Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Another few more droplets of Fuxi divine blood were created and took place in his heart chamber, modifying his heart and impregnated his heart with immense energy; every pounding of his heart would bring about an intense surge of blood essence.

  Not only that, but what excited Zhong Yue more was the bloodline and blood essence he could faintly perceive in his Yuan Shen was getting clearer as he absorbed more of the divine tea and divine wine.

  If the bloodline emerged within the Yuan Shen, then it would have the ability to control the blood essence in it, hence, allowing it to be stronger in strength, faster in speed, quicker in reaction, and with an exceptional level of control on other skills!

  However, the most significant jackpot was something else.

  Feng Xiaozhong once said that the sixth wheel of the Sixth Path Reincarnation, the Bloodline Wheel, it was only obtainable when the bloodline of the Yuan Shen and mortal body have merged together!

  However, although the bloodline has slowly emerged within Zhong Yue’s Yuan Shen and was getting stronger, he still didn’t know how to merge the bloodline of his Yuan Shen and the bloodline of his mortal body together.

  The sixth wheel is incredibly important. If Feng Xiaozhong can do it, then I can too!

  Zhong Yue thought, The imperial consort said that the sixth path reincarnation is in everyone’s body, what did she mean? Is she saying that there is a complete Six Path of Reincarnation in everyone’s body? Feng Xiaozhong’s words seemed to have conform with her … this madman, what a genius he is!

  A long time passed unbeknownst to them, they have reached to the other side of the ocean but Ao Shanshan was still nowhere to be found, no one knew where did the drunken dragon girl go.

  “Senior martial brother, is this Senior Martial Sister Ao’s tracks?”

  Suddenly, Qiu Jin’er noticed an abnormality in the surroundings and asked, Zhong Yue looked over; there was a mark of a dragon claw on the ground, the claw mark was moistened with water, and there were a few dragon scales and torn clothes scattering around it. Zhong Yue inspected the totem patterns on the dragon scales and identified them belonging to Ao Shanshan’s, he nodded and confirmed, “It’s hers! This crazy girl, she rammed right into the heart of where the Heavenly Monarch lives.”

  This wasn't the Divine Jungle, nor the azure ocean; looking from afar, countless mountains were standing tall like soldiers standing at attention, straight and upright piercing into the firmaments as if the mountaintops were touching the stars.

  The stars were gigantic and low, their forces of gravity were incredibly strong, it felt like they could just hover in the air without using any arcane energy.

  On the stars, some old and ancient celestial temples were built.

  Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er followed Ao Shanshan's trails and found themselves walking toward a magnificent-looking mountain; Zhong Yue lifted his head and looked up. The mountain was dazzling in rays like a flawless jade, it was the closest mountain to them, and there was a star, a planet that connected to it at the mountaintop.

  She … can’t possibly be on the plane, is she? Zhong Yue was between laughter and tears as he thought to himself.

  All of a sudden, a blunt sound reverberated in the sky, coming from the top of the mountain; Zhong Yue surmised that someone was in a battle and along with Qiu Jin'er, they rushed to the mountaintop. Just as they barely arrived at the top of the mountain, the battle had already ended; Zhong Yue glanced around only to met with a floor of severed body parts, at least a hundred or more Qi Practitioners from different races were slaughtered mercilessly right here.

  Xiao Mang Celestial Race….

  Zhong Yue’s brows raised in shock and gazed deeply at the sole survivor, the only one standing in the center of the corpses, a dragon-scaled being with three heads and his six eyes filled in killing intent as he looked at Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er — an expert of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race.

  "Xiao Mang Celestial Race, Xiao Chushan." Zhong Yue inhaled a breath of cold air, rays flashed in his eyes, and he mumbled.

  The first time they met was when Feng Shouzhu brought the humans over to contend against the Xiao Mang Celestial Race in the Xiao Mang Celestial Temple; Xiao Chushan was a noble in his race, an expert with high purity of Xiao Mang bloodline and Zuo Xiangsheng’s opponent.

  Back then, Xiao Chushan was already at the peak of the Atman Body level, the battle between him and Zuo Xiangsheng was blood-curdling, although Zuo Xiangsheng defeated him, that was only possible as Zuo Xiangsheng's foundation was much stronger than his due to the fire spark of the Shen Ya Celestial Race!

  Without the fire spark of the Shen Ya Celestial Race, it was hard to say whether if the outcome would still be the same.

  At that point in time, Xiao Chushan was already the strongest Atman body cultivator of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race; so would the Xiao Chushan now be the same as before or would he have broken through the level of Inner Core? But Zuo Xiangsheng had already broken through to the Inner Core level, so Xiao Chushan wouldn't be much slower either!

  Killing intent flashed across Xiao Chushan's eyes. He said frigidly, "Zhong Shan Clan's Zhong Yue, and the little girl of the Qiu Tan Clan. What a coincidence, I've just finished my warm up and you two little bugs couldn't wait any longer for your death, coming straight into my hands. The two of you are the ones that are responsible for the fiasco of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race; and now, fate took a sharp turn and karma struck you right in the face, wouldn't I be a presumptuous brat if I've declined such a great offer from the heavens?"

  Zhong Yue laughed out loud. He alluded Qiu Jin'er to stepped back while he replied leisurely, "Xiao Chushan, Hall Master Zuo's defeated opponent, a mere petty child. Have you even cultivated to the Inner Core level?"

  Xiao Chushan walked forward, he was indifferent, “Even the strongest in the Warrior Board is a weak as a chicken to me, why do I even need to use the inner core to kill you? If I’ve used any slight surge of inner core to kill you, I’ll strip off my name as a Xiao Mang Celestial Race!”

  Krong——

  Suddenly, he raised his hand and slammed down on Zhong Yue, concomitant with the strike was a sudden burst of moonlight and a loud sound of water. It was as if there was a moon emerging in the sky out of thin air, the lunar water formed into a river and carried the moon from beneath.

  Zhong Yue also raised his hand and slammed over with the vigorously burning sun fire shrouding his hand while a sun emerged and opted for the moon.

  The earth quaked and the rocks crumbled, Xiao Chushan's huge body was launched back and crashed tens of miles deep into the mountain rocks, leaving behind a seemingly endless hole with white steam. Zhong Yue's sun fire was too immense that it vaporized the lunar water and the moon, even smelting the mountain rocks away!

  Zhong Yue kept his hand back and looked into the hole, "Xiao Chushan, don't brag in front of me. Show your inner core, or otherwise, it wouldn't be exciting at all to kill you in a strike or two."

  “Little rascal, as you wish!”

  The mountain cracked open, and a dazzling light ray rose above the clouds, one after another, three inner cores hovered in mid-air revolving around a three-headed celestial being.

  Xiao Chushan clenched at the haft of a spear and pointed it at Zhong Yue in immense killing intent!

  He has three heads and thus, allowing him to have three inner cores!

  The inner cores looked like three bright moons, one that controls the dimension, and another controls the mortal body and the third controls the Yuan Shen!

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  As soon as the three inner cores appeared, Zhong Yue instantly felt that the dimension around him was locked, his body and even his Yuan Shen couldn't even move as they were suppressed by invisible power!

  Three inner cores? How did he do that?

  Zhong Yue was shocked as the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's innate talent; they were born with three heads, allowing them to possess a psyche capacity and burst power that is th
ree times higher than the other races. With the addition of their incredibly strong body, they thrived as one of the strongest and most prosperous celestial races in the entire West Barren.

  However, three inner cores were just way too much.

  Average Qi Practitioners possessed only one inner core, and there’s no way for them to obtain another one, not even strong races like the Xiao Mang Celestial Race.

  Besides, when Zhong Yue was chased after by the Lian Xin and Xiao Mang Celestial Race’ members at the border of Gu Xia City, he only managed to retrieve one inner core from the Xiao Mang pursuers.

  Thus, it was clear that Xiao Chushan has been cultivating a type of special art!

  And his inner cores had different capabilities targeting on the dimension, body and Yuan Shen respectively, which greatly amazed Zhong Yue even though Xiao Chushan was his enemy.

  Such strong inner cores….

  Zhong Yue tried moving his body, only to realize that he couldn't move at all. To add salt to the wound, as the rays of the inner cores pulsed, the pressure Zhong Yue needed to bear mounted with each pulse!

  Qiu Jin'er who realized the dire situation they were in quickly shouted, "Xiao Chushan, you gave your word that you will not use your inner core! Shame on you! My senior martial brother fought you bare handed, but you used your soul weapons and now your inner cores? Have you no honor?"

  Xiao Chushan’s face flustered and he smirked as he walked towards Zhong Yue with his spear in his hand while ignoring Qiu Jin’er.

  Ever since Zhong Yue’s slap landed on him like a huge moving mountain ramming into him during the first clash, he knew that he would be no match for Zhong Yue if he did not use his inner cores.

  For he knew that he would be on the same level as an Atman Body level Qi Practitioner if he did not use his inner cores, which Zhong Yue could easily overwhelm.

  No one would be foolish to think that Zhong Yue who held the first place in the Warrior Board firmly would be weak.

  "Honor or life? Of course, I will choose my life over some useless honor!"

  Xiao Chushan's eyes twitched, and he suddenly took out a willow leaf, flicking it out and said with a smirk, "Resistance is futile! The triple inner cores given to me are treasures passed down from generations to generations because I was deemed worthy enough by the older generations! With the three inner cores, there would be not many that can compete with me in the level of Inner Core, not even Zuo Xiangsheng!"

  The willow leaf then landed on the forehead of Zhong Yue as Xiao Chushan spoke.

  As soon as the willow leaf touched Zhong Yue, he immediately felt something, some sort of unique power that was not exactly strong but strong enough to cut away the link between himself and the Lang Ya Board.

  "The Lang Ya Board can revive those who were linked to it but that revival is not absolute for the Xiao Mang ancestors have found a way to wipe one's existence in this world even if he were linked to the Lang Ya Board.

  Xiao Chushan held his spear up, and he said with a smile, "This leaf came from a unique tree of our Xiao Mang Celestial Race. After being bestowed with soul sealing totem carvings by the gods of my race, this leaf will be able to seal your soul in your body, and the totem carvings on the leaf will cut the link between you and the Lang Ya Board by cheating it to think that you have left the Lesser Void World. With that, you will really be dead if I kill you!"

  “Not good, senior martial brother is in trouble!”

  Qiu Jin'er's heart thumped, and she quickly charged forward to save Zhong Yue, unloading all of her remaining energy, unleashing the various sword styles in the【Great Boundless Sword Qi】 towards Xiao Chushan!

  The【Great Boundless Sword Qi】was stronger than the Shui Zian's sword silk array formation, and even after only a short while of cultivating this art, the power of the【Great Boundless Sword Qi】was strong enough to threaten Xiao Chushan.

  “I will deal with you after killing him!”

  Xiao Chushan’s heads started unleashing skills that turned into shields, protecting him from the attacks of【Great Boundless Sword Qi】while he raised up his spear before stabbing towards Zhong Yue!

  At the moment that decided Zhong Yue's fate, he unleashed the pure Yin and Yang Sword Qi in his eyes, slashing at two of Xiao Chushan's inner cores. This sent them flying away while cracks appeared on the surface of the two cores.

  Then, Zhong Yue roared angrily as incredible power surge emerged from his body, pushing the third inner core that locked the dimension around him away as he positioned his right hand in front of his forehead.

  Zhe——-

  Xiao Chuwen's spear stopped right in front of Zhong Yue's forehead as Zhong Yue allowed the spear to pierce through his right hand so he could stop it altogether. Just before Xiao Chuwen pulled his spear out from Zhong Yue's hand, Zhong Yue's left hand reached out, grabbing on the spear, preventing Xiao Chuwen from pulling his spear back.

  Xiao Chuwen then shouted as he was charging forward, stabbing towards Zhong Yue again and pushing Zhong Yue into the air as his three heads opened up the mouth. The three heads roared in unison as cast the 【Celestial Moon Howling Art】's 【Moon Howling】 and sent it ferociously crashing towards Zhong Yue.

  As he was struck, Zhong Yue's clothes, skins, and flesh were torn apart, and he quickly released the spear before he fell onto the ground a few ten meters away from Xiao Chushan.

  The rugged clothing Zhong Yue then stood up, with blood all over his body and said, “Back off, junior martial sister. I want to fight him fair and square!”

  Being the pretty obedient girl towards Zhong Yue as she was, Qiu Jin'er could only stand by the side in worry and watch as Zhong Yue fought Xiao Chushan.

  Zhong Yue slightly stretched his body for a bit as he stood up and his wounds recovered under his hyper regeneration, his flesh wiggled as they grew back and his skins reappeared in almost an instant! His hyper regeneration was not as strong as the immortal body of Kui Long Celestial Race. But with it, even after being inflicted with heavy wounds, his regeneration speed was much stronger than average Qi Practitioners.

  He then reached out his hand to remove the willow leaf on his forehead, but to his dismay, the leaf was as if it were glued to his forehead. It then attached itself to his head and showed no signs of loosening.

  On the other hand, Xiao Chushan merged his body with his Yuan Shen while he recalled his three inner cores. As they flew back towards him, a colorful light appeared on the two cracked inner cores, and they recovered completely.

  Xiao Chushan then rushed towards Zhong Yue with his spear again, saying, “The willow leaf is a heritage treasure created by the gods of Xiao Mang Celestial Race, as long as it touches your forehead, you will not be able to remove it! Now, die!”

  “Is that so? Then let us see if this leaf could seal all my power!”

  Zhong Yue shouted, and he shapeshifted into a three-legged celestial being, flapped his wings, unleashed totem carvings that turned into six arms and with the addition of his first two arms, it had eight arms with weapons held in each arm.

  “This… this is the【Monster God Ming King Art】! How did you get it?”

  Xiao Chushan's heart tightened, and the divine third eye appeared on Zhong Yue's forehead, but it was not visible as it was blocked by the willow leaf which seemingly started to inflate as if there was something that kept growing, trying to push the willow leaf away.

  That “something” was the powerful rays released by Zhong Yue’s divine third eye, trying to burst the willow leaf apart and the willow leaf almost fell off from his forehead!

  The leaf was indeed the creation of gods, and a treasure specifically used to obfuscate the Lang Ya Board's senses. Even after being inflated by a few metres long, it did not tear apart. But as the caster of this leaf was Xiao Chushan, who was incapable of maximizing the power of the "妖willow leaf, it was only a matter of time until Zhong Yue managed to completeley extricate himself of the willow leaf's seal!

  “The【Monster God Min
g King Art】and the divine third eye, who are you?”

  Xiao Chushan shouted and through his inner cores, he locked up the dimension around Zhong Yue and suppressed Zhong Yue's body and Yuan Shen while Xiao Chushan thrust his spear towards Zhong Yue again. The same thing then happened again, Zhong Yue launched his pure Yin and Yang Sword Qi, once again targeting Xiao Chushan's inner cores. Cracks continued to spiderweb across the cores, while Zhong Yue also increased the energy output on his divine third eye, making the willow leaf to inflate to a further extent.

  Xiao Chushan roared and unleashed his power. A miniature moon manifested at the tip of his spear, augmenting the power of the spear thrust to its peak with Pure Yin Qi!

  “【Moon Howling】!”

  The three Pan Ao heads of his roared, launching an all-out attack; he created roars that were so strong that they were visible even to naked eyes and these soundwaves flew towards Zhong Yue ferociously!

  Whatever Zhong Yue displayed back then made him felt extremely uneasy as Zhong Yue possessed skills that he was not supposed to have, and all of this made him extremely apprehensive about prolonging the battle!

  Meanwhile, Zhong Yue activated his Ba Ji Slaughtering Array, parried the spear attack and he morphed into the six-eyed celestial being. He unleashed a mighty roar to counter Xiao Chushan's own roar.

  The two roars clashed together and created a deafening boom. The sound receded as the exchange left behind a large crater at the epicenter of the collision.

  “Long Yue!”

  Xiao Chushan shouted in fear, “You are Long Yue of the East Barren!”

  “It’s too late now!”

  Zhong Yue's Pure Yin and Yang sword Qi circled around the two inner cores of Xiao Chushan before they shattered the two inner cores, merged together and destroyed Xiao Chushan's final core. Without his inner cores, Xiao Chushan could only fight with Zhong Yue in close quarters, but he fought with Zhong Yue at an incredibly fast pace. However, to Xiao Chushan's dismay, Xiao Chushan's every attack was parried with Zhong Yue's eight arms, and his injuries only grew more severe as Zhong Yue's vicious flurry of attacks continued to land on Xiao Chushan.