Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  To the others, it appeared as though Zhong Yue wanted to kill Zi Guang; but in truth, Zhong Yue was just trying to save him.

  _Although he had his own goals, I am now in debt to him. Fine then, I’ll not kill him when the time to take him down comes,_King Zi Guang thought to himself.

  Mu Xiantian waved his hand, he said, “I have decided. Great Monarch Xian Tian will be my appellation. My decision is final!”

  Zhong Yue praised, “Praise to Your Majesty’s wisdom!”

  King Zi Guang was angered again, he nearly hopped up to condemn Zhong Yue, but only stopped when he remembered Zhong Yue had just saved his life.

  This brat is so good in the art of war, his intelligence is definitely at the top of the line, but he is always acting like a nefarious subject, placing His Majesty in difficult situations!

  King Zi Guang calmed himself, he said, “Your Majesty, are you confident in defeating Heavenly Monarch Di Ming?”

  “Confident?” Mu Xiantian was serene, “At the moment I have decided to claim the throne of Heavenly Monarch, Di Ming has already been defeated. King Zi, worry not. He will lose for sure in the battle in ten days later. Don’t you all worry, the outcome of the battle will naturally be unfolded ten days later!”

  Zhong Yue was shocked, his heart thumped heavily and he pondered. Why was Mu Xiantian so confident? Mu Xiantian was only a monarch not long ago but Di Ming has already been in the Imperial Monarch level for more than tens of thousand years. Furthermore, Di Ming would’ve probably opened the seventh secret realm already by now. Given all of that, how could Mu Xiantian still be so confident?

  “Di Ming thought he had found my weakness, a lethal point that could kill me.” Mu Xiantian slowly stood up, demon rays glimmered in his eyes as he smirked frigidly, “But what he didn’t know was that the weakness he found was what I wanted him to find. My lethal point wasn’t even in the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground he has found!”

  He stared coldly at Heaven Court’s direction while a cruel smile radiated across his face, “A cunning rabbit has three holes, not only am I more than a cunning rabbit, but I am also a sly fox! From the start, his defeat is destined! Although the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground gave birth to me, that Xuan Pin Sacred Ground he has found… Haha!”

  Is this Zi Guang’s plan? Misdirecting Heavenly Monarch Di Ming to find the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground?

  Zhong Yue quickly turned to King Zi Guang but only saw the same shock on the latter’s face. On top of that, King Zi Guang’s eyes were filled with bewilderment. Clearly, he too, didn’t know about the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground.

  Mu Xiantian was laughing happily, he strode toward the Heavenly River outside of Heaven Court. He continued saying leisurely, “King Yi, King Zi. I want you both to present me Heaven Court ten days later!”

  …

  In the ancient universe, at Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground.

  King Shen Wuwei and the six advisors had cast out six monarch weapons and set up the Six Isolation Formation. The Six Paths and Reincarnation were isolated from the innate sacred ground.

  For thirty years, the six advisors who were all peaked Imperial Emperors have transformed the innate sacred ground into dead space!

  “The innate gods born from heaven and earth are extremely difficult to kill. The most important rule of survival for the innate gods was to always be in control of the innate sacred ground they were born from. As long as the innate sacred ground remained, the innate gods could always reborn from the Daos in the innate sacred grounds.”

  King Shen Wuwei’s giant body was standing outside of Xuan Pin Sacred Ground. His voice rumbled like thunder, “Which is also why Dao Venerate Fu Min failed to kill all the innate gods in his time because many of them have hidden their innate sacred grounds out of his reach. But now, Mu Xiantian’s Xuan Pin Sacred Ground is in our hands. His birthplace is in the Six Isolation Formation, cut off from the Six Paths Reincarnation. This will stop him from being reborn in the help of the innate sacred ground! This is a killing blow that will wipe him out of his very existence!”

  The six advisors were standing below a monarch weapon each. They were staring at the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground.

  In the sacred ground, there was a Gate of Xuan Pin that looked like a woman’s genital, extending downward to a depth unknown even to the peaked Imperial Emperors like them. Looking down from above, it was deep and dark.

  Whereas on the two sides of the gate, one side was filled with a saint air purely formed from the Innate Celestial Dao and the other side was filled with a demon air formed from the Innate Demon Dao.

  “This Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground is balance in the forces of celestial and demon. No wonder it could nurture the birth of a demon-celestial innate god.”

  Advisor Shang Fu said solemnly, “But I can’t help the unease in me. Although Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground was well hidden away from us by Mu Xiantian, I somewhat felt like Mu Xiantian isn’t doing his best in hiding it. Would there be any chance this is part of his plan?”

  King Shen Wuwei laughed, “I’ve been searching for it for more than dozens of years, even seeking help from Innate Evil Monarch to get a small clue about its location. What could go wrong? Advisor Shang Fu, you are playing it far too safe.”

  “Caution is the parent of safety. You can never be too careful.” Advisor Shao Fu said, “I think it’s best we run another round of checks on it. Advisor Dao Fu, have you picked up anything odd on it?”

  Advisor Dao Fu shook, “This sacred ground is purely formed by Innate Celestial Dao and Innate Demon Dao. I don’t see anything wrong about it.”

  “Advisor Bi Fu, you are the fastest of us all. Why don’t you go down in the Gate of Xuan Pin and check if Mu Xiantian’s birthplace is there.” Advisor Shang Fu said, “But take extreme care, Mu Xiantian might have laid some traps in it.”

  Advisor Bi Fu smiled, “Don’t worry. What level was Mu Xiantian years back then? How strong can his traps possibly be? I’ll be back in no time!”

  He leaped out and entered the Gate of Xuan Pin, traveling in darkness as he went deeper. It was then he finally realized the amazingness of the innate sacred ground.

  The Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground was bottomless, even after a long time traveling at the uncanny speed he was on, he still hadn’t reached the bottom of the innate sacred ground.

  Soon, Advisor Bi Fu started to grow anxious but continued diving down. After a long time, light suddenly appeared in the front and he was overjoyed, he thought, It seems like I’m reaching Mu Xiantian’s mother body!

  The lights in front of him grew brighter and a new world appeared in front of him. Advisor Bi Fu entered the lights and suddenly felt refreshed in the new world.

  Then, he looked around and was stunned like a wooden puppet. His mind turned blank, his eyes filled with shock, and his mouth opened wide.

  Chapter 1143: Thick Face |

  In front of him was another Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground, but a hundred times bigger than the one they’ve found!

  Not only that, but the forces of celestial and demon here were not just in peace, but were flowing in harmony to one another. The bright light of Innate Celestial Dao and darkness of Innate Demon Dao were flowing in a ball side by side.

  In his view from above, the light and darkness were like two huge fish, one white and the other black. They bit on each other’s tails with their bodies close together and they swam in circles!

  Whereas in the center of the black and white fish was a dividing line that separated the black and white, the elements of celestial and demon.

  Advisor Bi Fu was stunned with his mouth agape. He was standing on the dividing line, the only safe spot in this place. He looked up and couldn’t see the path he came from, it was impossible for him to go back anymore!

  The dividing line was the real Gate of Xuan Pin, but it was now closed.

  “It’s a trap, it’s a trap!”

  Advisor Bi Fu flashed upward as he tried to leave this place and retur
n to his comrades to deliver them the horrifying piece of information.

  “The Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground King Shen Wuwei found is a fake, its strength isn’t even one of a hundredth of the real Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground. It’s a fake Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground created by Mu Xiantian! We never found the real Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground! His Majesty is in danger!”

  He flew higher but was never able to leave the sacred ground. He tried to go back the way he came but he couldn’t find the path. Whereas all communications were cut off in this place, he couldn’t get in touch with King Shen Wuwei and the others, let alone Heavenly Monarch Di Ming!

  While Advisor Bi Fu was flying around searching for a way out like a headless fly, a gentle and soft voice could be heard chortling, “Advisor Bi Fu, you sure are amazing to be able to find this place. But since you’ve come into my Gate of Xuan Pin, there is no need for you to leave anymore.”

  Advisor Bi Fu’s heart skipped a beat, he traced the voice and saw the black and white dividing line tardily opening. A lady dressed in delightfully elegant gown rising above the ground, striding toward him.

  Advisor Bi Fu was stunned, he exclaimed in shock, “Mu Xiantian? You are a woman? No wonder they call you sissy!”

  The lady was plump and coquettish, her countenance was the same as Mu Xiantian’s, but it was a lady’s face. Still, she was one of the prettiest women Advisor Bi Fu had ever seen.

  Advisor Bi Fu’s face turned white as snow, he shouted, “I know now, I finally get it. You have three bodies, three true bodies! You are a celestial and a demon, a man and a woman! The you now is the mother body! The other two Mu Xiantians are the children bodies! The ancient universe’s old folks gave you the nickname of ‘Sissy’, they must’ve seen your mother body before! This mother body of yours, it is the vessel that contained the powers of celestial and demon, the dividing line of the two forces!”

  The lady chortled coquettishly, “Nice deduction… but Di Ming’s defeat is inevitable.”

  “The surname of ‘Mu’, its true meaning meant mother!”

  Advisor Bi Fu was filled with killing intent, he laughed as he said, “As long as I kill you, Mu Xiantian will not be able to control his celestial and demon true bodies anymore, he’ll die! You are still an Imperial Emperor, yes? Your celestial true body is not a monarch yet, although your demon true body has ascended as a monarch, its cultivation is heavily dragged down by your celestial body. I can kill you! I hate you unworldly beasts the most…”

  The lady Mu Xiantian smiled, “Kneel and surrender, I’ll spare you your life.”

  Putong—

  Advisor Bi Fu knelt and lowered his head, he pleaded, “Your humble subject has offended Your Majesty and is now pleading for Your Majesty’s mercy. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

  Lady Mu Xiantian chortled happily, she teased him, “You said I am an unworldly beast with no sexuality of a man nor woman, you wanted to kill me, no? Why did you surrender so easily? I merely just said a sentence.”

  Advisor Bi Fu was extremely deferential as he explained in a serious tone, “In your humble subject’s opinion, Your Majesty is a presence who can contend with Rebel Di Ming over the throne, and I am no match to Di Ming, let alone Your Majesty. I thought Your Majesty was going to kill me, so I couldn’t hold my tongue and offended you, thinking that I’d at least lash my anger out before death arrived. Yet, Your Majesty’s benevolence gave me an option to live, of course your humble subject will surrender in the first second.”

  “You are quick to adapt to circumstances. Rise now.” Lady Mu Xiantian laughed, “I am to conquer the cosmos, my empire is far too vast, too big. I will need many talents like you to help me.”

  Advisor Bi Fu stood up, he said, “There are still five other advisors and King Shen Wuwei outside, is Your Majesty planning to kill me?”

  “King Shen Wuwei is my beloved general, why should I kill him?” Lady Mu Xiantian chortled as she gave her answer, “Without him, how would Heavenly Monarch Di Ming be so willing to present his life to me?”

  Advisor Bi Fu couldn’t help but feel his scalp tingle.

  In the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground, the five advisors grew impatient waiting for Advisor Bi Fu’s return. They were all feeling uneasy and hurried King Shen Wuwei to report the situation back to Heavenly Monarch Di Ming so Di Ming could better prepare for the upcoming battle.

  But the sacred ground had cut off all communications to the outside worlds. In order to get in touch with Heaven Court, they would have to leave the innate sacred ground first.

  However, the advisors were in charge of the Six Isolation Formation, they couldn’t leave from their positions, more so after Advisor Bi Fu left the formation to scout the innate sacred ground. Thus, their only hope was King Shen Wuwei.

  King King Shen Wuwei nodded, he walked out of the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground and took out a totem divine pillar to contact Heavenly Monarch Di Ming. After a short moment, he returned and said, “Advisors, be at ease. I’ve reported the situation to His Majesty. His Majesty has asked us to not worry about it, he has everything under control.”

  The five advisors eased their worries. They waited for another few days but Advisor Bi Fu still hadn’t returned. Suddenly, Advisor Shang Fu said, “King Wuwei, come and replace my position in the Six Isolation Formation, I will contact His Majesty personally! It’s not that I have no trust in King Wuwei, but this is far too important for us to take any chances. Advisor Bi Fu’s disappearance has made me feeling uneasy more than before.”

  King King Shen Wuwei’s heart skipped a beat, rays flashed in his eyes as he strode toward Advisor Shang Fu. At the same time, killing intent has filled his heart as he thought, The five advisors are a line weaker than me, but five of them working together can still defeat me. I need to assault and take them down when they are most unprepared to win. However, the six monarch weapons they wield will make it hard for me…

  All of a sudden, Advisor Bi Fu leaped out from the center of the Innate Xuan Pin Sacred Ground, he laughed, “It’s really dark and deep down there, I almost lost my way in it. But fortunately, I still found Mu Xiantian’s mother body.”

  Seeing his return, the five advisors all heaved a breath of relief, they smiled happily, “His Majesty’s empire will last, Mu Xiantian is dead for sure!”

  King King Shen Wuwei was shocked, he looked at Advisor Bi Fu and saw the latter winked his eyes back at him. Then, King King Shen Wuwei’s worries were eased.

  …

  Ten days had passed, the battle between Heavenly Monarch Di Ming and Mu Xiantian was finally coming.

  Lou Zhengshi and the others were anxious, they shouted and ordered their men, “The time has come, stand guard at your positions. Take caution as King Yi may launch an assault!”

  The commanders, generals, and soldiers were all nervous.

  The responsibility of a commander-in-chief was to command all armies and divisions. He was the one that would come out with the best decisions in the ever-changing situations in a war to win the war.

  But now, that man, has left them.

  “Du—— Du——”

  The warhorns were sound. Lou Zhengshi and the others were shocked.

  Heaven Breaching Fortress’s gates were opened and the whole fortress hovered above the ground. Then, the whole fortress was broken down to pieces, the gates, the walls, the turrets, the towers, and every other piece of the fortress detached away and floated into midair.

  With it, the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s armies were exposed in plain sight. There were no obstructions in their paths anymore and they all charged straight toward Heaven Court!

  Lou Zhengshi and the others felt their scalps tingle, and they shouted, “Quick! Quick! Defend the gates! Armies, defend your positions!”

  In that exact moment, a huge ancient ship with wings fluttered at the forefront of the armies. It was extremely fast and Zhong Yue and the commanders of the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s armies could be seen standing on the ship’s dec
k.

  The ship traveled a star’s distance in the blink of an eye, the Heaven Court’s forces weren’t even left with any time to react to its arrival!

  “Sign of Nine-Five, stop it!”

  Lou Zhengshi shouted and the 95 innate gods unleashed their auras togetherly. They raised their hands up and shouted together, “Seal!”

  Vaguely, Lou Zhengshi and the others saw many opaque innate Daos filling up the spaces in front of them. The dimensions were fortified like a wall that was increasingly growing thicker, longer, and higher!

  Lou Zhengshi and the others were relaxed. The thousand-winged ancient ship was the tip of the spear that would pierce into their formations. If the spear tip could penetrate through their defenses, an opening would crack in their forces’ formation and the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s armies would break through into the Heaven Court through the opening. By then, the situation would turn for the worst and they would all be in danger!

  Other than Mo Yin, no one else in the Heaven Court had the ability to control and command billions of soldiers in the war. Only Mo Yin and the likes who were experts in calculatory arts could clearly grasp the situation and changes happening in the vast battlefield to make the best decisions to win the war.

  None of them could do that, thus, they mustn’t let the thousand-winged ancient ship penetrate their formation!

  They only needed to stall Heaven Breaching Fortress’s assault long enough until Southern Heaven Gate’s armies arrive from the back. By then, they would envelop Heaven Breaching Fortress’s armies in the center and attack from both ends, Heaven Breaching Fortress’s defeat would be inevitable!

  “Each and every innate god in the Sign of Nine-Five is a peak Imperial Emperor. All of them together are strong enough to kill even a monarch! King Yi can keep on dreaming about penetrating into…” Pan Ji suddenly stopped as he saw a huge stamp flying out of the thousand-winged ancient ship.

  On the deck, Zhong Yue said coldly, “Cast!”

  Tai Feng, Long Zhi, and the others quickly surged all of their arcane energies into the stamp and shouted together, “Cast——”