In the open sky, a lone figure dressed in a blood red robe floated there.
With a wave of her hand, the clouds parted and light shone through.
Liao Ling looked up to the sky and reminisced about the last 120,000 years. Her hair covered her eyes as small teardrops fell.
"Hao Yu...Do you know how happy I was when I saw you again?"
She held up a book titled "Dream of Imperialistic Might'.
"Sniff, ha~ what a bad naming sense." Although she said that, she felt warm whenever she held it close to her chest.
"To you, it was just a dream huh? I still remember it as if it was yesterday."
She flipped through the cover and starts reading.
[120,000 years ago in a lower realm of a world called 'Sky Marble World']
Sky Marble World was a world that had little cultivation due to its lacking spirit energy. The Emperor of the world was a man named 'Ming Chen'.
The world was at peace when Ming Chen was on the throne. He was proclaimed as a war god who had won many bloody battles and came out on top.
However, like all people, his old age caught up to him.
At the age of 78, he had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Originally, he had 8 sons and 2 daughters. In order to keep families under his control, he had wed his daughter to them through marriage alliances.
2 of his sons died in battle, 1 drowned, and 2 died fighting for the throne. Now all that was left was the 7th prince, 3rd prince, and 2nd prince.
However the 7th prince, Ming Yu was disabled due to poison at the age of 11.
His eyes have lost all sight and was blind.
The Emperor decided that his son, Ming Yu would be engaged with the daughter of general Liao Ying. Liao Ying was a loyal man, but the Emperor naturally wanted full control.
Liao Ying had won too many battles, to the point that if he were to actually revolt, it could potentially succeed.
It wasn't fair to Liao Ying, but he had no choice but to tie him to his leash.
Thus, Liao Ying could only arrange a marriage for his 3rd daughter.
6 years passed
A man with a cloak on walked through the streets and headed towards the gates. He held in his right hand a treasure chest and on his left hand was a special pass to exit the gates.
"Generals orders! No one can pass through here-"
"Ignorant! I have a pass." He showed it and the guards checked it nodding their heads.
They held their heads high up and shouted.
"The miss is right here!"
Guards from all over surrounded the cloaked person in a instant.
"Miss Liao Ling, let's go back before the general notices!"
An old man wearing servant clothes urged her.
"And get married?! In your dreams!" She took off her disguise while circulating her qi and flew over the guards and rushed towards the gates.
"Close the gates!"
As she rushed towards the gates, guards kept standing in her way. She slid and jumped over them with ease.
The gates were already closing, but Liao Ling refused to give up. She used every last bit of her strength to propel herself through!
"Tell my father I'm free!" She merrily laughed.
THUD!
The gates closed. As the smoke settled,
"W-Where is she!?"
She had already gone to the other side of the gate.
"Ha~ want to catch me? Take more time to practice instead." She said while shaking her head.
But just after 3 steps of freedom.
A grumpy voice echoed behind her.
"So you're out. What took you so long?"
Liao Ling, who was as happy as the sun was drenched by cold water.
She turned her back and faced the man speaking, glaring at her.
He was standing casually in a corner where you couldn't see him if you were exiting the gate.
Scoffing unhappily, she says,
"Dad".