Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  Gu Yue used his real identity as he walked in the 3,000 Six Paths Worlds to draw attention away from Zhong Yue with a completely different look from King Yi.

  This was an identity never to be exposed, but for some reason, Monarch Chang Sheng saw through everything.

  “There is no need to be so surprised.”

  A smile rose on Monarch Chang Sheng’s face as he said, “There is my totem pillar in your secret realms, so it’s normal that I know you are King Yi.”

  Zhong Yue was stunned, he mumbled, “Your totem pillar… in my Yuan Shen secret realms? You mean …”

  “When Nong Sovereign passed away, he gave everything he had to you, which includes his wish and wealth, among them is the totem pillar to contact me.”

  Monarch Chang Sheng smiled, “I knew you are the one who inherited Nong Sovereign long ago but I just didn’t contact you, for you are still far too weak, your shoulders are not strong enough to carry the burden you are supposed to carry. Fuxi, your identity is too sensitive and because of this, I will not contact you recklessly, now is still not the time to meet you but since you are here, I suppose I have no choice but to see you. However, after this, our memories may be kept with ourselves but not for Ancient Mother Di Lin.”

  Ancient Mother Di Lin nodded and after getting out from the palace, she extracted the particular memory and erased it.

  Zhong Yue on the other hand, searched around in his Yuan Shen secret realms, and after confirming again and again, he finally felt much more at ease.

  Monarch Chang Sheng was not angered by Zhong Yue’s suspicion, rather, he approved his caution, “You really are a steady one, no wonder you’ve made quite a name for yourself, no wonder you are relied on so heavily by Mu Xiantian.”

  “Why are you so keen on sitting onto that throne?”

  Zhong Yue kept the totem pillar away, and asked, “You will become the target of everyone when you declare taking part in the war and there is little you can do when you are being focused by everyone.”

  “Something great can be achieved by becoming the Heavenly Monarch.”

  Monarch Chang Sheng smiled, “When saint herbs cultivate, they would acquire great life span, it has been more than 100,000 years and I too, am feeling very bored so I’m trying to find something to keep myself occupied. Who said that saint herbs can’t become the Heavenly Monarch? And this is why I’m taking part in the war, if I won, I will be the new Heavenly Monarch and there is nothing to lose even if I lost in the battle.”

  His words left Zhong Yue speechless, the others took part in the war for fame and power but this monarch right here only seemed to be doing it for sport.

  But what he said was true, saint herbs’ lifespan was terrifyingly long, almost on par with innate gods, for example, the three spiritual roots were still alive, even though they were already around ever since the universe first born.

  “Fuxi, you must beware of Mu Xiantian, he is not as simple as you think.”

  Monarch Chang Sheng continued, “I’ve experienced more than you, I’ve already seen him when he was first born. Dao Venerate commented that Mu Xiantian is one who will shine in the future, a talent that was hitherto never seen by this world. Throughout these years, I’ve been observing him closely, he is more than what he’s shown to the world, he definitely did not merely rely on Dark Monarch and King Zi Guang’s support.”

  Zhong Yue’s heart thumped and Monarch Chang Sheng continued, “With the innate god’s body alone, he managed to become a monarch, his intelligence is not only on cultivation, he is more than just that. You must be careful.”

  Zhong Yue nodded seriously, “I will. Great monarch, there is something that I don’t understand, something that happened on Dao Venerate back then, could you please solve my confusion.”

  “There is no need to call me the great monarch, you can address me as senior martial brother.”

  Monarch Chang Sheng said, “You are that man’s inheritor, I can sense the power hilt’s presence in you. If you are his heir, then we stand at the same level. Alright, what is this question that is puzzling you.”

  “When his time is almost up, Dao Venerate unleashed a massacre, claiming the lives of 3,000 monarchs, who were all once his fellow Daoists, existences that he worked with to create Six Paths Reincarnations. This is the impetus that caused our Fuxi Celestial Race to become despised. Why did Dao Venerate do this?”

  Monarch Chang Sheng thought for a moment and continued, “I am also searching for abnormalities throughout these years. Dao Venerate is already looking for a way to achieve the seventh secret realm, he even shed the past bodies and there shouldn’t be anything that could hinder his thinking. Later on, I discovered that Heaven found Crown Prince Fu Shang, told him about Dao Venerate’s doing and after that, the crown prince gathered the monarchs and announced it to the world.”

  “Heaven?” murmured a shocked Zhong Yue.

  “I began digging further these years in search of more secrets but oddly enough, traces were removed and those who knew what happened disappeared one after another.”

  Fear crept into Monarch Chang Sheng’s voice as he said in horror, “Throughout the way, I ran into dangers without any reasons, dangers that almost killed me but fortunately enough, I survived through the immense life essence as a saint herb or I wouldn’t even be here by now. Apart from Heaven, I also discovered that a few more legendary figures played a dirty role in the extinction. However, I stopped after experiencing a massive scale crisis that forced me to stop. I had a feeling that I will be dead for sure if I continued.”

  He sighed and said, “Even some secrets I dare not touch.”

  Zhong Yue was stunned, Celestial Monarch Jin Wu also tried to peek into this matter and he too, almost got himself killed. If it wasn’t because of the Chaos Bead gifted to him by Hun Dun, Celestial Monarch Jin Wu would already be dead!

  And Celestial Monarch Jin Wu was even stronger than Monarch Chang Sheng, after all, he was an innate god but even so, he was not strong enough to uncover the mystery of Dao Venerate Fu Min.

  “Fuxi, when the Earth Order Era was destroyed and the Imperial Star exploded, I went to the ruins and found this divine weapon’s piece.”

  Monarch Chang Sheng took out a mountainous weapon fragment and said, “The patterns on this weapon I’ve never seen. The wonders in it I failed to decipher and do you know where I found this piece? Right in the Imperial Star’s core! I suspect that this is not something created by monarch level existences, not with their power.”

  Zhong Yue took over this weapon piece and just as Monarch Chang Sheng said, it had some sort of mysterious totem patterns but apart from the patterns, he also saw the Dao structure of Daos!

  It was the Dark Age’s Daos that were carved onto the weapon!

  Apart from that, he also saw the remnants of Drawings of Heavenly Daos!

  At least three existences standing far superior than monarchs were involved in the creation of this weapon!

  Zhong Yue examined it repeatedly and his eyes twitched upon discovering the traces of the fourth, fifth and sixth person!

  Innate Evil Monarch… Demon Monarch… Celestial Monarch…

  He identified them one by one, and in the end, he found a total of 12 terrifying existences’ Dao patterns on the weapon piece!

  “This weapon piece, was it found right in the Earth Order Era’s Imperial Star’s core?” asked Zhong Yue with a frown.

  Monarch Chang Sheng nodded, “I suspect that this weapon is planted deep in the star’s core, affecting Dao Venerate’s decision making without him knowing, causing him to unleash a massacre upon the 3,000 monarchs that created the 3,000 Six Paths Worlds! When he is old, Dao Venerate was no longer in his peak form and that gave the artifact an opening to affect his thinking!”

  Chapter 1109: In Love |

  Zhong Yue was inspecting the divine weapon’s fragment to try to understand more about it. However, the divine weapon was too damaged that it didn’t even possess a single strand of energy
. It was impossible for him to find out its use during its perfect state.

  Which was also why Monarch Chang Sheng could possess the divine weapon’s fragment for so long. If it had any energy left in it, its master would be able to sense its presence.

  If that happened, Monarch Chang Sheng would be exposed and be eliminated for sure!

  “If this divine weapon was buried in the core of the Earth Order Era’s Imperial Star, they should’ve acted before Dao Venerate Fu Min slaughtered the 3,000 monarchs, not after.”

  Zhong Yue said, “Senior Martial Brother Chang Sheng, can I take this divine weapon’s fragment?”

  Monarch Chang Sheng nodded.

  Zhong Yue kept the fragment in his Yuan Shen secret realms and bowed, “Thank you, senior martial brother, for all the help you’ve given to our Fuxi Celestial Race over the hundred thousand years. Yue has nothing that can repay the debt we owe to you!”

  Monarch Chang Sheng quickly helped Zhong Yue get up and replied, “I was only a herb, if it wasn’t for Dao Venerate’s guidance, my destiny will remain as a herb that will someday be consumed by someone. But now, I’m a monarch myself, with my own race. This is a debt I owe him that not even death can repay.”

  Zhong Yue stood up, he said, “Senior Martial Brother Chang Sheng, please take care of yourself. I will still need your help to aid me in Fuxi’s future.”

  Monarch Chang Sheng stood up and sent him away, he said, “Be careful of Mu Xiantian.”

  Zhong Yue entered the Nether and turned back to his King Yi’s cover, summoning the thousand-winged ancient warship and sailing out.

  Somewhere in the Heavenly River, Mo Yin was observing the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s fate from afar and he suddenly smiled when he noticed the changes, he said, “Gentlemen, King Yi is now out of the fortress. He has left the Imperial Star to the outer galaxies. If you want him, now is your time.”

  Beside Mo Yin, three Imperial Emperors exchanged a look and saw the same curiosity in each other’s eyes.

  The three Imperial Emperors were Innate Evil Monarch’s disciple, Xie Yang, Innate Demon Monarch’s disciple Mo Yuanlie, and Innate Celestial Monarch’s disciple, Shen Xiage.

  Mo Yuanlie put up a smile as he asked, “Mister Mo, how did you know King Yi has left the Heaven Breaching Fortress?”

  “King Yi’s fate is strong and thick, no less than Mu Xiantian’s. He himself accounts for 30 percent of the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s fate. With his departure, the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s fate just seen a 30 percent drop.”

  Mo Yin explained, “King Yi’s fate is already at a high stage of what we call it as the Five Qi Returned Origin, it’s not just extraordinary. To you lots, he is only a man, but to me, King Yi is as bright as a divine sun. Wherever he goes, brilliance follows. Thus, it’s not hard for me to find him.”

  Xie Yang, Mo Yuanlie, and Shen Xiage were left in awe.

  “Mister Mo, do you know where is he heading?” Shen Xiage asked.

  Mo Yin raised his finger and pointed at the direction where Zhong Yue left, “That way. But where to, I can’t tell. My vision cannot reach that far.”

  The trio walked out with Xie Yang smiling, “We will be able to find him after knowing his direction. He is only a Deity Overlord now, which is also known as the Cataclysmic Realm. Before his ascension to the Deity Emperor level, he will face with a cataclysmic tribulation for trying to steal the heaven’s and earth’s powers. Knowing his direction, we will be able to chase up to him and sense his presence as nature leads us to him!”

  Shen Xiage said, “The Deity Overlord is a difficult level to the gods. The slightest distraction will cost the cultivator’s life. King Yi should’ve stayed in the Heaven Breaching Fortress and broken through to the Deity Emperor level under his armies’ protection. But unfortunately for him, he didn’t, instead leaping into death’s arms.”

  Mo Yuanlie was filled with killing intent, “I heard King Yi has already faced a tribulation during his return to the Heaven Breaching Fortress. He was ambushed by the Panhu monarch spirits, forced to use the Nine Lives Black Wok Mushroom to escape his death. But given that he hasn’t broken through to the Deity Emperor level yet, the tribulation still stands!”

  Lou Zhengshi saw the trio leaving, he said, “Mister, King Yi’s absence in the Heaven Breaching Fortress is our best chance to take it down! I say we launch a full attack now!”

  Mo Yin shook, he sighed as he explained, “We are not powerful enough for that. King Yi has left, but his incarnations are still there. Their presence still allowed him to command the armies in the war. Our current stand now…”

  He shook again and continued, “If we can blood sacrifice tens of million slaves and summon the Panhu Clan’s five monarch spirits, we will be able to do so. But sadly, the slaves were used up by Consort Tian Si.”

  Lou Zhengshi sighed in regret. Suddenly, he said, “Wait, there’s still the Sign of Nine-Five! We may take down the Heaven Breaching Fortress with the innate gods’ help!”

  “I’m afraid of anything that would happen to the Nine-Five. Furthermore, minimizing any war is also His Majesty’s order, I cannot override his wish.”

  Suddenly, Mo Yin was bestirred and he laughed happily, “His Majesty just told me he had found a way to handle Mu Xiantian. He wants us to be patient, wait until His Majesty and the queen opened the seventh secret realm and we will take down Mu Xiantian and King Yi in fe;; swoop! General Lou, you should also hold back your urge for war.”

  Lou Zhengshi sighed, “I’m just whining over the fleeting chance we’ve missed this time.”

  Half a year later, the thousand-winged ancient warship arrived at the boundary of the Zi Wei Galaxy. Over the years, Zhong Yue’s cultivation base and prowess were getting stronger day by day. As a result, the ship’s travel speed was also increasing, shortening the time for him to travel to places.

  Here, the surroundings were much lesser. There were more blank spaces and fewer stars and planets. Most of the astronomical bodies were clustered together and formed into a sacred land.

  In stark contrast to the Imperial Star that was filled with fate and Dao, this place seemed much more desolate. The number of gods taking residence here was also much lesser. But that was just when compared to the Imperial Star.

  Although it wasn’t up to the match of the other places in the Zi Wei Galaxy, it was still a grade better than the 3,000 Six Paths Worlds.

  Zhong Yue stopped the thousand-winged ancient warship in the Nether and walked out. He descended into the sacred land’s city and toured himself around.

  Moments later, he stopped by a pavilion and strode into it, sitting down on the bench.

  Soon after, Feng Xiaozhong and Pan Suxin were seen walking toward the pavilion. They were incredibly intimate, holding hands and leaning on shoulders like two love birds. If it were someone who didn’t know of Feng Xiaozhong’s history, no one would ever think that the middle-aged man would be the madman that was the bane of every race in the universe.

  “Suxin, go take a walk around on your own for a second. I’ll be meeting with an old friend.” Feng Xiaozhong smiled as he said.

  Pan Suxin left on her own as he wished.

  Then, the dimensions in the pavilion rippled and Feng Xiaozhong appeared in front of Zhong Yue. There were two teacups on the table and the teas were still warm.

  “Senior martial brother didn’t slow down your cultivation progress for her, did you?” Zhong Yue sipped on the tea and asked.

  Feng Xiaozhong sat down in front of him and asked, “How did you know I’m here?”

  “I didn’t, but I know Pan Suxin is here.” Zhong Yue smiled, “It’s incredibly hard to calculate your location, but I’ve concocted her Karmic Line, of course, I will be able to calculate her location. Senior martial brother, I’m afraid that your love will hinder your cultivation.”

  Feng Xiaozhong replied calmly, “You overthink things. I may be into love, but I am also still devoted to the Dao. It’s been a long time since my heart has
found peace. Now that it has, my zeal for the Dao has grown even stronger, my mind and thoughts are clearer. What I couldn’t see before, after meeting Suxin, I can now, and I can even see more than before.”

  Zhong Yue’s heart grew alert, he said, “You should know, she isn’t your wife, but a Panhu Sovereign Race lady who only resembles her. You can’t replace her as your wife!”

  Feng Xiaozhong looked an eye at him and answered placidly, “What difference does it make? I’ve taken her as my lovely wife and she sees me as her love. In my heart, my wife is back to life. In hers, my loyalty to her is also true.”

  Zhong Yue frowned softly while Feng Xiaozhong drank the tea, he stood up and said, “You should leave.”

  Zhong Yue frowned even more, “Senior martial brother, we are Dao friends.”

  Feng Xiaozhong smiled, “We still are. My Yu Ling Palace is still here, our incarnations can still continue our researches. I didn’t do nothing over the past 20 years, I’ve been researching the secrets of Heaven’s disciple, Xuan Ji. However, Suxin doesn’t like to see you, so I will not let her meet you.”

  Zhong Yue was left with no choice, “If that’s your wish, senior martial brother, I will leave the two of you alone. Senior martial brother, anything you need me, just give me a call.”

  Feng Xiaozhong waved his hand, turned and left.

  Zhong Yue stood up and also disappeared suddenly as if he was never here before. No matter what, he has inherited Feng Shang’s heritage. That made Feng Shang’s only son, Feng Xiaozhong, his family. As long as Feng Xiaozhong was happy, he would also be happy for them.

  Zhong Yue passed by the Quasi Star Region and stopped the warship there. Then, he strode into the region.

  From afar, the region looked like a swamp of quasi stars. The quasi stars were always exploding, releasing their brilliance like sabers of light into the blank space. It was as if there was a giant waving light sword around.

  He was here twice but still couldn’t help but praise the endless wonders of the universe. He even planned to stay around longer to derive a sword art from the Quasi Star Region’s nature, but didn’t manage to as he didn’t have enough time for it.