Chapter 139 - A Talk With The Frozen Cloud Asgard

"Hello there ladies. It's good to see you once again." Said Mesa, walking out of the portal with the Yamato in his left hand and a shit eating grin on his face.

Arriving at the Frozen Cloud Asgard, Mesa was met with the surprised gazes of Asgard Mistress Gong Yuxian, Chu Yuechan and Chu Yueli and the relaxed expression of Xia Qingyue.

"Who are you? And how dare you intrude upon my Frozen Cloud Asgard!" Said Gong Yuxian.

"Intrude?" Said Mesa with a frown at her question. "I believe I was invited here. In part because there is a need to talk about what happened regarding the events at the tournament. And also because we need to have a talk regarding the future of the Frozen Cloud Asgard."

"What could you, a man, offer the Frozen Cloud Asgard? Your presence here is already a violation! Leave! Now!" Commanded Gong Yuxian and simultaneously exerting her power as a level 3 Emperor Profound Realm on Mesa. The surroundings started to get even colder and before long, she shot her attack straight at Mesa.

FROZEN HEAVEN COFFIN

"No! Mistress, that is Mesa! He is not dead! He is here to talk!" Shouted out Chu Yuechan and Chu Yueli after they saw Palace Mistress Gong Yuxian launch an attack at Mesa, but it was already to late.

Mesa just stood there and let Gong Yuxian's attack hit him. The Frozen Heaven Coffin turned him into a frozen statue. Just as she had assumed Mesa was vanquished, she suddenly feels a hand on her shoulder. Looking back, she stares straight into Mesa's eyes, his Mangekyo Sharingans, and found herself unable to move anymore. The Mesa that was encased in the Frozen Heart Coffin, had vanished, indicating that he was an illusion from the beginning.

"Palace Mistress, I have not come here to fight, but to have a serious talk regarding the future of the Frozen Cloud Asgard. But if you dead seat on fighting, then I will oblige." Said Mesa, unleashing his full level 7 Emperor Profound Realm power on Gong Yuxian, who was staring at him with surprise and fear in her eyes. Even Chu Yuechan, Chu Yueli and Xia Qingyue were surprised, they didn't see Mesa move at all, and somehow he just appeared behind Palace Mistress, without anyone seeing how he did it.

"Y-y-you're a… throne too?! But how?! And how are you here, you were supposed to be dead." Stammered out Gong Yuxian, totally flabbergasted at everything that happened just now.

"In the eyes of the Blue Wind Empire, I am dead. But in reality, I am very much alive. Basically, I am unkillable to the point of nigh immortality and I can teleport. Now that we have this whole silly thing out of the way, it's about time we start this talk. Because like I said, this concerns the fate of the entire Frozen Cloud Asgard." Said Mesa.

"As you may have seen, Xia Qingyue here has brought back a 100 Tyrant & Sovereign Profound Realm beast cores. And I am pretty sure you very much want to know how she got it. The short answer is: I gave it to her. The not so short answer is, what happened before I gave it to her." Said Mesa and used the Sharingan on all three of them to place a genjutsu on them, showing them everything that happened in the Heaven Secret Basin Realm from the moment he and Xia Qingyue continued on together. He showed them how they found the Emperor Awakening Heart Lotus, to the desperate battles Mesa had to fight against the giant werewolves, to the arrival of the Lich King and his battle against him. Suffice to say, all three of them were shocked, even horrified, at the scene that had just witnessed.

"So, as you can see. I was the one responsible for the extermination of all those Tyrant and Sovereign Profound Realm Beasts and those undead creatures in the Heaven Secret Basin Realm with that golden light. And seeing as how I had collected 3350 Tyrant Profound Realm beast cores and 1585 Sovereign Profound Realm beast cores, I decided to give a 100 of each to Xia Qingyue to bring back as my first… contribution to the Frozen Cloud Asgard." Said Mesa.

"Contribution? What do you mean by contribution?" Asked Gong Yuxian confused.

Hearing her obvious question, Mesa couldn't help but smirk arrogantly: "Exactly what it means, contribution. For you see Gong Yuxian, destiny had decided to grant the Frozen Cloud Asgard the opportunity to surpass the Four Sacred Ground. And they did that by having my path and The Frozen Cloud Asgard's paths intersect with each other."

Hearing this, Gong Yuxian didn't know what to think. On the one hand, the sacred rules of the Sect that she had adhered to all her life forbids men from entering the Frozen Cloud Asgard and the disciples of the Frozen Cloud Asgard from having any contact with men. But on the other hand, the opportunity to surpass the Four Sacred Ground was one that every sect on the Profound Sky Continent was more than eager to take. But she also knew that this was but a dream. And if it so happened that one was on the verge of surpassing the Four Sacred Grounds, then they would intervene and insure the status quo was not broken.

"And what makes you think that could be possible in the first place, or that I would allow this to happen and let you endanger the Frozen Cloud Asgard? Granted, you are an unexplainable… monster! But this doesn't mean that I will allow you to use the Frozen Cloud Asgard as your own personal experiment and drag the Frozen Cloud Asgard down into a conflict with the Four Sacred Ground and let you ruin it!" Said Gong Yuxian very defensively.

Closing his eyes, Mesa didn't feel particularly insulted in any way. Frankly, he understood her. As the Mistress of the Frozen Cloud Asgard, it was her duty to oversee it, make sure that it grows and to protect it from danger.

"I can understand your hesitation, Palace Mistress. You want to safeguard the Frozen Cloud Asgard and unsure its survival into the future. But!" Said Mesa and suddenly opened his eyes: "I am afraid events have already been set in motion that cannot be stopped anymore." Said Mesa in an overbearing tone.

"Firstly, our paths had crossed many months ago when I had granted Xia Qingyue the Heavenly God Spiritual Veins and cleansed her body of the cold energy." Said Mesa much to the surprise of both Gong Yuxian and Chu Yueli.

"That was you?!"

"Secondly, I was the one who granted Chu Yuechan the Heavenly God Spiritual Veins and helped her ascend to Emperor Profound Realm." This time Gong Yuxian looked over in surprise at Chu Yuechan.

"Thirdly, I was the one who GAVE you all those Profound Beast cores for you to use. And seeing as how they all came from ice type profound beasts, it is the perfect match for you. And lastly, I solved the issue regarding the side effects from cultivating the Frozen Cloud Arts." Said Mesa.

"What do you mean, you solved the issues? What could you have done, that a thousand years of Frozen Cloud disciples failed at doing?" Said Gong Yuxian defensively. To her, the Frozen Cloud Arts were the core of her way of life. Hearing that some 'man', managed to solve the issue regarding the side effects that came with cultivating the Frozen Cloud Arts, made her more defensive than before.

"Simple. I have solved the issues regarding the side effects caused by the remnant cold energy that stays behind the body when one cultivates the Frozen Cloud Arts, by creating an entirely new Profound Art for you to practice that is much more powerful than the Frozen Cloud Arts, but has none of its drawbacks." Said Mesa, much to Gong Yuxian's understandable ire.

"How dare you! How dare you suggest that we should trade the Frozen Cloud Arts, the core Profound Arts that the Frozen Cloud Asgard has practiced for a thousand years, for some other Profound Art that you made!" Said Gong Yuxian angrily.

Instead of reacting to her, Mesa simply claps his hands together and gathers an immense amount of Profound Energy. After that, he slams his right hand down on the ground and uses…

TRUE ICE ARTS: BEAST SUMMONING ARTS

Underneath Mesa, a giant Profound formation is formed that encompasses the entire central room that they are in right now. And out of this profound formation, giant beasts made of ice start to arise from it. Gong Yuxian, Chu Yueli and Xia Qingyue were left stupefied as they watched how enormous beasts made of ice were being made in front of their eyes. Chu Yuechan on the other hand stayed calm, as she had already seen Mesa do this one time. Looking around, Gong Yuxian didn't know what was happening and she couldn't find a way to respond. When the summoning was over, multiple giant beasts stood in the giant central room, that was just large enough to accommodate them.

(A.N.: For anyone who had seen the Pacific Rim & Godzilla movies, they would recognize the monsters. Because standing there in the central room from the Godzilla movies were: Godzilla himself, Mothra and Behemoth. And from the Pacific Rim movies were: Raiju, Raijin and Slattern.)

Still in a stupor, Gong Yuxian was awakened from it when Mesa continued on talking: "So Palace Mistress, as you can see, this is what I am capable off. But this is but a small part of what those practicing the Profound Art that I have created, the True Ice Arts, can do when they have mastered it to it zenith." Said Mesa triumphantly, before undoing his summoning, causing all the ice monsters he created to disintegrate into power snow.

"I understand that it is difficult to make a change. But, to those who practice the True Ice, all of the drawbacks that the Frozen Cloud Art has is no longer a concern. Gone are the cold energy that stays within the body that causes it to be perpetually cold. Gone are the days of bodily pains caused by the cold energy and staying awake at night, feeling really cold and being unable to move. Those who practice the True Ice Arts are capable of much more than what the Frozen Cloud Arts could ever do. Those who practice the True Ice Arts to its zenith are capable of creating massive monstrosities of ice, creating entire fortresses of ice and being able to freeze anything in existence, including water, the air around us. Even the Profound Energy within a person's body can be frozen, denying them the ability to use it. And best of all, it can even freeze fire itself." Said Mesa triumphantly.

"So like I said earlier, our paths have crossed and I will elevate the Frozen Cloud Asgard to the rank of Sacred Ground, whether they like it or not. And besides, I will crush the Four Sacred Grounds beneath my boot and show them that their time at the top is over."

"W-w-what… are you?" Said Gong Yuxian weakly.

Hearing this same question again, Mesa smiled confidently at Gong Yuxian and proclaimed himself once again: "The name is Mesa Uchiha. The man chosen by destiny and the one who can make the impossible possible."