Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  When they reached the bottom of the mountain, he looked back again and realized that the jade mountain had disappeared as well, which made him shiver as he thought, Eerie, really eerie! So many strange things are happening.

  First, the skeleton Zhong Yue vanished and reappeared from time to time, then the blood ocean and its disappearance and the gorgeous lady that followed Zhong Yue around; each and every single incidents felt extremely weird.

  And now, the disappearance of the palace and the mountain greatly scared him.

  But of course, Zhong Yue failed to notice this since he had experienced everything first hand. But as someone who had never witnessed something like this, Ma Sanshou felt a cold shiver travel down his spine.

  At the same time, Fa Bisheng’s and Jun Wudao’s jaws were on the ground as they blankly stared at the spot the mountain and palace used to be.

  With two hundred top tiered followers each, these two Qi Practitioners went through countless challenges and difficulties; they lost most of their comrades and when they got to this place, about every one of their followers had already perished, leaving only a dozen of them, all of whom were weary and paranoid from their harrowing journey.

  Just as they thought they could rest after reaching their destination, the mountain and palace had vanished with their hopes!

  And this was a fatal blow to their will.

  “The key! The fortune of this place must be in their hands!”

  Beside Fa Bisheng, a lady shrieked as she lost their mind, “Master, have them hand over the fortunes!”

  Being shocked and disturbed by the disappearance of the mountain and palace, Fa Bisheng lost his cool and when his gaze shifted from the mountain and Zhong Yue, his expression was very dark.

  Zhong Yue frowned slightly upon this, and he immediately warned Bai Canghai and Ma Sansou, “Keep an eye out for them, don’t let your guards down.”

  The duo nodded immediately and prepared themselves for a tough battle.

  Zhong Yue then looked at Jun Wudao and saw that the few ladies behind Jun Wudao were conversing among themselves. Although he couldn’t hear what they were saying, Zhong Yue could tell that whatever they discussed had ill-intent. But Jun Wudao did not say anything, instead, she stared at Goddess Shen Hou.

  “There were only three of them when they hiked the mountain, but now, there is another lady with them now.” Jun Wudao whispered.

  Chapter 677: Bleed By One Strike |

  As Jun Wudao spoke, Fa Bisheng strained his heart up as well.

  They explored the place at the same time as Zhong Yue, and Zhong Yue had only three men while they had hundreds. Yet, at the end of the day, Zhong Yue had zero casualties whereas they both suffered significant losses.

  Then, Zhong Yue and his two companions hiked the mountain earlier than them, and came back with an additional lady while the palace and the jade mountain both inexplicably disappeared.

  What exactly was happening, where did the jade mountain and palace go?

  Who was this unbelievably beautiful lady and where does she come from?

  Could she be the one living in the palace?

  Goddess Shen Hou held the otherworldly air of an immortal. However, the aura around her was well-concealed, making her appear like an ordinary Qi Practitioner.

  Although a beauty, she was very much different to the Moon God. The beauty of the Moon God made people feel that they could only look at her from afar without the courage to approach her. But Goddess Shen Hou’s beauty was approachable.

  “Your enemy?” Goddess Shen Hou noticed the increasingly tense atmosphere around them and smiled at Zhong Yue “This is your business, it has nothing to do with me, you can handle it yourself. I won’t offer any help.”

  Zhong Yue nodded, his psyche fluctuates and answered, “It’s just a trifle, there is no need to trouble the goddess.”

  Suddenly, Fa Bisheng smiled and sai, “Blood Bone Evil God, can you tell me what you got on the mountain? Is it that this lady is the treasure you acquired in the floating palace? And this Innate Comet Spirit Body has even opened his Bloodline Wheel, it seems that the fortunes you’ve had in the palace weren’t small.”

  Zhong Yue replied indifferently, “What does it have to do with you?”

  Fa Bisheng looked dull and looked at Goddess Shen Hou, carrying his hands and faintly said, “Girl. My name is Fa Bisheng.”

  Goddess Shen Hou blinked her eyes and looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue.

  Fa Bisheng frowned slightly and was surprised, I said my name, she should understand what I mean, does she insist that I announce my dominance?

  Goddess Shen Hou was still staring at him, waiting for him to continue. Fa Bisheng coughed and continued, “My father is the Prison Realm Realm Lord, Fa Zhaozhen.”

  The atmosphere grew awkward as even though Fa Bisheng explained that his father was the Realm Lord, Goddess Shen Hou only continued staring blankly at him, as if waiting for him to elaborate.

  Fa Bisheng showed a hint of helplessness, he thought, This girl is too naive, doesn’t she understand what I’m trying to say?

  He coughed softly and a Qi Practitioner next to him said, “The prince just wants to tell you that his father is the Prison Realm Realm Lord. What can the Blood Bone Evil God provide you if you follow him? On the other hand, what the prince can bestow upon you is a future filled with limitless possibilities! A wise person chooses the best man as his lord, and an excellent bird chooses the best tree for its nest. I advise you to think wisely and make the right decision….”

  Zhong Yue couldn’t help but laugh helplessly, just exactly who was Goddess Shen Hou?

  Even the mighty Prison Realm Realm Lord was nothing more than an insignificant ant in front of her. Fa Bisheng tried to subdue her with the name of the Prison Realm Realm Lord, attempting to lure the Goddess Shen Hou to follow him. What a joke!

  Goddess Shen Hou might not even be willing to take in the Prison Realm Realm Lord even if he wanted to follow her!

  Goddess Shen Hou apologized, “You are you, and your father is your father. And I only pledge my loyalty to the strong. Is it that you are stronger than the Blood Bone Evil God?”

  Although both were innate gods, she and the Moon God had almost diametrically opposing temperaments. The Moon God was reticent in her relationship with people, always eager to break all ties with them. However, Goddess Shen Hou lived for drama.

  “I see.” Fa Bisheng’s face stiffened up as he said, “I like you a lot, lady. You are very insightful. My father and I are two separate individuals, and a wise person only follows the best leader. In this case, I will prove to you that I am the best lord, or at the least, one that is better than the Blood Bone Evil God."

  He looked at Zhong Yue, frowned, and later turned to Jun Wudao, “Jun Wudao, this lady doesn't know me, but you do. If you still want to continue living in the Prison Realm, then I suggest you to make the decision that you should.”

  Jun Wudao was donned in male clothing and struck a rather dashing figure. She looked at Goddess Shen Hou and then scrutinized Zhong Yue from tip to toe. A weird expression suddenly appeared on her face as she thought of something. After a few moments, she softly said, “Don’t worry Senior Martial Brother Fa, I have no intention of interfering with your business here.”

  Upon hearing her words, Fa Bisheng was relieved. Jun Wudao was also a formidable opponent. Although she was still young, her strength was not insignificant. She was the stunning beauty from the Heaven Realm and her strength placed her within the top echelon of the Heaven Realm’s younger generation.

  The difference in strengths between the Heaven Realm and Prison Realm were worlds apart. Thus, even Fa Bisheng didn’t have any confidence in defating Jun Wudao in an all out battle.

  However, since Jun Wudao said that she did not plan to interfere, he could at least ease his heart a little.

  However, he knew very well that Jun Wudao wasn’t afraid of him, her true intention was to wait for them to clash a
nd understand their respective strengths before making further moves. Even so, Fa Bisheng had enough confidence that the cards he was going to reveal would eventually be strong enough to cause Jun Wudao to refrain from taking action.

  "Blood Bone Evil God, I said before that exchanging strikes from a distance is boring. Fortunately, we will eventually meet at the end of the road, and indeed, here we are!”

  Fa Bisheng's aura billowed ferociously. Lwheels appeared behind his head as he leisurely said, “Everyone else thinks that I am a spoilt brat who only knows how to rely on my father’s name to scare people away. Little did they know that the reason I always did that was because I wanted them to think so!”

  His aura grew stronger and stronger, and the Six Paths Wheel were rotating behind his head. The Pan Gu Six Paths Celestial Being appeared and sat at the center of his Six Paths Wheels. The Pan Gu Celestial’s six palms made different hand seals and the sound of loud chants reverberated through the sky as if he was blessed with the the power to control life and death!

  His strength was far beyond that of Qi Practitioners who were only able to cultivate the Six Paths Reincarnation with the help of the fortunes in the Ancient Land of God Graves!

  But even so, Fa Bisheng's aura continued to grow unabated, the air of the king of gods started to deluge the surroundings, pushing his followers back away from him!

  "My father had countless wives and sired 7,667 kids. I am only one of the many, and I was never once his favourite child. Even the child of an ordinary god would be valued much more than I was!”

  Fa Bisheng laughed loudly, his aura was so domineering that the air of the spoilt prince he had was completely swept away. Deep and incomparable totem patterns streamed around him as he strode toward Zhong Yue in big paces. Every step he took would create illusions of mountains and seas around him.

  He said in a coldly, “I grew up under adversity and bitterly fought through life and death situations. I reverse-opened the five realms, opened the Bloodline Wheel, and cultivated the Six Paths Reincarnation. I received no help from my father, not a single word of encouragement! All of my achievements are mine and mine alone. The only one I could rely on in my life was myself!"

  Bang—

  He shouted and the Six Paths Wheels turned. Like a young god, he struck at Zhong Yue with a terrifying strength formed by six different forces that even distorted the space around him.

  The space above the swamp creaked, and under his power, it turned into six realms like six small worlds. The realms contained the power of the Dao, the power of Yin and Yang, the power of heaven and earth, the power of myriad, the power of the five elements, and the power of the bloodline!

  Six realms formed six specters. The Dao Realm formed the image of a kaleidoscope of totem patterns; the Yin Yang Realm formed a blazing sun and bright moon; the Shen Cai Realm formed the sky and earth, and the gods; the Wan Xiang Realm formed the myriad races of living beings; the Wu Xing Realm formed the five different Qi; while the Bloodline Realm formed the life essence of the realm.

  As Fa Bisheng struck his palm out, the six realms turned in the light wheel and fell into his palm, adding marvelous light rays to his attack while also granting him the brutal power to tear his enemy apart.

  It was the【Dharma Thriving Seal】!

  He was indeed not a spoilt brat who only knew how to rely on his father’s name. Although one could clearly discern traces of the Prison Realm Realm Lord techniques in the strike, it was still already a testament to his own cultivation. Infusing his own understandings and attainments in the Dao into the foundation of the Prison Realm Realm Lord’s skill, he was able to enhance his【Dharma Thriving Seal】to a new level!

  Zhong Yue took a few steps back, while Goddess Shen Hou, Bai Canghai, and Ma Sansou had already exited the battlefield so as not to be accidentally dragged into the incoming battle.

  Just as Zhong Yue stepped back, the space in front of him suddenly distorted. The land he was standing on was stripped out flat and fell into Fa Bisheng’s palm.

  The power of the【Dharma Thriving Seal】was incredible. If Zhong Yue hadn’t retreated, he would certainly fall into Fa Bisheng’s palm just like the land in front of him, and the consequences of that would have been disastrous.

  Bang, bang—

  Zhong Yue moved back one step after another while the space around him was struck hard, even the earth continued to bulge and collapse. Hills were created and crushed in a matter of seconds. As of now, he couldn’t see Fa Bisheng anymore as the ground level continued undulating up and down as a series of light wheels relentlessly crashed down upon him from the sky!

  The light wheels contained a mini realm in them, and were the specters formed by Fa Bisheng’s【Dharma Thriving Seal】. When the light wheels crashed down from the sky, a pithole would be created on the ground and a small hill would rise around the hole.

  The【Dharma Thriving Seal】was indeed powerful. The flow of the battle was totally in the control of the【Dharma Thriving Seal】. If Zhong Yue didn’t do anything to stop Fa Bisheng’s momentum, then his defeat was only a matter of time.

  All of a sudden, Zhong Yue abruptly stopped retreating. A small spatial rift opened behind him and jade-like fingers extruded out from the void. The fingers were straight and sharp like spears as they thrust at him!

  It was Fa Bisheng’s fingers. His palm was nearly in contact with Zhong Yue’s body and his five fingers tried to snarl Zhong Yue so he could firmly grab onto Zhong Yue!

  On the other end, he closed the gaps between the fingers on his other hand and with his elbow as the pivot, he performed a knifehand strike into a space rift in front of him. When his hand reappeared again, the knifehand strike had already come to the edge of Zhong Yue's neck and was just an inch away from chopping off his throat!

  Zhong Yue’s body abruptly crumpled. His skull flew up and his body separated from his head. The bone of his skeleton scattered about in the sky, colliding with Fa Bisheng’s palm and fingers before gathering back and reforming into a skeleton again!

  Zhong Yue reached out to the back of his head, unsheathed the divine saber from his Yuan Shen secret realms and brought it down in a slashing motion!

  Fa Bisheng quickly moved back. The saber ray billowed through space in an endless stream. When the saber strike was cast out, the power of Six Paths have been united into an appalling force of energy that would grow with time!

  If Fa Bisheng continued to retreat, the saber strike would grow more and more fierce, and its power would eventually crush him to death!

  Rendered no choice, Fa Bisheng quickly cast out another strike of the【Dharma Thriving Seal】and forcefully endured the saber strike.

  At that instant, sound faded away from the world and a horrible air rushed down like a meteor impact, causing the sky to shake and the earth to quake.

  The impact force pushed Fa Bisheng dozens of steps back before he could barely regain his balance. At first, it was only a slit line of blood that appeared on his throat, but the wound quickly widened and blood started spurting out from it.

  “Let’s go!” Fa Bisheng covered the wound on his neck with his hand, turned and left immediately.

  Chapter 678: Broken Head |

  Fa Bisheng flashed away and his followers quickly followed in confusion. At this time, they could hear the soft noises from behind them, Fa Bisheng looked back and saw Zhong Yue’s rib bones breaking away from his body.

  When the two were fighting and exchanged strikes, they were both injured at the same time, But no one could take advantage over each other.

  Fa Bisheng had a saber wound on his neck, and at least five of Zhong Yue’s ribs had been broken. No one would dare to say they were victorious in this exchange.

  Fa Bisheng regained his gaze, he looked at Zhong Yue and thought quietly while Zhong Yue kept the saber and stood on the ground staring back at Fa Bisheng.

  Then, Zhong Yue took a step and walked toward him. The light wheels turned behind his head. The totem patter
ns streamed out and rolled up Bai Canghai and Ma Sansou into his Yuan Shen secret realms whereas Goddess Shen Hou smiled and flew into the light wheels herself.

  Zhong Yue's psyche rumbled into Fa Bisheng's mind, his voice sounded domineering as if he was the controller of Six Paths, dictating all of life and death, “The victor has yet to be decided, so why is Senior Martial Brother Fa so eager to leave?”

  Fa Bisheng snorted, and the saber wound on his neck suddenly exploded again, spurting out blood like a fountain.

  “Prince, you are injured and so is he. So why are we running?” A young girl caught up with him and asked, “If the prince leaves now, the other Qi Practitioners would think you are not as good as him, it will be detrimental to your reputation.”

  “Yes prince, he broke at least five rib bones, and prince has only suffered from a small wound. You still have the upper hand!” Another Qi Practitioner asked as well, he didn’t understand why they were running.

  When Zhong Yue and Fa Bisheng exchanged strikes in an all out battle. The skills they had cast imbued their respective attainments in the Six Paths Reincarnation. Thus, the collision had surpassed the understanding of these Qi Practitioners, only a handful could vaguely discern the outcome of the actual battle.

  However, solely from the injuries they sustained, it was true that Zhong Yue appeared to have sustained heavier injuries while Fa Bisheng's injury was merely neglectable. However, despite only sustaining light injuries, Fa Bisheng was reluctant to fight again, opting to retreat.

  “Is the prince worried about the lady, Jun Wudao?”

  The Qi Practitioner dressed like a scholar fanned his paper fan and said, “Prince, are you worried that an all-out battle against the Blood Bone Evil God would open the chance for Jun Wudao to steal the fruit of victory? Rest assured, my prince. Jun Wudao is bold but understands bottom lines. The Realm Lord controls the Prison Realm, she wouldn’t dare to start a war with you."