Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  The two old men exchanged another glance and Old Man Qi said seriously, “King Yi, Gui Youmin must not be underestimated. Back in the previous war for the throne, he was chased after by a monarch level existence and he survived the monarch and his monarch weapon.”

  “Even then he couldn’t be killed?”

  Zhong Yue’s expression changed slightly.

  On the other hand, the Heaven Court’s army were all extremely bothered by the smithing noise. A few times, they tried to launch a sneak attack but were all forced back to their own camps.

  Lou Zhengshi said, “Left Prime Minister, we’ll all probably be dead if Old Man Xuan and Qi are done forging the weapons, why don’t we ask Mister Mo for suggestions.”

  Without any options, Gui Youmin was forced to summon Mo Yin; after Innate Heavenly King’s death, the furious Gui Youmin threw Mo Yin into the prison and was about to execute him. But now, it seemed like they were all in need of Mo Yin’s aid.

  Mo Yin bowed, “I can set up an altar and perform a ritual to steal the fortress’ fate to take it as our own. Once its fate reaches the bottom, we will begin the siege. But first, I’ll need 8,000,000 soldiers to rob their fate! As for the weapons forged by Old Man Xuan and Qi, they are not a threat as long as we flexibly control the monarch weapons’ power to nullify the weapons and kill their generals!”

  Gui Youmin’s expression was unstable as Mo Yin explained his tactics and Lou Zhengshi interfered suddenly, “Mister Mo, the fortress has some kind of formation that strikes as fast as lightning and as ferociously as Golden Crow, this formation had claimed countless of our brave warriors and I’d like to ask if Mister Mo knows about this formation and the way to counter it?”

  His psyche gushed out and projected the images of the 9 towns 12 strongholds and Heavenly Suppression Fortress’ unique formation.

  Mo Yin took a glance and after a moment, he answered, “This is the Golden Crow Formation, a formation where Mister Yi turns his army into a Golden Crow and attacks with the crow’s beak, talons, and wings.”

  Lou Zhengshi and the others immediately walked closer to observe the formation and their confusion finally cleared away after hearing Mo Yin’s explanation.

  “How do we counter it?”

  “The Golden Crow is a powerful creature that is almost unbeatable when it comes to raw combat power.”

  Mo Yin glanced at Pan Ji and said, “Not many can rival the Golden Crow, but Panhu is one of them. I can have my men form the Three-Headed Panhu formation to fight with the Golden Crow Formation, but this will require Clan Master Pan Ji to contribute his Panhu Clan’s body cultivation art.”

  Lou Zheng suddenly said towards Gui Youmin, “Left Prime Minister, Mister Mo is indeed impressive in a way. I suggest we give him a go.”

  The other generals nodded as well, “We suppose this can do.”

  Seeing this, killing intent toward Mo Yin rose up in Gui Youmin, but he made sure not to reveal this on his face. He smiled, “Mister Mo, if your tactics help us to take down the fortress, I will free you from your death punishment and your contribution will be placed at the top of the list! I will give you the men you need for the altar and the ritual. But if you fail, I will cut you down right away!”

  Mo Yin, who was entirely clueless about Gui Youmin’s hostility toward him, bowed in excitement, “Clan Master Pan Ji, this way please, I’ll perform the ritual and learn more about the Three Head Panhu Formation from you.”

  Gui Youmin nodded and ordered Pan Ji to follow Mo Yin, who immediately started preparing the altar and the ritual while an ill intention rose in Gui Youmin, His existence is threatening my place! I guess I’ll covertly kill him in the chaos when the fortress is breached!

  In the fortress, Zhong Yue ordered his generals to provoke the enemies but they avoided the challenges like a turtle. As this continued on for a few months, the Heaven Court’s morale dropped tremendously.

  “My lord, they’ve set up an altar!”

  A divine general reported and Zhong Yue hurriedly went up the walls to check, finding himself an altar standing right in the center among the enemy camps. This altar was huge with millions of gods standing on it.

  With his divine third eye opened, Zhong Yue had a clear view of the altar; Mo Yin was the one holding the ceremony.

  Mo Yin holds the Almanac of Fate, has the ability to steal one’s fate… Hmmm, is this altar set up in order to weaken the Heavenly Suppression Fortress’s fate?

  Zhong Yue’s heart sank. Among the Fuxi Celestial Race’s Three Great Almanacs: Karma, Fate, and Six Paths, Consort Tian Si had already obtained Karma, turning the world into a mess. Yun Juanshu had Six Paths and was now in control of the life and death cycle, while Mo Yin possesses the Almanac of Fate, allowing him to alter fate.

  The three almanacs were powerful in their own fields, with the Almanac of Six Paths being the strongest of the three. But the most mysterious one was the Almanac of Fate. Even the Heavenly Monarch and the others didn’t dare to guarantee that they understood the logic behind fate. Those who controlled the Almanac of Fate possessed the ability to rob one’s fate and take it as their own! Just this ability alone was more than insane!

  Meanwhile, as Long Zhi and the others were observing, Zhong Yue suddenly said, “Everyone, summon the monarch weapons and raise the banner!”

  No one understood what Zhong Yue wanted, but they followed his order regardless. The monarch weapons ascended into the air. The Fusang Divine Tree, Heavenly River Suppression Cauldron, and Create Evolve Mystical Gate all unleashed their almighty power. Long Zhi and Jiao Teng’s monarch weapons were also activated and their aura spread across the surroundings.

  The two female Imperial Emperors were more than their looks; back in the previous war for throne, they had managed to raid some other races and steal a monarch weapon for themselves.

  In the fortress, the five monarch weapons floated in all four directions, North, South, East, West and the center of the fortress. Aside from that, there were also more than 300 Heavens hung high above the air.

  *This should be enough to stop Mo Yin’s plan, I guess. *

  The five monarch weapons started pressing the fate around the fortress, strengthening the fortress to a point where it became even sturdier than some ancient sovereign and imperial races!

  Upon seeing the five monarch weapons, Gui Youmin’s expression turned right away and he came charging to Mo Yin, “King Yi knows about your plan and he set up a barrier with five monarch weapons, do you have anything to deal with it?”

  Mo Yin smiled, “Prime Minister, why so worried? During His Majesty’s birthday celebration, I can even shift all the monarch weapons’ fate and there were more than ten of them back then! A mere five monarch weapons won’t stop me.”

  After completing his ritual, he left Gui Youmin on the spot and turned to Pan Ji to learn about the Three Head Panhu Formation; Pan Ji revealed his true form, turning into a three-headed Panhu with dragon scales to allow Mo Yin to observe his movements and the soul of a Panhu.

  After that, Pan Ji started performing the Panhu Clan’s body cultivation art and Mo Yin continued observing Pan Ji.

  On the second day, Mo Yin started another ritual and studied with Pan Ji, repeated the same procedure for about another hundred days but he mentioned nothing about sieging the fortress.

  Gui Youmin who could not wait any longer led his men onto the altar and questioned Mo Yin coldly, “Mo Yin, it has been more than four months ever since the altar is set up but you’re still wasting time here! I am sure Old Man Xuan and Qi are probably done forging the weapons that can strike our men down by now!”

  Mo Yin bowed, “All I need is half a year more, the soldiers are not familiar with the formation yet.”

  Gui Youmin replied coldly, “Half a year is too long! I can only give you two more months and if you still can’t give me an answer, I will have to hang your head on walls! Mark my words!”

  Chapter 1060: Your Fate Is Gone |

  Lou Zhengshi an
d the others frowned at Gui Youmin’s reply, for they all felt that Gui Youmin had crossed the line. They knew that Gui Youmin was just trying to make things difficult for Mo Yin, but at the same time, they also found it difficult to stand up for Mo Yin.

  While Mo Yin had earned their respect with his intelligence and wisdom, he lacked power and strength as well as the support of a powerful faction. Compared to him, Gui Youmin was the polar opposite. It would be unwise to offend Gui Youmin by standing up for Mo Yin.

  Mo Yin quickly smiled back, “Two months is also good enough. Please await my news. Two months later, the fortress will fall before you, Prime Minister!”

  Two months later, Mo Yin had trained the soldiers and taught them the structure of the formation in preparation of a siege.

  With that, the largest war ever since the war for throne erupted. The Heaven Court used all the power in the nine great army divisions. With the addition of the monarch and sovereign races to Gui Youmin’s Guishen Clan army, a total of 2 billion gods marched towards the Heavenly Suppression Fortress!

  The Huangting and Dating Clan formed the Three Head Panhu Formation with the Panhu Clan. The nine great army divisions acted as the Panhu’s tail and limbs while Mo Yin was responsible of commanding the soldiers!

  Among the soldiers, there were also generals that carried weapons forged by Old Man Xuan and Qi previously in order to strike down the generals from the fortress.

  Under Mo Yin’s command, the Panhu formation became extremely flexible yet ferocious and dangerous while on the other side, the fortress’s men charged out with the Golden Crow Formation under Jin Hexi’s lead. Both sides fought ferociously, and bloodshed formed blood rivers and corpses lied on the ground. Even the Star River was dyed red by the blood from the soldiers!

  In the air, the Heavens shattered, stars gushed out like water and remnants of these Heavens scattered all around the fortress after they turned into fireballs that fell right onto the ground.

  Outside the fortress, the Star River became the energy source for the Fusang Divine Tree that rooted right into the river, siphoning energy with its roots and the chaotic fire set the river ablaze, turning the river into the nightmare that claimed countless lives!

  The Heavenly River Suppression Cauldron created massive raging torrents that toppled the warships sailing on the river.

  The Create Evolve Mystical Gate opened wide as the power of creation and evolution flowed out, dragging the gods into the gate and turned them into skeletons!

  Jiao Teng and Long Zhi also summoned their monarch weapons as they shifted back into their original forms. They charged into the enemy ranks and unleashed a bloody massacre among the enemies.

  On the other hand, the Heaven Court’s nine army divisions also had their own monarch weapons. The clash between the monarch weapons created massive impacts that killed even more gods.

  Mo Yin had been preparing this attack for half a year. He had come with the strict determination to take down the fortress. His commanding might not be as swift and sharp as Jin Hexi’s, but he had the advantage in quantity. There were more men on the Heaven Court’s side, making up for the lacking Panhu Formation’s transformation.

  The Heavenly Suppression Fortress was forced back into the fortress; it was not that they were weak, but that they were simply outnumbered.

  Gui Youmin became extremely happy and he led the Guishen Clan right into the fortress as the vanguard. But that was when he noticed something odd. He turned around right away, only to find himself and his own men strayed far into the enemies rank, far from the other allies. Even the two sovereign and monarch races acting as the three Panhu heads were very distant from him.

  When did our Guishen Clan detach ourselves from the Panhu Formation?

  In the chaotic battle, he lost his cool as he dwelled in the joy of killing. His thinking became clouded and he did not even realize that he had led his men out of the formation. Right now, he and his men were all isolated!

  Mo Yin was the one in charge of the general aspect, commanding the many army divisions through totem pillars handed over to the generals to maintain the formation to fight against the Golden Crow Formation.

  Moments ago, Mo Yin’s voice kept sounding beside Gui Youmin’s ears, commanding his Guishen Clan and they were unstoppable, defeating one after another Heavenly Suppression Fortress’ men. But just a moment ago, Mo Yin’s sound stopped coming from the totem pillar.

  Suddenly, battlecries sounded out, and a killing array descended from nowhere and above the array were five innate divine weapons. They were a bone bowl, a phoenix feather, a black tail whip, an eyeball, and a phoenix tongue.

  Beneath the each of the five innate divine weapons were five top tier Heavens, each condensed with mighty power and their power was being channeled into the five weapons!

  Together, the 25 Heavens raised the weapons’ might to the peak, evil Qi poured out from the evil eye, fiery heavenly fire shrouded the phoenix feather, endless light emitted from the bone bowl, immense demonic Qi wrapped around the black whip and the phoenix tongue eroded the dimensions!

  In the next second, the five innate divine weapons turned into humans, taking the form of Xian Tian Palace’s King Yi’s main wife, Goddess Xuan, Goddess Xi and two other ladies with one from the black whip and the other one dressed in male attire. The last man was Hundun Yu from Hundun Clan.

  These five were not that powerful compared to Imperial Emperors and monarchs but when the five weapons turned into their appearances, their power made Gui Youmin flinch.

  It was the primal aura of the Celestial Dao!

  As it turned out, the weapon that turned into the lady in male attire was Innate Celestial Monarch’s skull!

  If that skull was Innate Celestial Monarch’s skull, then the other innate divine weapons’ identities could also be guessed, which pushed Gui Youmin deeper into the abyss.

  Second Yuan Shen!

  Gui Youmin looked towards the outside of the killing array to find Yin Fanxuan and Jin Hexi continuing to command the army against Mo Yin’s army. Meanwhile, Zhong Yue led Xian Tian Royal Guards right into the battlefield with Hundun Yu and the other two ladies in tow.

  Those five did not come here to kill him but they cultivated the second Yuan Shen through the innate divine weapons and formed a killing array!

  The five innate divine weapons and 25 Heavens had already surrounded him and his men, trapping them in the center and there was no escaping from this place.

  Gui Youmin turned his head around to locate Mo Yin, who was standing right at the Panhu Formation’s center position, protected by a massive army but Gui Youmin still managed to find Mo Yin.

  Right now, Mo Yin kept a cold expression, staring at Gui Youmin as Gui Youmin stared at Mo Yin and the young human god gave Gui Youmin a smile.

  It was a chilling smile.

  A smile that was so cold like the grin on the cat when it caught its prey.

  Not good!

  Suddenly, Mo Yin became nervous, hurriedly controlled the formation and ordered the men to attack the fortress like a rabid dog as he shouted, “Prime Minister wanted to steal the first contribution to the war and he is now stranded alone in the fortress!”

  Gui Youmin’s expression twisted on Mo Yin’s words, hatred burnt strongly in him but the enemies did not give him the time to catch his breath; the lady in male attire clenched her fists, tearing a black hole right in the air and the many Guishen Clan’s soldiers were sucked into the black hole, corroded into pus in an instant!

  The phoenix feather was cultivated into Jin Hexi’s second Yuan Shen. She brushed down and along with it, sky covering heavenly fire that burnt the many Guishen Clan’s soldiers into ashes!

  Gui Youmin however, remained silent as he turned around right away. He tried to get out but at the same time, Shi Yinji raised her hands and swung the black whip towards Gui Youmin; though with his mysterious and unpredictable movements, he was still struck by Shi Yinji and blood started flowing out!

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bsp; This shocked Gui Youmin heavily as these five were nothing more than an ant before his strength but after creating the second Yuan Shen from the five ancient one’s weapons, their strength was so strong that not even he could withstand it.

  “Ghost Master, now…. Do you know that I am not to be underestimated?”

  In his Yuan Shen secret realm, the totem pillar vibrated and Mo Yin’s face emerged on the pillar with a very mocking smile, “Have you ever thought about this day’s coming when you humiliated me?”

  Meanwhile, Gui Youmin’s movements became even more unpredictable as he evaded Yin Fanxuan and the other four’s attacks, he smirked, “I am His Majesty’s favorite servant, I aided in his conquest everywhere, helped him in sitting onto that throne, do you think your mere puny plans can kill me?”

  “Ghost Master, I have to admit that you are impressive in your way for being able to escape from Imperial Emperor Xian Tian. Heh, but I have to remind you that you managed to survive from Imperial Emperor Xian Tian because of His Majesty’s prosperous fate.”

  Mo Yin smiled, “Perhaps you did not know about this, but I’ve been shredding your fate little by little and by now, your fate has just reached a new bottom, which also means that this is the end for you. Doesn’t it feel strange that someone as smart as you who calculates everything so well now finds himself cornered?”

  Gui Youmin’s eyes twitched as Mo Yin revealed his plans, but this did not stop him from struggling to survive; when he saw that the five continued chasing after him, he turned away, coldly abandoning his own people. But with a strange technique, the lady in male attire turned the surroundings into impermeable invisible walls that prevented him from warping through the dimensions.

  Mo Yin’s face on the totem pillar burst out laughing happily and he softly said, “And this, is a sign of a weakened fate. After your fate has been weakened by me, you lost your sense of danger and your usual sharp wit. I’ve turned you into a starving tiger that had lost its eyes and nose. Without your senses, you are slowly walking into your own death under the hunter’s trap!”