Heavenly Dao Child

"Thank you Brother Rishit, thank you for helping us."

Rishit simply waved his hand as he spoke, "There is no need to thank me, Sister Veena, you are like family to me and family always have each other's back."

He then turned towards Antariskh as he spoke with a scowl, "Upon saying that, what are you doing here Antariskh should you not be resting?"

Antariskh shook her head as she spoke, "I am sorry uncle but the coup happened under my watch as such I have a duty to at least be present while they are being dealt with."

Veena sighed as she spoke, "Nothing short of tying her up would have stopped her from coming here so we gave up after trying to dissuade her."

Rishit snorted as he spoke, "Sister, your daughter takes a lot after her father in that regard both are stubborn."

Sylvana flicked her sword as cleaning the blood off of it as the last of the struggling traitor fell injured while the rest had surrendered out of fear, she had tried to capture as much of them alive as possible not out of the mercy of her heart but to make an example of them later on for not only daring to bite the hand that tried to feed them but also for their audacity to harm her baby brother, a sentiment that was shared by rest of her family especially her sisters.

Nuwa meanwhile had reached the gateway that separated the inner part of Ayindril from the outer as a frown formed on her face.

Seeing the frown on her face Maheswara could not help but ask out loud, "Love is there any problem?"

Nuwa looked towards her husband as she spoke with a sigh, "Nothing just the damage to the array is very extensive, the part of the array that acted as a door no longer exists, a very large explosion had occurred near the gate area, an explosion we believe is strong enough to match simultaneous detonation of Dantian of two peak level Daofathers, and the blast fractured the arrays greatly."

Maheswara frowned as he looked in front of him as he spoke, "So a controlled explosion?"

Nuwa nodded as she replied to her husband, "Yes, the explosion was done in a way that anyone who would be standing on this side of the gate would not be harmed but looking at how the gate was damaged it seemed like it occurred while someone was trying to close it."

Celestia who was listening to her frowned for a moment before she spoke with a gasp, "The only person who could do was Ryuu."

A brief look of worry appeared on Nuwa's face before she schooled herself as she spoke, "Yes, we will have to hurry, and find him."

"I believe that would be difficult, mother Nuwa as it seems that Ryuu had engaged the annihilation protocol."

Nuwa narrowed her eyes as she looked at the puppet army that stood motionlessly in the distance as she spoke with a sigh, "You are right Shamiran, please start dealing with the poison while your Third mother and we deal with the puppets."

Meanwhile, Nine World had seen better days the attack had served its purpose as it had not only destroyed the entrance and devastated the gate to the inner area of Ayindril but also made sure that any who were unfortunate enough to caught in the blast had died and it matters little to him if the person was someone from his side.

But, the crowning achievement of his would have been the fact that he had managed to destroy the array separating the core area from the inner thus gaining access to the core of Ayindril but he had failed and then it went from bad to worse as puppets began to appear and attack them, puppets that were not only difficult to defeat but the moment they were immobilized or broken they would release a cloud of highly lethal poisonous gas and the worst part the gas was colourless.

Nine World had tried to break into the Core but the array was strong then he found himself facing the puppet army of Ayindril, deciding to cut his loses he tried to learn but alas he had inhaled quite a bit of the poison by then and as such had succ.u.mbed to it and as he lay there dying he cursed against the residents of Ayindril, the Heaven's for betraying him, swearing vengeance he decided to reincarnate only to come to a horrifying realization that his soul was trapped inside some odd-looking device.

Celestia looked at the puppet with a warm look in her eyes after all they were a combined project of her spouses and hers and she was quite proud of them, and sometimes she would wonder if they had created them before the tragedy took place would Pangu be alive or not.

Celestia then turned towards Nuwa as she spoke with a frown, "We will have lots of work to do, from repairing the array to repairing our puppets."

Nuwa frowned as she replied with a nod, "Yes we will but for not please recall the puppet army back while we try to disengage any lethal traps as fast as possible until unless we have our young disciple in our arm we cannot help but feel anxious."

Celestia frowned as she replied, "You are right Nuwa, you are right this place looks like a graveyard and I fear for our disciple's health."

The Commander of Wojownik Cienia opened her eyes as she felt a familiar presence, she did not hesitate to open the door of the bunker before she dashed towards the person and as soon as she arrived near Shmairan she immediately prostrated herself in front of her.

Shamiran looked at the Commander of the Wojownik Cienia, the person who was her right hand, the person who normally held the highest command of Wojownik Cienia just after her, she looked at the woman who was missing her mask, her right hand and looked greatly injured, but even then Shamiran spoke without any hint of concern in her voice, "Commander, status report."

Without even looking up the Commander began to speak, "My Lady the Prince is currently in a secret place from where he was controlling the array but an explosion occurred which harmed him and since then I was…"

Shamiran's eyes widen momentarily before she spoke, "My family has already left to retrieve him so continue with your report."

"As you command my Lady.", and as such without even lifting her head the Commander began to recall the events of the entire day

Meanwhile, Nuwa and Veena had begun to make their way towards Ryuu's last known location and as they neared his location their anxiety was increasing greatly, especially since they knew Ryuu would have noticed their arrival but he had yet to appear or contact them and that worried them greatly.

"We fear for him."

Veena looked towards Nuwa with a curious look on her face as she spoke, "Why? If he is inside that place then he would be protected so why are you being afraid?"

Nuwa spoke with a frown, "If he is in that place he should know we are here so he should have tried to greet us but then again seeing the destruction at the gate makes me fearful for his safety, an array of that size does not take its forceful destruction too well and Ryuu could only make them work when he is directly interfacing with it as such we fear for his safety."

Veena bit her lips as she spoke, "Then it is good that I decided to follow you."

Nuwa nodded and soon they had reached the central array control, with a wave of her hand every array that was placed to protect and hide the area was removed, the duo then opened the door and soon made their way towards the floating globe of water, except unlike before it was not stable as multiple ripples could be seen appearing on top of it now and then, but what drew their attention was the n.a.k.e.d person lying on the ground bleeding while being covered in greyish coloured fluid.

"Ryan!", a startled scream came from the duo as they quickly went by his side, the vibrant red hair of Ryuu surrounded his head like a dull reddish halo.

Nuwa went to check on him immediately only to be stopped by a glare from Veena, the message was clear to her, 'Do not let your emotion cloud your mind and leave it to me.'

Veena then gently turned Ryuu who had a vacant look in his eyes, with dried blood marks covering his face in a manner that looked as if he had bled heavily from every orifice of his face, the sight of Ryuu in such a condition made her heart clench.

As she held him she could feel the slight tremor and spasm that went through his body, but what alarmed Veena was the irregularity in his KI flow as well as his heartbeat and a brief inspection of his body informed them of his ailment.

Nuwa looked at the serious look on her sister wife's face as she spoke, "Is something wrong?"

"Very much wrong, he has suffered from severe brain damage and nerve damage to the point that his normal organs are malfunctioning and currently he is in a catatonic state."

Nuwa gasped as Veena covered Ryuu's body with a cloth before gently lifting him as she spoke, "Sister please come with me and keep an eye on him, I will have to make a quick check in the herbarium to see if my plants are in good shape so that I can start healing him."

Nuwa nodded as the duo quickly make their way to the infirmary while a sigh of relief passed through Veena seeing the infirmary unharmed, and after placing him gently on an empty bed.

Maheswara meanwhile stood by his long time friend watching the corpse being dealt with, while Khygnos, who had arrived with a contingent of her own, approached them as she spoke with a frown, "What a mess it turned out to be, it reminds of some worst memories that should better be left forgotten."

A dark look passed through Maheswara's face as he spoke, "So true sister."

Rishit quickly spoke to dispel the dark atmosphere that began to settle, "You must be proud of your children Maheswara between Antariskh's success in her tribulation and Ryuu managing to deal with such strong cultivators not to mention his success in Eden."

For a moment both Rishit and Khygnos thought that Maheswara's chest would burst from the amount of pride he felt as he spoke with a jaw ripping smile on his face, "Of course I am between my baby girl's and baby boy's achievement how could I not be proud of."

When all of a sudden Maheswara's smile vanished and was replaced by a look of alarm as he spoke, "Sorry I would like to chat with you but I am needed in the infirmary."

Both Khygnos and Rishit frowned as Khygnos spoke with a look of concern in her voice, "Is something wrong, brother?"

With a heavy sigh, Maheswara replied to them, "Yes, my wives found Ryuu and he seemed to be badly injured."

A look of alarm and a gasp was his reply as Rishit hurriedly spoke, "Would you mind if we follow you."

Maheswara shook his head as he spoke, "Of course not please follow me.", and with that the group soon found themselves standing inside the infirmary where a greatly distressed Nuwa was keeping an eye on Ryuu who laid on the bed with his eyes staring into the unknown with a vacant look in them.