Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  After an hour’s time, Zhong Yue suddenly opened his hand and a ball of fire emerged out of thin air in the middle of his palm. The fireball looked like a little tree swaying in the air, before it changed into a blooming flower with ever-changing colors. Seconds later, the blooming flower then changed into the figure of a little bird, fluttering its wings, trying to fly higher, and as soon as it reached to his eye-level, the flying bird burned in flame and turned back into a ball of demon fire before a miniature man walked out from it.

  The fire vanished in the blink of an eye, and the tiny figure disappeared before it reached his eyes.

  Zhong Yue then stood up, walked down from the raised platform and strode into the circle of demon sunfire, walking toward the Sun Chariot until he disappeared from the sight of the disciples on the platform.

  He had just attained the demon sunfire’s fundamental structures, and constructed his own demon sunfire; although there were still more to explore of the demon sunfire, he didn’t have the time to linger any longer as he was only given half a month’s time. Fifteen days weren’t long enough to fully understand the whole of the demon sunfire, let alone the Sun Chariot Engravings.

  Hence, he could only take a leap of faith, a bet that risked his life to prove that his newly-acquired demon sunfire could withstand the demon sunfires around the Sun Chariot.

  Just as he walked into the circle of flames, the demon sunfires instantly billowed over as they felt this uninvited guest, seeping into his body through the tiny pores on his skin. Zhong Yue was unmoved, he let the demon sunfires infiltrate his body and watched quietly as his Yuan Shen was also infected by the demon sunfire.

  As these demon sunfires surged into his body, his body was immediately engulfed by the demon sunfire in a ball of fire; he closed all his pores and stopped more demon sunfires from entering his body.

  Even though he could withstand the demon sunfires, there was still a limit to it, and letting more demon sunfire into his body would cause the limit to be exceeded.

  Zhong Yue could feel his Yuan Shen slowly eroding away due to the demon sunfire; this was because his attainments on the demon sunfire were still too shallow and couldn’t effectively counteract the demon sunfires that were impairing his Yuan Shen now.

  However, as the demon sunfires were working, the sharp perceptiveness of his Yuan Shen allowed him to clearly capture every little permutation of the totem patterns that composed the demon sunfire. As such, he was able to strengthen and improve his demon sunfire to better protect his Yuan Shen.

  The permutations in the demon sunfire were too numerous. In the few seconds he had entered the circle of flames, there were already hundreds of permutations he couldn’t react to in time that inflicted damage to his Yuan Shen. But after a few moments, he had progressively improved his demon sunfire and there were only a few permutations left that could inflict damage to his Yuan Shen.

  After another few moments, Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief as he have now grasped all of the permutations of the demon sunfire that infected his Yuan Shen. His Yuan Shen was now unaffected at all.

  However, this was only when the demon sunfire was not triggered; if the demon sunfire around the Sun Chariot was activated, his Yuan Shen would still be incinerated.

  This demon sunfire was from that heavenly demon god. He could still endure it if was not triggered, but if the demon sunfire’s power was fully unleashed, even gods could be killed.

  Furthermore, this was only the demon sunfire on the outer rim, it was of lower grade. The closer the demon sunfire was to the Sun Chariot, the higher grade and the stronger it would be, and there would be more permutations to it. The demon sunfire in the Sun Chariot would most probably be at the level of the heavenly demon gods!

  If I can just take a tiny bit of the demon sunfire of the heavenly demon god level, it will be a very precious treasure. However, this demon sunfire can be infuse into nearly everything, it’s very hard to contain it because there are no soul weapons that can contain it.

  Zhong Yue tried opening his Yuan Shen secret realms and store some of the demon sunfire inside, but he gave up quickly as the demon sunfire flowed right through the secret realms and remained in the common world.

  He walked slowly through the flame sea and drew nearer to the Sun Chariot. Along the way, the demon sunfire’s power was also getting stronger and the permutations of its totem patterns were getting more complex. Every step he took, he would have to stop for a period of time to attain the permutations. His understandings on the demon sunfire also deepened as he did that.

  In the demon sunfire, there were dozens of Asura Saint Clan Qi Practitioners. They all had four arms and looked marvelous, the men handsome and the women beautiful. Even the aged Asuras maintained their attractive air.

  As he walked closer to the Sun Chariot, the young Asura Qi Practitioners were left behind, and those around him were now the older generation Asuras. When he reached the Sun Chariot, the Qi Practitioners around it were all incredibly old. Some had even sat unmoving for hundreds of years just so they could study the Sun Chariot all the time!

  A few that were around were so strong that even he couldn’t perceive their exact powers. These were the old giants of the demon race!

  The godly aura and demonic air were thick and heavy, they were even starting to repress his mortal body, Yuan Shen, and thoughts, placing him under great pressure. Thanks to his Immortal Body, he was way stronger than before, and his mortal body avoided collapsing right away.

  He strode onto the Sun Chariot and the pressure rose to a new level. It felt like there were dozens of mountains crushing down on his back, his skin started to crack, and his muscles felt like they were tearing themselves apart. His body was on the verge of disintegrating while the demon sunfire around him was at the demon god-level sunfire!

  Zhong Yue stopped abruptly, waiting until his attainments and understandings on the demon sunfire had deepened before he took another step further after boarding onto the Sun Chariot.

  “Who is he? How is he not afraid of the demon sunfire? Has he attained the heavenly demon god-level demon sunfire?”

  Behind Zhong Yue, the few Asura Saint Clan giant cultivators opened their eyes and stared over at Zhong Yue, their eyes filled with disbelief.

  “When did our saint clan have such a talented young man?”

  Chapter 337: 【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】 |

  One of the Asura giants said in shock, “The Saint Concubine and the other younger disciples have also boarded the Sun Chariot, but that was only possible because they had the leader’s charm to ward off the demon sunfire. This brawny young man doesn’t have the leader’s charm and can board the Sun Chariot solely on his own, this is really incredible! Could it be that he has already attained the heavenly demon god-level demon sunfire?”

  Cultivation base wasn’t the only requirement one needed to board the Sun Chariot, even demon magnates would be incinerated by the demon sunfire if they didn’t have a strong attainment in the demon sunfire. Not even their soul weapons could save their lives.

  In turn, if one’s attainments in the demon sunfire were as strong as the heavenly demon god’s, they would be able to walk onto the Sun Chariot and acquire a stronger, better heritage.

  On the Sun Chariot were engraved two cultivation arts of the Asura Saint Clan, the【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】and the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】. They were the Clan’s strongest cultivation techniques, and of the utmost importance to the Asura Saint Clan.

  Only the totem patterns on the Sun Chariot were strong enough to engrave the whole of the two cultivation techniques with all of their abstrusities. This was something not even the other demon giant cultivators and magnates, nor the demon god’s totem patterns, could have done better than the Sun Chariot.

  The numbers of younger disciples boarding the Sun Chariot solely on their own were scarce in the history of Asura Saint Clan. Most of those who had acquired the heritage of the heavenly demon god were only
possible because they had the leader’s charm.

  This was why Zhong Yue raised an uproar among the Asura Race old giant cultivators around the Sun Chariot.

  Although these old giant cultivators also had a sun spirit, they had only manifested their sun spirits from the heavenly demon god’s spirit. Naturally, their sun spirits were a grade lower than Zhong Yue’s Golden Crow Sun Spirit, which he have manifested right from the sun. This was also why Zhong Yue was able to attain the demon sunfire faster than them.

  In addition to that, Zhong Yue had intentionally attracted the demon sunfire into his body, letting them infect his Yuan Shen so that he could study them better, perceiving every little detail, permutation, and abstrusity of the demon sunfire with the help of his Fuxi divine eye. Hence, he was able to improve his demon sunfire to a higher level in short a such time.

  Although he hadn’t fully attained all of the demon sunfire’s abstrusities, it was still more than enough for him to protect himself from the demon sunfire.

  “But why doesn’t he look like one of our saint clan?”

  Another of them said puzzlingly, “He doesn’t have four arms like us and he is way more brawny than us Asuras, he is also taller than usual.”

  The old Asura giant cultivators were bewildered, “Outsiders are never be allowed to even come close to the palace, let alone the Sun Chariot. He might be an extraordinarily talented disciple of the Asura? We have been in here for so long that I’ve lost track of the time, he is most probably a talented Asura who has emerged in these years…”

  ---

  On the Sun Chariot, Zhong Yue was watching the heavenly demon god’s spirit. The war chariot was miles long and the heavenly demon god’s spirit was in the middle of it, right in the center where the fiery pillar of the sun was.

  This demon god was seated in the lotus position, looking grand and imposing. He had the typical Asura’s four arms, and also three handsome faces, each having different expressions but all his eyes were closed tight.

  Totem patterns were waltzing around him like dancing butterflies, with trails of marvelous totem patterns curling around as if they were clouds surrounding him.

  Not only did it look weird, but the demon god was feeling even more saintly than the celestial gods!

  Zhong Yue looked at the totem patterns of the trails carefully, as there were many marvelous totem patterns in them. It felt like the totem patterns there were the stars, and the trails were the galaxies, so many that he didn’t even know where to start!

  So many totem patterns and they are all god-level totem patterns, when can I even finish attaining them all?

  Zhong Yue was stunned. The totem patterns around this Asura heavenly demon god were too many, and they were all godly totem patterns. It would be nearly impossible even if he was given decades, let alone half a month’s time!

  No, this doesn’t feel right. If attaining the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】required one to understand so many of these godly totem patterns and such a long time to do so, then this cultivation technique would be long lost already.

  Rays flashed across his eyes as he thought, There must be something I’ve missed out on.

  All of a sudden, Xin Huo said, “Brat Yue, look carefully at his hands.”

  Zhong Yue was curious, he quickly looked over at the Asura heavenly demon god’s four hands and found them all in different postures, they were clearly some sort of hand seals.

  “The true【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】is represented in his hands, the hand seals are the exact manifestation of the art,” Xin Huo said. "Make the same hand seals and look at the totem patterns again.”

  Zhong Yue quickly sat down and formed the Heavenly Demon Sun Radiation Seal with one hand, curling his middle finger and his thumb in together as the resemblance to the sun and the other three fingers as the radiating sunlight. His other hand made the Great Sun Heavenly Demon Seal, all four fingers clenching into a fist with the thumb inside of the fingers, to resemble to the heart of the sun.

  Even with the two hand seals being formed, nothing have changed.

  Grow!

  Zhong Yue chanted softly, the flesh below his arms squirmed and another two arms grew out. The muscles, bones, veins, and the blood of the arms could be clearly seen forming, and in just the blink of an eye, two new arms appeared on his body.

  He had succeeded in cultivating the Immortal Body, and although his Immortal Body was still primitive, he was still able to grow another pair of limbs. However, this wasn’t the true Immortal Body, as the true Immortal Body, like the one the Kui Long Race magnate, Kui Zheng, possessed, couldn’t be killed with the Great Boundless Divine Sword. Even his Yuan Shen could not be harmed if he had the true Immortal Body.

  Zhong Yue’s Immortal Body was still just a newborn infant compared to the true one.

  The new arms each made a hand seal, the Heavenly Demon Fearless Seal and the Demon Crow Heavenly Wings Seal. When the four hand seals were made, Zhong Yue’s blood essence shuddered in his body and a thought crashed into his mind, causing his psyche, arcane energy and blood essences to flow in a marvelous pattern inside of his body.

  Krong——

  His blood essence was shuddering into shapes, forming into trails of totem patterns and were circling around him, adding a mysterious, godly air!

  Suddenly, his Great Sun Golden Crow emerged behind him. A huge demonic shock wave followed its appearance and ravaged the surroundings. The Golden Crow flared its marvelous wings out wide and abruptly, its imposing aura plunged into an abyss of darkness as the Golden Crow changed itself into the Demon Crow.

  Zhong Yue was first shocked by the sudden change of his sun spirit, but he quickly accepted the change. He thought, Golden Crow, Demon Crow, they are all part of the sun and the great sun isn’t attributed to any of the celestials or demons. Both of them are part of this world of cultivation, and the true way of cultivation doesn’t separate the celestial and demon from one another.

  As soon as he cast the differences of the Great Sun Golden Crow and Great Sun Demon Crow out of his mind, he found himself enlightened and clearer than ever to the ways of cultivation. Looking now at the trails of totem patterns around the Asura heavenly demon god, he found the godly totem patterns not that obscure to him anymore, and much easier to comprehend.

  The totem patterns were revolving, constantly changing in forms and shapes, and each of the permutations were part of the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】. They contained the abstrusities and also the ways to cultivate this cultivation technique.

  Even though it was true that he have found the way to attain the art, it didn’t mean that he could attain it in half a month’s time. In fact, the limit of fifteen days given by Tu Jiang was such an unreasonably short time that practically no one would be able to attain the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】, nor the【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】.

  However, that wasn’t true for Zhong Yue!

  “Divine third eye, open!”

  His divine third eye opened again, and a godly ray flashed out, shooting into the trails of totem patterns around the Asura heavenly demon god. Wherever the godly ray shone, the totem patterns would appear clearly in his mind with all the information he needed to know chanted into his ears.

  There were voices coming out of nowhere, chanting the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】into his ears and directly into his mind!

  ------

  Zhong Yue sat unmoving for ten days. When his consciousness was restored again, his head felt enormously heavy, but finally, he had attained the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】!

  He then closed his eyes again and sat unmoving for another two days as he consolidated his attainments on the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】and cultivated it before he finally stopped.

  What an incredible cultivation technique, only such a cultivation technique is suitable for the Great Sun Golden Crow Yuan Shen.

  He was deeply awed. Although he had manifested the Great Sun Golden Crow, he had only cultivated o
ther techniques that were incompatible with his sun spirit, such as the【Monster God Ming King Art】, the【Great Boundless Sword Qi】, and the others.

  Even though these cultivation techniques were also strong, and were not at all inferior to the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】, they were still unable to unleash the full power of the Great Sun Golden Crow. Just like if an expert swordsman was restricted to only wielding an axe, his greatest sword skills could not be unleashed!

  While this【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】was just like the strongest sword given to the expert swordsman, the perfect art that fit the Great Sun Golden Crow the best!

  To Zhong Yue, this【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】was way better than the【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】!

  Three days left, let’s see if I can also attain the【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】.

  Zhong Yue immediately stood up and walked down from the Sun Chariot, turning and examining the engravings which contained the【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】on the Sun Chariot .

  Hmm? The【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】on the Sun Chariot has many differences from the one imparted to me by Tian Mo Concubine. But these differences are mostly on the ‘Godly Radiating’ part...

  Zhong Yue stood on the side of the Sun Chariot and studied the Sun Chariot Engravings with his divine third eye. The totem pattern engravings on the Sun Chariot were more abstruse than Tian Mo Concubine’s and the mysteries in them more profound. However, it was still just a better, deeper, and stronger【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】, its fundamental structure was still the same; the only biggest difference was the part that explained the “Godly Radiating”.

  Tian Mo Concubine had hidden parts of the art when she imparted it to him, but the Sun Chariot contained everything on it. This heavenly demon god also didn’t have the full【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】and so, he had included part of the【Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art】in it, using the Great Demon Sun’s godly rays to repress the heavenly demons formed by his own version.