Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Zhu Jushan let out a ferocious battle cry, his Yuan Shen in the third form emerged behind him, striking the appearance of a celestial being. Meanwhile, all five realms in the Yuan Shen opened, five light wheels emerged out from the secret realms before solidifying into the Wu Xing Wheel, Wan Xiang Wheel, Shen Cai Wheel, Yin Yang Wheel and Dao Yi Wheel!

  Zhu Jushan and his Yuan Shen crisscrossed one another, his Yuan Shen cast the skills while his mortal body engaged in close-quarters combat. Both of them launched their attacks incessantly onto Zhong Yue. He said laughingly, “Zhong Shan Clan member, do you know that the spirits of the Zhu Jian celestial race are inherently stronger than that of other races! When the cultivators from the other races tried so hard to advance into the level of Awakening only to find that absolute peak they could ever reach was only two hundred feet tall, they realized that they were forever confined to never exceed the extremity. But the Zhu Jian celestial can, we can break through the limit and acquire power even beyond that!”

  The Wu Xing Wheel of his Yuan Shen spun rapidly. The five elemental Qi blasted out and morphed into the forms of myriad dragons, each of them a seemingly of a different element - water, fire, gold, earth, and wood. They lunged out from the Wu Xing Wheel and pounced over towards Zhong Yue.

  And his Wan Xiang Wheel spun, the almighty strength of the myriads augmented his strength. With a single kick, he could call about a hurricane as if a giant pillar of an ancient palace was falling down.

  While his Shen Cai Wheel revolved and expanded his body, the sounds of cracking bone could be heard from his body as the bones were reforming. His muscles were also bulging out, tendons and blood vessels, and even his skin was enlarged. The life essences from the Shen Cai Wheel flooded his whole body. And in the blink of an eye, he became a one hundred and twenty feet tall giant. The kick he sent out was then made to look like an actual giant pillar, one that carried with it an immense power that seemed hungry to destroy everything in its path!

  “The purer the Zhu Jian bloodline, the stronger the Combat Yuan Shen, and the further beyond the limit we can go. My Combat Yuan Shen is three inches higher than the ordinary celestial Qi Practitioners!”

  Zhu Jushan laughed out loud as the Yin Yang Wheel also started to spin, the Yin Qi and Yang Qi morphed into two huge swords, slowly extruding out of the Yin Yang Wheel by the hilts.

  When he launched his kick, his body leaned back at the same time, reaching his hands for the hilts of the Yin Sword and Yang Sword —Zheng— he pulled the two Sword Qi from the Yin Yang Realm and slashed over at Zhong Yue!

  “How terrifyingly strong, this is too….”

  From afar, the faces of the two celestial Qi Practitioners changed drastically, Zhu Jushan was too strong, even if they were all in the same level of Awakening and had opened all five realms; but in his hands, the powers of the Awakening level were brilliantly manipulated, casting the realms vividly and thoroughly utilizing his strengths. Even the Inner Core cultivators might not be able to do what he could!

  Hundred and twenty feet tall mortal body!

  The five dragons of Wu Xing Wheel!

  The augmentations of Wan Xiang Wheel!

  The Yin and Yang Sword Qi!

  And this was still not his limits of his power as he had yet to cast the Dao Yi Wheel. However, even the strength he had shown now was still beyond the reach of most other Awakening Qi Practitioners!

  On the other hand, when Zhu Jushan launched his kick out, Zhong Yue’s Yuan Shen leaped out on his back in the form of the Great Sun Golden Crow, shrouded in the flames of sun. It flared its wings and took to the sky.

  At the same time, he cast all five Yuan Shen realms. The sounds of realms opening blasted at the same time and the wheels emerged right after. They shone brightly with rays that could blind the eyes of the others!

  The power of Shen Cai Wheel can still be used like this?

  Zhong Yue was shocked as he saw the expansion of Zhu Jushan’s body; he also cast his Shen Cai Wheel and filled his body with its life essence. However, his body did not expand like Zhu Jushan’s did. Immediately, he realized that Zhu Jushan could only transmute into such a giant by relying on some marvelous totem patterns or a special technique that allowed him to make use of the Shen Cai Wheel life essences!

  Could it be the natural totem patterns of the Zhu Jian celestial race, or the cultivation technique of their race? Zhu Jushan’s name contains the character of the ‘Ju’, he is indeed strong!

  In stark contrast to Zhu Jushan’s fully cultivated secret realms, Zhong Yue had only managed to cultivate his Wu Xing and Yin Yang Realm to the peak. His Wan Xiang, Shen Cai and Dao Yi Realms were way smaller than Zhu Jushan’s, especially his Dao Yi Wheel which was only sized like a bowl. Similarly, his Shen Cai Wheel was only eight feet in radius.

  But even with only those eight feet in radius, the Shen Cai Wheel could still supply him with a considerable amount of life essence, making his body filled with immense life force. Meanwhile the Wan Xiang Wheel spun and supplemented him with the almighty power of the myriads, superimposing its enhancements with the life force to greatly increase the comprehensive strength of his mortal body.

  Reverse opening the five Yuan Shen realms has allowed his secret realms to contain even more energy than normal Qi Practitioners. Although his Shen Cai Wheel was small, the life essence it could provide him was no weaker than the ordinary peak-cultivated Shen Cai Wheel!

  Of course, Zhu Jushan would have be excluded out from the list of mediocre cultivators. His Yuan Shen was extremely strong such that it was three inches higher than the normal Qi Practitioners, the same as Zhong Yue’s. Furthermore, his Shen Cai Wheel had already been cultivated to the peak. In addition, with Zhu Jian celestial race’s natural totem patterns, he could transmute his mortal body to a hundred and twenty feet tall!

  Their legs clashed together, it was like the legs of an ant and an elephant. A loud boom reverberated throughout the air while Zhong Yue was sent flying away by the impact force. He was no match for Zhu Jushan in terms of strength as his Wan Xing Secret Realm and Shen Cai Secret Realm were not cultivated to the peak, surely his strength would be weaker than the giant he was facing now.

  Zhu Jushan laughed loudly, he swung the Yin Yang swords like whirlwinds at Zhong Yue who was in the mid-air. Meanwhile, the five dragons in his Wu Xing Wheel soared into the sky and entrapped Zhong Yue in the middle, turning into the Five Dragons Smiting Demon Array. The array formation was activated, trapping Zhong Yue in the middle and trying to smite him away!

  Zhu Jushan rammed into the array formation, while the five dragons gnawed and clawed over, gnawing on Zhong Yue’s four limbs and his head as he clawed onto his shoulders, arms and legs.

  Whereas Zhu Jushan swung the swords, slashing down the Yin Yang swords onto Zhong Yue!

  Chapter 199: You Lied |

  Zhu Jushan was very big in size but he moved in a speed that defied logic. Instead of his body greatly encumbering him, he attacked with lightning speed. He was truly the strongest Awakening level Qi Practitioner that Zhong Yue had encountered since entering this level as well!

  All it took Zhu Jushan to corner him into a dire situation was a few seconds!

  Other than that, the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen of Zhu Jushan lunged towards the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen of Zhong Yue and along with Zhu Jushan, the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen got close to Zhong Yue and prepared to kill him in a frontal assault!

  With such ferocious and decisive attacks, no wonder Zhu Jushan was one of the top three Awakening level Qi Practitioners in the entire West Barren!

  The series of combos unleashed by Zhu Jushan shook the two spectators greatly and they couldn't help but admire Zhu Jushan.

  “Senior martial brother Zhu, you are not bad but what you are doing is just the same as hitting the rock with an egg!”

  The Wu Xing Wheel behind the back of Zhong Yue’s Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen suddenly spun and released five Sword Qi that shot towards his front. The next moment, the fiv
e dragons created by Zhu Jushan were beheaded and Zhong Yue unshackled himself from the bindings of the dragons.

  Zhu Jushan’s Yin Yang Sword slashed towards him but Zhong Yue evaded the attack as he flapped the Golden Crow Wings behind his back, releasing wind and fire that pushed him away. The Yin Yang Wheel of his Yuan Shen then suddenly rotated and unleashed the Yin Yang Sword Qi that shot towards his target while he said, “You used the Wu Xing Wheel and Yin Yang Wheel’s power to deal with me but little did you know that my Wu Xing Wheel and Yin Yang Wheel is much more superior than yours!”

  “Stop bragging!”

  Zhu Jushan laughed as he swung his dual swords in high speed towards Zhong Yue.

  Zhe zhe zhe——-

  Their Sword Qi clashed together and Zhu Jushan had a shock as he saw his dual swords get shattered into pieces. Unlike Zhong Yue’s Sword Qi, he sought for larger and heavier Sword Qi when he cultivated while Zhong Yue opted for smaller and nimbler Sword Qi.

  Not only that, Zhong Yue’s dual swords were not as simple as swords that were formed with the Yin and Yang energy, they were formed by pure Yin and Yang energy. With that, the quality of Zhong Yue’s dual swords were far better than Zhu Jushan’s!

  Zhu Jushan then quickly evaded the attacks delivered by Zhong Yue after his swords shattered as Zhong Yue’s Sword Qi moved in the air like slithering snakes and each time they touched Zhu Jushan, his flesh would be cut off and the shields he created would immediately crumble from a single strike!

  “【Five Dragons’ Shrouding】!”

  Zhong Yue flew towards him and he opened up his palms, creating Wu Xing Sword Qi that turned into five ferocious dragons, each as long as forty feet and they surrounded Zhu Jushan. The five dragons were a golden, green, yellow, blue, and red. Each of whom were created by Gold, Wood, Earth, Water, and Fire Elemental Qi respectively!

  As the five dragons surrounded Zhu Jushan, they used their sharp claws, strong bodies, huge scales, horrifying tails and big jaws to attack him!

  Zhu Jushan roared continuously at the same time as he tried his best to evade the pure Yin Yang Sword Qi while he punched and kicked at the dragons to fend them off before he shouted suddenly, “Dao Yi Secret Realm!”

  The Zhu Jian Yuan Shen of his roared and opened up the Dao Yi Secret Realm and as the Dai Yi Wheel spun, immense energy and power surged through Zhu Jushan body, causing yet another increase in body size! In a split second, he grew into a sixteen feet giant with totem carvings scrawled all over his body. Those were the totem carvings of the Zhu Jian Celestial Race that possessed incredible defense power!

  With that sudden surge in his power, the five dragons could no longer cut down any flesh from him. And instead of cutting down any flesh, they could only cut through his skin to leave tiny inconsequential wounds that did nothing to impede Zhu Jushan’s momentum!

  With the Dao Yi Wheel that merged with the power of the five great secret realm, Zhu Jushan’s strength surged again and this time, he ignored the five dragons formed with the Wu Xing power of Zhong Yue and he only defended himself from Zhong Yue’s Yin Yang dual swords!

  Boom——

  The ice mountain shattered as Zhu Jushan trampled on it with tremendous strength. Then, the totem carvings around him became brighter and they turned into a type of strange shield carvings that looked like the head of a beast. The circled around him to fend off the attacks of Zhong Yue. Occasionally, the carvings would surge into Zhu Jushan’s fists and enable him to knock back Zhong Yue’s attacks!

  “Senior Martial Brother Zhong, die!”

  Zhu Jushan used his fists and legs and he instantly broke free of the five dragons’ encirclement before he charged right towards Zhong Yue. At this time, he realized his own weakness and strengths when it came to fight against Zhong Yue. His cultivation base on the aspect of Wu Xing Wheel and Yin Yang Wheel was weaker than Zhong Yue’s while his strength could overwhelm Zhong Yue’s strength with little to no efforts!

  Therefore, he could win the battle easily if he was able to draw Zhong Yue into a close quarters battle!

  At the same time, both Zhong Yue and Zhu Jushan’s Yuan Shen were fighting ferociously in the air. They delivered all sorts of spells and attacks, fighting even more cruelly and vigorously than the battle between their owners!

  Both the Great Sun Golden Crow and Zhu Jian’s Yuan Shen had exceeded the extreme limit of twenty feet. Each time the Golden Crow Yuan Shen flapped its wings, it would rain down golden feathers that were as sharp as a sword all over the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen. Then, it kept repeating its actions and launching huge amounts of Swords Qis that rained all over the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen!

  On the other hand, the five wheels behind the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen kept spinning and unleashing all sorts of spells. Then, it roared and shook the mountains around with its roar, bestowing itself with horrendous strength and it punched towards the Golden Crow Yuan Shen with incredible strength!

  While the two Yuan Shen continued to battle each other in the air, Zhu Jushan at the bottom had escaped from the encirclement of the five dragons and lunged towards Zhong Yue.

  Zhong Yue however, stood there and looked at him coldly before he suddenly smiled and said, “Dao Yi Wheel, 【Seventh Sword Style】!”

  Zhu Jushan had a shock and he quickly looked around, only to find that along with the five dragons, the Yin Yang dual swords that danced around him had secretly disappeared!

  Not good!

  His psyche flooded outwards and he immediately sensed that instead of disappearing, the five dragons and the Yin Yang dual swords had turned into seven thin and tiny Sword Qi!

  Shui Zian’s【Sixty Four Sword Styles】!

  As the seven Sword Qi turned incredibly small from their previously huge size, Zhu Jushan had difficulties identifying the locations of the Sword Qi, causing him to be unable to fend off the seven Sword Qi properly. Thus, he suffered a large number of injuries on his body in an instant!

  Boom——-

  Suddenly, he punched onto the ice mountain and opened up a hole in the mountain before he slid into the ice mountain to avoid Zhong Yue’s attacks.

  On the other side, Zhong Yue just lifted up his hand and he pointed towards the hole, commanding his seven Sword Qi to charge into the hole created by Zhu Jushan to chase after him.

  At that moment, loud noises could be heard coming out from the ice mountain as Zhu Jushan created a path in the ice mountain by smashing open the walls in the ice mountain and he ran on the path he created.

  Then, at the bottom of the ice mountain, the walls suddenly exploded and a huge figure could be seen jumping out from the ice mountain before running away from the ice mountain with blood all over his body.

  At the same time, the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen in the air also started fleeing and it left the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen behind as it ran away.

  “Such capabilities, Senior Martial Brother Zhong!”

  Zhu Jushan shouted as the seven Sword Qi continued biting at his tail while the huge man kept on running. As he ran away, the Sword Qi would kept chasing him and blood could be seen gushing out from his backside as it had been cut badly by the Sword Qi.

  However, this muscular huge man’s speed was still incredibly fast such that even under the control of his own psyche, he could not increase the speed of his Sword Qi to kill Zhu Jushan.

  At the top, the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen continued to attack the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen

  but the Zhu Jian Yuan Shen paid no attention to the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen and it kept on running away.

  “I am not your opponent, so I will not play with you anymore!” from afar, Zhu Jusan’s words could be heard while the blood that dripped out from his blood was marked the pristine snow with a trail of red.

  “Are you not saving your two friends?” Zhong Yue shouted as he retracted the seven Sword Qi that became increasingly difficult to control the further away from him they got.

  Zhu Jushan ran even quicker and he shouted, “ I am not familiar with
them. How you want to deal with them is up to you as long as you don’t kill me!”

  The muscular man took little to rush up another mountain and he ran down from the mountain, leaving the two spectator Qi Practitioners stranded behind with Zhong Yue.

  The two Qi Practitioners were shocked and as they tried to fly away sneakily, they saw Zhong Yue was already staring at them and cold sweat started dripping down on their forehead.

  Shua shua shua——-

  The seven Sword Qi, along with the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen was summoned back to Zhong Yue and he floated in the air as he looked closely at the two Qi Practitioners.

  The two Qi Practitioners swallowed down their saliva and they said with a crooked face and trembling voice, “Zhong Shan Clan’s member, we surrender….”

  “Don't worry, I am not one for slaughtering defenseless individuals.”

  Zhong Yue said with a happy and amicable face as he walked towards the two of them and said, “Everyone knows that I am not a blood thirsty man and we humans seek for peace instead of more war. To us, it is better to have one more friend than one more new enemy.”

  The two celestial race Qi Practitioners let out a sigh of relief and Zhong Yue asked, “But I have to ask something, have you guys eaten any humans?”

  One of them quickly shook his head and said, “No no, definitely no! I am a vegetarian….”

  “You lied to me!”

  Zhong Yue’s face changed rapidly and he raised his palms and smacked towards that Qi Practitioner, crushing him into meatball while blood and little flesh pieces scattered around the ice mountain. He then said, “I hate those who lie to me the most. Don’t you dare to think that I could not smell any human blood on you. Now, this brother here, he lied to me so I had to kill him. Have you eaten any human flesh?”

  The face of that remaining Qi Practitioner turned white and he reply as he looked a Zhong Yue like a poor puppy. Then, he mustered up his courage and said, “Yes, I have….”

  Zhe——

  Zhong Yue raised his hand and a Sword Qi pierced the forehead and the brain of that Qi Practitioner and as the Qi Practitioner showed a confused expression as he was going to die, he said, “You lied to me….”