The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2157 Daughter VS Son

After hearing these words, the daughter did begin to be somewhat moved, but she remained indifferent. She said calmly, "This is my father's decision. Since he said so, it means that he thinks this matter is more important than the Principality of Dawn."

"Nothing can be above life!" Tang Xiao raised his voice and said loudly, "I don't know what the meaning of your existence is, but since you have the power to destroy all life but don't do it, then this shows that you recognize life itself! Isn't it?"

As he spoke excitedly, he raised his hand and pointed to a huge tree in front of him. The tree was lush and green, with a crown like an umbrella. It was at least hundreds of meters high and it emitted a holy light. Needless to say, this was where his daughter lived.

Tang Xiao also responded quickly. After he saw the tree and confirmed that this was his daughter's residence, he knew what he should say.

"Life is the foundation of the universe and an important part of the Force." The daughter nodded and said, "But we will not interfere with the life and death of life. This is the law of nature. And everything you think is unnatural, including war and destruction, is part of the development of life in our view, and is still a natural law."

"Darth Sidious is not a law of nature. He is a Sith Lord and a user of the dark side. He enjoys killing, and all the slaughter he creates will make the dark side stronger! Don't you hear the wailing of the Force? Don't you feel the pain of the countless lives that have been slaughtered? You are worried that the balance of the Force will be broken, and Darth Sidious is the key to breaking this balance."

The daughter shook her head and said, "We will not interfere with the development of civilization. To us, race and civilization are just a moment in the universe."

Tang Xiao said: "I didn't ask you to interfere with civilizations and races. The Galactic Empire is the enemy of the Principality of Dawn, and the Principality of Dawn will naturally rise up to fight for survival. But you locked me up here, which in itself is a form of interference! You have directly caused hundreds of billions of lives to be on the brink of war! If I don't go back to stop this, then this war will cause the deaths of hundreds of billions of lives. You should know what impact it will have on the Force!"

The daughter fell silent.

Tang Xiao struck while the iron was hot and continued, "So, I hope you won't sit back and watch the dark side wreak havoc. If you think it doesn't matter, then I can only think that the light you're talking about is not the same as what I think. Because as a light side, you still killed hundreds of billions of lives and still let the dark side expand at will. So, in fact, I think you are no different from the dark side."

"How dare you! Who gave you the guts to say such nonsense!!" The daughter flew into a rage. Her eyebrows were raised and she shouted angrily, "Light and darkness are not something you can comment on!"

Tang Xiao sneered, "What kind of person am I? What kind of person am I? You are the messenger of light, but you divide life into different levels. Where is the justice of light? Where is the equality of all beings? At least the dark side will grant all beings an equal death, so what about the light side? Where is your equality?"

"Shut up! You're just a dark and evil Sith!" The daughter yelled angrily and pointed her finger. Tang Xiao immediately felt that his vocal cords were blocked by something and he couldn't make any sound.

The daughter held her chest and took a deep breath to calm her chaotic mood. How could she know that Tang Xiao had always been very eloquent. Whether it was to persuade others to fall or to inspire the morale of the people, he always did it himself. Not to mention that he had practiced with the legendary quarrel king, the Sith Lord Maka Ragnos many times, and his quarrel skill tree was full.

In contrast, my daughter and son have been high and mighty for a long time. They were born as gods, and the number of interactions they have had with others can probably be counted on one hand.

She said to Tang Xiao, "I will tell my 'father' about the Principality of Dawn, and he will decide how to deal with it. And for the next few days, you just stay here and don't walk around. If you leave here, I can't guarantee your safety."

"Since you can't convince me with reason, you plan to use the power of the dark side to threaten me?" Tang Xiao's voice still rang out. He actually used the Force to vibrate the air to make a sound. "Ah, what a clever light side. If you let your son kill me, it will have nothing to do with you. The light side is still bright, right?"

"Stay here." The daughter was obviously extremely angry. She almost spat out a few words through her teeth. Then she turned around suddenly and walked out angrily.

Tang Xiao sneered, but did not object. He just found a piece of soft grass nearby and sat on it. He moved his butt and felt quite comfortable, so he simply lay down and crossed his legs, completely showing contempt for his daughter.

This place is at least much better than the Motis Monastery where 'father' is. At least it is sunny, warm and comfortable, and there are lush lawns and fragrant flowers.

He had already discovered that there was no furniture in the homes of these Tai-in-Chi. No tables, no chairs, no beds, nothing. But think about it, it makes sense, their true bodies are unknown, it's hard to say whether they are humanoid, and with their level of strength, they don't actually need furniture to live.

Want to drink water? Water will naturally form and fly into your mouth, and you can even choose the flavor yourself. Besides, do they really need to drink water? Want to sit down? Just sit in the air. For them, sitting down is just a posture, and it doesn't matter whether it is comfortable or not.

In such an environment, they didn't care for themselves, but Tang Xiao, a mortal, suffered. Fortunately, he could still come to his daughter's place. At least lying in the grass was much better than lying on the cold stone.

  However, Tang Xiao had not been lying down for two minutes when the sky around him suddenly darkened, and then an extremely strong feeling of oppression came directly from mid-air!

His heart trembled, and he raised his head suddenly, only to see his son standing in the air, looking at him coldly.

The daughter also stood opposite her son, looking at him warily.

The confrontation between the two even affected the surrounding environment. The sky was sometimes bright and sometimes dark, and the surrounding environment was half full of vitality and half dead. Only the huge tree was still standing tall and full of light.

"Don't do anything unnecessary, daughter. Let him come to me," said the son gloomily.

"He is very important to 'father' and I cannot allow you to contact him." The daughter answered firmly.

"It's important to 'Father', yes. But it's not important to you, right?" The son's voice was bewitching, "We are both 'Father's' closest relatives. There is no difference between you and me. It's just that you chose the Holy Spring of Knowledge, and I chose the Water of Strength. Since Tang Xiao is so important, then I also have the responsibility to protect him, don't I?"

"Don't be wishful thinking. With me here, you will never be able to get in touch with Tang Xiao." The daughter shook her head firmly.

"Ah, what a pity. Just like the hundreds of thousands of years before, you always stand on the opposite side of me, always want to obstruct me, always want to be my enemy... But I don't hate you, because this is your nature, hehe..." The son sneered, "So, this is also bound to happen... That is..."

The expression on his face suddenly became extremely ferocious, "My nature!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he pounced towards his daughter! In that instant, he had transformed into a ferocious gargoyle, roaring and grabbing his daughter with his sharp claws!

The daughter was not to be outdone, and instantly transformed into a griffin emitting holy light. The two legendary creatures fought each other with the most powerful force and the most primitive method. They fought each other with claws and fangs, and although it was extremely fierce, they did not have the power that a god-level strongman like them should have.

but……

Crack! A terrible lightning bolt struck, and the holy light on the huge tree flickered. Crack! Crack! Crack! Countless lightning bolts struck from all around, without any purpose, completely randomly.

Tang Xiao quickly hid back in the holy light range of the giant tree to avoid being accidentally injured by lightning.

  He has now discovered that the battle between his daughter and son is a battle that affects the entire Mortis! Mortis is half light and half dark, and the battle between them has triggered a confrontation within the entire Mortis!

And those lightning bolts were produced by the collision of their powerful forces.

If you look closely, you can see that every lightning is the result of the confrontation between white clouds and dark clouds, green grass and withered grass, breeze and strong wind, flowers and poisonous thorns, light and shadow! When these completely different things collide, lightning will be produced.

Now Tang Xiao finally understood what the increasingly violent lightning was when he was imprisoned in the Mortis Monastery by his "father". It seemed that the son had fought with his daughter many times at that time, but was stopped by his daughter. It was not until later that he found an opportunity to sneak in to see him.

As for the "father", Tang Xiao knew from the original plot that he was already extremely weak and could not stop his son at all. The reason why his son and daughter still listened to him was that the "father" was their source of strength.

This relationship is a bit complicated. Generally speaking, if there is no "father", then the power of the son and daughter does not exist. But the father cannot actively cut off this relationship, nor can he use this relationship to use stronger power. The power he can use still comes from himself.

So it becomes a situation where on one hand the 'father' provides strength for his son and daughter, but on the other hand he himself is so weak that he cannot control his son.

This is also the important reason why Tang Xiao believes that although "father" is closer to the essence of the Force than his son and daughter, he is still not a god.

  That’s right, although Tang Xiao’s power is insignificant compared to Taiyi, his understanding of Taiyi is far beyond their imagination!

Tang Xiao looked up at the technically unskilled battle in mid-air, then looked at the battle in the surrounding environment that was so mysterious that he could not see through its essence at all, and sighed.

I thought I would gain some insights from such a god-level battle, but I didn't expect it to be useless. At Taiichi's level, skills are meaningless. They are power itself, and as long as the power can overwhelm the opponent, then all skills are useless.

But it was obvious that the daughter was no match for her son. The griffin she transformed into was covered in wounds in the battle, and the surrounding environment full of light and vitality became less and less. Many green grasses, flowers and various things that were originally full of life became dead silent after the failure of the battle.

In the end, only the huge tree was still standing, emitting holy light in the endless darkness.

Mortis, night has come again.

At this moment, suddenly there was an extremely majestic roar from the sky, "Stop it!!"

This thunderous roar directly separated the two people who were fighting. They turned back into human form, and they couldn't even maintain flying in the air. They fell to the ground and couldn't move.

The endless lightning around disappeared in an instant, and light and vitality gradually spread out with this huge tree as the center, dispelling the darkness and returning to light.

It was the 'father' who did it. He once again stopped the fight between his son and daughter, but he became even weaker. After separating the two, his voice disappeared again, without saying a single word.

Tang Xiao's eyes flashed, and he seized the opportunity. A lightsaber appeared in his hand, and he pressed the button, and the blood-red blade shot out. He swung the lightsaber and stabbed directly at his daughter!

The sword pierced the daughter's back directly, piercing her heart.

  But even though she was pierced by the lightsaber, the daughter was unharmed. She stood up from the ground, grabbed the blade of the lightsaber angrily, and retracted it! It was as if this was not a plasma, but a solid substance!

"I'm protecting you!" the daughter said angrily.

"No! You are plotting to murder hundreds of billions of people in the Principality of Dawn!" Tang Xiao accused righteously. He threw away the hilt of the lightsaber, raised his hand and a blood-red lightning bolt struck over!

Crack! The lightning was caught by the daughter with her bare hands. She raised her hand and pushed, and the powerful force directly knocked Tang Xiao away.

But this time Tang Xiao was not hurt at all - his son appeared behind him at some point and caught him.

The son turned into a gargoyle again. He grabbed Tang Xiao with his huge claws and laughed wildly with smug laughter, "This is his own choice, daughter! You should reflect on yourself! Hahahahahahaha!!!"

Amidst wild laughter, he grabbed Tang Xiao and flew higher and higher, finally disappearing into the sky.

Soon, the gargoyle swooped down from the endless dark clouds, and saw a huge tower fortress appear in front of him! This tower was also hundreds of meters high, surrounded by towering walls for protection, and there was a huge green crystal on the top, emitting a faint green energy light.

This is the Son's lair - the Dark Cathedral. (End of this chapter)