Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  “Which era does this Heavenly Monarch belong to?"

  In Zhong Yue's psyche ocean, Xin Huo looked at the outer world through Zhong Yue's vision, and he said in surprise, "I don't recall seeing this Heavenly Monarch! He is not from the Fu Xi Celestial Race and has no bloodline of the Fu Xi and Sui Sovereign. Strange, which era does he belong to? Did he appear during my slumber? Which race did he come from…."

  The appearance of the godly palace was way too shocking, but Xin Huo was not that surprised at all, and he continued to murmur to himself.

  With the appearance of the godly palace, the entire Fiery Capital was shaken as everyone rushed out from the Lesser Void World, and they reported back to their own respective factions. The momentous news caused the leaders and the other significant figures of these factions to rush towards the Lesser Void World.

  Even the Martial Masters were shocked, resulting them in activating the Wu Dao Celestial Being and having it enter the Lesser Void World.

  “The godly palace contained infinity treasures!”

  “The entrance will be there for a long time, let’s go!”

  “Let’s not waste this precious chance!”

  One after another, Qi Practitioners flew into the sky and headed towards the dimension created by the appearance of the godly palace. The dimension was another vast world with a bright blue sky and adorned with jade green plains.

  “Zhong Yue, we shall postpone this fight!”

  Xia Shengchu flew into the dimension, and without hesitation, the others followed suit.

  In Zhong Yue's psyche ocean, Xin Huo urged him and said, "Brat Yue, let us go into it as well! Let's see who this guy that became a Heavenly Monarch is!"

  Ao Shanshan hesitated, and she said as she looked at Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er, " I heard from the older generations that the dimension created by the godly palace contains many strange yet deadly things. There may be many treasures hidden inside, but there are even more Qi Practitioners that lost their lives there. The Lang Ya Board will be of no use in there, and if you die, you will really die…."

  “It’s fine.”

  Zhong Yue stood at the side of Qiu Jin'er and said, "If we encounter any danger, it's not too late for us to get out."

  Ao Shanshan gritted her teeth as she was also interested in this godly palace and she replied, "Alright, but we have to get back before the entrance closes or we will not be stuck inside for an eternity!"

  Qiu Jin’er then moved her psyche, creating a huge leaf that carried them up into the sky.

  “Wait for me!”

  Zhu Jushan shouted, and he got onto the leaf as he said with a shy laugh, "I am very heavy, and it is difficult for me to fly. I beg your help, big sister from Qiu Family, please give me a ride."

  Qiu Jin’er however, looked at Zhong Yue and asked, “Should I throw him down?”

  Zhu Jushan turned pale, and he looked at Zhong Yue while Zhong Yue thought for a while before he said, "It's fine, senior martial brother Zhu and I know each other, we should give him a ride."

  Zhu Jushan's lips stretched into an enthusiastic smile, and he said with a thumb stuck out, "Thank you, brother! With that promise, you will be my eternal friend!"

  Zhong Yue replied with a laugh, and he thought, The place where the Heavenly Monarch lives is filled with unknown danger, I will let Zhu Jushan be our minesweeper, and with that, junior martial sister and I will have another layer of insurance.

  His thoughts were not known by Zhu Jushan at all, and they continued to ascend into the air and towards the entrance on the huge leaf that Qiu Jin'er created.

  Then, they reached a beautiful jungle that felt like it came out straight from a picture as they entered the dimension.

  Ao Shanshan felt relieved, and she said, "This is the Di Jungle, I heard from the older generations that the Di Jungle is not that dangerous…."

  As Ao Shanshan was talking, a Qi Practitioner in front of them shouted in joy, “What did I see….Arghh!”

  He then exploded into pieces, and his Yuan Shen disintegrated!

  Zhu Jushan received a fright, and he shouted, "Big sister from Ao Family, is this what you meant by not dangerous?"

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  “I said that it is not so dangerous but I didn’t say that it's safe, did I?”

  Ao Shanshan replied unconfidently, and she quickly changed the topic by saying, "Did you guys see what killed him?"

  Qiu Jin'er and Zhu Jushan shook their heads as they couldn't see anything because everything happened too fast. Zhong Yue took a moment to think before saying, "It seems like that Qi Practitioner found something amazing and he died right after that. All I could see was a shining arc, but I couldn't see what was that at all. By the way, did you guys realize something strange when the Qi Practitioner died?"

  “Something strange?”

  Zhong Yue replied, "If he really died, his Yuan Shen Secret Realms should have crumbled, and every single thing in his secret realms should have dropped out. But that didn't seem to happen at all."

  Zhu Jushan eyes blinked, and he asked, "What is senior martial brother Zhong trying to say?"

  Zhong Yue then said, "I've killed countless Qi Practitioners in the Lesser Void City, and they are all the same as the Qi Practitioner just now. None of their Yuan Shen Secret Realms crumbled, which is why I suspect that this area here is still in the coverage of the Lang Ya Board, thus, that guy back there did not die, and the Lang Ya Board revived him afterward."

  Ao Shanshan, Zhu Jushan, and Qiu Jin'er nodded as they agreed with Zhong Yue's hypothesis; the Qi Practitioner's Yuan Shen Secret Realm did not crumble, or the soul weapons and the other items he possessed would have dropped out from the secret realm.

  "If that's so, then it would be much safer. Shall we go and take a look at this amazing thing he found?" said an excited Zhu Jushan.

  Zhong Yue nodded, and Qiu Jin'er controlled the green leaf towards that direction where the Qi Practitioner "died" just now.

  Suddenly, waves of divine aura surged towards them, and when Zhong Yue raised his head, he saw a huge altar flying over them with a thousand-feet tall celestial being standing at its center. A loud chanting sound surrounded the celestial being.

  That altar carried the celestial being towards the crack at the Lesser Void World, and the Martial Divine Master reached his hands up into the air. He held open the rift to the other dimension to prevent it from closing.

  Then, he let out a guttural shout shouted and opened the crack even wider!

  At the same time, the loud percussion of a huge drum could be heard but a person playing it was nowhere to be seen. It then flew towards the crack and created rhythms that morphed into totem carvings, each about the length of a thousand feet that flew towards the crack, widening it even further!

  Hu——

  From afar flew another huge flag that waved vigorously against the strong air current and it waved. It created totem carvings like Jiao Dragons that started flying towards every direction. All of these measures were taken to prevent the crack from closing.

  Other than that, there were even more unique items like jade seals, statues, chariots, pillars, orbs and even clothes that flew towards the crack to serve the same purpose!

  Zhong Yue, along with the others and the Qi Practitioners from each level and faction, were stunned by this scene as in just an instant, over ten soul weapons flew into the crack of the dimension. These further prevented the rift from closing!

  These divine weapons were all the godly weapons of the Zhong Li Celestial Race. Not only did they have Martial Masters that had abandoned the cultivation of Qi and soul weapons to perfect their mortal physiques instead, but they also had Qi Practitioners among their ranks as well. In its storied history, there were also Zhong Li Celestial Race's members that had ascended into godly beings and left behind such divine weapons.

  However, some of these godly weapons were not even seen before by the people of Zhong Li Celestial Race. These godly weapons mo
st likely did not belong to the members of Zhong Li Celestial Race that ascended into gods, but to the ancestor of Zhong Li Celestial Race – Lord Xia!

  These items were not kept in the Zhong Li Celestial Race, but they were all hidden in this Lesser Void World, waiting to unleash their power on the day when the dimensional crack appeared, expanding and preventing the crack from closing!

  Lord Xia had made these arrangements all in preparation for this very day!

  Ao Shanshan was amazed by this scene, and she murmured, "The older generations did not say that there will be so many godly weapons that appear at this time…."

  “I think that it is already good enough that the other races could obtain that much information on the territory of the Zhong Li Celestial Race.”

  Zhong Yue took a careful look at these godly weapons. Suddenly, a pale green light appeared as an incredible huge green curtain floated in the sky before it stopped and expanded the crack.

  Zhong Yue lost his voice for a moment before he said, “This Lord Xia even used the Lang Ya Board to stop the crack from closing!”

  With that, the dimension crack completely stopped shrinking as it was blocked by the gigantic Lang Ya Board and the scene was just way too marvelous and jaw-dropping.

  Then, one after another Qi Practitioners carrying strong aura with them from the Zhong Li Celestial Race swarmed towards the Lang Ya Board and entered the place where the Heavenly Monarch lived!

  Obviously, the Zhong Li Celestial Race had prepared themselves for the emergence of the Heavenly Monarch's abode, and so they mobilized an expedition team they had on standby to search for the treasures at the first available opportunity!

  This was an incredibly large movement that was far beyond the other Qi Practitioners from other races. They couldn't even compete with the Zhong Li Celestial Race in terms of quantity and quality as this was after all the territory of the Zhong Li Celestial Race. There might be many strong Qi Practitioners that entered the Lesser Void World, but they were just the minority. How could they possibly compete against the Zhong Li Celestial Race?

  “And the most crucial part is that with the Lang Ya Board appearing over here, the Zhong Li Celestial Race would be able to explore around without worrying death at all!”

  Zhong Yue murmured, “Lord Xia, you are indeed incredible!”

  The people leading the expedition team were a few Martial Heavenly Masters and the magnate Qi Practitioners from the Zhong Li Celestial Race and under them were Heavenly Dharma, True Spirit level Qi Practitioners and Martial Masters. From the number of people they sent into the dimension, it was more like an army instead of an expedition team!

  "Here, no one would be able to compete with our Zhong Li Celestial Race! Disciples of Zhong Li Celestial Race, go and look for the treasures hidden in this dimension!"

  Up in the sky, the thunderous voice of the Martial Heavenly Masters was audible to all, "Disciples of Inner Core level or above, follow me and head towards the Monarch Palace!"

  The countless Qi Practitioners of Zhong Li Celestial Race acknowledged the order, and they went straight to the Monarch Palace, ignoring the Di Jungle under them!

  With that, it was evident that the Zhong Li Celestial Race was aiming for something big!

  The other people from Zhong Li Celestial Race then descended from the skies. There were so many of them that they managed to cover the sunlight with just their shadows!

  "The Zhong Li Celestial Race is trying to loot everything and leave nothing behind!"

  Zhu Jushan shouted, and he quickly said, "Senior martial brother Zhong and the two big sisters, let us hurry up, or there wouldn't even be leftovers for us!"

  Just like the others, Zhong Yue had goosebumps when he saw the many Zhong Li Celestial Race's members descending from the sky, and he quickly sped up his speed. They then started increasing their movement speed, and they gradually got to a place with trees standing like a sword stuck onto the ground that was like twigs when compared to those colossal tall trees!

  At the top of the trees was a red lantern after another that all seemed to betoken the advent of a festival.

  Come to think of it, the Di Jungle was where the Heavenly Monarch and his concubines would come and enjoy their time, which was why there were so many lanterns.

  Zhong Yue slowed down his footsteps, and he looked at the lanterns in confusion as he felt like he had seen these lanterns move just now, as if they were staring at them.

  Strange, could it be that I am too tired that I am seeing hallucinations? How did the lanterns move?

  As they got closer and closer to where the Qi Practitioner died just now, hundreds and hundreds of Zhong Li Celestial Race’s members descended from the sky and landed in front of them.

  Then, a voice could be heard shouting, "The Lesser Void Worlds were created by the ancestor of Zhong Li Celestial Race, you unrelated scums, get lost!"

  Zhu Jushan humphed, and he licked his lips as he showed a fierce expression before saying, "The Zhong Li Celestial Race may have opened up the Lesser Void World, but the place where the Heavenly Monarch lives is not necessarily yours. Senior martial brother Zhong, let us kill them all…."

  Before he finished talking, the treetop of these trees started making noise, and the red lanterns floated in the sky.

  These lanterns then started slithering through the Di Jungle like fish!

  Suddenly, a red lantern flew past a Martial Master that only got down from the sky and suddenly, Pu Tong——- the Martial Master had his head decapitated, and his body fell onto the ground!

  Pu tong, pu tong, pu tong——-

  In midair, one headless corpse after another dropped onto the ground, and when Zhong Yue and the others looked around in absolute shock as their skin rose with goosebumps – these lanterns were eating the heads of these dead Qi Practitioners!

  These red lanterns had their roots flying everywhere, wrapping and strangling the body of these Zhong Li Celestial Race’s members that touched the ground firmly before the lanterns split apart and cut off the heads of the members like scissors!

  Shrieks and shouts could be heard all over in an instant as the lanterns swarmed around the Zhong Li Celestial Race's members, causing mass panic among them. They quickly scattered and fled everywhere, but the lanterns were also moving swiftly. Their roots could even extend to another few meters long in an instant. Each time the roots of the lanterns moved, they would successfully hold onto a member of the Zhong Li Celestial Race to drag them back to relieve them of their heads before eating them!

  "Hehehe, I have a head now! I have my own head now!" sadistically laughed a red lantern.

  Then, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears appeared on the red lantern.

  Shua shua shua——-

  Suddenly, the same thing happened on all of these lanterns as well, and they all started to laugh while they floated everywhere. Zhong Yue and the others continued to have goosebumps all over as the scene was exceptionally eerie and disturbing.

  A few ten human head lanterns suddenly got together, and they said something before one of them shouted, "Ready… Sing!"

  These human head lanterns then started rotating, waving their roots and sang, “Big centipede, small centipede, both are all the poisonous insects in the world. If strong enough, they could even devour dragons!”

  Suddenly, a human head lantern did not go with the flow, and it screamed, "Ladies oh ladies, pretty ladies got into the tent, unbuttoning their blouse, exposing a wonderful, snowy white, soft and well-developed chest.....”

  The other human head lanterns stopped singing, and they looked towards this particularly obnoxious lantern before they swung their roots, slapping and sending it flying away.

  After a moment, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears appeared on every human-headed lantern as the few hundred members of the Zhong Li Celestial Race failed to escape, and their heads became devoured by these lanterns.

  Then, after another few moments, these red lanterns got together again, and they all looked
towards Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin'er, Ao Shanshan and Zhu Jushan.

  “There are still four more heads!” said a lantern happily.

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  Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin'er, and the others' scalps tingled, cold sweat rushed out of their foreheads. It was too peculiar; they couldn't even discern the nature of these lanterns – were they animals, plants or inanimate objects?

  Whatever they were, one thing that was certain was that they were extremely dangerous!

  Some of the Martial Masters and Qi Practitioners were in no way weaker than Ao Shanshan or Zhu Jushan, but they were all indiscriminately eaten by the lanterns even if Zhong Yue and the others were in their place, they wouldn't be able to survive either!

  Zhu Jushan let out a ferocious war cry, he turned into a two hundred feet tall giant, breathing hot steam out from his nostrils as he looked at the red lanterns in mid-air. Despite his imposing appearance, his voice trembled in fear, "Sister from the Ao family, didn't you say the Divine Jungle isn't dangerous at all?"

  "I want this big-sized head!" One of the red lanterns shouted merrily, it opened the lantern and threw out a head, pouncing down happily at Zhu Jushan.

  The other lanterns heard it and also pounced down right after it; Ao Shanshan's hairs bristled up, and she also cast out her [Atman Body as One] state. She clasped her soul weapon tightly in her hands and braced herself for the impact. She replied to him in exasperation, "How would I know? I've never been here before either!"

  “【Sword Seeding Art】!”

  Qiu Jin'er murmured, she slammed her palm on the wooden wheelchair and immediately, the earth beneath them quaked vigorously. A little green sapling extruded out from the ground; in an instant, it grew into a sturdy vine whose body was as thick as a dragon's. The vines curled around the trees surrounding them as it formed a huge impregnable dome, enclosing them at its center!