Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

The four of them slammed onto the deck and simply lay there without moving a finger.

  The ancient ship floated in midair while the sunlight in Ancestral Court shined past the transparent body and Yuan Shen of the four of them, giving off an unrealistic vibe.

  Their body and Yuan Shen were on the brink of being converted and now, they were all left weakened by the after effect.

  The spiritual power of the heaven and earth slowly flowed into them and bit by bit, the transparency in them slowly faded.

  After some time, Shi Yinji sat back up, shook her head, then Yi Wanjun and Hundun Yu gradually woke up, the last being Zhong Yue.

  The four of them sat on the deck, looking at each other with fear lingering on their face and heart.

  Suddenly, giggling came from Shi Yinji and Yi Wanjun also burst out smiling, “What are you laughing at?”

  “We’re still alive! Of course we have to be happy!”

  Shi Yinji smiled, “Besides, I am now a Deity Overlord! I’ve leapfrogged two whole realms!”

  Zhong Yue and Hundun Yu also laughed; this encounter was one of unprecedented danger for them. When Zhong Yue entered the Ancestral Court, he resonated with the heaven and earth Daos in this place with his monarch level mentality. The other three were dragged into this mess by him and they were almost converted into Daos.

  But it was because of this crisis that they reaped incredible benefits. Through this crisis, they obtained a deeper understanding towards Daos, which would benefit them for life. They even entered the Deity Overlord level, saving them years of effort!

  The most important thing of all was that when they touched Zhong Yue, they had a glimpse on the monarch level mentality, experiencing the same immersion he did, and that allowed them to make quantum leaps in their own mentalities!

  Though they were still not at the monarch level mentality, this would directly draw out the potential in their mind and talent!

  Meanwhile, Xin Huo said with a heart still beating quick, “Zhong Yue, in this place, your sensitivity towards the heaven and earth’s Daos is much scarier than the Innate Saint Spirit Body, you have to be careful, the fire spirits and I were almost converted into Dao because of you!”

  Right away, Zhong Yue’s psyche dwelled into his Yuan Shen, finding the weakened fire spirits; the Dao conversion depleted large sum of energy in them and at this moment, these fire spirits were absorbing fire elemental energy from this place; flares from the heaven and earth kept on flying into Zhong Yue’s forehead and into the fire spirits during the process.

  At this rate, it would take years before the fire spirits recovered to their peak form.

  Without a solid body, cultivation on any arts and techniques was impossible and that was also the reason why their recovery was slower than Zhong Yue and the others.

  “That was really dangerous.”

  With that said, Zhong Yue stood up and looked towards the Ancestral Court. This place was covered in lush green, everywhere was filled with condensed life essence and wherever his vision included, he saw clouds, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, herbs, and many other life forms, all formed from spiritual power. Prosperous lands and sacred grounds were also abundant in this place!

  The Daos in this place were also enormous, though this was not a secret realm birthed from Daos, meaning that it was weaker than the Leizhe and Huaxu’s innate sacred ground. This place was also about the same. The most crucial aspect was that the heaven and earth’s Daos here were completed, every Dao in the universe can all be found here!

  From afar, the Daos were visible, falling down from the skies like waterfall, like a bridge linking mountains to mountains and like stars shining bright in the skies!

  Compared to the Ancestral Court, Leizhe and Huaxu’s innate sacred ground had only one Dao. Though pure, they lacked other Daos because of how pure they were, hence, they usually only enabled someone to cultivate only a single Dao, just like how someone in the Leizhe’s sacred ground could only cultivate the innate lightning Dao.

  But this place was different, as the Yanzi Clan and the Fuxi Celestial Race’s Ancestral Court had completed Daos, allowing the two races’ disciples to have full access to all Daos.

  Apart from this, they also saw huge stone tablets floating in the skies and gigantic statues that stood so tall that their tops reached deep into the skies.

  These were all the statues of the many almighty Sui Sovereigns and powerful Fuxi Celestial Race.

  Layers of seals to protect against any outsiders were everywhere, and when Zhong Yue opened his divine third eye, he frowned upon discovering the massive number of seals in this place. With his current eye power, there was no way to tell how powerful these seals were and if they would attack him.

  “Xin Huo, come!”

  Xin Huo immediately took over this body and said softly, “Three Eyes Heavenly Pupils!”

  His divine eye shined upon the seals and had an eagle eye over these seals; in an instant, the seemingly peaceful Ancestral Court shown its hidden fangs, the dimensions in Ancestral Court turned into endless complicated networks that seeped deep into every corners and dangers lurked everywhere!

  “Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve last come here, why are there so many seals suddenly?”

  Xin Huo had a scare and he said, “Fuxi Celestial Race’s bloodline will not be enough to pass this place, not even a monarch… This is way too dangerous! Dao Venerate Fu Min turned this place into a meat grinder that could kill even a monarch! He turned this place into the most dangerous place in the world! Whoever enters recklessly will be dead for sure! This is a dead end!”

  “Dead end?”

  Zhong Yue frowned slightly, Did Dao Venerate Fu Min know that there will be Fuxi that betrayed their own people so he had these seals to attack anyone in sight?

  Xin Huo then pointed towards the center of Ancestral Court and said, “There, over there, do you see that empty land there?”

  Zhong Yue looked towards the center and he saw a massive abyss that had no end, not even an entire solar galaxy could fill up that hole.

  “That is where the Ancestral Court is, all the seals are set up to protect it! I’m guessing that the Dao Venerate Fu Min turned the center into the safest place protected by this most threatening array in the universe. Everything about the ancient monarchs’ understanding towards the seventh secret realm is definitely hidden there!”

  Xin Huo looked around and that, “The only safe way out is through passing the abyss. Nowhere is safe apart from the abyss itself, this is all Dao Venerate Fu Min’s arrangements. The path towards the abyss is definitely a test, pass it and you shall obtain his heritage, fail and you shall die!”

  Zhong Yue got all hyped up and he asked, “So how dangerous exactly is this danger you speak off?”

  Xin Huo took a good look at the path and after thinking for some time, he said, “I don’t see any danger in it… Strange, how could there be such a deceptively safe passage?”

  “A path without any danger?”

  A cold crawled down Zhong Yue’s spine and he shouted, “The most dangerous path is the path that seems the most unassuming! By the way, why did the Evil Monarch, Demon Monarch, Celestial Monarch, Dark Monarch, Origin Lord Feng Tian, and Primordial Crow Deity King send their disciples here? Don’t they know there is no way their disciples could pass Dao Venerate Fu Min’s seals? Sending them here is akin to sending them to hell, aren’t they afraid at all? Hmmm, are they afraid that the seals here are specifically for them so they sent their disciples here first?”

  Zhong Yue shivered suddenly, “Which means that Mo Yuanshu, Shen Qiushan, and the others are here because they are responsible for mine sweeping? Which also means that these Deity Kings are also here and probably already in the Ancestral Court!”

  Chapter 1036: Creepy |

  In an instant, fear crept into Zhong Yue for a second; the few surviving Dark Age’s Deity Kings were all close to becoming Dao Gods and at this moment, they were either outside of Ancestral Court o
r already inside!

  To think that these terrifying ones were hiding around them, Zhong Yue couldn’t help but have goosebumps all over!

  And the most dangerous among these Deity Kings was the evil existence, Dark Monarch!

  The possibility that the sinister existence was already here made Zhong Yue shiver.

  He who sealed the Fuxi Celestial Race, pulled Zhong Yue’s soul back to 100,000 years ago and tortured him for 700 years, was probably here!

  Zhong Yue feared this sinister existence deeply; it was a fear that had taken root deep in Zhong Yue’s mind.

  Feng Xiaozhong was driven mad by him and Zhong Yue had never triumphed over this fear toward the sinister existence.

  Deep down, Zhong Yue knew that his fear would become a great problem to him down the line, but there was nothing he could do, he just couldn’t do anything about it.

  They are probably outside or the seals would have been triggered! Given how cunning and slippery they are, they wouldn’t take any risks recklessly but they might have noticed me….

  When Zhong Yue swept across the seven galaxies, he may have hidden in the dimensions, but this was futile before the Deity Kings!

  This meant that those Deity Kings outside had definitely noticed him!

  Upon having this thought, Zhong Yue had the urge to flee right away. Being targeted by these guys was probably something no one could face. However, he quickly came back to his senses and calmed himself down.

  They are all old foxes indeed but why did not they kill me?

  One by one, Zhong Yue thought of the potential reasons, Firstly, they were wary of each other; they were afraid of being sneaked up on by one another when attacking him, so their connection is weak at best. Secondly, I have the thousand winged ancient ship which belonged to Great Si Ming. They are worried of Great Si Ming and mistook me as one of his men. Thirdly, they are just ignoring me because I am too weak to be taken seriously. Fourth… baiting …”

  Zhong Yue waved his hand and the ancient ship sank into the dimensions before disappearing, Using me as a bait to lure out the remaining Fuxi’s old force, trying every threat in one fell swoop. Besides, they could also be using me to dig up every hidden trap set up by Dao Venerate Fu Min.

  Zhong Yue’s mind was as clear as a mirror, he knew the moment when Great Si Ming discovered his Imperial Star, perhaps from the moment he entered Zi Wei, Zhong Yue also entered the vision of these ancient ones and became a pawn on their chessboard.

  Although the Imperial Star was destroyed, and the future altered, the fact that he was a pawn never remained!

  Those ancient ones did not attack him because he was still needed, how would they possibly throw away the chess piece on the board when they were standing off against each other?

  Only when the pawn became useless would it be dumped.

  Even so, was there a need to be afraid?

  Zhong Yue walked forward and said, “We will run from here.”

  The others followed behind him quickly and with Xin Huo’s aid, they slowly progressed towards the abyss in the center.

  Meanwhile, the others were also heading towards the abyss and they too, had someone telling them what to do, someone who knew that the abyss was the core of Ancestral Court, someone who knew that one would acquire the Ancestral Court by acquiring the abyss.

  In the air, the stone tablets circled around, each branded with writing of some kind. But after experiencing the strange incident outside the Ancestral Court, everyone was smart enough not to look at the tablets anymore.

  “This shadow….”

  Suddenly, sunlight shone upon a stone tablet in the air and its shadow was printed onto the ground along with the words.

  These words were complicated and they felt like they contained some sort of mysterious power.

  “Be careful, don’t look at the shadows!”

  Mo Yuanshu shouted, “Follow my lead, as long as you don’t look at the words on the tablets and the shadows, nothing will go wrong!”

  The stone tablets in the skies slowly moved around and even markings were printed onto the ground, affecting and dragging the progress of not only Mo Yuanshu’s force but also Shen Qiushan, Feng Yulan and the others.

  Only the Evil Monarch’s disciples that arrived a few days late were not in the coverage of these stone tablets.

  As for the light that tailed behind Evil Monarch’s disciples Zhong Yue did not see.

  In the skies, the stone tablets slowly moved around and the patterns formed by the words continued changing before turning into a path that led towards the abyss.

  However, everyone’s vision was looking towards the front and that rendered them unable to notice the changes under their legs.

  As they walked into the projections of the wordings, a demon Deity Emperor suddenly trembled with a twisted expression and he shouted sorely, “Mo he ba si ba he, si duo ming duo si mo duo.”

  Mo Yuanshu was stunned and he asked, “Junior martial brother, what are you saying?”

  However, the demon Deity Emperor got even more zealous and he repeated the chant again and again, “Mo he ba si ba he, si duo ming duo si mo duo!”

  As he continued chanting, the other disciples were affected one by one, causing them to follow after the chanting!

  Finally, with the last disciple hypnotized, Mo Yuanshu’s mind went blank and he too, started chanting the strange Dao language!

  This did not happen only to Mo Yuanshu and his men but also Shen Qiushan and the others who were not far away from them!

  At the back, Feng Wuji, Feng Yulan and the others halted right away and they became too afraid to walk forward anymore.

  The revival Dao language!

  Zhong Yue’s heart skipped a beat and he stopped right away for he knew what this was. Back then, the countless gods in the Heaven Suppression Fortress also chanted the exact same chant, nearly bringing the dead Great Si Ming and the ancient Deity Kings back to life!

  That chaotic event was even caused by none other but himself and ended with Goddess Shen Hou’s aid.

  However, whatever was happening right now was different, the revival Dao language was carved onto the stone tablets by Dao Venerate Fu Min!

  There were so many tablets and the projections of the tablets under Mo Yuanshu and the others was probably the revival Dao language.

  What is Dao Venerate Fu Min trying to do? Who is he trying to revive?

  Just as Zhong Yue thought of this, the earth rumbled, the mountains trembled and the ground under Mo Yuanshu and the others shattered, creating massive earth fissures. Light could be seen shining within these cracks.

  Everyone lost balance, but even after falling onto the ground, they were still chanting again and again.

  The earth then slowly ascended, lifting them all high up and rocks fell onto the ground. After some time, when the dust cleared, a massive object was revealed.

  The chants from Mo Yuanshu and the others also stopped and with a trembling body, they all looked around in shock, not knowing what had happened, only to find out they were standing in the middle of a massive palm seconds later with Shen Qiushan and the others on the other palm.

  In the skies, without anyone knowing, a stone tablet had drifted away.

  At the back, Feng Yulan and the others raised their heads and they got a clear view of what this massive shadow was, it was a giant sitting with his legs crossed on the ground, but even so, this giant was still larger than sacred mountains and dwarfed everyone effortlessly.

  Just how scary was this giant to be able to make even Imperial Emperors feel tiny?

  “This is a monarch corpse….” Feng Yulan said tremblingly.

  The giant was a monarch corpse, but under the effect of the revival Dao language, this corpse freshened up as if his death was just a quick nap!

  “My Yuan Shen! My body! So painful! Arghhh!”

  With a twisted expression, the giant let out rumbling shout, “Dao Venerate, you dug out my Six Paths secret realms in me and extr
acted my Pan Gu Celestial Being, where are they? Where did you hide them? Where is my soul? You wouldn’t even let me die in peace! This is so painful!”

  As he woke up from death, his monarch presence descended and this presence choked even Zhong Yue and the others who were standing at the furthest end. Even after the absent of his Yuan Shen and soul, this monarch’s presence was still enormous and everyone’s bones creaked under the pressure!

  The revived monarch corpse continued shouting, his condition was unstable even after his revival for what remained of him was merely a remnant of his spirit!

  The monarch right now was nothing more than just a walking dead, under the power of the revival Dao language, he couldn’t even die in peace!

  “Hehehe, pitiful little ones, you are the ones who revived me so that I will experience this pain?”

  The giant shouted for a while and his twisted expression took over the vision of Mo Yuanshu, Shen Qiushan and the others who were in his palms, “I remember now! Dao Venerate left me here so that I could test your mettle! The [Creation and Evolution Mystical Art], the Mystical Gate!”

  With a loud bang, a massive gate appeared and slammed hard onto the ground behind the monarch corpse!

  “The [Creation and Evolution Mystical Art] and the Create Evolve Mystical Gate! You are the Great Monarch Zao Hua who created Zao Hua Six Paths World….” shouted Shen Qiushan.

  Before he finished his words, the monarch corpse had already hurled them into the Create Evolve Mystical Gate and they disappeared right away.

  “Only by exiting this gate will you be considered as passing my test!”

  With the twisted expression, the monarch corpse shouted, “If you can’t get out in time, then die in there…. So painful, this pain is killing me!”

  Hong long—

  With another loud bang, the monarch corpse breathed out his final breath, his body sank back into the ground and disappeared after being swallowed by the earth.

  Feng Yulan, Feng Mingshan, and the others frowned and the curious Feng Wuji asked, “Great Monarch Zao Hua? Who is he?”

  Feng Yulan sighed and said, “One of the ancient monarchs, the Zao Hua Six Paths World among the 3,000 Six Paths World is made from his Yuan Shen secret realms and Pan Gu Celestial Being. The only way to pass this place is through his gate, let’s go!”