Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Heavier, heavier, heavier!

  Zhong Yue then made the sword heavier to an extent that he couldn't even carry it. Then, the sword became even heavier than mountains and the ocean.

  What was the maximum weight of the sword?

  As soon as he thought of this, the Golden Feathery Peng Sword became incredibly heavy and after a bone-cracking noise, his arms were dislocated byto the sudden change in weight of the sword. Then, he started to fall down from the sky like a meteor, and plunged straight into the bottom of the ocean and was buried by the sand.

  Good! Good!

  Zhong Yue ordered to sword to return to the weight he desired and when he shot out from the sea, he shouted, “Smaller, smaller, smaller!”

  The Golden Feathery Peng Sword then reduced itself to the size of a normal feather and stopped changing after that, making Zhong Yue happy. When he tossed the feather upwards, the five wheels emerged from his back and his Dao Yi Wheel absorbed the feather into it.

  No wonder it is part of the saint weapon! If I could extract all the feathers from the Divine Wing Saber, I could easily create a Infinity Sword Array with the many Golden Feathery Peng Swords on the Divine Wing Saber.

  Unfortunately, the power of the Divine Wing Saber was still too strong for him, and he had yet to cleanse the soul brandings of the Kun Peng Race from the sword. He was unable to do anything about the Divine Wing Saber, and most things related to this weapon would be nothing more than just mere dreams.

  The only reason Zhong Yue managed to retrieve this Peng feather, which was also the Golden Feathery Peng Sword, was because the Pan Long Sword had destroyed the power and broken the totem carvings on this feather. That in turn shattered the soul brandings of the Kun Peng Race. With that, Zhong Yue was able to soul brand the Golden Feathery Peng Sword.

  If Zhong Yue were to remove the soul brandings of the Kun Peng Race, he would most definitely face problems that he would not be able to overcome at his current level. Maybe only the gods could wipe away the soul brandings right now. Besides, the gods from the other races might not even be able to do that, as the Divine Wing Saber was after all the saint weapon of the Kun Peng Race. If the soul brandings could be removed so easily, then the dragon God would have removed them long ago.

  This half of the Divine Wing Saber is indeed a troublesome yet powerful item that I couldn't bring myself to discard it or convince myself to not take it. How to deal with this weapon is very problematic, but I think Xin Huo has a way to remove the soul brandings of the Kun Peng Race on this sword? Too bad Xin Huo has depleted his energy helping me this time, I wonder when will he wake up again….

  He then looked at the weathered bronze lamp in worry. The little flame dude on the lamp pith was very dark and he might not be able to wake up without sleeping for another month or two.

  My original identity as Zhong Yue will use the Golden Feathery Peng Sword as my weapon, while my identity as Long Yue will use the Fang Blade. With that, my two identities will have a different weapon each for themselves!

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  Zhong Yue then left that place, heading towards the East Barren across the sea water. Although the Fang Blade was inferior to the Golden Feathery Peng Sword, it was still very important to him as it was, after all, forged with the god bones. If he cultivated it to a higher level, the Fang Blade could also be considered one of the top soul weapons!

  Soul weapons were forged from various materials, but the truly top class soul weapons were nourished and cultivated by Qi Practitioners day and night, carving all sort of totems onto the soul weapons until one day their soul weapons could morph into different sizes and weights as their owners desired.

  All of the ten malefic weapons of Swords Gate were soul weapons of that level, the same level that Zhong Yue wished to cultivate his Fang Blade to.

  Of course, the ten malefic weapons of Swords Gate possessed other dangerous elements that could be extremely deadly, which even the Qi Practitioners of Swords Gate could not handle.

  With that said, Zhong Yue’s Fang Blade would not be as strong as the ten malefic weapons even if he cultivated it to such a level. But, he still had a long way to go until then. Right now, the most important thing for him to do was to cultivate his Fang Blade step by step.

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  A day after Zhong Yue left the glacier continent, the dragons of the Eastern Sea arrived in. the same place, the elder dragons turning into their human form. Those elders were the five Clan Masters and the elders of the five clans. They started to look around carefully, showing serious expressions.

  And in the air, the other dragons coiled around, while some of them dove into the water to look for clues and traces.

  “The aura of the Divine Wing Saber!”

  “And the smell of the sea races from the Wood Celestial Star!”

  “Those are some of their carcasses, the Red Mother Colonial Anemones!”

  The dragons searching around immediately found the traces left behind, and quickly reported to the Clan Masters and elders. Then, an elder from the Li Clan said, “The Kun Peng Race’s Qi Practitioner escaped with the Divine Wing Saber back then, but who knew he would hide here? Judging by the scene, the Qi Practitioner must have put down the Red Mother Colonial Anemone Array to guard him while he healed himself, but it looks like someone else caught up to him and looted the Divine Wing Saber after killing him!”

  “This someone must be a terrifying existence! He may even be a god!”

  The entire few thousand miles around the scene were ravaged completely. To be able to do that, one had to possess power stronger than any mere normal beings or Qi Practitioners, a power that was at least as strong as a god!

  The Ao Clan’s Clan Master shouted, “Where is Zhang Qianli?”

  A huge octopus suddenly emerged from the sea with its eight tentacles spread wide open. The huge meaty tentacles swung across the sky, the suckers on the tentacles seeming way too eerie.

  Then, the octopus curled two of its tentacles together, mimicking the gesture of how people greeted each other as it said, “Your wish is my command, Clan Master Ao.”

  Clan Master Ao then said, “Your sense of smell is the strongest among all the creatures in the ocean. Try sampling the scents around here and see if you can identify the parties involved in the battle that happened here. Such a godly level battle that caused such destruction will definitely leave behind a huge amount of traces.”

  “Yes, my lord!” replied the octopus.

  The huge octopus then dove back into the water, where its suckers started to absorb and filter the seawater around it as it tried to gather information about the battle. It had over eight hundred suckers, and each sucker was like a mouth. With those eight hundred-plus suckers, it could identify over eight hundred pieces of information at a time, which was why he was the best among all the sea races.

  Zhang Qianli informed them, “There was rotten flesh smell a day ago, and the scent of the Red Mother Colonial Anemones. Other than that, there were also the twenty-three magnate figures from the Kun Peng race, a god’s aura along with another Dragon God’s aura. There was also a junior dragon beside that Dragon God.”

  “Dragon God?”

  The five Clan Masters shouted shockingly, “Why is there the scent of a Dragon God?”

  The Clan Masters and the elders looked at each other, seeing nothing more than disbelief in each other’s eyes. Although the dragons were powerful and they had numerous hidden powerful figures dwelling in the many secret realms located in the Eastern Sea, things just went from normal to incredibly strange when the dragons failed to notice the presence of a Dragon God during the battle.

  Zhang Qianli then replied humbly, “I am sure that there was the scent of a Dragon God, and judging from the incredible aura hidden in the scent, this Dragon God is an ancient being that existed long ago.”

  The reply of Zhang Qianli confused the Clan Masters and elders even further, and they all remained silent for a moment. Then, the Yu Clan’s Clan Master bro
ke the silence as he clapped his hands and ordered the remaining dragons to search for more tracks and traces. The Clan Masters then proceeded to discuss, “Legend says that there are still some Dragon Gods that live in the Eastern Sea, but no one has ever seen any of them. Thus, no one was able to confirm the legend. Could it be that there really are Dragon Gods that live in the Eastern Sea, and one of these ancestors of ours killed the Kun Peng Race’s Qi Practitioner and took the Divine Wing Saber?”

  “Zhang Qianli also smelled the aura of the twenty-three Kun Peng Race’s magnate Qi Practitioners, and the aura of a Kun Peng Race’s godly spirit. Seems like the Kun Peng Race started a ritual in the Wood Celestial Star to summon the Divine Wing Saber back, but they were stopped by this ancestor, thus resulting in a destructive battle.”

  “Seems like that is the case. I wonder if the Dragon God managed to obtain the Divine Wing Saber from the Kun Peng Race.”

  They all had their own guesses, but little did they know that the Dragon God scent Zhang Qianli smelled was the scent of the Beast God inner core, which was the inner core of the Xiang Dragon. The inner core of the Beast God was used by Zhong Yue to stimulate the weathered lamp, and that was why there was such a strong aura left behind, as if the god had descended there himself.

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  After another ten days or so, Zhong Yue finally got out of the Eastern Sea and set foot again on the East Barren. He finally felt relieved, as he was worried that he would be stopped by the dragons, and with that, more problems would arise.

  After all, what he was doing was almost the same as stealing the fangs of a tiger under its watch. There were just way too much ruckus caused by the battle over the possession of the Divine Wing Saber, and the dragons would definitely send people to investigate. If he encountered any of them, he would definitely be stopped by the dragons and then, there would be more unnecessary problems.

  Other than that, Chi Liannu has even murdered a Jiao Dragon. How would the Jiao Dragons let it go, just like that? My title as the lord of East Barren given by the dragons would even further add salt to injuries, and the Jiao Dragons would definitely use this in order to maximize their profits.

  He took out the soul lantern of Qing He. After he located the position of Qing He, he thought, Qing He and the others are now in East Barren as well, but they are far ahead of me, as I’m in the north while they are in the south. I might as well just met them in Gu Xia City instead, as it is too far and too late for me to meet up with them where they are now.

  Zhong Yue then headed towards the center of the East Barren, where Xian Kong Saint City was located.

  He then started to build up his aura as he walked, showing a sheer will that even the heaven could not shake!

  I previously got to the Eastern Sea by relying on the help of Gu Hongzi, Shi Buyi, Chi Liannu, and the others. This time, I want to see who dares to touch me again!

  Zhong Yue then thought, Blood will be shed from here all the way to Xian Kong Saint City. But from Xian Kong Saint City to Gu Xia City, there will be no more bloodshed, as those who dare to pursue me will be killed by me!

  Chapter 238: Washing of Bloodstain |

  As soon as Zhong Yue returned to the East Barren, his position was given out immediately by the witnesses around. With Shi Buyi busy with his cultivation, the monster factions that were hostile to Zhong Yue began to act.

  In an instant, the entire East Barren became lively as one after another, Qi Practitioners were deployed to intercept and kill Zhong Yue.

  “Eastern Sea’s Long Yue, he is a dragon in the sea, but after he came to the land, he will become nothing more than just a bug!”

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  In Xian Kong Saint City, Xi Qiao and Tu Shishan sat in the inn and were both drinking happily while they looked at the other monsters that headed out of the city to kill Zhong Yue. Xi Qiao then smirked and said to a Qi Practitioner beside him, “Brother Wei Dong, how is Master Qian Shuqiu? Everything good?”

  The monster Qi Practitioner appeared to be tall and slender, nodding as he replied, “My teacher is doing good, but he was furious when he heard about the matter regarding junior martial sister Qing He. I am here this time to take her back and meet this Long Yue.”

  The matter of Qing He was causing quite a turbulence in the city, as rumors said that Qian Shuqiu married Qing He to Zhong Yue as a concubine. Then, there was also news saying that Qing He was not a mistress, but a head maidservant that had an even lower position than a concubine, which shocked everyone even more.

  And these rumors had naturally reached the ears of Shu Qianqiu. Wei Dong was here under the order of Shu Qianqiu to deal with this matter. Wei Dong was on good terms with Xi Qiao, while Xi Qiao was very close with Tu Shishan. When the three met up, they naturally got along well, as they also had some unhappy encounters with Zhong Yue.

  “The others have already acted and headed over to kill Long Yue. Are we still going to wait?” asked Wei Dong.

  Xi Qiao laughed and replied, “These guys might not be able to kill Long Yue at all, as that guy is incredibly cunning and sly. Previously, he managed to escape five of us Atman Body level Qi Practitioners. This time, let the pawns head over first and even if they fail to kill Long Yue, they might be able to exhaust him to a certain degree. Then that is when we act, when he is weak, and we will kill him without effort! “

  Xi Qiao then touched his fangs. He got angry as he thought of one of his two fangs being sliced off by Zhong Yue.

  Tu Shishan had the same thought, and said, “Long Yue’s strength is only very average, but he is incredibly good at escaping. Unlike a dragon that is brave, ferocious and cunning, this guy is more like a loach, so slippery that our plans failed to catch him every time. But now, with the help of these pawns depleting his energy and stamina first, he will not be able to escape from our pursuit!”

  Wei Dong laughed and said, “Is this little Awakening level Qi Practitioner so good?”

  “Not really that strong, as any Atman Body level Qi Practitioners could kill him with ease, but the point is that we could not catch him.”

  Xi Qiao stood up and said, “Alright, we should get moving! Don't worry, Brother Wei Dong, as there are many Qi practitioners that will send more updates about the position of Long Yue back to the city from time to time, and he will not be able to run away anymore!”

  The three Atman Body level Qi Practitioners then proceeded to pay for their meals and left the city in pursuit of Zhong Yue.

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  After another four or five days, Xi Qiao and the others arrived at the banks of a huge river after receiving updates from a mysterious Qi Practitioner that Zhong Yue was nearby, and was going to cross the river.

  The trio stood at the side of the river and stared at the other side of the river. To their surprise, there was already a terrific scene going on; the forest was ravaged by strong wind currents while rocks and huge trees were being evaporated by strong attacks!

  Then, a gray eagle with a wingspan of a dozen paces ascended into the air and fought with a Qi Practitioner in an intense battle!

  “It’s Ying Tianji!”

  Xi Qiao looked carefully and lost his voice for a moment before he said, “An incredibly strong individual of the Ying Family! I can’t believe this guy actually went after Long Yue as well!”

  The body of the celestial eagle of Ying Tianji was incredibly powerful, and when the five wheels emerged from the back of Ying Tianji he displayed his prowess as a strong Atman Body level Qi Practitioner!

  The reason why the Atman Body level Qi Practitioners were stronger than those in the Awakening level was because Atman Body level Qi Practitioners could merge their Yuan Shen and body together, unlike Awakening level Practitioners who were still using them separately.

  With their Yuan Shen and body merged, their power would be increased several times, which made them incredibly strong!

  Xi Qiao and the other two was in awe when they looked at the battle. The gap in the power of Atman Body and Awakening le
vel Qi Practitioners was incredibly huge, yet Long Yue was able to face an Atman Body level Qi Practitioner head on!

  Other than that, each time Long Yue moved, he would create serpentine Jiao dragons. In an instant, the Jiao Dragons filled up the sky and charged everywhere ruthlessly while shifting formations, sometimes turning into a dragon wall, dragon bell, or even dragon city. All kinds of strong dragon techniques were used, forming a huge net that trapped Ying Tianji inside!

  It was the【Soaring Dragon Hundred Forms】!

  And Long Yue was the one gaining the upper hand, instead of Ying Tianji!

  The situation of an Awakening level Qi Practitioner gaining the upper hand when he was supposed to be inferior to an Atman Body level Qi Practitioner was a scene Qi Xiao and the other two had never seen before, and they simply couldn't believe what they were seeing!

  Other than that, Long Yue was beating Ying Tianji in close-quarter combat as well!

  Suddenly, a white light flashed across the sky and after an angry roar, Ying Tianji’s twenty-foot long eagle body was hacked apart by Long Yue!

  Organs and blood rained down from the skies as Ying Tianji died, just like that!

  Xi Qiao, Tu Shishan and Wei Dong were extremely shocked and they looked at each other, all seeing fear in one another’s eyes.

  “This guy is so strong! The 【Monster God Ming King Art】 iss strong, but it cannot be strong to this extent!”

  Xi Qiao shivered and whispered, “He must have gained something back in the Eastern Sea.”

  Wei Dong suddenly said, “I was wondering this for quite some time… Where did the pursuers ahead of us go?”

  Xi Qiao and Tu Shishan shivered and suddenly, Long Yue, who was on the other side of the river looked at them.

  “We have three people and he is only one!” shouted Tu Shishan as he tried to motivate himself.

  Xi Qiao nodded quickly and asked Wei Dong, “Brother Wei Dong, you are stronger than me and unlike the two of us who have no systematic heritage, you must have some ways to kill him, right?”