Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Outside of the Six Paths Paragon, Qiu Jin’er and Lan Si God were waiting for him already. They heaved a breath of relief when they saw him, and the three left immediately.

  Zhong Yue turned around and saw the white Wu Chang sneaking away from another direction.

  “Senior martial brother, he…” Qiu Jin’er noticed the white Wu Chang also and beseeched.

  “Someone just like us, with the same intention.” Zhong Yue whispered quietly, “He has a spirit tablet too. I met him in the seventh level and lended him a hand.”

  “He is also a fake Hell Overseer?” Qiu Jin’er exclaimed in shock.

  “Of course.” Zhong Yue answered, and his face suddenly changed drastically. Just as he raised his speed, an appalling aura has reached to them from the far end of the horizon within a second, and a furry paw grabbed on the Six Paths Paragon!

  The furry paw was huge and muscular, the furs were golden in color and the veins bulged out with abstruse totem patterns flowing within the flesh.

  The sky cracked like a shattered mirror when the furry paw slammed down, and the buildings around the paragon had dissipated into dusts. Elements of nature pulsed out centering the furry paw as they ravaged the surrounding.

  Lan Si was filled with terror, while Zhong Yue abruptly grabbed his arm and flashed a thousand miles away from the shockwave.

  The shockwave cleared out every building in its path and flattened the land. It propagated so quickly that the guardians in the Serene Darkness Mansion couldn’t even react to it before they perished into dust and ashes!

  Even though saved, Lan Si God was still terrified and didn’t even dare to turn and look back, Emissary Chang Tianji saved me, but why didn’t he save Emissary Chang Buyu?

  Little did he know that Qiu Jin’er was just a step behind them. Her Innate Wood Spirit was on the verge of awakening and her speed in Hell was not much slower than Zhong Yue’s, allowing her to keep pace with them.

  If she truly awoke her Innate Wood True Spirit, her prowess in hell wouldn’t be any weaker than Zhong Yue’s!

  This was also why Bi and An selected her to follow Zhong Yue. After all, it was one’s soul and spirit that determined their prowess in Hell.

  So that white Wu Chang was not the intruder the judges are hunting for, the intruder is the owner of this golden furry paw! Zhong Yue thought curiously while bolting away from the shockwave, But if he is not the intruder, then exactly who is this white Wu Chang?

  Behind them, the shockwave was still ravaging the lands even though it was already a few tens of thousands of miles away from the center of impact. However, its power was considerably weaker than before now.

  The Serene Darkness City was far too huge, even a sun was only a tiny marble to it. Even though the furry paw was able to destroy a huge piece of land, it was only just a small section to the whole Serene Darkness Mansion.

  Even after traveling tens of miles, Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er were still in the Serene Darkness Mansion.

  Suddenly, Zhong Yue stopped and looked up. A translucent bell hung high up in the sky like a sun and was falling down at them.

  Kong—

  It crashed down from the sky within seconds and covered the whole Serene Darkness Mansion within. Marvelous totem patterns glimmered for a split second around the bell wall and the bell went invisible, fading away in a different dimension.

  “We are trapped!” Zhong Yue’s face turned gloomy.

  As they stopped, the shockwave finally caught up and swallowed them away.

  Lan Si God groaned in pain and bawled. All of a sudden, he noticed Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er unaffected by the shockwave, he then realized that the shockwave was too weak to harm them now.

  Lan Si God lowered his voice and laughed awkwardly.

  Zhong Yue placed him down and looked at the Six Paths Paragon.

  The furry paw clenched on the paragon, and shook it heavily to try and uproot it, but the paragon remained staunchly attached the ground.

  Gloomy clouds also quickly emerged in the sky, and the faint figure of hideous being emerged behind the clouds.

  He was huge, but the gloomy clouds around him shrouded his identity, it was impossible to even determine his origin.

  Even though it was locked inside of the translucent bell, the hideous creature seemed nonchalant to its circumstances.

  What cultivation level is he at? Perhaps, a Deity Emperor? Zhong Yue thought sternly.

  Then, another 18 appalling auras surged in from all directions, they stopped around the translucent bell. Countless palms pressed on the transparent bell wall following by a three-eyed face. Godly rays burst out from the eyes and shone on the hideous creature.

  Then, another 17 faces lowered close to the bell surface and looked at the hideous being.

  “The 18 judges are all here!” Lan Si God was shivering in total terror as he mumbled.

  Zhong Yue’s and Qiu Jin’er’s hearts sank. The 18 judges were all here, and they were trapped in the Serene Darkness Mansion by the translucent bell.

  The situation didn’t bode well for them regardless of which side won in the upcoming battle!

  Chapter 634: Overturning Sky and Earth |

  “Brat, do you think Hell is just some marketplace you can come and go as you please?” The judges walked past the translucent bell and surrounded the intruder in the center.

  Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er looked up and were met with peculiar looks from the judges. One of them had three eyes, one of them had four heads and eight arms, another one had a thousand arms, and one had no facial features other than a huge eye that covered his whole face.

  One of the judges had no head at all; his face was on his belly, and he wielded two huge axes. He smiled and said, “How brave, you dare to even show yourself again?”

  “If you didn’t show up again, we might not have been able to find you. But since you had the guts to reappear, then you might as well stay in Hell for the rest of your life! We will reserve the best room for you in the Hell Abyss!” Another judge continued, he had hundreds of tentacles with mouths waving on his back while he had no mouth on his own face.

  Then, a judge with the body of a lion and eight legs smiled, “The Abyss will have more than a millions of ways of torturing you, you shall be tormented until the end of your soul! Sometimes, you’d wonder, why are you still alive? You might as well have been dead from the start!”

  Another judge with a green face and a horn on his forehead sneered, “In the world outside of Hell, you can do whatever you like and it wouldn’t concern me in the slightest. But here, nothing you do will work on us, you’ve picked the wrong target to mess with!”

  “Loyal dogs to the Heaven Court!” The intruder gave a scoffed, his face remained blurred as he mocked the judges, “Do you think just the few of you little minions can stop me? I’ve fought countless battles and survived through the greatest dangers, I’ve killed enough to pave Hell’s floor with their corpses. Now, hand over the Book of Life and Death, or I will destroy your puny Hell!”

  “Cut the crap, we can talk after he is taken down!” The judges sprung into action at the same time. Shields, chains, fans, flowing river, tombstone, huge axe and various kind of weapons rained down on the mighty god like a whirlwind.

  The translucent bell also rang incessantly, its sound rang in their ears but no damage was evident other than the intruder’s balance being momentarily disturbed.

  Dang—

  When the bell sound struck Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er, blood leaked out of their mouths while the Lan Si God was even wounded by the sound alone.

  This blood was the essence of their Yuan Shen. Qiu Jin’er’s and Lan Si God’s Yuan Shen blood colored the verdant green of life, and would combust like ghost fire seconds later.

  Whereas Zhong Yue’s blood was red as it usually was. This was because he had cultivated the Six Paths Wheel, the blood essence of his mortal body and Yuan Shen were connected; thus, the blood that flowed in his Yuan Shen was also the exact sa
me one that flowed in his mortal body.

  Also unlike the other two, the life force in his blood was far too exuberant that not only would it not burn as ghost fire, but it would find its way and flow back into his body of its own accord!

  Although the bell wasn’t aiming for them but the intruder, the residual impact force still managed to inflicted a certain degree of damage to them.

  The golden furry god was truly strong, he would’ve probably killed the judges if they were somewhere else other than Hell. But sadly, only the soul, spirit, and specially-forged weapons would be useful in Hell.

  Despite the fact that he could only wield at the most a tenth of his full prowess in Hell, the golden furry god was still able to hold out against and even suppress the judges on his own.

  The judges carefully maneuvered around him, avoiding as much contact as they could against him as they would start spitting out mouthfuls of green blood otherwise.

  The blood would react to the air of Hell and combust into ghostly fire, it was truly a spectacular scene that was befitting of Hell.

  As the experts clashed, the after-impact of their attacks pulsated to every corner of the Serene Darkness Mansion while the land beneath them sank.

  Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin’er, and Lan Si God bolted away as far as they could from the center of the battlefield. But no matter how far they went, the after impact of the battle was still strong enough to cause considerable damage to them.

  Zhong Yue chanted sternly, and a sun and moon appeared in each of his eyes while his hands waltzed about in the air. He swerved around Qiu Jin’er and Lan Si God, repelling the incoming shockwaves for the two while taking on the impact himself.

  In just seconds, blood started gushing out of his body like a fountain before flowing back inside again in preservation of his life force.

  The shockwaves from the gods’ battle were incredibly strong, even though Zhong Yue had cultivated the Innate True Soul, he was still far weaker than the judges.

  Some of the shockwaves were even strong enough to shudder him from deep within!

  The Fuxi True Form is the only guarantee to save ourselves from further harm, but doing so may lead to unnecessary troubles…

  Zhong Yue mulled, and suddenly Qiu Jin’er yelled sternly. She turned into a celestial with a bird’s wing and body with two dragons beneath her feet. The black Wu Chang’s jet black cloak nearly couldn’t cover her enlarged body.

  Thankfully, the cloak was a divine weapon that could dynamically conform to the wearer’s body shape.

  As soon as Qiu Jin’er joined him in withstanding the shockwaves, the burden on Zhong Yue lifted considerably, giving him a small window to regain his balance.

  The two of them protected Lan Si God in the center. Lan Si God was incredibly grateful and thought, The emissaries, they are so kind…

  Sure enough, their actions quickly attracted the judges’ attentions. One of the judges even developed a sense of suspicion in his heart toward the two of them.

  Who are these two Wu Chang Celestial Race experts? They are quite strong, even in Hell, but why haven’t I heard of them before?

  However, the battle was intense and he didn’t have the luxury to divert any of his attention toward thinking.

  Soon, the intruder’s attacks grew weaker and their body became increasingly littered with wounds. Even his last hope of escaping was dashed when he realized his attacks were ineffective against the translucent bell!

  The judges heaved a breath of relief, they thought, This time he surely won’t be able to escape anymore. He’s caused such a havoc in Hell, countless gods have died and so many souls were devoured by him. Not only that, but he has greatly trampled on Hell’s reputation. He must be punished severely and made an example to the other gods!

  As defeat drew closer, the intruder suddenly released a loud roar at the top of his lungs. The roar was so strong that for the first time, the translucent bell was shuddered by a little.

  One of the judge gave a cold sneer, “It’s no use, there is nothing you can do to stop your defeat!”

  Just as he said, a huge rift suddenly ripped open in the sky, and a gigantic body wrapped in marvelous totem patterns and astronomical bodies appeared on the other end of the space rift!

  That was the intruder’s mortal body!

  Seeing that his atman would not withstand Hell any longer, he called upon his mortal body to aid in his battle in Hell. But Hell and the real-world existed in different dimensions, it was theoretically impossible for the mortal body to enter Hell!

  Yet, he was slowly breaking this law!

  The intruder was truly strong. One of his feet even managed to step into the dimension of Hell and stomp down on the translucent bell!

  Dong—

  The impenetrable bell shuddered, and a huge footmark was left on its surface!

  Along with it, a destructive wave propagated out that pulverized everything around it into dust and ash, including the gods, buildings, array formations, divine weapons, and even the land itself!

  The intruder’s mortal body was groaning in pain as half of it had entered Hell while fighting against the principles of the two dimensions!

  “I dictate my own life, I control of my own fate and destiny!” The god’s hideous face appeared in the sky. He had a head of grey hair and the face of a wrinkled old man. Time was running out for him, but his power remained overwhelming. He dragged out a mountain-wide golden cane and roared, “If you don’t give me my life, I will crush Hell into nothingness!”

  Before the golden cane even reached Hell from the other end of the space rift, the sky of Hell already started to shatter like a mirror. At this rate, no one would dare to take the risk of allowing the golden cane to enter Hell!

  The eighteen judges immediately shouted in unison and rushed toward the intruder’s atman, planning to take him down before his mortal body and divine weapon entered Hell.

  Krong—

  The golden cane rammed a hole through the translucent bell, and the intruder’s atman bolted toward his mortal body. Meanwhile, his mortal body clenched onto the Six Paths Paragon and uprooted it totally.

  The intruder’s hoarse voice laughed as he said, “Hahaha, from now on, all lives will dictate their own fate and destiny! Heaven or Hell, we are the masters of ourselves!”

  The 18 judges were spurting blood from their mouth, but before the laughter faded away, an even more terrifying aura burst out from the deepest region of Hell. A hand darker than black extended out from the darkness, clenching on the bell and repairing it in an instant, slicing the furry golden paw inside of the bell.

  The dark hand then lifted the bell and trapped the intruder’s atman in it before he could even escape.

  “How courageous, a monkey monster and you dare speak of overturning the sky and earth?” A cold and gloomy voice suddenly resounded throughout the darkness.

  Chapter 635: Real and Fake Hell Overseers |

  The effect and power of the bell was completely different when in the hands of that mysterious individual as compared to that of the eighteen judges.

  The soul of the demonic god was held captive by the bell with his soul engulfed in darkness; the link between his body and soul was severed by this bell — Soul Reaping Bell.

  This bell was an extraordinary item in hell. In the Six Path Worlds, there are often several abnormally strong individuals with a few planets filled with their worshippers, and with them worshipping them, the power of the worship would firmly lock these individuals’ soul within their body.

  And when these individuals passed away, they would often hear a bell ring as the power of worship was cut loose from them and their soul would descend into the Hell Wheel as a result. This was all the doings of the Soul Reaping Bell; guiding the souls of these abnormally strong individuals away in order to maintain the order of the Six Paths.

  When the soul of the demonic god was guided away, his gigantic body fell from the skies and rolled all the way down into hell.

&nbs
p; “My lord! Forgive us for the trouble!”

  The eighteen judges knelt with lowered their heads to the deepest part of hell while the black hand grabbed onto the bell in which the soul was trapped and struggling.

  “This is not your fault, this monster ape is just way too strong for you.”

  The creepy and fading voice of Prison Emperor came from the deepest part of hell, “How things work in hell is different compared to Six Paths. In hell, he is no match for me but it will be the other way round in Six Paths; not only will I be injured by him, I would even be captured by him. Both realms have different orders; while alive, we are under the watch of the heaven. And when we die, we are transferred to the jurisdiction of the earth. Apart from those ancients that can enter hell and Six Paths freely, who else is capable of this? You have all given your best, now, prepare yourselves again and do not break the order.”

  “Yes, my lord!” replied the judge.

  The black hand then retracted back into the depths of hell along with the bell and disappeared.

  Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er were both awestruck; such a battle might have ended in just a blink of an eye, but it was still extremely marvelous; especially the scene when the monster ape squeezed into hell from the Six Paths where the ape shook the stars in the space.

  We couldn't witness his full power, what a shame.

  Dragging Qiu Jin’er with him, he quickly walked towards the outside of the Serene Darkness Mansion with Lan Si God, trying to escape with the help of the chaotic situation. The monster ape was not in his peak state; his body and his soul did not fuse together perfectly yet, and his soul obviously had a weaker cultivation in comparison to his body.

  And due to the limitations of the Hell Wheel’s heaven and earth orders, his strength was greatly suppressed and as a result, he was captured by the Prison Emperor.

  Things would have been different if they were in the Six Paths World.

  Prison Emperor said that those ancient beings could travel through the two realms freely… Does that means that they could fight uninhibited in both realms?