Rise of Humanity

In the following days, there were many human experts that had swarmed out to fight for the throne, but Jiang Yiqi was able to suppress all of them on his own. Due to his overwhelming performance, assassinations were attempted on him but Imperial Emperor Xian Tian killed the few Creators that had done so and scared the rest away.

It was only then that the Zi Wei Galaxy races knew that Jiang Yiqi was Imperial Emperor Xian Tian’s pawn. After that, no one dared to touch him anymore; eventually leading to him claiming the Human Sovereign’s throne where the gained the appellation of Yan Sovereign.

The battle for Human Sovereign’s throne had ended like that.

After Yan Sovereign’s coronation, he first went to greet Imperial Emperor Xian Tian and then the Heavenly Monarch. That left him in the center of criticisms of the races for his lack of respect to the Heavenly Monarch; that he should’ve greeted the Heavenly Monarch first before the Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

And Yan Sovereign answered, “There is first my king that I serve, then the ruler of the universe. Imperial Emperor Xian Tian is humanity’s greatest leader; thus, I will greet him first.”

As his answer was made clear and known throughout the worlds, the whole universe condemned him.

But Yan Sovereign’s act of fealty didn’t just end there, not only did he value Imperial Emperor Xian Tian more than the Heavenly Monarch, he even raised an army of human gods, calling them the Xian Tian Royal Guards. The armada only served Imperial Emperor Xian Tian and were all willing to give up their lives if the imperial emperor desired so. This act had greatly impressed the imperial emperor, cementing Jiang Yiqi’s position in his heart.

Then, Yan Sovereign ordered the human skilled smiths to forge all kinds of treasures and luxurious artifacts, clothes, carriage, swords, and palaces for the Imperial Emperor.

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian chided Yan Sovereign for being extravagant and that he shouldn’t have forged the items according to the Heavenly Monarch’s standards. However, although the imperial emperor had said so, he still kept the treasures, even taking them out to play with from time to time.

King Zi Guang watched as it all happened, his heart plunged in questions as he thought, Yiqi is a man of honor, he doesn’t play tricks much as the others. But why is he acting so sly and cunning lately? All his actions… he is trying to instill conflicts between the imperial emperor and the Heavenly Monarch!

Even though King Zi Guang could see it clearly, it wasn’t easy for him to voice it to Imperial Emperor Xian Tian.

This was because Imperial Emperor Xian Tian was the most ambitious man ever, he had always been eyeing on the throne of Heavenly Monarch. Moreover, he had an extremely powerful teacher, one that could shudder the universe into pieces. Thus, even though Imperial Emperor Xian Tian remained respectful toward the Heavenly Monarch, he had always longed to sit on the throne himself.

Back then, his teacher had awoken from slumber and summoned him; after Imperial Emperor Xian Tian returned from meeting his teacher, he was exhilarated and asked King Zi Guang, “Zi Guang, what do you think of me becoming the Heavenly Monarch? Do I have the qualifications for it?”

Thereafter, King Zi Guang knew Imperial Emperor Xian Tian had the ambition of becoming the Heavenly Monarch himself. However, the Heavenly Monarch was still in his prime, how was it possible for him to step down? If the Imperial Emperor Xian Tian flipped the table now, war would ravage the universe.

The more Jiang Yiqi’s actions resonate to his ambition, the more dangerous the situation would be!

Imperial Emperor Xian Tian eyed the throne while Jiang Yiqi gifted him treasures that only suited a Heavenly Monarch. This alone was enough to dispel any doubts on Jiang Yiqi in the Imperial Emperor’s heart, even making him believe that Jiang Yiqi was a true and loyal subject!

This had always been how these affairs went; those who were holding the lamp wouldn’t be aware of the shadows under them. That was why King Zi Guang could see it clearly, but Imperial Emperor Xian Tian, who was holding the lamp, was oblivious to Jian Yiqi’s machinations.

They wouldn’t be able to hide Jiang Yiqi’s gifts from the Heavenly Monarch and this would give rise to Heavenly Monarch’s suspicions toward Imperial Emperor Xian Tian. If this is to continue down the road, the cracks between them would grow bigger and slowly out of control.

Eventually, this would lead to the separation of Heavenly Monarch and Imperial Emperor Xian Tian!

But even if the Imperial Emperor Xian Tian dismissed the gifts and destroyed them, the Heavenly Monarch would still be doubtful of Imperial Emperor Xian Tian; it was a sinister move that no matter what and how Imperial Emperor Xian Tian reacted, the Heavenly Monarch would still raise suspicions against him!

Yiqi and I grew up together, I know him more than anyone else, an honest and honorous man. Someone else treacherous must’ve been behind all of these, this is the only explanation!

King Zi Guang’s eyelids thumped, he summoned men from over and had them inspect the Human Sovereign Palace, to see who Yan Sovereign was spending his time with.

Soon after, the scouts returned and reported, “Yan Sovereign has no consorts, most of the subjects around him are also His Majesty’s spies. However, he has been quite close with a celestial that goes by the name of Yi Feng lately.”

“Yi Feng?” Rays flashed across King Zi Guang’s eyes, he said, “How old is this Yi Feng? And what is his cultivation level?”

“Less a thousand years, just ascended into deityhood recently and is a low profile man. Those around Yan Sovereign knows he is Yan Sovereign’s most valued subject, but not much of his information could be found.”

King Zi Guang sneered, This Yi Feng must’ve been Nong Sovereign’s advisor? How incredible, just a mere thousand years old and his mind is filled with disgusting ideas, how dare he misleads Yiqi into sabotaging the good relation between His Majesty and the Heavenly Monarch! This man, dies!

“Return and scout out Yi Feng’s courtyard.” King Zi Guang said, “Report to me when he and Yiqi separates.”

Not long later, the scouts reported, “My king, Yi Feng is now separated from Yan Sovereign.”

King Zi Guang stood up and just when he was heading to kill Yi Feng, he stopped and thought, No, this is unwise. If I kill him, Yiqi will flip the table and break the good ties between us.

Then, an idea rose in his mind, he summoned his disciples, Dong Ah and Xi He, and told them of his plan. The duo left the Xian Tian Palace soon after that.

The duo then found Realm Monarch Bo Luo’s son, Bo Di, and the young experts from the other 3,000 Six Paths Worlds as well as imperial emperor’s few young disciples. When the duo found them, they were in a cultivation discussion. Dong Ah and Xi He walked to them and said while smiling, “Senior martial siblings, what a pleasure! How dare you all not invite us if there’s such a good discussion!”

Bo Di saw them coming and quickly said, “I’d just came out of my closed door cultivation, the senior martial siblings are celebrating my ascension into deityhood.”

Some time ago after coming back from the lower worlds, Dong Ah and Xi He, had also ascended into deityhood. Then, the young gods had a toast and discussed their attainments and questions in their cultivations.

Ever since Bo Di and the other nine strongest Qi Practitioners were here in the Zi Wei Galaxy and received teachings from the imperial emperor, their cultivation base had increased greatly. Especially, Bo Di, as the beloved son of Realm Monarch Bo Luo, he had received exceptional focus from the imperial emperor.

As they were standing now, Bo Di had cultivated the Pure Yang mortal body and the innate Yuan Shen, just that his soul wasn’t in the innate state, but received an innate Qi from the imperial emperor that boosted his Yuan Shen to be above mediocrity.

Whereas the other nine experts have also ascended into deityhood and were all exceptional gods.

Rays flashed across Dong Ah’s eyes, he smiled and said, “Senior martial brothers, instead of conversing here, why don’t we go out to the world? Senior Martial Brother Bo Di’s ascension is worth celebrating for. However, the newly ascended that was not seasoned with battles wouldn’t be sturdy enough to your cultivation base.”

The crowd nodded in concurrence.

Xi He laughed, “I know exactly where to go! The humans have now bent their wills for the imperial emperor. Although practically useless, they still have some prominent experts once in a while. Such as a human in the 3,000 Six Paths Worlds that goes by the name of Zhong Yue, he is strong and powerful. Why don’t we head to the Human Sovereign Palace and find a few human gods to test with? There’s no consequence to it anyway, the humans are worthless in value, it doesn’t even matter at all even if we kill them.”

When Bo Di heard of the name ‘Zhong Yue’, his eyelids thumped and he said in a placid voice, “I’ve been defeated by Zhong Yue before and that brought humiliations upon me. He is worthy of his name being the strongest Qi Practitioners of all 3,000 Six Paths Worlds. However, times have changed now, if he stands before me now, I can easily crush him like killing an ant.”

Twice he has been defeated by Zhong Yue, both of the defeats were regarded as a humiliation to him. Now, upon hearing Xi He bring Zhong Yue’s name up again, the weight of failure shadowed his heart once again.

Xi He smiled, “To be frank, Senior Martial Brother Dong Ah and I have also lost to him as well. But that doesn’t matter anymore, Zhong Yue is now the top wanted criminal across all worlds. Senior Martial Brother Bo Di, interested to take a walk in the Human Sovereign Palace?”

Bo Di stood up, he laughed exuberantly, “Of course, let’s tour around in the Human Sovereign Palace while we find and toy with a few human gods as well as measure our cultivation progress!”

The crowd laughed too, “Let’s go together!”

Dong Ah and Xi He furtively heaved a breath of relief, they exchanged a look and thought, Teacher has instructed us to kill the human Yi Feng, the Yan Sovereign’s treacherous subject. When we arrive at the Human Sovereign Palace, we’ll find Yi Feng, let Bo Di and the others take care of him, or if they can’t, we’ll just quietly release a killing blow from the side. That way, Yan Sovereign will not be angry with teacher and will think it was the imperial emperor’s disciples that killed Yi Feng. The good relationship between teacher and Yan Sovereign won’t be jeopardized.

The crowd moved out and headed for the Human Sovereign Palace.

Dong Ah and Xi He walked on the front, leading the way to the Human Sovereign Palace, or more specifically, Yi Feng’s courtyard.

Human Sovereign Palace was situated at the highest mountain of a mountainous terrain and had golden clouds hovering above it. Each of the mountains was occupied by a human god and resided by countless humans.

Dong Ah and Xi He leads the crowd straight to one of the mountains. The mountain was bare and seemingly held no signs of life, except for the lone palace on the mountain top.

But even the palace had no servants or whatsoever; the young gods walked into the palace not encountering anyone on their way until the palace garden.

There, a young human god stood in the center of the garden with his head up while attaining the abstrusities of heaven and earth itself.

The young man was slim and slender, donned in a simple robe and harbored the air of an unworldly hermit.

Our target is quite handsome! Dong Ah and Xi He praised.

The target heard the footsteps and regained his senses from the cultivation. He turned around and looked at the uninvited guests in surprise.

Yi Feng was, of course, none other than Zhong Yue.

Everything Yan Sovereign has done, from kneeling to the Imperial Emperor Xian Tian and pleading his loyalty to the coronation of Human Sovereign’s throne, then the formation of the Xian Tian Royal Guards and the giftings of the exquisite treasures to shatter the relationship between Imperial Emperor Xian Tian and the Heavenly Monarch, were all Zhong Yue’s ideas.

Zhong Yue was surprised because he recognized the newcomers. Bo Di, Dong Ah, Xi He, along with the top experts from the Six Paths Worlds. However, the imperial emperor’s disciples were new to him.

He had changed his appearance and hidden the Fuxi blood away, only revealing his human bloodline. Thus, he didn’t have to worry Dong Ah and the others in seeing through his identity.

“Senior martial brothers, how may I help?” Zhong Yue waved his sleeve and numerous chairs and a table was raised before the experts. They thought in shock, This human god… He is strong! With just a thought and he created the chairs and table out of thin air! Is he a Creator? How amazing!

Zhong Yue invited them to sit and said while smiling, “There’s no need to be overly formal, please, be seated.”

However, Dong Ah and Xi He didn’t sit, they smiled, “Sit what? Senior Martial Brother Bo Di, this human god is strong, why don’t you hone yourself with him?”

When Bo Di saw Zhong Yue creating the chairs and table out, he was already starting to cower. He stepped forward and said politely, “Senior martial brother, I have just ascended into deityhood. I wonder if you can provide some guidance and point out my flaws?”

Countless thoughts flashed across his mind and Zhong Yue understood it all in just a mere instant, he laughed, “Guidance? I dare not say I can provide any useful opinion as I was also just a god a few years earlier than you all. But we can learn from each other.”

Then, his body flicked for a split second and the innate Qi gushed out from his mortal body. An overly dominating godly aura came crashing down on Bo Di, while Zhong Yue said solemnly, “Please, senior martial brother!”

Bo Di grew even more cowered and he replied, “Senior martial brother, please go easy on me!”