Rise of humanity, p.273
Rise of Humanity, page 273
These seals were deeply implanted into the humans; they would pass on from generation to generation. And as every child was the creation of the two humans, the bloodline seals in the next generations would compound in strength through each successive generation. Year after year, the bloodline seals would eventually grow to a point where the true powers of the Fuxi bloodline would be eternally sealed away from humanity!
Zhong Yue's blood essences were shuddering, growing stronger and thicker while the bloodline seals were also growing in tandem, continuing to maintain its stranglehold over the Fuxi factor in his bloodline.
These seals were so well hidden that even the Heavenly Dharma giant cultivators wouldn't be able to sense them at all. Zhong Yue could only see them clearly with his divine third eye. As far as his vision could reach, all he could see were seals that numbered at least a billion in number!
His divine eye could sense the bloodline seals continue to grow alongside the strength of his own bloodline. They were growing together with the blood essences of his Yuan Shen and mortal body, forming into six shackles that revolved around the five secret realms that locked the powers in his bloodline away!
All of these would be invisible to others, but Zhong Yue saw it clearly with his divine third eye!
Unlike Feng Xiaozhong who had used the heart's eye to see all of these, Zhong Yue had the Fuxi divine third eye.
This allowed Zhong Yue to believe that Feng Xiaozhong had awakened the Fuxi Celestial Race's divine heart. As such, with the awakening of the divine heart, Feng Xiaozhong could utilize the senses of the divine heart, or more commonly called the heart's eye. Furthermore, the Fuxi Celestial Race had an incredibly vibrant and robust blood essence, which was also why Feng Xiaozhong could have sensed the seals in the bloodline.
However, the foundation of the divine heart's strength was not the heart's eye, but the appalling powerful blood essence of the Fuxi Celestial Race.
Hence, if used to look at the bloodline seals, it wouldn’t be as clear as the divine third eye.
Zhong Yue cast out the seal-breaking art that Feng Xiaozhong had taught him, and the totem patterns flew into mid-air around him and formed into 【Dragon Shears】, cutting the seals away in halves.
These 【Dragon Shears】 looked like two Jiao Dragons coming together into the shapes of scissors. There were the traces of the dragon techniques, but other than that, there were still the demons and the celestials. This 【Dragon Shears】 was incredibly complex and was most probably created by Feng Xiaozhong for the sole purpose of breaking the bloodline seals.
Thankfully I've cultivated to the state of [Celestial Demon as One], or else, wouldn't even be able to use this 【Dragon Shears】, Zhong Yue thought.
The totem patterns that formed the 【Dragon Shears】 were incredibly small, each 【Dragon Shears】 was as small as the bloodline seals, and in his divine third eyes' vision, he could see billions of 【Dragon Shears】 forming into circles that slowly decomposed the Seal of the Six Paths away.
Countless 【Dragon Shears】 attached themselves to the bloodline seals, and two sets of the six wheels were formed right beside one another.
Found it!
Zhong Yue's blood essences were moving around ceaselessly in search of the Bloodline Secret Realm's position, causing the six wheels of bloodline seals to change with it. After searching in over a hundred million places, he finally found where the Bloodline Secret Realm was located!
Zhong Yue yelled heavily, and his oceanic blood essence suddenly shrunk wildly, condensing into a narrow straight line that was like a divine spear. In the next second, the scarlet red spear thrust forcefully toward where the Bloodline Secret Realm was at!
At the same time, the Seal of the Six Paths triggered, and the bloodline seals burst out with an appalling wave of energy that seemed to want to erase his blood essence so that he wouldn't succeed in opening the sixth secret realm.
“SHEARS!”
Zhong Yue's voices were loud like the roaring thunders, and the 【Dragon Shears】 cut down heavily upon the bloodline seals. Instantly, the sounds of popping came from inside of his body as if there were thousands and millions of bowstrings breaking away. The boat he was on became pulverized into little pieces, and the ladies onboard were sent flying away in all directions.
In the middle of the boat, Zhong Yue's skins fissured, and countless rivulets of blood spurted out like needles from his body that was now like a sieve.
His mortal body shriveled up, and his muscles were rid of its moisture as they attached themselves to his bones, His heart also clumped together like wet clothes!
Zhong Yue's body suddenly became a few sizes smaller, and he looked like a desiccated corpse.
The blood that spurted out of his body formed into little human-headed, snake-bodied celestial beings. They were small and tiny but lively like ephemeral spirits. They danced around his body happily.
Before the demon ladies could ever react to the sudden change, all of the blood surged back into Zhong Yue's body, and his withered body was instantly returned to a state where it was brimming with vitality in the blink of an eye.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
His heart thumped heavily – its powerful beating seemed to resonate with the force of the world. Suddenly, another voice covered the thumping sound of his heart; it was the sound of his blood essence flowing through his body. Hua-la-la—— it sounded like a vast ocean whose waves crashed violently in a storm.
Behind him, a new wheel emerged ... the sixth wheel — Bloodline Wheel!
It was scarlet red in color, and inside it, there was the image of a human-headed snake-bodied celestial being as the light wheel slowly turned larger.
In his body, the blood essence of the mortal body and Yuan Shen were now united as one, coalescing together to grow at an insane rate. His life force and life energy were also sent into overdrive, and his force of vitality grew at an exponential rate
with every passing second!
Qi Practitioners cultivate their lives, and yet, there would always be a five to six times difference in the lifespan of the mortal body and Yuan Shen with the latter having the longer lifespan. However, as of now, Zhong Yue's blood essences of the Yuan Shen and mortal body coalesced together into one with his opening of the Bloodline Secret Realm. The lifespan of his Yuan Shen and mortal body were now equal!
Initially, his mortal body only had a lifespan of 200 years, whereas his Yuan Shen had more than a thousand years to live. But now, his mortal lifespan had increased to over five hundred years and was still rising without any loss of momentum!
This was an incredible boon, as even the Swords Gate old headmaster, an Imminent Deity magnate, only had a lifespan of over 600-700 years. And now, as humanity was on the verge of facing its greatest trial, the fires of his life were already reaching the final fibers
of its wick.
Zhong Yue's lifespan had now exceeded that of the Imminent Deity magnates!
Opening the sixth secret realm and breaking through the boundaries of the blood essence between the Yuan Shen and mortal body was one of the most significant breakthroughs that he would ever achieve in his cultivation!
Behind him, the Bloodline Wheel was growing more prominent, and soon, the Six Paths were created in his body with the six secret realms forming a mini replica of the Six Paths Reincarnation!
The moment the Six Paths of Reincarnation manifested in his body, Zhong Yue could feel a connection of his Six Paths of Reincarnation to a greater existence.
The sky blurred away, and space ceased to matter. Everything he could see and everything he could sense was disintegrating and reforming into something Zhong Yue could never comprehend. He could see himself flying out of the Ancestral Star, with the skies turning darker than black and the only light sources being the stars and planets that he flitted past.
He became larger and taller, and one after another, he was flying past solar systems flew beneath him. After an amount of time that was unbeknownst to him, the whole galaxy appeared before his eyes, revolving like a slowly swirling wheel of light.
Then, he saw the second galaxy, then the third, the fourth, the fifth….
In the end, six galaxies appeared in his vision, each of which was formed by a seemingly infinite number of stars, planets, and every other celestial body. And in the center of the six galaxies, there was an unimaginably gigantic man. Looking at the galaxies, Zhong Yue didn't know what to say, as such a scene was beyond the scope of words.
What was before his eyes was the Six Paths World – the true form of the Six Paths of Reincarnation where even the Ancestral Star he lived in was just a negligible speck of dust when measured against the whole!
What Feng Xiaozhong had once seen was now laid bare before his eyes!
“Dao! Dao! Dao! Dao! Dao! Dao!”
The indescribably huge man slowly raised his head up and spoke six ‘Dao’s at Zhong Yue.
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The indescribably colossal giant's six ‘Dao's sounded different; each ‘Dao' contained their own meanings and powers as if they each resembled a unique principle of this world.
The six words rammed into Zhong Yue's mind. The ‘Dao's were ringing and reverberating in his head, getting louder and more oppressive.
The galaxies around shuddered as the unknown being spoke and the light wheels started revolving. These six galaxies formed the whole Six Paths World, and the Six Paths World was a complete Six Paths Reincarnation!
When Zhong Yue heard the six ‘Dao's and looked at the Six Path Reincarnations again, things changed completely in his eyes. Now, the six galaxies were not galaxies anymore, but an organic machine, giving and reaping life cyclically in all places.
In the Six Path World, there were uncountable planets that had billions of lives inhabiting it, totaling up to way beyond trillions of different, unique races!
The birth of countless beings in a second would invariably be concomitant with the same number of deaths. A delicate equilibrium between life and death, prosperity and poverty, as well as creation and destruction was continuously maintained in the Six Paths World. These souls of the dead were flashing across the whole Six Path World, into different stellar systems and planets to soon reincarnating into their next lives.
Zhong Yue could also see innumerable gods and demon gods, living on the unknown being's six hands. Grandiose buildings were raised in his hands, one that not even the concerted effort of the whole Ancestral Star could manage to build. Tall, endless, grand, imposing, solemn, and every other superlative couldn't begin to capture such buildings. The whole place looked as if it were the divine court.
The many gods lived in these six divine courts, managing the Six Paths of Reincarnation and overlooking the entirety of the Six Paths World.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation was so vast that the number of gods required to manage it was also incredibly large. Other than these six divine courts, there was also a similar but greater divine court on the giant's forehead. It was the heavenly palace in which the heavenly monarch that commanded this Six Paths World resided.
This was only one among the 3000 independent Six Path Worlds scattered throughout the universe.
"No, no, this isn't right. I've seen it from the imperial consort, the first Six Path World's Six Path Reincarnation was destroyed, and there are only five paths left, reincarnation is impossible now. But … why is this Six Path World so complete?"
Zhong Yue mumbled in shock, "This is definitely the first Six Paths World as I flew out from the Ancestral Star, but … the Six Paths World Ancestral Star I was in was destroyed. So, what is this? When did this happen?"
All of a sudden, a chill was sent down his spine, “What time is this? What year am I in?”
He was utterly confounded, if the Six Paths World had not been destroyed yet, then what era was he in now?
“Xin Huo! Xin Huo!”
But there was no reply from the little flame, not even a single sound. Zhong Yue was startled, he could no longer feel any trace of Xin Huo in his psyche, their connection had seemingly disappeared.
He was in complete shock, “This … is a hundred thousand years ago!”
The Six Paths World was destroyed a hundred thousand years previously, during the reign of the Reincarnation Monarch!
He had now returned to the time of the Reincarnation Monarch's reign!
"No, these are all illusions!"
Just as this thought crossed Zhong Yue's mind, a melancholic melody echoed out from the heaven court. The great Reincarnation Monarch had passed away, and the new heir was yet to be selected.
All of a sudden, there was a malicious-looking hand that came out of the void and slammed onto the heavenly palace. Countless gods were killed in just one strike while those that survived started to decompose and vanish into ash with their Yuan Shen vanquishing into thin air. The whole heavenly palace and the six divine courts were in a state of total destruction. The gods and demon gods were all aging at rapidly, turning into desiccated skeletons in just the blink of an eye, and soon, even the bones were disintegrating into ashes!
Zhong Yue was looking at it dumbfoundedly. Then, the giant who was sitting in the middle started to crack, a narrow slit appeared on his forehead, and a great existence walked out from his skull. Everywhere he went, the power of the Six Paths would vanish, and the Reincarnation would stop!
A whole galaxy was collapsing, and countless celestial bodies were destroyed. The delicate equilibrium was forcibly broken, and the life energy of this Six Paths World was being siphoned for a sacrifice for a blood ritual!
“I curse….”
The evil sounds reverberated through the whole world, cursing the Fuxi Celestial Race to be sealed forever, generation after generation, year after year. The seal in them shall follow them forever until the end of time and the death of the universe!
The voices reverberated around the sky and the verbal curses came into form as the seals, planted into the Fuxi Celestials and sealed their powers away.
“When the seals are broken, your soul will come to me!”
As the voice finished speaking, the Six Paths broke apart and so was the cycle of reincarnation. The Six Paths of Reincarnation was left in shambles, and the corpses of the fallen giants and the devastated divine courts and heaven palace were the only thing that remained.
Zhong Yue's blood turned cold, and he suddenly shivered, mumbling, "When the seals are broken, your soul will come to me? What does it mean?"
Suddenly, cold sweats burst out, and he yelled loudly, "Illusions! All of these are only illusions! Wake up, wake up now!"
The void was suddenly trembling, and a huge black eye emerged from the space of bright stars. It was a vertical slit, and suddenly, the silhouette of a man walked out from the huge eye toward Zhong Yue.
Zhong Yue was shivering like a frail calf, and a wave of great terror and fear washed over him, trying to crush his psyche, break his will, and seal his Yuan Shen and bloodline. It was an assault that struck directly at the mind!
Zhong Yue let out a ferocious roar, and he visualized the Sui Sovereign.
Behind him, the heavenly monarch's grand palace emerged while the Fire Sui Tree grew tall in front of the Flame Order Palace. Inside of the Flame Order Palace, the Sui Sovereign was sitting in the throne imperiously, and auric rays shone out in all domains as its saint fire burned vigorously, fighting against the oppression that seemed to strike at his soul!
"None shall be exempt from their rightful imprisonment…."
This time, the malicious voice echoed directly in his ears, permeating into his mind and forcibly dimming his visualized shining Flame Order Palace. The Fire Sui Tree stopped burning in saint fire, and the Sui Sovereign started to age quickly.
"These are all illusions! Images produced by the curse!"
Zhong Yue gritted his teeth tightly and focused his gaze on the incoming silhouette. He was still visualizing the Sui Sovereign, putting in all his might to fight against the great terror from destroying him!
The silhouette walked closer and closer to Zhong Yue while his body grew in size with every successive step. However, despite him drawing nearer, he was still shrouded in the darkness, like a black hole that sucked all light away.
He raised his pitch-black hand and reached out to Zhong Yue. Darkness fell upon the world, and Zhong Yue became fully engulfed in it. The Flame Order Palace, the Fire Sui Tree, and the Sui Sovereign all disappeared, there was only himself left, lost in an endless void of frigid darkness, awaiting his judgment from the dark hand.
"You think, these are all just illusions? How naive." The evil voice sounded in his ears again, send his hopes to oblivion.
Zhong Yue then felt an immense pressure billowing over and gulping his psyche, will, Yuan Shen into darkness, nothing was left, and he was left floating in the dark!
Suddenly, Zhong Yue could feel as if something was eating him away, the pain came from inside of his spirit and soul, from his Yuan Shen. Seconds after he was eaten away, he was restored back to his peak form and was eaten away again, and the process would repeat ad infinitum, like an eternal and cyclical torture.
Time passed unbeknownst to him, day after day, soon, a few months passed then years, decades, and then centuries….
He had lived in the complete darkness for an unknown period of time, and he had been eaten away more than he could remember. His psyche, will, and Yuan Shen was on the brink of utter collapse. He had become a play doll that the great existence toyed with as it pleased, sadistically destroying him one time after another.
Even so, he still visualized the Sui Sovereign, persisting and never once giving up despite the unbearable torture. He was trapped in an endless loop of visualizing the Sui Sovereign, being eaten away, and being revived back to his peak form.
All of a sudden, a faint light suddenly appeared amidst the darkness, shining onto Zhong Yue's broken body.
