Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  The Golden Peng Swords drilled underground and thrust at Mother Da Zhen.

  The earth rumbled as the swords drilled through the planet’s crust. From afar, a few high mountains were abruptly pushed out from ground; they were the result of Mother Da Zhen’s violent movements in the underground.

  Zhong Yue clenched on the Divine Wing Saber and flew up into the mid-air. His three divine eyes were able to see through the earth as though the soil layers were just layers of glasses.

  Mother Da Zhen was traveling at a great speed in the underground while the Golden Peng Swords were adding more wounds onto her already wounded mortal body.

  Zhong Yue frowned at the a trail of blood she left behind. This blood wasn’t just ordinary blood, it also had eggs in them.

  “What is she planning?" He was curious but there weren’t time for him to think deeper; he had to carefully keep his sight on Mother Da Zhen lest she escapes him.

  With so many Golden Peng Swords harassing Mother Da Zhen, even if he could’nt find her Yuan Shen, he could still slowly grind her to death!

  Killing a god?

  That was something that not even Zhong Yue dared to think about yet, but it was exactly what he was doing now!

  “Strange, why aren’t there any Qi Practitioners on this piece of land…" Zhong Yue flew for over ten thousand miles. He was controlling the Golden Peng Swords through the Divine Wing Saber he was holding in his hands.

  Along the way, he didn’t even come across any Qi Practitioners at all. All there was were native creatures like the the huge bird that couldn’t fly but only run and the two-legged huge rats that hopped and jumped.

  Not to mention Qi Practitioners, he didn’t even see a single human, monster, celestial, or demon!

  For no sentient life forms to inhabit this place was truly bizarre.

  He seized a chance and quickly scanned the surroundings to see only forest and desert all around, devoid of any and all intelligent life.

  “The Qi Practitioners are so strong and powerful, and the races fought like the end of the world for every piece of land they could get their hands on. Why is this place still uninhabited?" Zhong Yue was puzzled.

  The land on the Ancestral Star was limited, making them an incredibly precious resource. Races wouldn’t give up any single piece of land within their territory. Not only that, but they would even annihilate a whole race just to conquer and expand their territories. That being said, for this continent to remain unconquered or even unexplored was an incredibly strange matter.

  Not to mention the others, the dragon race could have easily conquered this isolated continent that was in the middle of the ocean.

  “Is there something wrong with this continent?”

  Meanwhile, Mother Da Zhen was still swimming through the crust. The insect eggs absorbed the godly blood around them and incubated the insect disciples out from the underground.

  Thousands of insects swarmed on the ground surface, killing the many native creatures on this piece of land.

  Mother Da Zhen’s plan was simple. She would first give birth to these low-level insects and make them devour the creatures on this continent to gather more energy. After that, she would turn around and devour these insects, using the energy that they gathered to treat her wounds.

  She only needed to heal a little bit before she would be able to kill Zhong Yue!

  However, she also soon realized the strangeness of the continent they were on. Her face turned gloomy as she thought, Why do the creatures on this continent have so little spiritual energy in them!? It is close to nothing!

  The spiritual energy was something that was present in every living creature, with the human race possessing highest levels of spiritual energy among the many races.

  This was because the human race was, in truth, the sealed Fuxi Celestial Race, one of the greatest sovereign races. Even though they were sealed, the innate power within them still granted them the greatest concentrations of spiritual energy among the races of the Ancestral Star.

  This was also humans were so favored as food. The humans were weak yet contained such a high spiritual energy in them, this inevitably made them to appear as walking medicinal pellets in the eyes of the other races.

  It was also why the humans were often captured and concocted into medicinal pellets or forged into the soul weapons. Some of the monsters or demons even used the more attractive human slaves to plunder their spiritual energy through more depraved means.

  Although the other races had spiritual energy, they were much lesser than the humans.

  Even the monster race that enjoyed a higher status in the Ancestral Star also had spiritual energy. It was only because of this that the monster beasts could cultivate and turn into the monster Qi Practitioners.

  In stark contrast, the creatures on this continent had such a low level of spiritual energy, it was almost imperceptible. It was unlike anything Mother Da Zhen and Zhong Yue had seen before!

  The Ancestral Star is a place where the talents are often born in. The creatures here are naturally endowed with vigorous spiritual energy. But this continent, it’s so strange, it doesn’t any spiritual energy. Mother Da Zhen thought, Probably because the creatures that are born in here don’t the spiritual energy in them. That must be why this place has never interested the other races in conquering it. But, why is there no spiritual energy here?

  Then, she placed down the altars and cast the 【Heaven and Earth Sacrificial Art】. Immediately, the energy of the heaven and earth gushed into her mortal body. It seemed like there was indeed spiritual energy in this continent, but why did the creatures inhabiting it have none of it?

  This continent must have some secrets!

  Rays flashed across Mother Da Zhen’s eyes, she thought, What a pity that Zhong Yue is chasing after me. Otherwise, I’d be able to dig out the secrets here. With the current situation now, it seems like devouring the livings for energy will be impossible now. Zhong Yue, you have pushed me through my limit. Don’t blame me for what’s to come!

  Zhong Yue was controlling the Golden Peng Swords and struck at her unceasingly, causing her to be wounded even more, causing her speed to slow down even further.

  She had lost too much blood. And with the Golden Peng Swords continuously coming at her, her condition was worsening with every second.

  Her mortal body won’t last much longer! Zhong Yue kept a close eye on her, and he had noticed the decline in her speed. He heaved a breath of relief, After killing this mother insect, I can return to Swords Gate … Hmm?

  His heart skipped a beat, the Golden Peng Swords thrust through Mother Da Zhen’s mortal body and flashed out form the other end. However, it didn’t feel like it had thrust through a solid body!

  Not good! This is just her shell! She escaped without her shell!

  Zhong Yue descended from the sky and turned into a Gou She Celestial Race. Then, he dove into the ground, reaching the side of Mother Da Zhen’s shell in just a few moments.

  Zhong Yue flipped her huge shell away and found a huge hole on its belly. Clearly, that was where the mother insect escaped from. there was also a huge hole on the ground right where the shell was at before — that must be where she went.

  Without hesitation, Zhong Yue rushed into the hole with the Golden Peng Swords in front of him to prevent Mother Da Zhen from launching a surprise attack at him.

  She just removed her old shell, her new shell will be weak. It probably won’t be able to withstand the Golden Peng Swords at all. This is a good chance to kill her!

  He moved quickly. The hole led him into a tunnel that went straight down to the center of the planet, and he could feel the temperature starting to rise. It was evident enough that he was deep enough to be close to the mantle underground.

  Soon after, he exited the tunnel and reached a huge space underground. There were fire and flames all around, the lava paved the floor and the temperature rose without pause.

  Zhong Yue clenched on the Divine Wing Saber and c
ast the Golden Peng Swords out around him. All of a sudden, his heart tensed up and he instantly recalled the Golden Peng Swords back to form a barrier around him.

  Krong!

  A strong force impacted on him and shuddered his body. He muffled a groan and the Golden Peng Swords were struck out of formation. He quickly looked around and found himself surrounded by statues that rose within the lavas.

  These statues numbered in the hundreds and were sculpted like the mother insects. They each had their own unique appearances.

  These mother insect statues were siphoning the energy from the lava and formed the totem patterns around in the space. Needless to say, this was definitely Mother Da Zhen’s work!

  Mother Da Zhen reached here first and sculpted these statues, placed an array formation while Zhong Yue rushes right into her trap!

  “Hehehe, Zhong Yue, you really did fall into my trap!”

  Mother Da Zhen turned into a woman again. Except this time, she wasn’t beautiful anymore, scars crawled all over her fair skin. She stood outside of the array formation and chortled, “I prepared this Mother Queen Soul Destruction Array here just for you. How do you feel now?”

  The mother insect statues slowly melted down and turned into the many bizarre looking mother insects made from lava. Their tentacles and claws waved in the air and struck at Zhong Yue, trying to break through his defenses.

  The array formation was a god-level array formation. But Mother Da Zhen was limited in time and energy as well as the materials at this point in time.

  Otherwise, a fully prepared and set up version of this array formation would be able to kill Zhong Yue in one strike!

  All of a sudden, the over hundred mother insects covered in lava roared at Zhong Yue. The sound waves turned into the totem patterns and converted into many insects inside his mortal body and Yuan Shen!

  Zhong Yue’s face changed drastically, he quickly visualized the 【Shao Hao Bell】. The ringing of the bell then fought against the incoming soundwaves while he also visualized the 【Dragon Shears】 to kill the insects inside his mortal body and Yuan Shen.

  “Go!" Zhong Yue yelled and the over hundred banners flew out from his Yuan Shen secret realms. These hundred and eight banners enlarged and surrounded the mother insect statues in the middle.

  Figures of the demon gods emerged from the banners and they roared back on the mother insect statues. Immediately, the mother insect statues crumbled and disappeared into the lava.

  “Da Zhen, maybe you should come and try my array formation as well!" Zhong Yue yelled and the banners flew out further, expanding the array formation’s coverage area for over a few dozens times!

  Mother Da Zhen’s face changed drastically, she quickly turned and ran. But just seconds before she exited the array formation coverage area, the hundred and eight demon gods roared at her in unison.

  A wave of dizziness struck on Mother Da Zhen and she spurted out a mouth of blood. It was at that moment that the Divine Wing Saber slashed down and cleaved her in half at the middle.

  Mother Da Zhen was cleaved into halves but her mortal body was still running forward. The 108 demon gods quickly raised their hands and punched her two halves into minced meat. also breaking away the stone wall behind her.

  Behind the stone wall was empty and the two clumps of minced meat fell into it.

  Zhong Yue squinted his eyes and looked into empty space. Suddenly, the two clumps of mince meat squirmed, soon reforming into Mother Da Zhen again. This time, she bolted out into the empty space at great speed, Zhong Yue chased after her but soon lost her from his vision.

  Zhong Yue’s heart skipped a beat, it wasn’t Mother Da Zhen that escaped, it was his vision that deteriorated!

  5800 feet, how can my vision be this poor?

  Zhong Yue raised his hand and the banners flew back into his Yuan Shen secret realms on their own. He looked forward and shuddered in shock, “This… this is…”

  Chapter 559: City of Nature |

  What was front of him was a mountain ridge purely formed by divine gold. Everything, even the stones and rocks on the ground were just different kinds of divine gold.

  The mountain ridge was like vein of a dormant earth dragon.

  “Oh my.…" Zhong Yue sucked in a deep breath. With the amount of divine gold visible on the ground, the amount that was hidden underground could be imagined.

  If it were all to be mined, how many weapons could be forged from it!

  Even as a conservative estimate, the amount would be enough to equip all Swords Gate Qi Practitioners with a divine weapon!

  “How could there be so much divine gold? If it was all brought back to Swords Gate…”

  Zhong Yue breathed heavily and quickly calmed himself down. Even with his considerable amount of knowledge and experience, he was still shocked by what he had just seen.

  “From the past until now, countless Qi Practitioners and gods must’ve come and gone. Why hasn’t anyone found this divine gold?”

  He calmed himself down and opened all three of his divine eyes and looked down. But his vision could only penetrate a mile deep.

  “Are the divine gold ores obstructing my vision?" Zhong Yue mumbled as he thought. He walked to the front of a small hill made of divine gold and cut out a piece of the divine gold with his Golden Peng Sword to inspect it.

  “Hmm? The divine gold here seems, different…" he frowned as he inspected the divine gold in his hand. He raised his other hand and took out another piece from his Yuan Shen secret realms and compared the two.

  Both pieces of divine golds were engraved with the totem patterns. But the difference was that the one in his Yuan Shen secret realms had more visible totem patterns and a stronger spiritual energy than the one from this place.

  “It seems like the spiritual energy in this piece of divine gold is fading away, its value has greatly deteriorated, nearly turning into normal mystic gold.”

  Zhong Yue then threw it away. He walked another few steps and cut out another piece to compare it to a piece from his Yuan Shen secret realms, soon arriving at the same conclusion as the earlier sample

  Strange, the divine gold here is abundant, but their value isn’t particularly high. It seems like something is siphoning the spiritual energy away from them.

  Zhong Yue thought, But even so, the cumulative value here is still not insignificant. A thousand pieces of this divine gold can be refined into one piece of pure divine gold, this place is still a precious resource. Why hasn’t anyone come to claim before?

  Soon after, he found the path in front of him scattered with skeletons. Zhong Yue was shocked to find that the skeletons were from various races, densely paved across the floor!

  He looked further and saw the skeletons fully covering the path in front, they were everywhere!

  Furthermore, he saw an old and abandoned mining site not far away from here. Clearly, there were Qi Practitioners that found this place and were mining already. But something happened in between that caused the deaths of these Qi Practitioners.

  Zhong Yue lowered his head and inspected the skeletons. There were any visible traces that were left on the skeletons, as though they weren’t brutally killed, but died of curses instead.

  What’s more strange is that all of these skeletons are going toward the same direction. It means that whatever happened, it occurred so quickly before anyone else could reacted to it. They were all running out but none could made it out before it happened.

  Zhong Yue calmed himself and walked forward further. There were even more skeletons ahead, piling up like hills and little mountains. Some were the demons, some celestials, there were also some skeletons from the Bai Zhe Clan and even the insect race!

  But the human skeletons were the ones that outnumbered every other race. After all, the humans were often enslaved by the other races, it wasn’t a surprise that they would be sent here to work as miners.

  Not long later, nearly over a hundred huge dragon skeletons appeared in front of him.
These dragon skeletons were about a few thousand feet long from head to tail.

  Then, he saw the huge Peng and huge Kun skeletons, they were really large.

  “They are at least at the True Spirit level!" Zhong Yue sucked in a cold breath of air and grew even more cautious. Even these True Spirit magnates had not a single impression on their bones, whatever happened here was on a higher-level than what the True Spirit magnates could withstand.

  Mother Da Zhen’s traces!

  Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the traces left behind by Mother Da Zhen and quickly rushed forward.

  Tracing Mother Da Zhen’s trail, he suddenly remembered something he was oblivious of before and quivered in terror, The spiritual energy! All of these skeletons don’t have any spiritual energy in them!

  There were many dead Qi Practitioners in here, surely some of them would be strong enough to have engraved totem patterns into their bones. That way, even after they were dead, there would still be a faint flow of spiritual energy lingering in their skeletons!

  Yet, none of the skeletons Zhong Yue had saw any totem patterns engraved on them. All of the totem patterns were wiped away and their spiritual energies were seemingly robbed!

  Furthermore, these Qi Practitioners would have brought many soul weapons with them, but Zhong Yue had yet to see any of them!

  Zhong Yue suddenly stopped, he noticed an odd protrusion of dust on the ground. Immediately, he squinted his eyes and looked at it. It looked like the tip of a soul weapon, like a saber sheath. He reached his hand out and held on it but the saber sheath turned into dust right as his fingertips touched it.

  Even the soul weapons were drained of their spiritual energy, eventually turned into dust!

  He glanced around and found a tree in the midst of the divine gold hills. It looked as though it was burnt in flames, that it was charred into a huge piece of charcoal.

  He strode forward and softly knocked it. The charred tree skin fell off from the surface and revealed the glimmering trunk made of divine gold. But even the divine gold trunk was low in spiritual energy, like a dying old man.