Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  The light on the arrow intensified on the other hand and it was still chasing after him no matter how hard he tried to shake it off. Besides, with each step, there would be a metal clanking sound that interfered with Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s pace, preventing him from shaking the light arrow away!

  What a dangerous man! Seems like Heavenly Monarch has been studying and researching my techniques and arts for a long time!

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s expression was gloomy and as his hands moved quickly, making various hand seals with a speed so fast that he produced afterimages; one after another, the innate god’s techniques were launched in an instant and they all flew right towards the light arrow while Imperial Emperor Xian Tian thought, These two old dogs managed to lock onto me using the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] and interfere with my movements’ pace. This is definitely thanks to the Heavenly Monarch! He researched onto my techniques into such extent and this is definitely not something that can be accomplished in a short time!

  Now, it looked like the two old man was not doing anything after shooting the arrow and all Imperial Emperor Xian Tian had to deal with was the light arrow. But in truth, the battle had begun long before that!

  Ever since Imperial Emperor Xian Tian ran into these two old men, the battle had already started and it was at that moment did the emperor noticed something was wrong. He immediately tried to unbind himself from [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] but he failed as the two blacksmiths had him restrained within this dimension.

  In the nine combat turns, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian failed to break free from [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] and it was also by that time he suspected how the two old men knew him so well.

  His confusion was then cleared shortly after; while they looked like they were merely smithing, they were actually attacking him with the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation]. They launched the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] with their full strength and with each hammering, they were actually hammering onto Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s techniques, Dao and body!

  And the skills Imperial Emperor Xian Tian launched were entirely destroyed by the light arrow before reaching close to it. No matter how far he moved away from the sound, the hammering sound would drill into his mind and ears with a deafening volume.

  At this was not just a battle between Imperial Emperor Xian Tian and the two old blacksmiths, but a battle between him and the Heavenly Monarch; after successfully deciphering the Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s skills, the Heavenly Monarch had the two old blacksmiths suppress Imperial Emperor Xian Tian!

  If Imperial Emperor Xian Tian did not have someone supporting him, and if his teacher was not that person, instead of suppressing Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, Heavenly Monarch would have killed Imperial Emperor Xian Tian right here!

  The current Heavenly Monarch was ostensibly a foolish and incapable ruler, a king that was limited by the heavens while lost in petty politics with his fellow lords.

  But throughout history, how many of them that triumphed over the many great ones and sat on the throne were fools?

  They are definitely not from Zi Wei Galaxy. To be able to possess 14 Heavens, they are bound to be known by many. Where did they come from?

  The light arrow closed in quickly and with a screech, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian clapped his hands together before countless arms spread out behind him. The thousand arms spread out like the peacock’s tail and they all slammed towards the light arrow!

  Transformations occurred; some of these arms clenched, holding the Heavens in the fist; some were flowers which a world exists in the petals; or a bowl where stars were contained within like sand.

  But the light arrow pierced through the countless arms like nothing and with an unstoppable power, it flew right towards Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s head.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian gritted his teeth, and knowing that there was no way to evade, he decided that he had to stop this light arrow no matter what. Suddenly, from his forehead flew an eye, the eye that existence had given him!

  The eye widened up and an eternal darkness gushed out, swarming the overwhelming light arrow.

  The bright light within the light arrow darkened down right away and vanished quickly.

  “Brother, why interfere? Let the young ones sort things themselves.” A voice was heard coming from the eye.

  “If you can, why can’t I?” There came another old voice from the eye again all in a sudden.

  After that, the dark divine eye closed up and returned to Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s forehead.

  Then, golden words emerged on the eyelid of the eye and the golden innate words were like they were written by the same pen and same person onto the eyelid.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian tried to open the eye, only to discover that no matter how hard he tried, it was impossible to open it.

  At the same time, the two old blacksmiths stopped smithing and they pressed forward at Imperial Emperor Xian Tian with overwhelming force with the divine cauldron and hammer.

  But now, without the threat from the light arrow, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian feared them no more and he fought with the two giants bare handed. In just a moment, the two old blacksmiths were injured and they backed off quickly.

  Just as Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was about to give chase, the smithing noise was heard again and the noise immediately hindered his movements, triggering the blood essence to surge uncontrollably in him. The two old men then continued smithing, creating the noise to stall Imperial Emperor Xian Tian while they fled the scene.

  The Heavenly Monarch’s power is much more powerful than I thought. Seems like some mysterious factions have decided to side with him.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian recollected his thoughts and summoned, “Teacher!”

  No movements occurred on the eye on his forehead but after quite a while, the existence voice came from the dark divine eye saying calmly, “My eye has been sealed by your junior martial uncle. I’m afraid that it has lost its power for the moment but it matters not. I will neutralize his divine arrow.”

  “Junior martial uncle?” Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was shook and he lost his voice before he exclaimed, “Him? He decided to support Heavenly Monarch!?”

  Cold sweat dripped down and after recalling how terrifying this man was, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian felt a cold creeping down his spine, yet, the arrow was sealed right into his forehead and turned into golden words; if his teacher failed to suppress the arrow, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian will lose his life anytime!

  “Teacher, how long will it take for you to destroy this divine arrow?” asked Imperial Emperor Xian Tian who had calmed himself down.

  “Perhaps just a hundred years, perhaps a thousand.” After that, the voice faded away and everything turned quiet.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian frowned slightly and after glancing at Zi Wei Imperial Star from far away, he headed back towards Xian Tian Palace.

  Your Highness, I’ve underestimated you but from now on, you will be greatest my rival and one day, only one of us will survive!

  Within Zi Wei Imperial Star, the two old blacksmiths requested to see Heavenly Monarch and after they were received by Heavenly Monarch, the two old man said embarrassingly, “Forgive us, Your Highness. These two old man failed to cut Mu Xiantian and his eye. We only managed to seal the eye he was carrying.”

  “This is good enough already. I am not worried about Xian Tian. I am worried about that existence supporting him. Xian Tian borrowed his eye to deal with me and I will only be able to relax if the eye is sealed.”

  Heavenly Monarch smiled and said, “Thank you. I commend you for your hard work, Xuan Qi. How is Xian Tian as compared to me?”

  The two old man exchanged looks and they said, “He is stronger than us by a level but inferior to your least by at least three levels.”

  Heavenly Monarch frowned right away and he sighed, “Only three? An innate god is indeed an innate god…. If he enters the monarch level, then these three levels will be as
good as nothing.”

  Xuan Qi smiled and replied, “Your Highness, after you decipher and study his Dao skills and techniques, he will no longer pose any threat to you.”

  “But little do you know how cunning he is. What l learned and deciphered were actually skills he used a long time ago. But now, his capability far suppressed his capability from back then. Have you ever thought that he did not use his trump cards in front of you so that I wouldn’t be able to see through his skills?” Heavenly Monarch figured, “No one knows how far had he has grown since then.”

  Chapter 803: 8,000 Fuxi |

  A few days later, under Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s orders, Zhong Yue was assigned as the commander of Xian Tian Royal Guard and given full control over this army. The Xian Tian Royal Guard receive orders from no one except for Imperial Emperor Xian Tian and those who entered this army had to first swear an oath that they will shed every drop of their blood only for Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

  King Zi Guang proposed to Imperial Emperor Xian Tian to have Zhong Yue create a scroll that registered the many soldiers within the Xian Tian Royal Guard in it before sending it into the Heavens in Xian Tian Palace so that their names could be written into the Book of Life and Death.

  No one could interfere with the life and death reincarnation within the Heavens. Thus, if everyone within Xian Tian Royal Guard were registered in the book, then their souls would be at the mercy of Imperial Emperor Xian Tian. Even if Zhong Yue had ill intentions, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.

  But then again, even without King Zi Guang’s advice, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian also knew that he shouldn’t entrust Zhong Yue with full control of the army without any safety measures in place first.

  King Zi Guang then suggested again, “My lord, though their souls are at your mercy, Yi Feng’s is not, you have to be careful with him.”

  “Any brilliant ideas?” asked Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

  “Simple.” said King Zi Guang, “The old rival of his in his previous life. That innate god is probably still alive so all we have to do is get in touch with him. If Yi Feng shows any signs of rebellion, we will threaten him with this innate god and force him to side with you.”

  Enlightened by this idea, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian laughed happily, “With Zi Guang’s aid, my conquest is secured.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian summoned his second disciple right away and said, “Fu Shu, I will entrust you with this task. Head to the ancient universe and look for the innate demonic god Wu Dulang and hand this letter to him. This innate demonic god is a cunning one and he is Yi Feng’s enemy. Do not tell him anything regarding Yi Feng. If Wu Dulang asks, just tell him that I know his enemy, Li Yang, has been reborn.”

  Fu Shu took over the letter and he left to fulfill his mission right away.

  On the other side, Zhong Yue followed the order he received and after compiling the names of those within Xian Tian Royal Guard, he passed the compilation to Imperial Emperor Xian Tian. Beside Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, King Zi Guang was entirely shocked when he saw the 3,000,000 names on the scroll, “My king, this is too much. He must not have that many men under him! No one can predict what will happen with 3,000,000 Fuxis under his command!”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian too, felt that this was too much and he asked, “Then how much do you think is suitable?”

  “Only 300!”

  King Zi Guang said without hesitation, “But even 300 is a little too much for me! If they go out of control, they will turn into disasters in an instant!”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian hesitated for a moment before he smiled and said, “However, if I give him only 300, it will make me look stingy and distrustful. How about this? Let him pick the best of the best among the 3,000,000 men, then filter a bit more and report back to me.”

  After a few more days, Zhong Yue returned with the name scroll, “After a series of bloody filtering, these are the remaining human elites!”

  King Zi Guang looked at the scroll and after realizing that 300,000 names still remained, he said angrily, “Too many! My king, make him reselect the army!”

  Again, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian rejected the scroll and said, “What’s important is the quality, not quantity. Please choose your men carefully.”

  Another few days later, Zhong Yue handed another scroll to which King Zi Guang made noise again after taking a look at it, “30,000 is still over the limit! My king, Li Yang is demanding too much! If he controls 30,000 Fuxi, he will definitely rebel against you and if they lost control, they would prove themselves to be a dangerous threat.”

  “But 300 is just too little and what can you do with only 300?”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian frowned and said, “He was, after all, an innate god in his previous life. It would be a waste and a humiliation if we only give him 300 men.”

  “Then make it 3,000!” said King Zi Guang.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian nodded and notified Zhong Yue to select 3,000 men into his army. However, fewer than two days later, Zhong Yue sent a message that said, “Your Majesty, no matter how good a cook is, this cook will not be able to cook if there are no ingredients. No matter how good a general is, he will not be able to win a war without any men. If the Xian Tian Royal Guard only has 3,000 men, I suppose King Zi Guang will be a better commander than me.”

  “He’s angry now!”

  With Zhong Yue’s promise to win him the throne at the back of his mind, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian looked at King Zi Guang and said, “He is unwilling to lead the army now and requested you to lead it! What do we do now?”

  King Zi Guang frowned and said, “My king, this man is treacherous! He is trying to force your hand. He first asked for an unreasonable demand and now, he is now shamelessly forcing you to give in. Just ignore him and give him 3,000 men, I am sure that he will accept it.”

  And the emperor replied, “So… if he really refuses the task, you’re going to take his place?”

  King Zi Guang shivered right away and he refused and said hesitantly, “How about giving him another 2,000?”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian nodded and gave the order.

  But a few days later, Zhong Yue’s memorial to the throne arrived again and this time, it read, “8,000. Any less than that and Your Majesty will just have to look for a better commander who is able to produce results with fewer men. This humble servant here recommends King Zi Guang to lead the army.”

  Rendered with no choice, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian said, “So… 8,000 it is?”

  Though King Zi Guang still felt unhappy about how the situation turned out, since Imperial Emperor Xian Tian seemed to have made up his mind, King Zi Guang finally relented, “Fine. But my king, you must keep an eye on this Yi Feng at all times to prevent any unnecessary trouble.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian smiled and nodded before he said jokingly, “Yi Feng addressed me as Your Majesty, so why aren’t you?”

  With a serious attitude, King Zi Guang said with no hesitation, “My king, you are not the Heavenly Monarch yet. Yi Feng’s calling you Your Majesty is just empty lip service. This is precisely what a treacherous subject does. They will try please you to get what they want and once they see no more worth in you, they will betray you and serve under someone else without hesitation. As your loyal servant, I will only change my address once you sit on the throne.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was slightly disgruntled at his words but he did not show it. He then had the memorial returned to Zhong Yue along with the secret arts to lift the bloodline seal in the Fuxi bloodline. With that, Zhong Yue now had 8,000 men under his command, each of whom had half of their bloodline seal removed.

  After receiving the final answer from Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, Zhong Yue let out a long breath; 8,000 was definitely out of his initial expectation as he definitely would have accepted it even if it was only 200 people!

  I have to go through them all nicely and if possible, I will select those that have achieved the Six Path Reincarnati
on!

  Zhong Yue gathered the Xian Tian Royal Guard around. The soldiers in Xian Tian Royal Guard were the gods among human but given the dire situation humans were in, the resources they obtained were pitiful. No matter how many times Zhong Yue counted, there were only a hundred that opened the sixth wheel, which was the bloodline wheel.

  And achieving the Bloodline Wheel and achieving the Six Paths Reincarnation were two different things; among the hundred gods, only nine had achieved the Six Paths and unified Reincarnation.

  These nine gods were all talented ones; with the disadvantage of humans, they managed to cultivate themselves to such levels where they were not weaker than those talented gods from other races with abundant resources.

  Apart from that, there was even one of them that managed to cultivate the innate Qi, which was amazing.

  “What is your name?” asked Zhong Yue.

  The god replied, “Chi Song.”

  Zhong Yue nodded but suddenly, Chi Song blinked his eyes and he said, “Commander, we Xian Tian Royal Guard, are the Imperial guards entrusted with the protection of the Human Sovereign. You must have your own unique skills to be able to become the commander. We would like to see your skills, commander….”

  Zhong Yue was speechless and he said, “You do not wish to serve under me?”

  “No no no.” said Chi Song, “But to become the commander, one must have the qualifications….”

  “Understood.”

  Zhong Yue smile and with a simple wave, six massive light wheels appeared before the 3,000,000 soldiers and he said, “Follow me into my reincarnation and we will discuss furthermore after exiting.”

  With that, he turned around and entered his own reincarnation.

  A few days later, Zhong Yue returned to the human’s Heavens while 2,900,000 gods remained trapped in his Six Paths Reincarnation as only about 100,000 managed to escape.

  Chi Song bowed and said, “Commander, now that we’ve passed your test, can we see your capabilities for ourselves?”