Asura Sovereign XII

by Shian Jeen

  Watching these people’s reaction, Huwang Xiao felt comforted.

  That year, he used the Blood Sacrifice Law by offering all the demonic beast bones he had collected from the Heavenly Mountain. After so many years had passed, Martial Spirit World’s environment and spiritual energy were finally revived, growing even more fertile.

  Martial Spirit World’s current level of spiritual energy was slightly richer compared to the Wan Family World. Although it couldn't rival the Black Tortoise Galaxy’s Cloudsea Mainland, it was getting there.

  This time around, Huwang Xiao had planned to arrange a small scale Spirit Amplifying Array in every kingdom’s royal city, and a bigger array in the imperial cities.

  Once completed, Martial Spirit World’s spiritual energy would catch up to the Cloudsea Mainland in a decade!

  Laying out a Spirit Amplifying Array required low divine grade and above spirit stones, and what Huwang Xiao didn't lack most was divine grade spirit stones.

  Determining the direction, Huwang Xiao led everyone, flying toward Snow Wind Continent. The closer they got to Snow Wind Continent, the denser the abundant spiritual energy became.

  As they flew, looking at the mountains, winding rivers of clear water, beasts running on the plains, and the prosperous rebuilt cities, Huwang Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

  It seems like the reward system he implemented had greatly encouraged the kingdoms, empires, and the prominent families to work hard in rebuilding Martial Spirit World.

  Martial Spirit World was developing in a good direction.

  Huwang Xiao breathed in relief as he observed these changes. Whether he was a Highgod Realm master or ascended to the Divine World in the future, Martial Spirit World would always be his homeland in this life, his only ‘home.’ He was happy.

  As they got closer to the Huwang Clan Manor, inexplicably, he was tingling with nervous excitement. Soon, they could see the Luo Tong Royal City over the horizon.

  With this group’s speed, from the Luo Tong Royal City to the Huwang Clan Manor, it took less than ten minutes. Thus, it wasn’t long before the Huwang Clan Manor was in sight.

  Compared to the time when Huwang Xiao left more than a decade ago, the Huwang Clan Manor’s land area was twice as big with many new and grand buildings around, from spirit springs, waterfalls, large trees, and spiritual flowers. From afar, the Huwang Clan Manor exuded an immortal aura.

  The Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, and the others exclaimed in awe once more looking at it.

  Despite Huwang Xiao’s absence, the Huwang Clan Manor’s expansion was all executed accordingly to his instructions and designs.

  Those building designs left behind by Huwang Xiao applied the Earth’s modern architecture concept. Drawing praises and gasps of amazement was granted.

  In the diagonal direction, at the Huwang Clan Manor’s back mountain, a stretch of land was turned into a beachside, leading to a clear blue sea.

  This was something that Huwang Xiao instructed before he left.

  Noticing this side, Huwang Xiao’s eyes brightened, he didn’t expect it to be completed already. The beach was formed by making an opening through the back mountain, allowing water from the sea to flow in, turning the area into a spacious cove.

  The water surface glimmered under the sunlight, reflecting soft golden lights.

  At this time, there was a person lying lazily on a lounge chair, sunbathing. An old man clad in a short robe, skinny and weak looking, wearing a roughly made straw hat.

  When Huwang Xiao saw this old man’s face, his smile spread wide in a silent laugh.

  This sunbathing old man was none other than the Ascending Moon Old Man!

  This old man actually changed out of his trademark shabby worn robe, and what was this getup? Huwang Xiao smiled wryly, why did this remind him of the Turtle Hermit in Dragon Ball? The only thing missing was a turtle shell hanging on the old man’s back.

  If the Ascending Moon Old Man carried a turtle shell on his back, he’d be a fake copy of Turtle Hermit.

  Hence, Huwang Xiao led everyone toward the beach instead.

  Sensing their presence, the Ascending Moon Old Man lazily picked up the drink on the side table and took a leisurely sip before turning his head toward the people flying over.

  When he saw it was Huwang Xiao, he was dazed for a moment, then he flipped up from the lounge chair like a skinny monkey, laughing merrily, “You little brat, you’re finally back! I was thinking that if I don’t see your face in another month, I’d have to make a trip to the Vermilion Bird Institute demanding for my disciple!”

  A warm feeling filled Huwang Xiao’s heart, but it quickly turned into a bitter smile at the ‘little brat.’

  Huwang Xiao looked at the old man’s small and skinny stature, he was bigger than this old man in every aspect.

  Huwang Xiao descended on the beach and walked toward the Ascending Moon Old Man with the others following behind him.

  Right at this moment, the Ascending Moon Old Man’s happy face was agape with shock. His gaze was fixed on Huwang Xiao as if he was looking at a terrible monster.

  “Y-your cultivation is already at late-Tenth Order God Realm?!!” While Huwang Xiao was baffled by the old man’s sudden exaggerated change, the old man already reached Huwang Xiao in a flicker. Before he could react, two bony hands were roaming up and down his body, like they wanted to turn over every inch. More like the Ascending Moon Old Man suspected this wasn’t the genuine Huwang Xiao.

  Slightly over a decade ago, when Huwang Xiao departed to the Vermilion Bird Institute, his cultivation was at peak late-Ninth Order God Realm. Returning now, this little brat was already a late-Tenth Order God Realm!

  Anyone would be suspicious.

  The Ascending Moon Old Man’s behavior rendered Huwang Xiao speechless. So, this was the reason?

  Huwang Xiao scolded, “I say, old man, isn’t it merely late-Tenth Order God Realm? Is it worth so much exaggeration? Can’t you recognize your own personal disciple?

  Only after determining that this was the genuine Huwang Xiao did the Ascending Moon Old Man stop checking Huwang Xiao’s body, but the incredulous expression seemed etched on the old man’s face, “I say, Little Huwang brat, how did you breakthrough so fast? How is this possible? Impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible!”

  The Ascending Moon Old Man uttered several ‘impossible’ to emphasize his disbelief.

  Pondering for a while, Huwang Xiao decided to speak frankly, “The truth is, I went to the Vermilion Bird Institute to look for clues about the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.”

  “Vermilion Bird Divine Fire!” A shiver ran down the old man’s back, staring wide-eyed at Huwang Xiao, “You’re saying..?”

  The Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, the three Peng brothers, and the Nine-Tailed White Fox stared intently at Huwang Xiao.

  Huwang Xiao nodded, “Correct, I have integrated with the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.”

  The Ascending Moon Old Man’s eyes were rounder than the moon. A second later, he exploded in elated laughter, whereas the others were struck speechless.

  Only now did the Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the others find out that Huwang Xiao had obtained the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.

  Seeing the Ascending Moon Old Man laughing so happily, Huwang Xiao decided to give the old man another good news. After all, the old man was bound to find out sooner or later. “In fact, other than the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, I have also integrated with the Black Tortoise Divine Fire.”

  The Ascending Moon Old Man that was laughing happily suddenly choked and started coughing non-stop. Behind him, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, the three Peng brothers, and Nine-Tailed White Fox nearly tumbled down. The expressions on their faces looked like they were struck by divine lightning.

  Only one person remained composed and unaffected: Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi.

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  It was quite a while before the Ascending Moon Old Man stopped coughing, a co
mplicated expression on his face as he looked at Huwang Xiao. More time passed before the old man slowly spoke, “I say, you little bratty disciple, you knew this old man’s heart is not good, I was nearly frightened to death because of you!”

  Huwang Xiao chuckled despite the old man’s scolding, “If you really can be frightened to death, then you wouldn't be the Ascending Moon Old Man.”

  The first ranked on the God Ranking List sixty thousand years ago had a bad heart? Who would believe this?

  On the hand other, Huwang Xiao was curious about this old man’s real strength. Sixty thousand years ago, when the Ascending Moon Old Man grabbed the first place, the old man would at least be a Third Order Highgod Realm. What about now, sixty thousand years later?

  Fourth Order or Fifth Order Highgod Realm?

  The Ascending Moon Old Man flashed a sheepish grin, “Didn’t I say so in the past? If that Xiang Mingzhi is able to obtain the Azure Dragon Divine Fire, why couldn't you get the other three divine fires? See, I was right! You’ve already integrated with the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Divine Fires!” At the mention of this, the old man sighed with envy, “You brat, your luck is so good that even this old man feels envious ah!”

  Not only the Ascending Moon Old Man, anyone would be envious to death knowing this.

  The legendary four great divine fires!

  Being able to obtain one of the four was already the peak of one’s luck, but this little brat actually obtained two divine fires!

  Then the old man’s attention once again fell on Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, the three Peng brothers, and the Nine-Tailed White Fox.

  “Seven Highgod Realm masters?” With just a glance, the Ascending Moon Old Man saw through everyone’s cultivation. Baffled, he looked at his disciple, “Brat, what’s the story with these seven Highgod Realm masters? Are they friends of yours?” Before Huwang Xiao could explain, the old man already shook his head, denying, “Your luck can’t be this good, right? Even Highgod Realm masters want to be your friend? Don’t you know, all God Realm cultivators are ants in the Highgod Realm masters’ eyes!”

  At the end, the old man’s tone was half joking and half serious.

  Naturally, the old man would never guess that other than Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, the other six Highgod Realm masters were all Huwang Xiao’s subordinates. Or more accurately, Huwang Xiao’s slaves.

  Highgod Realm slaves!

  Huwang Xiao smiled mysteriously as he turned at the six Highgod Realm masters, “The six of you come here and greet my Master.”

  The Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the other five respectfully complied: “Yes, Master.” Then, right before the Ascending Moon Old Man’s doubly shocked face, they greeted in an orderly manner, “Huwang Yixiao, Huwang Hongtian, Peng Dafei, Peng Erfei, Peng Xiaofei, Hu Xiaoxian, greets Senior Ascending Moon!”

  When the six of them paid their respects, all of them spoke their real names and dared not used their titles.

  The Ascending Moon Old Man’s brain buzzed, staring agape at the six Highgod Realm masters.

  “Y-you lot, what did you all just say? What did you call this brat? Master? I, I heard wrong, right?” The Ascending Moon Old Man started another round of persistent and annoying questioning, occasionally digging his ears while mumbling, “It’s gone bad, has this old man really gone old, my hearing has deteriorated to this degree?”

  Huwang Xiao was speechless watching this, thus he could only make the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, and the rest greet the old man again to prove that there was nothing wrong with his ears.

  The Ascending Moon Old Man was dazed for a second before shrieking, “So, it’s not this old man’s ears that have a problem, it’s you people’s brains that have a problem!”

  A Highgod Realm powerhouse calling a God Realm cultivator ‘Master’, what was that if not a problem with their heads?

  Watching this old man’s reaction, Huwang Xiao completely ignored him, not interested in explaining at all. So many years had passed, it could be said that he understood the old man’s personality quite well. The more he accompanied the old man to exchange nonsense, even more ridiculousness would come out from the old man’s mouth.

  Huwang Xiao leaped into the air, flying toward the Huwang Clan Manor with Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Hongtian, and the others.

  “I say, brat, where did you pick up these several Highgod Realm masters with brain problems?” The Ascending Moon Old Man quickly caught up with Huwang Xiao, asking, “Quick tell this old man, I’ll go look for some!”

  Hearing this, Huwang Hongtian and the others nearly fell the ground, not knowing whether to laugh or be angry. They were aware that this skinny old man was the person who held the most glorious position on the God Ranking List sixty thousand years ago, the Ascending Moon Old Man.

  True to the legend, he was a bit crazy, a bit shameless, a little mischievous, and rumours said he was also a bit lecherous…? The Nine-Tailed White Fox furtively concealed her voluptuous bosom.

  “Go ask them.” Seeing the old man wasn’t about to give up any time soon, Huwang Xiao directly pointed at Phoenix Clan Ancestor and the others, throwing the old man’s pestering to them.

  As expected, the Ascending Moon Old Man threw a flurry of questions at them. The first victim was the Phoenix Clan Ancestor, Huwang Yixiao.

  The Phoenix Clan Ancestor dared not conceal anything, gritted his teeth and answered, “Answering Senior Ascending Moon, I’m the Phoenix Clan Ancestor from the Vermilion Bird Galaxy’s Fire World’s Phoenix Volcano.”

  “Vermilion Bird Galaxy, Fire World’s Phoenix Volcano?” The Ascending Moon Old Man momentarily blanked, then muttered under his breath, “It has been more than fifty thousand years since I went to the Vermilion Bird Galaxy’s Fire World, if it’s like this, I’ll drop by there later.”

  Not far in front, Huwang Xiao rolled his eyes, consciously shutting off his sense of hearing.

  Moments later, they reached the Huwang Clan Manor.

  “Big brother!”

  “Big Uncle!”

  The second Huwang Xiao appeared in the Huwang Clan Manor, two voices called out to him. Turning to look, who could they be but his brother Huwang Xiaohai and nephew Guo Xiaofan. A smile spread over his face.

  Every time he returned, it was always these two that first noticed him.

  Huwang Xiao inwardly nodded. Coming back this time, he noticed that the two’s cultivation had risen by a rank.

  Although all of his family members were provided with sacred and divine grade spirit pellets to aid their cultivation, and there was also the grand scale Spirit Amplifying Array that he arranged, if they did not make any effort, their cultivation wouldn’t have improved this quick.

  Not to mention, his family’s talent wasn’t good to begin with.

  Inside the manor, Huwang Peng, Su Yan, and the others heard Huwang Xiaohai and Guo Xiaofan’s voices calling out and rushed out with joyful faces.

  Shi Xiaofei was beside Su Yan. When her beautiful eyes fell on Huwang Xiao, they shone with tenderness.

  “Xiao!”

  “Sovereign!”

  “Lord Beast God!”

  Everyone was calling out in excitement.

  Huwang Xiao grinned and nodded at them as he walked toward Huwang Peng and Su Yan’s side, “Father, Mother.”

  “Big brother, did you bring anything back for us this time?” His sister, Huwang Min asked, smiling brightly.

  Huwang Xiao chuckled, “There is, everyone has a share.”

  Everyone was stunned, thinking to themselves ‘There really is?’

  Huwang Xiao summoned the Godly Mt. Xumi, then transferred all the demonic beasts as well as the Phoenix Clan out from its space.

  Immediately, a phoenix aura surged out from the Huwang Clan Manor, God Realm demonic beasts’ auras soared into the sky.

  All the Huwang Clan members were flabbergasted at the scene in front of them, more than ten thousa
nd God Realm demonic beasts.

  “Go pick one you like as a mount.” Huwang Xiao was laughing softly as he said this.

  Still, the Huwang Clan members were far from recovering.

  Huwang Xiaohai and Guo Xiaofan were the first two to react, cheering at the top of their lungs and were also the first ones to rush into the herd of demonic beasts, looking for a demonic beast they liked.

  Only then did Huwang Min and the rest regain their senses, running into the demonic beast group while screaming in delight.

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  Everyone was quick in picking the demonic beast they liked the most for a mount. Huwang Peng and Su Yan chose the pair of Fire Scaled Beasts, whereas Shi Xiaofei and Huwang Min both selected a phoenix.

  ‘Looks like girls have a tendency to choose phoenixes as mounts, just like boys like divine dragons.’

  No doubt, the phoenixes chosen by Shi Xiaofei and Huwang Min were females, otherwise, even if Shi Xiaofei wanted it, Huwang Xiao would veto her decision. Think about it, who would allow the woman they love to sit on a male phoenix mount? Anyone would be upset.

  Guo Tai, Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and the others also found a beast mount they liked.

  What Huwang Xiao found hilarious was that Huwang Xiaohai and Guo Xiaofan, these two guys, actually picked an Armored Turtle-Dragon for themselves. Although the Armored Dragon-Turtles were descendants of the Dragon Clan, at the core they were still turtles. Their shape was no different than a sea turtle, enlarged by several thousand times.

  Watching the funny picture of the two of them sitting on the Armored Dragon-Turtles, Huwang Min and the rest burst out laughing, including Shi Xiaofei.

  When everyone picked the mount they wanted, Huwang Xiao ordered the Phoenix Clan and the demonic beasts to disperse around the Huwang Clan Manor’s perimeter, guarding the surroundings.

  This meant that the Huwang Clan Manor was due for another round of expansion, a big expansion.

  Though it wasn’t necessary to have all the demonic beasts and Phoenix Clan to remain in the Huwang Clan Manor, it was mandatory for the Tenth Order God Realm and above to remain here, mainly because the Huwang Clan Manor’s defenses were still weaker than Huwang Xiao would have liked.