Zao Ning dresses himself and is able to reel in the excitement from the shiny blue bead within his heart. Going back to his stone cold, serious face, Zao prepares himself to go to his father's castle. Zao also decides to not tell his mother where he is going as he does not know how Wei will react.

With Chan being his guide, Zao quickly leaves the parameters of the Heaven's Pavilion. Making their way through the bustling town, Zao arrives at a large castle placed within the heart of the city, signaling how high is father is in social ranking.

The dark grey castle has guards scattered all over the place and as Zao plus Chan arrive at the gate, they are stopped by a set of guards. Currently, both Zao and Chan are hiding their cultivation on Zao's orders.

"State your business."

These guards aren't as arrogant as the ones to the Heaven's Pavilion as they are only at the 3rd Mortal Realm and are lowly ranked in the town. Zao removes his hood, causing his long platinum hair to fall to his shoulders. As Zao's body grew with each Realm, so did his hair. Zao's hair has reached an eye catching shade of bright platinum, and having platinum hair is a sign of nobility.

"A noble! Which house are you from!" The guards are surprised as the there was never a warning of any nobles coming over and no noble son comes to mind that matches Zao's appearance and age.

"I am Zao Ning, now let me in to see my father." Zao says while having a cold attitude. The guards suck in an air of cold breath as they had not realized that Zao had been a bastard child of their lord. The two guards look at each other with doubt as whether they should listen to Zao or not.

Chan hands over a letter to the two guards and as they open it, the intent and power from Lord Fan radiates from it. This is an ability of reaching at least 5th Mortal Realm and it lets you put your power into an object, signaling your symbol.

The two guards turn wide eyed and both of them bow to Zao Ning. The gates behind them open and two more guards are bowing to Zao Ning as well. Zao Ning just looks at them with pitying eyes.

To live forever as someone's servant, what a sad existence.

Zao Ning shakes his head and walks into the castle with Chan walking behind him. Zao and Chan look around to see many guards patrolling within the halls of the castle.

A butler radiating the aura of a peak 4th Mortal Realm greets Zao and Chan as they walk in.

"You must be young master Zao Fan. Welcome to castle Fan young master." the butler says with perfect etiquette.

"It's Zao Ning. Take me to see my father, I don't have much time to waste."

Truth be told, Zao wants to go back home and do tests on the blue bead in his heart. The butler's eyebrow twitches for a second but he does not dare talk back. For someone to be able to enter the Heaven's Pavilion at the age of 1 shows that Zao Ning is nothing but a peerless genius.

With the butler showing Chan and Zao the way, the three soon go up many flights of stairs and come upon the top of a large tower in the heart of the castle. Sizzles of Lightning Ki emit from the door in front of the three.

"This is the door to Master's room, he is cultivating at the second but I will tell him you have arrived young master."

Zao Ning nods his head and hides his disapproval.

To be emitting so much Lightning Ki. Either my father is at the Spirit Realm which would be bad for me or he doesn't know how to cultivate efficiently. I hope it's latter.

The butler walks into the room and the Lightning Ki around Zao and Chan settles down considerably. Soon, an invisible force washes over Zao and Chan, this causes Zao to let out a breath of relief.

A Surveying ability, rare for the Mortal Realm but by telling with how strong it is, my father is only a peak 5th Mortal Realm. If I wanted to kill him right now, I probably could with a high chance of not even getting hit.

This is just from the knowledge difference that Zao and his father have.

"Come in."

The voice is deep and sounds slightly ancient but Zao rolls his eyes at the voice. With Zao leading, the two walk into the room and Zao is met with the sight of his father.

A large, burly man sits on his bed with scars covering his body and his platinum hair flowing down past the man's back. His skin is darker than everyone else and looks like he has been tanning day and night for the past 20 years. Zao has to hold in his laughter as to not anger his father.

His skin is so burnt! It must be from the consequences of getting shocked constantly from his cultivating technique. What a weakling to not be able to control his cultivation. Bwahahahaha!

Zao is shaking from holding in his laughter and forcing himself from smiling. Zao's father sees this and thinks it is from the sheer intensity of Lord Fan's strength. A smile spreads across Lord Fan's face as he looks at his son.

"To grow so much even though you're barely over a year old, you must be around the bottom of the 4th Realm right?"

"If that's what you think, then sure."

Zao does not back down from talking to his father though and the shaking has stopped since Zao is finally able to collect himself.

"Impressive, you truly are a genius. Worthy of carrying my name instead of your mother's. How does it feel to be apart of a noble family instead of being a peasant?" Zao's father voice is full of arrogance which causes Zao's eyebrows to twitch and a vein appear on Zao's forehead due to anger.

"I don't know what it's like to be apart of a human royal family but I do know what it is like to be able to handle my cultivating technique. Maybe that's why I'm considered a genius because no one in the Fan Family can cultivate correctly."

Everyone's eyes become wide and the butler's mouth opens wide. A line of red appears in Lord Fan's eyes and the Lightning Ki in the room begins to stir.

"What are you implying boy?" Lord Fan says while emphasizing the word boy.

"I'm implying that your family isn't good enough for a 'genius' like me. Also that you suck at cultivating, especially since it took me less to two years to be able to beat you in a fight. I'm even a peasant and could whoop your ass from here back to the Heaven's Pavilion!" Zao is arrogant with what he says and Lord Fan's eyes turn red from anger.

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Lord Fan's body flexes and he nearly attacks Zao right then and there but then he looks at Chan warily. Lord Fan knows that Chan's butler is a 6th Mortal Realm and that Zao's master is considered the strongest elder in the Heaven's Pavilion.

Zao laughs and looks back at Chan.

"No matter what happens, don't interfere. This is for me to deal with. Both you and father's butler should leave now."

Chan looks down at his young master and then smiles. In Chan's mind, Zao is using his father to sharpen himself instead of letting his father use Zao as a stepping stone to gain a link to the strongest elder in Heaven's Pavilion.

Lord Fan smiles at the arrogance of his son. Lightning Ki begins to clash against the air and the butlers quickly leave the room and close the door on the way out, locking it.

"I will give you on more chance boy before I punish you. A genius's talent like yours should not be snuffed out so early."

"Ha! I will give you one more chance as you should at least retire so you can complain to the new generation about how you could've made it!"

"If it's like that, than take my strike!" With a flash, Lord Fan goes from a sitting position on his bed to standing in front of Zao, fist drawn back and full of deadly intent.

"Hmph." Zao smiles and his eyes are full of ridicule. Lightning Ki flows into Zao's body and is hungrily absorbed by it. Zao feels barely any side effects to absorbing the Lightning Ki and his reaction times increase by tens.

Seeing his father's fist just inches away from his face, Zao slightly moves his head and barely dodges the large and overbearing hand of his father.

With his hand not meeting the structure of his bastard son's face, Lord Fan is confused but he keeps his cool and continues attacking Zao.

With Zao being nearly directly under the 200 cm tall Lord Fan, Zao shows no signs of retreating. Lord Fan uses his left hand to try and grab Zao Ning since they are so close but Zao once again easily avoids the large hands of his father.

Lord Fan can feel his blood boil as his bastard child has now dodged two attacks from Lord Fan and Lord Fan is still confused that Zao is only in the 4th Mortal Realm.

Lightning begins to build up on Lord Fan's knee and Zao can feel a slight pressure push on his body and mind as the knee emits warnings of pure danger. Zao's eyes become like pins and his body is pushed to the max.

Going from a stranding position, Lord Fan's knee is sent towards Zao's chest at speeds that most 5th Mortal Realms can never achieve.

So fast!

Zao uses the Way of the Shadow technique and is able to shadow Lord Fan's knee attack. As Lord Fan's knee is raised in the air to where Zao's chest once was, Zao is able fall backwards and the knee is sent above him.

On the floor and his father sending an attack over him, Zao is able to push off the floor and sends a kick straight into the muscular pack of his father. The kick is full of Lightning Ki emitting from Zao's body and the Lightning Ki is more pure than Lord Fan's.

The kick is able to send Lord Fan 5 steps forward and Zao is able to gracefully land on his feet. Lord Fan grits his teeth as a slight numbing sensation takes over his back.

The aura of a 5th Mortal Realm shoots out of Zao and towards his father as Zao is no longer able to keep his cultivation level hidden. Lord Fan is hit with surprise and shock as it hand taken him 35 years to reach 5th Mortal Realm, yet it took his bastard son only a little over a year.

There is also the fact that Zao is a peasant from birth but Lord Fan has always been a noble.

"How did a peasant like you get your hands on such a legendary cultivating technique?!" Lord Fan yells as he refuses to believe his son is the same Mortal Realm as he is.

"Haha, I got here just because I don't have terrible potential unlike my worthless father!" Zao puts extra emphasis on the word worthless, causing his father to nearly spit out blood.

"Worthless?! I WILL SHOW YOU WORTHLESS!"

The once rumbling Lightning Ki explodes and vibrates violently in the air. Zao has a face full of mockery. He was able to kill a peak 5th Mortal Realm monster at the 4th Mortal Realm without Shadow's Embrace. Now that he is 5th Mortal Realm and also has Shadow's Embrace, Zao Ning sees everyone in the same Realm as him as babies.

Lord Fan's body is covered in Lightning Ki as he tries to protect and enhance his body with the Lightning Ki in the room. Zao giggles at this and then takes a deep breath. The Lightning Ki that was once surrounding Lord Fan and covering his body is suck towards Zao as his body hungrily takes in the Ki.

With them both being Lightning Ki cultivators and there being poor amounts of Ki in the room, Zao is able to take most of the Ki away from his father. Since Zao can absorb the Ki into his body as well, there is hardly anyway for Lord Fan to challenge Zao for the Lightning Ki as he has no idea absorbing Ki into the body and fusing it in is a thing.

Lord Fan is put on edge as he can feel the Lightning Ki within his body leaving and going into Zao, sending Lord Fan into a rage. Little did Lord Fan know is that Zao Ning is basically the man's perfect counter.

Lord Fan rushes towards Zao and unleashes a flurry of attacks filled with killing intent. Zao is like a shadow as he dodges every attack with crazy speeds and profound movements.

Zao's speed and intelligence counters his father's brute force and straightforward tactics. As the battle becomes more and more intense, Zao's smiles spreads wider and wider. Everyone of Lord Fan's attack merely hit where Zao was a second ago, causing Lord Fan to have so much fury that he can't hold it in anymore.

Zao is extremely confident as he has only sent one attack Lord Fan yet he is controlling the battle so well. Guess that happens when a once near immortal dragon fights a 55 year old human.

Zao's smile reaches a maximum when a large sense of dread and danger fills his body.

Here it is! He is finally burning his sources of cultivation and Ki! This is exactly the moment I've been waiting for. Now, FORCE ME TO USE MY POWER WEAKLING!

Lord Fan realizes that no matter what, unless he burns his source of cultivation and Ki, he will not be able to acquire enough Ki to be able to even touch Zao Ning. Though burning your source of cultivation and Ki makes you fall down in Mortal Realms, Lord Fan has a gut feeling that if he doesn't do it now, Zao will kill him before he gets the chance.

"DIE!"

Like a thunderclap, Lord Fan's voice booms through the room and violently shakes the walls. This causes the tower to rumble and threaten to collapse at any moment.

With his Lightning Ki amount now being higher than Zao's since he is burning his source of Ki, Lord Fan explodes in strength and speed.

Appearing in front of Zao without even a second passing by, Lord Fan puts his hands together and smashes towards onto Zao's small frame. Zao's demeanor is calm but the wicked smile across his face wont go away as the battle crazy dragon is having the time of his life toying with his father's existence.

Turning into an actual shadow by using the loose Darkness Ki, only Zao's bright blue eyes can be seen within the cloak of darkness. As the two handed slam comes onto Zao's body, the two fist simply pass through the darkness and the eyes of the of darkness look at Lord Fan in ridicule.

"WHAT!"

As Lord Fan's fist hit the floor and cause it to shatter from the sheer powerful of the attack, Lord Fan vomits blood due to the fact that Zao managed to dodge his full powered attack.

With Lord Fan's fists being slammed into the thick floor, the darkness Zao once was hidden in disappears and Zao reappears on top of his father's fist.

Zao is now face to face with his father, with only 10 inches separating the two. Zao rears back his right hand before his father can recover from the shock of missing.

Shocking Bare Palm!

A thin aura of lightning permeates from Zao's skin and covers his palm. The attack looks fairly weak but it will hold a nasty surprise.

Rock Cracking Thrust! God, what a dumb name.

Zao sends his Martial arts attack directly towards his father's face. Seeing the palm come at him, Lord Fan is able to deduce the power of it as the attack comes flying towards him.

'Ha! He depends on speed not strength and that Ki ability covering his palm is pathetically weak! He might be fast but his attack will only numb me that's all! Plus, after he hits me I can grab his scrawny ass!'

Deciding to take the attack head on, literally, Lord Fan deduces that the attack will be too weak to hurt him and gives Lord Fan a chance of counter attacking.

As the palm inches closer and closer to Lord Fan's face, the amount of power behind it begins to rapidly increase. When Zao's palm reaches within 5 inches of his father's nose, the amount of lightning covering his hand explodes by ten times!

The lightning covering Zao's palm now covers his whole hand and turns a dark azure blue compare to the translucent and light blue from before. Seeing the hand suddenly explode in power in profoundness, Lord Fan can only realize his mistake before the strike of Zao hits him directly in the face.

'Ah, I see... He truly does have a monster inside of him...'

Lord Fan closes his eyes as his the rest of his body is able to react in time. Lord Fan knows he lost due to underestimating Zao's power and accepts death.

KACHA~! BOOOOOOOOOM!

An overwhelming force hits Lord Fan's face and sends him flying backwards at speeds faster than the eye can see. The huge body of Lord Fan is sent through the locked door and flies into the hallway on the tower.