Badass origin of the supreme family

1. DEATH

In a tiny kingdom called ' Great Ming Kingdom' by foreigners but called ' Great Ming' by her citizens, a tall man stood in a hall in front of a magnificent door. The door had curving of dragons and phoenixes with another unrecognizable bird at the center of the intricate design. The intricate carvings gave the door a noble grace that indicated how noble the person behind the door was.

The muscular man was surrounded by tens of individuals dressed in official garb made of gold and the finest silk.

These people of great wealth were all worried. Just by looking at their faces which seemed to be filled with dread, a conclusion that great stress was put upon their minds could easily be reached. All these men and women looked at the muscular man in his golden robes with fear and subservience. Very few looked at the man with respect and understanding. The man paced in the hall; his footsteps heavy with worry.

"Your imperial majesty, there is no need to worry for the young prince, he is blessed by the heavens, his luck is sky-piercing, and he will surely survive this calamity," said one of the more submissive officials trying to calm the anxious man who looked as though he was all but ready to declare war upon all nations of the continent should he not get his way.

This worried man turned out to be the king of the Great Ming Kingdom. Although Great Ming was a power unto itself, her national power was far from reaching the strength possessed by the empires of the Eden continent.

What made the King angrier than a bull during the mating season was simply the thought of it as something a prince should have been prepared for and guarded against, but if the idea from the perspective of the king, a loving father, it was utterly unacceptable yet to be expected.

The prince had been attacked by assassins who, with poisoned blades and high cultivations almost sent the prince on his way to an early grave. The prince had survived the tribulation but not before half of his life was claimed by the assassins' poisoned blades. Before the killers had the chance to finish the job and escape like smoke through a chimney, the mighty king of the Great Ming, Anders Ming arrived in response to the prince's screams and quickly dispatched the assassins by bisecting each of them in two by his broad sword. Blood and entrails spilled on the floor causing all who saw the scene to remember how Ming Anders had created the Great Ming, with power and blood.

"Your majesty, Prince Xerxes' life is in the hands of the most knowledgeable apothecary on the Eden continent. Apothecary Zen has skills enough to put the reaper to tears. He is sure to save the young prince from the stinky jaws of death. " Said another official. At this moment, the door swung open and out came a short scrawny man with a grey beard reaching the floor.

"Apothecary Zen, is my son, okay?" the king asked with a shaky voice.

"Apologies my king, but the prince has succumbed to his injuries. His highness prince Xerxes has left this mortal world "

Apothecary Zen replied with words that left the king petrified and the officials weak to their knees since they knew that heads were about to roll.

2.BIRTH

The atmosphere froze as the wind went still and the air became stale. The officials were dumbfounded with their eyes almost popping out of their skulls and their mouths wide open. The usually unshakable officials stared at each other in dismay and shock.

With their many years of experience and their understanding of King Ming, they knew that what was to follow in the wake of the prince's death was death and bloodshed, many people were about to lose their lives to appease the king's heaven towering rage.

six years ago, a similar scene played out in Great Ming.

A man standing at 6.7", extremely tall by human standards, anxiously stood in front of the very same magnificent door. He was surrounded by the very same officials, but that time around, these officials were smiling in joy for the king and the kingdom, finally, after years of marriage, a living heir to the throne was about to be born. The tall man by the door was of course King Ming, a man known by all in his kingdom and beyond as the ' conqueror of the south'.

He ruled his kingdom with an iron fist giving no allowance for disobedience. With his cultivation at the limit of known levels of cultivation, he had no rivals in the South. This ensured that no one dared to question his absolute authority.

Now looking at this man known for his brutality and mercilessness, his officials could only see a would-be father terrified and anxious for the fate of his unborn child and wife.

His officials were speechless at the sight but remembering that the king's last 5 children were stillborn, all the officials could not stop themselves from sighing with defeat as all their joy changed to frustration and pity for the mighty king.

The king had been married to his extremely beautiful wife Zhang Ziyi for over thirty years but the couple still had no child to talk about. This issue brought great pain and suffering to the beautiful queen as she became the talk of the kingdom for her failure to give the king an heir. Some commoners had even gone so far as to say that the union of the king with Queen Zhang was not per heavens laws.

As the king was pacing in front of the door, the clouds above the palace parted and the sun shone brightly on the palace, sounds of heavenly music were heard by all the peoples of Great Ming. Stars appeared in bright daylight causing all who gazed upon them to bow down in awe, amazement, and a hint of fear for this was absolutely nothing normal by any human standards.

All the king's officials looked outside the palace and before anybody could say anything, the wisest of the officials, Li Chen the prime minister of the kingdom proclaimed the happenings as good omens welcoming the chosen prince.

But as usual, he had spoken too early, all light disappeared leaving absolute darkness in its wake, and the heavenly sounds became dreary and demonic. The sky was darker than the darkest midnight.

People started falling dead, and when the officials saw their fellows dying right before their eyes, they started panicking but none dared move from their positions without the king's permission.

At this moment, a resonant baby cry was heard coming from behind the magnificent door. The demonic sounds stopped as if they didn't dare compete with the baby's first cry, the darkness became thicker as if to welcome an unholy tainted being into the world of man.

Before the cries stopped, the king kicked open the door and barged into the room.

On seeing a baby being held by a woman on the bed in the middle of the room the king knelt in wonder and overflowing love, he didn't care about the so-called omen or their interpretation, all he cared about was his wife and child.

"How could something so beautiful exist in the world!" said the king to his exhausted wife. The birth had not been an easy one.

3.THE YOUNG GENIUS

In the following days, the birth of the crown prince Xerxes was announced to the world with great pomp and flare. King Ming Anders ensured that the heavenly signs were interpreted in favor of the kingdom.

It was proclaimed that the signs indicated that the royal prince would bring great prosperity to the kingdom and the darkness only showed that the prince would fight and eradicate the greatest enemy of the kingdom, the Rakan race which the people of the Eden continent associated with darkness. The Rakan race was mostly a myth on the Eden continent but the fear their name induced in the masses was not to be underestimated. In the myths and legends, the Rakan race was the most powerful in the world. It was said that this race had descended from the t god Erebus who lords over darkness and rewards evil while punishing good. The king used the people's fear of the Rakan race to divert their attention from how terrifying the prince's birth had been.

At the tender age of 2 months, the prince started walking, at four months, he was already a fluent speaker of the native language of the Eden continent.

When the boy was two years old, his father the king summoned the greatest minds on the continent to teach him about poetry, chess, military tactics, governance, horse riding, archer, and the use of all sorts of weapons of war.

At this point, the prince's intellect was way beyond that of a ten-year-old child.

He quickly understood the esoteric concepts being taught to him by his many different teachers and in the tenth renewed year 700,007 of the Eternal Yang Empire the now ten-year-old prince Xerxes started participating in national affairs, at first many were skeptical.

'What could a ten-year-old child contribute to the administration of a kingdom? He should still be suckling on his mother's tit, not meddling with matters beyond his understanding.' thought the majority of the court officials.

Even though this is what they thought, they did not dare go against the king, his temper was legendary, a single wrong word could set him off leading to the extermination of entire bloodlines.

For the first few weeks, the young prince sat on a smaller golden chair next to his father in the court chambers. He did not speak nor show any expression on his face. All he did was listen to all matters discussed small and big. Some of the officials sneered inwardly at the seemingly confused prince.

"Your majesty, the southern coastal city, the Imperfect city, needed immediate financial aid to return life to normal after the recent flood that devasted the city killing millions and destroying millions of gold worth in property.

Mayor Wu, requests your understanding and support during this difficult period." said a short official.

When the young prince heard this, he showed a change in expression for the first time since joining the court sessions.

When his father and the officials saw this, they were surprised although the matter being discussed was important and the death toll immeasurable, this was not the first time such a matter was discussed. Just two days prior, the court had discussed the destruction of the Wooden City in the same region, and in this case, the death toll was so high that an exact value had not been attained by the kingdom. During this discussion, the prince had not shown any change in expression but to some, he may have even looked bored.

"Prince Xerxes, what are your thoughts regarding this matter?" asked the king while looking at his son lovingly.

The young prince stood up and bowed to his father before moving in Infront of the standing officials. The court chambers were so large that the contrast with Xerxes' height was too striking.

"Royal father, court officials, don't you find this suspicious! Although the Imperfect City is hit by floods at least twice a year, in recent years, the flooding events have become at least four per year. On analysis of the sea winds, the great continental winds only blow towards the continent twice a year. Sure, we can say that due to some changes in the weather patterns, the great continental winds now blow toward the continent four times a year but such a huge change can not simply happen abruptly as we have seen. I propose that we investigate this matter carefully and thoroughly before further action is taken ." said the young prince.

When he was done, the officials and the king were deep in thought as he bowed and went back to his seat.

"We shall do as the prince recommends. Minister Mu, you will head to the Imperfect City immediately and investigate this matter." ordered the king.

"As his majesty orders ." replied the bowing finance minister Mu Chu.

The following week, Minister Mu returned to court and gave his report, as it turned out, Mayor Wu had been sending false reports of floods for the past ten years. He used the gold he received to build himself a luxurious mansion and he even created a harem of sixty-seven beauties for himself.

The former mayor Wu of modest wealth had turned into the richest man in the Imperfect city. To keep the other officials silent, he shared with them a portion of his ill-gotten gains . Those who re do refuse to partake quickly died under mysterious conditions.

When the king heard this, his fury reached the heavens. The mayor and all the local officials were dragged to court by the imperial soldiers.

After a few weeks of torture, they confessed to their crimes.

The king ordered them to be put to death and all their assets seized. Their nine generations were sold as slaves to compensate for the lost money.

Xerxes, at age thirteen, had already become the most celebrated poet, chess player, politician, tactician, and lawmaker. To top it all off, he cultivated at godly speeds having achieved the fourth level of cultivation, the blood refinement stage at age four.

He mastered more than half of the kingdom's techniques.

At this point, nobody had any doubt that Xerxes was a genius bestowed by the heavens to the Ming kingdom.

But with all good things come the bad, by age 14, Xerxes had experienced countless assassination attempts from neighboring kingdoms which knew that their independence was dependent on Xerxes' death.

With no other recourse, the king put in place the most strict security to protect the prince.

He ordered his officials never to discuss the prince's location and habits with anybody without permission.

Back to the present

During Xerxes' birthday celebration, countless diplomats arrived to offer well wishes and perhaps form beneficial relationships with the young genius. Many gifts and marriage offers were presented to the king and all was going as planned until an uninvited guest arrived.

The eunuch suddenly announced, " His royal highness Wang Chu, prince of the Great Chu Empire has come to offer his well wishes to the prince of the Ming kingdom."

Suddenly everyone was bewildered, even if the Chu Empire wanted to wish the prince of the Ming kingdom well, an imperial prince would not have to make the journey himself, just sending a servant from the imperial palace would be more than sufficient.

In the quiet hall, a man whose appearance could be described as gorgeous walked through the door with overwhelming confidence and charisma.

He moved with grace straight to the king's throne. He didn't bow or show any respect for the king " Where is this so-called genius????" asked Prince Chu in an arrogant manner.

4.CHU EMPIRE

In the southern region of the large yet tiny Eden continent, the Chu Empire was king, and its power and authority were almost undisputed. Its might was recognized by all. It had seven mighty existences at level 9 of cultivation, the demigod stage. With these seven demigods, the Chu empire was able to carve out the southern part of Eden as its own, and with an iron fist, it used blood to hold onto its territories. This empire could not be called evil since this was simply the way of empires, they get too big and the only way to manage them effectively is by showing your detractors that you are willing to do whatever it takes to hold onto your sphere of influence.

The Chu Empire was one of the four rank-one empires on the continent. It had conquered hundreds of small and large kingdoms in the South. Those that were deemed too inconvenient to manage due to factors such as distance from the Chu empire or the unyielding spirit of the people, these kinds of kingdoms were left to exist only in name. Their kings were puppets . These puppet kings paid tribute to the mighty Chu empire every year without fail, and those that for some reason failed, would be promptly exterminated by the Chu forward army. The only reason for the existence of this army was to always be ready to exterminate men, women, and children, and even the elderly were not let off, In some cases, the elderly were even the main targets. This army was not the pride of the Chu empire but it was most definitely one of its most crucial assets.

In the south, the Chu empire was akin to a blazing sun at midday with its light reaching every Conner of the south. Not even a single blade of grass was spared from the all-seeing eye of the empire

As the saying goes, where there is light, there will be darkness.

With this understanding, many citizens of the Chu Empire were able to keep their consciousness free from the atrocities committed by the Forward Army.

With such great power, it surprised the continent when the Great Ming Kingdom was able to rise to a height where its power could not easily be suppressed by the Chu Empire.

What started as a small state grew to become one of the great powers of the continent in a few thousand years. The kingdom conquered and expanded its territories at a rate unheard of on the continent.

The great conqueror Ming led his armies into battle himself every time. His military tactics became legendary almost eclipsing his great cultivation and combat level.

For a kingdom to become an empire, it must have several demigod existences with at least one of them at the peak of the demigod stage this was the generally accepted thinking on the continent.

Great Ming was the kingdom in the South with the shortest history of just 1000 plus years, this newly risen kingdom was unexpectedly considered the strongest in the South just below the Chu empire. This was all due to the great conqueror King Ming.

His ruthlessness was something the South had not seen for a long, long time.

The Ming kingdom grew to the point that many feared the rise of a second empire in the South. If a second empire were to raise, war with the Chu empire would be unavoidable. Thud would thrust the entire southern part of the continent into a war that would leave hundreds of millions dead and others displaced.

The kingdom had been established single-handedly by King Ming through conquests that lasted for over 500 years. He then took another five hundred consolidating his power and authority over the conquered territories.

Many thought that once the great conqueror had finished consolidating his power, he would resume his conquest until Great Ming was all there was.

King Ming with his peak demigod stage cultivation was unstoppable in his conquests and historians and scholars refer to this period as the Blood Age. During this time, it was easier to find blood than it was to find a water body.

King Ming in his thirst for power and territory wiped out entire cities and destroyed tens of kingdoms. All who refused to surrender unconditionally were killed mercilessly by Ming himself.

Some speculated that the king's conquests were stopped by a combination of all the four empires of the Eden continent who saw no end in sight for the Blood Age.

King Ming had to sign an agreement with the four empires stating that the four empires would not attack the Kingdom and King Ming would bring an end to the Blood Age.No one knew why King Ming accepted his agreement but they were glad that he did.

Emperor Chu was advised to destroy the new kingdom but he refused citing several reasons that made no sense. The truth of the matter was that he understood that he did not have the power to face King Ming in a confrontation. He even suspected that he would be killed instantly should he face King Ming in battle.

Knowing this, emperor Chu instead opted for semi-friendly relations until he could break through to the theoretical god stage, at this level, the whole continent would have to bow to his might or face the consequences.

The Empire had seven demigods including the emperor.

Two of the emperor's children were also included, one a prince and the other, the flower of the continent, Princess Chu.

With this level of power, the Chu Empire was indeed the greatest powerhouse in the South.

To the Chu empire, only the other three empires and the great Ming kingdom were threats, all else was trivial and not worth the worry.

5.WANG CHU’S ARROGANCE

"Where might this genius be, could he possibly be suckling on his mummy's tits .?"Wang Chu's words were still as disrespectful as before .Perhaps even more disrespectful.

The officials,guards and all the other invited guests had frozen faces . Every one knew that the ruthless and even bloodier King Ming loved his wife more than anything else .What ever the queen asked for ,she got .

It was even rumored that she is the one who got king Ming to stop his conquest ,not the pressure from the empires.King Ming was prepared to take on the empires but his wife simply requested for a peaceful life ,this was all it took for the great conqueror Ming to end his blood stained campaign.

For prince Wang Chu to disrespect the queen in such a way right Infront of the king's face was nothing short of a death sentence for the prince and if the king was feeling particularly pissed ,all present would pay the price .

Before the king could say anything ,the royal guards attacked with even more fury and rage than if it were they own wives who were insulted .

Form all over the hall ,guards with black spears came rushing towards the prince .

Before they could reach him ,the prince's guards and an old man in blue robes came rushing into the hall .

They quickly moved to defend the prince in the center of the hall .All the other guests and officials had already moved to the sides of the hall leaving the prince at the center.No one dared help the arrogant prince.

At the center of the hall ,fierce fighting began .

King Ming's royal guards were the best if the best and had been trained by the king himself .He did not just end at training them ,he had taken them with him during his conquests ensuring that each guards had at least killed one hundred enemies.

Spears met swords as the two groups fought .The prince stood at the center, seemingly carefree and not worried at all .

He probably thought that a mere king would never dare kill an imperial prince of the Chu empire.

As his men fell one by one , skewered by the long spears ,the prince continued smiling as though watching an interesting show .

The flow was covered in blood and spilled guts horrifying the guests .

Gasps of dying men filled the room and soon ,only a single old man in blue robes was left guarding the prince .This man was a stage six cultivator set by emperor Chu to protect his son . Although prince Wang Chu was not the apple of his eye ,he was still a prince of the mighty Chu empire.

"Prince stay behind me ." the old man instructed the prince but this instruction was of no use since they were completely surrounded.

Hmmmm ,snorted the prince ,"What are you worried about ,do you actually think this so called king dares kill me ?"asked the Prince.

"Yes "this was the old man's only reply .Every one seemed to know that the prince was doomed except the prince .

King Ming had been seated in his throne all this time without saying anything.He simply looked at the soon to be dead prince with disdain in his eyes .

"Kneel "commanded the king .

Prince Wang Chu turned to look at the king in disbelief.Some one actually dared order him to his knees .

Hahahhahahhaah ,laughed the prince with tears almost coming out of his eyes .

"KNEEL"shouted the king and this time ,the entire hall shook and cracks appeared in the walls .

This hall was not weak ,it had been constructed using the best materials available on the continent.

The spiritual pressure in the king's voice made the hearts of everyone in the hall to shudder .

The prince finally realized the danger he was in .

At this moment ,he started recalling all the terrifying history associated to the man before him .

This man had killed everyone who ever got in the way of his conquest ,why wouldn't he kill a mere prince .