Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  “They are dead… because I killed them,” replied Zhong Yue calmly. “It was a little troublesome dealing with Peng Jinyi, but it only took me one hit to kill Peng Qianqiu.”

  “One hit?”

  Right away, the huge Kun then turned and disappeared back into the ocean before everything returned to calm again.

  Chapter 488: Indeed, Who Could Stop Him Now? |

  “What? Seal Suppression Hall Hall Master left for the South Barren?”

  On the Swords Gate golden summit, Jun Sixie’s face turned red upon hearing the news, “This idiot brat … Didn’t he just say that he wouldn’t stir any troubles, yet he is now in South Barren? Doesn’t he know how much the Zhong Li Celestial Race want to hang his head on top of the Fiery Capital? No, I can’t let that happen, I will head over and bring him back! Fu Bao, Fu Bao, take Xuan Yuan over, I will bring him along with me!”

  Fu Bao’s face turned pale as she hugged little Xuan Yuan tightly in her arms while Shui Zian quickly said, “Headmaster, calm down, calm down. Although that brat likes to bring trouble everywhere with him, I’m sure he knows what he’s doing. If you bring Xuan Yuan there as well, things will be even more messed up.”

  Jun Sixie began prattling imperceptible words before saying, “Can’t he just obediently stay home for a few more days? Why does he have to always make me worry?!”

  Shui Zian raised his brows and lowered his head for a second, he thought, Owh, headmaster’s words are starting to sound a little bit ambiguous now. Is she letting out her true feelings now?

  “Headmaster, calm down a little, relax.”, Shui Zian laughed dryly and said, “I’ll have the informants to keep an close eye at him. We will act right away if there is any real danger.”

  …

  Zhong Yue had been travelingfor a few thousand miles before the Fiery Capital finally came into sight. There was a divine tree In front of the grand capital, as large as a mountain and as tall as the sky.

  There were many fire dragons frolicking through the leaves and resting on the branches while a beautiful woman was standing on top of the huge tree crown, looking at Zhong Yue.

  The clan master of the Zhu Rong Clan, Zhurong Yanqin, smiled and she said, “Little Friend Zhong, do you want to come in and have a cup of tea?”

  Zhong Yue hesitated as he pondered at the divine tree.

  “I’m just a woman, is the legendary Zhong Yue scared of a mere woman?” Zhurong Yanqin said coquettishly.

  “I’m not afraid of you, madam,” Zhong Yue returned the smile back and said, “But I am afraid of Clan Master Xia. If Clan Master Xia and you have joined hands, then even I can’t walk away unharmed. Is Clan Master Xia not here?”

  “My husband is still in the West Barren,” Zhurong Yanqin smiled and said, “Although he knows you are coming, he would still need a day to get back.”

  Zhong Yue let out a breath of relief, he went onto the divine fire tree and said while smiling, “Madam, you’ve invited me to the tree. Aren’t you worried that Clan Master Xia will get the wrong idea?”

  Zhurong Yanqin walk forward; her movements were like that of a fairy’s while her lithe body exuded an aura of strength!

  The fire tree’s godly aura burst out, growing stronger with her every step, eventually reaching a point that even magnates wouldn’t be able to withstand!

  Deep roars came from beneath the tree crown, and the fire dragons started moving out from the leaves. Their claws looked vicious, and their bodies were the epitome of strength.

  Clearly the fire tree was also a divine weapon forged by the Zhong Li ancestors and was incredibly strong. It was already strong on its own, but when Zhurong Yanqin’s arcane energy poured into it, the blazing flames around it even started burning the air in the sky!

  The fire dragons weren’t true dragons as well, they were formed by the godly totem patterns and looked so real as if they were true godly dragons!

  Standing on the fire tree, it felt like he was a crafting material waiting to be melted by the godly fire and refined by the godly dragons!

  The tree-like treasures were incredibly useful, having many means of attack. They could slash, trap, tangle, pierce, perforate and even slice.

  Zhong Yue stood on the tree crown, he could feel the godly fire billow over and swallow him. The godly fire was incredibly strong, being able to burn his mortal body as well as his Yuan Shen, incinerating every totem pattern and even his cultivation base!

  “Godly fire? I have them too you know. Not only that, but my Yuan Shen is the fire spirit. Although the Zhu Rong Clan’s divine tree has a strong fire, do you really think it can hurt me?”

  Zhong Yue laughed out loud, he pulled out the Golden Peng Sword and casually swung it in the sky. Sword rays rained forward and decapitated the incoming fire dragons while also slashing their claws away. As for those fire dragons that survived the sword rays, they were met with a translucent bell around Zhong Yue, scattering into scattered moats of totem patterns upon ramming into the【Shao Hao Bell】.

  Zhurong Yanqin walked on the leaves and with just a finger, she poked through the【Shao Hao Bell】. Her finger continued poking toward Zhong Yue’s forehead.

  Zhong Yue released the Golden Peng Sword from his grip, and the golden sword flew out to kill the dragons around. Zhong Yue then raised his hand and struck toward Zhurong Yanqin.

  The【Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art】emerged in his palm with great force

  Zhurong Yanqin’s finger poked Zhong Yue’s palm like a stone falling into a tranquil pool of water. Immediately, immense power blasted out from the contact point of the finger and palm.

  The two of them shuddered violently, and the rumbling sound of thunder resounded out from within their bodies. In just one strike, the totem patterns in their bodies were broken.

  “Little Friend Zhong, your arcane energy is really strong!”

  She was the clan master of the Zhu Rong Clan, and although not as strong as Clan Master Xia, she was still an Imminent Deity magnate!

  She flicked her fingers at Zhong Yue’s palm that were each backed by the power of a full strike of an Imminent Deity!

  Zhong Yue continued darting around the space as he continued to exchange strikes with the Imminent Deity magnate. They were like two fire fairies waltzing on the top of a divine tree.

  In just the blink of an eye, they had fought from one end of the tree crown to the other and back. The Golden Peng Sword was also looming in and out of the leaves, killing one dragon after another.

  Suddenly, the two of them exchanged a final round of attacks before they were propelled away to opposite corners of the tree crown.

  Zhong Yue flashed down from the divine tree and raised his hand. He recalled he Golden Peng Sword back into the light wheels behind his head.

  Zhong Yue clasped his hands together and said while smiling, “Madam, Clan Master Xia will be here anytime soon. If he sees the two of us tangling together, he won’t like it and it will also besmirch your image. It’s best that I leave now.”

  Killing intent burgeoned in Zhurong Yanqin’s eyes, and she raised her hand. Her silky sleeve slipped down and revealed her jade-like arm. The Fire Dragon Divine Tree flew up from the ground and fell onto her hand.

  Just as she was going to slash it down at Zhong Yue, he laughed, “Madam, do you not care about the well-being of those in the city?”

  Zhurong Yanqin quickly stopped, she looked far behind Zhong Yue and saw the Fiery Capital behind him. If she brought the Fire Dragon Divine Tree down on Zhong Yue, whole Fiery Capital would also have a taste of its power!

  “No wonder even Xia Zhongjin and Xia Zhongguang couldn’t defeat you,” the beautiful lady kept the divine tree, and she chortled, “Zhong Shan boy, you are good. Why don’t you tell me what brings you here? As the owner of this piece of land, I deserve to know why.”

  Zhong Yue strode toward Fiery Capital, and he answered, “I’m here to use the Lesser Void World, a fellow Doaist is there waiting for me. I’ll be sending him off today. M
adam, you should very well know that I come in peace, or otherwise … blood would’ve been flowing in streams already.”

  Zhurong Yanqin followed behind and she asked loudly, “A fellow Daoist? Who is it, who is it that you would deem worthy to be your fellow Daoist?”

  “West Barren, Bi Xie,” Zhong Yue strode into the Fiery Capital as his voice lingered in the sky.

  “Bi Xie? West Barren Bi Xie?” Zhurong Yanqin’s face changed slightly, “The descendant of the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor?”

  In the Fiery Capital, the Martial Heavenly Masters all staring at Zhong Yue. There were also a few Kun Peng magnates that rushed over while the Heavenly Dharma and Inner Core Qi Practitioners went into a formation. They were all filled with great killing intent as they obstructed Zhong Yue’s path.

  “Make way for him,” Zhurong Yanqin walked over and said while smiling, “Violence is forbidden in the Fiery Capital, and today is no exception. Since the Zhong Shan Clan member is here without ill-intentions, why don’t we show our magnanimity for once? Zhong Shan boy, you can go.”

  Zhong Yue bowed and thanked her, “Thank you, madam.”

  The crowd made way for him, the array formation separated from the middle but the soul weapons still hung high above his head along with a few Kun Peng experts, all of them waiting for the opportunity to pounce.

  Zhong Yue, however, remained calm and continued onward without fear. In the Fiery Capital, He had destroyed Lord Xia’s godly statue with the Divine Wing Saber. And although it had been rebuilt, its former grandeur was no longer present.

  Zhong Yue flew up to the godly statue’s hand and saw two Zhong Li expert guarding the door. One was a Xia Clan Martial Master and the other was a Zhu Rong Qi Practitioner.

  Zhong Yue walked toward the door and the two experts made way for him. Zhong Yue nodded at them before disappearing from their sights.

  In the next moment, Zhurong Yanqin and the other experts walked over. They all furrowed their brows and looked at the door but didn’t walk in.

  “Madam Zhurong, what level is this Zhong Shan Clan in?” A magnate asked.

  “Heavenly Dharma, but strong enough to kill the True Spirit magnate.”

  Zhurong Yanqin frowned and she said, “We exchanged over hundred strikes and although my arcane energy is stronger than his, it’s not that easy to suppress him either. Oh, what was the comment on him from the god of the West Barren?”

  A Zhu Rong expert answered from the side, “Zhong Yue of the Zhong Shan Clan, if he wants to leave the West Barren, who would dare to stop him?”

  Zhurong Yanqin sighed, she mumbled softly, “Indeed, who can stop him now?”

  The crowd was in shock. Zhurong Yanqin was the clan master of the Zhu Rong Clan, an Imminent Deity magante, and even she said that it would be hard for her to suppress Zhong Yue. One could really tell how high her evaluation of Zhong Yue’s was!

  What an eventful period of time, what an eventful days…, Zhurong Yanqin thought in her heart, If the two elders were not dead, if the Four Symbol Banners was not stolen by the Zhong Shan Clan boy, we would’ve been able to make him stay. But now…

  She lamented bitterly in her heart, Even Lord Xia’s spirit is suffering severe injuries and the saint weapon is heavily damaged. Now, our Zhong Li Celestial Race can’t even stop a little junior from coming and going as he pleases….

  However, the biggest reason she didn’t stop Zhong Yue was because of the human race. She no longer understood the capabilities of the human race, and it was all because of the divine sword that had carved a canyon into into the West Barren.

  That event had left a deep mark on her, and without fully understanding the full extent of humanity’s strength, she wasn’t going to do anything to Zhong Yue, especially when her husband was not here.

  Suddenly, the crowd started cheering, “Clan Master Xia is back!”

  Zhurong Yanqin was overjoyed, she raised her head and her gaze met with her husband’s. Clan Master Xia, Mister Kun Da, and Feng Wuji had all come back and landed in front of the Lesser Void World’s entrance.

  Zhurong Yanqin quickly led the experts and greeted them.

  Immediately after they greeted one another, Mister Kun Da said, “Where is the Zhong Shan boy?”

  Chapter 489: Top of The Godlike Board |

  Zhurong Yanqin answered, “He is already in the Lesser Void World.”

  Mister Kun Da was puzzled and asked, “If he is already there, why aren’t we in there as well? Let’s rush in and kill him! We have so many experts, how can he be our match?”

  Clan Master Xia shook his head and said, “Mister Kun Da, even if we enter the Lesser Void World, we will be in a different dimension to the Zhong Shan Clan member. We will be in the magnate dimension while he will be in the Heavenly Dharma dimension, we won’t be able to touch him. As long as he is in the Lesser Void World, we can only wait for him to come out on his own.”

  “Besides, not even the strongest Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioner will be able to kill him.” Zhurong Yanqin said, “I’ve tested his power, and he not much weaker than me. At the very least, I wouldn’t be able to stop him from escaping if he wanted to leave. No matter how many Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioners we have, they will still be no match for Zhong Yue.

  The new arrivals frowned. Zhong Yue had already entered the Lesser Void World, leaving them with no choice but to linger around outside of the entrance, waiting for him to come out.

  But what if Zhong Yue stayed in it and never came out, wouldn’t they have to wait forever?

  “Don’t worry, people. As of now, our Zhong Li Celestial Race still has a few Heavenly Dharma cultivators in the Lesser Void World, they can keep watch over Zhong Yue and Bi Xie’s actions.” Zhurong Yanqin thought and she said, “He said he wanted to send the West Barren Bi Xie off. But why does he want to do that? If he wanted to send him off, there is no need to do it in the Lesser Void World, the Lesser Void World doesn’t have any path to leave the Ancestral Star.”

  The Lesser Void World was part of the Ancestral Star, it connected directly to the Reincarnation Saint Monarch’s residence, but there weren’t any ways to leave the Ancestral Star from there.

  This Lesser Void World was created by Lord Xia, but the true architect of the dimension was, in fact, the Reincarnation Monarch.

  In the ancient days, Lord Xia found the dimensional entrance to the Reincarnation Monarch’s residence, and on top of the dimension, Lord Xia opened the Lesser Void World, connecting it to the Monarch’s imperial palace. However, even with Lord Xia spending the rest of his life exploring it, he was still unable to fully grasp all its secrets.

  “If what he meant when saying he would send Bi Xie off is to kill him, then there is no need to do it in the Lesser Void World. With the Lang Ya Board, Bi Xie will still come back even after death, Bi Xie will still revive…”, Clan Master Xia mumbled.

  The crowd was confounded by Zhong Yue’s actions.

  Feng Wuji thought, Bi Xie Celestial Emperor’s reincarnation has failed, Swords Gate divine sword tore his plan apart, and for Bi Xie to appear here, what does it mean?

  His intelligence was beyond ordinary people, and his thoughts were deeper. Rays flashed across his eyes as he thought, Although the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor failed in reviving, the six saint spirits are still here. If … he possesses Bi Xie, then he can still use the six saint spirit to acquire a higher achievement than his past life. The key to everything is Bi Xie! That being said, if Zhong Yue is here to send him off, then the one that will walk out of the Lesser Void World would most probably be Bi Xie Celestial Emperor instead of Bi Xie!

  Just as he thought about it, he furtively took out the totem pillar and informed the Xiao Mang grand ancestor’s godly spirit, notifying it of his conclusion, “I plead the grand ancestor to lock down the Lesser Void World and kill the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor!”

  The Xiao Mang grand ancestor’s voice rumbled and blasted in Feng Wuji’s mind, “Wuji, you are thinking way too much! Even if the Bi
Xie Celestial Emperor possesses his descendant, that doesn’t mean he can be killed that easily, you are underestimating him! As soon as his Chaotic Warhorn is cast out, I can’t do anything anymore! Your request is denied!”

  Feng Wuji quickly said, “Why don’t you try? Without trying, how will you know if it works? This is the best time to do it, to take down Bi Xie Celestial Emperor and plunder his Chaotic Warhorn. With that, grand ancestor, you will be able to unite the celestial races and wipe the Ancestral Star of any competitors, not even the Deity Overlords will be able to compete with you! We Xiao Mang Celestial Race will be able to conquer the Ancestral Star and expand far beyond imagination!”

  But the Xiao Mang grand ancestor sneered back coldly, “But what if we fail? I will die and the Xiao Mang Celestial Race will be wiped from existence! Wuji, do your own thing, take care of your own responsibilities and leave the matters of gods aside, you are still too weak to have a say in things!”

  His voice then stopped answering Feng Wuji’s calls.

  Feng Wuji kept the totem pillar and thought, Such good timing and yet, the grand ancestor is such a coward! No wonder he can only be under the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor even now. The blame for his situation lies with him alone at this point!

  Although he knew this was the best time to kill the Bi Xie Celestial Emperor, he was clear that he wasn’t strong enough to do it. He thought in his heart, The Xiao Mang grand ancestor can protect me now, but when, one day, I became a god myself, his claws will still be upon me, restricting me as well. Even more, he might raise his guard against me and kill me when he deems me a threat to his dominance. I need to prepare myself for this, when the time comes when I don’t need him anymore, it’s best that I send him off on his way! Hmmm … it’s an issue of how to kill him. I need perfect timing as well, better yet, if I can devour his cultivation base for my myself…