Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Qiu Jin'er nodded, not knowing whether she really understood his words. Bai Canghai continued saying, "The Leize Clan is of the goldy emperor's bloodline, the innate dragon gods. The whole Eastern Sea dragon race are descendants of the Leize Clan. It is just that the purity of the Leize bloodline is not so high in them. The Leize Clan is commonly known as the Ancestral Dragon by the dragon race, revered as the ancestor of all dragons. The dragon pattern behind Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is the image of the Leize Clan. My guess is that even if the heritage he had received from the Ancestral Dragon Ritual is not at the level of the godly emperor's, it wouldn't be far off either. Now the question is, how much had he attained from that heritage?"

  Qiu Jin'er was astonished, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, you really know a lot."

  Bai Canghai answered proudly, "The Bai Ze Clan of the Northern Sea, we don't dare to boost much, but we are truly the scholars of the cultivation techniques. We of the Bai Ze Clan have the most detailed records of the cultivation techniques of the different race. As long as a cultivation technique enters the eyes of the public, they will exist in our books. The fundamentals of the techniques, the attributes of the arts, the changes in the skills ... we have records for nearly everything."

  Qiu JIn'er was shocked, "Since the Bai Ze Clan knows so much, you must be very strong in finding your opponents' weaknesses, no wonder you can secure the whole North Barren as your territory."

  Bai Canghai gently smiled, "We of the Bai Ze Clan don't dare to proclaim that we know everything in this world, but that isn't exactly hyperbole either. Although we can't really replicate all of the cultivation techniques, finding our opponents' weaknesses and taking advantage of that is a fundamental forte of my race."

  “Then, senior martial brother, why don’t you step out and fight with my senior martial brother?” The curious baby Qiu Jin’er asked.

  Immediately, the smile on Bai Canghai's face stiffened. He sheepishly diverted the conversation and said, "Look at Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtuu's name, he is now in the top hundred on the Warrior Board, with his strength, even some of the Inner Core Qi Practitioners might not be his match. He will soon supplant the others in the Warrior Board and ascend to first place. It won't even be a shock if he enters the Godlike Board. Your senior martial brother from the Zhong Shan Clan is now facing against the strongest opponent of his life."

  Qiu Jin’er looked at the Warrior Board, Jiao Qingtu’s name was climbing, higher and higher, surpassing one name after another.

  Dragons soared in the mid-air as Jiao Qingtu cast the skills of the Leize Clan, every strike he launched out would compress the air around him as if the dimension itself was shuddering!

  His mortal body and Yuan Shen coalesced together, morphing into a nine-headed divine dragon; his attack rate was even faster and stronger than the three-headed Xiao Mang Celestial Race as all nine heads of his could cast their own skills independently.

  While on the other hand, Zhong Yue stood steadfastly, methodically taking down all of the strikes and skills. He casually launched skills away from his hands to counter the incoming attacks.

  He infused the attribute of the sunfire into all of his skills, augmenting his attacks with fire and the ability to incinerate his opponent into ashes. The sunfire was also used to morph into countless forms: Sword Qi, shield patterns and a multitude of other forms that help in combat.

  However, despite the success of fending off all of the strikes, Zhong Yue has impotently plunged into a defensive state, passively countering the incoming attacks.

  “Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is indeed strong!”

  Bai Canghai praised, "I suppose, he is going to unleash all of his power in a bit. Junior Martial Sister Qiu, Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu has yet to use his full power, and when he does so, it'll be the time your senior martial brother faces his defeat! Quickly, look, he is going all out now!"

  Jiao Qingtu's nine heads let out nine different tones of whistles, resounding into a cacophonous symphony that reverberated throughout the sky. Just as he unleashed all of his power, his ranking in the Warrior Board suddenly catapulted to new heights, surpassing Xia Shengchu and ascending to second place in the Warrior Board!

  A wild force of arcane energy suffused the air, and the faces of the Qi Practitioners in the city turned dark and gloomy right away. Such potent power... he could even compete with the Qi Practitioners at the peak of Inner Core!

  The dragon pattern behind Jiao Qingtu roared ferociously, his ranking took the final ascension in the Warrior Board, reaching first place with him now only a step away from the Godlike Board!

  In mid-air, countless Jiao Dragons emerged in quick succession, soaring in the sky!

  Million Dragon Art!

  Jiao Qingtu pushed his hands out, a million dragons surged over and blasted at Zhong Yue. He had launched out his final move, a strike that was the accumulation of all of his power, a strike that carried with it his hope of destroying Zhong Yue, and a strike that would charge him into the Godlike Board!

  A protracted deafening whistle suddenly blasted in everyone's ears. Darkness swept away the lights in the sky, but the sun shone brighter than ever as it shone its rays down at the center of the Lesser Void City!

  The warmth of the light across the land of a few hundreds of miles was sucked away, tossing it into an endless world of darkness, devoid of the slightest shred of sunlight!

  KRONG——

  The five light wheels behind Zhong Yue dazzled radiantly to a blinding degree. His arcane energy surged out like a rampant beast, and his blood essence boiled in his body. His surroundings were painted in red, and he became the only source of light across the hundreds of miles of land!

  Countless Golden Crows surged out from Zhong Yue's body and fluttered their wings freely in the sky. They soon morphed into numerous miniature suns that burned in a blazing fire.

  Zhong Yue pushed his hands out, and the suns rolled over, clashing with the incoming dragons; Golden Crows against Jiao Dragons, the two warred like armies, marvelous and yet brutal!

  They were contending with one another with arcane energy, the Golden Crows that fluttered and the Jiao Dragons that soared. They intertwined over one another, entangled in a war where every second, countless Golden Crows would perish in a plume of smoke, and countless Jiao Dragons would get torn to pieces.

  Krong!

  Another blast of sound echoed through the sky as the war reached a fevering stalemate, with both sides having perished and crumbled into nothingness. Meanwhile, their masters had finally clashed together from behind. Their hands and claws, human and dragon. The duo's body quivered violently, and both spat out a mouthful of blood.

  All of a sudden, a slit rift emerged on Zhong Yue's forehead, and a sword ray lashed out from his divine third eye, cleaving Jiao Qingtu's head into halves and slaying him dead on the spot.

  Bai Canghai’s smile again stiffened up, he was just claiming that Zhong Yue would be no match for the fully unleashed Jiao Qingty, and right in the next second, Jiao Qingtu was slain dead before his eyes.

  “Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is really strong already.”

  Qiu Jin'er comforted him from the side, "My senior martial brother doesn't easily use his divine third eye, it takes a heavy toll on his prowess, and if he had used it, it means that Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is on par with my senior martial brother in every other way. Which is why the only way to win the battle is with the divine eye. Senior Martial Brother Bai, you are correct, Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is indeed really strong."

  A strong surge of shame instantly engulfed Bai Canghai. He didn't know how to react and could only feign a series of coughs to hide his awkwardness.

  Qiu Jin'er winked her eyes that were pure like a baby's, and she said, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, is it your turn now? You've commented on so many Qi Practitioners, and they have all been defeated. On the other hand, Senior Martial Brother Bai, you are a master of all arts, an erudit
e scholar of the cultivation techniques. You must have some unknown means that can win the fight, right?"

  Bai Canghai's face suddenly turned sickly pallor, he burst into a series of severe coughs and said feebly, "The Bai family of the Bai Ze Clan knows no fear to any challenges, but you see, I was cursed with an illness from birth … look, I'm even throwing up blood…."

  Just as Zhong Yue cast his gaze over, Bai Canghai quickly pulled his winter white fur coat closer to his body. He slowly stood up while continuing to cough out mouthfuls of blood, "Senior Martial Brother Zhong, I'll come back and challenge you when I've taken care of my illness!"

  Zhong Yue shifted his gaze away, and he looked at the young celestial whose smile never seemed to fade.

  Immediately as Zhong Yue’s attention was shifted away, Bai Canghai stopped coughing and also looked at the young celestial, he was shocked and said, “Bi Xie of the West Barren? He is also here in the Lesser Void World?”

  Qiu Jin'er quickly asked, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, is Bi Xie very strong? All of the Qi you've commented on have already been killed by my senior brother. I think you should also comment on this Bi Xie."

  Her innocent countenance gazed at him expectantly, but Bai Canghai's face darkened, "My comments are actually very accurate. It's just that your senior martial brother is too strong, I've wrongly estimated his strength as he has reversed open the five wheels and … um, the divine third eye on his forehead. But this Bi Xie, even I can’t comment on his prowess.”

  He shook his head and continued, “He is the only male in the whole Bi Xie Celestial Race, the Bi Xie Celestial Race is the bloodline left behind by that godly emperor of the West Barren….”

  The godly emperor’s bloodline?

  Zhong Yue was shocked in his heart, the casual manner in his sights turned into seriousness. Tens of thousands of years ago, the godly emperor that ruled the Ancestral Star established an empire of his own, the ancestors of all the celestial races were his courtiers, including the Bai Ze of the North Barren, and Zhong Li of the South Barren. They were all his courtiers!

  Bi Xie, the young celestial whose smile never faded away from his face said smilingly, "Senior Martial Brother Zhong, it seems like you are somehow restraining yourself, not wanting to unleash your true prowess. Is there any reason in particular as to why you're doing so? It is unfair to fight you in such a state."

  As those words were spoken, Bai Canghai's face a shocked expression. He quickly turned his head over to Zhong Yue and thought, What? Pulling back? You mean to tell me that this isn't even his full strength?

  Nodding his head, Zhong Yue said, “Yes, indeed, I’ve been restrained by certain concerns.”

  Bi Xie smiled, "Then if that's the case, we shall battle on the day your concerns dealt with. What do you think?"

  "Good idea," Zhong Yue nodded.

  The ever-smiling young celestial took a few steps back and vanished into the crowd, Bai Canghai quickly searched for Bi Xie, but he was nowhere to be seen!

  He is strong. If I risk the danger of exposing my identity as Long Yue, can I beat him? Zhong Yue looked toward the direction of the crowds where his strongest opponent disappeared. This was the first time he felt uncertain against a duel.

  The godly emperor’s bloodline….

  Chapter 291: Celestial Emperor Bi Xie |

  To be able to realize that I have yet to use my full strength, this Bi Xie indeed has his own strength. Also, with the addition of the Celestial Emperor's heritage, he might prove himself a formidable foe!

  Zhong Yue then looked away and memorized Bi Xie's name in his mind.

  There were not many names on the Godlike Board, only about two to three thousand of them but Bi Xie was not among them. However, after having a brief conversation with Bi Xie, Zhong Yue had gotten a grasp of his behaviors, and it came as no surprise to Zhong Yue the reason Bi Xie was not on the Godlike Board.

  In Bi Xie's mind, reputation or fame was no longer his concern. What mattered most was the opponents he faced.

  And up until now, he had not encountered anyone he deemed worthy, and as such, his name did not even appear in the Warrior and Godlike Board.

  He was completely different from Jiao Qingtu. Unlike Jiao Qingtu who held himself back in the name of fame, by ostentatiously revealing his strength to everyone. Bi Xie only had his opponents in his eyes.

  Thus, Zhong Yue's advancement into the Godlike Board had drawn his interest, and he only showed up because of that. Bi Xie however, immediately back off. He didn't want to have an advantage over Zhong Yue as he wanted to see Zhong Yue full power.

  And an opponent like that was the most terrifying!

  "Senior martial brother, our senior martial brother Bai is so amusing! Each time he says someone is strong, that someone would definitely end up losing," said Qiu Jin'er with a laugh.

  Bai Canghai's face turned red to Qiu Jin'er's comments, and he kept coughing, pretending to be oblivious to what she was saying.

  Zhong Yue then said gravely, "The Baizhe Clan of the North Barren knows almost everything. Senior martial brother Bai knows the details of the others but not mine, which was why his predictions were always wrong. In the end, it was due to his lack of information, rather than his capabilities."

  As soon as Zhong Yue voiced out his opinion, Bai Canghai felt so much better, and he greeted Zhong Yue, "Pardon me for my rudeness. Canghai knew nothing of Brother Zhong's capabilities, and it was only now that I finally realize that you indeed live up to your illustrious fame. Please forgive me for what I said just now."

  Un until now, the Zhong Li Celestial Race had yet to reopen the exit, so all of them could only stay in the Lesser Void World. Zhong Yue and Bai Canghai continued their conversation while Qiu Jin'er listened quietly, but she got more and more surprised as she listened.

  Bai Canghai was indeed a knowledgeable person. He had the information of the techniques from various races in his head; their effects, power, and even their weaknesses were not unknown to him!

  Other than that, he was like a walking encyclopedia as he not only knew about the techniques of the other races, but he even knew their innate talents and weaknesses!

  Initially, Qiu Jin'er viewed him lightly, but as Bai Canghai continued conversing with Zhong Yue, her perspective on this seemingly unreliable guy began to change.

  The only reason he made a mistake was that he had no idea of Zhong Yue's abilities; he looked Zhong Yue thinking that he cultivated the techniques of Swords Gate and reverse-opened the five wheels through the Swords Gate's methods.

  Little did he know that Zhong Yue cultivated【Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art】that was given to him by Xin Huo. Saying it was different from the Swords Gate's techniques would be quite an understatement.

  But the more Bai Canghai learned about senior martial brother, the more he dares not fight with senior martial brother. From that, knowing too much may not be a good thing I guess. The more he knows, the more scared he gets.

  Suddenly, Zhong Yue lowered down his voice and said, "Brother Bai, do you happen to know anything about the Devil Soul Forbidden Land under Swords Gate?"

  Bai Canghai hesitated and whispered, "We Bai Family did know a little bit about that, but this is a big matter. It's not good for me to discuss it…."

  “Can you talk a little about it?” whispered Zhong Yue.

  Bai Canghai hesitated again and said, "The Devil Soul Forbidden Land exists not only under your Swords Gate but under many other places. There's one under the Xiao Mang Celestial Temple in the West Barren, the Tianhou Palace of the Zhong Li Celestial Race, the Xian Kong Saint City in the East Barren and even under we Baihou Celestial Temple."

  Although Zhong Yue already knew the answer, he was still shocked by the reply of Bai Canghai, and he quickly asked, "Brother Bai, the Devil Soul Forbidden Land is a place to nurture and nourish the saint spirits. The five Devil Soul Forbidden Lands you mentioned just now each already has their own saint spirit, but I have no idea about th
e mastermind behind all of these."

  “So you knew huh?”

  Bai Canghai was shocked, and he felt relieved after that. He then said, "Then it's fine if I told you what I know since you know about this already. Throughout these five million years dwelling in the North Barren, our Baizhe Clan records many pieces of ancient histories, but there hasn't been one proper, accurate recording of the Devil Soul Forbidden Land apart from some guesses…."

  He stopped for a while and put out serious expression. He whispered in an even lower tone, "Our ancestors made an assumption that apart from the Eastern Sea and overseas, the tomb is connected to the five barrens, and that the tombs under the five barrens are sacrificial tombs. Not the main tomb. Judging by the size and standard of these tombs, the main tomb is probably the tomb of a Godly Emperor or Heavenly Monarch. However, a few days ago when I checked the Heavenly Monarch Residence and the hidden mausoleum, I realized that the monarch mausoleum was extremely grand and had a higher standard. As such, I assume that the main tomb under the five barrens is at most a Godly Emperor level tomb…."

  “A Godly Emperor’s tomb?”

  Zhong Yue was confused, and he asked, "Louder, I can't hear you."

  Upon hearing that, Bai Canghai said in an even lower tone, "My assumption is too shocking, if my assumption is made known to everyone, I fear that it will cause a major uproar. I went through all of the history books of our Bai Family and studied the history of the other races, and I discovered something interesting. I found out that the celestial races of the West Barren including the Zhong Li and Baizhe Celestial Race only had a history of five million years, which suggest that our races only appeared five million years ago. From that, we can assume that the Godly Emperor left five million years ago."