Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  He then raised his hand and said, “Gentlemen, at ease. I’m here to inspect, not to show off.”

  At this point, the Hell Emperor and the judges were shocked that the Realm Monarch actually sent his seventeenth son as the Hell Overseer and they almost mistaken him as one of the culprits that released the prisoners. Now that they think of this, they couldn’t feel anything more but to be scared.

  On the other hand, Tianzheng looked at the direction where Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er disappeared and he thought, The secrets of heaven must not be spoken…. Our paths will cross again one day.

  He then continued thinking, Chang Tianji, thanks to you, I finally managed to retrieve my own Book of Life and Death. It is not easy to be the child of the monarch, especially when my power is still far too weak compared to my brothers and sisters. If they backstabbed me, god knows what would happen to me… But now.. Because of you, I can now control my own fate. It’s just a shame that I couldn't get a chance to get your name….

  Meanwhile in Bi An Precipice, Bi and An, Shi Buyi, Bai Canghai, Jun Sixie and Old Man Six Paths gathered around the body of Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er, safeguarding their body.

  Zhong Yue’s and Qiu Jin’er’s body were still emitting immense life force even despite though their soul not being in their body. Suddenly, Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin’er opened their eyes, looked around and Qiu Jin’er thanked everyone, “Did everyone stay here for so long? You guys guarded us for half a year without leaving at all?”

  “What half a year?” said Shi Buyi shockingly, “Both of you had only been gone for half a day. You entered the hell cycle at late noon and it’s only daybreak now.”

  “The time in hell and the time in reality is extremely different. A year in Hell is only a day in reality.” explained Bi and An, “So, only half a day has passed after you spent half a year in hell. Junior martial brother Zhong, did you manage to release the person I spoke of?”

  Zhong Yue nodded and said, “I did but instead of following us back here, he left this Six Path World straight away.”

  Bi and An however, did not bother much. They clapped and said happily, “Everything is good as long as he is released. Wherever he goes is not of concern. Thank you, Junior Martial Brother Zhong and Junior Martial Sister Qiu.”

  Bai Canghai quickly asked, “Did you guys alter the Book of Life and Death?”

  Jun Sixie, Old Man Six Paths and Shi Buyi immediately tensed up, they looked at Zhong Yue nervously and everyone celebrated happily when they saw Zhong Yue nodded his head. Zhong Yue then shared with them what he had gone through in Hell and everyone couldn't help but to laugh.

  When Zhong Yue talked about the real Hell Overseer, Tianzheng and how he altered the Book of Life and Death and how he let them go so easily in the end, everyone was in shock and they all made their own guesses about Tianzheng’s true identity.

  “He must be a very big person or he wouldn't be qualified to be appointed as the hell inspector.”

  Jun Sixie said, “But why did he cut away his own Book of Life and Death?”

  The gods saved by Creator He Lan would eventually become a great help in the future for Zhong Yue. But Zhong Yue did not dwell into this matter for a lot of things were involved. Thus, Zhong Yue opted keep this a secret to him and himself only.

  Though Qiu Jin’er followed Zhong Yue into Hell and went through the same thing, whatever Creator He Lan told Zhong Yue was entirely through psyche, which bypassed her completely.

  This was all because that the more they knew, the more dangerous they would be; Creator He Lan once said that what lied ahead at Zhong Yue’s path as a FuxI was many times harder than his.

  “Congratulations, you have both returned unharmed and altered the Book of Life and Death, this is a very nice thing!.”

  An said, “After a few more days, Emerald Heaven Dharma King will be summoning us; you killed her son and the incident where Junior Martial Brother Zhong beheaded the Reverse Emperor should have spread through the entire Prison Realm. We brothers have our own humble influence in this realm and with our help, the Realm Lord should have heard about this by now, and with that, Emerald Heaven Dharma King will not do anything recklessly. This means that when she summons you, there will not be any lethal dangers. But in the future, they're bound to be more dangers waiting for you ahead.”

  Bi then added, “You must watch out for one thing; the battles in the future will be tougher but the next one will be the competition among everyone in the Prison Realm where talented and powerful experts are abundant!”

  “In the Prison Realm, the Left Fang Galaxy is only one of the mid-tier faction and there are a few hundred thousand of them that are on the same level as this galaxy!”

  “Among these galaxies, there are even more strong individuals like us brothers and there are even more talented ones like Li Tianxing!”

  Zhong Yue let out a long breath as after he settled the problem of his identity in this world, he is considered as one of them and he will no longer be worried about being killed by the likes of Emerald Heaven Dharma King.

  And in the battle between those in his generation, be it the reincarnated gods or talents like Li Tianxing, Zhong Yue was confident that he will be able to triumph over them!

  “One more thing.” said Bi to Jun Sixie, “You have yet to awaken your innate true spirit so I do not recommend you to participate in the next battle but for Junior Martial Sister Qiu, I think you would be able to participate!”

  Zhong Yue too, looked Jun Sixie and through psyche, he said, “Senior martial sister, the battle in the competition is too dangerous for you. It is better this way, after all, we are not natives in this world and although I have altered the Book of Life and Death, we are still fakes….”

  Jun Sixie looked at Qiu Jin’er, shook her head and said proudly, “If Junior Martial Sister Qiu can take part in this competition then why can’t I? I am eager to find out the gap between these strong participants from the other worlds and mine!”

  She then said again, “I am confident that I am not any weaker than them after I completed everything I lack!”

  Since when was the proud Jun Sixie afraid of something? Since when did she admit that she was inferior to the others?

  Zhong Yue frowned slightly at Jun Sixie’s attitude of wanting to be stronger than anyone; if he insisted on advising her to give up, she might get angry at him and this will affect her confidence as well.

  But if she took part in the competition, she was bound to face grave danger!

  Unlike Qiu Jin’er who had awoken her Innate True Spirit, being granted with immense power that could allow her to go toe-to-toe with the gods, Jun Sixie was still not as strong as Qiu Jin’er even after rectifying her flaws from the Ancestral Star cultivation system. She was still at the demigod level and there was still somewhat of a gap between her strength to that of Bi and An.

  “I guess I will not take part in the competition.”

  Bai Canghai quickly said with an awkward laugh, “My capabilities are not as good as yours so I figure I should just stay behind.”

  Zhong Yue nodded and replied, “But you will still have to come with us upon the summoning of Emerald Heaven Dharma King.”

  “Of course.” replied Bai Canghai proudly, “I still want to travel around, meet with different individuals and if I’m lucky, I might be able to come across an Innate Curse Body expert to learn from!”

  And just like Bi and An said, news came from the Left Fang Galaxy a few days later, summoning every winner in the battles to the Emerald Heaven Starry Palace to heed the orders of Emerald Heaven Dharma King.

  They then all started moving and through teleportation, they passed one galaxy after another and to soon arrive at Emerald Heaven Starry Palace after a few days.

  “Once we arrive at Emerald Heaven Starry Palace, we will not be able to provide any help anymore if you encountered any danger.”

  As soon as they touched the ground, Bi and An looked at each other and they said together, “Junior
Martial Brother Zhong, our friendships end here! We are now clear from each other's’ debts; you helped me saved the person we wanted to save and we altered the Book of Life and Death as per your request.”

  Zhong Yue bowed at them and thanked, “Anyhow, thank you for your help.”

  “You’re welcomed.” replied the brothers before they left.

  Then, Zhong Yue brought along Jun Sixie, Qiu Jin’er and the others as he headed towards Emerald Heaven Starry Palace.

  Far away, Bi and An looked at the back of Zhong Yue and suddenly, Bi said, “Not close and not too distance.”

  An nodded and they both said, “Neither strangers nor friends. Our help to him must end here and we must not get too close with him or once his secrets are exposed, we will be dragged into this mess too. We however, could provide help to him secretly since we are after all, distant relatives.”

  They looked into each other’s eyes again and they entered Emerald Heaven Starry Palace after giving each other a smile.

  The Emerald Heaven Starry Palace was grand; it was made entirely from a planet and strengthened the earth surface and planet core with the godly metals. When looked at it far away, the Emerald Heaven Starry Palace appeared like a gigantic mansion circling around the sun.

  But when compared to the Bi An Precipice of Bi and An, the Emerald Heaven Starry Palace was still much inferior; it’s Dao was not as advanced and the spiritual energy was not as abundant as the Bi An Precipice.

  With that said, the Emerald Heaven Starry Palace was still a very great place; it far surpassed the other places and it was still a very rare ideal place for cultivation.

  “Junior Martial Brother Zhong, I will not be weaker than any of these Qi Practitioners here!” Jun Sixie suddenly said when she looked around curiously.

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  Zhong Yue stuttered at her words as he had no clue as to why Jun Sixie brought up this topic again.

  Jun Sixie pointed at the surroundings and the Qi Practitioners crowding around Emerald Heaven Starry Palace and said loudly, “With such immense spiritual power, such perfected rules of Dao, and such incredible heritage, these fools only managed to cultivate to such a pathetic level! I came from a very poor place and I too, am at the same level as them! If I had the same conditions, I would have been much better than what am I now. All I lack is time!”

  “I, Jun Sixie, will prove that I am not weaker than any of them here!”

  There were a lot of Qi Practitioners in Emerald Heaven Starry Palace right now, and all of them were top tier Qi Practitioners, with even their followers being experts themselves.

  And whatever Jun Sixie said, with the confidence shown by her and her contemptuous tone toward them, had gathered quite a bit of attention to her.

  When they saw that it was a human girl that let out such big words, these gods, demons, and Qi Practitioners from various races shook their heads and laughed mockingly with and even their followers bursting out with laughter.

  Jun Sixie, however, ignored them and looked at Zhong Yue. “Junior martial brother, you believe me, right?”

  “Yes, I do.”

  Zhong Yue replied, “I’ve never underestimated you, senior martial sister! Back then, senior martial sister once said that your zither will be something even more marvelous than the Ten Malefic Weapons, I already knew that you will be someone greater than most of them outside! You have already proven yourself as a great person when you became the headmaster of Swords Gate for the sake of humanity in the Great Wilderness. You carried the massive burden on your shoulders! And even in spite of your improvements being hampered by the responsibilities of being a headmaster, you’ve already reached such a stage.”

  Right away, a smile bloomed on Jun Sixie’s face and she said happily, “Thank you, junior martial brother.”

  However, everyone around the two of them laughed happily; some rolled on the ground, some covered their mouth, some stomped on the ground as they all felt that the human young man and young lady were very hilarious.

  “These two, they actually are brave enough to say something so big in the Emerald Heaven Starry Palace and they said it out loud so highly!” said a Qi Practitioner as he laughed.

  “This is interesting, I must see it for myself.”

  A demonic god shook and said, “Every time we are summoned here, we would always run into someone who failed to realize their limits. These two little ones… They came from the lowly human race yet still speak as if they are so high and almighty…”

  Zhong Yue did not bother about the mockings of those around him and he said to Jun Sixie through psyche, “Senior martial sister, I brought out a lot of nice stuff from hell and perhaps, a couple of them might be able to help you save a decent amount of time. I will pass them to you once we get to somewhere with no people.”

  Jun Sixie’s eyes lit up and she was extremely moved by Zhong Yue.

  “These two tiny ones, they are surprisingly cute, where are they from?”

  An Imminent Deity Qi Practitioner laughed and added, “Did their parents not teach them? This is Emerald Heaven Starry Palace, the place where Emerald Heaven Dharma King lived in. It is definitely alright to come here for experience things but it will be too much if they bragged about themselves publicly.”

  Aside from Zhong Yue and Jun Sixie, Shi Buyi was about to snap, but in the end, he calmed himself down while Old Man Six Paths did not even flinch.

  At this moment, some Qi Practitioners looked to the top of Emerald Heaven Starry Palace and someone shouted, “Zhen Yao has arrived!”

  Then, a luxurious ship sailed towards the Emerald Heaven Starry Palace from far away and soon entered it.

  This ship was entirely being pulled by three colourful phoenixes and when the ship touched the ground, the phoenixes turned into three Phoenix clan’s members and they stood aside.

  A lady then gracefully got down from the ship while the three Pheonix clan ladies immediately retrieved the ship before they followed behind the lady.

  This lady let out a very calm aura, some kind of elegance and gracefulness surrounded her but her stares were cold; it was as if she had seen deaths for too many times that she no longer took anything too seriously.

  And this lady was Zhen Yao, whose soul had a lifespan of 50,000 years!

  Just with that, she was already leagues ahead of others because in order to achieve this, one had to be one at the Emperor level!

  Besides, just from seeing how three Pheonix clan’s gods being the one pulling her ride, everyone could tell that Zhen Yao was a very powerful person.

  Suddenly, a rainbow appeared, hanging countless miles long in the skies like a long path and a carriage pulled by two pegasuses rode on the rainbow path.

  As the carriage landed, the pegasuses turned into two servants that stood at the side of the carriage and they said respectfully, “Madam.”

  From the carriage came an alluring lady that bore the appearance of a noble lady; she was extremely beautiful and the frown on her face was causing everyone’s heart to break.

  This lady was the concubine of Realm Monarch that was banished into the Prison Realm, Concubine Han.

  Concubine Han raised her hand and the rainbow hanging high up in the sky shrunk and flew into her sleeves.

  Then, the sky trembled and a divine ray descended from the skies. The ray was extremely huge and when the ray dispersed, Li Tianxing walked out along with three godly servants.

  When the three of them arrived, people from the Emerald Heaven Starry Palace got out and welcomed them immediately, “The king has been waiting for quite some time already.”

  The trio nodded and followed the personnel from Emerald Heaven Starry Palace.

  “These three are really something. No wonder they could triumph in the battle in twin-stars.”

  A god struck his palms together and said, “Unlike Zhen Yao and Concubine Han that had rich experience from their past lives, Li Tianxing is very strong for being able to have three gods to serve him.”<
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  Everyone nodded and an Imminent Deity Qi Practitioner looked at Zhong Yue and Jun Sixie before he said, “Humans, did you see that? Unlike the two of you whose words speak louder than your actions, those three there are real Qi Practitioners!”

  Bai Canghai failed to remain his calm and he immediately argued back, “What’s so great about them? Why do you only mock us!”

  “All you need to know is that they are a hundred, thousand and many times better than you garbage!”

  The Qi Practitioner grinned and shouted, “Garbage, you were born into the wrong race! What can a mere human do? Now now, why don’t you let me eat you so that you can be reborn into another race?!”

  “Brother Bai, we shouldn’t create a scene since we have all committed sins. It’s better to lay low.”

  Bai Canghai however, was very unhappy and he said, “There are gods to welcome Li Tianxing but why is there no one to welcome us? Are we not well known enough?”

  “Hey! Garbages, are you done considering my suggestion?” The Qi Practitioner interrupted suddenly.

  To his question, Zhong Yue flicked his finger and a hole immediately appeared on the Imminent Deity level Qi Practitioner’s forehead before his body fell onto the ground.

  Zhong Yue’s sudden action startled Bai Canghai and he shouted, “Brother Zhong, didn’t you say we should lay low?”

  Zhong Yue answered with his psyche, “I was lying. We should lay low but these guys in Prison Realm are all scum. If we do not fight back after they mock us, they will think that we are easy targets. They will target us first no matter what happens in the future.”

  “Besides, these jerks did not know that I’ve killed Reverse Emperor. It seems this matter did not create enough attention and let my name to spread out all over the Left Fang Galaxy or these fools should be looking at me differently.” said Zhong Yue.

  “Damn you!”

  A god shouted angrily, grabbed towards Zhong Yue and he said furiously, “How dare you kill my student.”

  Zhong Yue’s saber was unsheathed and he hacked the Solar Divine Saber at his enemy; divine ray shot to the skies and the god’s expression changed drastically as his palm was cut by the saber!