Rise of Humanity

Zhong Yue was shocked at the power Fu Shang displayed; with just a simple point, Fu Shang actually pierced the time fragment; this strength was absolutely powerful!

He might be a feeble ruler but when it came to combat power, he was definitely one of the best among the Heavenly Monarch level!

As Long Zhi and the others chased after them, they were also avoiding the spatiotemporal fragments, afraid of touching them as their power was beyond their level.

And with Fu Shang’s strength that was so strong that he pierced a time fragment with his finger, he would be able to kill peaked Imperial Emperors of the likes of Long Zhi!

Though Imperial Emperors like Long Zhi were not as strong as the monarchs, they could still last for a while. And if they teamed up against a monarch, they would pose great threat as well.

But even if the four of them worked together, they would be no match for Fu Shang!

Shame, Fu Shang has the power but his heart and will are not strong enough. A fool with brute strength but no ambition.

Zhong Yue shook in disappointment; even after the Fuxi Celestial Race had been plunged into the abyss, the Heavenly Monarch was still ignoring the situation, blaming himself and failing to walk out from the shadows.

“Crown prince, you destroyed my fragment, you have to pay me back for this!:

Zhong Yue pretended to be angry and shouted, “Come out and get me one!”

Fu Shang, however, humphed and ignored Zhong Yue by turning away.

A moment later, Zhong Yue threw in another time fragment and ordered, “Crown prince, halt it for me.”

Fu Shang shouted furiously, “Why are you being so unreasonable? I told you I wanted to be left alone but you, you caused so much ruckus, throwing so much garbage in my place! I’d have let it go if it was just one or two but it seems like your garbage is endless! What can you do now that I don’t want to help anymore!”

Zhong Yue sighed and explained, “Everything that I threw into this place serves only one purpose, to forge and create the dimensional blade and blade of time! In the future, I’d need these two blades to cut down foes of Fuxi, to fight for future for Fuxi Celestial Race and if you don’t want to help me, so be it!”

Hearing this, Fu Shang inevitably thought of the mistakes he made. He was ashamed of himself and he felt guilty for needing a half-blood Fuxi to point out his wrongdoings. Hence, this time, he halted the time fragment and did not intend to destroy it on purpose, “I’ll help you then. But I must say that you are really thinking too optimistically if you think you can win with just these two blades.”:

“And that is where you come in, you will help me, right?”

Fu Shang kept quiet and after quite some time, Zhong Yue threw in another fragment, which was stopped by Fu Shang and the man said bitterly, “The enemies… You have no idea how strong they are, they are just hopelessly powerful. I’ve given up hope….”

“But not me,” replied Zhong Yue calmly.

Zhong Yue’s words shook Fu Shang greatly, which made his heart bitter. He suddenly had the urge to cry. The Fuxi Heavenly Monarch immediately turned his head away and said, “You will, one day, you will become like! You will feel powerless! You will …”

“Then we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”

Zhong Yue laughed, “But I do not bend. My blood is still boiling hot, I am willing to give everything including my life to our race! And if I finally end up like you, I will abandon our race and come dreaming with you.”

Enraged by his words, Fu Shang clenched his fist and stared at Zhong Yue angrily but he quickly gave up. He said, “Yes. I’ve bowed before the enemies and my blood turned cold. I did not have the courage to die for our race… But… I don’t want you to end up like me …”

He pulled his hairs, covered his face with his hands and cried, “I don’t want you to become another me! I don’t want another sinful clan member like me sitting beside me!”

Zhong Yue, on the other hand, had already left and along with Yin Fanxuan, he avoided the dangers lurking within this place; after all, this was where the universe collapse and one risk losing his life if not careful enough.

Besides, this place was extremely weird. From time to time, strange rumbles echoed out and with each rumbling, the energy within Zhong Yue and Yin Fanxuan almost lost control and their totem Dao were almost shattered!

“What’s up with these rumblings?”

Yin Fanxuan wiped away the bloodstain on her lips after almost entirely gone insane because of the rumbles. She said softly, “I can’t feel my Daos or arts anymore.”

The Innate Saint Spirit Body was extremely sensitive to the Dao, but at this place, her sensitivity towards the Dao posed no benefit but only danger towards her. The heaven and earth Dao here were extremely chaotic and this chaos had a great impact on her, making her even more vulnerable than Zhong Yue.

The rumbles also affected her tremendously; each rumble gave her a very dreadful and lethargic feeling, impacted her Dao heart greatly as if the rumblings were the final breath of the universe, the last heartbeat of the heaven and earth Dao. While these rumblings affected her to a point where she felt she was about to die with the universe, Zhong Yue was also stunned at this scene for he had felt and heard such rumblings. However, the ones he felt were not as vigorous and powerful as these right here.

Back in the ancient universe, the drum used by the Heavenly Wardens to resist the Shao Hao Bell possessed similar rumblings with the ones here!

And the drumbeats were probably from the same source as the [Daoless Heavens] once cast by Lei Zhe Ancient God!

Previously, when Zhong Yue went through the coming of age ceremony, he challenged the Leizhe Realm and fought all the way into the Ancient Leizhe Realm’s 81st level, where he was faced with the [Daoless Heavens] from Lei Zhe Ancient God! At that point, Zhong Yue did not even stand a chance!

And that awfully powerful technique was similar to the rumblings in this dead universe, which were also hopelessly strong. The dead atmosphere, writhed Dao and the absence of arts and techniques!

“Fanxuan, you must not stay here anymore!”

With a serious tone, Zhong Yue said, “You are too sensitive to the heaven and earth Dao and will be easily affected. I’ll put you in the bead now and in there, you might be able to escape the rumbles.”

“But if I’m not here, you will be controlled by the abnormal smell and what about your pain in Yuan Shen?”

As soon as Yin Fanxuan brought this up, Zhong Yue had already lifted her up with his psyche and put her into the bead, to which Yin Fanxuan resisted, only to be affected by the chaotic Dao here. With that, she did not manage to put up anymore resistance and was finally placed into the bead.

“Crown prince, please help me to look out for her.”

When Yin Fanxuan got into the bead, the messed up Dao in her body finally calmed down and returned to normal but not before she saw the giant. She looked at Fu Shang in shock, which prompted her to ask, “Such a huge giant, are you the Heavenly Monarch of the Fuxi Celestial Race?”

“No!”

Fu Shang replied without hesitation, “I’m a sinner and please don’t talk to me, leave me alone!”

Yin Fanxuan laughed and said, “It’s really hard to imagine that there is no place for you to be alone in such a huge world!”

Upon feeling her words reached deep into his heart, Fu Shang nodded, “Exactly. In the prison, I wanted to atone for my sin quietly but the wardens would come and torture me and sometime later, a lady hijacked me out from the prison and threw me to this half-blood Fuxi, who is constantly bugging me. Is there really not a place that I could let me be alone?”

“If even this place is not calm enough, why don’t you get out and search for a better place?” asked Yin Fanxuan.

Fu Shang’s eyes twitched right away and he immediately ignored her as he thought, This little girl here is exactly just like the half-blood Fuxi. They are all trying to lure me out from the bead.

Upon thinking of leaving this place, Fu Shang was consumed with fear. He was afraid of seeing those familiar faces again, frightened by the mockery, pity, and sadness in their eyes.

He was afraid of seeing anyone, any living beings, the tombs and the responsibilities on him.

Hence, he hid here and stayed away from the world, evading things like a turtle with its limbs on in its shell.

“Such a nice smell—”

In just a blink of an eye, Yin Fanxuan was mesmerized by the Hundredth Reincarnated Saint Amaryllis and she immediately plunged towards the lotus ocean, which Fu Shang stopped her right away with a simple hand sign. After a quick shock, Yin Fanxuan immediately regained her conscious and she immediately played her flute to stop the abnormal sweet scent from corroding her Dao heart.

“There is no need for such trouble. I will teach you a technique that could strengthen your Dao heart.”

With a quick shake, Fu Shang dragged the star stream in the skies down before lifting Yin Fanxuan up and putting her on his shoulder.

The star stream bounced around and pulled his arm straight.

Fu Shang’s psyche moved and a unique technique entered Yin Fanxuan’s mind and he said, “This is the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal], a technique that would strengthen your Dao heart to the point that it will not even be affected even if the heavens fell onto you or the universe is destroyed before your eyes.”

“Then why did your Dao heart disappear?” asked a curious Yin Fanxuan.

Fu Shang’s face twisted and he lowered his face, “I am a sinner…. My father taught the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal] to me in hopes that I will acquire great wisdom and self disciple but I failed him. I am a sinner …”

“Do you think your father wishes to see you like that?” asked Yin Fanxuan again.

Fu Shang flinched and said no words after that.

Yin Fanxuan stopped asking after seeing this and she tried to fly away after leaving Fu Shang’s shoulder.

“What are you doing?”

A light pillar flew out from Fu Shang’s eyes and dragged her back but not before Yin Fanxuan resisted. Upon realizing that resistance was futile, Yin Fanxuan explained, “I want to teach my husband the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal]. It’s really dangerous out there and I am worried about him.”

“He wanted you to stay here so without his words, I will not let you leave. Fine, I will teach the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal] to him.”

Just as soon as Yin Fanxuan’s eyes lit up because she thought he was going to leave the bead, Fu Shang’s psyche rippled and transmitted to Zhong Yue the technique.

“You’ve after all, failed to achieve the unwavering and solid Dao heart,” sighed Yin Fanxuan upon witnessing everything.

With a twisted face, Fu Shang suddenly stood up, struggling against the star streams as he walked towards the bead’s border. He reached his hands out and suddenly, starting from his palms, his entire body trembled.

Weng—

The star streams vibrated and the seals erupted, dragging Fu Shang back like he was a pile of dead meat.

“I dare not go out!” cried the Fuxi Heavenly Monarch.

Meanwhile, on the outside, Zhong Yue evaded the dangers carefully; the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal] had helped him greatly, aiding him in suppressing the pain that came from the tear in his Yuan Shen and the desire for the lotus.

Unknowingly, the impact from the rumbles weakened greatly as well.

What is the source of these rumblings? How are they related to the [Daoless Heavens]?

The deeper he went, the more puzzled he got.

Somewhere behind, the four Imperial Emperors got even closer but they too, were all tensed up for they were also affected by the rumblings.

“What is that….” the four Imperial Emperors were stunned.