Rise of Humanity

“Your Majesty, Xian Tian is late!”

Ling Xiao Palace trembled vigorously and a giant innate god descended. It was Imperial Emperor Xian Tian!

Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s expression changed quickly. He was enraged by what he saw; Imperial Emperor Xian Tian descended right when he was about to claim the world’s fate for himself. He could feel that a very huge portion of the fate was split away!

In contrast to before, Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was now publicly trying to steal Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s fate, which was blatant treason in Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s eyes!

How dare he! But this is also a good chance to kill him! With the 24 monarch weapons, killing him will be nothing more than crushing an ant!

Just as Heavenly Monarch Di Ming was about to lose control of his temper, another intruder laughed, “Your Majesty, Fellow Daoist Xian Tian, you are here early. Heh, is there still a place for me in this Ling Xiao Palace?”

Another god descended; this monarch had the appearance of a very young man and had an extraordinary presence. As he emerged, he immediately took another portion of the fate!

Then came another laughter as one more monarch level existence arrived, splitting the fate into four pieces. This time, this monarch was an old man with long limbs, pale white turtle shell and he had a crutch in his hands. He squeezed in among them and laughed, “It has been a long time, my friends. The last time we met was when Your Majesty became the new Heavenly Monarch.”

After the fate was split into four portions, another one appeared, and this time, this monarch was in a black robe. He then laughed, “Back then, after helping His Majesty acquire the throne, I have been living a peaceful life. I forgot to keep in touch with you guys. Please forgive me.”

The fate was now split into five!

With that, the world’s power and the monarch weapons’ might that Heavenly Monarch Di Ming could utilize was extremely limited.

Right now, Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s expression did not look good at all. He looked at the four old friends that once helped him in becoming the new king with immense killing intent. However, he suddenly laughed, “Old friends, it is my fault for not keeping in touch with you after becoming the new king! Hahaha, today is my birthday and I’d like to talk and share something with you! This way please!”

His voice rumbled through the skies and suppressed Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s voice and the other three monarchs’ voice as he demonstrated extraordinary power.

With that, the five strongest existences in this world dispersed their avatars and headed into Ling Xiao Palace.

The 24 monarch weapons, however, remained brightly illuminated and suppressed the Heaven Court.

Under the Fusang Tree, Zhong Yue frowned slightly as he looked at the 24 monarch weapons that turned into a complicated formation. Moving one would trigger the others and without even more monarch level existences to interfere, it was almost impossible to take them away.

And as such, the 24 monarch weapons were going to be there for quite some time.

“Mister Yi.”

Suddenly, Zhong Yue saw Mo Yin walking towards him after Zhong Yue turned around.

“Mister Mo,” greeted Zhong Yue.

The two then sat under the Fusang Tree with Zhong Yue saying first, “I never would have thought Mister Mo was an expert in this field.”

Mo Yin said, “There are three types of arts left behind by the ancestors of my clan to calm the world. The first is the Six Paths, the second is fate and the third is karma. Acquiring one is sufficient to acquire the entire world. I have mastered the art of fate to a certain extent. I serve under Heavenly Monarch Di Ming and swore to bring His Majesty a peaceful world by clearing the darkness in this world!”

Zhong Yue’s heart pumped quickly for a second, The ancestors he spoke about, could they be the Fuxi Celestial Race? Six Paths, karma, fate…. The Six Paths is about controlling Reincarnation, karma is about controlling the world’s karma and fate was about manipulating fate.

Mo Yin then continued, “However, because of some unfortunate events, a traitor that had once mastered the art of Six Paths betrayed our clan and after a disastrous event, our clan is now gone. We have lost the art of karma and fate and I only managed to learn some of the art of fate through the ancient books I found. Mister Yi, your words about intelligence being nothing without strength really hit me hard. But as a reborn innate god, you wouldn’t be able to understand how a sad child who only wants to restore his clan’s honor would feel.”

Zhong Yue replied, “I once had some conflict with a lady that can manipulate karma. I wonder if Mister Mo knows her?”

“Consort Tian Si?”

Mo Yin blinked his eyes, “I met her once but our ideas are diametrically opposite. Her husband and her are both rare talents, but our ideas destined that we won’t be able to work together. Mister Yi, I see that you have undergone quite a vigorous change? Your fate has dropped drastically, I am sure something unpleasant has happened.”

Mo Yin continued, “As soon as the fate decreases, one’s fate will drop for the second and third time. The first time is still acceptable but the second time will start to wear one out and the third will kill that person. I am worried that you would not make it through the three falls. Previously, your fate is so strong that you have shown talents and signs of becoming a Heavenly Monarch. But now, your fate must have been destroyed by someone. Even if you are an innate god, this is not how fate works so you definitely have another identity that I do not know about.”

Zhong Yue was in awe hearing this; Great Si Ming destroyed his Imperial Star, shattered his future fate but now, a mere True Deity like Mo Yin managed to see through everything so Zhong Yue asked, “Mister Mo, do you have any techniques in repairing fate?”

Mo Yin replied, “I have a technique to steal fate. I can rob Imperial Emperor Xian Tian of his fate and transfer it to you. Imperial Emperor Xian Tian wants to use your fate to become the Heavenly Monarch and in the same way, you can steal his fate to power yourself.”

Zhong Yue smiled, “If this technique of yours is so powerful, why is Heavenly Monarch’s fate now being split into five portions?”

“The more ups and downs there are in Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s life, the more he will rely on me.”

Mo Yin said, “That’s why, I want to make myself someone that can be relied on but not on everything. I can’t help him to conquer the world in one go and have to make him rely on me more and more. That way, I will be able to ask for more goods from him to make my clan great again.”

Zhong Yue’s heart thumped hearing this and he gave Mo Yin a glance, “Mister Mo, don’t you think you are playing with fire? I fear that you will eventually burn yourself.”

Mo Yin laughed, “But you haven’t answered my question, Mister Yi. Do you want to steal Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s fate?”

“There will be no eggs preserved if the nest falls. Now is still not the time.”

Zhong Yue smiled, “Perhaps in the future, Mister Mo will help me to steal his fate when you serve under me.”

Mo Yin sighed right away, “I fear that there will not be the chance. In order to prove that I am useful to Heavenly Monarch Di Ming, I need your life to do so. Mister Yi, previously I told you about, fry, boil, grill, and roast and among them, you have experienced frying. You were fried beside Old Man Xuan and Qi’s furnace but you were not hurt at all so you passed. The next stage will be grilling and it’s unknown if you could pass it unscathed or not.”

Mo Yin stood up, started leaving while he said, “I am very curious if Mister Yi’s skills are better than pure intelligence.”

Zhong Yue watched him as he left and Fu Li walked up, “This brat is a human too but why is he such a bitch? Why is he treating you like that even though we are all humans?”

“He and I, we are the same type. We are willing to give everything we have for the human race but our ways are different.”

Zhong Yue figured for a while and asked, “Fu Li, do you know the saying about Six Paths, fate and karma?”

Fu Li replied, “There are some related things recorded in the ancient books in Star Torrent Fortress. They say that in the Earth Order Era’s Heaven Court, Fuxi’s Feng Clan had ten sects, the Tian Qiong, Tian Qi, Tian Yi, He Xiong, Tian Yang, Tian You, Hou Niao, Hou Chong, Lei Yu, and Tian Huang, each had different responsibilities. Tian Qiong was responsible for controlling the herbs and medicine in all worlds, Tian Qi on the heavenly weapons, Tian Yi on the Fuxi Celestial Race’s army, He Xiong on marriage, Tian Yang on the male gods, Tian You on the female gods, Lei Yu on the weather, Hou Niao on the bird bodied gods, Hou Chong on the insect race, and the Tian Huang on the worlds’ lifelines.”

“Among them, Tian Huang had three divisions that controlled Six Paths, fate and karma respectively. Their power is incredible. They all had a heaven scroll but the scrolls have gone missing since the war.”

Zhong Yue’s heart thumped, Mo Yin and Tian Si are descendants of Tian Huang?

Fu Li then asked, “What did he mean by grilling you, master?”

“He is in charge of the Board of Saints, making it easy for him to grill me. All he had to do was just move me into the top in Board of Saints and I will become the target of all Heavenly Deities in the world.”

Zhong Yue said, “Do you think the other gods will be happy with that?”

Just as they were talking, noises rose from the outside and the many gods shouted, “The Board of Saints has changed!”

“The number one in the Board of Saints has changed!”

“Xian Tian Palace’s Yi Feng and his wife now occupy the top spots on the Board of Saints!”

“Board of Saints has always been impartial. What did Mister Yi and Yin Fanxuan do to make their rank rise all the way up to the top?”

“The True Deity level Board of Saints is also altered, a guy name Hundun Yu is now on the top!”

“So this is what he meant by grilling,” said Zhong Yue after hearing the news, “He threw us into the Board of Saints to grill us by making us the target of the other gods around us.”

His eyes blinked, “Among those challengers, there are bound to be some that carry deadly weapons that are extremely lethal against us. There will be weapons specifically forged by Old Man Xuan and Qi that will threaten us greatly!”

Fu Li had a scare and he immediately shouted, “Then master and madam should not accept their challenge!”

Suddenly, Yin Fanxuan’s voice was heard, “Why not! How can we not accept the challenge?”

Zhong Yue looked towards her and after seeing how energetic she was after coming out from her cultivation, he said, “Have you figured out a way to break the Divine Dragon Bell, darling?”

“Not yet, I can’t guarantee it yet,” replied Yin Fanxuan.

“How are the chances?” asked Zhong Yue.

“Less than 20%,” said a hesitant Yin Fanxuan.

“Then I will accept and take on the challenges issued to you.”

Zhong Yue said decisively, “And Fu Li, you have to be careful as well. Your weakness has been exposed, be careful of that needle! Mo Yin will definitely hand it over to someone else to kill you!”

Upon thinking of this needle, Fu Li’s heart thumped and he couldn’t help but shiver for a bit.

Zhong Yue then looked at Hundun Yu and asked, “The tree still couldn’t be kept away?”

“If I kept it away, we would be crushed by the might of the other monarch weapons,” replied Hundun Yu.

“Without the tree, the scissors will be able to kill you like an ant. Mo Yin is really hard to deal with! He has planned everything out!”

Zhong Yue stood up and walked away, “I will head over to Huaxu Clan’s residence and look for a way for Fu Li to cultivate the seventh spine. You all stay here for the time being, do not leave this place recklessly!”