Rise of Humanity

This saber attack shook the time and dimension and the Tai Chi Picture danced intensively around. It was as if they were to make the Dao remain for eternity in the time river by leaving a branding. When the saber was swung, Yi Wanjun saw Zhong Yue’s body in the center of the Tai Chi Picture like a natural Dao word. This scene left an eternal impression on her heart and her soul.

Fuxi, the race with a human head and serpent body that contained sun and moon, Pure Yin and Pure Yang in their body.

It was a monarch-level visualization art. Though it was visualizing Zhong Yue, in truth, he was merely representing the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch, who infused Zhong Yue with wonders, amazing elements, and marvelous secrets.

She did not see this coming; seemingly out of nowhere, she was bestowed with a highly profound and marvelous heritage that brought her shock and amazement.

As the saber was swung, the heaven and earth shattered and everything turned into dust while the evil being backed off quickly covered in blood before he disappeared.

Then, a sinister voice came from the deepest part of the time and dimension that shivered Yi Wanjun was heard, “You have passed the second seal but with Xin Huo gone and the old dog dead, how are you going to get past the third one?”

Zhong Yue laughed and as he spoke, an old voice came from his mouth, “I can do this all day long! I will return to 1,000 years ago and fight with you if that’s what you want!”

The dimension was still crumbling as they spoke like glass shattering into pieces; Zhong Yue was suddenly overcome with weakness and exhaustion. His knee suddenly collapsed and he fell onto the ground with one knee. He merely managed to not fall down by plunging his saber into the ground.

When Fuxi Heavenly Monarch used his body to fight with the evil being, Zhong Yue witnessed a legendary battle between the two and each time Fuxi Heavenly Monarch cast a skill, it was just like he was the one that cast the skill.

While Yi Wanjun had Zhong Yue branded into her heart and obtained an emperor level visualization art, Zhong Yue was the one that received the quintessence of the last Fuxi Heavenly Monarch!

And it was taught to him by the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch himself!

Xin Huo….

But Zhong Yue did not bother going through the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s heritage at all; he stared at the copper lamp in Yi Wanjun’s hand, which had seemed to burn out all the oil in it as the light darkened rapidly.

Zhong Yue shivered and he felt that an endless pain like his heart was being cut by sabers and swords.

He clearly felt that Xin Huo, his best friend, and greatest companion, was dying after burning all of his energy to help Zhong Yue.

Suddenly, a spirit flew out from Zhong Yue’s body and along with the crumbling dimension, the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit was fading as well.

“Don’t go! Please!”

Zhong Yue mustered all his strength to raise his head, looked at the fading Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit and shouted, “Save Xin Huo! I beg you! You are a Heavenly Monarch, the great one who created Six Paths! You surely have a way that could save him!”

The old Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s spirit looked at the extinguishing flame and after he walked towards it, he lifted up the dying flame and walked towards Zhong Yue.

“As long as Fuxi is still alive, Xin Huo will not extinguish and the heritage will continue.”

In the eyes of this old soul contained wisdom beyond everything and he placed the weak flame in front of Zhong Yue and said, “Child, are you willing to sacrifice your spirit to light him up again? Are you willing to fuel him with your own soul and life to keep him from extinguishing?”

“Yes, I will do whatever it takes to save him!”

…

Zhong Yue lowered his head and said, “I am willing to fuel him with my soul and keep him burning with my life so that he can live.”

The old spirit asked again, “Child, when you are dying, are you willing to pick a Fuxi and pass this flame of inheritance to the Fuxi so that he could continue to protect Xin Huo and allow Xin Huo to be passed down from generations to generations?”

“Are you willing to do all of these?”

Zhong Yue kept quiet for a second and he immediately raised his head and said, “I am!”

The old spirit smiled happily right away and said, “You are willing to use your soul to maintain him, burn your life to keep him burning and willing to give him up. You are a good child, a real Fuxi and most importantly, a true Xin Huo inheritor.”

The Fuxi Heavenly Monarch then sent the little flame into Zhong Yue’s forehead, connecting his soul with Xin Huo and linking Zhong Yue’s life to Xin Huo’s.

“Now, I have to finish a battle.”

The dimension finally toppled and the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch’s soul vanished but his voice was still heard coming from the end of the universe, “Child, remember the oath you swore today. Before you die, pass Xin Huo to the next inheritor. Do not take him into the grave with you.”

“Young boy from Fuxi Celestial Race, before you, as the light extinguishes, you must light up another.”

This old spirit then returned to 1,000 years ago and finally, this old spirit injured the evil being heavily at the cost of having his spirit completely disintegrated but he still managed to acquire a thousand years time of peace for the future Fuxi Celestial Race.

However, things did not go the way they wished and the Fuxi Celestial Race was still wiped out and waned for a hundred thousand years.

After the dimension finally collapsed, Zhong Yue and Yi Wanjun closed and opened their eyes again only to realize that they were still inside Heaven Origin Reincarnation Mirror and they were back to the time where they disappeared.

On the outside, Heaven Origin Reincarnation Mirror was still under Heavenly King Lu’s control as they flew towards Tuo Shan Six Paths World and Eighteen Emperors of Heavenly Cloud had no idea what the duo had gone through.

Zhong Yue took over the weathered copper lamp from Yi Wanjun. He took a look inside of the lamp where it was completely empty now; the galaxy soul inside the lamp was not burning anymore.

There was nothing anymore except for a tiny flame that burnt quietly inside Zhong Yue’s soul.

“Xin Huo….” Zhong Yue called softly.

….

Meanwhile in Zi Wei Imperial Star, a very nice looking child rode on a prosperity cloud towards the palace imperial emperor resided. Realizing the arrival of this child, Imperial Emperor immediately got out and welcomed him, “Junior martial brother, what brings you here?”

The child smiled and said, “Senior Martial Brother Xian Tian, teacher is awake now and he is summoning you.”

“Teacher is awake now?”

Shouted Imperial Emperor Xian Tian with joy, “What did he need from me? Do you know what happened?”

“That I do not know.” said the child as he returned with Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, “Teacher’s strength has improved once again and since when have we been able to understand his actions? But he asked for you right after he woke up so I assume it’s important.”

The two then arrived at an impossible place where it was filled with only death and decay with darkness lurking everywhere. The Imperial Emperor lowered his head as stood outside an ancient palace, awaiting his teacher’s order.

“Teacher, I assume that you have recovered your injuries this time since you woke up?” asked Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

“Yes. In fact, I feel even better!!”

An old voice came from the inner palace, “100,000 years ago, the flame of the universe teamed up with the old dog. They gave me a blow that almost took my life. Heh, little did they know that I managed to advance another step closer to the legendary level.”

The Imperial Emperor was relieved after hearing this and he said happily, “If teacher managed to enter the impossible world, then it will be a huge thing to celebrate! By the way, I have something to report to you, teacher. Not long ago, a Fuxi girl showed up. She is a pure blooded Fuxi, she stirred chaos in Zi Wei and it was a shame that we failed to capture her. However, not long later, another half-blooded Fuxi showed up and I dispatched Zi Guang to capture him. Judging by the time, Zi Guang should be back anytime soon.”

He paused and hesitated for a moment and he said again, “The Fuxi Celestial Race has not been heard from for more than a few ten thousand years. But now, two have shown up at once. I fear that there was something brewing, so I had the million turtle gods of the Tian Gua Celestial Race to carry out a divination but they all died in the end. Among them, one of the old ones said “Xin Huo” before he died. I suspect that the rumored flame of inheritance is back and is related to the two Fuxis….”

The old voice then sounded again, “I know about this, but it does not matter. These puny Fuxis are too weak to do anything now. Just proceed with whatever you see fit and only return when necessary. Besides, Xin Huo is gone now.”

Upon saying this, the old voice gave off a feeling as if he was relieved from an immense pressure, “I watched him extinguished with my own eyes. The 100,000 years of injuries were worth it after all. Take a look at this, this is the look of the Fuxi rascal that was carrying Xin Huo.”

A scroll flew out from the palace and landed right in the hands of Imperial Emperor.

He opened up the scroll and after a moment of silent and shock, he shouted, “It’s him! He is one of the two Fuxi rebels! Did he obtain the Xin Huo inheritance?”

“Xin Huo is dead, worry not.” emphasized the old voice before he said calmly again, “With only two Fuxi, they will pose no threat to us but this can be a great opportunity to draw out the remaining assets hidden by the Fuxi Celestial Race and wipe out those who are still siding with them. Xian Tian, I’m entrusting this task to you so make sure you carry it out well. I have high hopes for you and I think that you have the talent to become a Heavenly Monarch. Do not disappoint me.”

Happiness struck Imperial Emperor Xian Tian right away and he quickly said, “I will eradicate these pests so that teacher will be relieved of his worries!”

“Very good, now go.”

The exuberant Imperial Emperor then left right away.

Meanwhile, inside Heaven Origin Reincarnation Mirror, Zhong Yue waited for a long time but didn’t receive any response from Xin Huo’s end.

Cold sweat started forming on his forehead; Xin Huo was the flame of universe, a flame that burned using the universe as fuel. Back when the Sui Sovereign created him, he used an ancient galaxy to forge Xin Huo. So Zhong Yue was rather unsure if merely his soul and life was sufficient to sustain Xin Huo.

“Xin Huo?” called Zhong Yue once again with a trembling voice.

The little flame in his soul, however, showed no sign of movement. Zhong Yue’s heart sank to the bottom upon seeing this. He started to question the words of the Fuxi’s last Heavenly Monarch and wondered if the Heavenly Monarch was just trying to comfort him so that he will continue passing this spirit down and it was nothing more than just a white lie to encourage him more?

“Xin Huo, are you still there?” said Zhong Yue again but this time, tear was building in his eyes.

But there was still nothing from the little flame.

Zhong Yue’s heart sank further to the bottom and suddenly, the little flame’s angry and sad voice was heard, “Shut up! I’m in the middle of a crisis here!”

Zhong Yue was caught off guard. With joy and surprise, he looked towards the little flame and he heard this flame shouting, “Damn you Earthly Sovereign, screw you Fuxi Celestial Race! How can you make the decision without my consent to plant me right in Brat Yue’s soul! Stupid old man! I wanted a pureblood Fuxi and look at what you’ve done! Brat Yue, we need to talk….”