Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

\"All I want for my baby is for him to never face the darkness. He should be the light instead… the light that shines upon the world… Light… Ming… My baby shall be called Ming… Xu Ming.\" Xu Liang said as he looked at his baby with care. It somehow looked like the baby was smiling as Xu Liang named him.

\"Xu Ming... Nice name! I like it!\" War God Zhen nodded his head with a satisfied look on his face.

\"My Grandson shall be called Xu Ming! A befitting name for the future ruler of the Heavenly Realm.\" War God Zhen said with a bright smile on his face.

\"Zhen! There will be a large banquet held in the palace after two days in celebration of my grandson's birth. You're invited! Wen Yin, you're invited as well.\" 

\"Oh, right, I heard a rumor going around in the city that I'll give every citizen an origin crystal after my grandson's birth? That rumor shall be made the truth! Every citizen will get an Origin Crystal!\" 

Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu said with a happy look on his face.

\"Are you sure, your majesty?\" War God Zhen asked with a concerned look on his face.

\"Of course! It's a happy occasion after all!\" Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu laughed.

\"I have nothing to say then.\" War God Zhen said with a wry smile on his face.

'I can't change your mind, even if I try.' War God Zhen thought.

\"Alright. You two can discuss outside. Little Yue needs rest.\" Goddess of Medicine Wen Yin pushed Heavenly Emperor and War God outside as she closed the door.

\"Ah, Do I need to leave as well?\" Xu Liang asked with a worried look on his face.

\"Stay,\" Yue gripped his hand tightly as she said lightly.

\"You don't need to leave. You can stay.\" Wen Yin walked closer as she said with a smile.

\"I've cleaned the baby and checked him. He is perfectly healthy, but I'll still stay with Yue, just as a precaution.\" Wen Yin informed the married couple. 

\"Thank you for everything.\" Xu Liang said as he bowed down in front of Wen Yin.

\"Hey, I did nothing out of the ordinary. You don't need to do that.\" Wen Yin walked forward and patted Xu Liang's shoulders lightly.

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There was a citywide announcement that the royal baby was born.

There was a wave of excitement amongst the people. Most of the people liked Xu Liang quite a bit, because of his talent, thus they were naturally happy about the baby being born.

Though there were quite a lot of people that were upset as well.

In a dark room, a man was lying on the bed while a girl sat beside him. She had her hand on the man's sword as she moved her hand up and down.

\"Did you hear? The royal baby is born.\" The woman said lightly.

\"The power gap between our Heaven Realm and the Demon Realm will keep increasing if nothing is don't about it. We will get weaker while the Demon Realm will grow stronger\" The man continued.

\"Why don't you do something about it?\" The woman asked with a confused look on her face.

\"What can I do? We can do nothing as long as Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu is alive and it's impossible to kill him as well. He is the strongest after all. We can do nothing but watch our heavenly realm being weakened from the inside.\"

The man said as he shook his head.

\"Do we really have no choice?\" The woman asked with a disappointed look on her face.

\"There is... When the time comes... \" The man said with a thoughtful look on his face.

He grabbed the woman by her shoulders and shifted his position. The woman was now below him while the man was on top. He kissed her lips as he began playing with her breasts.

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There was another announcement during the evening that made the citizens even happier.

\"All the citizens will be given one Origin Crystal each on the auspicious occasion of his highness' birth.\"  The announcement said.

Ministers of the heavenly court were assigned the duty of sharing the origin crystals.

\"See! I told you that it was not a rumor! His majesty is actually giving away the origin crystals\"

\"Wow, His majesty is really magnanimous!\" 

\"Hurry up! We need to get in the line to get the crystals! The line will only get bigger with time.\" 

The giveaway was the talk of the whole realm as people started moving towards the assigned places in order to get their crystals.

The day and the night passed away and everyone received their Origin Crystals.

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It was the day of the banquet. Everything was prepared by the servants. There were tens of tables placed in the royal hall. The tables were covered with a clean white tablecloth.

Only the most important people of the Heavenly Realm were invited to this banquet. Xu Liang was dressed in luxurious white clothes and wore a similar color robe while Yue was wearing a beautiful blue gown.

Xu Ming was in Xu Liang's hand and was peacefully sleeping at the moment.

Minister Wang was the first to arrive. He was alone and didn't bring his wife or son. Other guests kept arriving at regular intervals.

Illustrious Emperor came with a good concubine, and Wen Yin came alone.

Almost everyone had arrived, but there was still one important person missing.

\"Why is Zheng still not here? He is always on time, Isn't he?\" Heavenly Emperor muttered with a frown as he looked around.

Suddenly there were shocked gasps from the guests. Heavenly Emperor Tian Zhu and Xu Liang... the expressions on both their faces changed.