Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  “The outcome has been decided…”

  Outside of the Heavenly Deity Altar, Demon Monarch Yang Hou sighed quietly and shook, “Once the [Evil Tome] is used, the results of the battle has already been decided. Back then, when I first saw the [Evil Tome], I knew already I couldn’t counter it. Now it seems, it still remains unbeatable.”

  The [Evil Tome].

  Such an evil cultivation art. Zhu Xie was an innate evil god born from the worship of the evil creatures. He inherited Innate Evil Monarch’s cultivation heritage, and had now shown the universe its fangs once more!

  Celestial Monarch Jin Wu frowned and so did the other strong and ancient presences. The [Evil Tome] was too evil, even they don’t think they could crack it.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian abruptly said, “Your Majesty, the winner has been decided. Zhu Xie may stop now.”

  Heavenly Monarch Di Ming smiled but didn’t answer. On the side, Ghost Master Gui Youming smiled and said, “Imperial Emperor, you don’t know this before but now you will. Zhu Xie is His Majesty’s junior martial brother. Although the junior should respect the senior, His Majesty doesn’t order him around much even in the usual days. Moreover, Zhu Xie was the Bi Luo Palace’s innate gods, he is Heaven’s disciple. Although His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, there is no reason for His Majesty to have him stop now, is there?”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s face darkened right away while King Shen Wuwei smiled also, “When Zhu Xie eats Mister Yi, he will stop naturally. Imperial Emperor, be at ease.”

  Celestial Emperor Jin Wu hesitated for a second, then he saw at the audience seat that Hundun Yu had taken out a mirror and recorded the scene, he thought, Did Hundun mistakenly seeing wrongly? I wonder if this human will die here? If Hundun has mistaken the wrong person and I’ve too, my future will still be a dead end…

  On the seat, Yin Fukang’s face changed drastically, he stood up abruptly but just before he was to save his son-in-law, Yin Fanxuan suddenly stopped him and she whispered, “Father, be patient.”

  “My son-in-law is dying!” Yin Fukang was enraged, “Patience my head! You can only be a consort once you remarry after he dies!”

  Yin Fanxuan was between laughter and tears, and she comforted, “Husband is not yet at his full power. Father, please be patient.”

  Yin Fukang didn’t know to trust or not, he wanted to sit but was too afraid Zhong Yue would be eaten by Zhu Xie. Thus, he was in an awkward position of half squatting half sitting, readied to bolt out.

  In the Heavenly Deity Altar, in the evil Secular World, Zhong Yue was still lashing skills out as if he was fighting an invisible enemy. The innate meat wings, the Wings of Time, the innate divine saber, the [Nine Steps Plough], and other skills were all cast out. And as time passed, the skills were cast out of order, in a random sequence that didn’t make sense anymore.

  More wounds were added, even his Immortal Body was affected by the Secular World and was aging away.

  His hairs turned grey, his face became full of wrinkles, his skin dried, and his life essence was slipping away.

  Zhu Xie smirked frigidly as he strode into the Secular World. Reaching his hand out to the back and snapped out a bone spike, he went straight toward Zhong Yue.

  Now, it was time to reap the fruit of victory, time to kill and feast.

  He could easily eat Zhong Yue and absorb the dying human’s lucks and fortunes, siphon his essences, devour his cultivation base and make himself stronger!

  But all of a sudden, Zhong Yue stopped.

  Zhu Xie was startled, he too quickly stopped.

  Even a trapped beast would still resist to its death, let alone an expert. He mustn’t let his guard down!

  Zhong Yue stood there quietly, his face was in tranquil.

  “Dao!”

  Suddenly, he shouted. His voice was still loud but lack energy. Clearly, his current state was much weaker than his peak now.

  Wong—

  A soft buzzing sound could be heard. A light wheel quietly glowed behind his head. It was the projection of power from his Yuan Shen. It too, was now weaker than its peak, not as bright, not as marvelous.

  Zhong Yue shouted for six times. Every six ‘Dao” that came out of his mouth contained a different frame of mind. Six light wheels revolved behind him, buzzing as they were slicing the evil Secular World.

  “No use.”

  Demon Monarch Yang Hou shook, “To cut open this evil Secular World with the Yuan Shen secret realms is impossible…”

  “Dao!”

  The seventh ‘Dao’ was spoken, and the crowd was plunged into chaos. The Heavenly Monarch abruptly stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief as he glared into the Heavenly Deity Altar.

  Even the always calm and tranquil Mister Bi Luo was shocked, he turned his neck around and looked at Zhong Yue.

  Huala——

  The millions of gods, from the Deity Overlords to the Imperial Emperors all stood up from their seats. Some even flipped or crashed the tables in front of them, some shattered the seats beneath them, some were choked by the foods and beverages they were consuming, but all were staring down at the same direction – the Heavenly Deity Altar!

  It was at this moment, only a few slow-witted ones were still hadn’t reacted, they didn’t even realize what had happened that caused the Heavenly Monarch to stand.

  The seventh shout of ‘Dao’ was still reverberating in the world inside the Heavenly Deity Altar and in their ears. Another light wheel emerged behind Zhong Yue’s head, it was the seventh light wheel, and thus, the seventh Yuan Shen secret realm!

  It was dim, not as bright as the other six. But its appearance had greatly boosted the other six’s performance, causing them to enlarge crazily. The space around him shuddered violently and with the clarion sound of a mirror breaking, the seven light wheels sliced the evil Secular World into two!

  Zhu Xie quickly rushed forward, the bone spike in his hand was shot out at Zhong Yue.

  Dong, dong, dong—

  While he was bolting forward, he was also plucking down the other bone spikes on his body and lunged them toward Zhong Yue.

  But the distance between him and Zhong Yue was just growing bigger as if there was an impossible range of distance between them!

  The huge bone spikes traveled in the space, but was far still from reaching Zhong Yue. It was as if Zhong Yue was moving backward at the same speed as the bone spikes, the distance between them would always be the same.

  However, it was of course, just a false appearance. Zhong Yue was still standing there, he didn’t move at all. But the effect was due to the opening of his seventh Yuan Shen secret realm — the Space Secret Realm.

  The opening of this secret realm had placed countless layers of space in front of him. This has ceased all possibility of Zhu Xie’s attacks from getting close to him!

  Zhu Xie roared and he grew faster, crashing through the space barriers and rushing forward but their distances were still just growing further apart.

  “Dao.”

  Zhong Yue was placid, as he spoke the eighth ‘Dao’.

  Outside of the Heavenly Deity Altar, a series of rumbles and exclaims resounded the Heaven Court. Heavenly Monarch, Jin Wu, Yang Hou, and the other monarchs have all nearly jumped up from the floor.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s face was also darker than anyone has ever seen, his fists clenched tight.

  But there wasn’t an eighth light wheel that emerged behind Zhong Yue. There were only two sabers that appeared in his hands. It was then, the crowd knew he wasn’t saying ‘Dao’, but ‘Dao’

  [TN: Saber has the same pronunciation]

  Zhong Yue’s Innate Eight Trigrams opened around him. The Daos turned into marvelous totem patterns, revealing complex patterns.

  As the sabers were brought down, they left a trail of stunning light in their wake. The sabers were the Saber of Space and the Saber of Time, condensed from his Space and Time Dao!

  The two divine sabers were slashed down and th
e saber lights disappeared as if they were hidden into the space.

  Zhu Xie’s heart thumped rapidly. He quickly stopped and the 33 Layers Heavens emerged behind him followed by the evil Secular World that sheltered him inside!

  All of a sudden, the saber lights emerged around Zhu Xie, from the sky, from the sides, and from beneath. Countless saber lights covered Zhu Xie inside!

  The 33 Layers Heavens crumbled into pieces, followed by the evil Secular World. The saber rays had slashed through the evil Secular Worlds and perforated it!

  “Your Majesty, the winner has been decided. You may stop the battle now.” Goddess Queen Monarch suddenly said.

  Rays flashed across Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s eyes and he said, “King Yi, the winner has been decided. You may stop now.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian didn’t see the eight light wheel and his fists relaxed. He heard the Heavenly Monarch and laughed, “Your Majesty, you just said you couldn’t order Zhu Xie to stop the battle, why go back on your words now?”

  “His Majesty can’t order Zhu Xie, not King Yi.” King Shen Weihu laughed, “King Yi is His Majesty’s subject, of course he has to listen. King Yi, why don’t you stop still?”

  “Yes, Your Majesty.”

  In the Heavenly Deity Altar, Zhong Yue bowed and the two divine sabers were returned to him before disappearing into the seven light wheels behind him.

  Huala—

  Zhu Xie suddenly broke down into pieces, the body of this innate evil god was shattered, lacerated into many parts.

  Chapter 960: The Sabers Sheathed |

  Outside of the Heavenly Deity Altar, it was exceptionally quiet. The Heavenly Monarch had given his orders for Zhong Yue to stop the fight so that Zhu Xie’s life would be spared.

  However, by that time, Zhong Yue had already slashed Zhu Xie to pieces!

  Such a development had greatly humiliated the Heavenly Monarch. If he were to make a fuss out of it, not even a hundred Zhong Yue’s death would be able to cease his anger.

  But Zhong Yue was Xian Tian Palace’s King Yi, to behead King Yi, would Imperial Emperor Xian Tian sit aside and accept it quietly?

  If beheading Zhong Yue provoked Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s retaliation, the Heaven Court would have to react to the threats from Xian Tian Palace. But if the Heaven Court’s power was to be sent out, the sovereign races, monarch races, and king races would have to pick their sides. Furthermore, there were the strong and ancient presences like Celestial Monarch Jin Wu, Goddess Queen Monarch and the others.

  This would lead to an even merrier birthday ceremony, one whose ending not even the Heavenly Monarch would be able to control!

  Amidst the silence, everyone in the crowd was feeling waves in their emotions.

  The Heavenly Monarch’s face was slightly darkened, all those present found themselves situated in this long and pressuring silence. Then suddenly, Heavenly Monarch Di Ming turned to Mister Bi Luo and asked, “Mister Bi Luo, Zhu Xie…”

  Mister Bi Luo’s shocked face was long gone, having now regained its usual tranquility. He answered, “Zhu Xie has walked out of the palace by his own choice, which means that he has given up his identity as part of the Bi Luo Palace’s innate gods. Whatever of him since then has got nothing to do with the Bi Luo Palace. He is Your Majesty’s junior martial brother, what Your Majesty wants to do with him, the Bi Luo Palace doesn’t care.”

  He had laid down his rules. Although the Bi Luo Palace’s innate gods were from the Bi Luo Palace, but once they walked out of the Bi Luo Palace, these gods would have nothing to do with the palace anymore. Furthermore, he had clearly stated his intention of staying out of the war, remaining neutrality.

  Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s eyelids thumped, just before he was about to speak, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian suddenly placed his hands on the heart and exclaimed, “King Yi, what have you done! How could you? Your Majesty, although King Yi is my subject, I cannot shelter him for his wrongs. Your Majesty, have it your way, my Xian Tian Palace will fully acknowledge the consequences!”

  On the seat, Ling Zheng stood up and did the same gesture, he said, “King Yi, how can you act so fast? Zhu Xie is now killed by you. Although it was said to be a fair and square fight, and the lives of the contestants depends on yourselves, Zhu Xie was after all still His Majesty’s junior martial brother, what should you do now?”

  Yin Fukang was infuriated, “Old Brat Ling Zheng, wasn’t the battle fair and square, and their lives were in their own hands? If my son-in-law was killed by Zhu Xie, I wouldn’t have said a single thing except mourn over his weak abilities! Weaklings deserve to die! Zhu Xie is now dead, and that was because he was weak. You can’t blame that on my son-in-law!”

  Celestial Monarch Jin Wu sighed, “But he is still His Majesty’s junior martial brother, His Majesty’s reputation wouldn’t be too good if…”

  Xiang Zhugong slammed the table in front of him and laughed out in extreme anger, “The future monarch of my clan, Xiang Xinling, was killed by Zhu Xie, but did I say a single thing?”

  Then, the Titing Clan’s Imperial Monarch said, but everyone else could tell just how fake he was, “Although Zhu Xie was an innate god, his life is a little more valuable than your clan’s Xiang Xinling, and also my clan’s Ge Tianshu…”

  Tian Xuanzi sneered coldly, “More valuable? How much exactly? I’ll buy him out!”

  The crowd was in a clamor, some helped Zhong Yue openly and some did it quietly with subversive statements.

  Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s face was still the same. Moments later, when the crowd had finished giving their two cents, he finally said, “Since we’ve said their lives should depend on their own fate, then King Yi will not be guilty. Today, the battle for the Future Monarchs Board, King Yi shall be ranked first.”

  As he spoke, all sounds were quiet, no one discussed the matter further.

  Gui Youming stepped forth, “Your Majesty, although we did say that, Zhu Xie is, after all, Your Majesty’s junior martial brother. He also has an ancient presence backing him. If Your Majesty doesn’t do anything for him, I’m afraid it’d be hard to appease their anger.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s and the others’ hearts skipped a beat. That presence was the Innate Evil Monarch that has shadowed the Fire Order Era to the God Order Era!

  Heavenly Monarch Di Ming pondered, “What does Ghost Master have on his mind?”

  Gui Youming continued, “King Yi may be let alive, but he musn’t go unpunished. Your loyal subject here suggests that why don’t King Yi be imprisoned a thousand years on the Black Edge. This isn’t a punishment that is too heavy or light. It should be able to satisfy his presence’s anger.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was angry but remained calm as he said, “A thousand years on the Black Edge? Ghost Master, what a cunning plan!”

  Gui Youming smirked, “Does Imperial Emperor have any better plans that can appease his presence’s anger?”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian smiled, “My teacher and Innate Evil Monarch are martial siblings, my teacher can go and talk to Evil Monarch.”

  Gui Youming and Heavenly Monarch Di Ming were shocked, they thought of the horrible presence and couldn’t help but feel a fearful shiver.

  Gui Youming smiled, “Imperial Emperor, for you to go and return will take a year or two, wouldn’t it? Meanwhile, I suggest King Yi to suffer sometime on the Black Edge. When the Imperial Emperor returns and your teacher is out for the talk, King Yi may leave once the ending is clear. As such, Imperial Emperor should be satisfied?”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian mulled, and he nodded.

  Heavenly Monarch Di Ming looked over and smiled, “Xian Tian, King Yi is a strong one. Being able to slay an innate god of the same level with sabers, he has my admiration. A great talent like him and you still dare to value him, I guess, this is where I have always been inferior to you.”

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s heart sterned up but a shallow smile radiated across his face, “Your Majesty, you
’ve think too much. King Yi is not the only one with the seventh secret realm, Xian Tian has always thought that the advancement of cultivations always needed forward-thinking talent to make it happen. As the eras cahnge, the new must surpass the old. The opening of the seventh secret realm needs talents like King Yi to complete.”

  Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s heart skipped a beat, he stared deeply at Imperial Emperor Xian Tian and suddenly laughed, “If your heart is in peace, the skies will always be bright and clear.”

  Then, he looked at the Heavenly Deity Altar and said, “Since Zhu Xie is already dead. Then may I have you all let King Yi go. He will be going to the Black Edge now…”

  “Who said I am dead?”

  All of a sudden, Zhu Xie’s voice could be heard saying from inside the Heavenly Deity Altar. The shattered pieces of his corpse were squirming, there were Evil Qi that leaked out from the pieces and slowly reconnecting them.

  The pieces of meat had no trace of blood nor were there any blow flowing out from them.

  “Zhu Xie is not dead?”

  Outside of the Heavenly Deity Altar, the crowd was shocked. They all looked at the squirming body pieces. The pieces were still containing terrifying evil Dao patterns that sustained Zhu Xie’s very existence. There were no blood, meaning Zhu Xie has used his immense arcane energy and sealed the wounds from bleeding.

  Zhu Xie wasn’t killed by Zhong Yue’s sabers!

  “The innate gods truly are strong. He didn’t even die in this state!”

  King Shen Wuwei praised, “Such powerful vitality, it’s really rare to come across something like this!”

  The body pieces were joined back together and Zhu Xie returned to life, restored to his previous peak state. He stood up and looked at Zhong Yue. His face was calm and he said, “The seventh secret realm? You’ve truly caught me by surprise. But your seventh secret realm is forced, it still couldn’t merge perfectly with the Six Paths Reincarnation.”

  Zhong Yue smiled, he said casually, “You’ve lost.”

  Cold rays flashed in Zhu Xie’s eyes, “One more time. Now that I’m prepared for it, I won’t lose again!”