Monarch of Darkness

Death energy swirled around Evan as a response to his utmost concentration. Strands of greyish energy entered his body through his body pores. His body started to wilt and his skin started to form wrinkles.

He didn't stop despite the rapid loss of his vitality. The trace of life started to fade away from his body. He continued circulating the death energy despite the risk involved. He stopped only after he became too weak for cultivation. He was looking like a dying man when he stopped. He fainted soon after due to the overexhaustation of his life energy.

When Evan opened his eyes again, he felt refreshed. His dying body had already recovered. Thanks to his ice phoenix bloodline, his body recovered during his sleep.

Evan had lost the sense of time in this place where death was the only presense. In this greyish world, there was neither the warmth of sun, nor the gentle touch of moon. There was only the sense of desolation. He didn't know about the time he had slept this time. But he didn't bother much either. This time his sole purpose for coming here to upgrade his overall strength.

Evan was approaching the age of nine this year. According to the standard of Northpeak empire, his cultivation was already way ahead compared to his contemporaries. But Evan was unsatisfied. For him who bear the heavy responsibility of reviving the lost pride of devils, this much strength was not even a drop of water in the vast Ocean of cultivation world. But he was not desperate either, he was giving as much effort as he could but also ensuring firm foundation in every cultivation realm. His age may be on the lower side but there was barely anyone who could match his knowledge in this small Northpeak empire. Using his knowledge as the touchstone, Evan was molding his every cultivation realm superbly. He was already superior in terms of Elemental mastery and now he was trying to master the death element which was considered as impossible for many others.

Evan didn't slack at all. He again started circulating the death energy using his all concentration. This time he lasted a little bit longer. His body started to lose vitality like before and he again lost conciousness after overdrafting his vitality. Actually, Evan wouldn't be so reckless without his ice phoenix bloodline. The possession of such unique bloodline of divine beast enabled him to cultivate such tyrannical energy without the risk of dying. Evan continued his cultivation soon after he awakened. He cultivated again untill his limit and fainted after overdrafting his vitality. This process continued without any disturbance from Evan's part. In the grey world, among the dead creatures, he cultivated singlemindedly without concern for the passing time.

Days passed like the floating cloud. Evan was cultivating as usual in the desolate grey world. Little strands of grey energy was entering inside his body through every pores of his body. Suddenly, the concentration of death energy increased near the area where Evan was cultivating. More thicker strands started to enter inside the body of Evan. If the previous strands were like thin threads, the new strands of greyish energy could be compared to the droplets of rain water. The quantity of the greyish energy increased substantially compared to before. Evan didn't open his eyes instantly. Only after circulating the new strands which were the size of rain droplets for sometime, did he open his eyes. His face was looking pale due to the lose of vitality. But a visible satisfaction could be seen in his pitch black eyes.

He decided to rest for some time. In this period of time, when he was busy in mastering the supreme death element, he had already developed resistance towards the withering effect of death energy. His body had already adapted itself to the tyrannical effect of death energy. He felt satisfied because mastering the supreme element was completely different from mastering the other heavenly elements. He didn't struggle much while cultivating the heavenly elements the path to the mastery of supreme element was full of struggle. He had lost count of the times when he fainted due to overdrafting his vitality. But his hardwork didn't go to waste. He reached the middle stage of Element sensing realm in case of death energy.

Actually he had already reached the middle stage of Meridian opening realm but it didn't mean he could automatically use all the elements he was familiar with. Cultivation was like climbing endless steps. One couldn't reach the top with a single step. One must grow his familiar with the said element by going through the process of Element sensing realm and only after reaching the peak of Element sensing realm could he integrate the element with his meridians.

After resting for some time, Evan recovered his vitality. He walked out of the greyish world by stepping inside the teleportation portal. Soon after his appearance, old man Brasylx materialized near him out of thin air. Evan didn't become surprised by his sudden appearance because he had some knowledge about the abilities of artifact spirits.

"Brat, you are a monster. You managed to cultivate death energy even after its tyrannical suppression towards living creatures", Brasylx exclaimed in a high pitch tone. His look was rather odd towards Evan. Generally, having affinity towards a supreme Element was itself a great achievement for any cultivator. Detecting the supreme Element and attracting some of its energy toward ones body meant attaining the early stage of Element sensing realm. Everyone found it rather difficult to progress further due to its high requirement towards a cultivator. Only after reaching higher cultivation levels did cultivators manage to acheive breakthrough in supreme element. Evan was different, he had already reached the middle stage of element sensing realm in death energy. It meant he could use death energy freely after attaining two more breakthroughs. Wielding a supreme Element from such a tender age, old man Brasylx couldn't find more words to describe this acheivemet of Evan. He could only labled such acheivemets as heavendefying acts of a monster.