Rise of Humanity
chapter-561

Xin Huo’s face turned solemn, he said, “I’m thinking about the beast god inner core you acquired from the Beast God Ridge, there is a Xiang Dragon image inside of the inner core and it looked very similar like this Xiang Dragon beast god. The place where the Xiang Dragon beast god fell…”

“It’s the Beast God Ridge!" Zhong Yue continued in finishing the sentence. The place where the Xiang Dragon beast god had fallen into had the same topography as the Beast God Ridge. Although there were slight differences in the minor details in the passage of time, the major structure hasn’t changed at all.

The Beast God Ridge could be said to be where Zhong Yue started his cultivation journey. There, he acquired the the beast god inner core and also the Xiang Dragon’s inner core. He refined the essence in it to refine his Fuxi bloodline, allowing him to awaken the Fuxi bloodline and the Fuxi divine eye. These two things then formed the foundation for his future achievements.

Could it be that this Xiang Dragon beast god was exactly the Xiang Dragon beast god that formed the Beast God Ridge?

But Zhong Yue had just encountered with the Xiang Dragon beast god and was nearly killed by it.

So, if they had just met and that this Xiang Dragon beast god was that Xiang Dragon beast god that formed the Beast God Ridge, how could the Xiang Dragon beast god still be alive after dying for so many years, and how could Zhong Yue have acquired its inner core?

“What the heck…" Zhong Yue was bewildered. It was too terrifying, too bizarre, and too shocking. He had never fathomed with such strange events before, nor had he ever heard of it!

This was unlike what had happened in the West Barren divine court that merely showed the images of the incident many years ago. Whatever happened here was truly happening again.

It was as if Zhong Yue had truly entered the ancient battlefield, in both the spiritual and physical sense.

He even heard the Xiang Dragon beast god talking to him!

How was that even possible?

How could he even converse with the dead?

Even Xin Huo, with the experiences of his long-life and nearly omniscient knowledge, couldn’t answer the questions.

Faraway, Mother Da Zhen was also brought back by the cold breeze. She was coughing blood out from her mouth. Mother Da Zhen was brought away by the cold breeze for a longer period of time, surely, she would have suffered even greater wounds than Zhong Yue.

The mother god saw Zhong Yue as well, she suddenly suppressed her grave wounds and bolted away while saying, “Zhong Yue, don’t you think we should work together to survive this strange city? If we continue fighting, neither of us will be able to make it out alive!”

Zhong Yue wanted to chase after her but as soon as he raised his leg, his face turned even more pallid as he coughed out a mouthful of blood. In the blink of an eye, Mother Da Zhen had already run over a mile away, disappearing from his sight.

“Mother Da Zhen, you are right, we should work together. But if you run so far, how are we going to work together?" Zhong Yue suppressed his wounds and laughed as he said.

“Hmph, I don’t trust you…" The mother insect gave a cold snort while maintaining her distance from him. However, she didn’t go far either and she said, “You probably don’t trust me either. Hehe.”

Zhong Yue sneered coldly while he continued moving forward. The mother god was now swallowed by terror, she don’t dare to go near to him nor stray too far either. Mother Da Zhen was most probably terrified by the City of Nature.

However, Zhong Yue was also gravely wounded. He was struck by the gods two times. Although the two strikes would appear trivial to gods, he was just a Qi Practitioner. Those two strikes had nearly killed him!

If it weren’t for the Immortal Body, he would’ve already died from just the first strike!

My body is still carrying the wounds from those two strike, it seems I really had gone back eighty thousand years. Zhong Yue was surprised as inspected his wounds when he was trying to heal them, Can something that bizarre really happen?

All of a sudden, rays flashed in front of them. Zhong Yue walked toward the light rays and found them shrouding around a huge godly grave. The grave was already opened and the coffin in it was opened, but there was no skeleton or corpse in it.

This must have been done by the gods under Bi Xie’s command… Hmm, battle marks! Zhong Yue’s heart tensed up and he glanced around. The gods must have been caught off guard when they opened the tomb, which was why the battle marks were randomly scattered all over the place.

There wasn’t any skeleton inside the coffin, but there were some that were strewn around outside on the floor!

Zhong Yue’s face turned solemn, he cautiously inspected the skeletons. Just like the others, the skeletons here were also wiped clear of any spiritual energy, and there weren’t any totem patterns on them anymore.

Gods from different times had different skills that were imbued with the distinct mark of the era that they lived in. If there were still the totem patterns on the skeletons, Zhong Yue would be able to estimate which time period that the gods lived in.

However, with the skeletons devoid of all spiritual energy and the totem patterns dissipated, even he couldn’t get anything useful out from the skeletons.

Pity, I wonder if the skeleton from the coffin is among these skeletons.

Zhong Yue glanced at the coffin, and a claw mark on the coffin lid caught his attention. The claw mark looked as though there was a living being who tried to get out of the coffin.

Then, Zhong Yue walked to the side of the skeletons and inspected them one by one. After some time, he suddenly stopped in front of a skeleton and held a solemn face.

There were tiny wood chips stuck in between the finger bones of this skeleton.

The ancient god’s skeleton revived from the coffin… hadn’t I been through it before? Rays flashed across Zhong Yue’s eyes and he mumbled softly, “Returning Ruins, the Six Paths Reincarnation!”

The Returning Ruins was still affected by the residual energy of the destroyed Six Paths Reincarnation, causing some of the existences to lose their minds and live for eternity, even the dead would rise as evil creatures. The skeleton in this coffin would have been revived through the same process!

No, no, it doesn’t feel right. If it’s the Six Paths Reincarnation, then why didn’t the other skeletons come back to life? There are many gods’ skeletons out there, why aren’t they affected by the Six Paths Reincarnation?

Zhong Yue was wracking his head, but the earth suddenly quaked violently. Cracks emerged on the ground and light rays threaded their way out from the underground. Zhong Yue felt a strong force of attraction that was trying to pull his spiritual energy underground.

“What?" Zhong Yue was shocked and suddenly, a curtain of light rose in front of him and the light rays flew into the lifeless skeletons on the ground!

“Not good!" Without thinking much, Zhong Yue bolted away from the skeletons. Just seconds after that, the skeletons stood up and roared hoarsely!

Xin Huo was standing on Zhong Yue’s shoulder, he turned around and found the skeletons growing flesh and blood on their bodies. Veins were formed and muscles grew back in place, Xin Huo could also clearly see their internal organs forming in their bodies!

It was as if the skeletons were brought back to life, like they had all cultivated the Immortal Body and was growing back their flesh and blood mortal body!

“This City of Nature should be called the City of Strangeness…" Xin Huo mumbled.

The skeletons revived the gods and they were suffused with the thick and powerful godly auras. Their eyes were sharp like eagles and they were fast like lightning as they dashed toward Zhong Yue!

“This is bad!" Xin Huo said anxiously, “Brat Yue, hand over control of your mortal body, these gods were controlled by a strange power, you are no match for them. But even I am not sure if your cultivation and prowess under my control can hold them off… Huh?”

Arms grew out from Zhong Yue’s mortal body and his fingers made various hand seals as he was casting a queer skill.

It was the【Pan Gu Six Paths】!

At this point in time, the four gods were already right behind him. The shadows of their huge bodies covered him, and the light wheels behind them imposed a heavy pressure on the surroundings.

All of a sudden, Zhong Yue turned and his six light wheels abruptly shone brightly. In the midst of the light wheels, there was a Pan Gu god sitting there.

He made a hand seal, and the light wheels revolved rapidly on the back. The sounds of worship that were directed toward the Pan Gu God could be heard as though there was a world that was chanting and worshipping in unison!

The four gods were expressionless as they struck at Zhong Yue. Suddenly, light rays flitted out from their bodies and entered the Pan Gu God behind Zhong Yue!

The gods’ hands had reached out for Zhong Yue, but the smell of rotten meat abruptly filled the surroundings. The revived gods were decomposing and the rotten meat fell off to the ground.

Their skin started to rot and their blood boiled away while the internal organs shrunk like deflated balloons and disappeared into smokes.

But the four skeletal palms still struck on Zhong Yue and sent him flying into the sky. Zhong Yue crashed down from mid-air and rolled for some distance, crashing through a few palaces before finally coming to a stop.

“Puk—" Zhong Yue coughed out a mouthful of blood and his face turned pale like snow. He tried to stand up but the bones in his body suddenly cracked, fracturing right on the spot, causing him to collapse on the ground like a boneless snake.

Although the four gods were killed in time, the leftover strength in their palms was still strong enough to push him to death’s doorstep!

Zhong Yue quickly sat down in the lotus position and tended to his injuries. From afar, Mother Da Zhen squinted her eyes that were filled with killing intent at Zhong Yue.

Zhong Yue coldly snorted and took out the Divine Wing Saber, holding it vertically in front of him.

Mother Da Zhen chortled and strode forward, “Brat, if you didn’t take out the Divine Wing Saber, I wouldn’t have dared to come at all. But the fact that you took it out means you are only a step away from death. That’s why you’ve taken the Divine Wing Saber out to scare me away!”

Zhong Yue hurried up in remedying his wounds while he remained placid ostensibly, “Da Zhen, how sure are you that I didn’t take out this saber to draw you closer to kill you?”

Mother Da Zhen hesitated, she stopped and thought, This brat is evil and cunning like a fox, he pretended to be a lamp god and nearly tricked me into killing myself. There is no guarantee that this is just another show he is putting up to lure me into his trap again…

She pondered for a few moments, chortled abruptly and left.

But Zhong Yue remained vigilant toward his surrounding. Moments later, Mother Da Zhen’s voice came from far, “What a cautious opponent, I will not let you live the next time we meet!”

Zhong Yue hasn’t let his guard down at all. Mother Da Zhen waited in the dark for a long time but still couldn’t find an opening. She shook her head and left for real.

This brat, he is really cautious even under the most extreme conditions. He will be a terrifying enemy once he become deity!

Rays flashed across Mother Da Zhen’s eyes as she thought, He must be allowed to live! There might some medicinal pellets in the City of Nature, I might be able to recover some of my strength with them. By then, it’ll be as easy as crushing an ant to kill him… Hmm, what have we got here, divine herbs!