Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  At the front of the prayers was the Heavenly River Navy Fleet, they were there to prevent any sneak attacks from the Heaven Suppression Fortress.

  Unlike the others, Lou Zhengshi had countless capable generals serving under his navy; while Huangting Clan lost a great deal of talents and men, the Heavenly River Navy Fleet’s main force was still there, making them a tough nut to crack.

  Suddenly, the Heaven Suppression Fortress blew the warhorns, Xian Tian Royal Guards and Yinkang Navy marched at the front as the vanguard, the Fusang Divine Tree activated and they were charging right towards the altar.

  At the sides, the army from Shield Wall Fortress and Heaven Riding Fortress were flanking.

  There were also the nine towns and twelve strongholds, each standing on the beak, talons, wings of the golden crow’s formation and clashed with the Heavenly River Navy Fleet!

  Lou Zhengshi poured everything he had into the battle, but no matter how hard he attacked, Jin Hexi, who was commanding the armies had formed a massive scale golden crow formation, bestowing the soldiers immense power and with the charging of Shield Wall Fortress and Heaven Riding Fortress, the Heavenly River Navy Fleet was forced back quickly.

  The Huangting Clan was occupied with summoning the monarch’s spirit, Heavens Divine Dao Bell was halted by the Fusang Divine Tree and only with them fighting, there was no way the Heavenly River Navy Fleet could hold the enemies off!

  Lou Zhengshi took a quick glance towards the back, where the Huangting Clan’s power of worship had pierced through the void, but there was just not enough time to summon Monarch Huang Ting before the Heavenly River Navy Fleet was defeated.

  He sighed, ordered the soldiers to retreat and shouted, “Brother Daoji, let’s retreat back to the Huangting Sacred Grounds and we will see what we can salvage!”

  Ting Daoji looked at the broken defensive line set up by the Heavenly River Navy Fleet and knowing that there was no way to escape from being forced to retreat again, he quickly ordered the soldiers to retreat.

  The battle lasted for half a year. Throughout the journey, the expertly trained Heavenly River Navy Fleet retreated, but the Huangting Clan who lacked training suffered massive losses under Zhong Yue’s attack; they had more than half of their overall power!

  After pursuing their target back into the Huangting Clan’s sacred grounds, Zhong Yue and the others saw a light pillar ascend right into the skies as a Panhu activated the nine divine lunars; it was Pan Ji. He had returned from the State of Heavenly River with the Panhu Clan’s monarch weapon.

  Meanwhile, deep in the sacred grounds where the monarch tomb located, earth-shattering monarch presence gushed out as if Monarch Huang Ting had returned to life as the countless Huangting members prayed at the monarch tomb.

  Without hesitation, Zhong Yue had everyone retreat back into the fortress; defeating the Huangting Clan and fighting all the way into the Huangting Sacred Grounds were two different matters. Even with the Shield Wall Fortress and Heaven Riding Fortress’s help, there was no way they could annihilate a monarch race.

  Throughout the way back, they discovered a path leading all the way from the sacred grounds to the Heaven Suppression Fortress. Eerily, this path was made of only bodies, the bodies of Huangting Clan and Heavenly River Navy Fleet’s soldiers.

  Seeing this scene, Imperial Emperor Fu Ya immediately bade farewell to Zhong Yue, “The Heaven Court had activated the monarch weapons, involved the sovereign and monarch races and even used the monarch corpse and spirit. If His Majesty had no other ways of dealing with this, the Heaven Suppression Fortress, Shield Wall Fortress and Heaven Riding Fortress will only come to a tragic end. I will now return to the Heaven Riding Fortress and prepare them for the upcoming war.”

  Zhong Yue immediately sent him off and smiled, “Don’t worry, His Majesty has full control over the war and he surely will have something up in the sleeves.”

  Imperial Emperor Duo Yin too, bid farewell, “King Yi, if there is anything you need, you know what to do.”

  Zhong Yue sent them off and after returning to the fortress, a divine general came reporting in just when he was about to dwell into the military affairs. The divine general reported, “My lord, there’s a messenger from Xian Tian Palace.”

  Zhong Yue got out to welcome the messenger and he unexpectedly welcomed Long Zhi and another celestial being, both with two Deity Emperors following behind them.

  “Mister Yi, it has been a long time.”

  Long Zhi smiled, “This is the sixth sister among us, Jiao Teng.”

  Zhong Yue looked towards the female celestial being and he immediately had goosebumps.

  This sixth sister of Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s seven brothers and sisters was an Imperial Emperor level insect queen!

  Jiao Teng smiled, “Mister Yi, you and I had once met, but back then, my face was hidden behind the divine light. Now, I am revealing my true face to you.”

  Zhong Yue recollected his thoughts, though Jiao Teng’s appearance was incredibly beautiful and alluring, everything about her was unreal, as if she were merely an insect queen disguised with a lady’s appearance, what was hidden beneath the disguise was left a mystery.

  “His Majesty knows how intense and serious the war is so he sent us.”

  Long Zhi smiled, “We’ve brought you four Deity Emperors, each being the Innate War Spirit Body, Big Dipper Spirit Body, Seven Slaughter Spirit Body, and Innate Plague Spirit Body. Hush, where are your manners?”

  After being scolded, the four Deity Emperors immediately bowed and greeted Zhong Yue.

  As for Zhong Yue, his heart pounded quickly as he knew that Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was starting to reveal his trump cards!

  These four Deity Emperors each represented war, death, massacre and plague, what they could do in the war was equivalent to the power of four mighty Imperial Emperors, if not, even stronger!

  Zhong Yue suppressed his pounding heart and invited the six into the palace, “Apart from both senior martial sister, did His Majesty send more reinforcements?”

  Jiao Teng smiled, “Mister Yi, the Heaven Court had dispatched four forces towards Shield Wall Fortress and Heaven Riding Fortress and these four forces belonged to Heaven Court’s four great sects. They are our second brother, Tai Feng, fourth brother, Yi Tianjun and fifth sister, Nu Fang while our third sister, which is Long Zhi and I came to help you. To be honest, the Heaven Court takes you seriously and they had Ghost Master Gui Youmin here to deal with you personally.”

  “Gui Youmin?”

  Zhong Yue’s heart tightened as this man was a strong foe that almost stepped into the monarch level!

  If Heavenly Monarch Di Ming sent him to deal with Zhong Yue, it showed just how serious Heavenly Monarch Di Ming viewed Zhong Yue as a threat!

  “Gui Youmin will be arriving with the South Heaven Gate’s three Heavenly King’s army. They are not to be underestimated.”

  Jiao Teng smiled, “Gui Youmin is also another one that excels in commanding an army, he will prove himself as one of the greatest foes you will meet! He is not good in the overall strategy, but as a tactician, he is unmatched! Only I can hold out against him, hence, I am sent here by Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.”

  Zhong Yue frowned, If Imperial Emperor Xian Tian sent out his five brothers and sisters, does that mean that he has no more moves? Is this all he’s got?

  “Then, can both of you fight against monarch weapons, monarch corpses and monarch spirits?” asked Zhong Yue.

  After exchanging a glance, both Long Zhi and Jiao Teng giggled, “We sisters are sent here specifically for this. Back then, in the Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s war for the throne, we have claimed the life of a few monarch spirits! If it weren’t for us, there would be more than 24 monarch races now in the Zi Wei Galaxy.”

  The shocked Zhong Yue took in a long deep breath as these two ferocious ladies had actually destroyed monarch races!

  “How many men did you bring?” asked Zhong Yue again after calming himself
down.

  Long Zhi smiled, “More than you expected, but of course, they are all in her stomach.”

  Jiao Teng femininely rolled her eyes and she giggled, “There there, stop making fun of me. There are billions of gods in my stomach, but there are also quite a lot of my people in Mister Yi’s Star Torrent Fortress.”

  By that she meant the insect race’s insect gods and mother insect bred by Fu Li and the other wild humans from the Star Torrent Fortress; as an insect queen, Jiao Teng was able to gain full control over these insects!

  “Mister Yi, I would not touch the bodies of your men but can the enemies’ bodies be gifted to me as food?” asked Jiao Teng.

  Numbness crept into Zhong Yue as he took in another cold breath, “Senior martial sister, die fighting gloriously in a battlefield is a great honor to every soldier. They have all died an honorable death so why humiliate their bodies?”

  “Even if you buried their bodies, they will just return back to the heaven and earth, might as well just feed them to my children, which is also another reincarnation if you look at it.”

  Jiao Teng carefreely said, “Mister Yi, unnecessary kindness could kill you.”

  Zhong Yue frowned greatly but Jiao Teng started walking away already, “Burying them is a waste of resources and a waste of energy. After my children grow stronger, they could help you slay your enemies instead of being buried like dead bodies. Mister Yi, how about that? You can thank me later.”

  Hearing this, Zhong Yue’s frown decreased slightly and he said nothing.

  Long Zhi’s voice suddenly rang in his mind, “Mister Yi, master wants me to send you a message.”

  Zhong Yue’s heart thumped and he immediately asked, “What message?”

  “Your cover is blown. King Zi Guang had acquired vital intel on your secrets and it is only a matter of time until he reports this to Imperial Emperor Xian Tian!”

  Long Zhi blinked her eyes and said, “Master told me to tell you to get yourself a backup plan before it’s too late.”

  Chapter 1019: The Big Devil King Entering The Mortal World |

  King Yi found out my identity?

  Zhong Yue had goosebumps right away; there were countless powerful warriors in this universe, but not every one of them was like King Zi Guang!

  And now, King Zi Guang had acquired his secrets!

  The ‘master’ in Long Zhi’s words was Great Si Ming; back in the Heaven Suppression Palace, Long Zhi, Tai Feng, Yi Tianjun and Nu Fang had all surrender to him and now served under him.

  Hence, the news Long Zhi brought today was definitely true!

  “Master said that King Zi Guang had sent his men to the 3,000 Six Paths World to meet with that “Zhong Yue” there.”

  Long Zhi continued, “He is investigating deep into this matter, suspecting your identity and not only that, but master also said that the eye in Imperial Emperor Xian Tian will be opening soon. It will take about only 300 years until he finally opens the eye and sees through your disguise. That eye belongs to the Deity King who sealed the entire Fuxi Celestial Race.”

  Zhong Yue was further shaken by this news; he knew that there was an eye in Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s forehead but that eye had never opened even once.

  He thought that this eye was cultivated by Imperial Emperor Xian Tian himself, but it was actually the eye of that evil being!

  If that eye were to open, Zhong Yue would be in deep trouble!

  300 years was a very long but a very short time at the same time, can he cultivate to a level where he could protect himself?

  At this moment, he felt extremely uneasy; while he needed Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s power to strengthen himself, there was no time for him to grow strong enough to fight against an innate god and swarms of enemies!

  Seems like I have to leave myself some room and ways to get myself out of this mess now.

  Zhong Yue sighed, looked towards Long Zhi and said, “Senior martial sister, can you all hold the fortress?”

  “Why? You plan on leaving for a while?” giggled Long Zhi.

  Zhong Yue nodded, “Yes, but I will leave behind my clones just in case. I’m worried about the Heaven Suppression Fortress while I’m away.”

  Long Zhi smiled, “Of course.”

  “What I mean is can you control Imperial Emperor Jiao Teng?”

  Long Zhi kept quiet for a while and she asked, “You mean, you are worried that she will eat your men?”

  And she received a nod from Zhong Yue.

  Long Zhi shook her head and replied, “As long as Imperial Emperor Xian Tian is alive, Jiao Teng will not dare to do anything. Don’t worry, she is dead loyal to him.”

  Zhong Yue let out a relieved breath and he smiled, “Then, I will be depending on you.”

  After that, he explained his intention to his two wives and they both frowned right away for as the commander, Zhong Yue was the pillar of Heaven Suppression Fortress and his absence would only bring uneasiness to them.

  “Imperial Emperor Xian Tian will not let anything happen to the fortress and there are two Imperial Emperors here to aid us. This is just the beginning and the hidden trump cards of Imperial Emperor Xian Tian will be revealed in no time. The other races like Juling Clan will also send in reinforcements so there is no way this fortress will fall.”

  Zhong Yue continued, “My incarnations will be here so I will still be commanding even though I’m away. In my view, our fortress will become the largest battlefield in this war of thrones and mostly every force will gather around this place. Monarch weapons, Imperial Emperors and all the hidden experts will appear together around our fortress. When that time comes, our power will be completely dwarfed. So I might as well quickly do something I can’t do usually while everyone is occupied with the war.”

  The ladies exchanged a glance and among the two curious ones, Jin Hexi asked, “What are these things that you want to do but can’t?”

  Zhong Yue smiled, “That you don’t have to know, the more you know, the more dangerous it will be.”

  Jin Hexi became even more curious and Yin Fanxuan on the other side asked, “How long until your return, darling?”

  “Twenty years will be the quickest.”

  Zhong Yue shook his head, “But if anything dangerous is going to happen to you, I will rush back as soon as I can.”

  The two goddesses exchanged a look again and they both gave him their blessings, “Then, we hope for the best for you, darling.”

  After leaving his incarnations behind, Zhong Yue summoned Hundun Yu, “Senior martial brother, I’ve accepted your Chaos divine Fruit, and you are assigned to follow around me. Now, I will be going out there for a trip, do you want to come along?”

  Hundun Yu nodded, “I’ll go get the tree.”

  “No need. Just keep it here for the defense,” rebutted Zhong Yue right away.

  Hundun Yu scratched his head and thought, Grand ancestor asked me to come here with the monarch weapon but ever since I arrived, the Fusang Divine Tree is just like Mister Yi’s property. I guess it can only be retrieved by grand ancestor personally now. He only wanted me to follow Mister Yi, not bring the weapon to him anyway.

  The two entered the void, boarded the ancient ship hidden away by Zhong Yue in the dimensions, looked out and they saw Jiao Teng’s true form, a massive insect queen that slowly crawled towards the Huangting Clan following the bloodied trails.

  She kept laying eggs as she followed the rails, laying them right into the dead soldiers of Heavenly River Navy Fleet and Huangting Clan; wherever she passed, insect gods started spawning in the bodies and the amount just kept on increasing tremendously.

  When she reached somewhere near the Huangting Clan’s sacred grounds, she had turned all the bodies into nutrients for her children!

  What a war machine these insect races’ insect queens were.

  Zhong Yue left quickly and thought, With her around, the insect races will swarm the enemies endlessly. The tougher the war, the more the insect races. With the
endless soldiers around, we will not lose the war. But the monarch spirits and Monarch Huang Ting’s corpse is dangerous. I really hope Long Zhi and Jiao Teng really have a way of dealing with them and are not just talks.

  At this moment, Xin Huo’s said, “Zhong Yue, are you really going to leave now and give up this chance? This is a chance that will not come by again. Being able to fight with these formidable foes will grant you vast knowledge to this universe and it will be beneficial for you in raising your power and knowledge.”

  “But what is more important is the seventh secret realm’s information left behind by Dao Venerate Fu Min.”

  Zhong Yue kept a cool tone, “There is nothing much I can do if I stay. With my incarnations around, I will also be able to see things that I’ve never seen so the only drawback is that I could not fight against these foes myself. Now that Zi Guang is suspecting me and Imperial Emperor Xian Tian has an eye that could see through my disguise, danger is closing in quickly. I have to find the information left behind by Dao Venerate Fu Min and find an alternative way out.”

  The little flame flew out from his psyche ocean, stood at his shoulder and asked, “Where then?”

  “Imperial Road of Heavenly Monarch!”

  Light flashed in Zhong Yue’s eyes, “Senior Martial Brother Feng once said that there is something I need in the Imperial Road of Heavenly Monarch so I have to go there no matter what! If I am quick enough, I will be able to get back before the war ends!”

  The ancient ship sailed across the skies and right into the galaxy.

  As they traveled, Xin Huo looked around and said, “This is not the path to Imperial Road of Heavenly Monarch.”

  With a calm expression, Zhong Yue hurled out a piece of explosive news, “I am going to have Senior Martial Brother Feng out and persuade him to the fortress.”

  “Are you out of your mind! That mad man? If he comes out, do you know how many gods will suffer?” shouted a shocked Xin Huo.

  Zhong Yue smiled, “Xin Huo, when he is not mad, he is actually quite a nice man.”

  “Bah! Those gods dissected by him had never felt that he is nice or gentle!”