Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Feng Xiaozhong turned around and said seriously, “His Yuan Shen is not a Fuxi Yuan Shen so there are some aspects that he is lacking. Junior martial brother, your Yuan Shen….”

  “No! I will not do it! His body contains everything that a Fuxi has, which will be sufficient to sate your curiosity for the time being. The most important part is that he is an expert in 17 monarch arts and techniques!”

  “17?”

  Feng Xiaozhong was surprised and no longer bothered trying to convince Zhong Yue to contribute his Yuan Shen. He turned around and examined Feng Qingyu while he said, “He refused to say a word, did he? But where’s the fun if he spat it out obediently. I prefer dissecting him and researching him for myself!”

  Feng Qingyu shivered and said trembling, “Who are you? Do you know who I am?”

  Zhong Yue sealed his mouth immediately, to which Feng Xiaozhong said, “No, don’t. I enjoy hearing their shrieks when I research them. After all, they are still alive and their opinions are very precious.”

  Hearing this even Zhong Yue shivered and he thought, What kind of weird fetish is this….

  “Oh right, there was a bell ring just now and there are two people down there, who are they?” asked Feng Xiaozhong as he continued to take a look at Feng Qingyu.

  Zhong Yue’s heart tightened and he replied immediately, “They are my wife and my wife’s uncle.”

  “You’re married?” The surprised Feng Xiaozhong said, “Then why are you so nervous? This is a good thing. Your wife is now my friend so why don’t you take her with you? I may be obsessed with my research but I still have manners. Since she’s my new friend, I need to give her some presents.”

  “No thanks.”

  Zhong Yue blinked his eyes and said, “My wife’s relative is here and it’s not good if he sees her. Senior martial brother, my wife is from the Yinkang Clan and you captured her relative, can you return him to me?”

  “Yinkang Clan?”

  “You mean that one in room 720? The secrets in him are just the bloodline seal in him. I was just researching the innate god’s body recently and I was thinking of coming back to him soon. If you take him away….”

  “I’ve removed the seals in their bloodline, I’ll just teach you.”

  With that said, he immediately taught the method to Feng Xiaozhong.

  “Something’s off.” said Feng Xiaozhong, “You’re hiding something from me but since you gifted me with this Fuxi, I’ll let it slide and grant you your wish.”

  He led Zhong Yue to room 720 and when Zhong Yue looked at his main purpose here, he noticed that his target was completely dissected and even his fishtail was sliced into pieces. Various totem patterns branded onto the air around and there were different calculations all over as Feng Xiaozhong had obviously researched on him for a moment before he was distracted by the innate god’s body.

  Zhong Yue also noticed that Yin Shixuan was staring into his eyes angrily at him, he then quickly said, “If you don’t mind, I’ll need you to erase his memories here.”

  “It’d be better if he kept it as it can help him train his mind but since you requested it, so be it.”

  With a few flicks from Feng Xiaozhong, Yin Shixuan fainted and after pointing his finger at Yin Shixuan’s forehead, Feng Xiaozhong extracted Yin Shixuan’s memories relating to this place.

  With a swing, the memories were laid bare before them and with another swing, Feng Xiaozhong erased the specific memories before returning them to Yin Shixuan’s head. Having done this, Feng Xiaozhong said, “Hold on for a moment as I attach his body and Yuan Shen back.”

  After some time, Yin Shixuan was patched up again and he remained unconscious throughout the whole time. Zhong Yue then hurled him into his Yuan Shen secret realms and said, “Senior martial brother, please excuse me for leaving. I have other matters to attend to. It was nice seeing you again.”

  Feng Xiaozhong nodded and Zhong Yue left right away.

  “Strange, his wife is extraordinary for she managed to use melody to help him suppress his pain.”

  Feng Xiaozhong murmured, “Impressive.”

  Zhong Yue headed towards the carriage quickly and upon entering it, he said, “Go!”

  Yin Yunkang immediately controls the carriage away from the sacred mountain and he asked, “Where to, master?”

  “Which monarch race is closest to us now?” asked Zhong Yue.

  “The Jinti Clan.”

  Yin Yunkang said, “Jin Kun from the Jinti Clan visited us before, do you still remember?”

  Zhong Yue nodded and said, “The Jinti Clan it is then. Uncle Yunkang, please ring the bell when we are 3,000 miles away.”

  Yin Yunkang was confused but he nodded still.

  Though the Jinti Clan was closest to them, it was still quite a distance given the vast Imperial Star. Even with the carriage’s speed, they had to spend a few days before they finally entered the Jinti Clan’s territory.

  Yin Yunkang followed Zhong Yue’s order and he rang the bell when they got close enough to the distance that Zhong Yue said.

  Not long later, endless lights emerged from the Jinti Clan’s sacred ground and it laid its path all the way to the carriage while celestial beings followed suit. Jin Kun then laughed happily, “Welcome, Mister Yi and Mrs. Yi. We are honored to have you, please, this way!”

  The many gods stood beside the light path while Dao voices turned into a song before the carriage slowly entered the Jinti Clan’s sacred ground.

  Meanwhile, in Xian Tian Palace, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian summoned King Zi Guang and handed over some intel to King Zi Guang.

  King Zi Guang took a look and with a shook, he said, “Mister Yi actually went to Heavenly River and got married to the Yinkang Clan’s saint lady. That’s rather incredible.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian frowned and said, “You angered him and now, he ran to Yinkang Clan and no longer wishes to come back after marrying the clan master’s daughter. What is your suggestion?”

  “Your Highness, worry not.”

  King Zi Guang smiled and said, “Leave him be for a few days and if he wants to succeed in his career, he will return obediently.”

  Suddenly, another god reported back with new information and when Imperial Emperor Xian Tian took a look at the information, he passed it to King Zi Guang and said, “What do you have to say now?”

  King Zi Guang stunned after reading the news that said along with Yin Fanxuan, Zhong Yue defeated Tian Xuanzi, Xiang Zungong, and the others and became the number one god that was acknowledged by everyone.

  King Zi Guang smiled and said, “Imperial Emperor, he must be trying to raise his value with this. Ignore him first as if we go to him now, he will use this to gain some benefits from you.”

  The Imperial Emperor frowned and said, “I’m worried that he will be won over by the other powers. He is now Yinkang Clan’s son-in-law, and that Yinkang Clan is a monarch race. it is only a matter of time until he becomes desired by every faction.”

  “But if we get him back now, he will become very arrogant.”

  Two months later, King Zi Guang was summoned again and this time, the Imperial Emperor said, “Mister Yi headed to the Jinti Clan and he was welcomed with a grand ceremony. What do you say to this?”

  King Zi Guang was stunned and he smirked, “This fool is trying to serve the Jinti Clan?”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian shook his head and said, “He stayed in the Jinti Clan for a short while before he went to the Zhuxiang Clan.”

  …

  King Zi Guang was caught off guard again and all he said was, “Wait for a few more days.”

  Half a month later, the Imperial Emperor summoned him again and this time, he asked, “Mister Yi received the same grand and serious treatment from the Zhuxiang Clan, what do you think?”

  At this point, King Zi Guang still insisted stubbornly, “Traitor Yi! He thinks that he is popular now and he is comparing the many other races with you, My Highness!”

  Time passe
d again and there was a piece of new news. Imperial Monarch summoned King Zi Guang and said again, “He went to the Titing Clan and he was welcomed by the Titing Clan even more grandly than the previous two races!”

  “Traitor!”

  “Zi Guang… The Zhongyang Clan welcomed him politely as well and old clan master welcomed him in personally, addressing him as Mister.”

  “Traitor Yi is just comparing! The Zhongyang Clan is also treating him like that because of Yinkang Clan, not because of his talent! We must be patient and he will return in no time”

  ….

  Finally, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian could not keep this up and after summoning King Zi Guang again, he said, “Zi Guang, this traitor you speak of is now heading towards the Diming Clan after he visited more than twenty monarch races. After that, he will head towards the Heaven Court. If I ignore him still, I won’t be able to get him to serve me again! It’s fine if he went to the Diming Clan but if he enters the Heaven Court, he will no longer return as the Heavenly Monarch will not let such a talent slip through his palms! Tell me, what other suggestions you have!”

  This time, King Zi Guang did not insist on his idea anymore and he said, “What is your plan, Imperial Emperor.”

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  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian said, “You are the one who pushed him away, so you’re going to be the one to ask for him to come back.”

  King Zi Guang immediately felt a headache and he replied, “If I do it, he will probably be unwilling to return and will criticize me even more. Imperial Emperor, I need your help and I need Yiqi to come with me.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian laughed, “If you knew this would be the fruit you reap, why did you still plant the seed?”

  King Zi Guang felt embarrassed, he quickly stiffened up his face and said solemnly, “I didn’t know his capabilities. But now I know that he is indeed worthy of his accolades. If he is willing to serve Imperial Emperor wholeheartedly, your highness’s conquest will be done in no time! But… I fear that he has other plans instead.”

  …

  The Kirin carriage strolled toward the Diming Clan’s territory. On the carriage, Yin Yunkang was smiling constantly. This old demon Deity Emperor had been treated highly by the monarch races and met with countless expert. The most common ones he would usually see were the Deity Emperors just like himself. But moreover, there were even some Creators that addressed him as martial sibling and discussed their attainments with him.

  In Zhong Yue’s trips to the 24 monarch races, Yin Fanxuan had prepared many precious treasures netted up from the bottom of the Heavenly River by the Yinkang Clan. As they gifted out these treasures to the monarch races, the monarch races had also returned the same goodwill back to them.

  This had allowed them to earn many treasures themselves, some even more precious than the ones they gifted out.

  It was a wealth that would attract the attention of many if exposed.

  Zhong Yue and Yin Fanxuan were sitting in the carriage, cultivating on their own. Suddenly, Yin Fanxuan opened her eyes and looked at Zhong Yue. In these few years spent visiting the monarch races, there wasn’t a day that Zhong Yue had slacked from his cultivation.

  Now, he had already cultivated the Dao of Innate Tai Yang, Innate Tai Yin, and Innate Lightning. His aura became more difficult to grasp by the day as his cultivation steadily rose.

  Meanwhile, Yin Fanxuan’s cultivation had also pushed her to the peak state of her Deity level, it was only up to her if she wanted to break through to the level of Heavenly Deity now or somewhen later.

  “The Dao of Innate Celestial and Innate Demon are harder to cultivate than I thought,” Zhong Yue opened his eyes, he frowned and mulled, “Without these two Innate Dao, the Innate Yi Qi won’t be able to be cultivated into the Innate Yi Dao. But the celestial and demon, there are too many things to comprehend. Xin Huo, do you have any way to help cultivate these two Daos?”

  Xin Huo said, “Meet with the innate celestial monarchs and innate demon monarchs.”

  “Innate celestial monarchs? Innate demon monarchs?” Zhong Yue was stunned while Xin Huo explained, “The Innate Celestial Dao and Innate Demon Dao consist of too many things in them, they are the two broadest elements in existence. If you want to cultivate it, you need to see the monarchs; and if you want to bring them to the innate stage, you need to see the innate celestial monarchs and innate demon monarchs. Study them and you will be able to speed up your cultivation of the Celestial Dao and Demon Dao into the Innate Celestial Dao and Innate Demon Dao.”

  The innate celestial monarch? I know one, she is Goddess Shen Hou. But where do I find an innate demon monarch? Zhong Yue pondered and suddenly, he thought , Is Mu Xiantian an innate celestial god or an innate demon god?

  “Mister Yi, missy, we are almost there!” Yin Yunkang suddenly said from outside of the carriage cabin.

  Immediately, Zhong Yue smiled to Yin Fanxuan, “Seems like King Zi Guang and Xian Tian Palace will be arriving soon.”

  Yin Fanxuan asked puzzlingly, “How do you know King Zi Guang will come? What if he doesn’t?”

  Zhong Yue laughed happily, “If he doesn’t, then I will visit the Diming Clan. Then, I will head for the Heaven Court and become a trusted advisor to a better lord. I will assist Heavenly Monarch with all I know and help him crush the Xian Tian Palace on the condition that Zi Guang’s fate will be mine to decide.”

  Yin Fanxuan was startled, and suddenly, a voice came descending from above the clouds, it was cold and filled with mixed feelings, “Mister Yi, why are you so angry at me? Zi Guang is here to welcome Mister back to the Xian Tian Palace.”

  Zhong Yue smiled, he sat casually in the carriage without moving, “Why should I? What has the Xian Tian Palace got to do with me?”

  Zi Guang answered, “Zi Guang is here to apologize, I plead Mister to come out of the carriage and see me. Yiqi, help me out a little.”

  Then, Yan Sovereign Jiang Yiqi’s old and hoarse voice could be heard saying, “Mister Yi, Senior Martial Brother Zi Guang is here to wholeheartedly apologize; at least, come out and see him awhile.”

  Zhong Yue was left speechless, he walked out of the carriage with Yin Fanxuan by his side. He looked around and saw that the Xian Tian Palace’s gods, including the little princess Mu Qingxuan, were standing in front of the carriage. Their bodies were slightly inclined forward with their heads lowered toward the carriage. They had placed themselves at an extremely humble position before him.

  Zhong Yue shook, “Mister Zi Guang, why the extras? You are jealous of my talent, you are one that hates me for being better than you and only wanted to push me away, you even tried to kill me, do you think I don’t know all of it? Now, all the 24 monarch races welcome me as their important guests and give me treasures that I can never get from the Xian Tian Palace.

  “This universe is so huge, rather than staying in the Xian Tian Palace and spend every second worrying about you trying to set me up, I should instead just walk away from all that and enjoy my life. This universe is vast and endless, where can a talent like me not be welcomed? Furthermore, His Majesty Heavenly Monarch knows how to appreciate talent, he treats even talents inferior to me well too, so why should I stay in the Xian Tian Palace? What do you have to say, Mister Zi Guang?”

  King Zi Guang laughed, he bowed, “A true warrior spends all his lives honing his dragon slaying skills, but to truly slay a dragon, he will first have to serve under a lord who can find him a dragon. The only ‘dragon’ in this era is none other than Heaven’s Son himself, what meaning will it bring if talents like you and I who have honed our dragon slaying skills all our lives never actually slay a ‘dragon’? What do you say, Mister Yi?”

  As he spoke, those present changed their faces drastically. His words were too presumptuous to be spoken out publicly, it wasn’t even just treason anymore, it was already a vow to overturn the current order and create a new era!

  Even though Yin Fanxuan and Yin Yunkang knew
Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was preparing to fight for the throne of the Heavenly Monarch, they were still stunned by King Zi Guang’s words.

  And although Mu Qingxuan and the others were part of the Xian Tian Palace, it was still too shocking to hear King Zi Guang saying it out loud.

  Zhong Yue was unmoved, he answered, “A fine bird chooses a tree to nest in, a talented man chooses a wise lord to serve under. Imperial Emperor Xian Tian trusts your cajolery all the time, and so he is not a wise lord. In turn, Heavenly Monarch is told to be wiser, he treats his subjects better and that makes him a better lord to serve for.”

  King Zi Guang sighed, “I admit, I found you suspicious and tried to hold you back. But the Imperial Emperor has been siding with you since the start, he values you a lot more than you think and this time, it was even him who asked me to apologize to you, does this not make him a wise lord? Does it only prove that he is a wise lord only if he comes to ask you to return on his own? If that’s the case, please, Your Highness!”

  He bowed solemnly as a space rift opened before him and Imperial Emperor Xian Tian walked out from the void. The Imperial Emperor’s tone was warm and gentle, “Courtier Yi, it is only a small argument between you and Zi Guang; but the universe, it is the true fight. I tend to have you as my left arm and Zi Guang as my left. With the two of you acting as my arms and assist me, how hard will it be to fight for the universe? Courtier Yi, come back and return with me.”

  Zhong Yue was moved but he quickly regained control over his emotions, he said, “Imperial Emperor, I want power, unrestricted by Zi Guang.”

  “Granted.” Imperial Emperor Xian Tian smiled, “From now on, you will be Left King of the Xian Tian Palace and Zi Guang as the Right King. The two of you are the Kings of Xian Tian Palace.”

  Zhong Yue said, “I want an army, 8,000 Fuxi aren’t enough.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian smiled, “Granted. You can set up recruit gods and form an army. I have 3,000 gods from all kinds of races, enlist them as you like and reform the Xian Tian Royal Guards.”