Rise of Humanity

In the Bone Realm, Zhong Yue only stood there just like that on the rainbow bridge. The light on the rainbow bridge gradually faded away and little by little, the cracked dimension in the skies disappeared, but Zhong Yue did not even move at all.

Behind Zhong Yue, the remaining horrified masters did not dare to move a finger at all.

Zhong Yue’s cape that was in sync with his mood fluttered vigorously; the masters could tell that the monster standing right in front of them was not happy at all.

“I still can’t get out.” Zhong Yue murmured.

After trying all kinds of ways and every extreme measure, he still couldn't get of out this realm; there was some kind of unseen yet extraordinary power attached to him, dragging him back and blocking the path off whenever he tried to fly toward the outside.

This power was also tearing his skeleton body apart, ripping his Yuan Shen and sucking his energy when he tried to escape.

And such was the power of Dao, the heaven and earth rules that were stopping him from leaving!

If so, how would it be possible for him to get out?

Not only that, but whenever he tried to escape through the dimension, there was this barrier of the void that completely sealed off his path and that refused to break no matter how hard Zhong Yue tried.

He even felt that it was impossible to get out even if his strength were a hundred, or even a hundred thousand times greater.

Unless he possessed strength powerful enough to destroy this entire realm and burn it into ashes, he had no avenue of escape.

But this was something not even someone like the Prison Realm’s Realm Lord could do, let alone Zhong Yue.

Time slowly passed and after a long time, the cape behind Zhong Yue stopped calmed down.

But the fear within the masters amplified as they felt that the calm in Zhong Yue was exactly just like the calm before the storm.

“Ok. I have three questions for all of you.” Zhong Yue said as he turned around, “How long has it been on the outside world?”

“How long has it been on the outside world?” The masters murmured and suddenly, they looked at Zhong Yue with a terrified expression and the Picture Master who first reacted in time lost her voice and shouted, “You are not a from this world! You are just like us, you are also a Qi Practitioner from the Prison Realm!”

Zhong Yue then slowly nodded his head and patiently awaited for them to answer his first question.

The masters were all dumbfounded at the fact that this skeleton king was also a Qi Practitioner from the Prison Realm and how he still managed to cultivate into such level after he was turned into such a lowly being upon entering this world!

“It has been seven years and two months on the outside world.” The Book Master answered obediently.

“Hmmm, the time flow is slightly different, I have been here for seventy two years but it has only been seven years and two months on the outside. The ancient beings that researched the Six Path Reincarnation had probably altered the time flow here to speed up their research.” Zhong Yue murmured before he asked again, “Then why are you not being guided away from this place by the Realm Lord and Heavenly King Shang?”

On the other hand, the masters kept on coughing and they did not feel good because of their wounds. They tried to suppress the wounds but Zhong Yue’s attacks were just too strong; while he inflicted physical wounds to the masters, he also carved his totem carvings onto their body and they would have to remove the totem carvings first before they could proceed to treat their wounds.

The Sword Master panted and he said, “From what I concluded, the time flow outside is different to this place. We have probably only been here for seven days and there is still twenty eight days more until the guides arrive.”

“Is that so? Then I still have time, there is still some time for me!”

Zhong Yue then raised his head and said calmly to the trio, “Now, I’ll offer you two choices. Choice number one, stay here with me and live. Choice number two, leave this realm now but you will have to die in the world outside.”

The heart of the masters thumped at the offer given by Zhong Yue immediately.

The Sword Master bit his lips and after he made up his mind, he said with a sore voice, “I choose to die on the outside. Senior martial brother, the two ladies you captured just now are my followers.”

“Get out right now, I’ll have them follow close behind you later.” Zhong Yue replied coldly.

The Picture Master then voiced out her decision as well, “I choose to die outside! At least there is still hope if I die outside! Staying here will have no hope at all and all I can do is slowly wait until my soul got corroded and fade away!”

The Book Master said coldly, “Skeleton King! We can still reborn and gain a chance to start all over again if we die outside but you, you will be trapped here eternally, live on as a skeleton that knows no pain, no feels and no emotion! In your eyes, there would be no more colours and you could never feel anything when you touched something!”

He wanted to say something else again but before a word could even come out from his mouth, Zhong Yue opened his palm, released the two ladies and said emotionlessly, “Now, hop on the train to your next life.”

The five of them immediately flew towards the cracked dimension that was slowly disappearing and as soon as they got out, they saw another few Qi Practitioners that tried to enter the dimension. As someone who had some empathy, the Picture Master said, “Don’t go in! There is a terrifying monster in there!”

But one of these Qi Practitioners was already halfway into the dimension and before he completely enter the realm, he said, “It’s just an abandoned low class world, what is there to be afraid of?

At the next moment, a head was thrown out from the cracked dimension and it slowly rolled to the side of the newly arrived Qi Practitioners.

Together, the Qi Practitioners shivered and they gulped silently.

In such a short time, this expert had been killed and even had his head severed from his neck!

“What kind of monster dares to kill my junior martial brother!”

One of them was enraged greatly and he quickly squeezed into the dimension only to have a glance on the other size before his head was severed off by a skeleton donned in a blood red cape.

At the back, the Qi Practitioners quickly dragged his body back to the outside and they realized the body was a headless body.

Then, the headless body started to twitch and a head grew out from the neck again. The Qi Practitioner then quickly shouted to call for aid, “There is a powerful devilish god inside!”

“With that many Qi Practitioners here, we might be able to get out alive!”

Right away, the same thoughts appeared in the mind of the five and they quickly fled away at the same time.

Zhe zhe—-

A conjured saber made of water could be seen flying out from the waterfall and five heads fell onto the ground.

From the waterfall came another banner that waved at the five heads before five Yuan Shen was absorbed into the banner.

Then, the saber and the banner disappeared without a trace and on the ground were five corpses.

In the gigantic palace, the Qi Practitioners were struck with fear and for a moment, they froze at the same spot before they scattered away from the scene quickly.

In no time, this incident was spread across the entire Ancient Land of Gods Graves like wildfire.

Rumours had it that a blood skeleton donned with red capes hid himself within this realm in the waterfall, the skeleton had a height that reached the skies and he had the entire realm within his grasp. It was said that this skeleton played with the sun and moon like toys and he would kill any Qi Practitioners that entered his realm, marinating them before eating their corpses after removing their heads.

Meanwhile, in the Bone Realm, Zhong Yue thought, With my strength now, I may not be able to leave but once the power of Six Paths and Reincarnation have merged together, I would be able to get out for sure!

Zhong Yue took in a deep breath while the rainbow bridge under his legs disappeared.

“Hail Skeleton King! Long live our king!” The countless devout skeleton followers chanted upon seeing the demons retreat from the outer world.

Among cheers, Zhong Yue got into his golden carriage and along with the skeletons, he returned to the Pale Bone Courtyard.

The time is near, it is time for me to head back to the Pale Bone Palace! This time, I must get out for sure!

A few days later, Zhong Yue arrived at the Pale Bone Mountain again and entered the palace once again where the skeleton hare was located. Throughout this period of time, the skeleton hare was still dwelling in his cultivation and he did not show himself even once at.

Zhong Yue stared at the calculation tables he corrected as the calculations continued to operate. It had been ten years but the calculations were not completed yet.

But he was not disappointed as he already understood that the calculations would perhaps take more time to be completed.

“It has been seven years outside. I wonder how Jin’er, Senior Martial Sister Jun and Brother Bai are….” Zhong Yue murmured.

He was worried about them; Jun Sixie and Bai Canghai were weaker than the average Qi Practitioner in the Prison Realm and while Qiu Jin’er may have awoken her true spirit, her strength was still below average in the Prison Realm.

And since he was trapped here for such a long time, he was completely oblivious to the trio’s situation; he didn’t even know whether or not they were still alive.

All he could do was just pray that they were still well alive and try his best to get out from the world to look for them.

Time slowly passed and after another seven years, Zhong Yue returned to this place.

In these years, Zhong Yue would often return to check on the calculations, but it was not completed yet and he would return to make sure that the calculations would not sway from the right path.

But this time when he arrived at the palace, he heard some strange sounds, sounds that were so beautiful as if it came from the heaven, from the space or even the galaxy that sang and praised about the beauty of nature, the elegance and gracefulness of the rules of heaven and earth.

Right away, his heart thumped and he quickly entered the palace only to see a Six Path Wheel rotating in the air slowly. Within the wheel, Zhong Yue saw an endless flow of totem carvings that formed into a path made of totem carvings that revealed the secrets of the Dao Yi Secret Realm and the combination of the power of Six Path and Reincarnation!

Along this path, the totem patterns of the Bloodline, Wu Xing, Wan Xiang, Shen Cai, Yin Yang and some other marvellous totem patterns had formed together into a unity that contained the abstrusities of the Six Paths Reincarnation.

It could freely transpose between Wu Xing, Wan Xiang, Yin Yang, Bloodline and even the heaven and earth that contained the secrets of the Six Path and Reincarnation.

While he was awestruck by this scene, he did not forget his main purpose here; he quickly sat with his legs crossed and the light wheels appeared behind his head with the Pan Gu Celestial Being sitting in one of the secret realms. His hands then spread out and lifted the Six Path up highly.

Countless totem carvings flew out from Zhong Yue’s body as he tried to comprehend and learn about the secrets of the Six Path Reincarnation.

The calculations were merely calculations after all, he would still have to turn the calculations into his own knowledge. Only after broadening his horizons would he be able to obtain enough power to break free from the bindings of the Bone Realm!