Celestial Overlord: The path of conquest

"Little cripple, you dare resist", a luxurious robed woman shouted coldly. She grasped her hand at air and Xie Long despite unwilling flew towards her. She looked at him with a malice filled eyes.

"Do you know how much I have waited for this day?", she spoke while holding Xie Long by his neck.

"Why are you doing this to us? When have we ever offended you?", Xie Long asked with a rage filled voice. He didn't understand why a group of powerful cultivator would come finding trouble for his family. They started killing innocent servants of his family without saying a single word.

"Little bastard, you are asking for a reason! It is your fault to born to a bitch. I will first kill you infront of her and then torment her slowly. I am wondering how would she react when I kill her son infront of her", the luxurious robed woman replied with a malevolent expression on her face. She could be considered as a beauty but the malice and hatred in her eyes, made her appear like a crazy lunatic.

"Don't harm my mother", Xie Long struggled with all of his might. In his entire life, he had never felt so much helplessness. He was angry but he couldn't move his body.

The malevolent looking woman walked towards a secluded cortyard while holding Xie Long by his neck. Xie Long felt like as if a volcano was erupting with him as he saw her walk step by step towards the chamber of her ailing mother.

"Pei", he gathered courage and spit a mouthful of saliva at the woman's face. From such a close distance , the luxurious robed woman could not avoid his spit.

"You bastard cripple", the woman snarled like a venomous snake. She forcefully threw Xie Long on the ground and stepped on his body.

"Crack", the sound of bone shattering echoed as the woman pressed her foot on his chest. Xie Long felt his vision darkening as the pain of bone shattering was beyond his tolerance limit.

'Only if I am stronger..

Mother I am sorry, this unfilial child can't protect you', these are the last thoughts of Xie Long before his consciousness drifted away.

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"Hey, wake up. How long are you planning to sleep?", Xie Long heard a sweet voice as he gradually woke up from his slumber. He found an otherworldly looking beauty staring at him with both of her hands on her waist. She had some impatience as well as curiousity in her eyes as she looked at him from the sky.

The girl had silver hair and big limpid eyes. Starlight seemed to be simmering in her two luminous eyes as she stared at him. Her face was oval. Two shimmering cherry red lips adorned her face. She was wearing a multicoloured cloth which glowed with a soft dazzling light.

"Hmph! You really are an ungrateful little human. Instead of protresting in front of this princess, you are looking at me foolisy", the beautiful girl snorted. Xie Long felt like hallucinating when he looked at her. Her beauty was so dream like that he couldn't extract himself from it.

"Princess, forgive me. You are so beautiful that I have forgotten my sense of propriety", Xie Long spoke as he slowly sat up. He did his best to look away from the otherworldly girl and took a look at the surrounding. A lost expression appeared on his face as he found the surrounding unfamiliar.

'Am I alive or dead? What is this place? Am I experiencing some kind of after life after dying to those enemies', he murmured to himself.

"Hey, you foolish human, are you willing to be my follower? Looking at your ignorant and pitiful appearance, I have decided to help you", the otherworldly looking beauty interjected.

"Your follower!", Xie Long asked with a dazed expression. Her beauty was such that one would forget his sense of self when looking at her.

"I have lowered myself to help you recover. So, should not you be grateful?", the beauty asked. Her attitude was arrogant but Xie Long could see that she was genuinely interested in helping him.

He took a look at his body after hearing the beautiful girl's words. A look of realisation appeared on his face after he checked on his current condition. 'So, she has really helped me', he thought to himself.

"Princess, I can consider your offer but you have to answer some of my questions first", Xie Long spoke.

"Ask away. Looking at your ignorant expression, your questions will not be much difficult, I think", the beauty spoke. Her two gem like eyes glimmered with shimmering light as she looked at him.

"Where am I? Am I alive or dead?", Xie Long asked. He looked at the otherworldly beauty with a serious expression as these questions were very important for him.

"Of course, you are alive. Dead people can't possibly come inside this pagoda world", the beauty replied. Her eyes became slightly uncertain because she herself was not clear about her second statement.

"So, I am alive!", Xie Long clenched his fists. He thought about the moments before he died and a look of hatred and rage appeared in his eyes.

"Princess, what about others? Did they manage to escape the enemies?", Xie Long asked with a hopeful expression on his face.

"Your enemies are very weak but unfortunately there is only a single cultivator in your household. I do not know how he fared after you are brought away", the beauty replied patiently.

"Then I most hurry up. I don't know how my mother and uncle Jie is holding up at this moment", Xie Long murmured. His hatred and rage boiled as he though about his enemies.

"Are you really that foolish? What is the point in leaving now? According to my estimate, it has been three days since that incident. Even if you charge outside, what can you do with your almost non existent cultivation base?", the beauty snorted.

Xie Long felt like a bucket of cold water fell on his head after he heard the beauty's words. 'That is right. What is the point in charging outside when I can't even cultivate', Xie Long murmured to himself with a self depreciating expression. Unconsciously, he tried to absorb heaven and earth energy into his body and an expression of utter disbelief appeared on his face.

"Wait, how is this possible! I can finally draw heaven and earth energy into my body", Xie Long murmured with an ecstatic expression on his face. The disdain on the beauty's face didn't dampen his enthusiasm as he continued to absorb heaven and earth's energy into his body.

"How foolish! With your bloodline, it is a given that you will excel in your cultivation", the beauty ridiculed. Xie Long's cheerful expression felt very amusing to her. So, she smiled slightly.

"What do you mean? My bloodline?", Xie Long asked in a somewhat confused manner. After years long survival in mediocrity, he had stopped dreaming about any bloodline advantage.

According to him, his bloodline couldn't be more mediocre than the rest. Other boys of his age found some support regarding cultivation due to their bloodline but he had enjoyed no such advantage. Since childhood, he had only heard ridicules and faced disdain due to his inability to cultivate.

Other cultivators of his age who had support of a decent ancestoral bloodline, grew closer to a particular element while starting their cultivation. Depending upon their affinity with that element, their cultivation talent was labelled.

A cultivator who could sense a particular element was already considered a talent. They were a position higher than ordinary cultivators who didn't feel any special affinity towards heaven and earth's elements.

Xie Long never felt any closeness towards any elements in particular. So, the notion of bloodline support confused him more.

"Both of your paternal and maternal bloodline are excellent. Although the purity of your maternal bloodline had reduced, it can be nursed back to the ancestral level with the Pagoda world's resources.

As for your paternal bloodline, even I can't see through it. One of the reason this divine pagoda has accepted you, is most probably linked to your paternal bloodline", the beauty spoke. Even with her arrogant nature, she was impressed with Xie Long's paternal bloodline.

"Paternal bloodline!", Xie Long had bittersweet emotions about his father. He resented him because his father was never there when he needed him the most. Yet, he could never bring himself to hate him because he was the most heroic figure in his mother's eyes.

Xie Long had grew upon hearing stories about how brave and powerful his father was. But the impression of his father gradually faded away as he started to face the difficulties of life. He unconsciously reached towards his chest to hold the pendant his father had left him but upon reaching out, he found no pendant on his neck. The pagoda shaped pendant was the only memento his father had left for him.

"Could it be....!", Xie Long's eyes widened as he thought about a shocking possibility.