Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  After Zhong Yue had broken his soul weapon, the Shan Shen Celestial Race's Qi Practitioner had no choice but to fight Zhong Yue bare-handed. In no time, the Shan Shen Celestial Race's Qi Practitioner had lost the upper hand as the Shan Shen Celestial Race was good at attacking with the element of surprise, but they were inferior to others when it came to close-quarters combat.

  Suddenly, the Shan Shen Qi Practitioner's right arm was severed and fell from the skies while he shrieked and turned into a black mist that seemed to quickly disperse in the air.

  “You think you can escape just like that?”

  Zhong Yue swung his black hair, which pierced through the Shan Shen Celestial Race's Qi Practitioner body. He then dragged the Shan Shen Celestial Race's Qi Practitioner out from the void he hid in. Everything happened in just the blink of an eye, and when Zhong Yue dragged his opponent out, everyone watching was overcome with shock!

  Previously, when Zhong Yue and Long Yue worked together against Kui Zhengshu and the others, their strategy was to eliminate them one by one before they could coordinate an organized offensive. Besides, with the Fang Blade and Golden Peng Sword, Long Yue and Zhong Yue also had the advantage of the godly weapons. Hence, their individual strengths weren't able to properly show themselves.

  But now, by just himself, Zhong Yue had defeated the Shan Shen Celestial Race's magnate Qi Practitioner! Zhong Yue even managed to trap the magnate Qi Practitioner with his hair and attempted to kill him right then and there!

  Just what kind of power did possess to be able to kill a Heavenly Dharma level Qi Practitioner when he was still at the Inner Core level?

  On the Martial God Stage, Xia Chusheng and Xia Shengyan's expression slightly faltered as Zhong Yue's technique of trapping his foes with his hair was unique to the Xia Clan. Despite this, this technique was much stronger in Zhong Yue's hands than it was in theirs!

  Not only that, but Long Yue also seemed to use a similar technique; it was clear that he had cultivated his body to an extreme level as well.

  The two of them both used their hair as their soul weapons, but their techniques were different; Long Yue turned his red hair into fiery red Jiao Dragons and used them to form various powerful attacks. While on the other hand, Zhong Yue used his hair to perform the【Great Boundless Sword Qi】so that he could unleash a terrifying Sword Qi that not even Heavenly Dharma level Qi Practitioner could defend against!

  Just when a miniature sun appeared in Zhong Yue's hand as he was about to deal the finishing blow, a Martial Heavenly Master in the Fiery Saint Palace raised his hands and sliced apart Zhong Yue's hair.

  "Stop! There will be no fighting in Fiery Capital!"

  He then walked out of the palace and looked at Zhong Yue before saying, "Zhong Yue, you attacked someone in the capital, are you trying to make an enemy of us?"

  "Are you blind? Did you not see that he attacked Hallmaster Zhong first!" The Swords Gate disciples refuted angrily.

  At this time, the others also felt that something was not quite right; any form of conflict was prohibited in Fiery Capital, but it was obvious that the Zhong Li Celestial Race had tacitly allowed Zhong Yue to be attacked.

  "Zhong Yue is too famous now, and the Zhong Li Celestial Race views him as a threat as well. It's only natural that they want to kill him as well," someone remarked.

  The Martial Heavenly Master then ascended into the skies and looked at Zhong Yue from afar. He then let out a thunderous shout that stopped the uproar among the bystanders, "Our rules state that any form of fighting is only allowed on the Martial God Stage and not out of the stage. Whoever fights outside of the stage will be at fault, and you were out of the stage just now!"

  Zhong Yue retracted his hair to its normal state, even retrieving the hair that was previously severed, "So you mean to tell me that I should just stand still when I was attacked just now?"

  When the Martial Heavenly Master wanted to say something, the Xia Clan's clan master suddenly said, "Zhong Jin, come back. This is the first time Zhong Yue went against the rules. It is fine if we let him go this time."

  Zhong Jin then bowed and said, “Understood.”

  “There shall be no next time, Zhong Yue!” shouted Zhong Jin again.

  "What if someone tries to kill me again?" replied Zhong Yue as he struggled to keep his calm.

  "Who dares to attack you in the territory of my Zhong Li Celestial Race! Be obedient, and we will definitely ensure your safety!" replied Zhong Jin dismissively as he walked away.

  Zhong Yue then looked around, and his gaze swept across the others before finally landing on Long Yue. He bowed and said, "Thank you for your help, Brother Long."

  Long Yue however, quickly moved aside and said, "I did not try to save you! I fear that I will not be able to find a decent opponent anymore after you die! I, Long Yue, am the strongest of the so-called 'Twin Yues.' How can I prove this if you die?"

  Upon hearing this, Zhong Yue laughed and said, "Alright! You are indeed very interesting! Fine, I will not go easy on you when we fight later on even after you saved me! I, however, can spare your life if I win."

  “No need for that! If you go easy on me, you will die for sure!”

  Zhong Yue then laughed and said, "Brother Long, let me repeat this, perhaps we could both be friends…."

  "That depends on my mood," replied Long Yue calmly.

  The two then stared at each other again, the electric atmosphere between the two of them greatly shook everyone's hearts.

  Bai Canghai from the other side then praised echoed what was already on everyone's mind, "The two of them are indeed very interesting!"

  Along with her people, Chi Xue, who was holding an oily plate filled with grilled shrimps, laughed at Bai Canghai's obvious statement.

  When Qiu Jin'er saw Bai Canghai, she felt happy and quickly waved her hand at him, "Senior martial brother Bai, you are here again? If we are about to fight again, you must definitely help my senior martial brother!"

  Chi Xue maintained her smile, and she quickly walked towards them before asking curiously, "What kind of capabilities does this Senior Martial Brother Bai possess that allows your senior martial brother win?"

  Qiu Jin'er looked at her and quietly praised Chi Xue's beauty in her heart before patiently explaining, "Back in the Lesser Void World, when Mister Xia and the others challenged my senior martial brother, Senior Martial Brother Bai commented on each of the challengers. Each time he praised someone, my senior martial brother would go on to defeat that person. In the end, everyone praised was soon defeated by my senior martial brother. Thus, I believe that Senior Martial Brother Bai's commentary was what helped my senior martial brother to win."

  "What kind of power is this?" exclaimed Chi Xue as she looked at Bai Canghai with curious surprise.

  Bai Canghai's face turned dark, and he coughed non-stop out of embarrassment. After that incident, he was crowned as a person with the mouth of a crow and was scolded by the elders of his clan for embarrassing himself and his clan.

  Then, Qiu Jin'er stared at the oily plate Chi Xue's hands and asked, "Senior martial sister, is this delicious?"

  “It is very nice!”

  Chi Xue then handed the plate to her and invited, "Shall we...?"

  It wasn't long before the two young ladies were joyfully eating together and discussing the delicacies of the Fiery Capital; it was a scene that made Zhong Yue speechless as he thought, Senior martial sister really can't resist food eh?

  Translator Note:

  Mouth of a crow = aka, Jinx. Each time the person says something, something bad will happen for sure.

  Chapter 386: Wipe Your Ass |

  Outside of the city, Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzhong had both killed their opponents, causing an uproar among the Shan Shen and Gui Shen Celestial Race disciples. There was a magnate from each of the races, surrounded by a cadre of Heavenly Dharma and Inner Core experts. They all erupted in anger and raised a commotion at the death of their comrades.

  However
, with the two races intending to kill Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzhong, it would put them in an even more compromising position if they were to kill Shan Zhufeng and Wei Heiqi. Moreover, with Shui Zian present, it was impossible for Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzhong to be punished for this.

  This South Barren trip is ten times more dangerous than the West Barren, easy to enter, hard to leave.

  In the Fiery Saint Palace, Shui Zian summoned Zhong Yue, Zuo Xiangsheng, and the other disciples to come over. He thought for a moment before taking out tens of charms. He folded them into paper cranes and blew on them. The tens of paper cranes then fluttered their wings and left in all directions away from the Fiery Capital.

  I'm not their target, and neither are Tian Yanzhong nor Zuo Xiangsheng. There is only one man worthy in their eyes, Zhong Yue! Which clearly explains why they tried to kill Tian Yanzhong and Zuo Xiangsheng so that they could divert my attention away from Zhong Yue to the two of them.

  Shui Zian watched as the paper cranes flew away, and he mumbled softly, "Will time our friend…?"

  …

  “Sha Qishan is also in the Fiery Capital?”

  Shui Zian called Zhong Yue into the room, and the grand elder informed him of the news, he was greatly shocked and admired the Sea King immediately after. In the Triad Ritual, Demon Saint had sacrificed the whole Heavenly Demo Secret Realm and all of the experts except for Zhong Yue and a few others around him. Yet, Sha Qishan was right here in the South Barren. He had survived the calamity!

  This couldn't just be attributed to luck, it could only be Sha Qishan strength that allowed him to survive the five dragon elders, and it was this strength that let him live until this day – he was truly the king of a race!

  One had to know the already strong dragon elders were also equipped with the divine weapons when they were in pursuit of Sha Qishan.

  "This Sea King has asked you and also Chief Di of the monster race about Long Yue."

  Shui Zian' face stiffened up as he said with a low voice, "It seems like he knows something about you and Long Yue."

  Zhong Yue pondered deeply and responded, "Sha Qishan has been looking for me everywhere, this must be the order of the Kun Peng Celestial Race of Wood Celestial Star. For Sha Qishan to know about the true relation between Long Yue and Zhong Yue, he must've been told it be Feng Wuji's demon incarnation that is in the demon race Eight Barrens."

  “Kun Peng Celestial Race?”

  Shui Zian said in shock, "Then I know why Sha Qishan is here already. The Kun Peng Celestial Race has always been long-standing rivals to the dragon race while the Zhong Li Celestial Race also has some enmities against the dragon race. Sha Qishan is here to bring these two races together against the great dragon race!"

  Zhong Yue then exclaimed, "No wonder! Sha Qishan is definitely trying to convince the Zhong Li Celestial Race to build a teleportation array formation for the Kun Peng Celestial Race to come! Zhong Li, Kun Peng, and Xiao Mang ... these three celestial races are strong enough to bring down the dragon race!"

  However, Shui Zian shook his head and voiced out a different opinion, "The dragon race is not as simple as what we see now. Even with the three celestial races coming together, they will not die no matter what. What I want to know is what you did to antagonize the Kun Peng Celestial Race?"

  Zhong Yue hesitantly looked around to ensure that there were no eavesdroppers before he took out the copper lamp. He opened the lid and whispered to Shui Zian, "Grand elder, please, take a look."

  Shui Zian looked into the lamp, and his body visibly shook. He was stunned to see a galaxy slowly spinning within the copper lamp. Its light dazzled his eyes!

  In the galaxy, a wing-like long saber was hovering peacefully.

  The Kun Peng Celestial Race's saint weapon – the Divine Wing Saber!"

  Although fragmented, it was still the strongest weapon Shui Zian had ever seen with his own eyes!

  "Grand elder, this is half of Kun Peng Celestial Race's saint weapon. The Kun Peng Race has already recovered the other half."

  Zhong Yue closely watched Shui Zian's expressions before explaining, "When I fought for it, it was under the identity of Long Yue. The Kung Peng Celestial Race has already seen my face before. However, since Feng Wuji knows that I'm Long Yue, Sha Qishan must've also set a bounty on me as well."

  “I … This….”

  Shui Zian's face was a blur of various expressions. After a few moments, the grand elder managed to recollect himself to process the new information. He then numbly said, "Little shit, what more have you done. Just spit it all out right now. This, yes, this, what is this divine banner and how did it come … Azure Dragon Marked Banner? One of the four godly beasts of the imperial palace? You were the one that stole it from the Zhong Li Celestial Race….?"

  Shui Zian was breathing heavily, and his chest was undulating violently. A few moments later, his face turned grave, and he said, "Damn, I've lived for so long and everything I've been through during my lifetime cannot even compare to what you've experienced in just a few years! Kun Peng Celestial Race's saint weapon, and a godly beast banner ... What in the world is going on and what exactly are you made of? If the Kun Peng Celestial Race is to be teleported over, the dragon race won't be one of their concerns anymore. It will be the Swords Gate that they will be coming after! Let me kill you first before they come for you!"

  Zhong Yue blushed in shame, and he whispered cautiously, "Grand elder, is there anything we can do?"

  "Are you asking me to clean up the mess you've made?"

  Shui Zian erupted with anger like an over-inflated balloon, and he scolded, "Cleaning up your mess is not an easy task, at least I can't do it on my own! The Zhong Li Celestial Race will work with Sea King Sha Qishan to build a teleportation portal, and Feng Wuji, that scumbag, will surely also come. He is even most probably in the city now, hiding somewhere around here! Let me ask the headmaster and see if she is willing to step in to wipe your shitty ass with me!"

  Zhong Yue was between laughter and tears, and he thought, Ask Senior Martial Sister Jun to wipe my ass? Elder Shui is really mad; he didn't even have time to think about the words he was going to say … However, Feng Wuji's arrival at the Fiery Capital is indeed big news!

  A subtle light flashed across the little old man's eyes, and just as he raised his hands, the palace was sealed away, and a godly totem pillar emerged before him. He activated the totem pillar and established a connection to the Swords Gate. At the other end, Jun Sixie received the message and was shocked at the end of Shui Zian's recount. Immediately, she connected back, and her face appeared on the totem pillar before Shui Zian, "Elder Shui, stay calm and maintain the situation. I will come over now to help you break the teleportation portal!"

  Shui Zian frowned and said, "If headmaster comes here, then Swords Gate…."

  Jun Sixie smiled and allayed his worries, "Be at ease, Senior Martial Brother Fang Jiange is in Swords Gate, things will be fine."

  Shui Zian then nodded and said solemnly, "These messes are not an easy task to settle, may the headmaster bring the divine sword along. After all, Fiery Capital is the second holy land of the South Barren Zhong Li Celestial Race. If we destroy their teleportation portal, they will surely retaliate."

  Jun Sixie chuckled in turn and said, "No need for that, didn't Junior Martial Brother have a divine weapon with him?"

  Shui Zian was shocked, and he exclaimed, "Divine Wing Saber? Headmaster plans on using it?"

  Jun Sixie laughed and said, "The Divine Wing Saber is way stronger than the Swords Gate Divine Sword, and it is also the saint weapon of the Kun Peng Celestial Race. This time around, we will show ourselves, and we are not going to fall out with the Zhong Li Celestial Race either. Hence, the Divine Wing Saber is the best option we have. We will only the destroy the teleportation portal and leave no evidence behind. No one will then suspect Swords Gate."

  Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief and smiled, "Thank you, headmaster."

  "I will arrive in the
Fiery Capital in two days!" Jun Sixie's face then faded away from the totem pillar, and it fell to the ground.

  Shui Zian kept the totem pillar and locked his brows together, "Headmaster Jun is a lady of action, she must have been extremely boring in Swords Gate and saw this as a perfect chance to get some fresh air. But like this, her safety is not guaranteed. She should've let Fang Jiange come instead."

  "This teleportation portal, where will it be set up?" Zhong Yue then mumbled.

  Shui Zian then walked toward the door and said, "Leave it to me. You just try your best to keep a low profile and stay out of trouble for the next few days. I'll not be around to take care of you, and there will be experts that will do whatever they can to kill you. After all, your potential is too great for them to let you mature."

  Zhong Yue nodded, and Shui Zian then left.

  Meanwhile, Qiu Jin'er and Chi Xue were chatting happily, they bought mountains of delicacies and stored them all in their Yuan Shen secret realms while they were still enjoying the ones they had in their hands. Zhong Yue was unfortunately dragged by Qiu Jin'er to join them in their delicacy pilgrimage.

  "There are also many delicacies in Kunlun, I'll bring you to eat them next time," Chi Xue invited.

  "Alright!" Qiu Jin'er excitedly accepted her invitation.

  Zhong Yue couldn't help but shake his head and think, Junior Martial Sister Jin'er has accepted to being kidnapped just like that. How funny is it that Granny Lu worries about elaborate schemes that I would use to take advantage of her when all it takes is just a bowl of food to kidnap her...?

  All of a sudden, a sweet voice entered their ears, "Little sisters, what's that you two have there? Can I try too?"

  Zhong Yue looked over and saw a heroic-looking lady. She was beside the, wearing a set of male's clothes and fanning herself with a folding fan in her hands to alleviate some of the heat of the Fiery Capital.