Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

  His ‘lips’ opened in all directions like a blooming flower and in his mouth, there was layer upon layer of menacing teeth which were ready to gnaw on Zhong Yue and inject its venom into his body.

  “Big! Big! Big! Big! Big!” The insect magnate was split in half as a 30,000 feet long huge sword crushed him in the middle.

  “Your divine weapon…,” the insect magnate’s halved body quaked the floor as it crashed into the ground.

  At the same time, Qiu Jin’er, Zuo Xiangshen, and Tian Yanzhong cast out the Ten Malefic Weapons. They dashed in to help Gu Hongzi, Tian Mo Concubine and the others who were ambushed by the insect magnate.

  Zhong Yue stepped forward and swung his arm. Totem patterns were blasted out from his sleeve and turned into an altar that rose up from beneath Gu Hongzi and the insect magnate.

  The figures of nine demon gods appeared around the altar, they bowed together and chanted in unison.

  The insect magnate’s heart skipped a beat, he could feel his arcane energy leaking out from his body like a loose tap. Quickly, he released Gu Hongzi’s godly spirit and struck countless hits on the altar.

  Zhong Yue’s altar was just a great skill in the【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】, how could it even able to defend so many strikes from a magnate?

  Krong——

  The altar been shattered into pieces and disintegrated into the purest form of totem patterns.

  Meanwhile, Gu hongzi cast out his godly spirit and turned took the form of a godly bird. He clawed and beaked at the centipede-like insect magnate until it was dead. He flung the insect magnate up into the sky and ate it away into his stomach.

  A cold chill was sent down Zhong Yue’s spine as he thought, Senior Martial Brother Gu Hongzi is really daring to even eat an insect magnate. He is no doubt a monster!

  After the death of the insect magnate, the two of them strode toward Fang Jiange. With the help of two experts, the insect magnate fighting Fang Jiange was undoubtedly no match for them.

  He was pinned to the ground as Fang Jiange suppressed him with the divine sword on his back and Gu Hongzi’s claw kept him on the floor like a cage, leaving him unable to move at all.

  Zhong Yue clenched on the Golden Peng Sword, and like an executioner, he brought it down upon the insect magnate’s head.

  Ding——

  The golden sword quivered violently and the insect magnate was still left unscathed.

  The three experts were all stunned, and they exclaimed, “What? Such a strong body!?”

  Although the insect magnate was unable to move, he wasn’t in a life-threatening situation at all. He laughed and criticized them, “Three idiots. My body is forged from divine gold, even your swords are made of divine gold, how do you think you can harm me?”

  “Refine him!” Fang Jiange frowned and said solemnly.

  “Hehe, you three are weaker than me in cultivation base, how do you think you can refine me?” The insect magnate showed his sharp teeth and said proudly, “I could give you 500 years of time and you still wouldn’t be able to do shit to me!”

  Zhong Yue, Gu Hongzi and Fang Jiange furrowed their brows. This insect magnate was in the Imminent Deity level, while they were only the True Spirit and Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioners. Their Yuan Shen weren’t strong enough to refine the insect magnate.

  “If not the cultivation base, then let’s do it with the divine weapon!” Zhong Yue took out the 108 Xuan Yin Banners and placed them down in array formation, “I will refine him!”

  The Xuan Yin Hundred Demon Banners erupted with power, and the demon Qi surged out into 108 demon gods that surrounded the insect magnate in the middle.

  A huge furnace emerged around the insect magnate and trapped him in it while the arcane energy in him was siphoned out from his body.

  The insect magnate shrieked in fear, and he tried to escape, but Gu Hongzi and Fang Jiange pinned him on the ground, leaving him unable to move at all.

  His cultivation base lowered at a notable rate, and his arcane energy was siphoned away from him. In just a few moment’s of time, he already dropped to the level of True Spirit and was still falling toward the Heavenly Dharma level.

  With just a thought, the figures of nine demon gods appeared behind Zhong Yue. The demon gods flashed into the insect magnate’s psyche ocean and formed into an altar that trapped the insect magnate’s Yuan Shen in the center. Demon Qi surged into his mind and halted his mind.

  The insect magnate was still struggling, but once the demon Qi seeped into every corner of his brain, he was refined into a weapon and stopped moving.

  Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief, he nodded at Gu Hongzi and Fang Jiange. The other two kept their divine sword and skill while Zhong Yue also kept the Xuan Yin Hundred Demon banners. The insect magnate was seen standing in front of Zhong Yue; he was only as tall as Zhong Yue’s knees.

  The insect magnate was looking up at Zhong Yue with a pair of eyes filled with fear and terror. However, he would often show his sharp teeth with great killing intent flashing across his eyes. It felt like he was trying to disobey and betray his master but didn’t quite dare to do so.

  It was also the first time Zhong Yue even did this, turning the insect Qi Practitioner into his Gu insect. He wasn’t familiar with the skill and was thus unable to refine the insect magnate perfectly.

  Furthermore, the insect magnate was in the Imminent Deity level, which added even more instability to the refinement process.

  However, as time passed, and with the increase in his prowess, it would become easier to control the insect magnate.

  It was only now that the his control would be rather unstable and unwieldy.

  So your name is Chun Bao’er, Zhong Yue searched through the insect magnate’s memories and his heart skipped a beat. The memories in the insect magnate’s brain was shattered into pieces, but most of the memories he was able to see were the times he spent plundering planets of their resources.

  The insect planet was a lone star that wandered the endless universe. It devoured any living planet they saw and pillaged every usable resource from them. Whether it be living beings or metal, or any other thing else, the insect army would swarm in and leave yet another barren waste planet in the universe.

  Along the way to the Ancestral Star, there were more than a countable number of planet that the insect race devoured. Countless living beings were eaten away, and there wasn’t a single insect that was innocent in the insect race.

  However, Bao Chun’er was just a low-tier insect in the insect race, there wasn’t much information about the insect race higher-ups or what they had planned. The insect race was a race that valued blood lineage, and your status solely depended on your bloodline.

  Thus, even though Bao Chun’er was strong, he was still regarded as a low-tier insect that could be sacrificed anytime. Furthermore, the low-tier insects were typically less intelligent than the others, and so it was only natural that he didn’t know anything about the insect races more strategic plans.

  But, there was one thing that Zhong Yue was able to learn from Bao Chun’er’s memories.

  That was the insect planet has been wandering in the universe, searching and drawing nearer to the Ancestral Star!

  In recent years, the Golden King insects and mother gods accidentally revealed that the insect planet was tracking toward the Ancestral Star with the help of a teleportation tunnel formed by their ancestors many thousand years ago!

  Along the way, the insect planet devoured many planets but never deviated far from its course toward the Ancestral Star!

  Not long ago, Bao Chun’er heard from a higher-up of the Golden King insect that the Ancestral Star was now within reach and that they would arrive very soon!

  Zhong Yue extracted the information he needed and told it to Gu Hongzi and Fang Jiange. Immediately, their hearts tightened.

  “We have to tell the gods behind!” The three of them discussed amongst themselves and reached to an agreement.

  They
instantly approached Yan Mother and the other gods, telling them the information. The gods all got worked up in anxiety while Yanmo He , “We will deal with whatever will come at us. Which is exactly why we are here: to scout out the strength of the insect race and set on an appropriate plan after that. There is simply no need to be so shocked. Now, Zhong Yue, I ask you, are the banners you cast out just now the divine weapons of my demon race?”

  He sneered frigidly and said in a placid tone, “Such demon divine weapons are regarded as the saint weapon of the demon race, it might cost you your life if you wield it. I suggest you give it back to us. Furthermore, how dare you learn the cultivation techniques of the demon race? You are just a mere human, who gave you the courage to leech off of the demon race? Brat, abolish this cultivation technique and I can spare your life!”

  Chapter 503: Betting With The Demon God |

  Zhong Yue was incensed but maintain his calm exterior, he gave a dry laugh and said, “Senior god, you said that it belongs to your demon race, then I suppose you should know what cultivation technique the divine weapon used? If you can’t, then it proves that it doesn’t belong to you or your race. By then, you won’t have to worry about its origin anymore.”

  Yanmo He raised his brows, and he gave a cold sneer and said, “Just a mere child, do you think you can really fish out the secret demon cultivation technique just by a set of demon divine weapons? You are smart, but don’t take everyone else as idiots, surely I won’t tell what cultivation technique is in the demon divine weapon.”

  Of course, one could clearly tell that the demon divine weapon attracted his attention, whatever reasons he gave before were all empty drivel so that he could get his hands on the divine weapon!

  Zhong Yue acquired the Xuan Yin Hundred Demon Banners from the A’thoer demon Qi Practitioner Yan Zhen. They could be used individually but when used together, they would form into a set of demon divine weapons of great power.

  Yan Zhen was also from the Yama Saint Race, and so was Yanmo He. Although he had never seen the cultivation technique that was imbued in the demon divine weapon before, he could still tell that the cultivation technique was from the Yama Saint Race.

  It was a strong cultivation technique that if he could get the demon divine weapon and study the cultivation technique, his prowess would be able to rise higher in the future!

  However, as he had never come across the cultivation technique before, he didn’t even know its name and could only accuse Zhong Yue of trying to steal the demon cultivation technique from him.

  But it was as clear as day in the hearts of the gods, they all knew that Yanmo He was playing the fool. After all, he should still be able to reveal its name. Zhong Yue couldn’t possibly learn the technique just from its name, could he?

  Yanmo He’s demand for Zhong Yue to abolish the demon cultivation technique that originated from the【Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art】was also due to pure jealousy rather than for the righteous reasons that he claimed. His demand also could be said to come from fear, but not even he himself was aware of that fact.

  Being able to refine insect Qi Practitioners into Gu insects was the a ability that was purportedly exclusive to the demon race. It was also something they used to threaten other races so that they could maintain their standing in the Ancestral Star.

  If Zhong Yue were to imparted it to others, then that would be a great loss of leverage to the demon race!

  And if Zhong Yue imparted it to humanity, the human race would be able to raise their strength greatly and expand their territories. This would indirectly reduce the strength of the demon race, this was surely something he would never allow to happen!

  The other gods looked over at the two and smiled, none of them took the minor arguments to heart.

  But the Bai Zhe god faked a cough and said, “Yanmo He, Zhong Yue is here with an important piece of information, it is a meritorious deed he was rendered to everyone in the Ancestral Star. Not only did you not reward him, , but you even accuse him of something he didn’t appear to have done. Don’t you think you are overdoing it a little?”

  Yanmo He smiled back and said, “Bai Yuncang, don’t mistake me as taking advantage of the public affairs to settle our private hatreds. This set of divine demon weapons belong to my Yama Saint Race. It is my responsibility as a Yama god to retrieve. Whereas for the demon cultivation technique and the art to refine the insects, they are of utmost importance to our demon race, I asked of him to abolish them but not take his own life.”

  Yu Wenju, the monster serpent god hissed and said while smiling, “Old Man Bai, I think it’s reasonable what Yanmo He asked from the human. His meritorious deed is only a minor matter. Even if he doesn’t tell us, the demon Qi Practitioners will sooner or later find out about it when they also refined the insect Qi Practitioners. And if not, we will also know when we arrive in the insect planet. This type of news shouldn’t need to be rewarded.”

  Bai Zhe god frowned while monster god Yu Wenju continued, “Furthermore, this set of demon divine weapons belong to the Yama Saint Race, don’t you think it fair to ask for it back? If the divine weapon you forged was stolen by someone else, do you not plan to retrieve it?”

  Yanmo He looked at Zhong Yue and placed his hands behind his back and said, “Zhong Yue, I will not allow my Yama Saint Clan’s saint weapon be tainted by you. Hand it over to me now.”

  “Yama Saint Race’s saint weapon?" Zhong Yue burst out in laughter. He surged the Xuan Yin Hundred Demon Banners and placed them around him into an array formation.

  Zhong Yue looked back at the demon god and said indifferently, “The banner array formation is here, I have been refining them for months so let’s make a deal. If senior you can refine it to claim it as yours within 15 minutes, I will turn and leave without saying a word. But if you can’t remove my marks from them to claim the treasures, then you will to fart in front of the public and say that your words are like fart!”

  “Fart?" Yanmo He shook his head, he laughed out of anger and said, “Brat, have you not seen death before? Fine, I shall crush your extravagant hope in front of your eyes!”

  Sadistic smiles spread across the gods’ faces as they witnessed the situation developing, but they didn’t intervene at all. In the icy pathway, the insect Qi Practitioners were basically wiped from existence. The Ancestral Star Qi Practitioners cleared the battlefield and gathered back together, and as they heard the conversation, they were between laughter and tears.

  A demon elder exclaimed, “Isn’t this Zhong Shan boy overly brave? He dares to bet with the demon god! Hmph! The human race is, after all, the most primitive and puny race of all, they don’t even know how strong the gods are!”

  A celestial magnate laughed and said, “Not to mention the gods, even any Imminent Deity magnate could easily wipe off his marks from the weapons!”

  “This Zhong Yue is going to lose for sure!”

  Yanmo He surged out his psyche and arcane energy, seeping them into the Xuan Yin Demon Banners. Although he didn’t dare to say that he could refine the Xuan Yin Hundred Banners and take control of them immediately, he was still confident that he could easily wipe Zhong Yue’s marks off from the banners.

  After all, who was he?

  A cultivator whose Yuan Shen was cultivated to the Pure Yang State and ascended into the deityhood, the youngest demon god ever existed in the demon race Eight Barren for the past few thousand years!

  Even Imminent Deity magnates were like toddlers in the face of the gods, let alone Zhong Yue, who was just a Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioner. Zhong Yue may appear to be strong in the eyes of the mortals and Qi Practitioners, but he was still just like an ant in the eyes of the gods!

  His arcane energy and psyche split into 108 parts, each seeping into a Xuan Yin Demon Banner, trying to smite away the markings Zhong Yue left inside the banners. However, as soon as his arcane energy and psyche entered the banners, there was Xuan Yin Demon Water that formed into demon array formations inside of every
banner.

  A hundred and eight Xuan Yin Banners, a hundred and eight demon array formations, none of which were the same!

  In the middle of the demon array formations, there would be a demon god each controlling and guarding over the banner!

  In order to refine the Xuan Yin Banners, one could only use his arcane energy and psyche to enter the demon array formation and defeat the demon god to leave their mark in it.

  However, Yanmo He couldn’t even recognize any of the over hundred demon array formation. If he rashly entered the array formations, he would trigger the array formations and that part of the psyche and arcane energy could be struck down!

  How did this brat do it? How did he get past the array formations and leave his mark in the banners? Yanmo He inspected the demon array formations and his scalp tingled. These demon array formations were way too complex. The Xuan Yin Demon Waters were composed by the totem patterns, and such a short time frame of 15 minutes wasn’t long enough for him to see through them!

  His arcane energy was immense, but that didn’t mean breaking the array formation was a way to solve it.

  If the array formations were broken away, it also meant that the banners would be destroyed as well. Furthermore, he, as a demon god, could have definitely done it with his strength if it were an ordinary divine weapon. But the banners were just a slightly below lord-leveled divine weapons, it wasn’t something he could break away now!

  That being said, he couldn’t refine or break it away. Although he could just snatch it from Zhong Yue and nothing would stop him from doing that, his pride as a god wouldn’t allow him to do it, at least not in front of the other gods.

  Time passed and cold sweat burst out of Yanmo He’s forehead. His arcane energy turned even more vigorous, and his psyche billowed into the banners. However, even so, none of the 108 banners submitted to his will!

  “Senior, 15 minutes is almost up." Zhong Yue suddenly said from the side, his tone was cold as the ice.