Rise of Humanity

With the lamp in her hands, Yi Wanjun continued walking forward; this place seemed like it had no heaven and earth, no seasons, no time, no light, no sound, no color and only the copper lamp in her hands that dimly lit up the surrounding darkness.

This was emptiness.

A total emptiness.

Where are we?

She continued forward but saw no end to the darkness no matter how far she seemed to walk.

But she was a stubborn if nothing else. After she set her eyes on the direction she thought was correct, she believed that she would reach the end sometime.

She eventually lost track of how long she had been walking and fear began to fester in her heart as the seemingly eternal darkness began to suffocate her senses.

The panic began to seep, but she continued to walk relentlessly as that was the only thing she could do now.

Time slowly passed and she began to feel the presence of vile creatures lurking in the dark, waiting patiently for a chance to have a taste of her flesh. Yi Wanjun felt the stench of these creatures’ breaths, but thanks to the copper lamp in her hands, these vile creatures would turn into shadows each time the light land on them.

This place was a nightmare and it was as twisted as a dream.

One day, as Yi Wanjun was on the verge of breaking down, she heard a familiar sound, the sound of a saber zing, the clear zing of Zhong Yue’s divine saber.

Her depression was quickly dashed by the saber zing as she quickly ran towards the direction of the sound. After months of chasing, the saber zing became louder and clearer and she witnessed something astonishing.

She saw light, a man and a saber.

But this man was more like a god than a mortal because he was perfect in all ways. The Fuxi True Form had no flaws and each movement coming from him seemed to overflow with an elegance and grace that was reminiscent of the Dao itself.

Yi Wanjun had never seen anything like that and was confused; she failed to tell that if this perfect being was still Zhong Yue.

“That is not Zhong Yue.”

A sound came from the copper lamp in her hands, “That is probably the spirit in the saber and the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit that entered Zhong Yue’s body. The techniques he cast are all monarch-level techniques, perhaps, even stronger!”

Xin Huo’s experience and knowledge were far greater than Yi Wanjun’s, which made it natural that he managed to see that there was something wrong with Zhong Yue’s current state; it felt like an ancient Heavenly Monarch rose from his slumber to battle against the evil.

The evil being had cursed the Fuxi Celestial Race, sealing the royal bloodline for eternity. If anyone of them managed to lift the curse, their souls would travel 100,000 years backward to meet with this evil being so that he could strip away the hopes of a Fuxi revival.

Thus, if the future Fuxi lifted the seals in their bloodlines, no matter how talented they are, they were bound to be met with this evil being, resulting in them being wiped away by this evil being. With that, the talents in Fuxi Celestial Race writhed and with the bloodline seals would continue to sink deeper and deeper into their bloodline, slowly erasing any hopes of success that the humans had in reawakening their bloodline.

And that was what happened to Zhong Yue now; he had returned 100,000 years back to a specific dimension where the evil being was.

But what shook Yi Wanjun the most was not Zhong Yue, but the endless darkness she walked on.

At this time, the darkness had unveiled itself; what they walked on previously was not emptiness but a jet black light wheel.

The wheel of Reincarnation!

This was a gigantic Six Path Reincarnation, the projection of the evil being’s Yuan Shen Secret Realm’s strength and they were walking on the light wheels behind the back of this evil being!

Just how scary was this concept?

Why is this Yuan Shen Secret Realm’s power projection so dark that there was no light? Just who is he?

Yi Wanjun widened her eyes as much as she could but failed to locate the evil being and anything else apart from the jet black long robes and the six spinning black light wheels exposed by the saber’s light reflection.

Yi Wanjun then cast aside her thoughts of this evil being and the confused Yi Wanju asked, “Heavenly Monarch? Was he a Heavenly Monarch in one of his previous life?”

“No.” said Xin Huo after he sighed and he explained with mixed emotion, “That is the last Heavenly Monarch from Fuxi Celestial Race. He got here from 100,000 years ago through Zhong Yue’s body and the sword hilt.”

Sword hilt? What sword hilt?

Yi Wanjun’s confusion only deepened after hearing Xin Huo’s explanation.

The sword hilt of Zhong Yue’s innate divine saber was the divine sword’s sword hilt of the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch. This was unbeknownst to her so it was natural that she failed to comprehend what Xin Huo said.

To Yi Wanjun, being able to return to 100,000 years ago was already more than comprehensible and with the appearance of the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit, the sword hilt and the sword spirit, she felt that she was out of her depth.

Everything here now involved the concept of time and dimensions, far beyond her level of comprehension.

But all of this was nothing to Xin Huo; 100,000 years ago, after the last Heavenly Monarch passed away, the Fuxi Celestial Race’s gods of wars safeguarded the coffin with the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch inside back to the Ancestral Star to bury him, they were ambushed by the evil being and the other culprits. In the fight, the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit descended from the Void Realm and entered his dead body and inflicted heavy injuries to the evil beings, which forced him to hide from the world for thousand years.

A thousand years later, the first Six Paths World’s Realm Monarch, Reincarnation Saint Monarch passed away and after recovering from his injuries, the evil being emerged again and this time, he destroyed the first Six Paths World’s Six Paths Reincarnation. He then performed a blood ritual with the living beings in this world as sacrificial to seal the bloodline of the Fuxi Celestial Race and created the Great Curse that sealed all of Fuxi’s future hopes, which became the final straw that crushed the Fuxi Celestial Race.

But in the ambush, the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s soul also had another card up his sleeves; after injuring the evil beings to acquire another thousand years of time for Fuxi Celestial Race, he left behind the Great Bliss to counter the evil presence’s Great Curse.

He had already foreseen what would happen back then, the blood ritual and the sealing of Fuxi Celestial Race’s bloodline. This Great Bliss was probably the Fuxi Celestial Race’s member that acquired the Heavenly Monarch Scepter, and if this member ran into the Great Curse, the sword hilt will bring his remnant spirit to fight off this evil being.

This sword hilt was the key to trigger the Great Bliss.

Hence, this was not a battle between Zhong Yue and the evil being but another battle between two huge figures from 100,000 years ago.

It was a clash between the Great Bliss and the Great Curse!

This was the conflict between a deceased Heavenly Monarch and a living innate god! A battle that had been destined since 100,00 years ago!

The Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit is not going to last!

In the copper lamp, Xin Huo stared at this emperor level battle silently. This battle was incredibly intense, and whoever got too close would be turned into mincemeat right away; the light reflection of the saber lit up the darkness but it was not strong enough to cut it half.

At this rate, the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s remnant spirit was bound to be killed and along with him, Zhong Yue!

“This is not fair, this is not fair….” murmured Xin Huo.

This fight was indeed unfair, just like the unfair fight 100,000 years ago. In that battle, the last Fuxi Heavenly Emperor fought in his dead body and in this current fight, through the Great Bliss cast right before the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit dispersed, his remnant spirit now engaged in a fight with the fully recovered evil being!

But the result of this fight was already determined in the emperor level battle happened 100,000 years ago. In that battle, though Fuxi Heavenly Monarch injured the evil being, he also paid the cost of having his spirit disintegrated completely.

“But in that fight, he won at the last moment as repelled the evil being.”

Xin Huo murmured, “In that fight, he injured the evil being and if his soul died here, he wouldn’t be able to do so. Something must have happened that allowed him to win that fight and let Zhong Yue return to the world 100,000 years later….”

The situation was getting more and more dire with each passing second. The darkness slowly spread across the world and slowly overwhelmed the saber to a point where its light could not shine upon anything anymore.

The battle had been decided.

With the knowledge and experience of Xin Huo, he had already saw no other possibility other than Zhong Yue’s and the Fuxi Heavenly Emperor’s defeat.

What chased away the inner and darkness and allowed the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s remnant spirit to return to the battle 100,000 years ago?

Xin Huo too, was confused right now and the situation became even more dangerous as Zhong Yue and Fuxi Heavenly Monarch were about to be swallowed by the eternal darkness.

Out of nowhere, the copper lamp in Yi Wanjun’s hands lit up, bit by bit, it became brighter and brighter and a voice was heard whispering softly, “I know, I know now! It was me….”

Xin Huo murmured softly, “It was me who helped Zhong Yue and the Heavenly Monarch’s spirit to defeat this evil being. I was the one who burnt the lamp oil to help them overcome this crisis….”

The lamp’s light burnt brighter and brighter and Yi Wanjun felt that the lamp was now brighter than millions and billions of suns combined! She also heard that the universe within this lamp was having a big bang, singing softly and it was blazing!

The light grew brighter and the divine ray spread across the surrounding, chasing away the darkness and lit up the time and dimension!

“Now I know why did this little girl risked everything and took me into this place, into 100,000 years ago….”

The voice in the copper lamp murmured, “I know my purpose now….”

“Sui Sovereign of Fire Order Era created me, had me to pass down his spirit, his knowledge. Thus, I am his Xin Huo, the one responsible for searching inheritors from generations to generations to pass down his spirit and knowledge.”

“And now with the Sui Sovereign’s race gone and the Fuxi on the verge of extinction, perhaps it’s my time to extinguish my flame to preserve a seed for the Fuxi Celestial Race.”

The light blazed as if a galaxy was burning its remaining energy before dying.

It was truly a marvelous sight to behold!

When the light reached its peak, the darkness was evaporated by the heat and the face of this evil being hidden in the dark was exposed under the light reflection of the swinging saber.

And there was only surprise and shock on his face.

The shining saber lit up the darkness and blinded their eyes!