Rise of Humanity

Feng Yuhuan was surprised. But the two experts were incredibly fast as they flashed past her at a speed beyond her reach. She tried to catch up to them but was too slow and soon gave up. Then, she turned and made her move toward the Jintian Clan in the Imperial Star.

On the other hand, Hundun Yu was back in the Hundun Clan’s sacred land. When the whole universe was in chaos and war was waged in every land, the Hundun Clan maintained neutrality. There weren’t many clansmen in the whole of Hundun Monarch Race, but each and every one of them was incredibly strong. Their prowess was not any weaker than any other monarch race.

Furthermore, the Hundun clansmen were all unconcerned with the affairs of the mortal worlds, they lacked lust and desire. And so such matters that pertained to mortal desires were things they didn’t care for.

In stark comparison, the unsophisticated Hundun Yu who was always seen as wooden and slow of speech was already the most active and talkative clansman in the whole Hundun Monarch Race.

Hundun Yu entered the saint palace and requested to see Great Monarch Hun Dun who was in slumber. Awakened by his descendant, Great Monarch Hun Dun yawned and heaved out a cloud of chaos.

“Hundun Yu, have you met the human? All these years observing and recording him, do you find anything?” Hun Dun opened his eyes and said insouciantly, “It’s not yet time for you to return, why the hurry coming back and waking me up?”

Hundun Yu said in a mixed feeling of anger and bitter, “Grand ancestor, the human has opened the seventh secret realm and starting to research on the Seven Paths Reincarnation. There are also many other monarch races’ clansmen that have also opened the seventh secret realm! But only I am the exception, I didn’t have anything, no saint herb, no monarch to help me, no seventh secret realm, no cultivation heritage, I’ve put shame to your name!”

Hun Dun laughed, “You’ve become quite eloquent from just one trip to the outside world. All these gabs, you are just asking for a Chaos Divine Fruit.”

Hope raised in Hundun Yu, he continued, “I must not embarrass you with my inferiority. Grand ancestor, if I cannot open the seventh secret realm, I will not leave the sacred land anymore. Grand ancestor can select and replace me with another senior martial sibling to stay with the human!”

“Mischievous child, playing mind games with me now I see.” Hun Dun laughed happily, “Among all my descendants, you are the most active and astute, if not you, then who? Fine, fine, fine, I’ll open your seventh secret realm for you.”

Hundun Yu was overjoyed.

A few dozen days later, Hun Dun held Hundun Yu by his neck and kicked him out of the saint palace. The young Hundun fell to the ground on his head with only his legs left visible above the floor.

“I’ve given you the saint herb, I’ve opened the seventh secret realm for you, I’ve even imparted my attainments in the Seven Paths Reincarnation, and you are still here shamelessly sticking around not leaving asking for more, where did you learn this from?”

Hun Dun could be heard saying from the inside of the saint place, “Get out, go back and continue the observation on the human.”

Hundun Yu helped himself out from the ground, he patted off the dirt on him and walked toward his house.

“Father, mother, I’m back to see you! It’s been a long time, I’ve missed you two!”

“Huh?”

“Father, mother, grand ancestor has sent me out in an arduous quest, I don’t know when will I be able to return, I’m afraid I will not have much time to accompany the two of you anymore.”

“I see.”

“Father, mother, aren’t you missing me?”

“Yu’er, you are talking too much again.”

…

In the Heaven Breaching Fortress, reinforcements were marching into the fortress continuously. The number had grown so large that they had to build another fortress beside the Heaven Breaching Fortress.

Zhong Yue stood on the walls of the Heaven Breaching Fortress and looked at the newly-built fortress. It was purple, huge and vast, and wasn’t at all inferior to the Heaven Breaching Fortress. He thought, King Zi Guang has arrived. He is really incredible, in just two years, he has taken care of the races in the base and arrived at the frontline.

The reinforcements were under King Zi Guang’s command, but they appeared just like amateurs when compared to Zhong Yue’s strong and high-spirited armies. By the looks of it, most of King Zi Guang’s armies would probably be recruited from the surrendered races. Their morale was not as high as Zhong Yue’s armies.

Jiang Yiqi also ordered the human race’s gods and formed an independent army in the Heaven Breaching Fortress. The human army was under Zhong Yue’s direct command.

Meanwhile, King Zi Guang and Di Xiuluo also walked up the walls of the Purple City and looked toward the Heaven Breaching Fortress. Di Xiuluo’s face turned solemn and spoke two words out of the blue, “Ferocious. Fiendish!”

“What?” King Zi Guang was startled, he asked.

Di Xiuluo waved his hand and King Zi Guang was lightheaded and when he recovered from it, he saw the world differently. The structures and surroundings were still the same, but no life was seen anywhere. Nearly a billion ghost fires filled the place, with each ghost fire representing a dead soul!

King Zi Guang was shocked, he felt as if he had entered an eerie ghostland!

“These dead souls were killed by King Yi’s armies, their numbers have reached hundreds of millions now!”

Di Xiuluo’s face grew incredibly dark, in just a few moments, he had spoken more than he had in the past hundred years. He continued, “The body count here has nurtured his armies into vicious beasts. Whereas for that King Yi, he is definitely an unparalleled king of viciousness! Look at us.”

King Zi Guang turned his head and looked at their armies, there wasn’t much ghost fire around, only sparsely spreading across the fortress.

Although in number, the Purple City’s armies were not too behind the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s armies, their morale was nothing compared to the Heaven Breaching Fortress’s armies.

King Zi Guang sighed, he thought, In terms of waging war and leading armies, I am no match for him. How nice would it be if he was Li Yang… 

“Di Xiuluo, the vicious air locked the dead souls in one place for so long, why haven’t the souls dispersed or returned to the Six Paths Reincarnation?”

“Vicious King has trapped them.” Di Xiuluo answered as shortly as possible.

“Vicious King? You mean King Yi?” King Zi Guang was dumbfounded, he asked, “King Yi has trapped the dead souls here, what for? How did he do it?”

Di Xiuluo kept mum. King Zi Guang who was familiar with him knew that him not answering the question means that he didn’t know the answer.

“King Yi, it’s getting harder to see through his intentions.”

King Zi Guang bestirred himself and strode out from the fortress, he said, “Come accompany me as I pay him a visit!”

…

In the Heaven Breaching Fortress, Zhong Yue and King Zi Guang was sitting face to face while Di Xiuluo stood behind King Zi Guang without a seat. Behind Zhong Yue was Hundun Yu who had just returned. The seven light wheels were flickering behind him as the young Hundun was filled with pride.

Zhong Yue observed Di Xiuluo closely and found him a man cold like stone. There was no expression on his face and his reactions were also minimal. Zhong Yue felt odd and he asked, “Senior Martial Brother Zi Guang, this is…?”

“This is Di Xiuluo, an innate demon god who was once affiliated with the Bi Luo Palace, but has now accepted my invitation to join the Xian Tian Palace.”

King Zi Guang smiled, “I am an advisor, battle prowess was never my forte. But with Di Xiuluo overlooking my safety, I will be able to survive in the war.”

“Di Xiuluo is very strong!” Zhong Yue shifted his gaze away from Di Xiuluo. Those who could be praised by him are no ordinary experts. He could pick up the underlying power that was hidden deep in Di Xiuluo’s prowess.

Furthermore, there was also a faint surge of air coming from him, one that was similar to his and Xuan Ji’s.

It was the air of the Heavenly Daos.

Among the innate gods of the Bi Luo Palace, other than Mister Bi Luo, I have never met anyone who had the air of Heavenly Daos. Who is this Di Xiuluo?

Zhong Yue couldn’t help but keep looking at Di Xiuluo as he thought. All of a sudden, a smile spread across Di Xiuluo’s stone-cold face, it was extremely unnatural and somewhat eerie.

Zhong Yue thought, he smiled, “Di Xiuluo, please, take a seat.”

“No.” Di Xiuluo’s expression returned normal as he replied.

King Zi Guang was helpless, “That’s just how he speaks normally. Even to me, he usually only says two words. I can count the number of times he has spoken more than ten words with just one hand. King Yi, what do you think of the war?”

Zhong Yue’s smile faded away and his face turned cold. He sneered and questioned, “Senior martial brother, are you really asking me this? I am tasked to handle the frontline and you to secure our backs. Now, I’ve handled the external affairs, conquered the lands right to the doorstep of the Imperial Star! But what exactly is going on at the back? Senior Martial Brother Zi Guang, look at what kind of trouble you have brought us! Imperial Emperor sent you to the frontline and you really came? If an army was raised right at the heart of our homebase and starts conquering our races and lands—yours and mine, and our soldiers’, what will happen by then? If even our own people are in danger, who would still be willing to serve us?”

King Zi Guang frowned, “It’s the Imperial Emperor’s order…”

“Won’t you advise against it?” Zhong Yue’s face turned darker, “You should be able to see what I see! Not just that, I ask you, where is Imperial Emperor’s celestial true body? Why did you allow Imperial Emperor to put him in house imprisonment?”

King Zi Guang sighed, “Imperial Emperor has turned a deaf ear on my advice, there is nothing I can do. What happened has happened, there is nothing you can do to change it either. I am here asking if you have the confidence to take down the Heaven Court?”

“None!” Zhong Yue replied firmly, “The opponent is Mo Yin and he has been waiting for me to make a mistake. If I don’t wage war, I will not make a mistake, but waging war is a wrong move to begin with! In order to take down the Heaven Court, our backs must be secured. If I wage war with Mo Yin now, war will also rise in our homebase. The undying monarchs in the Imperial Star will definitely seize the opportunity to plunder our homebase. My hands and legs are fully tied, no movement can be made. Senior Martial Brother Zi Guang, my armies are invincible, nothing can stop our march because I had a wise lord and a wiser advisor who seized peace for our homebase. This allowed me and my soldiers to fight in peace of mind knowing our people are safe! But now…”

He shook and sighed.

King Zi Guang smiled, “Imperial Emperor is still the same Imperial Emperor, it’s only his demonic personality that is in charge now. King Yi, if the Zi Wei Imperial Star is to plunge into chaos first and was too occupied to bring trouble to our homebase, can you take down the Heaven Court?”

Zhong Yue looked an eye at him and smiled, “Senior Martial Brother Zi Guang, I hand you my armies, can you take down the Heaven Court?”

King Zi Guang shook, “No.”

Zhong Yue said, “Forcibly taking the Heaven Court will cost the lives of more than 70 percent of my soldiers. It’s not worth it. The remaining 30 percent will never be enough to handle more wars, especially if the wars were waged in our homebase. Their morale would sink to the bottom and the armies may as well be disbanded. But if I just remain here, constantly posing a threat to the Heaven Court and Imperial Star, there will be more and more gods swarming in to join forces with me. Every day the Heaven Court doesn’t get rid of me is another day it will suffer a loss in its reputation, and with it comes the drop in its fate. On the other hand, my reputation and fate will rise one day after another, even Mo Yin will not be able to lower my ever-rising fate.”

“You are saying that we can’t attack now?” King Zi Guang asked.

Zhong Yue nodded with a smile, “No attacks for 30 years. Let’s reduce its fate and reputation for 30 years and after that, our positions will take a turn. We will be stronger and they will be weaker. Only then can we wage war with confidence!”

King Zi Guang frowned, “I’m afraid Imperial Emperor will not have that kind of patience. What if Mo Yin attacks first. What will you do?”

“You will defend it.” An expression that looked like a smile crept onto Zhong Yue’s face as he said, “Senior martial brother, I will give you 30 years to train your armies. In these 30 years, you may be able to train you soldiers into armies of beasts. As for the Imperial Emperor, you will do the explanation.”

King Zi Guang suddenly felt lightheaded. Whether it be defending against Mo Yin’s attacks or advising Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, none of it was an easy job to do. However, he knew that Zhong Yue was right. They wouldn’t be able to gain anything out from it if they launched the attack now, it’s better that they wait for another 30 years.

“King Yi, what if the Imperial Emperor ignores my advice?” King Zi Guang asked.

Zhong Yue sighed and answered sadly, “Then senior martial brother will be in charge of my Heaven Suppressing Prefecture’s armies. I will resign from the commander’s position and enjoy my retirement with my wives. The battle of Heaven Court will be in your hands.”

King Zi Guang laughed, he stood up and promised, “Don’t you worry, I will make Imperial Emperor wait for these 30 years, no matter what it takes!”