Rise of the Cosmic_Emperor

The Duke ate some mending pills that covered up any cosmetic damage or harm that he had suffered so that his skin was back to normal... At least normal enough for no one to realize what had happened behind closed doors or further embarrass him as Duke and supposedly the most powerful man in his Duchy.

That said, the healing was mostly cosmetic and even though he was now free of his heart demon and was back in tip-top shape in terms of cultivation, the Duke was still injured and not really back at one hundred percent.

Of course, being the Cosmic saint that he was, he was sure to make a full recovery even though his heart would never fully heal.

Forevermore, he would be scarred by what had happened today and would never be able to forgive his wife, Raelyn, or the Blue-eyed Bastard.

The sad part was that he still cared for Raelyn but now knew there was no way he could ever have a relationship with her... Conventional or not.

There was no hope for what he wanted... Not to mention that he doubted that they could possibly move past all that had happened (what with her breaking his arms and legs and punishing him enough for him to get branded by the blue-eyed Devil that was Hal) it was also made quite clear to himself that Raelyn was Hal\'s...

The Duchess was Hal\'s property and he(Hal) had many more years of torturous and painful pleasure planned for her.

Probably the only good news that the Duke could note about all this was that he had now gotten some sort of closure...

It would take a while but Rody felt that he would surely move on from this...

He would finally seek a partner that would give him all that he could never have gotten from Raelyn but had been stubbornly adamant about getting out of a sense of devotion to a woman who clearly never cared about him as much as he cared about her.

Seeing as Hal held up the necklaces, the Duke got upset but eventually concluded that it was probably for the best that he never saw them again.

Just like the sight of Raelyn\'s beautiful face, the necklaces were only a painful reminder of what could never be.

That said, there was something about the way Hal looked at the necklaces that had him thinking that they were much more than he had ever thought they were.

Ordinarily, Rody had known the pieces hanging off the necklaces had the had makings of an Artifact as this was further proven by how sturdy they were but other than being difficult to destroy, he had never noticed another use for the pieces.

It would seem, judging by Hal\'s expression at the sight of them, that they were worth even more than he had ever thought.

Oh well, he no longer had a say in what they could be used for...

They had been claimed by Hal now and it would do well to look away.

\'Oh, how I have fallen... Fallen so deep into a trap that a Cosmic Aurora realm cultivator now has the power to kill me with a single thought...

What has become of me?

What will my father, my grandfather, and everyone who has ruled Arkene Duchy before me, think if they could see me now?\' Rody thought and Hal chuckled before eyeing him,

Hal had heard the Duke\'s thoughts but decided not to comment... He merely rolled his eyes at Rody for how ridiculous he found his thoughts to be.

Rody took off his dirty robes and retrieved simpler ones from his spatial ring to put on and once he was presentable again, Hal opened the portal, and all three of them stepped out of the Harem space and back into Raelyn\'s room.

The Duke took one look about the room before he sighed and walked out with Alina pulling the door open before he could even ask for it to be opened.

The little entourage he had come with was surprised that the Duke was out of the room so early but it was not their place to ask questions and they merely escorted him back to his residence where Rody planned to start with the orders he had been given by Hal.

Meanwhile, back in the Duchess\' room, Raelyn had taken off her ceremonial robes as she and Alina proceeded to take off Hal\'s clothes before they commenced thorough worship of his body in foreplay to end in a hard threesome fuck that would surely not lack the pain that had become a signature of their sessions with Hal.

Raelyn had no look of remorse on her face for what she had just done to her husband and how much he had made him suffer as her entire attention was on the large cock that she wanted to feel wreaking havoc within her pussy.

All through the night and till dawn the next day, Hal fucked and tortured the two without rest.

He thoroughly worked their bodies and by the time he was done, neither of the two could move and were mostly unresponsive.

Hal waited until they were recovered while using that time to refine the essence he had gotten from them that saw him inching closer to the creation of the first floor of his cosmic pagoda which would advance him to the Early stage of the Cosmic Pagoda realm.

Once the two were once again awake, Hal tasked them with providing a carriage to take him out of the Duchy palace and to any location of his choice.

in barely an hour, there was a grand and furnished carriage outside the Duchess\' residence ready to take him to wherever he wished, and right before he entered the said carriage, Hal granted them two Harem keys.

Using it as a sign and a declaration that this parting did not mean he would no longer torture them and please them through pain.

The Harem space would always be a rendezvous point...

The idea that they would still get to feel the only thing that could ever bring them pleasure brought a wide smile to the faces of the Duchess and her maid.

Hal entered the carriage immediately after he told them this but he did not need to see their faces to feel their excitement.

He had simultaneously passed similar information to Myrtle the Head attendant and he could feel her excitement as well.

The carriage took him out of the Arkene Duchy palace and towards Rose Petal restaurant where he planned to meet up with Aliya.

Now, considering Aliya\'s threats and the obvious hostility she had against him, Hal should have probably just gotten out of the Arkene Duchy and away from her but he saw no point in doing so.

Eleven days had already passed since he met up with Tanya in the Imperial Palace and in about four days (give or take one) the monument of Ordinances would open.

By now, everyone who wished to enter the monument must already be prepared, and Hal himself, while not looking like it, was preparing as well.

The journey back to the Imperial city without an Express Teleportation circle like the one Hal had used in the Imperial palace, would take four days and with the Express teleportation circle, it would take two days...

... But Hal could make the trip almost instantaneously.

All he had to do was enter the Harem space and have one of his ladies already in the Imperial city open a portal with which he could exit the Harem space and arrive at the Imperial City.

This was his planned way of bending space and crossing distances faster than should be normal.

With the Harem space transport in hand, Hal was not in too much of a hurry and could spare the time to meet up with the Princess\' associate in the Arkene Duchy.

Once outside the restaurant, the carriage stopped, Hal got off and it made its return back to the Duchy Palace.

Hal walked into the restaurant and as it had been the last time he was there, he garnered attention but he ignored it all to focus on the clerk who walked over to him.

​ "Right this way," the clerk said before Hal could even introduce himself which meant his description had been given to the workers in case of a return.

He was led, just like before, to Alina\'s office and once he was inside, the clerk left the office and closed the door behind him, leaving only Hal and Alina in the large working space.

"You survived," Alina said as she looked up from the reports that she had been sifting through.

Hal sat down on the sofa just like last time,

"Yes, I did. I got the Orb pieces too" he said.

"I didn\'t think you would come back here on your own.

I have every teleportation circle and every exit of the Duchy capital under watch in case you try to leave... I was not going to let you leave before you paid your respects." Alina said with a stoic expression but Hal was not intimidated as he replied with a light smile,

"Oh, really now"