Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Shi Yinji on the other hand, giggled, “Then how strong are they? I can’t wait to compete with them! Wanjun, if I can’t win against them, you have to help me!”

  “Don’t even think about it!” rebutted Yi Wanjun.

  Shi Yinji then whispered, “Are you not angry at them for stealing our husband?”

  With a slight hesitation, Yi Wanjun nodded under some kind of influence.

  Seeing this, Zhong Yue’s head became three times bigger than his body, frightening Hundun Yu even more and Zhong Yue could be heard murmuring, “This is bad… this is bad! Xin Huo, help me!”

  Meanwhile, they were slowly approaching the Heaven Suppression Fortress; it has been more than 60 years since Zhong Yue’s last departure from the fortress, throughout these years, Zhong Yue’s incarnations had been assisting Jin Hexi and Yin Fanxuan in the battle against the Heaven Court!

  There had been more than a thousand battles, which turned the fortress into a meat grinder, one of the largest battlegrounds in the war for the throne and the first among the six; countless of lives writhed in this place.

  Among the Heaven Court 36 army divisions, the Yu Lin Army was routed. The Heavenly River Navy Fleet as well as the Southern Heaven Gate’s four royal armies and four elite armies dispatched billions of soldiers and laid siege to the fortress for more than 10 years. But the Heavenly Suppression Fortress remained standing firmly.

  Apart from Zhong Yue’s own troops, there was also the insect race army, Imperial Emperor Jiao Teng and Long Zhi also shone brightly in the battles.

  Back then, when the Huangting clan’s monarch spirit descended from the Void World and entered its own monarch body, the spirit dominated the battlefield and that was when the two female Imperial Emperors showed their might; one immobilized the monarch spirit with her [Nine Tails Heavenly Dragon Locking] while the other planted down countless flesh-eating and soul-consuming insects that devoured the monarch corpse and the spirit!

  Without the monarch corpse and spirit, Heavenly River Navy Fleet and Huangting Clan tasted ultimate defeat, swarmed by the endless insect races’ insect gods. Fortunately for them, the Panhu Clan and Huangting Clan’s monarch weapon were present to hold the line and Gui Youmin arrived in time with the Southern Heaven Gate’s four elite armies to save them from a total wipeout.

  However, Gui Youmin also failed at taking down the fortress. Long Zhi and Jiao Teng were both old rivals of Gui Youmin, both sides devised countless plots against each other and clashed ferociously.

  What Jin Hexi and Yin Fanxuan could do was just assist the two Imperial Emperors, and that was the same for Zhong Yue’s incarnations.

  Imperial Emperor Xian Tian had a wide circle of connections, which attracted gods of unique powers and capabilities to join his forces while the Heaven Court was known to produce great talents. The new powers that both sides gained were immediately put into use.

  Among them, Feng Xiaozhong stood out the most. In just a few battles, he captured powerful foes like they were all herbs waiting to be harvested in the plantation, shocking both sides as he also walked away safe and sound from Gui Youmin’s assassination attempt!

  But Feng Xiaozhong was still himself, the zealous Dao seeker who captured the Innate War Spirit Body, and three other different innate spirit bodies for experimental purposes, researching them for a few years before finally releasing them.

  After regaining their freedom, these four Deity Emperors were still traumatized and undoubtedly lost their minds whenever they saw Feng Xiaozhong again.

  Meanwhile, after failing to strike the fortress down for such a long time, Gui Youmin brought in all the Guishen Clan in this universe.

  As the Ghost Sovereign, with just an order, the powerful Guishen Clan marched out from Hell’s Reincarnation from all sacred grounds right towards Heaven Suppression Fortress.

  The Guishen Clan was also known as the Weishen Clan, whose characteristics were their body stood in between real and void, and their powerful Yuan Shen. These characteristics worked terrifyingly powerful against the insect races whose shells were all made of divine gold, granting the shells immense durability and defense, allowing the insect races to take on divine weapons and demonic weapons without flinching.

  Besides, given how rapid they reproduce and their shady attack patterns, they proved themselves formidable against the Heaven Court’s army, claiming the lives of many soldiers. Whereas the Guishen Clan’s talent allowed them to bypass the insect gods’ tough shells and even Imperial Emperor Jiao Teng was injured badly!

  After defeating the insect races, Gui Youmin pressed forward, only to run into Jin Hexi’s reinforcements, who routed over hundreds of thousands of the Guishen Clan with the Golden Crow’s attack.

  Gui Youmin then stationed the Southern Heaven Gate’s four royal armies to deal with Jin Hexi while Zhong Yue’s incarnations, who observed the battle, focused on advising Jin Hexi and telling her what they observed; after clashing with each other for more than hundred times, Gui Youmin failed to break the Golden Crow formation.

  Yin Fanxuan then hurled Bi An out, luring the Southern Heaven Gate’s four royal commanders away from the army. Without them, the Southern Heaven Gate’s four royal armies lost their commanders, leading them to act on their own without any proper commands and hence, they suffered heavy losses before Jin Hexi’s army, leaving Gui Youmin with no other choice but to request for more reinforcements from the Heaven Court.

  At the same time, the Heaven Suppression Fortress also requested more men from Xian Tian Palace and their request was granted; endless soldiers, including the Juling Clan, marched into the Heaven Suppression Fortress to join Zhong Yue’s army.

  The Heaven Court’s Imperial Granary also supplied the frontline with enormous supplies while both sides continued battling each other, entering a stalemate, and so they decided to intercept and harass each other’s supply convoy.

  This lasted for a few years and finally stopped when the other four elite armies arrived. With that, more than billions soldiers were reinforced into the battlefield, the frontline was over a thousand miles long, and monarch weapons were stationed at all strategic points, turning the Heaven Suppression Fortress into a graveyard that buried countless lives.

  Gui Youmin was an old enemy of Long Zhi and Jiao Teng, they were all very familiar with each other’s strengths and weaknesses. After years of prolonged war, Gui Youmin too, gotten nervous after failing to take down the fortress and he immediately reported this to the Heavenly Monarch to request for more aid.

  And when Zhong Yue arrived at the fortress, the reinforcements from Heaven Court arrived at the same time.

  Zhong Yue looked towards the front and the Heaven Court’s army camps blocked off even the sunlight, shadowing over the entire area of land around them.

  This time, the Heaven Court sent only three people, and Zhong Yue’s heart thumped upon seeing those three. He quickly moved the ancient ship into the fortress from the void, avoiding the seals keeping his arrival a secret to everyone.

  Though there were only three people, Zhong Yue still felt immense pressure coming from them.

  Among those three were two old men, Old Man Xuan and Qi, one carried a furnace behind him and the other carrying the smithing tools!

  And the other one was Heavenly Monarch’s other strategist, Mo Yin!

  From the looks of it, Old Man Xuan and Qi seemed to pose more threat to the fortress but in truth, Mo Yin was the real threat!

  With a serious and dense expression, Zhong Yue and his companions unboarded the ancient ship while the ancient ship was hidden away in the dimension.

  In the King’s Palace, the many generals and commanders were all present in the hall, discussing on the planning of their armies and many of them were stranger to Zhong Yue; these were all the powerful ones Imperial Emperor Xian Tian recruited and after some time, Yin Fanxuan and Jin Hexi walked out from the King’s Palace after the generals and commanders were dismissed, only to find Zhong Yue standing at the entran
ce, smiling at them.

  Though excited and happy at his return, the duo still managed to keep their cool and Yin Fanxuan smiled, “Darling, you’ve finally returned!”

  “Thank goodness I returned in time. I saw Old Man Xuan and Qi and Mo Yin just now, their arrival will bring quite an impact to the fortress soon.”

  “Old Man Xuan and Qi?”

  Yin Fanxuan’s expression changed right away as the name reminded her of the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Bell, which instilled fear into her with their smithing skills even after she managed to break Nine Dragon Divine Fire Bell.

  “Old Man Xuan and Qi are not that dangerous to us, it is Mo Yin who will be giving us the most problem. He is the other strategist serving Heavenly Monarch.” said Zhong Yue, “Mo Yin possesses one of the three great almanacs of Fuxi Celestial Race, the Almanac of Fate that could steal one’s fate and he is even more capable than Gui Youmin. His presence here means absolutely nothing good to Heaven Suppression Fortress, he may not be as capable as me but he is still very dangerous, not to mention that the Almanac of Fate possesses mysterious abilities that I do not possess.”

  “Almanac of Fate?”

  The two ladies frowned and Yin Fanxuan asked, “Why don’t we have Senior Martial Brother Feng assassinate him. His skills are all mysterious and unpredictable so he probably has a way to kill Mo Yin!”

  Zhong Yue however, smiled and carefully said, “Let’s put that aside first. My two dear darlings, let me introduce you to my old friends, Wanjun and Yinji.”

  Yi Wanjun and Shi Yinji walked out right away and Shi Yinji giggled, “Greetings, sisters.”

  Before they walked out, Yi Wanjun had returned to her female attire and she smiled, “Nice to meet you, sisters.”

  Upon seeing the two ladies, Yin Fanxuan and Jin Hexi’s expression turned cold in an instant, they both looked at Zhong Yue and Jin Hexi smiled dangerously, “Darling, why don’t you explain to us why we suddenly have two more sisters?”

  Without flinching, Zhong Yue shamelessly said, “Back when I was still in the lower realms, before knowing you two, I once got into a relationship with them. I met them again this time and …”

  “And you got back together?” said Jin Hexi as she clenched her fists.

  “Darling, where are your incarnations?” smiled Yin Fanxuan on the other hand.

  Zhong Yue hurriedly summoned his incarnations to the scene, only to have them all killed by Yin Fanxuan in a blink of an eye as she shouted angrily, “I told you not to chase after the ladies from the outside, why can’t you listen to me! Why can’t you!”

  Cold sweat dripped down from Zhong Yue’s forehead and he watched in fear as his wife killed his incarnations.

  “Ah, better.”

  Yin Fanxuan clapped her hands and smiled towards Yi Wanjun and Shi Yinji, “Sisters, to be honest, there is a rule everyone should abide by in order to enter the Zhong Family. Come with me.”

  The confused Zhong Yue quickly asked Jin Hexi, “Rule? What rule?”

  Jin Hexi smiled, “When I enter the family, I got bashed up by the official wife, forced to recognize her as the main wife. The two sisters here are going to have to go through some challenges now.”

  Chapter 1056: Bet |

  Shi Yinji’s eyes blinked, she wrapped her arms around Yi Wanjun’s arms and giggled, “We sisters would very much like to know about the Zhong Family’s rule! In fact, back then when we were enjoying our time with darling, where was Goddess Xuan? Back then, there wasn’t any rule in the Zhong Family! Isn’t that right, darling?”

  Hearing this, the headache Zhong Yue had intensified tenfold.

  Meanwhile, Shi Yinji dragged Yi Wanjun with her as she followed Yin Fanxuan into the back garden, “Wanjun, let’s team up later and teach this main wife a lesson! After teaching her a lesson, we will snatch the main wife position from her and you can take her place, I am more than willing to have a lower position than you!”

  Yi Wanjun shook her head and said, “No, I won’t be the main wife or the mistress, I have no relationship with this man but I will still help you because you are my best friend.”

  Zhong Yue, on the other hand, blinked his eyes, he knew that Shi Yinji and Yi Wanjun were both confident right now after cultivating Great Monarch Zao Hua’s [Creation and Evolution Mystical Art] and obtaining two innate weapons.

  But how was it possible for them to understand the main wife’s strength?

  One should know that as the Innate Saint Spirit Body, even Zhong Yue couldn’t beat her easily.

  After some time, Yin Fanxuan returned, with Yi Wanjun and Shi Yinji following behind her disheartedly. Jin Hexi giggled right away upon seeing this, “Come on sisters, don’t be so down, even darling can’t guarantee he can win against Sister Xuan.”

  The two ladies had a scare and Yi Wanjun shouted, “Is this Sister Xuan one of the two that could take on your dual sabers at the same level?”

  Zhong Yue nodded.

  Shi Yinji immediately looked towards Jin Hexi and exclaimed, “and the other one is this Sister Xi?”

  With slight hesitation, Zhong Yue shook and brushed off the topic, “You will meet her, eventually…”

  The four ladies exchanged a glance and they were all puzzled.

  Outside of the fortress, in the central camp, Gui Youmin, Lou Zhengshi, Pan Ji, Ting Daoji and the others were all present and they were all looking at Old Man Xuan and Qi and Mo Yin.

  Old Man Xuan and Qi sat there without moving a finger, eyes closed and said not a single word.

  Gui Youmin raised his brows slightly and said, “Mister Mo, His Majesty only sent three of you? I’m not doubting Old Man Xuan and Qi but you, I don’t think you have the capability to take down the Heavenly Suppression Fortress.”

  Mo Yin quickly smiled back, “Prime Minister is right, I definitely am not strong enough to take down the fortress so I’ll need Prime Minister and everyone’s help. His Majesty sent me here to help Prime Minister to…..”

  “Help me?”

  Gui Youmin smiled, “I see no need for this, Old Man Xuan and Qi will be more than enough.”

  Mo Yin hurriedly said again, “Prime Minister, the fate of the Heavenly Suppression Fortress is very strong. But just now, its fate intensified quickly, showing signs of newly appeared powerful foes or weapons. In my opinion, it is best not to have Old Man Xuan and Qi out on the field right now, I fear that they might be ambushed.”

  “Hmph! If you are not sent by His Majesty, I would have executed you for what you said just now! What nonsense fate? Are you here to disrupt our morale! Old Man Xuan and Qi! Let us welcome your arrival with a banquet and by tomorrow, we would like to have both of you to smith a powerful weapon that can cut down the foes in Heavenly Suppression Fortress!”

  Lou Zhengshi, Ting Daoji, and the others, on the other hand, glanced at each other and continued to drink silently; they were not willing to speak for Mo Yin as they did not wish to offend Gui Youmin.

  They too, knew that the two strategists were not on good terms, Gui Youmin had always been humiliating Mo Yin and even though Mo Yin was a man of good temper, he was still a human.

  Old Man Xuan and Qi smiled, “Good. Good.”

  On the next day, Gui Youmin ordered the soldiers to get into their formations, surrounding the Old Man Xuan and Qi while they both set up the furnace and prepared the tools for weapon smithing.

  “This is the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation]!”

  Long Zhi, Jiao Teng, and the others quickly rushed into King’s Palace to meet with Zhong Yue and the others. In no time, the many Deity Emperors, Creators amounted to thousands, including the Juling Clan and Yinkang Clan’s Imperial Emperors. There were also the many individuals with special talents recruited by Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

  Long Zhi frowned, “The [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] is Old Man Xuan and Qi’s ultimate art. Even the Imperial Emperor once struggled against it. Now that Old Man Xuan and Qi are smithing right outside, the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] will
echo right into the fortress, pulling everyone of us into their [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] in order to find out our weaknesses to craft weapons that completely tackle our weaknesses!”

  Yin Fukang who was affected heavily by the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] added, “I have a very bad feeling about this, the weapon created from the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation] will probably kill me as well!”

  The many Deity Emperors, Creators and Imperial Emperors nodded as they all had a similar feeling.

  Not long later, the only Innate War Spirit Body Deity Emperor in the fortress shouted, “The weapon that counters me is created! I can feel a dangerous intent locking onto me and there is no escaping from it!”

  Jiao Teng immediately activated a mirror and the scene right outside the fortress was shown in the mirror; the two old men had already crafted a divine weapon that took the form of a steel gourd.

  After crafting this weapon, they quickly returned to creating the second divine weapon, intimidating those within the fortress.

  Ling Zheng, the second in command in Juling Clan thought for a second and said, “So this is the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation]? We can’t let them continue this or we will all die in the end! Ladies and gentlemen, what do you say? Any way to stop the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation]? Without [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation], the Old Man Xuan and Qi will not be able to craft weapons that tackle our weaknesses!”

  Everyone exchanged a glance and they all shook in disappointment.

  Long Zhi added, “In order to break the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation], we will have to break it through the Dao voice but we don’t have any weapons like bells or drums. Even if we did, there is no way it could fight against their hammer and furnace.”

  Her words reminded Zhong Yue of the Drum of Dusk but he couldn’t reveal Drum of Dusk or the Heavenly Prison will know about this right away and find out that he was the one who sneaked into the ancient continental!

  Suddenly, a Creator’s face turned pale as he tremblingly said, “I’m done for! The weapon that will kill me is also done!”