Rise of Humanity

“Senior Martial Brother Chang Sheng, if you ever see Ancient Mother Di Lin, please warn her about the Tree of Life, and also about Queen Goddess and Yuan Ya Deity King.”

Some days later, after the enemies retreated, in the abandoned camps, Zhong Yue found a chance alone with Monarch Chang Sheng and he warned, “Ancient Mother Di Lin is the Tree of Life’s core, if she ran into the tree, her existence would be erased after being sucked back into the tree. And once she returns to the tree, the tree will come back to life and start growing again. Yuan Ya Deity King is keen on obtaining the whole Tree of Life and he will do anything to find Ancient Mother Di Lin.”

Monarch Chang Sheng smiled, “Ancient Mother Di Lin is the mother peach tree from 100,000 years ago. With the first Six Paths World destroyed and the Heaven Court turned into Returning Ruins, Yuan Ya Deity King probably thinks that the mother peach tree is already crushed by the Returning Ruins black hole.”

Zhong Yue shook his head and said, “Yuan Ya has this saint herb called the Wall Painting Flower and its a very powerful herb, it could locate any items exactly so he probably knows about Ancient Mother Di Lin’s location already. It’s just that he did not have the time. But now, Great Si Ming is resurrected and so is the tree, which means that its time Yuan Ya Deity King acted.”

Monarch Chang Sheng’s mind flinched and he said, “If he really has something like that, there’s no way I can hide Ancient Mother Di Lin away from him!”

Zhong Yue smiled, “Don’t worry, I stole it from him and this herb is now with me.”

Monarch Chang Sheng was stunned for a second and he speechlessly shook his head, “Aren’t you a little too daring? Hmmm, without the saint herb, all I have to do is just have Ancient Mother Di Lin hide from plain sight and Yuan Ya Deity King will never be able to find her.”

Zhong Yue’s worried heart relaxed upon hearing his words and he bowed while the monarch said, “You and I are from the same family so there is no need to thank me. Junior Martial Brother, do you have any use for the Wall Painting Flower at the moment? If not, I would like to borrow it to look for something.”

With slight hesitation, Zhong Yue said, “This herb is of a terrifying origin, its Yuan Ya Deity King’s symbiotic flower. He dare not come back for the flower because it’s with me but if it’s in your hands, he will definitely show up quickly.”

Monarch Chang Sheng replied, “Only for a couple of days and it will be yours again, don’t worry.”

Hearing this, Zhong Yue took out the Wall Painting Flower but at the moment this saint herb saw Monarch Chang Sheng, it was as if it had seen a ghost, closing its petals right away.

Monarch Chang Sheng smiled, “You and I are both saint herbs, but I am a little tiny bit luckier than you. I managed to acquire my own consciousness and sentience, cultivating my soul and obtaining the ability to cultivate. I am without death and time is nothing on me. Why are you afraid of me? If you are as lucky as me, you will also become a monarch and no longer live in fear.”

Wall Painting Flower, however, remained all curled up and Monarch Chang Sheng turned to Zhong Yue, “Junior martial brother, can I have a word with this one for a moment?”

Zhong Yue nodded, “My army just arrived not long ago and I should be attending to them right now.”

Monarch Chang Sheng nodded back and after Zhong Yue left, he sealed the palace and stared at the Wall Painting Flower coldly, “What I need is not you so why are you so afraid? You should know what I want! If you are obedient and smart enough, then show yourself right now or I will eat you alive!”

The Wall Painting Flower shivered in fear, its roots spread out tremblingly and it blossomed, showing scene after scene of what Monarch Chang Sheng desired to see.

Monarch Chang Sheng’s eyes locked onto the scenes and he mumbled, “One… two… three….”

The images on the Wall Painting Flower kept flashing past and Monarch Chang Sheng counted one by one. After Zhong Yue was done organizing his men, and distributed the Heaven Breaching Fortress, the Zhongyang Clan and Changsheng Clan’s army evenly, it was already three days later and Monarch Chang Sheng counted 2647.

“Wall Painting Flower, you know that some things are meant to be kept a secret, don’t you?”

With a steely face, Monarch Chang Sheng gave the Wall Painting Flower a warning before he put up a smile and headed out to see Zhong Yue, “Thank you for lending this Wall Painting Flower to me. Junior martial brother, I have what I want now and you’d better keep it safe, just for your own safety.”

Zhong Yue took over the Wall Painting Flower and King Zi Guang approached at the same second, “King Yi, it’s time for us to meet with Mister Bi Luo.”

Zhong Yue excused himself and walked away as he thought, What was Monarch Chang Sheng looking for that he needed such a long time? 

When he asked for the nine great spiritual roots, the Wall Painting Flower did not take long to find out their locations, but Monarch Chang Sheng used three days in total.

He shook his head and paid no more attention to this matter.

The ancient ship sailed into the dimensions, silently headed towards Bi Luo Palace and landed without a noise.

To be frank, Zhong Yue would be lying if he said he was not worried at all; twice he had been there and nothing good happened. The first time, along with Si Ming, they stole the weapon of Reincarnation, the Six Paths Tian Lun, away and almost died there. The second time, he traveled through the Imperial Road of Heavenly Monarchs, brought the Fire Order Era’s fire spirits away with him and caused quite a ruckus.

Mister Bi Luo was one shrouded with mystery. He was the emissary of Heaven who held the powerful weapon Tian Fa, titled as Mister as a symbol of respecting Heaven and acknowledgment of his talent.

Though Zhong Yue left no trail behind, he was still afraid that he would expose himself somehow.

And if he exposed himself even the slightest bit, he would throw himself into grave danger by sandwiching himself between Bi Luo and the Heavenly Prison, let alone Mu Xiantian and Di Xiuluo who were standing right beside him. If this happened, then there would be no escape!

Finally, they arrived at Bi Luo Palace, the thousand winged ancient ship was hidden within the void by Zhong Yue before they all unboarded the ship and landed before Bi Luo Palace.

This place was, after all, the Heaven Court, where Queen Goddess’ power reigned. Though the Heaven Court’s strength shrunk by half, it was still not to be underestimated; if they revealed themselves, the Heaven Court’s army divisions themselves would be strong enough to kill them all, not even Queen Goddess herself was needed.

Seconds later, Bi Luo Palace’s gate opened up, with Mister Bi Luo standing right behind it and he smiled upon seeing the guests, “I’ve been waiting for your arrival for some time, please, come in.”

“Please.”

The four entered Bi Luo Palace and Mister Bi Luo turned to Zhong Yue, “King Yi, an old friend is waiting for you.”

Zhong Yue turned around to the direction Mister Bi Luo pointed to and he found a young man waiting. This young man was a stranger to him but still gave him a very familiar feeling, to which Zhong Yue quickly identified the young man through this presence, “Ah, Senior Martial Brother Xuan Ji. Your Majesty, please excuse me for a moment.”

He then started walking away.

Mister Bi Luo turned to King Zi Guang this time and calmly said, “King Zi Guang, I hear that you like ancient books, there is a library in our Bi Luo Palace, which was once the Earth Order Era’s Heaven Court’s royal library. If you are interested, you are always welcome to check it out.”

King Zi Guang was dumbfounded by this happy news and he could no longer keep calm; for a long time he had been desiring to visit the Earth Order Era’s royal library but because of the destruction of the era and its Heaven Court’s destroyed, he thought that he won’t have this chance anymore. But this chance was delivered right into his hands

He looked towards Mu Xiantian right away and his lord smiled, “Don’t worry, Mister Bi Luo won’t harm me if he knows I’m coming. Besides, even if he is going to harm me, you wouldn’t be much help even if you are here. Now, go.”

King Zi Guang got up and left with Di Xiuluo after gaining Mu Xiantian’s permission.

Mister Bi Luo blinked his eyes, looked at Mu Xiantian and after checking her out, he praised, “This is indeed a very impressive Dao body, there is a side of the ancient Dark Age’s powerful existences in you that I can see. I heard that there is this great existence in the ancient Dark Age that has no sex, that they was an ancient Deity King that could create lives and that it was only until the birth of Lei Zhe and Hua Xu that the concept of the man and woman came to be.”

“I suppose you are talking about Great Si Ming, Mister Bi Luo.”

Mu Xiantian giggled, “Great Si Ming is indeed without sex, there is no man or lady’s structure in his body, but I am different. I can be a man or a woman, it all depends on my thoughts, I am one of man and woman.”

Mister Bi Luo said seriously, “This is the looks of a saint! Only a saint possesses such a unique body, you are a saint, the last innate god before the birth of Heaven! Your future achievements will be on par with Great Si Ming and even your teacher is not as successful as you. You have to be careful of him!”

Lights flashed in Mu Xiantian’ eyes and with a fake smile, Mu Xiantian said, “Wu Dulang is also a man and a woman at the same time. This is not a trait unique only to me. Mister Bi Luo, you are flattering me. Besides, aren’t you crossing the line when you ask me to be careful of my own teacher?”

“Wu Dulang is an innate god birthed from worship, when the demons worshiped him, they imagined him as one of man and woman. Unlike him, you are the Heavenly Lady and Heavenly Child birthed by heaven and earth! And about your teacher….”

Mister Bi Luo too, gave her a fake smile, “Aren’t you here to find a way to deal with him?”

Mu Xiantian fell back into silence right away.

Mister Bi Luo added, “Your teacher gave you an eye, which is supposed to be carved onto your celestial true body. Innate Sinister Monarch’s arrow sealed it away and you dug it out and put onto your demon true body’s forehead. Not long ago, both your celestial true body and demon true body were destroyed by Di Ming and Queen Goddess, but this arrow and eye are still around. You did not carry them with you, they are not on your forehead!”

His vision locked onto Mu Xiantian and said softly, “What are you so wary of?”

His words had Mu Xiantian’s beautiful face consumed by gloominess immediately.

“You are afraid, afraid that you will become that fish bred by your teacher that will mature when you become the Heavenly Monarch.”

As if there was some kind of strange energy, Mister Bi Luo’s voice reached into her heart and voiced out her true thoughts through his mouth, “That’s it. Dark Monarch says he is about to become a Dao God so he shut himself in, trying to shed away his past body. But he is still some way away from that level. Perhaps he cultivated you for this exact moment, you, as the fish that reached maturity, will be consumed by the fish farmer after you become the Heavenly Monarch to help him overcome the final obstacle. Now tell me, what did you find, in his eyes, Mu Xiantian.”

With an expressionless face, Mu Xiantian looked at Mister Bi Luo and after some time, she sighed and said, “That eye of my teacher, is in my Xuan Pin Sacred Ground right now. After my celestial true body and demon true body died, they revived in Xuan Pin Sacred Ground and I noticed something strange.”

Fear crept up onto her pretty face as she said, “I noticed my teacher’s eye and Sinister Monarch’s arrow, they were there, following right after my bodies into the Xuan Pin Sacred Ground!”

The Xuan Pin Sacred Ground had been found. Fear crept up her spine as she knew that it was her greatest weakness. If it was destroyed, then her death was near!

Hence, any innate gods birthed by the heaven and earth would always hide their own innate sacred ground, far away from their enemies.

“This isn’t all I came to see you for.”

Mu Xiantian took in a deep breath and sat still as calmness returned to her, “When my body died, I saw something beyond terrifying in my teacher’s eye!”