Rise of humanity, p.626
Rise of Humanity, page 626
Fu Li waved his huge bone club and smirked nefariously, “Little old man, you haven’t been enough beating lately, have you? What almighty heaven? I am recruited by the Xian Tian Palace, not the Heaven Court!”
City Lord Yu Jun didn’t dare to provoke further, he quickly smiled, “The Sixth Divine City is one of the divine cities in the Zi Wei Galaxy, we don’t belonging to Heavenly Monarch’s faction either.”
Then, Zhong Yue smiled with hidden meaning, he said, “City lord, the situations is still not clear yet between the Heaven Court and Xian Tian Palace. The Sixth Divine City floats alone in the ancient universe, it is a good location yet at the same time, a perilous one. Make decisions only when the outcome is clear, then your city will be a good location; otherwise, it’d be more than easy to tear a city down into ruins in the ancient universe.”
City Lord Yu Jun stiffened up his heart, he thanked, “Thank you for the guidance, Mister Yi. Yu Jun knows what should be done.”
“Open the gates, quickly.”
“The gates, now!”
Zhong Yue traced the clamor to outside the city and his heart skipped a beat. Fourteen huge earthen jars were being flown to the city outskirts
“The Heavenly Prison’s wardens!” City Lord Yu Jun exclaimed in shock and quickly ordered the city gates to be opened.
Any form of flying above the city would immediately be seen as threat, and thus, countless seals and slaughtering arrays were placed in the skies of the Sixth Divine City.
Zhong Yue was quiet and unmoved as the city gates opened. The Heavenly Wardens sealed in the earthen jars flew into the city. Their faces were dark and gloomy and City Lord Yu Jun stepped forward in an attempt to help disarm the seals and release the 14 Heavenly Wardens.
“Don’t touch anything!” One of the Heavenly Wardens shouted strictly, “The Jitong Clan has used a monarch weapon to seal us into one with these godly jars. Do not touch a single thing, these earthen jars are linked to our lives. They break, we die!”
City Lord Yu Jun was greatly shocked and quickly stopped.
The 14 earthen jars and the 14 Heavenly Wardens were forged into a kind of peculiar living creatures by the Jitong Clan’s monarch weapon. Half of them were the flesh and blood while the other were divine weapons. Contained within the earthen jars was their flesh but while the jars were initially a container, they were now fused to their bodies and Yuan Shen into a singular entity!
This was beyond the realm of mere skills, this was a means to wield the art of Six Paths Reincarnations, to use it to recreate existing living creatures into a new form of life!
Clearly, these 14 Heavenly Wardens were defeated by the Jitong Clan experts. Then, the Jitong Clan joined them together with the earthen jars as humiliation.
This Jitong Clan is really audacious, they even dare to fight the Heavenly Wardens. Rays flashed across Zhong Yue’s eyes and he thought, Moreover, they turned the Heavenly Wardens into half earthen jar creatures! Can the Heaven Court and Heavenly Prison endure such unconcealed humiliations? Seems like this universe is really tumbling into chaos. A war that would suck all of the Zi Wei Galaxy and ancient universe is inevitable!
The Jitong Clan was challenging the new order, the Heavenly Monarch. This alone proved that the Jitong Clan was looking to disrupt the status quo, and that they had wild ambitions.
When the 14 Heavenly Wardens returned, the Heaven Court and Heavenly Prison would find themselves shamed relentlessly by the Jitong Clan. Seeing that their fame and reputation was trashed, as the Heavenly Monarch and the ruler of the new order, Heavenly Monarch Di Ming would no doubt take swift on the Jitong Clan.
After all, he was the Son of Heaven, and the Heavenly Wardens were the servants to the “Heaven”. Thus, as the Son of Heaven, he would have to defend their name and reputation.
But if the Zi Wei Galaxy marched for the Jitong Clan, they would have to enter the ancient universe. This alone would immediately break the stalemate between the celestials and demons in the ancient universe that had lasted for eons!
Currently, the ancient universe’s celestials and demons were in eternal conflict. After eons of war and death, they had finally reached a very delicate truce, just like Zhong Yue’s [Celestial Demon Tai Chi Art].
However, if the Zi Wei Galaxy’s forces really did march upon the ancient universe, they would act like a rock that was crashed down into a pool of still water. The balance of Yin and Yang, celestial and demon, would crumble in an instant, and chaos would quickly ensue!
The monarch races like Jinwu Clan would surely stand against the Heaven Court’s forces while the demon race’s monarch races would try to reap the most benefits from both sides. This would eventually lead to the outbreak of war between the celestials and demons, erupting the longstanding hatred of the ancient universe’s celestials and demons.
Although the Jitong Clan was definitely intentionally doing it of their free will, the mastermind and true culprit was no doubt Si Ming. Zhong Yue thought, Consort Tian Si brought chaos to the Zi Wei Galaxy and Si Ming erupted chaos in the ancient universe. The two of them are both talents no weaker than the best of men. First, the Zi Wei Galaxy, followed by the ancient universe. The next area would then have to be the 3,000 Six Paths Worlds?
Meanwhile, City Lord Yu Jun hurriedly activated the teleportation formation and sent the 14 Heavenly Wardens away into the teleportation beam.
Then, Zhong Yue, Fu Li, and Mu Suge also walked into the formation for the Seventh Divine City.
When they reached the Seventh Divine City, their injuries were all fully recovered and their prowess returned to their peak form. Without any delay, they rushed for the Eighth Divine City just seconds after arriving in the Seventh Divine City.
Even with the teleportation formation, it still took half a year’s time for them to travel to the Eighth Divine City.
“Hmm? Mister Yi, it’s a surprise to see you here.” All of a sudden, a soft exclamation came from the side.
Zhong Yue traced the voice and laughed, he said, “Consort Tian Si.”
Consort Tian Si was still with the Celestial Emperor Bi Xie. They had just arrived at the Eighth Divine City from the Ninth. As the two now met unexpectedly, rays could be seen flashing in both of their eyes.
Zhong Yue smiled and asked, “Consort, where to this time?”
Consort Tian Si chortled, “Orders for me to head for the lower realms, some matters have to be taken care of down there. I am never allowed to be free, always occupied by orders that never stopped coming, throwing me here and there, all over the places. I really do wish I can stay home and rest for a few days. But shame, my duty outweighs my personal needs. Mister, are you going back to Zi Wei?”
Zhong Yue nodded with a smile, “My work is done here, it’s time to return and report.”
“Then, Mister, you’ll have to be cautious around.” Consort Tian Si smiled, “The Zi Wei Galaxy is not so peaceful now, war is breaking out almost everywhere. The people are suffering.”
Zhong Yue replied placidly, “Whoever caused the people to suffer will be punished by Heaven. The evildoers must be very, very careful or they’ll find themselves dead very soon. Consort, since you are going to the 3,00 Six Paths Worlds, if there’s time, please head to the Yong Ming Six Paths World and visit an old friend of mine. This Karmic Line will help guide you there.”
A Karmic Line emerged on his fingertip and it flew softly toward Consort Tian Si.
Consort Tian Si stiffened her heart, she kept mum for a moment before keeping the Karmic Line. Then, she smiled, “I thank Mister Yi’s for his advice. Mister, I should go now.”
Zhong Yue nodded and Consort Tian Si lead Celestial Emperor Bi Xie and left.
“Mister, who is this Consort Tian Si?” Mu Suge suddenly asked, “Mister seemed to value her very much. For one to be able to attract your attention, she must be someone exceptional.”
“A wise lady, her wisdom is equal to as mine as well as King Zi Guang’s.” Zhong Yue smiled as he answered, “She was the one that was responsible for the chaos in the Zi Wei Galaxy, and now, her next target is the 3,000 Six Paths Worlds. Her actions are also helping us saving some energy. Let’s go, there is no need to focus on her too much. If one day in the future, she stands on the opposing side of Xian Tian Palace, I’ll kill her myself.”
The three then rushed for the Ninth Divine City.
Rays flashed across Celestial Emperor Bi Xie’s eyes, he said, “Consort, the silk line he gave you, does it…”
Consort Tian Si’s beautiful countenance was also solemn, she said, “I don’t know, but he saved our lives. We owe him one.”
“Saved our lives?” Celestial Emperor Bi Xi’s heart skipped a beat.
Consort Tian Si nodded, “If he didn’t say it, I still wouldn’t know that disrupting the peace and bringing suffering to those of the realm would bring Heavenly Retribution to those that do so. As soon as he said this, I meticulously calculated and reinspected our Karmic Lines, sure enough, I found trillions of Karmic Lines crawling on ours. These are the Karmic Lines from the suffering souls affected by our actions of bringing chaos to the Zi Wei Galaxy! I am afraid the two of us will soon find ourselves haunted by the Heavenly Retributions. At that point, death would not far away from us! He saw all of it, and that’s why he warned me!”
Celestial Emperor Bi Xie was shocked while Consort Tian Si looked at the Karmic Line wrapping around her fingertip. She said, “Don’t you worry, this silk line he gave me belongs to a celestial emperor’s Karmic Line. If my deductions are correct, this celestial emperor is an Innate Curse Spirit Body. He should be able to help us with our upcoming danger.”
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“Only by reaching the Ninth Divine City can we ensure our safety!” Fu Li said solemnly, “Two years have passed since then. Even if Wu Dulang’s injuries have not fully recovered, he will still be able to recover at least 80% of his combat ability!”
Now, Zhong Yue and the other two were on their way to the Ninth Divine City. They were all agitated and anxious as to whether could reach the Ninth Divine City safely.
Wu Dulang was an Imperial Emperor innate demon god, his prowess was so strong that the likes of Wu Dulang didn’t even have to take the Starry Paths in the ancient universe as they were able to fly faster than the teleportation beams himself!
The only question remaining unanswered was how much has he recovered his prowess.
Mu Suge murmured softly, “I pray that we are able to reach the Ninth Divine City before he catches up to us…”
As time flashed by, they were getting closer to the Ninth Divine City and the trio have all relaxed their hearts a little. Zhong Yue smiled, “Just another quarter and we’ll be in the Ninth Divine City. From there, we’ll be able to teleport straight into the Zi Wei Galay.”
It was then, a violent rumble came from behind and they quickly turned their heads around in shock. The endless black demonic Qi has swallowed everything in it and rammed down right on them!
What’s more, was that the demonic Qi still had a shape. It looked like a gargantuan head and its face was Wu Dulang’s. His strangely handsome face was now nefarious-looking, his mouth filled with sharp teeth open wide that gnawed down on the teleportation beam!
The head was so huge that the teleportation beam looked like a little silk thread and the Ninth Divine City a little peach that was getting eaten by it!
Chapter 881: The Lady Tian Si, The Heart of Purity |
“Who dares to challenge the Ninth Divine City!? ”
The Ninth Divine City was guarded by an extensive number of experts, the Creators alone numbered over ten. But despite this, they were still helpless against Wu Dulang who was an innate demon god on the level of an Imperial Emperor.
After all, Wu Dulang’s power was among the top-tier Imperial Emperors, how could Creators possibly be a match for him?
However, the Ninth Divine City wasn’t just an ordinary city too. It was located at the center of the ancient universe, like a stone that fixed the order in the ancient universe. No matter how long it had been and how many changes had taken place, all of the ancient universe would continue to orbit around this divine city.
“A mere innate demon god, how dare you?” The gods in the city were unflustered, they surged out their arcane energy and immediately, the whole divine city glimmered in godly rays while marvelous totem patterns rose on its surface.
The totem patterns were combining together, joining in pieces and suffused with incredible power. In just a glance, Zhong Yue relaxed himself and said, “Wu Dulang is in trouble now!”
These totem patterns were the monarch patterns, totem patterns left behind by the monarch-level presences. Moreover, there wasn’t just an Imperial Monarch that had left their totem patterns here to ensure the city’s safety, for as much Zhong Yue could see, there were more than fifty of them!
The Eighth Divine City was lifted on one of Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s statue’s hands. When worshipped, the gargantuan statue of Heavenly Monarch Di Ming would come to life and help defend the city.
But the Ninth Divine City was of much higher importance than the Eighth Divine City. This was the core of the ancient universe and the point that linked the ancient universe to the Zi Wei Galaxy. Clearly, all the previous Heavenly Monarchs valued the city greatly, so much so that they all left their Dao totem patterns inscribed in the city.
One could imagine just how terrifying this divine city was to be protected by all the previous Heavenly Monarchs!
The head formed from Wu Dulang’s demonic Qi gnawed down on the silk-like teleportation beam and the peach-sized Ninth Divine City. Then, the monarch auras burst out from the divine city and like shadows met with light, all of the demonic Qi was wiped away!
A trail of demonic blood was splattered across the space as the innate demon god rushed away from the divine city. As such, the teleportation beam was left unharmed and Zhong Yue, Fu Li, and Mu Suge were able to arrive safely in the Ninth Divine City.
As the invader left, the various monarch auras dwindled and so did the glimmer of the monarch totem patterns. The guards in the city also returned to their respective shifts and duties as if nothing had happened just seconds before.
Fu Li grinned, “Wu Dulang has underestimated this city. Truth is, even the Eighth Divine City is beyond his league, let alone the Ninth Divine City. Which is way you only see me attacking the Sixth and Seventh Divine City but never the Eighth. I don’t even dare to go there. If the little brat Heavenly Monarch’s statue is worshipped and brought to life, even I can’t say for sure if I can escape alive.”
The three walked into the teleportal stage and a huge light beam engulfed them, sending them to the Zi Wei Galaxy.
“Li Yang, don’t you ever fall into my hands!” Wu Dulang bolted away in panic. Not only did the blastwave from the Ninth Divine City’s monarch patterns injure him further, all of the recovering wounds were also torn open again and the suppressed injuries ravaged his body even further. The innate demon god’s body couldn’t stop flowing blood out of it.
Wu Dulang was infuriated, the new and old wounds and the older recovering wounds have stacked together, causing his cultivation level to wane greatly.
Cultivation was particularly difficult for the innate gods, it took him millenia to cultivate to the level of Imperial Emperor. If he were to fall back to the level of Creator, it would take him eons to cultivate back to the Imperial Emperor level!
“If I never avenge this and make him pay, how can I hold my heads high anymore?!” Wu Dulang cursed and suddenly, he coughed a series of blood out.
It was at this moment, a shady and sinistrous voice came teasing, “Wu Dulang, Wu Dulang, a glorious innate demon god you are but look at you now, this state you are in, even I can’t help but mourn your misfortunes.”
Wu Dulang gave a cold sneer, he forcibly suppressed his wounds and traced the abrupt voice, “Which senior martial brother is it that is playing a joke with me? Why don’t you show yourself?”
The voice was continuously changing places, its movement was so mystical that even Wu Dulang couldn’t have tracked it.
All of a sudden, the space rippled softly as an old man who seemed to have merged himself with the space appeared in front of Wu Dulang. He smiled, “Wu Dulang, do you recognize the Zi Wei Heaven Court’s Gui Youming?”
Wu Dulang was shocked, “Ghost Master Gui Youming? Heavenly Monarch Di Ming’s advisor!”
The old man donned in luxurious clothes smiled, “It is I.”
Wu Dulang’s expressions were changing violently. Other than being the Left Prime Minister of the Heaven Court, Ghost Master Gui Youming was also an expert himself. Long ago, there were already rumors of him ascending to the level of an Imperial Monarch, that he was the strongest and most terrifying presence of the Gui Shen Race!”
His forte wasn’t his strength, but his wisdom. Ghost Master Gui Youming was a great helper to Di Ming’s coronation as the Heavenly Monarch!
“Advisor Youming, what do you have for me?” Wu Dulang asked politely.
Gui Youming smiled, “Wu Dulang, you think too much. I am not here for you, it is His Majesty’s order that brought me here. I only ran into you by chance. I saw you defeating by the Ninth Divine City and thus, came to visit.”
Wu Dulang muffled a groan, his eyes glimmered vigilantly while Gui Youming laughed. “Your enemy, Li Yang, now stands as one of Xian Tian Palace and is known as Mu Xiantian’s Mister Yi. Wu Dulang it’s almost impossible now to take him down on your own. But I have a way for you to avenge yourself. Zi Wei is now in chaos, and His Majesty’s biggest enemy is Mu Xiantian. If you pledged your loyalty to His Majesty, you will take your revenge sooner than you’d expect.”
“Pledge my loyalty to the little old man Di Ming?” Wu Dulang’s face changed drastically, he gave a cold sneer, “The ancient universe belongs to no one, not your Heaven, not your Heavenly Monarch. Di Ming wants my loyalty? Dream on!”
Gui Youming squinted his eyes and said happily, “Then, I am afraid you will see yourself dead here.”
