his Heaven Smiting Sword.

After I use the Sword Spirit Doppelganger and exhaust myself, I should comprehend the Great Way of the Buddha further as I'm still on its third stage. Lifting the Heaven Smiting Sword will be easier that way and my overall strength will increase.

Divine Origin Realm... this Celestial Dragon Emperor will reach you!