Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  He opened Three Eyes Heavenly Pupil, searched for Hua Qianwen’s Yuan Shen and in just a short time, the lady’s Yuan Shen had already floated out of the Huaxu Sacred Ground, happily wandering around, passing through the sun, teasing the sun spirit before suddenly entering the Void World to have a conversation with the ancient saintly spirits.

  Her Yuan Shen then leaped into the lower realm, arriving at a strange planet and staring at a turtle in a pond that was staring back at her.

  Her Dao heart is too pure, she is not an Innate Saint Spirit Body but her affinity towards the Daos is on par with Fanxuan’s. No wonder she will lose herself, this little girl will learn new things about Daos every single time and each time this happens, she will chase after the Daos only to be distracted by other Daos.

  His Yuan Shen left his body and chased after the girl. After some time, he finally caught up with the lady’s Yuan Shen running amok. But just as he was about to drag her back, he was instead stalled by Hua Qianwen.

  The girl’s Yuan Shen was incredibly powerful, the duo’s Yuan Shen then lingered around, entered the heaven and dived into the earth, did every single thing Zhong Yue deemed absurd, childish or pointless.

  “See? Daos are everywhere!”

  Hua Qianwen had him staring at a toad and said happily, “Stare into its eyes and take a close look carefully, can you see that it has its own Dao as well? There is no standard among Daos, they can be a divine dragon and they could also be an ordinary toad!”

  Their Yuan Shen then wandered far away, so far that their body could not be detected anymore and Hua Qianwen finally remembered to go back. This time, in order to prevent her from getting herself lost, Zhong Yue led the way and they finally returned to their body.

  “I feel like our relationship is one step closer!” shouted Hua Qianwen excitedly.

  Zhong Yue was left speechless and he said, ‘Qianwen, next time, you don’t have to pretend to be very serious and polite anymore. Just be yourself, instead of the serious and well-behaved you, I like the way you are even more!”

  This girl was a lively one, hence, she managed to achieve what she achieved right now, if the liveliness in her was restricted, she would be restricted as well and this was not something Zhong Yue wished to see, even if she did this because of their marriage and for him.

  Besides, after having such a childish yet interesting adventure with Hua Qianwen, Zhong Yue actually discovered that every object in this world had their own Dao. He was not talented at this field but Hua Qianwen had an impressive affinity in this field.

  “You said it, not me!” giggled Hua Qianwen with her eyes lit up hearing Zhong Yue’s words.

  “Of course! But remember, you have to remember your way back, don’t get yourself lost again.” reminded Zhong Yue carefully.

  Chapter 1116: Fish Pond |

  Hua Qianwen was boisterous and exuberant, and she could discover things others would be oblivious to, something even Zhong Yue had to admit was impressive.

  Any existence that stood on the same level as the Innate Saint Spirit Body was all incredible.

  After bidding farewell to Hua Qianwen, Zhong Yue returned to Goddess Shen Hou and the goddess praised after taking a few glances at Zhong Yue, “Good, even stronger than before. young Fuxi, the stronger you are, the happier I will be, but so will my worry increase.”

  Confused at such a statement, Zhong Yue smiled, “Goddess, I know that this is something to be happy about, but where is your worry from?”

  “I’ve seen mortals’ fish farming, they always start by breeding fishes, feeding them every day and caring for them.”

  Goddess Shen Hou did not answer Zhong Yue’s question directly, “Once the fish are ready to be harvested, they would net them up, if there are still immature fish, they would release these fish back into the water while the matured fish are eaten.”

  “Goddess, you think that some kind of existence is rearing me to catch me and eat me when I’m strong enough?”

  A smile uncontrollably split on Zhong Yue’s face, “Who is capable of this? Is he not worried at all? That the fish he thinks is weak is actually an alligator that would eat him alive instead?”

  Goddess Shen Hou rolled her eyes and mocked, “You? The alligator? You overestimate yourself and underestimate them. What they breed is not just a fish but a whole pond of fish. And they have been doing this for a very long time, since all the way back to the Fire Order Era. They also bred monstrous sized fish but without a fail, these fishes were all netted and eaten alive by them! None of these fishes are any smaller than you, their identity and origin is much scarier than you could imagine!”

  Zhong Yue blinked his eyes and said, “Oh? So the goddess knows something, why don’t you share it with me?”

  Goddess Shen Hou said, “What if I told you that the improvements of Dao skills are actually them breeding the postnate living beings, so that the postnate living beings could use their intelligence to help these existences develop and perfect Dao skills? And what if I told you that the postnate living beings will be harvested and eaten alive when the time is right? Now, do you still think that things are as simple as you thought?”

  A cold shivered down Zhong Yue’s spine hearing this.

  “And when the Heavenly Monarchs are getting old, they would start causing trouble but some of them would still die in these fishermen’s hands, ending up tragically. This is their fishing operation, what do you think?”

  Zhong Yue trembled again and a scary thought emerged in his mind.

  “Forget about those really old ones, let’s talk about the recent ones. If you ran into Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s monarch spirit, you can ask him about the cause of his death, and the other one, how did Dao Venerate Fu Min die? Why had Xin Huo gone into a slumber so long? Do you think all of these happened because it’s only time to happen?” said Goddess Shen Hou, “Do you think that the postnate living beings are really the rulers of this universe? Have you not noticed that your fate and destiny, all of it is being controlled by something?”

  Zhong Yue couldn’t help but feel cold, “What do you know, goddess.”

  Goddess Shen Hou sighed and she waved her hand in exhaustion, “I do know a lot but some things can’t be spoken. Right now, all you need to know is that there is an organization that had existed ever since the Dark Age. Heh, postnate living beings? Rulers of the universe? They’ve never been the rulers of this universe…. Never….”

  Zhong Yue was dumbfounded by this revelation, his mind went blank and after shaking away his shock, he calmed himself down.

  An organization that controlled the destiny of all living beings and the universe’s operation?

  One that would harvest the pool when it was time?

  A mastermind behind the history responsible for ending an era?

  Wasn’t this just way too crazy?

  But if Goddess Shen Hou refused to talk about it anymore, it would be inappropriate for Zhong Yue to ask anymore, leaving him with a heart pumping quickly over the shock he received.

  Sometime later, with his shock cleared, Zhong Yue bowed and said, “Goddess, there are two Daos that I fail to understand, they are the Heaven Dao and Innate Mountain Dao, could you please teach me?”

  “Innate Mountain Dao, Heaven Dao?”

  Surprised by this request, Goddess Shen Hou thought for a while and said, “I know little about the Heavenly Dao, my sister and Lei Zhe know more about it but… Shame….”

  She shook her head and said, “Maybe try Lei Zhe Sacred Ground and see Leizhe’s shed body but his condition is a little terrible right now….”

  She did not say much about this and continued, “Lei Zhe Sacred Ground, the ancient Lei Zhe Realm is in the lower realm but its core, the place that births the innate celestial dragon has been moved to Zi Wei, it was also destroyed in a battle. Go and meet Chuo Long, if you are lucky enough, you may be able to find Leizhe’s shed body, as for the Innate Mountain Dao….”

  “You should head to the north of Z
i Wei, there is an innate sacred ground there, one from the ancient universe, which probably is the most ancient sacred mountain in the whole universe. You might find the thing you want there, but that place….”

  She hesitated for a second and Zhong Yue tried his luck, “Yuan Ya Deity King’s innate sacred ground?”

  His guess caught Goddess Shen Hou’s off guard, had her shouting, “You even know about him?”

  “His disciple and I have crossed paths a few times.”

  Zhong Yue got up and took his leave, but not before he bowed, “Thank you for your time, your humble disciple will now take his leave. Fair well, goddess.”

  Goddess Shen Hou hesitated for a second and said, “Be careful, become the alligator you think you are as soon as possible or you will end up being eaten.”

  Zhong Yue then took his leave, in his heart, he was a little anxious as the 30-year promise with Mu Xiantian was just around the corner. As per the promise, he was to attack the Heaven Court now.

  But in order to achieve the Innate Mountain Dao, he first had to enter Yuan Ya Deity King’s sacred ground.

  Yuan Ya Deity King is a powerful enemy, sneaking into his sacred ground will be impossible, at least not at my level.

  Zhong Yue thought for a while and he returned to Huaxu Sacred Ground to find Goddess Shen Hou, “Goddess, if Yuan Ya Deity King leaves his nest, can you please notify me beforehand?”

  Goddess Shen Hou gave Zhong Yue a look and she immediately guessed his plan and she waved, “Okay, now go.”

  Zhong Yue boarded his ancient ship and left for Imperial Star.

  His [Innate Eight Trigrams] was about to be completed. Among the Tai Chi, Four Symbols, and Eight Trigrams, only two Daos were yet to be completed, being the Heaven Dao and Innate Mountain Dao.

  Mountains, the ups and downs unpredictable and rock solid, gathering the forte of fortify and endless changes, hence, it was a must for Zhong Yue to witness Yuan Ya Deity King’s innate sacred ground.

  As for the Heaven Dao, it was even more difficult.

  30 Drawings of Heavenly Daos talked about Daos and from them, perhaps Zhong Yue could achieve this Dao by observing and studying the drawings.

  Zhong Yue was left uneasy as he thought of the organization mentioned by Goddess Shen Hou and from the history and the world as he knows right now, he could also discover some traces.

  Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s passing was very odd, he saw the Heavenly Monarch’s prince, Ye Taizi. From a prince, he has now turned into a raider, living with a group of evil characters serving under Si Ming. The reason why Ye Taizi was who he was now was because he seemed to know something about Heavenly Monarch Tian Yuan’s death.

  And there was more, the war that ended the Fire Order Era, the chaotic years, the living beings suppressed by Monarch Pao Xi and Goddess Nuwa. There were also the Evil Monarch, Dark Monarch, and the other ancient beings.

  He even heard that there were some that escaped from the Heavenly Prison, raining chaos everywhere during the Heavenly Monarch’s late years, were they also from the organization?

  But if the Earth Order Era’s ending had something to do with this organization, then it was just way too scary.

  But when he thought of it again, the Heavenly Monarchs were all extraordinary, the best of the best, and if they were all fish being bred and eaten from time to time, then this truth was beyond hopeless.

  Could it be that the creation of Six Paths and Reincarnation by Dao Venerate Fu Min and Goddess Hou Tu are also a part of their plan, which they benefited the most from? Then is the Seven Paths Reincarnation their plan as well? Am I doing the work for them, without me knowing?

  Zhong Yue calmed himself down, the Dao skills improved under the work of the postnate living beings, but in the end, they were only completing the work and responsibility of a bunch of parasites! This was not fair at all!

  Suddenly, the thousand winged ancient ship trembled vigorously, Zhong Yue’s heart thumped for he saw a golden dragon crawling out from the dimensions, ramming onto the ancient ship and throwing it off balance.

  With a roar, Zhong Yue’s energy wrapped around the ship, regaining the balance, but the golden dragon was still circling in the air, ramming towards the ancient ship before it twined around the ship. Its claws grabbed onto the ship and its head looked right at Zhong Yue who was standing on the ship’s deck.

  An exotic item made from innate god’s tendon?

  Zhong Yue’s heart skipped a beat, this golden dragon was not a real dragon but an innate god’s tendon. It had no dragon scales and no horn.

  The body of this golden dragon was so smooth, it had no bones and even its claws, head, teeth and head were all made from tendons.

  Yet its power was so strong, when it halted the ship, even the ship wasn’t able to advance any further!

  This wasn’t just some kind of item made from ordinary innate god’s tendon!

  Zhong Yue raised his head, looking right at the dragon’s head and bursting out laughing, “Innate Celestial Monarch’s disciple, Shen Xiage? Senior Martial Brother Xiage, I’ve heard of your name for a very long time and we also met each other during the monarch meeting, but I did not see you displaying your strength. Now that you are already here, why don’t you show yourself?”

  The golden dragon opened its mouth, between the fangs of the dragon stood a tall man, on top of him were fangs, beside him was the dragon’s tongue, flicking around quickly.

  It was Shen Xiage, innate Celestial Monarch’s disciple.

  Shen Xiage’s forehead split apart, revealed his divine third eye. His vision landed on Zhong Yue and he said, “It was really tough to find you, King Yi. I followed your trails through thousands of dimensions, but I finally found you. Hehehe….”

  A smile spread across his face, “Mo Yuanlie and Xie Yang, those fools are looking for you as well but here I am, having found you ahead of them.”

  Zhong Yue replied with an eerie smile, “But did you know that Mo Yuanlie is dead?”

  Shen Xiage’s expression froze for a second and Zhong Yue continued, “Fortunately, you are here quickly, so Mo Yuanlie will not be lonely on the way into hell!”

  Chapter 1117: The Mantis Stalks The Cicada |

  “Mo Yuanlie is dead?”

  Shen Xiage’s face changed slightly, and he smiled, “King Yi, although you stand as rank one on the Board of Future Monarchs, do you think you are my match? You said you killed Mo Yuanlie, but perhaps you might’ve used some other powers that don’t belong to you. Mo Yuanlie is a brainless butcher immersed in his own lust to kill. It’s not hard to kill him with tricks. But I’m different, I’m not him; he is reckless and careless, while I am more cautious and measured, I will not let you have the chance to wield powers of the other sources. So I wonder, how will you kill me with the same trick?

  Krong!

  The thousand-winged ancient ship trembled heavily, the thousand pairs of wings slashed down like two thousand sabers at the golden dragon!

  Zhong Yue’s face stiffened up. Shen Xiage was right. His strength was far below Mo Yuanlie and the like. He only managed to kill Mo Yuanlie with the Quasi Star Region’s power he had mastered. His own Deity Emperor level prowess was far from being able to kill the near-monarch experts like Mo Yuanlie and the like. However, they were not in the Quasi Star Region now, there was no other power he could borrow!

  The thousand-winged ancient ship’s thousand pairs of wings slashed on the golden dragon at the same time, shuddering the dragon’s body and causing it to soften its grip.

  Zhong Yue seized the chance and the ancient ship bolted away from the dragon’s twining body!

  “King Yi, do you think you can run?” Shen Xiage said and Zhong Yue could feel the surroundings changing drastically.

  Star rivers expanded beside the ancient ship. They were one after another huge star wheels accompanied by the emergence of countless stars. Then, the terrifyingly powerful Metamagnet Divine Rays burst out from the stars, connecting each other together
like a network!

  “Reincarnation?” Zhong Yue was shocked. He turned around and saw Shen Xiage’s face enlarging and occupying half of his vision. Immediately, he knew he had fallen into Shen Xiage’s light wheels.

  Shen Xiage was no weaker than Mo Yuanlie, he too was a near-monarch presence, a peak Imperial Emperor.

  He had cultivated his Secular World into Heavens. The light wheels behind his head were already cultivated into his Heavens. And now, the Heavens were opened to contain the thousand-winged ancient ship in it!

  In this Heavens, Shen Xiage was the high god. He could control all of the Daos in the Heavens and his prowess was unparalleled. One could even say that Shen Xiage was a monarch in his Heavens!

  Similar to Old Man Xuan and Qi’s dimensional space created by their [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation]. In the time and space created by the [Demonic Chant of Reincarnation], Old Man Xuan and Qi were even able to compete with Mu Xiantian.

  It was the same kind of power Shen Xiage was now casting!

  Zhong Yue was shocked while Shen Xiage reached his hand down on him. Before his hand reached Zhong Yue, billions of stars were shuddering and countless Daos flowed to the palm of his hand!

  The thousand-winged ancient ship fluttered the wings and traveled at immense speed, flashing by millions of stars in the blink of an eye. But behind it, the incoming hand’s speed was also increasing, nearing the ancient ship every second!

  It was purely horrifying to watch. In Shen Xiage’s Heavens, such was the prowess he could wield!

  The thousand-winged ancient ship’s reached its peak, and suddenly, it broke through the dimensions and escaped from the Heavens!

  “I said, you can’t run!” Shen Xiage continued saying. Zhong Yue glanced around and saw the stars expanding around him as well in this time and space.

  Whereas above him, Shen Xiage’s humongous face emerged in the sky. He was looking down with a mocking smile.