Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Suddenly, blood covered the skies and from the blood ocean came countless raging blood dragons that lunged towards Shi Buyi. He, however, ignored the blood dragons and continued to charge toward his target. Just when the dragons were about to get close, Shi Buyi’s nine heads roared loudly and shattered the blood dragons.

  “Seal! Seal! Seal! Seal! Seal!”

  Feng Wuji’s head at the centre suddenly turned around, shouted five times and the dimension around Shi Buyi was sealed as Feng Wuji attempted to lock the lion where he now stood to prevent him from getting close.

  Shi Buyi halted for a moment and suddenly, he roared, unleashed his power and in just a blink of an eye, he broke free and got even closer!

  “Hou!”

  The nine lion heads roared, stood up and turned into a celestial being with nine heads and eight arms, all covered in thick furs and yielded eight Extreme Weapons. The lion then traveled a few hundred metres in just a few steps, raised his weapon and charged straight towards Wei Xue God in relentless force!

  Shi Buyi!

  Feng Wuji had a shock and right away, happiness overwhelmed him as Shi Buyi actually attacked Wei Xue God. He had been fighting for a very long time; not only did he fail to beat Wei Xue God, but Wei Xue God even found his flaws, making it extremely difficult for him to sustain the rampage of Wei Xue God. In the end, Feng Wuji was struggling but if Shi Buyi helped him, then things would be easier!

  Wait… I clearly sensed two auras just now! Where is the other one!?

  Feng Wuji looked around and suddenly, he looked at Shi Buyi’s shoulder where a human young man stood there calmly.

  Zhong Yue! It’s him!

  Feng Wuji’s heart beat quickly right away and he thought, How is he so strong? He is no weaker than Shi Buyi! But even so, I am far ahead of him and he is nowhere close to me!

  On Shi Buyi’s shoulders, Zhong Yue raised his palm slowly and pointed his palm at Feng Wuji.

  Upon seeing this, Feng Wuji smiled and said, “My dear apprentice, I once said that I could be way faster than you, want to see it now? I have mastered all the ultimate arts of Swords Gate. What do you plan on using against me? The【Great Boundless Sword Qi】?”

  Zhong Yue simply returned the smile as powerful sun rays erupted from his palm and converged into the shape of a huge bell.

  It was the【Shao Hao Bell】!

  The bell created an impact that viciously shook Feng Wuji before sending him flying away!

  “Seal! Seal! Seal!”

  Feng Wuji’s three heads shouted, creating three seals that sealed the bell, But at the same time, Zhong Yue raised his hands and slashed the Metamagnet Divine Saber downwards!

  Before the saber landed, the blood ocean split apart by a seemingly invisible power and Feng Wuji’s expression changed immediately.

  “Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield!”

  Shields immediately appeared in front of Feng Wuji but Zhong Yue’s saber cut through the shields with little effort.

  When Zhong Yue’s momentum stopped, he suddenly retracted his palm before he delivered a punch that pummeled into the seals and destroyed them with the Solar Divine Saber!

  “Array….”

  Just as Feng Wuji said something and when his array was about to form, the Solar Divine Saber cut right into the array and sliced the array apart!

  “Array! Array! Array!”

  One after another arrays formed, restricting the Solar Divine Saber. But Zhong Yue, on the other hand, slammed the Metamagnet Divine Saber into the array before he got straight right up to Feng Wuji.

  Sabers flashed across Feng Wuji’s eyes with lightning speed as they changed sizes all the time, pushing him back as they circled around him. Although Feng Wuji delivered various attacks that fended off the sabers, Zhong Yue always swapped hands and stuck closely to him.

  “I thought you said you were fast?”

  Another head grew out from Zhong Yue’s neck, two hands grew out from his armpits and Zhong Yue unleashed another fierce barrage of attacks!

  “Now let’s see who is faster!”

  Zhong Yue’s hurled his sabers in tremendous power and relentless speed that was so strong that he started slicing the dimension apart, exposing one dimensional crack after another!

  “Are you faster? Or am I faster!”

  Zhong Yue’s attack speed leveled again and in the end, Feng Wuji couldn’t see the sabers properly anymore and all he could do was fend off Zhong Yue’s attack hurriedly. Feng Wuji had unlimited power, but due to his lack of control, he failed to utilize them to their full potential, leaving him only able to passively defend.

  Later on, Zhong Yue’s attack speed increased even further and Feng Wuji was forced to use his hands to cast powers to fend off Zhong Yue’s attacks, causing him to suffer injuries on his hands.

  “I can still be faster, can you!?”

  Zhong Yue shouted as four more arms grew out, the【Celestial Demon Yin Yang Style】was cast out and the【Tai Chi Art】 was launched unceasingly at Feng Wuji.

  In an instant, countless attacks landed on Feng Wuji’s chest, injuring him greatly and following tightly were thousands of palms that slammed onto his heads.

  As Zhong Yue delivered his final attacks, Feng Wuji’s heads all slammed right into his chest, causing it to swell up like a balloon!

  Chapter 583: Contest For The Head |

  Feng Wuji’s three heads were slammed into his stomach, and the【Skills of Diction】 was stopped abruptly as all three mouths were corked. Suddenly, there were voices that came from his stomach, he could still speak with the stomach!

  “【Monster God Ming King Art】, I know it as well!" Arms grew out from his headless body and exchanged punches with Zhong Yue!

  Meanwhile, his three heads were also trying to come out from his body.

  The life force in his body was far too terrifying strong, able to support him even when his heads were slammed into his body. Not only that, but there wasn’t a single sign of his prowess faltering at all. It was only the【Skills of Diction】 that was stopped. After all, speaking inside of one’s body would injure the internal organs.

  But as long as his head could come out from his stomach, he would still be able to turn the tides of battle!

  “Trying to come out? Keep on dreaming!” Zhong Yue cast the two divine sabers and brought them down in a slashing motion. The【Celestial Demon Yin Yang Style】 was unleashed to its fullest, he didn’t use any of the complicated skills like 【 Celestial Demon Yi】 or 【Worshipping of Gods】, all there was were the fast and simple skills!

  Although they were fast and simple, the【Celestial Demon Yin Yang Style】was, in fact, no weaker than the attacks of a demi-god!

  Every movement he made was accompanied by a monstrous impact, the【Tai Chi Art】emerged on everywhere he strikes landed, and the attacks exhibit the multitudinous transformations between the elements of demon and celestial; Yin and Yang.

  One moment, the attack was Yin and celestial aligned, and in the next, it would be demonic Yang aligned. The interchange of elements caused a great deal of damage to Feng Wuji as he couldn’t react to the incoming attacks in time. He felt as though his mortal body and Yuan Shen were being torn apart!

  Moreover, Zhong Yue’s two divine sabers were snaking around his neck and effectively prevented his heads from coming out of the stomach.

  Chi, chi, chi—

  Over a dozen new wounds now crawled over his body in just the blink of an eye, and the longer the battle continued, the more terrified Feng Wuji became.

  His arcane energy could clash directly against Wei Xue God, he was only slightly weaker than the God of Blood. Furthermore, he had suppressed part of the Xiao Mang grand ancestor’s power as he wanted to temper himself through the battle with Wei Xue God. All of this was so he could gain more insights and and make a breakthrough to the next cultivation level.

  Yet now, Zhong Yue who was just a True Spirit magnate, a cultivator who was far below the Wei Xue God’s lev
el, had brought even more pressure to him than when he faced the latter!

  Although Wei Xue God’s attacks were powerful, he could still take it. But Zhong Yue’s attacks weren’t as strong as Wei Xue God’s, and yet they were able to injure him continuously!

  Strange, how can Feng Wuji’s Yuan Shen block my Solar Divine Saber? Zhong Yue’s face turned solemn. The Solar Divine Saber was meant to target the Yuan Shen and the Metamagnet Divine Saber aimed at soul weapons.

  Even the gods’ Yuan Shen would have been injured from the Solar Divine Saber, yet, he could feel something stalling the Solar Divine Saber when it slashed on Feng Wuji’s psyche ocean.

  There must be some divine weapons in his Yuan Shen that blocked my Solar Divine Saber! But even the divine saber couldn’t do much against the Metamagnet Divine Saber. So why couldn’t the Metamagnet Divine Saber slash into his psyche ocean as well? Zhong Yue was puzzled.

  Little did he know that Xiao Mang grand ancestor’s spirit was still trapped inside of Tu Yu’s decree. This has allowed Feng Wuji’s body to continually siphon off the immense life force of the Deity Overlord so that he could persist despite suffering such grave injuries.

  This was the sole reason Feng Wuji dared to taunt Wei Xue God. The Deity Overlord’s life force could push his mortal body to a level that was no different to the Immortal Body. As long as he was not instantly killed, he would not die!

  Furthermore, he had another layer of protection for his Yuan Shen as well.

  His Yuan Shen was covered in the golden liquid from Tu Yu’s decree, safeguarding his Yuan Shen from taking any form of damage. Even if Zhong Yue could kill his mortal body, his Yuan Shen would still be left unharmed!

  “Wuji, you are no match for him!" Inside of Feng Wuji’s psyche ocean, the Xiao Mang grand ancestor’s spirit said. The three-headed Pan Ao was still strong and powerful, he was also closely looking at the battle, and his right head smirked while he said, “You will never be able to defeat him. He is stronger than you because he has cultivated everything on his own. All everything he has now was earned through hardships and tribulations that even gods can’t imagine.”

  “I can feel the power lurking within his mortal body and Yuan Shen, bright like the sun, incomparably resilient." Xiao Mang grand ancestor’s left head said, “He is more than capable of crushing your mortal body. And if that happens, no matter how many worshippers you have, your mortal body will still never be recovered. All you would be left with left are your soul and spirit, and the only way out for you by that time will be to possess a new body.”

  “Let me out, I will kill him for you!" The middle head abruptly bellowed, “The energy you have siphoned from me is far beyond what is necessary for the ascension into deityhood. Any more energy will make no difference. Your frame of mind, attainments, insights, and will are yet to be in the realm of the gods, you need to go through more to be able to cultivate the Pure Yang Yuan Shen! If you let me go now, I will help you to kill him, and also let the past scatter in the winds!”

  Feng Wuji’s Yuan Shen gave a cold snort, “Xiao Mang grand ancestor, do you think I will believe you?”

  Xiao Mang grand ancestor sneered back, “If you do, you can still survive; if you don’t, you will die. There is no way for you to escape from his divine sabers!”

  “Xiao Mang grand ancestor, it’s no use. My teacher has given me this decree with only one purpose—to siphon your energy. Even I don’t know how to dispel the decree, I suggest you stop dreaming of escaping and just enjoy the rest of your life in obediance!”

  “Then, I shall sit back and watch as you die!" Xiao Mang grand ancestor said frigidly, “After you die, the decree will disperse on its own, and I will naturally be freed!”

  “I will not die, not so easily!" Feng Wuji’s three heads roared in unison. All of a sudden, his chest exploded away as his two Pan Ao heads charged out of his body!

  The third head came out from his back, it was the head of a human, and it came out right below the nape of his neck!

  In that instant, Feng Wuji had turned into a creature with two Pan Ao heads on his chest and a human head on the back.

  Then, the exuberant life force of the Deity Overlord in his body surged out and the wounds on his chest and back rapidly recovered, completely healing in a matter of seconds.

  Although the life force of a Deity Overlord was exuberant, even stronger than Zhong Yue’s Immortal Body, it still wasn’t the Immortal Body. The Immortal Body could manipulate the cultivator’s mortal body according to his own free will, able to change even the minutest details. Moreover, the Deity Overlord lifeforce in Feng Wuji’s body was never his in the first place; he naturally didn’t have the same level of control over it.

  This meant that for his mortal body to be fully healed now, he would be stuck in this form for the rest of his life. Unless he cultivated the Immortal Body in the future, he would never be able to return to his formerly handsome appearance anymore!

  But the situation left him with no choice, Feng Wuji couldn’t have too many considerations anymore. Before this, his heads were on the top and his hands were unable to protect them. But now, with his three heads growing out in the middle, his eight arms were able to safeguard them easily. This allowed him to finally cast the【Skills of Diction】without fear of Zhong Yue slamming his heads back into his body. However, it was his appearance that bugged him the most now.

  As soon as his three heads were freed, he started chanting the innate god’s ancient language again.

  “Weapon!”

  “God!”

  “Array!”

  “Formation!”

  …

  The word ‘Weapon’ filled the sky with weapons; the word ‘God’ manifested into a myriad of godly figures wielding weapons; and the words ‘Array’ and ‘Formation’ arranged the gods into an array formation that trapped Zhong Yue in!

  ……

  Zhong Yue combined the sabers together into a scroll painting of Tai Chi. The Tai Chi painting covered over a thousand miles of land; sun and moon rose and fell, and the Yin and Yang were revolving in it. It clashed with Feng Wuji’s weaponized godly figures, and fought against the array formation!

  But that was not all, the Tai Chi painting was, after all, formed by the divine sabers. It had actively assaulted the godly figures when the two clashed together.

  It happened right when Feng Wuji was on the verge of pouncing down, he quickly stopped and knew that it was impossible for him to turn the tide anymore. Hence, he turned and left without hesitation.

  Meanwhile, Zhong Yue bowed and the Tai Chi painting rose into a huge altar. Feng Wuji’s godly figures along with the weapons were all worshipped away into ashes!

  In the instant when the array formation, godly figures and divine weapons were sacrificed, a flash of saber ray blinded Feng Wuji’s eyes!

  Zhong Yue had surged the power of the sacrificed objects into his sabers!

  The saber ray made a beautiful arc across the sky, and Feng Wuji hardly made a turn to evade the saber. Right at that moment, another flash of saber ray slashed down and decapitated the head on his back!

  He was still unfamiliar with his current mortal body. Normally, tilting the body and dodging the saber from the side would be the best choice, but he had forgotten that his head was now at the front and back of his body. Tilting his body to evade the attack was no different to moving his head right into the divine saber.

  Furthermore, Zhong Yue wielded a twin saber. He managed to evade the Solar Divine Saber that slashed at the front of his chest, but he wasn’t able to avoid the Metamagnet Divine Saber that came for his back head!

  Feng Wuji’s heart throbbed in shock, he quickly grabbed his head back; but the two divine sabers had now formed into two Shaohao Bells.

  Din, din, ding…

  The two Shaohao Bells flew around him and struck him dizzy. Feng Wuji was just about to reach his decapitated head, but it slipped away from his fingers. Before he could make another attempt for it, a
strong hand had already clenched onto his decapitated head.

  Feng Wuji gritted his teeth, and his Yuan Shen bolted out from the decapitated head, entering his mortal body. Then, his mortal body turned into the Pan Ao form and plunged down the sky.

  “Escape?" Zhong Yue was clenching Feng Wuji’s head in his hand, he surged his strength out and exclaimed surprisingly—he couldn’t crush the head!

  Strange, other than the divine weapons, I can practically break everything, I can even bend the Ten Malefic Weapons like ropes. But this Feng Wuji’s head…

  He clenched on the saber and cleaved it down. The Solar Divine Saber separated Feng Wuji’s head into half from the middle, but was stopped halfway and repelled loudly.

  Something is in his psyche ocean!

  Chapter 584: The Second Offering |

  Zhong Yue’s heart shuddered as he realized why he couldn’t injure Feng Wuji’s Yuan Shen in the battle. Initially, he thought that Feng Wuji had cultivated his Yuan Shen to the state of being able to defend against his Solar Divine Saber.

  But now, it appeared to be evident that it was something inside of Feng Wuji’s head that was blocking his Solar Divine Saber instead!

  Right when Zhong Yue was about to keep the head into his Yuan Shen secret realms and chase after Feng Wuji, he heard a voice in his head.

  “Are you the boy from the Zhong Shan Clan? If you free me out of here, I can grant you inexhaustible fortunes and unparalleled strength; you can claim the Ancestral Star and be the supreme leader of all the races!”

  Zhong Yue startled, This… it sounds like the Xiao Mang grand ancestor’s voice!

  Meanwhile, the psyche was still trying to temptt Zhong Yue, “Zhong Yue, have no worries. I am a man of my own word! Xiao Wuji is nothing compared to me! As long as I appear, the Xiao Mang Celestial Race will come back to me. Free me, and I will let you control my Xiao Mang Celestial Race, in addition to my help, your quest to conquer the Ancestral Star will be beyond guaranteed!”

  Meanwhile, Feng Wuji had already disappeared on the horizon. Along the way, he cast the【Skills of Diction】and placed down seals and traps while covering his tracks.