Divine Emperor of Death

The people in the royal capital looked above and saw the skies changing colors as if the apocalypse had arrived. They had no idea what was occurring so couldn't help but run and scram to their homes, especially to their loved ones.

The temperature increasingly inflated as they all felt warmer and hotter by the second, leading to a wide rise panic.

Even the Third Stage Cultivators were sweating while the Lower Stage Cultivators were feeling as if their blood was evaporating.

However, even in this rabid heat caused by the flames raging above, some bold and greedy people even took this opportunity to steal and plunder the wares that were being sold on the streets. However, the guards that were placed witnessed the robbery and chased them to the end of the royal capital, not willing to let them go.

Fortunately, Logan and Claire were battling in the skies, so the heat from Claire's flames was only a form of torture and not life-threatening for them.

At the Royal Castle, Throne Hall, Balcony.

Randal and Hendrickson stared at the skies as they witnessed the prowess of the Emperor and Empress.

Violent flames collided with those arcs of lightning creating a magnificent yet fearful sight to behold. Their eyes were filled with awe of their cultivation that had reached the Peak of the Fifth Stage, nearing the Sixth Stage, yet worry clouded the same eyes.

Hendrickson panicked a second later as he muttered, "Even though I advised the Emperor to not anger the Empress..."

Randal gritted his teeth as he uttered, "There's no use crying over spilled spirit milk! We must stop them now or the Loret Empire would once again be weakened to wide margin."

'If even one of them dies...' Randal thought but he didn't speak, afraid of the outcome that would come out of this battle.

Suddenly, a royal guard hurriedly ran towards them as he stopped to report, "Commander! There no sight of Crown Prince Davis in the vicinity!"

"What? At this time?" Randal panicked even more than Hendrickson when he heard that.

Hendrickson reacted to that report and asked impatiently, "Princess Clara! Where is Princess Clara?"

The guard who came to report lowered his head once more, "We... We couldn't find Princess Clara..."

Randal shouted in a fit of anger, "Then what about Princess Evelynn!? That person should be in Crown Prince Davis's room!"

The guard no longer looked down as he kept his gaze straight with determination, "Including Princess Evelynn, we couldn't find Princess Diana and Prince Edward as well! 

"We could only find the other children of the Emperor but they were all with their mothers, refusing to come out fearing for their safety!"

Hendrickson and Randal were stunned. The former's expression turned crazy, "This is a conspiracy! A rebellion!"

Randal looked at Hendrickson as he shouted, "Stop farting out your baseless thoughts!"

He perfectly understood that those weak royal family members were in no state to confront those two powerful people. 

Even they were at the tip of their toes, not daring to go closer to open their mouths.

He glanced at the guard and quickly commanded, "Send guards to all around the Royal Capital, search for them! If you find anyone of them, promptly inform me!"

"Yes!" The guard ran off even without saluting.

Randal's expression turned extremely solemn to behold, "I just hope Crown Prince Davis can return before something ugly happens..."

If someone can stop these two right now, then only Crown Prince Davis could according to his knowledge. He hoped that Crown Prince Davis soon appear to stop them from battling each other to death.

Hendrickson also regained his bearings before he nodded his head while taking a deep breath. The situation had deteriorated to this degree, yet why couldn't he see it coming?

He even felt it be surreal. Where are all the main family members?

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In the skies beside the Royal Castle, five silhouettes stood together, floating in the air as they watched the battle far above the skies.

The dark-like energy, the transparent black soul force swirled around them as it enshrouded their existence, making them invisible to the eyes of the incompetent.

Davis's eyes keenly watched them fight as they battled each other with heart wrenching cries.

Edward was already crying silently while Diana was on the verge of tears. Only Clara had a solemn expression on her face when even Evelynn no longer had the heart to see them battle.

Evelynn held Davis's arms as she felt extremely insecure about the battle happening above them.

"Big Brother, stop them, wuwuwu..." Edward voiced out as he wiped his tears away with his sleeves.

"Big Brother..." Diana quietly uttered, her eyes fixed on their battle yet her mouth was also urging her big brother to stop them.

Clara glanced at Davis, wanting to see his expression.

"I am the one who orchestrated this battle... So don't worry, I won't let them die in front of me..." Davis uttered as he smiled at them.

His eye's once again moved in the direction of the battle, seeing each of their moves and analyzing it.

'A person's actions are so easy to control when they are controlled by their emotions.'

It was absolutely the case for Claire. 

When Evelynn told Claire that Logan wanted to divorce her, she went crazy even without confirming the facts.

And why was that? It was because her heart had already arrived at that conclusion that her and Logan's relationship was already at the endpoint.

Davis was well aware that Claire was a conservative type of person. To her, the word divorce should be taboo among taboos.

Yet, he ruthlessly used it against her.

When a person's emotions hit rock bottom, it became extremely easy to predict what they would do given the situation.

Even without any substantial planning, Claire danced just as he predicted.

The problem was, 'Will she continue to act as I've predicted?' Davis thought as he grit his teeth, even his heart hurt while seeing his mother's silhouette.

Even if the plan failed, he had the strength to forcefully stop them but that would break their husband and wife relationship to pieces, unable to fix it with adhesive any more.

But that wasn't where his confidence came from...

His confidence came hugely from the fact that their lifespan in his Death God Eyes told him that they won't die any soon.

This meant, that they would either make up with each other or he would step in to save them.

This is where he got fifty percent of his confidence from, otherwise, he wouldn't dare to act on it. However, if the latter occurred, then they would truly separate in a realistic sense.

'Well then, I hope the former succeeds...' His eyes flashed as he kept track of every one of their movements, intending to step in once things got truly ugly.

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*Shhhh!~*

Huge waves of flames capable of turning a Fourth Stage Cultivator to a crisp in an instance streamed in the skies like a flowing river.

Logan's body was clad in purple lightning as if he was an emperor of thunder. Electricity flowed through his hands and shot towards the wave of flames, however, some of the flames managed to threaten him as it appeared in front of him.

Logan skillfully maneuvered between the raging flames as he slashed with his sword, creating strings of lightning that stayed in the air as it crackled.

The skies were painted in red and purple as it glowed brightly while resounding cackles and sparks spread from their contact.

Lightning Laws and Fire Laws provoked and eliminated each other, however, the flames were gaining the upper hand as Claire's comprehension was stronger than Logan's. 

Logan had already stopped trying to stop her with words since his voice didn't seem to reach her no matter how hard he tried.

Their fight had already continued for more than ten minutes, nevertheless, he was starting to understand.

He decided to take the sword into his hand to stop her from going berserk because no matter how he saw it, he was aware that he never saw a crazed expression like that on Claire's face in his lifetime.

This meant that something was clearly wrong with her.

Furthermore, he couldn't place his finger on what had happened but it was just that he was unaware of Davis's schemes even though he was slightly doubtful because of the latter's words before the fight began.

"Ahhh!" Claire screamed as she threw waves of scorching flames at him whenever she caught sight of his silhouette.

Her screams sounded more like despair than anger but it sounded grating all the same.

From time to time, Logan could even hear her mutter, "Why? Why?"

Likely, if someone was in close proximity to Claire, even they could tell that she had gone crazy.

Logan could see her frail figure among the flames, his heart, wrenching in pain.

Fearing that she would break inwardly, Logan used Soul Transmission to placate her but a barrier of soul force was maintained over her soul, making him unable to communicate.

Having no choice but to defeat her first, he defended himself from her raging flames and set up a field of lightning strings surrounding her while haphazardly dodging her released flames.

Now with the last strings of lightning he created, he had finally planted those strings of lightning in the air, so he retreated to a safe distance.

Claire went after him, not even bothering about the strings of lightning placed in between her surroundings.

Logan narrowed his eyes.

This again, told him that she was absolutely not sane. The thought of harming her flashed past his mind and he lowered his hands as hesitation and reluctance swept through his heart.

"I can't..." Logan hatefully clenched his fists and retreated again, not intending to activate the trap which was deadly if hit directly.

He didn't want her harmed in the least, however, if he couldn't stop her... He didn't even want to think about it.

Their battlefield once again shifted, and they crossed the northern gates, going outside the Royal Capital as they fought.

Davis and the others also promptly followed them to the outside.

Logan did his best to dodge her attacks but as time passed by, he found it increasingly difficult to continue receiving her onslaught.

"Open your eyes, Claire! Stop this and hear me out!"

As the fight above continued, Davis narrowed his eyes as he thought, 'This is bad...'

He predicted that Claire would lose her mind and attack for a while but he never imagined a cultivator of her caliber would fully lose her mind to the savageness of a heart demon.

The symptoms were quite clear right now.

Absolutely crazed!

"Enough, I'll stop them!" Davis said as he moved forward but was stopped by a little hand that grasped his robe.

Davis was stunned as he turned to look back. The one who stopped him was none other than Edward.

"Use me..." Edward uttered with a faint determination in his eyes.

"Are you sure, Edward?" Davis's eyes widened, "You might really die..."

"The way mother is right now... I would rather die!" Edward replied as he clenched his fists.

The five of them were in this together as Davis told them about his plan.

Although Edward didn't understand the intricacies, his big brother told him that this plan would work out with their help.

He gave each of them a role in case if a certain situation rises by, and this situation was exactly he knew where his role came into play.

To awaken Claire's motherly instincts.

Davis had once experienced Claire's, pure motherly love. Although the situation was different, he had complete confidence that Edward would be able to stop her even if a heart demon possessed her.

When compared to him who was grown up, who was just a son in a sense, Edward would induce way more motherly instincts in Claire.

If he made a move now, sure, he would be able to stop them, however, they would separate for eternity. He didn't want that so he considered sending Edward to them while they were fighting.

He had the confidence to protect Edward with his soul force, so he was just about to make his decision when suddenly, the flames and lightning clashed at a close range in the skies and the silhouette of two figures slightly came into their view.

"Shit!" Davis's hair stood on the end.

He could see that Logan just had to choose a worse timing to finish their 'life and death' battle!

Logan's arm emerged from the burning flames as he was clad in lightning, sizzling and crackling sounds echoed from him as he was slightly burnt in all sides. His hair was scorched, his robes were burned to ashes...

But still...

*Pahh!~*

Logan grasped her flaming hand with his own and pulled her towards him when suddenly his other hand appeared and a slap sharply echoed, resounding throughout the area!

The whole area went silent as the flames and the lightning receded, and even Davis who was just about to make his move was stunned beyond compare.

"Snap out of it! Claire!!!"