Rise of Humanity

Seeing how Imperial Emperor Xian Tian handed the responsibilities of this matter to Zhong Yue, the still angry King Zi Guang immediately interfered, “My emperor, I suspect something fishy is going on! Things are just not as good as they seemed since this traitor Yi managed to talk the wild humans to surrender in just a few words!”

And Zhong Yue rebutted without hesitation, “Just be honest with yourself! Admit that you are not as capable as me and you are jealous of my talent, fearing that I will replace you so you decided to frame me!”

“Traitor! How dare you besmirch my reputation!”

King Zi Guang immediately hacked his sword towards Zhong Yue, which Imperial Emperor Xian Tian blocked it off and said, ‘King Yi, you should calm down as well. I will write the edict soon for you.”

Zhong Yue, however, was unwilling to let this matter go, “This brat Zi Guang is really taking advantage on me! Your Majesty, please seize him and relieve him of his head off!”

King Zi Guang shouted back, “If you’re so good, fight me!”

“Give me more time and I will squeeze you like an ant!”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian immediately felt difficult, hence, he split them apart before saying, “Zi Guang, what you did was a little excessive as well. No matter what King Yi did, he still rendered great merits. Wu Dulang destroyed his previous life and eradicated his people so I am fine with him indulging in his personal vengeance. Besides, without shedding blood, I was able to gain the support of the wild humans, which is more than fantastic! If you still dwell in this matter, I will really get angry.”

King Zi Guang humphed and the Imperial Emperor turned around and said seriously, “King Yi, you might have contributed but at the same time, you have your own tiny little plans. Because of your own personal affairs, you almost killed my son and I assume what Zi Guang said is partly true. What if you can’t win against Yanshi Xi and Wu Dulang?”

“That is my fault, please forgive me, Your Majesty.” bowed Zhong Yue.

“Not to mention that in this trip, my son lost 200,000 Tiger Jiao Cavalry, which is also your responsibility.”

Mu Suge immediately explained, “Father, Mister told me to leave them behind but it was I that insisted on bringing them with me. If it weren’t for Mister Yi, I’m afraid I will lose the entire Tiger Jiao Cavalry. This can’t be blamed onto Mister Yi, it should be me.”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian immediately said, “Of course you are at fault. Mister Yi is the military advisor and you did not listen to his advice. This will go into the book but as the military advisor, Mister Yi is also at fault for the loss. However, this does not negate your contributions. King Yi, you and Zi Guang are my left and right arm so please stop arguing.”

Zhong Yue and King Zi Guang nodded.

Mu Suge then said, “Both are Misters, both served the same emperor and worked at the same court. I propose a truce between both of you, how about a handshake?”

“I’m afraid of dirtying my hand.”

“Same.”

Mu Suge and Imperial Emperor Xian Tian were both speechless upon hearing their replies.”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian then put everything aside and started writing the edict, gave out the order and offered an amnesty to the humans in ancient universe officially, sparring them from their crimes and allowed them to enter Zi Wei Galaxy’s Human Sovereign Palace and placed them under Zhong Yue’s command.

“The mission will now be handed over to you now, King Yi.” said Imperial Emperor Xian Tian as he gave the edict to Zhong Yue, which he nodded and asked, “Your Majesty, their messenger is just out there, do you want to see him?”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian nodded and Fu Li was summoned, who dare not speak anything extra and behaved properly before Imperial Emperor Xian Tian. Then, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian had Fu Li leave the palace before telling him, “Behave and serve my Left King Yi well. You will not be mistreated after my conquest succeeded in the future.”

Fu Li nodded and left.

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian then said, “King Yi, I will be depending on you on this matter. Throughout your absence, chaos has descended onto the entire Zi Wei Galaxy but fortunately, the Heaven Court and Xian Tian Palace are still in order. The Heavenly Monarch refuses to suppress the chaos because he did not want his powerbase to suffer any damage. It seems like a good plan but in the long run, everyone supporting him will slowly lose faith in him.”

“He definitely has some backup plan or he wouldn’t be that cool right now.”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian clapped and praised, “Brilliant. The Heavenly Monarch does have his own plans. About two years ago, our spies managed to dig out some information; Ghost Master Gui Youming headed to the ancient universe and he might have gone to find my senior martial uncle. This elderly and my teacher belongs to the same generation so I too, have to address him as my senior martial uncle. He is incredibly strong and he is only slightly weaker than my teacher. He was birthed from the condensed evil Qi of this universe. The place he was born is a very evil place in the ancient universe called the Valley of Evil. This senior martial uncle of mine has already earned himself the title of Innate Evil Monarch back in ancient times.”

Zhong Yue’s eyes twitched, Valley of Evil? Innate Evil Monarch? Another one that is from the same generation as the evil existence?

The evil existence was just way too strong that he was beyond Zhong Yue’s imagination and Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was telling him that there was something on par with that evil existence!

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian smiled and added, “Don’t worry about Innate Evil Monarch. He may be strong but my teacher can deal with him. You don’t have to worry about Di Ming because there is me to deal with him. What the two of you are responsible is to destroy the obstacles in my path!”

The duo nodded.

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian said again, “I am depending heavily on the two of you. King Yi will be in charge of the external affairs and Zi Guang internal affairs. If the internal is stable, then the external will not be impacted. I sincerely hope that you will both work together and stop fighting with each other.”

Zhong Yue immediately smiled and replied, “I’m fine as long as he does not disturb or provoke me.”

“Fine,” replied King Zi Guang after a moment of consideration.

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian then opened up a star map and said, “King Yi, please take a look. The Heaven Suppressing Prefecture is our frontline. If the other powers wish to invade us, they would have to remove the Heaven Suppressing Prefecture from their paths first, making the Heaven Suppressing Prefecture extremely vital for us. In your opinions, how much force do we have to assign to Heaven Suppressing Prefecture in order to protect it?”

Zhong Yue took a look at the map, which had the entire landscapes of Zi Wei Galaxy recorded; countless divine stars shone brightly and one holo line highlighted the Xian Tian Palace’s territory area.

There were approximately a thousand markers belonging to Xian Tian Palace in the map; most of them were linked with each another and everything suggested that Xian Tian Palace had already removed all the other powers in this area.

Zhong Yue knew that the many monarch races were extremely wary of the humans, hence, the humans’ sacred grounds also had many other races’ sacred grounds placed nearby, forming a complicated power network and now, the star map Imperial Emperor Xian Tian revealed suggested that Imperial Emperor Xian Tian did not sit back during the war. As the world plunged into chaos, he too, acted by clearing the other powers around him.

Now, Xian Tian Palace’s power was exactly like an eagle that stretched its wings forward and the Xian Tian Palace located right at the eagles’ heart while Heaven Suppressing Prefecture was the beak.

Thus, Heaven Suppressing Prefecture was extremely important and it must not be lost at any cost; it could support the wings if necessary, making enemies that attack the wings suffer extreme losses instead of hurting Xian Tian Palace’s power.

On the other way round, if enemies were to attack Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, reinforcements from the wings would arrive in no time.

Now, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian wanted either King Zi Guang or Zhong Yue to be stationed at Heaven Suppressing Prefecture.

King Zi Guang, who was standing at the side, was also examining Heaven Suppressing Prefecture and he frowned. He too felt that things were a little bit tricky.

Heaven Suppressing Prefecture was way too important; if they were to start a war with the other powers, the enemies were definitely going to tackle Heaven Suppressing Prefecture right away, making it a great challenge to safeguard Heaven Suppressing Prefecture and they could already foresee how much blood will be shed here!

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian said, “Zi Guang, if you were to guard Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, how many forces do you think you’ll need?”

“As many as I can get!”

King Zi Guang replied, “At least 5,000,000 armies or it’d be almost impossible to guard Heaven Suppressing Prefecture! In addition, I’d need at least 3 Imperial Emperor level existences to aid me!”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian had a scare and he frowned at this reply he received, which he found a little bit unpleasant, “You are asking too much. I may have Imperial Emperor level existences serving me but they all have their own assigned positions. Besides, if I gave you 5,000,000 men, I’d have to thin out the numbers in the other places. I can only give you 1 Imperial Emperor level existence and 1,000,000 men at most.”

“What you ask for is too much!”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian then turned around to Zhong Yue and asked, “Mister Yi, how about you? How many men do you need? If what you asked is the same as Zi Guang, then forget about saying it out loud.”

Zhong Yue stared at the map and after considering for a moment, he exhaled deeply and said seriously, “Sometimes, more men doesn’t equate to a better outcome. With my own men, the 8,000 Fuxi and the ancient universe’s humans, I will be able to protect the Heaven Suppressing Prefecture!”

“Just that little? Do you not want more men?” exclaimed Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

King Zi Guang frowned and added, “Indeed, your men is not enough at all.”

To answer their question, Zhong Yue enlarged the detailed star map, looked at the landscapes around Heaven Suppressing Prefecture and gave King Zi Guang a glance and said, “What I told you is more than enough! Your Majesty, if you grant me permission to command the armies stationed around Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, I could even support the wings!”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was very moved by this suggestion but he still hesitated, “Zi Guang asked too much and you asked too little and because you asked too much, I felt even more uneasy about this…. My dear advisors, you are making things too difficult for me.”

King Zi Guang frowned as well since the number of men that Zhong Yue requested seemed way too little. This time, he did not object Zhong Yue because of personal affairs as Heaven Suppressing Prefecture was just too important of a locations that it must not be threatened at all!

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian remained silent for a long time before he said, “Mister Yi, Heaven Suppressing Prefecture must not be lost!”

“If I lose Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, I will bring my head to you!”

King Zi Guang on the other hand, quickly warned, “Mister Yi, this goes beyond our personal squabbles, please think this over….”

“Alright! The decision has been made! I will pass the Heaven Suppressing Prefecture to Mister Yi and he will be in charge!” shouted Imperial Emperor Xian Tian as he slammed onto the table when he got up.

“What else do you need?” asked Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

“The power to prosecute!”

“Granted!”

“The power to act before reporting!”

“Granted!”

“Whatever I decide, Zi Guang must not interfere!”

“Granted!”

“What I do can bypass Your Majesty for the time being!”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian hesitated but after a while, he said, “About this, don’t you think you have to tell me first….”

Zhong Yue immediately said, “It takes a year to travel back and forth Xian Tian Palace and Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, reporting back to Your Majesty will serve no good but to impact the situation negatively.”

“Fine, do it your way.” said Imperial Emperor Xian Tian hesitantly.

“Then Your Majesty can start the appointment ceremony now!”

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian immediately summoned the many officers and before their witnesses, he personally took out the army talisman and seal, bowed at Zhong Yue and said, “Heaven Suppressing Prefecture will be in your hands now!”

In front of Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, Zhong Yue stood there proudly and confidently, bowed back as he took over the talisman and the seal and replied in a rumbling voice, “I will not fail you, Your Majesty!”