Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  This black-robed Dao kid was none other than Dark Monarch’s disciple, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s junior martial brother!

  Even though it was just the Two Yuan World inside of the Picture of Armistice, but seeing his people getting slaughtered still undulated immense anger in him!

  “Stop!”

  Zhong Yue flew out and stopped in front of the Dao kid, he ‘said’ coldly, “Senior martial brother, you’ve crossed the line! We are in the Picture of Armistice, we need to help the Fuxi Clan and stop the war. This is the only way to walk out of the Picture of Armistice! Why are you doing the opposite?”

  “The opposite?”

  The young Dao kid smiled, and the bubble with words popped up, “This isn’t the opposite. The Picture of Armistice is just a world in the picture. Helping the Fuxi to pacify the war can one get out; but helping the innate gods to annihilate the Fuxi is also another way. If that’s the case, why wouldn’t we help our kind?”

  “Our kind?”

  Zhong Yue was puzzled while the Dao kid continued, “Mister Yi, you don’t know yet, do you? The Picture of Armistice recorded the times of when the Earthly Sovereign Heavenly Monarch suppressed our teacher. Since you are Senior Martial Brother Xian Tian’s subject, you too, are counted as one of us. Come, help me. We will annihilate the Fuxi in this world and walk out of the Picture of Armistice! Mister Yi, your wisdom is unparalleled, with you, I will be a tiger with wings!”

  Zhong Yue’s face darkened, the Dark Monarch was the one who directed the war!

  However, with the Innate Dark Monarch alone, what possibility did he have of eradicating the strong and powerful Yanzi Clan?

  There should be more experts other than him!

  “Alright,” Zhong Yue nodded and walked toward the Dao kid, “But we are only temporarily helping each other out now. After the Picture of Armistice, I will not offer my assistance anymore.”

  The Dao kid smiled arrogantly, “It’s your loss for not working with me, you don’t know how powerful I am!”

  Zhong Yue walked to his side and those around were the innate gods’ descendants. They were all strong and powerful, he said, “Are these all Dark Monarch’s descendants?”

  The young Dao child was full of pride when he nodded, “I only hated myself for being born a million years later and missing the chance to fight alongside them. Master’s descendants had all died in this period of chaos. Come, I will bring you to kill the Fuxi! We have the Six Paths Reincarnations, as long as we find master and teach him the Six Paths Reincarnations, he will easily defeat the first Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa!”

  Zhong Yue followed closely behind, he suddenly asked, “Senior martial brother, if we die in this Picture of Armistice, will we actually die?”

  The Dao child explained, “Not really, but the Picture of Armistice will trap you inside of its Six Paths Reincarnations. You will reincarnate in here for eternity.”

  “That’s fantastic,” a bubble popped up above Zhong Yue’s head.

  “What?” The Dao kid was puzzled and suddenly, Zhong Yue cast out the Drum of Dusk and cast the [Daoless Heavens].

  The drum rumbled and the arcane energy and Dao of everyone around him was suppressed, unable to be cast anymore!

  A bright flash of saber ray brightened the surroundings as Zhong Yue beheaded the young Dao kid. At the same time, arms grew out of his body, each wielding an innate divine saber as he slashed out!

  Just as the young Dao child’s head fell off, a new head grew back in place. But the saber rays rained down like waterfalls, beheading his head one time after another.

  At the same time, the divine sabers caught Dark Monarch’s descendants off guard as they were also beheaded. The sudden change left a floor of blood that paved across a hundred miles of space around!

  The young Dao child tried to escape, but the [Daoless Heavens] surged down and suppressed him. A bubble popped up from his falling head and asked, “Mister Yi, why?”

  When the saber rays have stopped, the ground was left with only severed limbs and broken bodies. Dark Monarch’s descendants were all killed, no a single one survived!

  Zhong Yue was expressionless as he moved forward, a bubble popped up, “I am a Fuxi.”

  “No wonder, how regretful that Senior Martial Brother Xian Tian is still blinded by you…”

  Before the bubble disappeared, a huge feet stomped down and crushed the head!

  Chapter 1045: My Ancestors |

  “The Drum of Dusk and [Daoless Heavens] really are useful. With a skill like this like, I can even ambush an Imperial Emperor!”

  Zhong Yue frowned. The stronger the [Daoless Heavens] was, the more worried he was. He was just a Deity Overlord, and with the Drum of Dusk and [Daoless Heavens], he was already able to ambush an Imperial Emperor, even killing Dark Monarch’s descendants!

  Dark Monarch’s descendants and the Imperial Emperor he had taught personally were all left powerless in front of the [Daoless Heavens]. This meant that even they couldn’t counter the [Daoless Heavens]!

  Young Lei Zhe once cast the [Daoless Heavens] before in the Ancient Lei Zhe Realm’s 81st level. He was told that one day, he would see the true [Daoless Heavens], and that the caster would be Zhong Yue’s true enemy.

  Now, Zhong Yue had a glimpse of the [Daoless Heavens]’s might. It was flawless, there was an opening to it, and it was all suppressing. It showcased just how strong the existence that created it was!

  An enemy strong like this, a skill with no flaws… Zhong Yue couldn’t help but feel himself panting.

  “How.. how can the [Daoless Heavens] be countered?” He cracked his head.

  In the Picture of Armistice’s Two Yuan World.

  Zhong Yue was bathed in blood, he stood up from the piles of corpses and was gasping for breath.

  He had just experienced a gory battle, even with the Drum of Dusk fully cast, he still barely slipped through death’s fingers.

  The times of chaos were too terrifying. He was now starting to encounter the innate gods. The battle he had was an innate demon god from the prehistoric Dark Age. Although the innate demon god was just a Deity Emperor, his powers were incredible.

  I cannot die here, or else, I’ll never be able to get out anymore.

  Zhong Yue struggled to go forward as he thought, The Dao child is right. Helping either the innate gods or Sovereign Xi will still be able to get oneself out from the Picture of Armistice. As long as the Six Paths Reincarnations is taught to them, they will able to gain the upperhand immediately. I need to find Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa and teach them the Six Paths Reincarnations!

  All of a sudden, the Two Yuan World’s space shuddered, and Zhong Yue’s heart skipped a beat. He saw the Two Yuan World shattering, the space cracks killing the gods around and their blood spurting to the air!

  “The monarch battles!”

  Zhong Yue’s eyes opened up as he witnessed what was the monarch-level battle in the Two Yuan World!

  It was the battle between the monarchs!

  Lady Monarch Shui Mo was also a monarch, it was impossible for her to create the other monarchs and innate gods. But in her Two Yuan World, she was the one and only master. Thus, she was able to actually recreate the monarchs and innate gods!

  Zhong Yue looked forward and saw something that he would never forget. He saw Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa – the two grand ancestors of the Fuxi Clan!

  They were still young and vibrant. Their opponent was a Deity King of the Dark Age. This Deity King was a monarch, and his prowess was magnificent, even greater than that of the two Fuxi grand ancestors added together!

  The Evil Qi in him was even stronger than the Nine Lives Black Wok Mushroom, no wonder he is called the Innate Evil Monarch! Zhong Yue’s heart shook as he thought.

  All of a sudden, Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Sui and Goddess Nuwa turned into their true forms, and their tails intertwined together as their auras skyrocketed!

  “The art of monarch strike, [Drago
n Snake Twin Attacks]!”

  Zhong Yue’s eyes lit up and his heart thumped heavily. This was of course not the true rendition of this art. It was just the [Dragon Snake Twin Attacks] that Lady Monarch Shui Mo conjured.

  But her being the best monarch artist, the first Fuxi and Goddess Nuwa were drawn so perfectly that they were able to replicate a sliver of their brilliance!

  In just one strike, Innate Evil Monarch was heavily wounded and suppressed.

  Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa proceed in clearing up the rest of the fight. Then, they saw Zhong Yue and a bubble popped up above Sovereign Xi as he asked curiously, “You are also a Fuxi? Why have I never seen you before?”

  Zhong Yue forcibly suppressed his excitement. Although he knew that Sovereign Xi was a drawn figure in the Picture of Armistice, he still couldn’t help but feel agitated. He nearly teared up but quickly suppressed his emotions again.

  “I’m from the future, back here to see you, grand ancestor.” Zhong Yue smiled.

  “From the future to this era?”

  Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Xi was puzzled and curious, “There are many strange ones around lately. Some were dead already, but they should also be from the future. I saw them, they had six light wheels behind their heads. Can the future already open the sixth secret realm? Xin Huo, come out and meet with the future Fuxi!”

  He took out a copper lamp and a little flame flew out from the lamp, it was scrutinizing Zhong Yue curiously.

  “Future Fuxi?”

  The little flame circumnavigated Zhong Yue and asked curiously, “Have you seen me in the future before?”

  Zhong Yue was startled, he reached his senses out to the actual Xin Huo who was in his psyche ocean, but strangely enough, Xin Huo was slumbering while in the Picture of Armistice, and so he wasn’t able to come out.

  “We’ve met before,” Zhong Yue laughed loudly, “I am your inheritor!”

  The little flame hugged his arms and sneered while replied arrogantly, “You liar! You are not a pureblood Fuxi, I wouldn’t choose you as my inheritor! Even this clumsy brat from the Pao Xi Clan doesn’t satisfy my requirements. He only has 70% of the Sui Sovereign’s bloodline. If it weren’t for the fact that I can’t find anymore Yanzi Clan members, I wouldn’t even consider him at all!”

  Xin Huo is just like the real Xin Huo, they are both so stubborn. Sovereign Xi must have had a hard time as his inheritor.

  Zhong Yue calmed himself again. Then, he imparted all of his attainments in the Six Paths Reincarnations to Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Xi, “Grand ancestor, you must win, and you will win. You will pacify the greatest chaos in this universe and flip open a new era. Your descendants will be proud because of you. When they think of you, their blood will boil and their will shall surge!”

  Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Xi smiled, “I didn’t think that much. I just thought that we as postnate mortals shouldn’t be enslaved by innate gods since birth, we shouldn’t be content as mere slaves and livestock for them to feed on. I think we should fight a way for all the mortals!”

  Zhong Yue was startled, to fight a way for all the mortals?

  Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Xi’s ambition was so similar to his?

  He also wanted to fight a way for all humans so that they weren’t enslaved by birth.

  But he wanted more!

  He wanted justice, he wanted the humans to claim their rightful honor that belonged to the Fuxis, he wanted fairness from this universe!

  “The Six Paths Reincarnations, there is a cultivation like this? It has one more secret realm. What a mystical cultivation system.”

  Heavenly Monarch Sovereign Xi studied the Six Paths Reincarnations imparted by Zhong Yue and he said, “No wonder Goddess Hua Xu and Grandfather dragon lost. Goddess Hua Xu is already dead, and Grandfather dragon barely survived. He told me that Dark Monarch and the others had an extra light wheel behind them, and that their powers increased greatly. They should’ve also been taught the Six Paths Reincarnations’ cultivation. Dark Monarch and the others are not a problem, what I fear is the one behind them. If he too has the Six Paths Reincarnations… But it’s not too late now!”

  He steeled himself and laughed loudly, “With the Six Paths Reincarnations, I am sure that I can end this chaos. Mortals will enjoy the air of freedom and the breath of victory. They will be able to live with dignity.”

  Zhong Yue looked up at Sovereign Xi, this was his grand ancestor, a hero who’d rather die standing than to kneel!

  In the Picture of Armistice, the battles were still ongoing. Time flashed by, and a thousand years had passed.

  In these thousand years, Zhong Yue joined Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa in battle. Ever since Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa cultivated the Six Paths Reincarnations, their prowess grew stronger and stronger, now being able to suppress the Dark Age’s remaining evils.

  The Deity Kings were killed, some forced to flee, and others were sealed away. In the last battle, Dark Monarch, Demon Monarch and the other few remaining Deity Kings joined forces but were ultimately unable to turn the tide of war. They were taken down one after another, even the one behind the Dark Monarch had no choice but to concede defeat and hide in seclusion.

  As the chaos in the Picture of Armistice was eradicated, bright lights appeared in front of Zhong Yue. It was a door formed from light — the gateway to leaving the Picture of Armistice.

  “I’m leaving!” Zhong Yue was unwilling, Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa were there to send him off.

  Zhong Yue turned around, he looked at them with a pair of eyes filled with complexion, he said, “I’m going back to the future, back to where I belong.”

  Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa were leaning on one another as they waved goodbye to him and said, “Go, the Fuxi Clan’s future god of war. Go back to your time, and be a dignified Fuxi!”

  This time, Zhong Yue couldn’t hold his tears back as they rushed out of his eyes and rolled down his cheeks.

  The war in the Picture of Armistice wasn’t real, it was drawn by Lady Monarch Shui Mo. Zhong Yue knew very well that Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa were just drawn figures, but he still couldn’t hold his tears back.

  “My ancestors, shall your spirits remain in the high skies!”

  “Protect your descendants, watch your descendants! I swear, I will not bring shame to your names, I will not pollute the blood you’ve shed, I will not disappoint the hopes you hold!”

  “Your descendants, we worship no gods, we worship no demons; because your descendants only worship our ancestors!”

  He turned around and entered the light door.

  …

  Outside of the Picture of Armistice, Zhong Yue was brought back by bright lights. He stood there quietly, not moving an inch for a long time.

  “Xin Huo, I saw Sovereign Xi and Goddess Nuwa in the picture.” After a long time, Zhong Yue suddenly said.

  In his psyche ocean, Xin Huo suddenly awoke, “You saw them? That Pao Xi Clan idiot is very dumb and very dominating, isn’t he?”

  Zhong Yue nodded with a smile, “His heart boils with passion, and his demeanor was charming, he was a natural leader.”

  Xin Huo abruptly scoffed, then he yawned, “What use does it have? The Pao Xi kid in the Picture of Armistice is not real. Why do you still have to put your emotions in it? Zhong Shan kid, you Fuxi and humans have these emotions and feelings that I don’t understand. The Pao Xi kid is long dead.”

  “Xin Huo, don’t you miss him?” Zhong Yue asked.

  Xin Huo was stunned, he waved his hands and replied carelessly, “I’m getting sleepy, I’ll go to sleep.”

  Xin Huo then went quiet for a long time. Suddenly, Zhong Yue could hear him murmuring softly, “I do miss him, I sometimes find myself thinking of him. Weird, isn’t it? I’m no stranger to death. I’ve been through countless farewells with those I’ve spent time with. I’ve lived for so many years that I can’t even keep track anymore. But why do I still feel my heart aching?”

&n
bsp; The little flame’s fire dimmed as he lost himself in his thoughts.

  “Zhong Shan kid, is he… is he alright?” Xin Huo asked suddenly.

  “He is,” Zhong Yue smiled.

  “We should thank Lady Monarch Shui Mo for this.” Xin Huo murmured, “Dao Venerate Fu Min shouldn’t have killed her. After all, she left behind a precious memory for the Fuxi Clan.”

  Chapter 1046: The Dark Side |

  “Why is the Pao Xi Clan named so?” Zhong Yue asked Xin Huo.

  “Pao means cookery, Xi means offerings. Pao Xi means cooking offerings to host a ritual for the ancestors.”

  Xin Huo explained, “The Pao Xi kid said he is the first to not worship the innate gods but his ancestors. He used the innate gods as the offerings and offered them to his ancestors’ spirits. Thus, the Fuxi Clan’s Xi was initially Pao Xi’s Xi, but was then changed to a different Xi. In the godly language, Fuxi’s Xi was written with the symbols of cows and lambs on the top, and sabers at the bottom. It means to kill the innate gods and offer them away.”

  In the Picture of Armistice, another flash of light shot out as Hundun Yu walked out of it. Zhong Yue turned and looked at the Picture of Armistice that was now back to its original state.

  “Phew, so close,” Hundun Yu wiped the beads of cold sweat on his forehead, “If I hadn’t bumped into the Picture of Armistice’s weapon spirit, I wouldn’t have made it out alive! Thankfully, the picture spirit sent me out thanks to my grand ancestor.”

  Did Senior Martial Brother Yu enter a different Two Yuan World?

  Zhong Yue was curious as he walked forward, I wonder how many can make it out alive.

  Gao Yin, Mo Yuanshu and the others entered earlier than him. They could be in different worlds as well. However, in the Two Yuan world that Zhong Yue was in, all the experts that sided with Dark Monarch’s innate gods were annihilated. They were turned into part of the picture, as living elements of a painting that would reincarnate endlessly in the Picture of Armistice.”