Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Husan Weng smirked and said, “I want ten times more godly soil that the others … Hey, don’t sleep, please, don’t sleep. Talk to me! If you sleep, who is going to be there to stall that mother insect?”

  Zhong Yue was struck with a wave of dizziness, and suddenly, he opened his eyes again. For a second there, he almost lost his consciousness and in that split second, Bo Xun’s movements faltered. A flaw emerged in Bo Xun’s stance that was immediately taken advantage of by Princess Jin Xiu, allowing her to suppress him in the battle.

  “Mister Zhong, you can’t sleep, you mustn’t!" Husan Weng was bolting away at a great speed. The huge carrot saw that Zhong Yue was going to fall asleep again and it gritted its teeth. Husan Weng pulled off one of his arms and threw it into Zhong Yue’s mouth.

  “Mister Zhong, my life will either end in your hands, or in your mouth. You can’t sleep now, if you sleep, who am I going to ask for godly soil…”

  With the carrot’s arm, Zhong Yue was feeling a lot better and was able to stop the injuries from worsening. Husan Weng’s speed was quite fast, they traveled past mountains and rivers as the carrot kept panting with exhaustion.

  But Husan Weng was still moving forward without stopping to rest for a single second. It was a divine herb, and divine herbs couldn’t cultivate, thus, Husan Weng wasn't able to fly in the air and could only resort to running.

  After some time, Zhong Yue suddenly sighed and he said bitterly, “Husan Weng, let me down. Bo Xun … is dead.”

  He stopped for a few seconds and said, “Let me down, you can still make it on your own…”

  Husan Weng gritted its teeth tight and moved forward without answering Zhong Yue.

  Zhong Yue sighed, he didn’t have much energy to speak anymore. He turned his head back and saw many patches of clouds in the sky. Princess Jin Xiu stood on the clouds formed by the insect experts as they carried her on their backs. At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before she caught up to Zhong Yue and Husan Weng.

  The other patches of clouds formed together to carry the Divine Wing Saber on their backs. It was truly a magnificent view.

  Bo Xun had been killed by Princess Jin Xiu and thus, the willow leaf jade sword fell into her hands as well.

  Zhong Yue was silent, Husan Weng was still running. But as a mere divine herb, it couldn’t hope to be faster than Princess Jin Xiu.

  Finally, the insect clouds had reached over their heads. The insect experts descended from the sky and surrounded them in the center of their formation.

  Husan Weng stopped, it glared its eyes around and prepared to fight until the end of its life.

  Zhong Yue was placid, he said, “Let me down, Husan Weng.”

  Husan Weng placed Zhong Yue down to the ground. Although Zhong Yue’s injuries were no longer worsening, they were still as severe as before. The direct clashes with the insect magnates broke his totem patterns in and out of his body and Yuan Shen. It was already a miracle he was able to still survive until this point in time.

  Husan Weng’s medicinal efficacy could stop the injuries from worsening, but it couldn’t rejoin the broken bones or repair the damaged totem patterns.

  “Zhong Yue, where can you run now?" Princess Jin Xiu sauntered over. Her condition was relatively better than Zhong Yue. The mother insects’ secret realms were comparable to small countries; many insects lived in their Yuan Shen secret realms, all of them her descendents.

  So long as these insects were still in her Yuan Shen secret realms, Princess Jin Xiu would be able to devour them to recover her own strength.

  “Just one man, and you killed so many of my experts. Zhong Yue, you are really incredible, do you know that?" Princess Jin Xiu praised, “We insects have been wandering around in this universe our whole lives. Along the way, countless planets were destroyed and countless livings were killed. While you, you have the gall to come onto our land and kill over 200 magnates of the insect race. You are really amazing!”

  She praised Zhong Yue openly in front of all the other insects, it was as if the victims that died in Zhong Yue’s hands weren’t her peers but unrelated bugs instead.

  Zhong Yue smiled, he replied, “You’re making me blush, princess.”

  “You know, by right, I should be killing you. But seeing that you killed so many of my people, I have a different plan for you." Princess Jin Xiu laughed back and her eyes lit up. She smiled, “I want to upgrade you, modify you into an insect and to prevent you from turning on us, I will let my child parasite in your brain. Relax, it will just eat some part of your brain away and act in place of those missing parts.”

  She opened her hand and revealed a white, twitching bug on her palm.

  Zhong Yue laughed, “I must admit, it does look delicious. It should have some flavor after being fried and seasoned.”

  Princess Jin Xiu was smiling, “You still have the guts to laugh now, I really admire your bravery. But soon, you won’t be able to laugh anymore.”

  She strode toward Zhong Yue and Husan Weng was stressed, the huge carrot stepped forward and stood on her path.

  Zhong Yue’s heart sank and just as he was going to connect with the Shao Hao Bell, the earth around them quaked violently. An ice mountain abruptly sank into the ground.

  Princess Jin Xiu was shocked as she looked over and saw a huge snake slithering out from underground.

  The snake was over a few hundred miles long, it slithered out from the underground and reached the dark side of the insect planet. On its body were many wounds and injuries, but it was still lively with energy.

  “Monster god, Yu Wenju?" Zhong Yue’s heart thumped heavily.

  The snake suffused a godly aura and monstrous Qi. It was also shocked when it saw so many insect experts around but heaved a breath of relief as soon as it realized that there weren’t any gods around. The giant snake casually swung its tail over and killed countless insect experts with just one swing.

  “Finally, I managed to escape. Hei, those bugs, do they really think they can stop me? Don’t they know the snake gods are masters in traveling underground? As long as I can leave the insect planet, it’ll just take a few years time to return back in Ancestral Star … Hm? Little brat of the human race!”

  The monster god noticed Zhong Yue and rolled its snake eyes. Then, it looked at Zhong Yue and Princess Jin Xiu in shock.

  “You are still alive!”

  The monster god’s body turned into the figure of a middle-aged scholar looking man. Yu Wenju scrutinized Zhong Yue from tip to toe and he exclaimed in shock, “How are you still alive! You brat! The gods of Ancestral Star were nearly all dead and even I struggled to reach here. How can you still be alive until now?”

  Zhong Yue wanted to answer but he suddenly burst into a series of coughings. He spurted out a mouth of blood and answered while smiling, “It’s a miracle to see Senior Yu able to survive the insect gods as well. Senior Yu, this insect expert is a princess of the mother insect race, I plead senior to kill her.”

  Princess Jin Xiu’s face changed drastically as she frantically took a few steps back.

  However, Yu Wenju didn’t look at her as he stared closely at Zhong Yue, his face was changing continuously and suddenly, he hissed and said, “What can that bug be? But you, you are the biggest enemy to the monster race. The insect planet is too far from us but the Great Wilderness is just in front of our doorstep. If you ascend to deityhood, the monster race will be in danger. By that time, I don’t think I can be strong enough to stop you anymore…”

  Princess Jin Xiu’s eyes brightened up, she heaved a breath and thought, It seems like this monster god wants to kill the Zhong Yue more than kill me. This is my chance to escape!

  She moved back a few miles and abruptly spread out her cicada-like wings before flying away.

  Princess Jin Xiu was overjoyed as she made her way out. All of a sudden, a long tongue shot over and curled around her. Yu Wenju rolled his tongue back and swallowed Princess Jin Xiu into his stomach. He hissed and said, “This little
girl is so naive … Now, it’s time for you to go, Zhong Yue!”

  A wave of godly aura burst out from the monster god. Yu Wenju cast out a venomous fang and thrust it down on Zhong Yue, while he smiled and said, “What a lucky day, I can kill you and plunder half a Divine Wing Saber in one go!”

  In Zhong Yue’s psyche ocean, Xin Huo shouted out loud, “Brat Yue, what are you waiting for? Call that little fatty Shao Hao Bell … Wait!”

  Chapter 516 |

  Zhong Yue’s scalps tingled; the venomous fang locked him down. Before it even got close to him, Zhong Yue could already feel it stabbing into his brain and mind!

  Yu Wenju’s prowess was incredibly strong, as shown when this monster god successfully escaped from the encirclement of the many insect gods. Other than the fact that snakes were naturally adept at moving underground, his above-average prowess among the gods was also a big factor to his survival.

  The venomous fang Yu Juwen shot toward Zhong Yue was forged from his own fang. It contained deadly poisons that were refined thousands of times. It must be noted that his venom was even stronger than that of those poisonous insect gods!

  With Yu Juwen using this fang against Zhong Yue, it was clear how immense his desire to kill Zhong Yue was!

  A monster god cast out his own divine weapon, and a Qi Practitioner that wielded a divine weapon, there was a huge difference in strength between the two.

  Zhong Yue not only once encounter magnates with divine weapons. When he was in his peak state, he alone could defend against such strikes, and if a divine weapon were in his hands, he could even fight back.

  But when it was a god wielding the divine weapon, even Zhong Yue in his peak state with the Divine Wing Saber wouldn’t stand a chance!

  Yu Juwen’s venomous fang went all out; although the fang had yet to reach Zhong Yue, he felt as if it had already sank into his body.

  This was something that not even the strongest magnate could do. This was only achievable when the divine weapon’s power was fully unleashed, it was an attack directed toward on the opponent’s psyche and spirit.

  It was just an inch away from Zhong Yue’s forehead, the venomous fang was just a fine line away from thrusting into Zhong Yue’s skull; but it was stopped. An elegant jade-like hand blocked the fang.

  The hand appeared plain, as if it belonged to a mortal. It didn’t have any divine aura hovering around it, nor was it using any form of skill or art.

  But the venomous fang couldn’t harm it in the slightest. Instead, the fang was repelled like a ball against a metal wall.

  Yu Wenju was shocked, he quickly cast out his other venomous fang and the two fangs floated around him as he took a defensive stance.

  Moonlight shone from the sky, and a bright moon suddenly appeared on this dark side of the insect planet.

  Then, a lady appeared beside Zhong Yue, donned in armor forged from the moon core and was shrouded in moonlight — she looked just like a goddess of moon.

  “Mother god?" Yu Wenju was shocked.

  That Fuxi lady! Zhong Yue was also shocked.

  Yu Wenju heaved a breath of relief, he cast the two venomous fangs out and struck over at the moon core armored lady while laughing as he said, “You mother gods are nothing! Among the insect gods, the mother gods are only mediocre! Die!”

  Shua, shua——

  The moon core armored lady casually raised her hand up and grabbed onto the venomous fang, she stabbed it down right into Wenju’s head.

  Yu Wenju was stunned, his eyes were filled with disbelief, but he wasn’t dead yet. After all, he was a god; his vitality was strong. If this were to happen to some other Qi Practitioner, including Zhong Yue, no one would survive it.

  Yet, Yu Wenju was still alive, he opened his mouth and a serpent spear was shot out toward the lady’s chest!

  This serpent spear was his third divine weapon; it was refined from his tongue. The serpent spear had two sharp points at its tip. This was a divine weapon even stronger than the two venomous fangs!

  The serpent spear could be hard like divine gold or soft like cloth.

  But Yu Wenju was shocked again, the moon core armored lady held onto his serpent spear as if it were nothing and thrust it right through his head. The spear tip exited out the other side and the poisoned blood flowed out from the open wound.

  “You….”

  The moon core armored lady waved her hand and grabbed the other venomous fang, once again stabbing it into his head.

  Yu Wenju’s body swayed and fell to the ground.

  Zhong Yue was completely confounded. It all seemed like a dream to him — a final hallucination at the moment of his death. A monster god, one who stood at the peak of a world, yet was effortlessly killed just like that?

  But upon thinking more about it, it wasn’t too much of a surprise either. When they first reached in the insect planet, Xin Huo once said that only a Deity Overlord god could break Lord Bai’s seals away.

  And since there weren’t any Deity Overlord gods among the insect race, then the only one who could have done that could only be this armored Fuxi lady.

  Although Yu Wenju was powerful among the gods in the Ancestral Star, he wasn’t a Deity Overlord. Thus, it was only natural for him to die by her hands.

  The armored lady lowered her head and stared at Zhong Yue. A divine eye opened on her forehead and its rays scanned Zhong Yue from head to toe.

  Immediately, Zhong Yue felt his body, Yuan Shen, psyche, and blood essence shuddering violently. HIs fractured bones were reformed by the godly rays, and his broken veins were rejoined together. The missing flesh grew back in place, and the fragmented totem patterns came back together. His Yuan Shen was infused with immense life force.

  His psyche regained its peace and power, his cracked inner core was restored to his usual state, and his blood essence was recovered.

  Even his six Yuan Shen secret realms were repaired from their sorry states.

  In just seconds, his condition went from near-death to bursting with vitality. He was probably even stronger now than before after the baptism from the divine rays!

  Zhong Yue stood up and stared back at the goddess.

  Si Ming... that’s what the insects called her.

  Si Ming also looked at him, the faint light of curiosity was clear in her eyes as she scrutinized him.

  “I thought the Fuxi had gone extinct from the Ancestral Star. Who knew I would meet one today, what a shame that the Fuxi blood in you is still faint.”

  Her voice was graceful like a hymn from heaven as she said, “I’ve been watching you, you are good.”

  “Why?”

  Zhong Yue asked abruptly, “Why do you bring the insects to the Ancestral Star? Don’t you know what the Ancestral Star is?”

  His voice was strong and solemn, “This is the origin of the Fuxi Celestial Race, this is where we all came from. This the home and the root of all Fuxi!”

  Si Ming only continued looking at him. Her eyes were warm as she said, “For all these years, I traveled with the insect planet around the universe, and you are the first Fuxi I came across.”

  “Why do you want to destroy our home?" Zhong Yue questioned.

  “I suppose, we are the only two Fuxi left in this universe." Si Ming said in deep sorrow, “I always felt lonely, for every time I think that I am the only Fuxi left in the universe, I feel fear. Thankfully, there is still you.”

  Zhong Yue raised his voice, “What’s in it for you? To lead the insect race and destroy the Ancestral Star!?”

  The two of them were having their own conversations, neither one of them responding to the other’s words.

  Moments later, Zhong Yue calmed himself down and stood quietly, he waited for her to finish her words.

  Soon, Si Ming stopped speaking. She looked deeply at him and said, “So please, do not stand in my way. My only people.”

  “Is this your path? To destroy our roots? To destroy the Ancestral Star?" Zhong Yue was relentless.

  Si Min
g nodded, she was placid as usual, “Yes, it is. Only when the Ancestral Star is destroyed am I able to find the tombs of the Fuxi Heavenly Monarchs. This is the only way I can find the Heavenly Monarchs’ divine weapons. The Fuxi had been in decline for over 100,000 years. Our enemies are far too many and strong. I cannot do this alone. I myself am unable to make the Fuxi rise again.”

  Zhong Yue answered frigidly, “We are not the last of the Fuxi Celestial Race, the humans are all Fuxi as well! The Ancestral Star’s human race, millions of us are there. Are you going to kill your own people?”

  “The humans are not Fuxi," Si Ming shook her head, she said, “Humans are humans, and we Fuxi are not humans. We are two different races.”

  “The humans are the sealed Fuxi!" Zhong Yue shouted, “You are a Fuxi yourself, you must’ve looked into the blood of the humans, you know very well yourself the sealed Fuxi blood in the human bodies! So long as the seals are broken, every single human out there is a Fuxi! That was how I became a Fuxi!”

  “The humans are not Fuxi," Si Ming shook her head still, she said softly, “You break the seal, you are a Fuxi; they didn’t, so they aren’t. For the rise of the Fuxi Celestial Race, humanity’s extinction is only collateral.”

  Zhong Yue let out an forced laugh, “Without the humans, do you think you can do it all alone?”

  Si Ming answered seriously, “That’s why I need to borrow the powers of the Fuxi Heavenly Monarchs. I brought the insects here to destroy the Ancestral Star, to force the Fuxi Heavenly Monarchs’ tombs to reemerge. With this blood sacrific to our ancestors’ spirits, we can awaken them and fight against the evil. You are also a Fuxi, you should understand why am I doing this and stand alongside with me.”

  Zhong Yue’s heart shuddered, and his blood chilled from her words.

  Destroying the Ancestral Star was meant to force the imperial tombs to emerge and the living beings on the Ancestral Star would be sacrificed to awaken the Fuxi ancestors’ spirits. This Fuxi lady’s thoughts and methods were diametrically opposed to his own.

  Although their endgames were the revival of the Fuxi Celestial Race, such means were utterly unacceptable!