Warrior's Promise

The nine puppets bowed deeply and then immediately checked on Su Mo's condition.

They all let out a sigh of relief after they completed their checks. Su Mo's poison had been neutralized. However, his body had been harmed badly by the toxins and he would not awake for the time being.

"That was a near miss. The Holy Son will wake in two days," Stone One said.

Then, they brought Su Mo out of the stone chamber.

...

Su Mo had a wonderful dream.

In the dream, he had successfully saved Hong Qingxuan. And not only that, he had managed to revive Qian Xunyue!

Xi'er, Hong Qingxuan and Qian Xunyue were the three most important women in his life and they had all returned to his side.

All was well!

But one would always wake up from dreams. After some time, Su Mo awoke and the dream ended.

He slowly opened his eyes and found that he was lying on a stone bed. The room was the palace he stayed in the last time he came to the Firmament Palace.

"Holy Son, you're awake!"

Gold One's voice sounded, his massive figure appearing before Su Mo.

"Senior Gold One!" Su Mo said softly. He wanted to get up, but his body felt extremely heavy and out of his control.

"Holy Son, don't move!"

Gold One pressed his palms together and said, "Your body was very badly damaged by the Netherworld Poison Water. I have given you the best spiritual herbs and you are recovering. You still need to convalesce for a period of time."

"Alright! Thank you, senior Gold One!" Su Mo thanked.

"You're welcome, Holy Son!"

Gold One shook his head and asked gravely, "Holy Son, who injured you?"

"It's the people from the Netherworld Devil Sect!" Su Mo said in a low voice, his voice full of self-reproach. He had been too careless to have been poisoned by that woman.

However, the woman's transfiguration skills were impressive. Her appearance and aura were all like Hong Qingxuan's, and it was hard to find anything off if one did not examine carefully.

Gold One nodded. He knew of the Netherworld Devil Sect and had already guessed that they were involved.

"Holy Son, you should rest and recuperate. After you are healed, we will tell you everything about the Firmament World and Trial Tester!" said Gold One.

"Alright!" Su Mo nodded. He wanted to know more about the Trial Tester as well.

Then, the two conversed for a while before Gold One left.

Su Mo laid on the stone bed, his emotions calming down. He thought carefully about what happened with the Netherworld Devil Sect.

He had not managed to save Hong Qingxuan, and it was likely that he would not be able to save her in the short term. He wondered if she would be in danger after this incident.

Su Mo was very worried. However, his injuries had not healed and it was impossible for him to save her now. He could only wait for him to gain enough strength before rescuing her again.

He could only hope that she would be lucky and be unharmed!

Then, Su Mo cleared his mind and recuperated.

Time flew by and two weeks quickly passed. Gold One and the other puppets visited Su Mo often over these two weeks.

Sikong Yan and Wenren Tiandu both came twice.

While Su Mo had not regained his original strength after two weeks, he could now move freely.

He had also regained about 50 to 60 percent of his strength.

Today, Su Mo was meditating and calming his breath in the palace when the nine puppets, Sikong Yan and Wenren Tiandu came.

"Holy Son! You have mostly recovered. Today is the day you take your place as the Palace Master!" Gold One said, standing in front of Su Mo.

"Take my place as the Palace Master?" Su Mo asked in surprise. This was too sudden! They had not told him beforehand!

"That's right!"

Stone One nodded and said, "Holy Son, even though your cultivation is only in the Lv 7 Martial King Realm, but according to Sikong Yan and Wenren Tiandu, you already have the power of Lv 5 or 6 in the Martial Royal Realm. You can totally take your place as the Palace Master officially!"

"This...isn't this too rushed?" Su Mo was a little stunned. The Firmament Palace was like an empty shell right now, there wasn't a need to take the place as the Palace Master so urgently!

"It's not rushed. You can think about the others once you become the Palace Master!" Fire One said.

"Su Mo, it is imperative for you to become the Palace Master!" said Wenren Tiandu.

"That's right, you were going to inherit the place sooner or later anyway!" said Sikong Yan.

"Alright!" Seeing that everyone was asking him to ascend the throne, Su Mo nodded. Indeed, this would happen sooner or later, so it didn't matter when it happened.

Then, Su Mo followed the puppets and left the palace he was residing in.

They all came to a palace called the "Ancestor Hall". This was where the statues of all the previous Palace Masters was placed.

"Holy Son, times are different now, so we won't hold the coronation ceremony. You just have to bow to your ancestors and then you'd have officially ascended the throne!" said Gold One.

Su Mo nodded. It was better to have a simpler ceremony. He didn't want to make a huge fuss!

Then, Su Mo walked up to a statue and considered it solemnly.

Gold One spoke again.

"Palace Master of past generations, today, Holy Son, Su Mo, is taking his place as the new Palace Master of the Firmament Palace. He will lead the Palace towards glory once more!"

Gold One's voice rang within the hall. Suddenly, a ball of faint white light rose from each statue.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!

The balls of white light shot out and into Su Mo's body.

"What is this?" Su Mo was surprised. However, he did not feel any change after the white light entered his body.

Su Mo looked at Gold One questioningly.

Gold One smiled and said, "Holy Son, this is the blessing of the old Palace Masters. Even though they cannot boost your strength, they can boost your luck."

"Boost my luck?" Su Mo grew even more surprised when he heard that. It'd be great if it could boost his luck.

Luck might be intangible, but it did exist and had affected martial artists greatly.

"Holy Son, please bow nine times to the Palace Masters of the past!" said Gold One.

Gold One was the only one presiding over Su Mo's ascension while the other puppets watched quietly.

Su Mo took a deep breath and then, placed his fists together and bowed nine times to the statues.

"Greetings, Palace Master!"

"Greetings, Palace Master!"

"Greetings, Palace Master!"

After bowing nine times, the nine puppets, Sikong Yan and Wenren Tiandu all bowed at Su Mo.

From now on, Su Mo was officially the Palace Master of the Firmament Palace.

After tens of thousands of years of silence, the Firmament Palace finally had a new Palace Master.

"Rise!"

Su Mo turned to look at everyone and indicated for them to rise.

They all rose and Gold One said, "Palace Master, please go to the Firmament Palace. We have something to tell you!"

Su Mo nodded, and they all headed towards the Firmament Palace.