Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Yi Wanjun had never seen anything like that and was confused; she failed to tell that if this perfect being was still Zhong Yue.

  “That is not Zhong Yue.”

  A sound came from the copper lamp in her hands, “That is probably the spirit in the saber and the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit that entered Zhong Yue’s body. The techniques he cast are all monarch-level techniques, perhaps, even stronger!”

  Xin Huo’s experience and knowledge were far greater than Yi Wanjun’s, which made it natural that he managed to see that there was something wrong with Zhong Yue’s current state; it felt like an ancient Heavenly Monarch rose from his slumber to battle against the evil.

  The evil being had cursed the Fuxi Celestial Race, sealing the royal bloodline for eternity. If anyone of them managed to lift the curse, their souls would travel 100,000 years backward to meet with this evil being so that he could strip away the hopes of a Fuxi revival.

  Thus, if the future Fuxi lifted the seals in their bloodlines, no matter how talented they are, they were bound to be met with this evil being, resulting in them being wiped away by this evil being. With that, the talents in Fuxi Celestial Race writhed and with the bloodline seals would continue to sink deeper and deeper into their bloodline, slowly erasing any hopes of success that the humans had in reawakening their bloodline.

  And that was what happened to Zhong Yue now; he had returned 100,000 years back to a specific dimension where the evil being was.

  But what shook Yi Wanjun the most was not Zhong Yue, but the endless darkness she walked on.

  At this time, the darkness had unveiled itself; what they walked on previously was not emptiness but a jet black light wheel.

  The wheel of Reincarnation!

  This was a gigantic Six Path Reincarnation, the projection of the evil being’s Yuan Shen Secret Realm’s strength and they were walking on the light wheels behind the back of this evil being!

  Just how scary was this concept?

  Why is this Yuan Shen Secret Realm’s power projection so dark that there was no light? Just who is he?

  Yi Wanjun widened her eyes as much as she could but failed to locate the evil being and anything else apart from the jet black long robes and the six spinning black light wheels exposed by the saber’s light reflection.

  Yi Wanjun then cast aside her thoughts of this evil being and the confused Yi Wanju asked, “Heavenly Monarch? Was he a Heavenly Monarch in one of his previous life?”

  “No.” said Xin Huo after he sighed and he explained with mixed emotion, “That is the last Heavenly Monarch from Fuxi Celestial Race. He got here from 100,000 years ago through Zhong Yue’s body and the sword hilt.”

  Sword hilt? What sword hilt?

  Yi Wanjun’s confusion only deepened after hearing Xin Huo’s explanation.

  The sword hilt of Zhong Yue’s innate divine saber was the divine sword’s sword hilt of the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch. This was unbeknownst to her so it was natural that she failed to comprehend what Xin Huo said.

  To Yi Wanjun, being able to return to 100,000 years ago was already more than comprehensible and with the appearance of the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit, the sword hilt and the sword spirit, she felt that she was out of her depth.

  Everything here now involved the concept of time and dimensions, far beyond her level of comprehension.

  But all of this was nothing to Xin Huo; 100,000 years ago, after the last Heavenly Monarch passed away, the Fuxi Celestial Race’s gods of wars safeguarded the coffin with the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch inside back to the Ancestral Star to bury him, they were ambushed by the evil being and the other culprits. In the fight, the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit descended from the Void Realm and entered his dead body and inflicted heavy injuries to the evil beings, which forced him to hide from the world for thousand years.

  A thousand years later, the first Six Paths World’s Realm Monarch, Reincarnation Saint Monarch passed away and after recovering from his injuries, the evil being emerged again and this time, he destroyed the first Six Paths World’s Six Paths Reincarnation. He then performed a blood ritual with the living beings in this world as sacrificial to seal the bloodline of the Fuxi Celestial Race and created the Great Curse that sealed all of Fuxi’s future hopes, which became the final straw that crushed the Fuxi Celestial Race.

  But in the ambush, the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s soul also had another card up his sleeves; after injuring the evil beings to acquire another thousand years of time for Fuxi Celestial Race, he left behind the Great Bliss to counter the evil presence’s Great Curse.

  He had already foreseen what would happen back then, the blood ritual and the sealing of Fuxi Celestial Race’s bloodline. This Great Bliss was probably the Fuxi Celestial Race’s member that acquired the Heavenly Monarch Scepter, and if this member ran into the Great Curse, the sword hilt will bring his remnant spirit to fight off this evil being.

  This sword hilt was the key to trigger the Great Bliss.

  Hence, this was not a battle between Zhong Yue and the evil being but another battle between two huge figures from 100,000 years ago.

  It was a clash between the Great Bliss and the Great Curse!

  This was the conflict between a deceased Heavenly Monarch and a living innate god! A battle that had been destined since 100,00 years ago!

  The Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit is not going to last!

  In the copper lamp, Xin Huo stared at this emperor level battle silently. This battle was incredibly intense, and whoever got too close would be turned into mincemeat right away; the light reflection of the saber lit up the darkness but it was not strong enough to cut it half.

  At this rate, the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s remnant spirit was bound to be killed and along with him, Zhong Yue!

  “This is not fair, this is not fair….” murmured Xin Huo.

  This fight was indeed unfair, just like the unfair fight 100,000 years ago. In that battle, the last Fuxi Heavenly Emperor fought in his dead body and in this current fight, through the Great Bliss cast right before the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit dispersed, his remnant spirit now engaged in a fight with the fully recovered evil being!

  But the result of this fight was already determined in the emperor level battle happened 100,000 years ago. In that battle, though Fuxi Heavenly Monarch injured the evil being, he also paid the cost of having his spirit disintegrated completely.

  “But in that fight, he won at the last moment as repelled the evil being.”

  Xin Huo murmured, “In that fight, he injured the evil being and if his soul died here, he wouldn’t be able to do so. Something must have happened that allowed him to win that fight and let Zhong Yue return to the world 100,000 years later….”

  The situation was getting more and more dire with each passing second. The darkness slowly spread across the world and slowly overwhelmed the saber to a point where its light could not shine upon anything anymore.

  The battle had been decided.

  With the knowledge and experience of Xin Huo, he had already saw no other possibility other than Zhong Yue’s and the Fuxi Heavenly Emperor’s defeat.

  What chased away the inner and darkness and allowed the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s remnant spirit to return to the battle 100,000 years ago?

  Xin Huo too, was confused right now and the situation became even more dangerous as Zhong Yue and Fuxi Heavenly Monarch were about to be swallowed by the eternal darkness.

  Out of nowhere, the copper lamp in Yi Wanjun’s hands lit up, bit by bit, it became brighter and brighter and a voice was heard whispering softly, “I know, I know now! It was me….”

  Xin Huo murmured softly, “It was me who helped Zhong Yue and the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit to defeat this evil being. I was the one who burnt the lamp oil to help them overcome this crisis….”

  The lamp’s light burnt brighter and brighter and Yi Wanjun felt that the lamp was now brighter than millions and billions of suns combined! She also heard that the universe within
this lamp was having a big bang, singing softly and it was blazing!

  The light grew brighter and the divine ray spread across the surrounding, chasing away the darkness and lit up the time and dimension!

  “Now I know why did this little girl risked everything and took me into this place, into 100,000 years ago….”

  The voice in the copper lamp murmured, “I know my purpose now….”

  “Sui Sovereign of Fire Order Era created me, had me to pass down his spirit, his knowledge. Thus, I am his Xin Huo, the one responsible for searching inheritors from generations to generations to pass down his spirit and knowledge.”

  “And now with the Sui Sovereign’s race gone and the Fuxi on the verge of extinction, perhaps it’s my time to extinguish my flame to preserve a seed for the Fuxi Celestial Race.”

  The light blazed as if a galaxy was burning its remaining energy before dying.

  It was truly a marvelous sight to behold!

  When the light reached its peak, the darkness was evaporated by the heat and the face of this evil being hidden in the dark was exposed under the light reflection of the swinging saber.

  And there was only surprise and shock on his face.

  The shining saber lit up the darkness and blinded their eyes!

  Chapter 766: Fuxi's Not Dead |

  This saber attack shook the time and dimension and the Tai Chi Picture danced intensively around. It was as if they were to make the Dao remain for eternity in the time river by leaving a branding. When the saber was swung, Yi Wanjun saw Zhong Yue’s body in the center of the Tai Chi Picture like a natural Dao word. This scene left an eternal impression on her heart and her soul.

  Fuxi, the race with a human head and serpent body that contained sun and moon, Pure Yin and Pure Yang in their body.

  It was a monarch-level visualization art. Though it was visualizing Zhong Yue, in truth, he was merely representing the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch, who infused Zhong Yue with wonders, amazing elements, and marvelous secrets.

  She did not see this coming; seemingly out of nowhere, she was bestowed with a highly profound and marvelous heritage that brought her shock and amazement.

  As the saber was swung, the heaven and earth shattered and everything turned into dust while the evil being backed off quickly covered in blood before he disappeared.

  Then, a sinister voice came from the deepest part of the time and dimension that shivered Yi Wanjun was heard, “You have passed the second seal but with Xin Huo gone and the old dog dead, how are you going to get past the third one?”

  Zhong Yue laughed and as he spoke, an old voice came from his mouth, “I can do this all day long! I will return to 1,000 years ago and fight with you if that’s what you want!”

  The dimension was still crumbling as they spoke like glass shattering into pieces; Zhong Yue was suddenly overcome with weakness and exhaustion. His knee suddenly collapsed and he fell onto the ground with one knee. He merely managed to not fall down by plunging his saber into the ground.

  When Fuxi Heavenly Monarch used his body to fight with the evil being, Zhong Yue witnessed a legendary battle between the two and each time Fuxi Heavenly Monarch cast a skill, it was just like he was the one that cast the skill.

  While Yi Wanjun had Zhong Yue branded into her heart and obtained an emperor level visualization art, Zhong Yue was the one that received the quintessence of the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch!

  And it was taught to him by the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch himself!

  Xin Huo….

  But Zhong Yue did not bother going through the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s heritage at all; he stared at the copper lamp in Yi Wanjun’s hand, which had seemed to burn out all the oil in it as the light darkened rapidly.

  Zhong Yue shivered and he felt that an endless pain like his heart was being cut by sabers and swords.

  He clearly felt that Xin Huo, his best friend, and greatest companion, was dying after burning all of his energy to help Zhong Yue.

  Suddenly, a spirit flew out from Zhong Yue’s body and along with the crumbling dimension, the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit was fading as well.

  “Don’t go! Please!”

  Zhong Yue mustered all his strength to raise his head, looked at the fading Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit and shouted, “Save Xin Huo! I beg you! You are a Heavenly Monarch, the great one who created Six Paths! You surely have a way that could save him!”

  The old Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit looked at the extinguishing flame and after he walked towards it, he lifted up the dying flame and walked towards Zhong Yue.

  “As long as Fuxi is still alive, Xin Huo will not extinguish and the heritage will continue.”

  In the eyes of this old soul contained wisdom beyond everything and he placed the weak flame in front of Zhong Yue and said, “Child, are you willing to sacrifice your spirit to light him up again? Are you willing to fuel him with your own soul and life to keep him from extinguishing?”

  “Yes, I will do whatever it takes to save him!”

  …

  Zhong Yue lowered his head and said, “I am willing to fuel him with my soul and keep him burning with my life so that he can live.”

  The old spirit asked again, “Child, when you are dying, are you willing to pick a Fuxi and pass this flame of inheritance to the Fuxi so that he could continue to protect Xin Huo and allow Xin Huo to be passed down from generations to generations?”

  “Are you willing to do all of these?”

  Zhong Yue kept quiet for a second and he immediately raised his head and said, “I am!”

  The old spirit smiled happily right away and said, “You are willing to use your soul to maintain him, burn your life to keep him burning and willing to give him up. You are a good child, a real Fuxi and most importantly, a true Xin Huo inheritor.”

  The Fuxi Heavenly Monarch then sent the little flame into Zhong Yue’s forehead, connecting his soul with Xin Huo and linking Zhong Yue’s life to Xin Huo’s.

  “Now, I have to finish a battle.”

  The dimension finally toppled and the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s soul vanished but his voice was still heard coming from the end of the universe, “Child, remember the oath you swore today. Before you die, pass Xin Huo to the next inheritor. Do not take him into the grave with you.”

  “Young boy from Fuxi Celestial Race, before you, as the light extinguishes, you must light up another.”

  This old spirit then returned to 1,000 years ago and finally, this old spirit injured the evil being heavily at the cost of having his spirit completely disintegrated but he still managed to acquire a thousand years time of peace for the future Fuxi Celestial Race.

  However, things did not go the way they wished and the Fuxi Celestial Race was still wiped out and waned for a hundred thousand years.

  After the dimension finally collapsed, Zhong Yue and Yi Wanjun closed and opened their eyes again only to realize that they were still inside Heaven Origin Reincarnation Mirror and they were back to the time where they disappeared.

  On the outside, Heaven Origin Reincarnation Mirror was still under Heavenly King Lu’s control as they flew towards Tuo Shan Six Paths World and Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud had no idea what the duo had gone through.

  Zhong Yue took over the weathered copper lamp from Yi Wanjun. He took a look inside of the lamp where it was completely empty now; the galaxy soul inside the lamp was not burning anymore.

  There was nothing anymore except for a tiny flame that burnt quietly inside Zhong Yue’s soul.

  “Xin Huo….” Zhong Yue called softly.

  ….

  Meanwhile in Zi Wei Imperial Star, a very nice looking child rode on a prosperity cloud towards the palace imperial emperor resided. Realizing the arrival of this child, Imperial Emperor immediately got out and welcomed him, “Junior martial brother, what brings you here?”

  The child smiled and said, “Senior Martial Brother Xian Tian, teacher is awake now and he is summoning you.”

  “Teach
er is awake now?”

  Shouted Imperial Emperor Xian Tian with joy, “What did he need from me? Do you know what happened?”

  “That I do not know.” said the child as he returned with Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, “Teacher’s strength has improved once again and since when have we been able to understand his actions? But he asked for you right after he woke up so I assume it’s important.”

  The two then arrived at an impossible place where it was filled with only death and decay with darkness lurking everywhere. The Imperial Emperor lowered his head as stood outside an ancient palace, awaiting his teacher’s order.

  “Teacher, I assume that you have recovered your injuries this time since you woke up?” asked Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

  “Yes. In fact, I feel even better!!”

  An old voice came from the inner palace, “100,000 years ago, the flame of the universe teamed up with the old dog. They gave me a blow that almost took my life. Heh, little did they know that I managed to advance another step closer to the legendary level.”

  The Imperial Emperor was relieved after hearing this and he said happily, “If teacher managed to enter the impossible world, then it will be a huge thing to celebrate! By the way, I have something to report to you, teacher. Not long ago, a Fuxi girl showed up. She is a pure blooded Fuxi, she stirred chaos in Zi Wei and it was a shame that we failed to capture her. However, not long later, another half-blooded Fuxi showed up and I dispatched Zi Guang to capture him. Judging by the time, Zi Guang should be back anytime soon.”

  He paused and hesitated for a moment and he said again, “The Fuxi Celestial Race has not been heard from for more than a few ten thousand years. But now, two have shown up at once. I fear that there was something brewing, so I had the million turtle gods of the Tian Gua Celestial Race to carry out a divination but they all died in the end. Among them, one of the old ones said “Xin Huo” before he died. I suspect that the rumored flame of inheritance is back and is related to the two Fuxis….”