Celestial Peak

"Other than your fragile swords, there was another reason why you are hesitant to use Weeping Blood." An effeminate voice spoke in the darkness.

Wang Ling nodded as an answer.

"I see, I was correct after all."

In that darkness there appeared a glistening drop of crimson liquid. Wang Ling caught it and suspended it right in front of him. 

"That is the essence of all living creatures, with it, your intent would be able to meld perfectly back to your body. Your killing intent of the past was born from the hatred of your flesh and blood back when you were still a mortal. You might fear that despite it being yours, it might be rejected by your pure body. However, my blood has every trace of bloodline, thus, it is the origin of all lineage.

"If you add that to your sword, with your connection to your Natal Weapon, you would be able to reclaim what is lost without fear of it being destroyed. With the Arrowhead of nihility, its emptiness would be able to hold your bottomless strength. With the Nine Massacred Realm Sphere, your killing intent will not corrode your sword. With these two as material in addition to your Natal Weapons, the Blood Seeker can be born anew."

Wang Ling clenched his fist and the dimension began to shake. He released his pressure and the shaking abruptly stopped.

"…this dimension is too weak, Xue."

"No, you're simply too strong. Your control improved, but you also became stronger. To Peak Cultivators, space is something they must use force to control. For us, space is no more than clay, it is malleable, to be formed at any form we desire.

"However, it appears that your strength is more attuned to creation and destruction when mine in manipulation. If I manipulate the clay, you discard what is there and replace it with a new batch to patch up the old. Our strength may seem similar to others, but are different. As you are the creator and I am the Source, we are generally the origin of life. The predecessor created timeless creatures, but if when they combined their powers to create others in hopes of searching for peace, the result was—"

"—mortality…."

"That's right, this is also why we are the only ones capable of killing the child of our predecessors. He who is born from our cores manifested in death and the only ones to stop death is life. However, life is life, and in the end, we cannot finish off death and only revert it to life, thereby sealing it and placing him in the stream of Chaos Qi, just like how he did in the past."

When the Ruler of Chaos (First All-Father) fought Emperor of Death, he failed to take his life. Not just because he hesitated out of his love to his most intimate child, but also because he lacked the ability to do so.

As the creator, the Ruler of Chaos deconstructed the Emperor of Death to nothingness with the True Chaos Flames after the Goddess of Beast (First Mother of Beast/All Mother) was gravely injured and chucked out of the Celestial Spirit Realm.

The True Chaos Flame rendered the body of the Emperor of Death, his flesh turned to ashes, and his soul rendered. However, his essence as death remained untouched, as a matter of fact, the essence of the Ruler of Chaos that intended to kill him boosted his chance of survival.

Through his father, the Emperor of Death absorbed the essence of creation, bringing him life. However, it was not enough.

The Ruler of Chaos, being the manifestation of Chaos itself of coursed noticed this and decided to seal his child. Before the flesh could gather, he sealed it in the land, turning the land red as well as the tomb where he was sealed.

The land turned so red that where he was sealed was called the Red Lands.

The others see the Emperor of Death as just another creation of the Ruler of Chaos, even at some point, the Ruler of Chaos believed this as well. However, the truth was that the Emperor of Death was the child of the two supreme beings. 

The Ruler of Chaos stripped him off of his everything. His lineage, his body, but that was not the source of his power thus he remained alive. 

So, he bid his time, in hiding, thinking, and creating his own plans.

The Emperor of Death could not be killed, and the Ruler of Chaos, after sealing away his son in the world he thought could achieve peace, he left his legacy for someone worthy to become his successor and rise to be the second Ruler of Chaos, or the All-Father — the Father of all creation.

The Ruler of Chaos was aware that his child had already poisoned the cosmos he created. The Abyss where he came from grew, and with the appearance of the Abyssal Demons, the influence of death grew.

To have a chance to saving reality, and free those who had been trapped in the body of the Abyssal Demons, the legacy was left.

A legacy that would open the world of opportunities, the beginning of everything, the Origin World. Upon its unsealing, the Emperor of Death, would have the chance to rise again, hope and despair came hand in hand, and now the face of that gamble has appeared.

The Emperor of Death is now on the verge of achieving victory.

His own morbid view of peace and harmony about to be realized.

"The Ruler of Chaos could not kill him because of his softness and lacking in ability, Death cannot be quelled without our help. We, their incarnation and successor experienced carnage and now control life, our experience is that of killers and now, we rise again…."

Wang Ling opened his eyes and looked at his sword, "…but if we are to kill the Emperor of Death… will death itself vanish?"

"…that, I do not know."

The Creator and Source of Life have completed their role to give birth to the cosmos.

Then, what about death?

What is his role in all of this?

"Is our role truly to kill him?" 

Wang Ling asked an unanswerable question.