Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  A few thousand miles away, Four Ken Beast was hiding in a mountain cave, shivering in fear. All of a sudden, a huge hand picked it up, and the Four Ken Beast found itself back at the golden summit the next second.

  “This Shen Dragon is really interesting. Looks like he really wanted to escape the Great Wilderness… too bad it’s too slow; it hasn’t even left the Great Wilderness yet.” Zhong Yue looked toward the east and smiled before walking out of Swords Gate to head over there.

  His speed was incredible, and a distance that would’ve taken tens of days to cross only required half a day’s time for him to traverse.

  Soon, he arrived at a picturesque location. There was the cascading waterfall, the verdant grass, and blooming flowers –- it was truly an environment ideal for a hermit lifestyle.

  However, as soon as Zhong Yue swung his hand, the environment shattered like glass. Shen Dragon quickly found himself in Zhong Yue’s grip as it shouted, “How did you find me? My illusions are…”

  Zhong Yue shook his head and brought it back to Swords Gate. The depressed Shen Dragon was then returned to its shackles in the clouds.

  Hei, Senior Martial Sister Jun has underestimated me. These tasks only needed three days at the most to complete. Hmm, let’s find little Xuan Yuan and play with the divine weapon together… Zhong Yue thought for a moment before leaving for Fu Bao’s palace.

  When he reached the palace door, his heart shuddered, his pace slowed, and his eyes grew vigilant.

  There was a young cultivator crouching on the ground with little Xuan Yuan. The two of them seemed to be having fun watching two ants fighting on the floor.

  The young cultivator carried a horn on his back, and when Zhong Yue saw the divine sword hovering beside little Xuan Yuan, his heart settled down again.

  “Seal Suppression Hall Master, this senior martial brother says that he is your friend!” Fu Bao saw him and she said while smiling, “He just arrived and said he is looking for you.”

  “Senior Martial Bother Bi Xue, how are you so free to visit Swords Gate?” Zhong Yue walked toward them and asked with a smile.

  The young cultivator raised his head up, and his eyes were placid as the usual warm bright smile radiated across his face. He answered, “Senior Martial Brother Zhong, you came? I just wanted to have a look at the sword that nearly killed my ancestor, and to see the kind of sword that can slash through the celestial emperor’s mortal body. I was also looking for you as well.”

  Zhong Yue nodded, he carried little Xuan Yuan up from the ground and tucked him into Fu Bao’s arms. He crouched on the ground and took Xuan Yuan’s place in staring at the two ants as well. “Well, now you’ve seen the divine sword, and you’ve seen me.”

  To the side, Fu Bao was in shock, she looked blankly at the young cultivator and thought, Ancestor? Celestial Emperor? He is the descendant of Bi Xie Celestial Emperor!

  Her heart thumped in fear, that divine sword killed Bi Xie Celestial Emperor’s mortal body, and when Bi Xie Celestial Emperor’s descendant was here, she didn’t even realize it!

  Bi Xie also looked at the ants, he said while smiling, “When these ants are fighting, they do so while being oblivious to a world vastly greater than the one they know. They are oblivious to the fact that even the strongest of them can be easily killed with just a finger. It’s my ancestor’s will to have a look at the divine sword. He wanted to reincarnate, to swallow Lord Xia and the others to nurture the strongest spirit. But this divine sword destroyed his plan, destroying his mortal body and his strongest spirit to revert into the six saint spirits. Thus, ancestor wants to have a look at who it was that destroyed his plan. We don’t have any ill-intentions.”

  “No ill-intentions?” Zhong Yue startled. Bi Xie Celestial Emperor has been planning this for 50,000 years and with it destroyed, how can he has no ill-intentions?”

  “Ancestor just wants to know who did it, he isn’t going to vent his anger on a little boy, that’s not his style.” Bi Xie laughed and said, “While it’s me that wanted to see you. My time is near, and if I can’t fight the strongest Qi Practitioner in Ancestral Star, I will never be able to leave in peace. That's why I came looking for you.”

  “Leave … in peace?”, Zhong Yue’s face changed drastically, he shouted in shock, “You want to leave your mortal body for the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor? You plan on letting him use you as a vessel?”

  Bi Xie nodded quietly.

  Zhong Yue’s voice turned icy, “Senior Martial Brother Bi Xie, you are the strongest opponent I’ve ever met. Your talent surpasses my own, and your achievements will surpass your ancestor’s! Giving your body away to your ancestor while you yourself die... is it worth it?”

  “It is....” Bi Xie answered seriously, “Without him, there wouldn’t be me. The blood that flows in my body belongs to him, and if he desires my body, I will give it to him. For the Bi Xie Celestial Race, I’m willing to sacrifice everything, even myself.”

  Zhong Yue stared at him. He sneered coldly and said, “Then the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor is willing to come back to life even at the cost of his final descendent?”

  “For ancestor’s grand plan, it’ll all worth it.” Bi Xie stood up, and he looked at Zhong Yue as his eyes brightened up, “Senior Martial Brother Zhong, when you were in the Fiery Capital, you said that you couldn’t use your full strength. You said that you’d fight me when the day comes that you strike through the nine heavens, have you done it now?”

  Zhong Yue stood up as well, quickly sighing before returning to his usual composure. He said placidly, “Striking the nine heavens, how can it be that easy? But if it’s your last wish to fight with me, how can I decline?”

  His voice became filled with emotion as he lamented, “Fellow Daoist, it’s a pity that we can no longer walk this path of cultivation together anymore… Bi Xie, this battle... I will make sure to honor your last wish!”

  Bi Xie’s he laughed and bowed, “Thank you, fellow Daoist….!”

  ***

  In the East Barren Gu Xia City, City Lord Long Yue stood up and quietly left the city. At the same time, Bo Xun left his Desire Realm and began a journey across the ocean.

  “Fellow Daoist Bi Xie, let me send you off for the last time!”

  Chapter 487: One Hit |

  Ten days later, Long Yue and Bo Xun had arrived at Swords Gate. They both entered the Seal Suppression Hall and sat down behind Zhong Yue.

  Right now, they were all in the Heavenly Dharma level, with each of them horrifyingly strong in their own right. Long Yue was already strong enough to hold his own against the monster lords of the East Barren. He recently visited the six cities, four keeps and three islands in the East Barren to seek insights through spars with the lords. Through this, his name was slowly becoming famous among the monsters.

  Meanwhile, Bo Xun was the brightest star among the demons. He created the demonic saint ground, Desire Realm, designating himself as the Desire Realm’s Lord and gathered strong Qi Practitioners like Tian Mo Concubine and Ji Xiang Concubine. He himself was also referred to as Demon Bo Xun, or the Demon Lord Bo Xun by the demons.

  These two young Qi Practitioners; one was the bright star of the monster race, while another was a rising star of the demon race, and currently, they had convened in one location.

  But what would be most surprising was that these two new stars of the two different races were only Zhong Yue’s incarnations!

  If this were known to others, the entire Ancestral Star would be shaken to its foundations!

  Opposite of Zhong Yue, Bi Xie looked at Long Yue and Mister Bo Xun and his was moved greatly before he praised, “You are truly awesome!”

  Zhong Yue smiled at Bi Xie’ praise and asked, “My fellow Daoist, where do you wish to fight me?”

  Bi Xie lowered down his head for a moment, and after thinking carefully, he raised up his head and walked away while saying, “In the Lesser Void World, I will be waiting for you there.”

  With a nod, Zhong Yue stood up and
sent him out of Swords Gate.

  Upon reaching this level, fights would wreak absolute havoc on the environment; besides, Bi Xie’s strength was still unknown, but just Zhong Yue himself was already strong enough to kill the True Spirit Qi Practitioners.

  Thus, only the Lesser Vod World in the South Barren could sustain the damage that would be caused by them.

  However, Zhong Yue was currently at odds with the Zhong Li Celestial Race of the South Barren. Although no one saw Zhong Yue slicing the Fiery Capital in half, everyone all knew that the other half of the Divine Wing Saber was with him.

  And the Zhong Li Celestial Race always had cordial relations with the Kun Peng Celestial Race. Thus, if Zhong Yue really went to South Barren, the two celestial races would notice immediately, placing Zhong Yue in a predicament.

  However Zhong Yue was a man of his word, and it was also basically impossible to find a place better than the Lesser Void World to fight. Besides, it would be quite a challenge for the two celestial races to get him even after he entered South Barren because of his【Mystic Infinite Transformation】.

  Even so, Zhong Yue was no longer afraid of anyone anymore except for the gods!

  Meanwhile, two streams of condensed Qi rushed out of Long Yue’s and Demon Lord Bo Xun’s body and into Zhong Yue’s!

  Then, their inner cores flew out and charged into the psyche ocean of Zhong Yue.

  Long Yue’s and Bo Xun’s Star Toad Yuan Shen and Great Sun Demonic Crow Yuan Shen flew out and merged with Zhong Yue’s moon and sun spirit.

  In the blink of an eye, Zhong Yue power increased tremendously!

  As the Zhong Yue’s two incarnations, they both cultivated the Nine Revolving Inner Cores, and by now, they have all succeeded in revolving their inner cores nine times!

  The three inner cores that revolved nine times merged and Zhong Yue’s power surged by almost a factor of two! And with the addition of Long Yue and Bo Xun’s Yuan Shen, Zhong Yue’s Yuan Shen was also enhanced one step further!

  Krong——

  As they all merged together, Zhong Yue’s power recovered to his peak level, a level that was not seen before by anyone!

  He stood up, and the raw power crushed the void around him, causing the dimension to tremble vigorously!

  After that, he sealed Long Yue’s and Bo Xun’s body in the Seal Suppression Hall before leaving.

  On the other hand, Jun Sixie, Fang Jiange, and the others had already completed their cultivation, and with these people around, Swords Gate’s safety was guaranteed.

  They too have reforged their inner cores and their cultivations were filled with dangers; back then when Zhong Yue reforged his inner core, he was in the Heavenly Dharma level and even so, his body was almost burst apart by the energy. For someone in the True Spirit level, it was even more dangerous for them to reforge their inner cores. However, with the sufficient amount of divine weapons in Swords Gate, they all suppressed their bodies with a few divine weapons each and guaranteed their safety.

  Among them, Qiu Jin’er saw the quickest improvement; she reached the nine revolvement and this was not because that she was superior in terms of talent, but because of her lower cultivation that lowered the difficulty.

  And now, after they had achieved the sixth revolvement, they all stopped their cultivation to have some fresh air and check on Zhong Yue to see if he did anything reckless again.

  Upon seeing Zhong Yue, Jun Sixie immediately stopped him and asked, “Junior Martial Brother Zhong, where are you going?”

  Suddenly, she noticed Zhong Yue’s aura and her heart thumped. This aura was so wild and strong that she felt that the one standing in front of her now was a god that walked out from the wilderness!

  “To send off a Fellow Daoist,” replied Zhong Yue with a smile as he reeled his aura in.

  “Do not cause another ruckus!” Jun Sixie warned seriously.

  Zhong Yue laughed and said, “Since when have I tried to deliberately cause trouble? Trouble always comes to me. You guys just keep Swords Gate safe and I’ll be back in no time.”

  Left with no choice, Jun Sixie sent Zhong Yue away, and she thought, Long ago, I was just as free as Junior Martial Brother Zhong, able to go anywhere I wanted. But now, I have to keep my position of headmaster in mind. It may be an honor to be the headmaster of Swords Gate, I’ve stopped growing. I might be better off by appointing a new headmaster once everything is said and done. Oh yea, how did he become this strong? His strength seemed to make another leap in just a few days!

  ……

  South Barren, Fiery Capital.

  After being sliced apart by Zhong Yue last time, this second saint city of South Barren was not as lively as it used to be anymore.

  The reputation of the Zhong Li Celestial Race was also damaged because of this incident And after the failed invasion of the Great Wilderness that was spearheaded by Clan Master Xia,who brought along the saint weapon, the name of the South Barren was tainted even further.

  And to add insult to injury, Xia Zhongjin and Xia Zhongguang, who was sent to pursue Zhong Yue, ended up having their limbs amputated and sent back to South Barren by the Bai Zhe Clan of the North Barren.

  However, the Zhong Li Celestial Race’s was still strong foundation. This race had been occupying the South Barren for a very long time, and nobody knew how much wealth they had accumulated within that span of time. It was once said that there were gods that lived here out of plain sight. Thus, although they showed signs of decline, the Zhong Li Celestial Race only lost part of their fame, and there was little to no decrease in the amount of Qi Practitioners under South Barren.

  As Zhong Yue travelled to his destination, he did not bother hiding his position and just charged straight into South Barren. Of course, this startled the Zhong Li Qi Practitioners guarding the border of South Barren.

  However, he was not stopped because of his reputation and his feats in the West Barren.

  And just right after he left, the higher-ups of the Zhong Li Celestial Race was immediately notified of his arrival through the totem pillars.They were all angered as soon as they heard the news for he still entered South Barren even after slicing the Fiery Capital apart!

  “Zhong Yue, you have crossed the line!”

  Not long after Zhong Yue entered the South Barren, fiery clouds appeared on top of him, and along with many Zhu Rong Clan’s strong individuals, a True Spirit magnate Qi Practitioner showed up.

  The magnate Qi Practitioner looked at Zhong Yue and said angrily, “How dare you still show yourself here! Are you trying to end your life?”

  Zhong Yue greeted him and replied politely, “Senior martial brother, I am here to borrow the Lesser Void World for a short period of time. Can you please move aside?”

  “Senior martial brother? You dare call me your senior martial brother?”

  The Qi Practitioner laughed so loud as if he heard the funniest thing ever and said, “How dare you, little brat! Do you know who I am? I addressed the old dog, Feng Shang, as senior martial brother. Who are you to call me senior martial brother?”

  Without saying anything more, his true spirit jumped out, turning into a Zhong Li Celestial riding atop two dragons. He slammed his palm toward Zhong Yue and said, “Show me your strength and see if you are qualified to call me senior martial brother!”

  Zhong Yue, however, lifted up his hand calmly, and after a loud explosion, the Zhu Rong Clan’s magnate Qi Practitioner was sent flying away. As he spurted out a large amount of blood, he looked at Zhong Yue with a newfound fear in his eyes.

  With a shake, Zhong Yue continued toward the Fiery Capital, and as he walked further and further away, his voice could be heard saying, “I called you senior martial brother because you are much older than me, not because I feel inferior to you.”

  After traveling for a few thousand more meters, blazing thunder formed and struck around Zhong Yue. When he looked up, he saw someone shrouded in thunder standing in the air like a celestial. The person pointed his finger at
Zhong Yue, shooting out horrifying thunders towards Zhong Yue!

  This person’s thunder was so strong that they were on the verge of turning into the Lei Zhe Celestial Dragon, and as he bathed in the thunder, exposed his terrifyingly strong body, he stared at Zhong Yue and said coldly, “Zhong Yue, I, Xia Chongfeng have been waiting for you for a very long time!”

  Zhong Yue then greeted him and said politely “Senior Martial Brother Xia, I wish borrow the Lesser Void World to meet a friend of mine for a short while, can you please grant me permission to use it?”

  Xia Chongfeng laughed darkly, and his face turned sinister as he said icily, “You wish to borrow the Lesser Void World of the Zhong Li Celestial Race? Alright, I’ll lend it to you but first, you will have to get through me first!”

  Zhong Yue smiled, flew in front of Xia Chongfeng and said, “Your body is very strong, but can you put up a decent challenge for me?”

  He then continued flying upwards and entered the lightning zone at the even higher level where it was extremely close to the Pure Yang lighting zone.

  Xia Chongfeng sneered and quickly followed behind him. The two got higher and higher into the air. As they went higher, the power of the lightning increased drastically, and eventually, they entered the Pure Yang lightning zone and the Pure Yang lightnings struck toward them with horrifying power!

  Suddenly, a huge meat mountain fell from the skies, and the meat mountain was Xia Chongfeng. He was struck so severely that most of his body was burned.

  On the other hand, Zhong Yue descended slowly and when he got to Xia Chongfeng’s side, he laughed and said, “I hope you are a man of your word.”

  Immediately, Xia Chongfeng wanted to say something, but just as he opened his mouth, blood started gushing out and he quickly closed his mouth again.

  Zhong Yue then laughed happily and continued toward his destination.

  After another few thousand miles, dark clouds and raging lightnings formed on top of him as an ocean appeared in the skies. Two fireball rose from the ocean and at the back of the fireballs was a greenish black fin. A gigantic Kun then emerged and said with a vibrating voice, “Zhong Yue, where is Peng Qianqiu and Peng Jinyi?”