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1Chapter 283: Three Inner Cores
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5I still don't know what her name is….
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7Zhong Yue stood on the ocean with his hands on the back, looking at the imperial consort's boat sailing further and further away before eventually disappearing from his sights. As the greatest race to have ever existed, the Fuxi Celestial Race certainly had no lack of inspiring and glorious heroes. But sadly, the history of their race was wiped off, and the future generations wouldn't even know their names.
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9Every record about the Fuxi Celestial Race was erased, and not even their direct descendants knew of their origins.
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11"If you want to destroy a race, you'll have to wipe off its history and let the names of the heroes fade away over time. Let the soul and spirit of the race fade in the flow of time; and when the heritage of the race vanishes, so will their last glimpse of hope … Junior martial sister, let's go, we'll search for Ao Shanshan."
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13Zhong Yue strode forward while Qiu Jin'er followed behind.
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15As Qiu Jin'er only knew very little, her heart wasn't as heavy as him, she looked at the young man that was heavy-hearted and thought, even if her senior martial brother were not as handsome as the others may be, she found herself completely enamored with his kindness and warmth.
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17This was something the others didn't have and also the most attractive points in Zhong Yue.
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19All the other talents of the other races such as Jiao Qingtu, who had acquired the heritage of the Ancestral Dragon; Xia Shengchu, the Martial Martial with three thousand feet white hair; Zhu Jiangyue, who was like a peerless heroine; or Bai Canghai, who looked like a sick patient. All of them had their own unique qualities that allowed them to stand above the sea of mediocrity. Their fame shone across the lands, and the made their marks through the Warrior Board. All of them were bright and radiant stars to be venerated by their peers.
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21But when compared to Zhong Yue, they were somewhat lacking — ever since Zhong Yue had witnessed the vicissitudes of life that caused the downfall of the greatest race, an inexplicable aura rose up within him. It was something he had obtained when he decided to walk on an arduous path to reclaim the lost glory of his beloved race and to seek for the truth; it was a mentality that imbued him with the proudest spirit and a conviction that the noblest blood coursed through his veins.
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23This quality was precisely what attracted Qiu Jin'er to Zhong Yue, causing her to glance at Zhong Yue with affection.
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25"[Nuwa Visualization Art]? This art is indeed abstruse, but it seems like it is more oriented for the ladies, a cultivation technique for the females."
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27The duo walked alongside while exchanged their cultivation insights; Zhong Yue asked about Qiu Jin'er regarding the [Nuwa Visualization Art] and the young girl showed it to him, it was indeed marvelous.
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29It wasn't any more inferior when compared to Zhong Yue's [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art], but just slightly lacking in complexity than the [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art].
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31"Nuwa is the Wa Sovereign, one of the Earthly Sovereign of the Earth Order Era, the second Heavenly Monarch of the Earth Order Era."
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33Zhong Yue said smilingly, "She comes from the Huaxu Celestial Race and is also the first Fuxi's wife. Junior martial sister, cultivating this [Nuwa Visualization Art] will surely bring you a bright future."
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35Qiu Jin'er was overjoyed, she smiled ear to ear and said, "Senior martial brother, I'll teach this cultivation technique to you also?"
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37Zhong Yue shook his head and declined the offer, "The [Nuwa Visualization Art] is more oriented to the females, although the males can also cultivate it, it'd only be a matter of time before the males eventually turn into females. By then, you can call me senior martial sister already."
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39Qiu Jin'er was stunned, she shouted in shocked, "What? Can this really happen?"
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41As he had the foundation of cultivating the [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art], his understandings on the [Nuwa Visualization Art] was deeper than Qiu Jin'er's. The attribute of the [Nuwa Visualization Art] was the feminine Yin, it was meant for women to enhance their natural power. If a male were to cultivate such a technique, the female hormones in his body would be stimulated, and horrible changes on his body structure would take place, for example, the shrinkage of the male genital and the emergence of breasts.
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43Furthermore, it was highly probable that Qiu Jin'er wouldn't be able to succeed even if she intended to teach him the cultivation technique, as the [Nuwa Visualization Art] she would have imparted him would be based on her own attainments, and that would naturally diminish the true prowess of the [Nuwa Visualization Art]. But that wasn't the case for Qiu Jin'er herself as the imperial consort had imparted her attainments in the [Nuwa Visualization Art] to Qiu Jinn'er.
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45It would work the same as Zhong Yue's [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art]. He couldn't impart it to the others when even he himself had yet to comprehend the art thoroughly. Even if he had taught it, the others wouldn't be able to grasp the true quintessence of the cultivation technique either.
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47Which was the sole reason why Xin Huo existed in the first place, as he could impart the inheritors with the true quintessence of the cultivation techniques.
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49The two of them spent a long time searching for Ao Shanshan in the ocean, but their efforts were in vain. Meanwhile, the cup of tea they had dissolved the drunkenness in their body, the energy of the divine tea and divine wine converged together, and as the passage of time, the benefits of the two drinks were slowly showing.
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51Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er's cultivation base grew steadily; they could feel themselves becoming stronger with every second. Furthermore, when Zhong Yue was absorbing the spiritual energy from the two divine drinks, he mixed the spiritual energy with the totem patterns and infused the combination into his bloodline, strengthening his bloodline's power and it seemed like another part of the hidden power in his bloodline was about to awaken!
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53Another few more droplets of Fuxi divine blood were created and took place in his heart chamber, modifying his heart and impregnated his heart with immense energy; every pounding of his heart would bring about an intense surge of blood essence.
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55Not only that, but what excited Zhong Yue more was the bloodline and blood essence he could faintly perceive in his Yuan Shen was getting clearer as he absorbed more of the divine tea and divine wine.
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57If the bloodline emerged within the Yuan Shen, then it would have the ability to control the blood essence in it, hence, allowing it to be stronger in strength, faster in speed, quicker in reaction, and with an exceptional level of control on other skills!
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59However, the most significant jackpot was something else.
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61Feng Xiaozhong once said that the sixth wheel of the Sixth Path Reincarnation, the Bloodline Wheel, it was only obtainable when the bloodline of the Yuan Shen and mortal body have merged together!
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63However, although the bloodline has slowly emerged within Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen and was getting stronger, he still didn't know how to merge the bloodline of his Yuan Shen and the bloodline of his mortal body together.
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65The sixth wheel is incredibly important. If Feng Xiaozhong can do it, then I can too!
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67Zhong Yue thought, The imperial consort said that the sixth path reincarnation is in everyone's body, what did she mean? Is she saying that there is a complete Six Path of Reincarnation in everyone's body? Feng Xiaozhong's words seemed to have conform with her … this madman, what a genius he is!
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69A long time passed unbeknownst to them, they have reached to the other side of the ocean but Ao Shanshan was still nowhere to be found, no one knew where did the drunken dragon girl go.
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71"Senior martial brother, is this Senior Martial Sister Ao's tracks?"
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73Suddenly, Qiu Jin'er noticed an abnormality in the surroundings and asked, Zhong Yue looked over; there was a mark of a dragon claw on the ground, the claw mark was moistened with water, and there were a few dragon scales and torn clothes scattering around it. Zhong Yue inspected the totem patterns on the dragon scales and identified them belonging to Ao Shanshan's, he nodded and confirmed, "It's hers! This crazy girl, she rammed right into the heart of where the Heavenly Monarch lives."
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75This wasn't the Divine Jungle, nor the azure ocean; looking from afar, countless mountains were standing tall like soldiers standing at attention, straight and upright piercing into the firmaments as if the mountaintops were touching the stars.
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77The stars were gigantic and low, their forces of gravity were incredibly strong, it felt like they could just hover in the air without using any arcane energy.
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79On the stars, some old and ancient celestial temples were built.
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81Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er followed Ao Shanshan's trails and found themselves walking toward a magnificent-looking mountain; Zhong Yue lifted his head and looked up. The mountain was dazzling in rays like a flawless jade, it was the closest mountain to them, and there was a star, a planet that connected to it at the mountaintop.
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83She … can't possibly be on the planet, is she? Zhong Yue was between laughter and tears as he thought to himself.
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85All of a sudden, a blunt sound reverberated in the sky, coming from the top of the mountain; Zhong Yue surmised that someone was in a battle and along with Qiu Jin'er, they rushed to the mountaintop. Just as they barely arrived at the top of the mountain, the battle had already ended; Zhong Yue glanced around only to met with a floor of severed body parts, at least a hundred or more Qi Practitioners from different races were slaughtered mercilessly right here.
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87Xiao Mang Celestial Race….
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89Zhong Yue's brows raised in shock and gazed deeply at the sole survivor, the only one standing in the center of the corpses, a dragon-scaled being with three heads and his six eyes filled in killing intent as he looked at Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er — an expert of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race.
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91"Xiao Mang Celestial Race, Xiao Chushan." Zhong Yue inhaled a breath of cold air, rays flashed in his eyes, and he mumbled.
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93The first time they met was when Feng Shouzhu brought the humans over to contend against the Xiao Mang Celestial Race in the Xiao Mang Celestial Temple; Xiao Chushan was a noble in his race, an expert with high purity of Xiao Mang bloodline and Zuo Xiangsheng's opponent.
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95Back then, Xiao Chushan was already at the peak of the Atman Body level, the battle between him and Zuo Xiangsheng was blood-curdling, although Zuo Xiangsheng defeated him, that was only possible as Zuo Xiangsheng's foundation was much stronger than his due to the fire spark of the Shen Ya Celestial Race!
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97Without the fire spark of the Shen Ya Celestial Race, it was hard to say whether if the outcome would still be the same.
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99At that point in time, Xiao Chushan was already the strongest Atman body cultivator of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race; so would the Xiao Chushan now be the same as before or would he have broken through the level of Inner Core? But Zuo Xiangsheng had already broken through to the Inner Core level, so Xiao Chushan wouldn't be much slower either!
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101Killing intent flashed across Xiao Chushan's eyes. He said frigidly, "Zhong Shan Clan's Zhong Yue, and the little girl of the Qiu Tan Clan. What a coincidence, I've just finished my warm up and you two little bugs couldn't wait any longer for your death, coming straight into my hands. The two of you are the ones that are responsible for the fiasco of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race; and now, fate took a sharp turn and karma struck you right in the face, wouldn't I be a presumptuous brat if I've declined such a great offer from the heavens?"
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103Zhong Yue laughed out loud. He alluded Qiu Jin'er to stepped back while he replied leisurely, "Xiao Chushan, Hall Master Zuo's defeated opponent, a mere petty child. Have you even cultivated to the Inner Core level?"
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105Xiao Chushan walked forward, he was indifferent, "Even the strongest in the Warrior Board is a weak as a chicken to me, why do I even need to use the inner core to kill you? If I've used any slight surge of inner core to kill you, I'll strip off my name as a Xiao Mang Celestial Race!"
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109Suddenly, he raised his hand and slammed down on Zhong Yue, concomitant with the strike was a sudden burst of moonlight and a loud sound of water. It was as if there was a moon emerging in the sky out of thin air, the lunar water formed into a river and carried the moon from beneath.
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111Zhong Yue also raised his hand and slammed over with the vigorously burning sun fire shrouding his hand while a sun emerged and opted for the moon.
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113The earth quaked and the rocks crumbled, Xiao Chushan's huge body was launched back and crashed tens of miles deep into the mountain rocks, leaving behind a seemingly endless hole with white steam. Zhong Yue's sun fire was too immense that it vaporized the lunar water and the moon, even smelting the mountain rocks away!
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115Zhong Yue kept his hand back and looked into the hole, "Xiao Chushan, don't brag in front of me. Show your inner core, or otherwise, it wouldn't be exciting at all to kill you in a strike or two."
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117"Little rascal, as you wish!"
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119The mountain cracked open, and a dazzling light ray rose above the clouds, one after another, three inner cores hovered in mid-air revolving around a three-headed celestial being.
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121Xiao Chushan clenched at the haft of a spear and pointed it at Zhong Yue in immense killing intent!
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123He has three heads and thus, allowing him to have three inner cores!
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125The inner cores looked like three bright moons, one that controls the dimension, and another controls the mortal body and the third controls the Yuan Shen!
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127Chapter 284: Let Me Help You
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131As soon as the three inner cores appeared, Zhong Yue instantly felt that the dimension around him was locked, his body and even his Yuan Shen couldn't even move as they were suppressed by invisible power!
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133Three inner cores? How did he do that?
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135Zhong Yue was shocked as the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's innate talent; they were born with three heads, allowing them to possess a psyche capacity and burst power that is three times higher than the other races. With the addition of their incredibly strong body, they thrived as one of the strongest and most prosperous celestial races in the entire West Barren.
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137However, three inner cores were just way too much.
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139Average Qi Practitioners possessed only one inner core, and there's no way for them to obtain another one, not even strong races like the Xiao Mang Celestial Race.
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141Besides, when Zhong Yue was chased after by the Lian Xin and Xiao Mang Celestial Race' members at the border of Gu Xia City, he only managed to retrieve one inner core from the Xiao Mang pursuers.
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143Thus, it was clear that Xiao Chushan has been cultivating a type of special art!
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145And his inner cores had different capabilities targeting on the dimension, body and Yuan Shen respectively, which greatly amazed Zhong Yue even though Xiao Chushan was his enemy.
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147Such strong inner cores….
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149Zhong Yue tried moving his body, only to realize that he couldn't move at all. To add salt to the wound, as the rays of the inner cores pulsed, the pressure Zhong Yue needed to bear mounted with each pulse!
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151Qiu Jin'er who realized the dire situation they were in quickly shouted, "Xiao Chushan, you gave your word that you will not use your inner core! Shame on you! My senior martial brother fought you barehanded, but you used your soul weapons and now your inner cores? Have you no honor?"
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153Xiao Chushan's face flustered and he smirked as he walked towards Zhong Yue with his spear in his hand while ignoring Qiu Jin'er.
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155Ever since Zhong Yue's slap landed on him like a huge moving mountain ramming into him during the first clash, he knew that he would be no match for Zhong Yue if he did not use his inner cores.
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157For he knew that he would be on the same level as an Atman Body level Qi Practitioner if he did not use his inner cores, which Zhong Yue could easily overwhelm.
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159No one would be foolish to think that Zhong Yue who held the first place in the Warrior Board firmly would be weak.
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161"Honor or life? Of course, I will choose my life over some useless honor!"
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163Xiao Chushan's eyes twitched, and he suddenly took out a willow leaf, flicking it out and said with a smirk, "Resistance is futile! The triple inner cores given to me are treasures passed down from generations to generations because I was deemed worthy enough by the older generations! With the three inner cores, there would be not many that can compete with me in the level of Inner Core, not even Zuo Xiangsheng!"
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165The willow leaf then landed on the forehead of Zhong Yue as Xiao Chushan spoke.
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167As soon as the willow leaf touched Zhong Yue, he immediately felt something, some sort of unique power that was not exactly strong but strong enough to cut away the link between himself and the Lang Ya Board.
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169"The Lang Ya Board can revive those who were linked to it but that revival is not absolute for the Xiao Mang ancestors have found a way to wipe one's existence in this world even if he were linked to the Lang Ya Board.
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171Xiao Chushan held his spear up, and he said with a smile, "This leaf came from a unique tree of our Xiao Mang Celestial Race. After being bestowed with soul sealing totem carvings by the gods of my race, this leaf will be able to seal your soul in your body, and the totem carvings on the leaf will cut the link between you and the Lang Ya Board by cheating it to think that you have left the Lesser Void World. With that, you will really be dead if I kill you!"
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173"Not good, senior martial brother is in trouble!"
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175Qiu Jin'er's heart thumped, and she quickly charged forward to save Zhong Yue, unloading all of her remaining energy, unleashing the various sword styles in the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] towards Xiao Chushan!
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177The [Great Boundless Sword Qi] was stronger than the Shui Zian's sword silk array formation, and even after only a short while of cultivating this art, the power of the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] was strong enough to threaten Xiao Chushan.
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181Xiao Chushan's heads started unleashing skills that turned into shields, protecting him from the attacks of [Great Boundless Sword Qi] while he raised up his spear before stabbing towards Zhong Yue!
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183At the moment that decided Zhong Yue's fate, he unleashed the pure Yin and Yang Sword Qi in his eyes, slashing at two of Xiao Chushan's inner cores. This sent them flying away while cracks appeared on the surface of the two cores.
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185Then, Zhong Yue roared angrily as incredible power surge emerged from his body, pushing the third inner core that locked the dimension around him away as he positioned his right hand in front of his forehead.
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189Xiao Chuwen's spear stopped right in front of Zhong Yue's forehead as Zhong Yue allowed the spear to pierce through his right hand so he could stop it altogether. Just before Xiao Chuwen pulled his spear out from Zhong Yue's hand, Zhong Yue's left hand reached out, grabbing on the spear, preventing Xiao Chuwen from pulling his spear back.
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191Xiao Chuwen then shouted as he was charging forward, stabbing towards Zhong Yue again and pushing Zhong Yue into the air as his three heads opened up the mouth. The three heads roared in unison as cast the [Celestial Moon Howling Art] 's [Moon Howling] and sent it ferociously crashing towards Zhong Yue.
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193As he was struck, Zhong Yue's clothes, skins, and flesh were torn apart, and he quickly released the spear before he fell onto the ground a few ten meters away from Xiao Chushan.
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195The rugged clothing Zhong Yue then stood up, with blood all over his body and said, "Back off, junior martial sister. I want to fight him fair and square!"
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197Being the pretty obedient girl towards Zhong Yue as she was, Qiu Jin'er could only stand by the side in worry and watch as Zhong Yue fought Xiao Chushan.
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199Zhong Yue slightly stretched his body for a bit as he stood up and his wounds recovered under his hyper regeneration, his flesh wiggled as they grew back and his skins reappeared in almost an instant! His hyper regeneration was not as strong as the immortal body of Kui Long Celestial Race. But with it, even after being inflicted with heavy wounds, his regeneration speed was much stronger than average Qi Practitioners.
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201He then reached out his hand to remove the willow leaf on his forehead, but to his dismay, the leaf was as if it were glued to his forehead. It then attached itself to his head and showed no signs of loosening.
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203On the other hand, Xiao Chushan merged his body with his Yuan Shen while he recalled his three inner cores. As they flew back towards him, a colorful light appeared on the two cracked inner cores, and they recovered completely.
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205Xiao Chushan then rushed towards Zhong Yue with his spear again, saying, "The willow leaf is a heritage treasure created by the gods of Xiao Mang Celestial Race, as long as it touches your forehead, you will not be able to remove it! Now, die!"
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207"Is that so? Then let us see if this leaf could seal all my power!"
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209Zhong Yue shouted, and he shapeshifted into a three-legged celestial being, flapped his wings, unleashed totem carvings that turned into six arms and with the addition of his first two arms, it had eight arms with weapons held in each arm.
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211"This… this is the [Monster God Ming King Art]! How did you get it?"
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213Xiao Chushan's heart tightened, and the divine third eye appeared on Zhong Yue's forehead, but it was not visible as it was blocked by the willow leaf which seemingly started to inflate as if there was something that kept growing, trying to push the willow leaf away.
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215That "something" was the powerful rays released by Zhong Yue's divine third eye, trying to burst the willow leaf apart and the willow leaf almost fell off from his forehead!
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217The leaf was indeed the creation of gods, and a treasure specifically used to obfuscate the Lang Ya Board's senses. Even after being inflated by a few metres long, it did not tear apart. But as the caster of this leaf was Xiao Chushan, who was incapable of maximizing the power of the "妖willow leaf, it was only a matter of time until Zhong Yue managed to completeley extricate himself of the willow leaf's seal!
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219"The [Monster God Ming King Art] and the divine third eye, who are you?"
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221Xiao Chushan shouted and through his inner cores, he locked up the dimension around Zhong Yue and suppressed Zhong Yue's body and Yuan Shen while Xiao Chushan thrust his spear towards Zhong Yue again. The same thing then happened again, Zhong Yue launched his pure Yin and Yang Sword Qi, once again targeting Xiao Chushan's inner cores. Cracks continued to spiderweb across the cores, while Zhong Yue also increased the energy output on his divine third eye, making the willow leaf to inflate to a further extent.
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223Xiao Chushan roared and unleashed his power. A miniature moon manifested at the tip of his spear, augmenting the power of the spear thrust to its peak with Pure Yin Qi!
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227The three Pan Ao heads of his roared, launching an all-out attack; he created roars that were so strong that they were visible even to naked eyes and these soundwaves flew towards Zhong Yue ferociously!
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229Whatever Zhong Yue displayed back then made him felt extremely uneasy as Zhong Yue possessed skills that he was not supposed to have, and all of this made him extremely apprehensive about prolonging the battle!
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231Meanwhile, Zhong Yue activated his Ba Ji Slaughtering Array, parried the spear attack and he morphed into the six-eyed celestial being. He unleashed a mighty roar to counter Xiao Chushan's own roar.
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233The two roars clashed together and created a deafening boom. The sound receded as the exchange left behind a large crater at the epicenter of the collision.
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235"Long Yue!"
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237Xiao Chushan shouted in fear, "You are Long Yue of the East Barren!"
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239"It's too late now!"
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241Zhong Yue's Pure Yin and Yang sword Qi circled around the two inner cores of Xiao Chushan before they shattered the two inner cores, merged together and destroyed Xiao Chushan's final core. Without his inner cores, Xiao Chushan could only fight with Zhong Yue in close quarters, but he fought with Zhong Yue at an incredibly fast pace. However, to Xiao Chushan's dismay, Xiao Chushan's every attack was parried with Zhong Yue's eight arms, and his injuries only grew more severe as Zhong Yue's vicious flurry of attacks continued to land on Xiao Chushan.
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243"You can't kill me! As long as I am still linked to the Lang Ya Board, you will not be able to kill me!"
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245Xiao Chushan went nuts, and he suddenly pierced one of his heads with his sword while the other two heads shouted crazily, "I could still revive through the Lang Ya Board, but from now on, you will no longer know the meaning of peace since your identity will be exposed…. Hahaha!"
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247He then pierced his second head without hesitation as he tried to commit suicide so that he can be revived through the Lang Ya Board.
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249Just before he wanted to pierce his last head, Zhong Yue finally managed to remove the willow leaf from his divine eye. He reached out his arms, and grabbed the leaf before placing it on Xiao Chushan's final head!
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251And Xiao Chushan's spear immediately stopped in front of his head, and sweat started forming on his forehead.
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253"What now? Too afraid to do it? Then let me help you!" Zhong Yue humphed. He grabbed the spear, and mercilessly pressed it down on Xiao Chushan's head!
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261Xiao Chushan clenched at the spear's haft as firmly as he could and did all he could to resist Zhong Yue's strength.
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263Zhong Yue's arms then continued to hold onto the spear one after another, until all eight of his arms were on the spear. With a sudden burst of force, Xiao Chushan was pushed back relentlessly, Bang Bang Bang—— stones cracked beneath his feet with every step he backward he was forced to take. Soon, he stopped as his back hit against the wall of the mountain.
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265Despair filled with his eyes, while Zhong Yue lunged all eight arms and sent the spear into Xiao Chushan's last surviving head, Chi—
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267"Zhong Yue … you will not end well…."
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269Glaring at Zhong Yue, Xiao Chushan gravely said while spurted blood out of his mouth like arrows. "The priests in our Xiao Mang Celestial Race will find out your hidden secrets, and you will die a miserable death!"
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271"Allow me to send you on your way with this last thrust of the spear into your head. You're welcome."
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273Zhong Yue faced squarely with the Xiao Mang expert and whispered before completely shoving the spear through Xiao Chushan's head.
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275"As for the Xiao Mang Celestial Temple priests, that's no longer any of your business!"
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277Zhong Yue pulled out the spear and watched as Xiao Chushan's headless corpse laid against the mountain rocks. The body became limp like a ragdoll as it crumpled to the ground, with blood streaming out of it in rivulets.
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279Qiu Jin'er quickly stepped forward and said softly, "Senior martial brother, your wounds…."
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283Zhong Yue quivered the spear clean of blood before keeping it in his Yuan Shen secret realm, he picked out the willow leaf and reached his hand out, surging the arcane energy over and collected Xiao Chushan's broken inner cores into his hand.
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285"What a pity, the totem patterns on the inner core have shattered, it seems like it's not possible to extract the cultivation technique for the three inner cores."
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287Zhong Yue sighed, he kept the inner core fragments and said, "Junior martial sister, let's go."
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289Qiu Jin'er quickly followed behind. She hesitated for a moment before she finally mustered her courage and said, "Senior martial brother, Xiao Chushan said that you are Long Yue…."
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293The entrance, beneath the void rift, stood three huge boards, Greenhorn Board, Warrior Board, and the Godlike Board. All three boards were collectively known as the Lang Ya Board, and as of now, a small change that no one happened to notice occurred in the Warrior Board. A name was wiped off from the list – Xiao Chushan's name.
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295Below the three boards were the countless Qi Practitioners, some just revived and some were recuperating their wounds, all of them were here preparing themselves for their next trip for the heavenly Monarch Residence.
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297All of a sudden, the Warrior Board dazzled in with radiant rays, attracting the attention of the innumerable Qi Practitioners. They lifted their head up and looked over — Zhong Yue's name, ranked first in the Warrior Board was shining brightly, its radiance pierced through the clouds and in the next second as the rays suddenly dimmed down. His name could no longer be seen in the Warrior Board!
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299"That Zhong Shan Clan member's name is gone!"
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301A commotion struck the crowd, countless Qi Practitioners searched throughout the whole Warrior Board from top to bottom and the bottom to top, but Zhong Yue's name was nowhere to be found, someone exclaimed in shock, "Is the Sword Demon dead?"
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303"Slaughtering Demon is killed in the heavenly Monarch Residence? Even the Lang Ya Board couldn't revive him!"
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305"Hahaha, this Slaughtering Demon must have infiltrated into a forbidden place that was beyond the Lang Ya Board's power, not even the Lang Ya Board can save him!"
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307"Praise the heaven!"
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309Right when the discussions were ongoing and were getting more fervid, the Godlike Board suddenly dazzled in bright rays, a name appeared on the bottom of the list, ranked last in the Godlike Board.
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311Those with sharp eyes immediately identified the name, their eyes filled in disbelief, stammered with their mouths agape as they spoke, "Zhong Yue…."
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313It has a long time before the Godlike Board had a new name, and this time, it was from the weakest race of all – the human race!
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315There were only three thousand names at most listed in the Godlike Board, for the past fifty thousand years, just fewer than three thousand Qi Practitioners were recognized by the Lang Ya Board to have the potential to ascend to the level of gods. And now, a new name, a new candidate had been added to the list!
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317This was definitely a catastrophic piece of news to the other races, a world-shaking event that all the other barrens would shudder in fear of!
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319Stunned and shocked, the Qi Practitioners stared dumbfounded at the Godlike Board, those that claimed Zhong Yue had died blushed red in embarrassment. Thankfully, the majority of the Qi Practitioners did the same thing, and so their individual humiliation was lessened to some extent.
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321"What on earth did this Zhong Shan Clan member did that pushed him to the Godlike Board?" A Qi Practitioner mumbled.
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323"That Zhong Shan Clan member's words came true. He did come out of the Warrior Board and entered the Godlike Board, leaving behind the first place for Xia Shengchu and the others…."
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325"I wonder what will be their reactions when Xia Shengchu and the others knew about this."
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327However, as of now, Xia Shengchu and the others were still exploring the heavenly Monarch Residence; they were unaware of what happened in the Lang Ya Board. Zhong Yue was also oblivious to everything that had just transpired there as well.
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329What a pity we couldn't acquire the cultivation technique that allowed Xiao Chushan to acquire three inner cores. These three inner cores control the dimension, Yuan Shen, and mortal body. Xiao Chushan must've just cultivated it and couldn't unleash their true prowess.
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331Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er continued walking up the mountain, the planet above them seemed to be so close that they could literally touch it with their hands. Such an awe-inspiring view could never be seen on the Ancestral Star.
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333Qiu Jin'er was still in shock as Zhong Yue admitted that he was Long Yue. The news was too shocking, Long Yue ... East Barren overlord ... Shi Buyi's closed-door disciple. A young dragon from the Eastern Sea, the brightest star of the monster race, and the one that was revered as one of the Twin Yue's alongside Zhong Yue himself. He was none other than Zhong Yue himself!?
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335A mysterious man…. She furtively glanced at Zhong Yue and thought in her heart.
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337Zhong Yue took out Xiao Chushan's inner core fragments and tried to comprehend the totem patterns on them. All of a sudden, he remembered something, Xin Huo kept saying that the divine third eye could see through the mists and reach to the essence. It's the best tool to attain insights; I wonder if this divine third eye can help me in comprehending the totem patterns?
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339A small, slit eye socket appeared on his forehead, and the divine third eye emerged within, Zhong Yue closed his naked eyes and only looked with his divine third eye. Studying the totem patterns on Xiao Chushan's inner core fragments, he found that the totem patterns were now much easier to comprehend. Lines seemed to even appear in his vision trying to reconnect the broken totem patterns.
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341Such an incredible divine third eye, but the totem patterns are too scarce. It's impossible to attain the whole cultivation technique for the three inner cores.
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343Zhong Yue sighed, he kept the inner core fragments and all of a sudden, Xin Huo said, "The cultivation technique for these three inner cores is called the [Mystic Duplication Technique]. Of the three inner cores, one is the true core, while the other two are replicas. This is a god-level cultivation technique. I never thought that I would see it here."
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345Zhong Yue heard him and asked, "Xin Huo, you know this [Mystic Duplication Technique]?"
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347Xin Huo answered, "I've seen it before. An inheritor I once had was very fond of this mystic technique, he has acquired it and did some research. I was there the whole time and knew more than little about it; I must say, this is quite an above average mystic technique. This Xiao Mang Celestial Race expert is only an amateur, he didn't even grasp the quintessence of this mystic technique, his knowledge on this cultivation technique is superficial; or otherwise, you wouldn't stand a chance at all. The true [Mystic Duplication Technique] can even have three Yuan Shen when the cultivator is in the level of Heavenly Dharma. This can greatly boost one's prowess and cultivation base. Not only that, but through the three Yuan Shen, the cultivator can acquire his second and third mortal body — this is why it is called a mystic technique."
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349An awestruck Zhong Yue exclaimed in shock, "What? One true and two false mortal bodies? Wouldn't it be like three of me then? Is this [Mystic Duplication Technique] so strong?"
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351Xin Huo shook his head, "Of course not, those aren't the real you. The emulations of inner cores, Yuan Shen and mortal bodies that emerged will only have thirty to forty percent of your strength."
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353Zhong Yue understood; he had noticed this point earlier when he fought with Xiao Chushan. This was why he targeted the two weaker inner cores first before dealing with the final one.
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355"Xin Huo … this [Mystic Duplication Technique] ...."
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357Zhong Yue stammered as he spoke, "Can you … teach me?"
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359Unexpectedly, Xin Huo was quick and direct, "Sure."
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361Zhong Yue was stunned, then joy and surprise engulfed him, he couldn't trust his ears and asked again with wide eyes, " "Really? Xin Huo, you aren't joking?"
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363All this while, Xin Huo had only thought him the [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art] and although at times, Xin Huo would lend a hand or two in his cultivation progress, he had never received a second cultivation technique or any other profound skill. Despite that, Zhong Yue never held this against Xin Huo. After all, he wasn't the pureblood Fuxi Celestial that Xin Huo was looking for. Moreover, the Fuxi Celestial blood in his body was so faint and weak that it was nearly imperceptible. Xin Huo would only take in a pureblood Fuxi Celestial as his inheritor. It simply wasn't Xin Huo's responsibility to nurture Zhong Yue.
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365Even more, Xin Huo has been incredibly kind to even lend him a hand in his cultivation progress and to pull him back from death numerous times.
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367And so, Zhong Yue never thought that Xin Huo would accept his request and teach him the [Mystic Duplication Technique], the joy had tossed him over the sky!
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369Xin Huo piqued and said in anger, "What makes you think that I want to fool around with you? You want to learn or no?"
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371Zhong Yue quickly nodded like a chicken pecking in the dirt, "Learn, of course, I want to learn it!"
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373Xin Huo suddenly went dead quiet and surged out psyche, conveying the quintessence of the [Mystic Duplication Technique] into Zhong Yue's mind. In Zhong Yue's psyche ocean, his Yuan Shen sat in the lotus position and focused on comprehending the [Mystic Duplication Technique]. Suddenly, Zhong Yue noticed that the little flame was restless with anxiety, flying around above the sky in the psyche ocean while mumbling to himself, Zhong Yue was curious of what happened to the little flame that made him so fretful?
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375What is going on with Xin Huo? Zhong Yue was puzzled.
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377After a few moments, the little flame calmed himself down and went into Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen secret realm, sitting quietly in the center of his tattered copper lamp.
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379"Xin Huo?" Zhong Yue probed.
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381Xin Huo gave a nod as he responded, he then said after a few moments of silence, "Brat Yue, you are excellent, very, very excellent … in comparison to all the previous inheritors I've met in the past, you are exceptional. You are more hard-working, focused, and braver than your predecessors. Your contributions and dedications for the uprise of the human race have moved me greatly. The thought of designating you as the inheritor has crossed my mind more than once."
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383The little flame stopped for a few seconds, and continued placidly, "But out there, somewhere in this universe, there are other pureblood Fuxi Celestials … but you are not a part of them, nor will you ever be. Otherwise, I would have chosen you long before. However, from here on out, I'll teach you more techniques and skills you will need…."
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385Zhong Yue was surprised and overjoyed, but at the same time, he was also puzzled, What is wrong with Xin Huo? Why is he so emotional today?"
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387The little flame was in his own world sitting in the copper lamp as his mind was entangled in his thoughts, That imperial consort said, I couldn't find the one I'm looking for even in the Zi Wei Divine Court. A noble like her wouldn't utter words of nonsense, so what if I really can't find the one I need in the Zi Wei Divine Court, then … the Fuxi Celestial Race will have no more inheritors, and all of the inheritance from the Fire Order Sui Sovereign era would eventually be lost to time….
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389Brat Yue isn't a pureblood Fuxi Celestial, the burden of revitalizing the Fuxi Celestial Race shouldn't be his to bear. It is too dangerous for him, and it is unfair to give such a responsibility to a mere human. He is not the right choice. But he is in fact, the only option I have at this point in time….
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391I can't give him the heritage of the Heavenly Monarchs ... not yet, not until we've reached the Zi Wei Divine Court, and if there really isn't a pureblood Fuxi Celestial that I can find, then he will be the Fuxi Celestial Race's last hope….
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393Zi Wei Divine Court ... can I really find what I am looking for there?
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395Chapter 286: Great Sun Demon Crow
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399What a marvelous cultivation technique….
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401The more he comprehended the [Mystic Duplication Technique], the more astonished he was by his ancestors' intelligence.
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403[Mystic Duplication Technique], the crux of this technique lied in the 'Duplication'. The principle was to duplicate a functionally identical clone that was independent of the true self.
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405In the rumors, when the [Mystic Duplication Technique] was cultivated to the end, one could make his skins, flesh, hairs and any other parts of his body into a new existence, a new being; but this was only achievable when one has cultivated to the level of Pangu God, the creator of the universe.
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407Of course, that was only theoretically possible and practically improbable, it was just a rumor, a legendary tale. However, the [Mystic Duplication Technique] could indeed replicate the blood essence, cultivation base, and spirit to form a replica of the true self. The [Mystic Duplication Technique] could be cultivated once one reached Atman body. It could enhance the cultivator's prowess and cultivation base, but only slightly. Their prowess would only receive a significant boost upon entering the Inner Core level!
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409Moreover, when in the Heavenly Dharma level, the Yuan Shen could be duplicated and made into an incarnation!
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411Zhong Yue carefully comprehended the [Mystic Duplication Technique] and tried his best to understand all of the totem patterns; the [Mystic Duplication Technique] given to him by Xin Huo was way more complete and abstruse than Xiao Chushan's. Xiao Chushan had cultivated the three inner cores and had assigned one attribute to each of them and used them together. But according to Xin Huo, any of the three inner cores could contain all three attributes; every one of the inner cores could control the dimension, Yuan Shen, and body.
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413And when all three inner cores were used together, their powers would be three times stronger than Xiao Chushan's!
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415The true and complete technique was capable of suppressing any Qi Practitioner of the same level, and even those of higher cultivation levels would be heavily suppressed in their speed and strength, as well as their comprehensive battle prowess!
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417It seems like the Xiao Mang Celestial Race ancestor only taught Xiao Chushan a small part of the whole cultivation technique, even separating the true cultivation technique for the three inner cores. Xiao Chushan seems to have only gotten a simplified version of the [Mystic Duplication Technique] instead of the real one.
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419If Xiao Chushan were given the true quintessence of the [Mystic Duplication Technique], then Zhong Yue would have been the one dead on the ground!
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421He couldn't even defeat me when cultivating the simplified version. And to think that he believed he could beat Zuo Xiangsheng, who possessed the fire spark of the Shen Ya Celestial Race ... this Xiao Chushan is too conceited. But this Xiao Mang Celestial Race ancestor knows of the [Mystic Duplication Technique]. He must be incredibly strong, would he be the one in the moon?
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423Zhong Yue thought of the godly spirit that was hidden in the moon, and a chill was sent down his spine; whoever that god was, his power was unfathomably strong!
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425He would be one that stood on par with the Kun Peng ancestor that crafted the Divine Wing Saber and the Ancestral Dragon that forged the Coiling Dragon Sword. However, what puzzled Zhong Yue was why the Xiao Mang ancestor was still here. Why hadn't his spirit gone to the Void World, but instead, remained in Ancestral Star?
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427The Atman Body cultivators would have to replicate his spirit, and nurture it with the arcane energy and psyche. It was a rather complicated process, and the biggest obstacle to the whole process was the bloodline in the Yuan Shen.
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429As long as there was a bloodline in the Yuan Shen, with the power of the bloodline, the replication and duplication process would proceed much more smoothly.
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431In the [Mystic Duplication Technique], there was an abstruse technique to refine the bloodline in the Yuan Shen, which was precisely why Xiao Chushan had met a dead end in his cultivation progress. He had spent too much time on it, and it impeded his cultivation progress. His frustration must have eventually lead to his fiasco against Zuo Xiangsheng.
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433However, this obstacle that was virtually insurmountable for Xiao Chushan was basically nonexistent to Zhong Yue. He already had the bloodline flowing through his Yuan Shen, making the whole cultivation process much easier for him.
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435"Brat Yue, you can try and refine the demonic aura and demonic Qi into one of the emulated inner cores," Xin Huo suddenly spoke.
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437"Refining the demonic aura and demonic Qi into the emulated inner core? Xin Huo, you are asking me to cultivate a demonic inner core?" Zhong Yue was stunned, the demonic aura and demonic Qi was exactly what Tian Myriad Mother had used against him in the Seal Suppression Hall. They were at the level of gods and were not easy to get rid of, stubbornly rooting themselves in his body, where he was unable to eradicate it. He ultimately had to resort to sealing it in the corner of his psyche ocean.
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439All this while, as the days passed by, the demon god's demonic aura and demonic Qi have been siphoning away at his essence, gradually evolving into a round moon, that was darker than black itself, hovering above his psyche ocean.
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441The demonic aura and demonic Qi have been hampering his prowess, all the while strengthening themselves. Sooner or later, they would evolve into something he will no longer be able to deal with.
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443Xin Huo bestirred himself and flew out of Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen secret realm. He laughed and said, "Rather than fighting so hard with the demonic Qi and demonic aura, why don't you just turn them to your own benefits? Cultivate one of the emulated inner core with the demonic affinity, and the other with the monster affinity. With this, you will be able to possess the advantages of all three races – the celestials, demons, and monsters!"
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445Zhong Yue was moved by the suggestion, but he then frowned and said, "The monster inner core is still fine as I have the [Monster God Ming King Art]. It wasn't hard to cultivate a monster inner core; but I don't have any demonic arts. To refine the demonic aura and demonic Qi into a demonic spirit is still fine, but to cultivate a demonic inner core requires a demonic art, something I don't have…."
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447All of a sudden, Xin Huo's eyes lit up, "Just go on with it. I know the exact place we can get a demon god's demon cultivation art. I'll take you there after we leave this Lesser Void World!"
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449Zhong Yue was puzzled, "Xin Huo, is it alright for the humans to cultivate a demon god's cultivation art? Is there any precedent of it being done successfully?"
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451Xin Huo pondered in earnest for a few moments, before he said diffidently, "I don't think so, the celestials and demons are long-standing rivals, archenemies since the start of time. For a celestial to cultivate the demonic arts is just volunteering for a suicidal death … But don't you worry, the Fuxi Celestial blood in you is faint and weak, the natural repulsion between the celestial blood and the demonic art shouldn't be that serious. If you succeed, you will be the first of your kind!"
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453Zhong Yue then became apprehensive as he thought, Xin Huo's words are as unreliable as ever. I can't solely rely on him, I need to have a backup of my own … If things take a turn for the worse, I'll sever the emulated demonic inner core. My strength may suffer, but at worst, I'll have to spend more time recuperating it. At the very least, my solid foundation will remain intact. However, if I can refine the demonic aura and demonic Qi into a demonic spirit to turn a curse into a blessing, then I might just be able to enter the Godlike Board.
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455Little did he know that he had already entered the Godlike Board after killing Xiao Chushan.
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457When Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er reached the planet that was connected to the mountaintop, Zhong Yue had already started replicating and nurturing his blood essence, prowess and spirit.
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459With the totem patterns of the [Monster God Ming King Art], he replicated the Six-Eyed Star Toad moon spirit into a spirit; not only that, but he also replicated the Great Sun Golden Crow sun spirit while trying to infuse the demonic aura and demonic Qi into it to transmute it into a demonic spirit.
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461The exquisite monster spirit and demonic spirit was begotten from the Star Toad and Golden Crow. They gradually grew stronger as he carefully nurtured them; however, Zhong Yue felt an eerily sensation every time he looked at the demonized Great Sun Golden Crow, or more precisely, the Great Sun Demon Crow that embodied the demon god's demonic aura and demonic Qi.
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463If a backlash were to come at me from this demonic spirit … Anyhow, it has increased my prowess significantly, and its impediment to my strength has reduced. Zhong Yue comforted himself in that fact as he thought in his heart.
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465The planet was connected by a mountain to the earth beneath; it was utterly bizarre. Standing on the planet itself, Zhong Yue looked up and saw a flat, broad, spacious continent floating above his head. There was a sun and moon in the distance, and he could vaguely distinguish the ocean, woods, mountains, and Qi Practitioners moving around the continent in search of treasures.
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467Such a bizarre and yet astonishing view could never be seen anywhere else other than this place.
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469"Senior martial brother, Senior Martial Sister Ao's claw mark!" Qiu Jin'er suddenly said.
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471Zhong Yue looked over and saw the mark of a dragon's claw. He was between laughter and tears; he never thought that Ao Shanshan would be so daring to come to such a strange planet. Perhaps, it was because of the divine wine that affected her decision-making?
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473He cast his gaze afar and glanced at the surrounding. There were palaces and camps strewn about the landscape, as well as tattered flags and rugged banners fluttering in the wind. It was clear to him that this was a military planet, a planet on which the Heavenly Monarch's armies were stationed!
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475Zhong Yue stood steadfastly on the spot while his heart palpitated in shock. Looking carefully at the palaces and camps, he realized that they were meticulously arranged to form an array formation — The Azure Dragon Camp in the east, the White Tiger Camp in the west, the Vermillion Bird in the south, and the Black Tortoise Camp in the north. The center camp was the command center for the other four camps, and although there were no more gods in the camps, the array formation still effused a suffocating aura suffused with a sharp killing intent.
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477Only an army of gods could create such an appalling auric field. Ao Shanshan was nothing more than a mere Atman Body Qi Practitioner. Drunk or not, she wouldn't even survive a split second in the face of such an array formation.
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479Qiu Jin'er was also aware of the danger, the beautiful maiden locked her brows and said, "Senior martial brother, this army camp array formation is extremely dangerous. It is a god-level array formation; although Lord Xia was a lord under the godly emperor, it's still impossible for his Lang Ya Board to affect the array formation. That should mean that we wouldn't be revived later on if we are to die in there."
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481Zhong Yue nodded in agreement; it was, after all, a military camp, it wasn't a random place that could be taken lightly.
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483However, the four camps weren't as deadly as they once were, seeing that they were now reduced to dilapidated ruins. The walls that once stood majestically high, and had once shielded millions of miles across the mountain ridges, were now nothing but crumbled rocks and crushed stones. Only a few segments of broken walls remained standing, scarred with the battle marks left behind from the bone-rattling war!
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485Clearly, whatever happened her had nearly torn down all of the walls!
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487Ordinary gods were not capable of wreaking damage of this magnitude. It was highly probable that it was the work of the Xia family's ancestor, Lord Xia himself, single-handedly tearing down the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise camps!
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489"These four camps are now destroyed, the Lang Ya Board's power could barely affect this place now. Although the aftermath impact of the battles between the gods is incredibly dangerous to us, there is still a glimpse of hope to us. As long as we precisely follow the trail left behind by Lord Xia, we should be able to stave away from danger as much as possible."
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491Zhong Yue gazed at the four wrecked camps. Silhouettes and shadows were looming in the camps; those would be the Qi Practitioners that came in search of treasures. "Junior martial sister, let's us also go over!"
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493Qiu Jin'er nodded in response, and they tracked Ao Shanshan's dragon marks to the Azure Dragon Camp. The city was deserted; rubble and debris still littered the silent streets, and traces of the skills employed during the battle of the gods 50000 years ago still lingered around the city, seemingly frozen in time.
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495One of the traces came in the form a bottomless ocean that seemed to be drowning innumerable god corpses beneath its waters.
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497Others came in the form of dazzling light rays that shone from one end of the world to the other. The sight of corpses fading into nothingness, and divine weapons disintegrating into dust was still visible everywhere they looked.
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499There was a roaring volcano that caged an unknown existence beneath it. A white, bright, sharp claw extruded out from underground, trying to make its way up to the surface.
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501Some were eerily peculiar like a world of ghosts, and some were blazing with sunfire. Others were legendary creatures formed from totem patterns, broken divine weapons, and secret realms scattered all over the place. All in all, the whole Azure Dragon Camp was a place fraught with countless perils – it was a place where death was the rule and life was the exception!
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503The only safe path here was the trail Lord Xia had walked!
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505Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er were standing in a footprint on the ground, it was miles long and belonged to a dragon, between this footprint and the next was a steep precipice that was created as the dragon stomped across the Azure Dragon Camp!
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507Chapter 287: The Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner
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511"These footprints belong to dragons, should be the footprints left behind by the two fire dragons of Lord Xia. There should be no danger if we follow these footprints."
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513Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er looked around, and at the same time, they realized that the traces of battles that occurred in the Azure Dragon camp were much scarier than those in the Divine Battlefield. These four base camps belonged to the guardians of their king's mausoleum, they were stationed here to guard the tomb against any trespassers, and one would have to go through them first in order to enter the tomb.
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515And with that being said, it would be no surprise if Lord Xia targeted these four camps for he was looking for the location of the mausoleum!
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517There should be more than one planet like this one.
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519Zhong Yue looked above, and he saw other planets that hung up in the sky above the land they were standing on, each linked together by mountains. Judging by the similarities, these planets were probably camps filled with gods and demons that played the role as the guardians of the mausoleum!
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521It was never easy to get a hold of the exact location of the mausoleum as other than taking down the four base camps in this planet, Lord Xia would also have to deal with the demons and gods on the other planets and destroy the camps.
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523Did these guardians rise from their slumber and fight with Lord Xia?
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525Zhong Yue was a little confused as the cycle of life and death as it pertained to demons and gods was already beyond the scope of his comprehension. Lord Xia was someone from five million years ago, and in his era, these demons and gods had died for a time as long as another five million years, so how would a fight between them occur?
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527But there are lots of treasures here. I wonder who would be able to get their hands on them?
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529Zhong Yue looked at the shattered pieces of the divine weaponss, bones of the demons and gods, the secret realms, totem pillars, and many more items that were unbelievably strong. But as long as the aura of these gods and demons remained, it would be almost impossible to retrieve these treasures.
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531Thus, although Zhong Yue wanted these items badly, he did not dare to make a move for he knew that even Heavenly Dharma level Qi Practitioners would be killed if they touched this debris recklessly, let alone an Atman Body level Qi Practitioner like him.
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533At the same time, the other Qi Practitioners that entered this place walked forward along the path that Lord Xia once walked, trying their best to salvage and scavenge any items they deemed worthy at the border of the battlefield in hopes of obtaining something precious enough. The results of their efforts, however, were highly unknown to the others.
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535Suddenly, people could be seen moving in between the camps and explosions created by the collision of skills could be heard faintly. Next, a humongous phantom of a god as tall as thousand meters arose from the camp and let out a fearsome shout!
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537Then, a celestial being appeared at the opposite of the first god's phantom and the two giants fought together, turning the surrounding into a hellish abyss.
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539The phantom of the gods from the Azure Dragon Camps….
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541Zhong Yue turned very serious as the appearance of these gods' phantom meant only one thing: Lord Xia did not remove the dangers around this place entirely. The celestial being appeared suddenly was the Martial Divine Master from the Zhong Li Celestial Race, and Zhong Yue thought to himself, Such a ferocious battle. Could it be that the Zhong Li Celestial Race's people triggered the traps here and accidentally freed the phantom of the gods, and they had no choice but to summon the Martial Divine Master to fend off the phantoms?
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543There was more than just them that entered the Heavenly Monarch Residence as older and younger generations of the Zhong Li Celestial Race had also entered this place. They brought along various precious items and spirits belonging to their race with them while plotting something big.
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545Lord Xia is the ancestor of the Zhong Li Celestial Race, and the arrival of those from the older generation of the Zhong Li Celestial Race was probably arranged by Lord Xia long ago. For now, we should back off as this place is not safe anymore with the fight going on right now.
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547Zhong Yue then said, "Junior martial sister, let us go and look for Ao Shanshan, and we shall leave after we get her. This place is no longer safe!"
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549Qiu Jin'er nodded, and they started looking for Ao Shanshan as they walked forward while they got closer and closer to the battle scene of the two giants. Suddenly, the god's phantom disappeared while the Martial Divine Master remained standing on the ground firmly.
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551Then, loud laughter could be heard from the front, and the divine third eye appeared again on Zhong Yue's forehead. Through his divine third eye, Zhong Yue saw a few Martial Heavenly Masters standing on the shoulder of the Martial Divine Master, and they were laughing and saying, "Hahaha, we have finally lifted the final seal here, we can now proceed with the arrangements made by our ancestors and reopen the mausoleum!"
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553One of them then said, "With the other camps taken down, all we have left is only the Azure Dragon Camp. As long as we remove the final Azure Dragon Banner, we will have it placed around with the other banners to activate the arrangements made by our ancestors! At last, after five million years of waiting, the Zhong Li Celestial Race will finally take over the mausoleum!"
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555"Gentlemen, who among us shall claim this Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner for our people?"
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557Zhong Yue looked at the banner they were talking about, it stood about a few thousand meters tall. A triangular flag with drawings of an Azure Dragon hung on the banner. Then, one of them flew towards the banner, grabbed onto the flagpole and pulled it up.
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559The flagpole along with the triangular flag then became smaller and smaller, and the Martial Heavenly Master said, "Now all we got to do is place this banner with the others…."
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561Boom——
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563The Lesser Void World suddenly cracked, and scorching divine rays shot out from the dimension cracks which appeared on the top of the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner, sweeping across the entire camp.
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565"It's a trap, retreat!"
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567Dying shrieks could be heard while the Martial Heavenly Masters evaporated immediately, and the Martial Divine Master disintegrated under the extreme heat of the divine rays!
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569"Jin'er, close your eyes!"
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571Zhong Yue shouted as he felt immense pain in his divine third eye as soon as the rays appeared. He quickly closed his eyes, but it was too late as blood started dripping out from his eyes.
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573Although the divine rays were not even close to him, his eyes immediately got hurt after he looked at the divine rays!
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575After a brief moment, Zhong Yue opened up his eyes, and he quickly looked towards Qiu Jin'er, only to find blood also dripping from her eyes as well.
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577"Senior martial brother, I can't see anymore…," the girl said helplessly as the bloody tears continued to flow.
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579Zhong Yue asked her to open up her eyes so he could check on her situation and he said with relief, "Don't worry, just some minor injuries, with the strong life force and life energy of a Wood Innate Spirit Body, you will recover in no time. Junior martial sister, wait here for a moment while I go to the front and look for Ao Shansha."
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581Jiu Qin'er nodded while Zhong Yue walked away. He passed masses of severed corpses that were sliced in half by the divine rays.
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583There were also some who managed to escape the divine rays, but despite their bodies remaining intact, their brains and eyes were vaporized from within by the sheer power of the divine rays.
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585Ao Shanshan is dead too….
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587Zhong Yue suddenly found a decapitated dragon head lying on the ground somewhere not too far away from his position. When he got close and took a careful look at it, he realized that this dragon head belonged to Ao Shanshan. He inspected her psyche ocean and found that there were no signs of Yuan Shen's and its secret realms' destruction, common signs of a person's death.
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589So the Lang Ya Board is still working at this area, the dead ones will still be revived by the Lang Ya Board and ... Huh?
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591Zhong Yue suddenly stopped what he was doing as he saw a banner somewhere not far in front of him, the flag hanging on the pole flapped with the wind, and the Azure Dragon drawings on the flag seemed alive!
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593It was the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner that those Zhong Li Celestial Race's people wanted so badly!
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595Zhong Yue's heart thumped as he looked at the banner blankly and when he unconsciously approached it, he felt that its power was far tamer and restrained when compared to other divine weapons.
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597Divine weapon! This is definitely an incredibly amazing divine weapon!
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599Zhong Yue cleared his throat, and he quickly grabbed and hurled the banner into his Yuan Shen Secret Realm before he walked away with a rapid heartbeat.
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601This banner was definitely something incredible! Those Martial Heavenly Master said that the banner was a crucial part of the arrangements that Xin Hou made previously to summon the mausoleum.
602
603He then moved as fast as lightning towards Qiu Jin'er and his psyche gushed out. He lifted the girl up and said, "Junior martial sister, let's go, quickly!"
604
605The entire Zhong Li Celestial Race had been planning this for a long time, and from that, the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner was no doubt something important to them.
606
607And aside from the importance of this banner to them, just the role of this banner as the core of the Azure Dragon Camp's array would be able to show the value of this divine weapons!
608
609This was also the first time Zhong Yue got his hands on a divine weapons in perfect condition!
610
611The Lang Ya Board will definitely revive those Zhong Li Celestial Race Martial Heavenly Masters, and they will rush back here as fast as they can for this banner. We have to go now!
612
613Zhong Yue moved faster and faster, rushing out from the Azure Dragon Camp like the wind while carrying Qiu Jin'er. They traveled all the way up to the mountain and charged straight into the continental where the Heavenly Monarch Residence was located.
614
615With his steadily increasing speed, they started to get closer and closer to their destination.
616
617At the same time, the revived Zhong Li Celestial Race Martial Heavenly Masters immediately gathered together, sat down and started recovering their power with serious expressions.
618
619On the other hand, the head of Xia Family ordered, "Contact Elder You and Elder Quan immediately, dispatch to the Azure Dragon Camp and retrieve the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner. Remember, we can't afford any mistakes!"
620
621One of the member from Xia Family nodded, took out a mirror and started writing down a few sentences on the mirror. Meanwhile, a magnate figure of the Zhong Li Celestial Race who was standing at one of the guardian camps suddenly took out a mirror which sentences started emerging on the mirror, and his face changed immediately. He then flew up straight into the air and began rushing towards the Azure Dragon Camp as fast as lightning.
622
623At the same time, Zhong Yue who was traveling towards his destination on the ocean suddenly had his face changed.
624
625Hu—
626
627As soon as he saw an old man shrouding in flame flying towards the Azure Dragon Camp, his face changed and he immediately turned around towards the Azure Dragon Camp as well.
628
629The old man, who was the magnate figure of the Zhong Li Celestial Race just now immediately had his psyche scanned through Zhong Yue thoroughly before he continued his mission.
630
631After the old man disappeared from his vision, Zhong Yue felt relieved, and he turned back again, rushing towards the Divine Jungle.
632
633Some moments later, in the Divine Jungle, Zhong Yue held the propitious lantern in his hand while the lantern screamed, "Hero, please don't kill me, I swear I saw nothing!"
634
635Qiu Jin'er on the side who pitied the lantern said, "Senior martial brother…."
636
637Zhong Yue however, shook his head and said, "But this lantern knows too much…."
638
639The lantern immediately shouted, "Spare me, please! I still have…."
640
641Zhong Yue interrupted it and said, "Spit out the head in your tummy."
642
643The lantern quickly spat out the head, and as soon as the head left the body of the lantern, its face disappeared, and the lantern was no longer capable of talking.
644
645Zhong Yue then smashed the head spat out by the lantern, and he released the lantern, which then flew far away stupidly.
646
647He then had his clothes wrapped around the head of Qiu Jin'er and brought her all the way out of the Divine Jungle. Not long later, the dimensional crack out of this place could already be seen, and Zhong Yue said, "As soon as he left this place, we will leave the Lesser Void World as soon as possible. If we encountered any interrogation, we have to say that we had not been to the army camps at all!"
648
649Chapter 288: Trapped In The Lesser Void World
650
651
652
653Qiu Jin'er's heart thumped quickly to Zhong Yue's word and she nodded her head quickly. She was no stupid person as she instantly figured out that something shocking happened during the brief period that Zhong Yue left her to search for Ao Shanshan!
654
655Her eyes had recovered during that time, and she was able to see again.
656
657Outside of the Lesser Void World where the Lang Ya Board was located, Qi Practitioners were revived, and some among them left, but there were also others from the other places that rushed towards the Lang Ya Board.
658
659The Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner was way too dangerous right now, which was why Zhong Yue wanted to leave so badly, but at the rate things are progressing now, he had no choice but to slow down his pace to avoid detection.
660
661On the other hand, when the old man that was shrouded in fire arrived at the Azure Dragon Camp, he started writing something on the mirror with cold sweat all over his forehead after he tried searching around for the banner to no avail. After that, he quickly flew into the air and charged straight into the White Tiger, Phoenix and the other camps.
662
663And somewhere far away outside of this planet, another elder who had his orders from the clan master, Elder Quan took out a mirror, and his face changed as he charged into the Divine Jungle.
664
665After another moment, Elder You flew out from the planet and he headed straight to the vast ocean to search for Qi Practitioners that left before him while the other Qi Practitioners in the White Tiger, Phoenix, Black Tortoise and the other camps were all beaten to death after being interrogated.
666
667As the two elders proceeded with their mission, Qi Practitioners were seized, interrogated and killed one after another by the two elders to find out the culprit who took the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner.
668
669While they continued their mission, the same Martial Heavenly Master under the Lang Ya Board took out his mirror, and upon receiving the latest news, he became incensed and furious. He then stood up and looked around.
670
671"Big Brother! The banner has been stolen!"
672
673As he shouted, the other Martial Heavenly Masters around him all stood up furiously.
674
675"Elder You and Elder Quan are interrogating every Qi Practitioner they come across, but they have yet to find who the culprit is!"
676
677As soon as the Martial Heavenly Master finished what he was saying, there was a huge influx of revived Qi Practitioners, all of whom started cursing at the Zhong Li Celestial Race's actions!
678
679Upon seeing this, one of the Martial Heavenly Master said in worry, "The two elders had killed too many of them, I'm afraid that there will be an incident if we continue to slaughter them wantonly!"
680
681The clan master of the Zhong Li Celestial Race humphed and as he looked at the countless Qi Practitioners under the Lang Ya Board. He said softly, "I am well aware of Elder You and Elder Quan's intentions, and I think that they did nothing wrong. The ancestors of the Zhong Li Celestial Race have been planning everything for the past five million years to obtain this Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner. We must not lose this banner!"
682
683One Martial Heavenly Master said with a worried expression, "But big brother, there are too many Qi Practitioners and among them are those from the dragon race, the huge clans of East, South, North Barrens, and other large factions. If we are not careful enough, we might draw the ire of all of these factions, and I'm afraid that our Zhong Li Celestial Race…."
684
685"Don't worry. The two elders are only killing those who possess the capabilities of stealing the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner in order to gather information about the thief through the Lang Ya Board."
686
687The clan master then said calmly, "Besides, none of them would've escaped with all of those precious items they collected anyway. One of the Lang Ya Board's main functions is to record details of all revived Qi Practitioners. With this, the Zhong Li Celestial Race has plenty of leverage over them."
688
689His psyche then flooded outwards and flowed into the Lang Ya Board to access this information, and his face turned pale almost instantly.
690
691"The thief who stole the banner is still alive, he escaped death from the two elders, and he is yet to be revived…. He must still be inside!"
692
693"Heed my order! Seal the Lesser Void World and the Lang Ya Board, go through each and single Qi Practitioner thoroughly! Make those who wish to leave this place to open up their Yuan Shen secret realms and any items that are related to space and dimension!"
694
695This is bad! Thought Zhong Yue when he and Qiu Jin'er arrived at the Lang Ya Board, only to discover that the Zhong Li Celestial Race Qi's Practitioners had set up a blockade that restricted anyone from exiting the Heavenly Monarch Residence.
696
697Their situation wasn't helped when they found out that the Zhong Li Celestial Race had sealed the Lesser Void World's exit!
698
699In no time, rumors spread among the Qi Practitioners; some said the Zhong Li Celestial Race was plotting to rob everyone of their treasures, some said they wanted to capture every Qi Practitioner that entered the Heavenly Monarch Residence. Many other rumors made the rounds, but they all had one common thread: all of them gave rise to fear in the Qi Practitioners who were trapped, resulting in them assaulting the Zhong Li Celestial Race, stirring up chaos everywhere.
700
701Instead of trying to leave recklessly, Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er patiently as the situation progressed to its current state.
702
703Qiu Jin'er then said worryingly, "Senior martial brother, what if they don't let us leave and keep the exits sealed…."
704
705"The Zhong Li Celestial Race does not have enough power to keep everyone from all the different races sealed inside here. Eventually, the situation will reverse once the pressure on the Zhong Lie Celestial Race becomes too much for them to bear. Besides, if we look so eager to leave now, it would draw suspicion, and we might end up exposing ourselves. All we have to do is wait for another few more days until the Zhong Li Celestial Race has no choice but to let everyone go."
706
707Time passed slowly, and in these few days, more and more Qi Practitioners gathered in front of the Lang Ya Board. All of them were furious at the Zhong Li Celestial Race's outrageous acts. Meanwhile, more and more representatives from the Dragon Race, Bai Zhe, West Barren and the other factions arrived. The Zhong Li Celestial Race was facing increasing pressure from all sides.
708
709Boom—
710
711The Lesser Void World trembled, and when everyone looked up into the sky, they saw that the dimensional crack in the sky started to tremble vigorously, and it shrunk gradually.
712
713After its appearance about twenty days ago, the divine weapons and the Martial Divine Master of the Zhong Li Celestial Race could no longer sustain the immense pressure, and they could no longer maintain their power output to sustain the dimensional crack. At this rate, the crack would disappear in no time, and the Heavenly Monarch Residence would vanish again until its next emergence.
714
715"Does the Zhong Li Celestial Race want to face genocide?"
716
717Ao Fenglou smirked and said, "The Martial Heavenly Masters of Zhong Li Celestial Race may be strong, but they are still not strong enough to go against the entire world! If you seal us at the Heavenly Monarch Residence, then you will face the wrath of every other race out there!"
718
719The other elders from the dragon and other races immediately nodded in agreement to Ao Fenglou's words.
720
721With that, the Zhong Li Celestial Race had no choice but to remove their people stationed at the entrance and exit of the Heavenly Monarch Residence and allow everyone to enter and exit the Lesser Void World.
722
723Boom boom boom——
724
725In a short moment, as the last Qi Practitioner stepped out of the Heavenly Monarch Residence, the divine weapons and Martial Divine Master, that were holding the dimensional crack, immediately scattered. And the crack disappeared along with the Heavenly Monarch Residence.
726
727However, although the Zhong Li Celestial Race gave in, they insisted on sealing the gates of the lesser void world, prohibiting anyone from leaving unless they let the Zhong Li Celestial Race's people check thoroughly.
728
729In their trip into the Heavenly Monarch Residence, the Qi Practitioners all had considerable harvests. Some obtained shattered pieces of the divine weapons, and some managed to obtain some abnormally strong treasures after accidentally entering an unknown dimension in the Heavenly Monarch Residence. Others gained access to the royal kitchen to find various magical herbs, while some encountered the phantoms of their ancestors to acquire lost inheritances from them.
730
731However, based off of the Zhong Li Celestial Race's conduct, everyone was worried that they would be robbed of the treasures that they had risked their lives for.
732
733But there was also news saying that with the emergence of the Heavenly Monarch Residence, some of them killed there were truly dead.
734
735Among them were quite an amount of Heavenly Dharma level individuals and even one of the magnate Qi Practitioner from Zhong Li Celestial Race! They were all killed at places beyond the Lang Ya Board's reach.
736
737Although there were many that died in the Heavenly Monarch Residence, everyone was busy talking about their gains and the Zhong Li Celestial Race's despicable acts.
738
739Meanwhile, in the Atman Body level Lesser Void City, Zhong Yue whispered to Qiu Jin'er, "Junior martial sister, the Zhong Li Celestial Race will not stop here, they might probably send people to check through every Qi Practitioner individually. We have to lay low, or the Zhong Li Celestial Race will slaughter us as an example."
740
741Qiu Jin'er nodded quickly and replied, "I understand!"
742
743Suddenly, a huge board flew across the skies of the eight Lesser Void Worlds and stopped on the air above Lesser Void City. This board was the Warrior Board of the Lang Ya Board!
744
745Then, another board flew across the skies and stopped beside the Warrior Board. This time, it was the Godlike Board. The two boards were both used to expand the dimensional crack, but with the crack having vanished, the two boards returned to their original place.
746
747"The Zhong Shan Clan's member has entered the Godlike Board!" shouted someone in shock.
748
749"Which Zhong Shan Clan's member?" asked the other shocked bystanders.
750
751"The Zhong Shan Clan's member that slaughtered us before the appearance of the Heavenly Monarch Residence! That one from the Great Wilderness' Swords Gate!"
752
753"That Slaughtering Demon?"
754
755"The Sword Demon?"
756
757Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er were both stunned, and when they looked at the Godlike Board, they were both speechless while Qiu Jin'er murmured, "Senior martial brother, now it is impossible for you to keep a low profile…."
758
759"What can I do about it…."
760
761Qiu Jin'er nodded and replied, "You can only blame yourself for being so outstanding and ascending into the Godlike Board just like that."
762
763Zhong Yue replied, "I should have acted more carefully."
764
765Suddenly, a laugh could be heard, and a lovely fragrance wafted into their noses. Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er looked around, and they saw a pretty lady walking towards them. Lotuses formed under her feet with every step she took; she appeared exquisitely elegant and graceful. That lady was the Tian Mo Concubine from the demon race.
766
767At the same time, another few auras could be sensed, and Zhong Yue saw Xiao Chusheng, Bai Canghai, Jiao Qingtu, and Zhu Jiangyue standing not far away from them. Other than them, Zhong Yue also saw a smiling celestial race young man standing among them but as compared to the others, this young man had a gentle smile on his face, and when he saw Zhong Yue looking at him, he smiled and nodded towards Zhong Yue.
768
769Zhong Yue quickly smiled back and nodded back towards the young man and after both of them looked away from each other, Zhong Yue's face turned incredibly serious as he thought to himself, Who is this man?
770
771Meanwhile, somewhere far away, Zhu Jushan saw Zhong Yue. When he wanted to approach Zhong Yue, he quickly stopped walking, and his face changed as he saw the young celestial race man.
772
773Bixie!
774
775He is here as well!
776
777Senior Martial Brother Zhong's new position in the Godlike Board must have attracted him! Could it be that this guy thinks that only those on the Godlike Board are worthy of fighting him?
778
779Chapter 289: The Best Or Nothing
780
781
782
783Qiu Jin'er exerted her bravery and defended Zhong Yue, "Senior martial siblings, my senior martial brother didn't renege on his words at all. He did leave the first place of the Warrior Board to you all. Look, my senior martial brother is now in the Godlike Board, you have all returned to your usual ranks, there really isn't a need to challenge my senior martial brother anymore."
784
785Their faces turned dark and gloomy as Xia Shengchu, Jiao Qingtu, and the others heard her words. Even the ever-smiling Tian Mo Concubine had a sudden urge to kill the innocent young maiden and shut her mouth forever.
786
787Every time the good-hearted Qiu Jin'er tried to convince them and resolve the conflicts, her words were blunt to the point of driving them insane.
788
789Tian Mo Concubine was grinding her teeth as she forced a smile and said, "Little sister from the Qiu family, your words somehow have quite a sting to them!"
790
791Qiu Jin'er was a few years younger than Zhong Yue, she was fifteen this year, and while Tian Mo Concubine was a few years older than Zhong Yue, it was normal for her to be addressed as a little sister. And it was true, her appearance to the other Qi Practitioners was indeed like a little young girl in a wheelchair that had yet to grow up.
792
793Xia Chusheng's white hair waved as the wind breezed over, he said indifferently, "This little sister, your words sound like a child's joke, you put it in a way that your senior martial brother was generous enough to spare us his kindness. But you see, our names and reputation weren't simply given to us by the others, we have climbed through the rankings in the Warrior Board with our own strength."
794
795Qiu Jin'er trembled, and she said softly, "If my senior martial brother didn't come out from the Warrior Board, you'd still be number three…."
796
797"SHUT UP!"
798
799Xia Shengchu bellowed in anger, right after which he immediately inhaled a deep breath of cold air in an attempt to calm himself down. How hurtful ... Qiu Jin'er's words stung so much that she almost broke the tranquil mentality that belonged to an expert Martial Master, nearly tossing him into a raging storm of emotions.
800
801The temperament and state of mind of an expert Martial Master like him would be still like a calm pool of water. He would be alerted of anyone or anything that entered his senses. Meanwhile, Qiu Jin'er's words were like a meteor that crashed into the pool, causing its previously still surface to be fraught with chaotic ripples.
802
803Zhong Yue lifted his hand up, smiled and said, "The world only cheers for the strongest, and only the best will be remembered. Junior martial sister, there is no need to waste any more words as explanations are useless to them; they are all the bright and promising stars of their respective races, the only one they ever look up to are themselves. Words are meaningless to them!"
804
805Jiao Qingtu laughed out loud, "Precisely right, the only way to convince me is to defeat me in a fair and square fight!"
806
807Zhong Yue smiled, he said leisurely, "I suppose, all of you have been very, very troubled all these years, looking for an opponent that is listed in the Godlike Board? You want to enter the Godlike Board, but you can't find an opponent in the Godlike Board. That's why your hearts are not content. You think that you are only stuck on the Warrior Board because there weren't opponents strong enough for you to prove yourselves, am I right?"
808
809Bai Canghai nodded, answered in a serious tone, "Even though there are living Qi Practitioners that on the Godlike Board, most of them are nowhere to be found nowadays. Whether they are dead or alive, no one knows. Some others were sealed away, and some have already become magnate cultivators. That being said, it is fairly hard to come by someone who is in the Godlike Board and is also in the level of Atman Body. Senior Martial Brother Zhong, you are a perfect candidate: an Atman Body cultivator and you are listed in the Godlike Board. Perhaps you can show us what someone of that caliber is like?"
810
811His words were precisely the thoughts of everyone else there. It was too difficult to come by a peer that could be listed in the Godlike Board for Qi Practitioners like them that had cultivated to the extremity.
812
813Zhong Yue's emergence fulfilled the wish they have been demanding for. He was a perfect stepping stone for them to enter the Godlike Board, or at least, he would be a benchmark for them to determine their prowess and their distance away from the Godlike Board.
814
815In the Lesser Void World, it was impossible for the Atman Body Qi Practitioners to challenge the Inner Core Qi Practitioners. Hence, it was incredibly difficult to enter the Godlike Board.
816
817In fact, if it weren't for the emergence of the Heavenly Monarch residence, Zhong Yue wouldn't be able to meet with Xiao Chushan and enter the Godlike Board by killing him.
818
819"Defeated by me, your name will still be preserved, even more, you will be honored for putting up a fight against a Godlike Board listed cultivator; let alone the benefits you will get from defeating me, the name, the fame, and reputation. Isn't that a good deal? You benefit if you won, and you lose nothing if you are defeated. On the other hand, I wouldn't gain anything at all."
820
821The smile on his face slowly faded away, in turn, a frigidly cold expression climbed onto his face, "Challenge me? You lot are still too weak, neither one of you are qualified to be my opponent."
822
823"Hmph! Qualified or not is not something you can decide with your words alone!"
824
825Zhu Jiangyue let out a shrill whistle, she bolted over like a flash of lightning and launched her palm out right at Zhong Yue; the force she brought about stirred the air into a raging tempest, tossing the weaker Qi Practitioners behind her off balance!
826
827Even if these Qi Practitioners were also in the same Atman Body level as she was, it was clear that they would stand no chance against her. They couldn't even withstand the impact force from a single strike of hers!
828
829Casually raising his hand up, the two palms clashed into one another. Zhu Jiangyue was a petite lady, but as she let out a ferocious war cry, she dove into the state of [Atman Body as One]. She started to morph into a form entirely different for her usually graceful stature — her muscles bulged out, her skin became taut over their striations, and totem patterns crawled all over her body. She became a giant creature with a single horn, strong and muscular, and she looked even more heavily built than Zhu Jushan in his [Atman Body as One] state!
830
831"Arghhh!"
832
833The lady turned scarlet-red, her howling sounded akin to the rumbling thunders, her strength increased egregiously, pushing Zhong Yue up high into the air while she was clenching down her other fist, and she bellowed in anger, "Five wheels as one, [Zhu Yan Divine Fist] !"
834
835The five light wheels revolved in the center of her palm, a Zhu Yan celestial being could be faintly perceived sitting in the middle of the five wheels, she clenched her fist and struck right at Zhong Yue!
836
837Bai Canghai was shocked, he mumbled, "The Zhu Yan Celestial Race, the strongest race in terms of strength throughout the whole West Barren celestial race, it is indeed true!"
838
839All of a sudden, Zhong Yue's mortal body also transformed. He morphed into a three-legged creature. There were also five light wheels emerging in his other hand, and he parried her fist with a fist. At the same time, countless sword feathers were launched out from the golden wings on his back.
840
841Zhu Jiangyue yelled, the vermillion horn on his forehead dazzled in rays, lightning converged at the tip of the horn, and suddenly, a bolt of lightning thrust over at Zhong Yue like a nocked arrow let loose!
842
843This was the natural talent skill of the Zhu Yan Celestial Race, the horn on her head was born with the natural totem patterns of the Zhu Yan Celestial Race, it could converge the lightning and lash it out like a sharp sword at her target!
844
845The thunders stopped rumbling, and all of the lightning disappeared, except for one. One bolt of lightning that was the convergence of all the other lightning bolts. Zhong Yue rapidly flew backward while the fire-like feathers scattered around him, eroding the strength in Zhu Jiangyue's [Zhu Yan Divine Fist] . Meanwhile, the mighty lightning sword was parried by a bright moon that shot out from Zhong Yue's right eye.
846
847Dang dang dang dang——
848
849Blunt sounds of each clash of strikes resounded together to form a cacophonous symphony; the bright moon became smaller with every clash with the lightning sword. Soon, the near-depleted lightning sword finally disintegrated its foe into thin air. But at this moment, Zhong Yue reached his hand out, clenched on the lightning sword, and crushed it into smoke in his hands.
850
851He was moving backward while Zhu Jiangyue stood on the same spot unmovingly. Out of everyone's expectations, her body became engulfed in sunfire, and her skeletal frame burnt in a blazing fire, while her body was mutilated by the sword feathers!
852
853A strong breeze of wind blew over and carried her bone ashes along with it.
854
855"Great Wilderness Swords Gate Shui Zian's Sword Cocoon Sword Silk Array Formation!"
856
857Bai Canghai exclaimed in shock, "It was the sword totem patterns of the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] that formed the sword silks which resembles the Sword Cocoons, further enhancing the prowess of the array formation. Hmm, there is also the signs of the Great Sun totem patterns, the sunfire that is concealed in the sword silks; he first separated the flesh away from the skeletal frame and then engraved the Great Sun Golden Crow's totem patterns on the bones, which was what incinerated her body. But there is something else, another cultivation technique in it…."
858
859What an intelligent man ... he could deduce out the changes and intricacies of cultivation techniques just by looking at the development of the battle. It's like he's an erudite scholar of the way of cultivation.
860
861"Three thousand feet white hair!"
862
863Before Zhong Yue could even regain his balance from the battle with Zhu Jiangyue, Xia Shengchu waved his head, and his white hair shot out like countless light rays, thrusting at Zhong Yue.
864
865"How daring for you to contend with a Swords Gate disciple in the arts of the sword?"
866
867Zhong Yue gave a cold sneer, the Wu Xing Wheel emerged behind his back and revolved rapidly, uncountable sword silks were lashed out from the Wu Xing Secret Realm; light rays to light rays, sword silks against sword hairs!
868
869With a flicker of movement, Xia Shengchu dashed to the side of Zhong Yue's body, he swayed his body and turned into the state of [Atman Body as One], launching out countless strikes on Zhong Yue like a mad god.
870
871As a Martial Master, he could never cast out his Yuan Shen and arcane energy as they were all concealed and in his mortal body. But at the same time, this allowed his mortal body to be appallingly strong. A series of loud noise akin to the sounds of thunder blasted in their ears. Punches and kicks stormed down at Zhong Yue like a raging tempest. The strike he took every second were too many to count!
872
873Every part of Xia Shengchu's body was his weapon; toes, nails, knees, shoulders, every single strand of muscle contained incredible strength. He could even pierce metal armor by just spitting out phlegm alone!
874
875A single drop of blood could become a weapon he used to kill, and his attacks were absurdly undefendable, often catching his opponents in ways they least expected.
876
877In mid-air, Zhong Yue had taken a defensive stance. Countless defensive totem patterns emerged on his body to fend off Xia Shengchu's strikes. At the same time, he was also exchanging blows with the Martial Master, light wheels revolving around in the center of his palm, making up the lack of strength with his arcane energy.
878
879As one who had reversed opened the secret realms, he was endowed with an abundant amount of arcane energy like no other, coalescing the power of the five wheels in his hands, he was able to contend Xia Shengchu's power.
880
881Zhong Yue controlled the power of the five secret realms, the speed with which he could manipulate his powers was faster than Zhu Jiangyue, almost as quick as Xia Shengchu's strikes. This was another benefit that came with his reverse-opening.
882
883However, despite his mortal body being stronger than the other Qi Practitioners, he still couldn't compete with Xia Shengchu, a bona fide Martial Master who focused solely in the martial arts and physique-refining cultivation techniques. Moreover, Xia Shengchu was the brightest and most promising Martial Master of the next generation!
884
885Within a breathe's time, countless strikes were launched right at Zhong Yue, crushing through his defense and slamming into his body like battering rams.
886
887In Zhong Yue's body, the blood essence billowed like a raging sea, surging all over his body through the blood vessels while marvelous totem patterns were emerging incessantly within his bloodline, preventing his body from being crushed away by Xia Shengchu's strikes.
888
889"How much longer do you think you can withstand my strikes?"
890
891Xia Shengchu let out a long whistle that pierced through the clouds while his strikes grew more intense.
892
893At the same time, his white hairs were still clashing against the sword silks that lunged out from Zhong Yue's Wu Xing Secret Realm. Under his control, the white hairs would be the strongest Sword Qi sword silks. He controlled them at will as if he were merely waving his hands; there was no sign of disorder or chaos. One could infer how precise his control over his power was.
894
895Bai Canghai praised from the bottom of his heart, "Brother Xia Shengchu is indeed worthy of the most talented Martial Master of the Zhong Li Celestial Race Xia family for the past five hundred years, he has cultivated his mortal body skills to an incredible degree, even cultivating his skin. Could this be the Xia family's [Battling Heaven Technique] ?"
896
897Qiu Jin'er winked her eyes, the wooden wheelchair hovered over and landed beside Bai Canghai. She said in admiration, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, you know quite a lot. Who do you think will win?"
898
899Bai Canghai smiled and replied, "Well, that's very hard to say … Eh?"
900
901All of a sudden, Xia Shengchu felt an intense tension on his head. His white hairs were curled and twisted into a clump by Zhong Yue's sword silks.
902
903"Five wheels as one!"
904
905Zhong Yue yelled, the five wheels suddenly converged together. They formed a formation of concentric circles, where the bigger wheels enveloped the smaller ones, and the powers of the five wheels enforced one another. The pulling force was significantly boosted as he tried to pull Xia Shengchu's white hairs into the secret realms.
906
907Xia Shengchu was slowly pulled toward Zhong Yue, suddenly, he raised his hand like a sword and slashed down at his hairs, attempting to cut them off so that he wouldn't be pulled into Zhong Yue's secret realms.
908
909Sadly, Zhong Yue managed to react in time and stopped Xia Shengchu with his hand, four hands from two battlers tangled together; Xia Shengchu immediately launched out a series of kicks with his two legs, potent and deadly, every kick seemed to be accompanied by the sound of rumbling thunder.
910
911However, his efforts were in vain, and his death was an inevitability. He was slowly pulled into the light wheels behind Zhong Yue's back, a shrill cry could be heard coming from the secret realms, and in the next second, he had completely disappeared into the light wheels.
912
913Zhong Yue abruptly clasped his hands together, palm to palm as he said, "The smithing of the five elements, the suppression of the myriad powers, and the dismemberment of the Yin Yang! DIE!"
914
915The five wheels revolved rapidly, and blood gushed out like a waterfall as the power of his secret realms slew Xia Shengchu.
916
917Qiu Jin'er winked her eyes again as she looked at Bai Canghai, her voice was soft and tender, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, Senior Martial Brother Xia is dead already, are you up next?"
918
919Cold sweat immediately rushed out of his forehead. All of a sudden, before he could reply, chiffons flew over above them, suffused in demonic Qi. Tian Mo Concubine stepped on the lotus flowers beneath her like a goddess descending from the heavens, striking over at Zhong Yue as if she was just a pure and naive goddess spreading her lotus flowers to the world.
920
921Bai Canghai furtively heaved a breath of relief, he smiled in reply, "It's not my turn yet. Tian Mo Concubine is indeed strong. She is a concubine reserved by the demon ancestor of the oversea demon race, the heritage she was given was incredible. She is proficient in the cultivation technique of a demon god, her low ranking in the Warrior Board is definitely not indicative of her prowess. Junior Martial Sister Qiu, look at the chiffons, they are actually formed by the demonic totem patterns, pure and clear of any impurities. This would be an abstruse skill of the demon race, the [Yu Lan Aroma True Scripture] ...Eh?"
922
923Right before the eyes of the public, Tian Mo Concubine was battered to death by sheer strength under Zhong Yue's fist; Qiu Jin'er again looked at Bai Canghai to see cold sweat bursting out of his forehead. He cast his sights over to Jiao Qingtu in the hope of seeking help, and when he saw Jiao Qingtu stepping out, he again heaved a breath of relief, he smiled and said, "Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu's prowess is even more incredible…."
924
925Chapter 290: The Celestial Emperor’s Bloodline
926
927
928
929Jiao Qingtu's prowess was beyond the expectation of the public Qi Practitioners, the abundance of his arcane energy has exceeded the boundaries of the Atman Body level. He was even stronger than a few certain Inner Core Qi Practitioners!
930
931His Yuan Shen was the nine-headed dragon god, which had allowed him to embrace an abundance of arcane energy; in addition to the heritage of the Ancestral Dragon and the hard work he had poured in for nearly a year, his arcane energy was further enhanced!
932
933In the Ancestral Dragon Ritual of the Eastern Sea dragon race, the strongest participant would be bestowed with the heritage of the Ancestral Dragon. However, as this year round's Ancestral Dragon Ritual was the grandest among them all, sacrificing countless sea race Qi Practitioners, the Ancestral Dragon heritage Jiao Qingtu was given was the most complete!
934
935For the past few rituals, the dragon Qi Practitioners that were given the Ancestral Dragon heritage had their own incredible achievements, most of them had eventually become dragon magnates, eventually reaching the Imminent Deity stage. There were even a few that had ascended to dragon gods!
936
937While Jiao Qingtu's Ancestral Dragon heritage was even more complete than theirs, one could infer the depth of his potential!
938
939Furthermore, the dragon race was naturally strong since birth, having a strong mortal body and arcane energy to match. With such a foundation, in addition to the Ancestral Dragon heritage, Jiao Qingtu's strength was superior to even Xia Shengchu!
940
941Ever since they exchanged their first strike, Jiao Qingtu's ranking never stopped climbing up through the Greenhorn Board, every second he would surpass countless names, and soon enough, his name disappeared from the Greenhorn Board before reappearing in the Warrior Board!
942
943Since coming to the Lesser Void World, he had never challenged anyone and remained at the bottom most of the Lang Ya—Greenhorn Board. But now, as the battle with Zhong Yue raged on, he had unleashed his full prowess to the world!
944
945Bai Canghai was thrilled looking at the battle, he praised, "The Jiao Dragons are the strongest combatants in the whole Eastern Sea, and Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is the most conspicuous of them all! Junior martial sister from the Qiu family, look, other than the Jiao Clan's heritage, he also had another greater heritage. Such a heritage had been recorded in the books in the Bai Ze Clan, often appearing in the dragon race, it should be the heritage of the Leizhe Clan."
946
947Qiu Jin'er nodded, not knowing whether she really understood his words. Bai Canghai continued saying, "The Leizhe Clan is of the goldy emperor's bloodline, the innate dragon gods. The whole Eastern Sea dragon race are descendants of the Leizhe Clan. It is just that the purity of the Leizhe bloodline is not so high in them. The Leizhe Clan is commonly known as the Ancestral Dragon by the dragon race, revered as the ancestor of all dragons. The dragon pattern behind Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is the image of the Leizhe Clan. My guess is that even if the heritage he had received from the Ancestral Dragon Ritual is not at the level of the celestial emperor's, it wouldn't be far off either. Now the question is, how much had he attained from that heritage?"
948
949Qiu Jin'er was astonished, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, you really know a lot."
950
951Bai Canghai answered proudly, "The Bai Ze Clan of the Northern Sea, we don't dare to boost much, but we are truly the scholars of the cultivation techniques. We of the Bai Ze Clan have the most detailed records of the cultivation techniques of the different race. As long as a cultivation technique enters the eyes of the public, they will exist in our books. The fundamentals of the techniques, the attributes of the arts, the changes in the skills ... we have records for nearly everything."
952
953Qiu JIn'er was shocked, "Since the Bai Ze Clan knows so much, you must be very strong in finding your opponents' weaknesses, no wonder you can secure the whole North Barren as your territory."
954
955Bai Canghai gently smiled, "We of the Bai Ze Clan don't dare to proclaim that we know everything in this world, but that isn't exactly hyperbole either. Although we can't really replicate all of the cultivation techniques, finding our opponents' weaknesses and taking advantage of that is a fundamental forte of my race."
956
957"Then, senior martial brother, why don't you step out and fight with my senior martial brother?" The curious baby Qiu Jin'er asked.
958
959Immediately, the smile on Bai Canghai's face stiffened. He sheepishly diverted the conversation and said, "Look at Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtuu's name, he is now in the top hundred on the Warrior Board, with his strength, even some of the Inner Core Qi Practitioners might not be his match. He will soon supplant the others in the Warrior Board and ascend to first place. It won't even be a shock if he enters the Godlike Board. Your senior martial brother from the Zhong Shan Clan is now facing against the strongest opponent of his life."
960
961Qiu Jin'er looked at the Warrior Board, Jiao Qingtu's name was climbing, higher and higher, surpassing one name after another.
962
963Dragons soared in the mid-air as Jiao Qingtu cast the skills of the Leizhe Clan, every strike he launched out would compress the air around him as if the dimension itself was shuddering!
964
965His mortal body and Yuan Shen coalesced together, morphing into a nine-headed divine dragon; his attack rate was even faster and stronger than the three-headed Xiao Mang Celestial Race as all nine heads of his could cast their own skills independently.
966
967While on the other hand, Zhong Yue stood steadfastly, methodically taking down all of the strikes and skills. He casually launched skills away from his hands to counter the incoming attacks.
968
969He infused the attribute of the sunfire into all of his skills, augmenting his attacks with fire and the ability to incinerate his opponent into ashes. The sunfire was also used to morph into countless forms: Sword Qi, shield patterns and a multitude of other forms that help in combat.
970
971However, despite the success of fending off all of the strikes, Zhong Yue has impotently plunged into a defensive state, passively countering the incoming attacks.
972
973"Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is indeed strong!"
974
975Bai Canghai praised, "I suppose, he is going to unleash all of his power in a bit. Junior Martial Sister Qiu, Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu has yet to use his full power, and when he does so, it'll be the time your senior martial brother faces his defeat! Quickly, look, he is going all out now!"
976
977Jiao Qingtu's nine heads let out nine different tones of whistles, resounding into a cacophonous symphony that reverberated throughout the sky. Just as he unleashed all of his power, his ranking in the Warrior Board suddenly catapulted to new heights, surpassing Xia Shengchu and ascending to second place in the Warrior Board!
978
979A wild force of arcane energy suffused the air, and the faces of the Qi Practitioners in the city turned dark and gloomy right away. Such potent power, he could even compete with the Qi Practitioners at the peak of Inner Core!
980
981The dragon pattern behind Jiao Qingtu roared ferociously, his ranking took the final ascension in the Warrior Board, reaching first place with him now only a step away from the Godlike Board!
982
983In mid-air, countless Jiao Dragons emerged in quick succession, soaring in the sky!
984
985[Million Dragon Art]!
986
987Jiao Qingtu pushed his hands out, a million dragons surged over and blasted at Zhong Yue. He had launched out his final move, a strike that was the accumulation of all of his power, a strike that carried with it his hope of destroying Zhong Yue, and a strike that would charge him into the Godlike Board!
988
989A protracted deafening whistle suddenly blasted in everyone's ears. Darkness swept away the lights in the sky, but the sun shone brighter than ever as it shone its rays down at the center of the Lesser Void City!
990
991The warmth of the light across the land of a few hundreds of miles was sucked away, tossing it into an endless world of darkness, devoid of the slightest shred of sunlight!
992
993KRONG——
994
995The five light wheels behind Zhong Yue dazzled radiantly to a blinding degree. His arcane energy surged out like a rampant beast, and his blood essence boiled in his body. His surroundings were painted in red, and he became the only source of light across the hundreds of miles of land!
996
997Countless Golden Crows surged out from Zhong Yue's body and fluttered their wings freely in the sky. They soon morphed into numerous miniature suns that burned in a blazing fire.
998
999Zhong Yue pushed his hands out, and the suns rolled over, clashing with the incoming dragons; Golden Crows against Jiao Dragons, the two warred like armies, marvelous and yet brutal!
1000
1001They were contending with one another with arcane energy, the Golden Crows that fluttered and the Jiao Dragons that soared. They intertwined over one another, entangled in a war where every second, countless Golden Crows would perish in a plume of smoke, and countless Jiao Dragons would get torn to pieces.
1002
1003Krong!
1004
1005Another blast of sound echoed through the sky as the war reached a fevering stalemate, with both sides having perished and crumbled into nothingness. Meanwhile, their masters had finally clashed together from behind. Their hands and claws, human and dragon. The duo's body quivered violently, and both spat out a mouthful of blood.
1006
1007All of a sudden, a slit rift emerged on Zhong Yue's forehead, and a sword ray lashed out from his divine third eye, cleaving Jiao Qingtu's head into halves and slaying him dead on the spot.
1008
1009Bai Canghai's smile again stiffened up, he was just claiming that Zhong Yue would be no match for the fully unleashed Jiao Qingty, and right in the next second, Jiao Qingtu was slain dead before his eyes.
1010
1011"Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is really strong already."
1012
1013Qiu Jin'er comforted him from the side, "My senior martial brother doesn't easily use his divine third eye, it takes a heavy toll on his prowess, and if he had used it, it means that Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is on par with my senior martial brother in every other way. Which is why the only way to win the battle is with the divine eye. Senior Martial Brother Bai, you are correct, Senior Martial Brother Jiao Qingtu is indeed really strong."
1014
1015A strong surge of shame instantly engulfed Bai Canghai. He didn't know how to react and could only feign a series of coughs to hide his awkwardness.
1016
1017Qiu Jin'er winked her eyes that were pure like a baby's, and she said, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, is it your turn now? You've commented on so many Qi Practitioners, and they have all been defeated. On the other hand, Senior Martial Brother Bai, you are a master of all arts, an erudite scholar of the cultivation techniques. You must have some unknown means that can win the fight, right?"
1018
1019Bai Canghai's face suddenly turned sickly pallor, he burst into a series of severe coughs and said feebly, "The Bai family of the Bai Ze Clan knows no fear to any challenges, but you see, I was cursed with an illness from birth … look, I'm even throwing up blood…."
1020
1021Just as Zhong Yue cast his gaze over, Bai Canghai quickly pulled his winter white fur coat closer to his body. He slowly stood up while continuing to cough out mouthfuls of blood, "Senior Martial Brother Zhong, I'll come back and challenge you when I've taken care of my illness!"
1022
1023Zhong Yue shifted his gaze away, and he looked at the young celestial whose smile never seemed to fade.
1024
1025Immediately as Zhong Yue's attention was shifted away, Bai Canghai stopped coughing and also looked at the young celestial, he was shocked and said, "Bi Xie of the West Barren? He is also here in the Lesser Void World?"
1026
1027Qiu Jin'er quickly asked, "Senior Martial Brother Bai, is Bi Xie very strong? All of the Qi you've commented on have already been killed by my senior brother. I think you should also comment on this Bi Xie."
1028
1029Her innocent countenance gazed at him expectantly, but Bai Canghai's face darkened, "My comments are actually very accurate. It's just that your senior martial brother is too strong, I've wrongly estimated his strength as he has reversed open the five wheels and … um, the divine third eye on his forehead. But this Bi Xie, even I can't comment on his prowess."
1030
1031He shook his head and continued, "He is the only male in the whole Bi Xie Celestial Race, the Bi Xie Celestial Race is the bloodline left behind by that celestial emperor of the West Barren…."
1032
1033The celestial emperor's bloodline?
1034
1035Zhong Yue was shocked in his heart, the casual manner in his sights turned into seriousness. Tens of thousands of years ago, the celestial emperor that ruled the Ancestral Star established an empire of his own, the ancestors of all the celestial races were his courtiers, including the Bai Ze of the North Barren, and Zhong Li of the South Barren. They were all his courtiers!
1036
1037Bi Xie, the young celestial whose smile never faded away from his face said smilingly, "Senior Martial Brother Zhong, it seems like you are somehow restraining yourself, not wanting to unleash your true prowess. Is there any reason in particular as to why you're doing so? It is unfair to fight you in such a state."
1038
1039As those words were spoken, Bai Canghai's face a shocked expression. He quickly turned his head over to Zhong Yue and thought, What? Pulling back? You mean to tell me that this isn't even his full strength?
1040
1041Nodding his head, Zhong Yue said, "Yes, indeed, I've been restrained by certain concerns."
1042
1043Bi Xie smiled, "Then if that's the case, we shall battle on the day your concerns dealt with. What do you think?"
1044
1045"Good idea," Zhong Yue nodded.
1046
1047The ever-smiling young celestial took a few steps back and vanished into the crowd, Bai Canghai quickly searched for Bi Xie, but he was nowhere to be seen!
1048
1049He is strong. If I risk the danger of exposing my identity as Long Yue, can I beat him? Zhong Yue looked toward the direction of the crowds where his strongest opponent disappeared. This was the first time he felt uncertain against a duel.
1050
1051The celestial emperor's bloodline….
1052
1053Chapter 291: Celestial Emperor Bi Xie
1054
1055
1056
1057To be able to realize that I have yet to use my full strength, this Bi Xie indeed has his own strength. Also, with the addition of the Celestial Emperor's heritage, he might prove himself a formidable foe!
1058
1059Zhong Yue then looked away and memorized Bi Xie's name in his mind.
1060
1061There were not many names on the Godlike Board, only about two to three thousand of them but Bi Xie was not among them. However, after having a brief conversation with Bi Xie, Zhong Yue had gotten a grasp of his behaviors, and it came as no surprise to Zhong Yue the reason Bi Xie was not on the Godlike Board.
1062
1063In Bi Xie's mind, reputation or fame was no longer his concern. What mattered most was the opponents he faced.
1064
1065And up until now, he had not encountered anyone he deemed worthy, and as such, his name did not even appear in the Warrior and Godlike Board.
1066
1067He was completely different from Jiao Qingtu. Unlike Jiao Qingtu who held himself back in the name of fame, by ostentatiously revealing his strength to everyone. Bi Xie only had his opponents in his eyes.
1068
1069Thus, Zhong Yue's advancement into the Godlike Board had drawn his interest, and he only showed up because of that. Bi Xie however, immediately back off. He didn't want to have an advantage over Zhong Yue as he wanted to see Zhong Yue full power.
1070
1071And an opponent like that was the most terrifying!
1072
1073"Senior martial brother, our Senior Martial Brother Bai is so amusing! Each time he says someone is strong, that someone would definitely end up losing," said Qiu Jin'er with a laugh.
1074
1075Bai Canghai's face turned red to Qiu Jin'er's comments, and he kept coughing, pretending to be oblivious to what she was saying.
1076
1077Zhong Yue then said gravely, "The Baizhe Clan of the North Barren knows almost everything. Senior Martial Brother Bai knows the details of the others but not mine, which was why his predictions were always wrong. In the end, it was due to his lack of information, rather than his capabilities."
1078
1079As soon as Zhong Yue voiced out his opinion, Bai Canghai felt so much better, and he greeted Zhong Yue, "Pardon me for my rudeness. Canghai knew nothing of Brother Zhong's capabilities, and it was only now that I finally realize that you indeed live up to your illustrious fame. Please forgive me for what I said just now."
1080
1081Un until now, the Zhong Li Celestial Race had yet to reopen the exit, so all of them could only stay in the Lesser Void World. Zhong Yue and Bai Canghai continued their conversation while Qiu Jin'er listened quietly, but she got more and more surprised as she listened.
1082
1083Bai Canghai was indeed a knowledgeable person. He had the information of the techniques from various races in his head; their effects, power, and even their weaknesses were not unknown to him!
1084
1085Other than that, he was like a walking encyclopedia as he not only knew about the techniques of the other races, but he even knew their innate talents and weaknesses!
1086
1087Initially, Qiu Jin'er viewed him lightly, but as Bai Canghai continued conversing with Zhong Yue, her perspective on this seemingly unreliable guy began to change.
1088
1089The only reason he made a mistake was that he had no idea of Zhong Yue's abilities; he looked Zhong Yue thinking that he cultivated the techniques of Swords Gate and reverse-opened the five wheels through the Swords Gate's methods.
1090
1091Little did he know that Zhong Yue cultivated [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art] that was given to him by Xin Huo. Saying it was different from the Swords Gate's techniques would be quite an understatement.
1092
1093But the more Bai Canghai learned about senior martial brother, the more he dares not fight with senior martial brother. From that, knowing too much may not be a good thing I guess. The more he knows, the more scared he gets.
1094
1095Suddenly, Zhong Yue lowered down his voice and said, "Brother Bai, do you happen to know anything about the Devil Soul Forbidden Land under Swords Gate?"
1096
1097Bai Canghai hesitated and whispered, "We Bai Family did know a little bit about that, but this is a big matter. It's not good for me to discuss it…."
1098
1099"Can you talk a little about it?" whispered Zhong Yue.
1100
1101Bai Canghai hesitated again and said, "The Devil Soul Forbidden Land exists not only under your Swords Gate but under many other places. There's one under the Xiao Mang Celestial Temple in the West Barren, the Tianhou Palace of the Zhong Li Celestial Race, the Xian Kong Saint City in the East Barren and even under we Baihou Celestial Temple."
1102
1103Although Zhong Yue already knew the answer, he was still shocked by the reply of Bai Canghai, and he quickly asked, "Brother Bai, the Devil Soul Forbidden Land is a place to nurture and nourish the saint spirits. The five Devil Soul Forbidden Lands you mentioned just now each already has their own saint spirit, but I have no idea about the mastermind behind all of these."
1104
1105"So you knew huh?"
1106
1107Bai Canghai was shocked, and he felt relieved after that. He then said, "Then it's fine if I told you what I know since you know about this already. Throughout these five million years dwelling in the North Barren, our Baizhe Clan records many pieces of ancient histories, but there hasn't been one proper, accurate recording of the Devil Soul Forbidden Land apart from some guesses…."
1108
1109He stopped for a while and put out serious expression. He whispered in an even lower tone, "Our ancestors made an assumption that apart from the Eastern Sea and overseas, the tomb is connected to the five barrens, and that the tombs under the five barrens are sacrificial tombs. Not the main tomb. Judging by the size and standard of these tombs, the main tomb is probably the tomb of a celestial emperor or Heavenly Monarch. However, a few days ago when I checked the Heavenly Monarch Residence and the hidden mausoleum, I realized that the monarch mausoleum was extremely grand and had a higher standard. As such, I assume that the main tomb under the five barrens is at most a celestial emperor level tomb…."
1110
1111"A celestial emperor's tomb?"
1112
1113Zhong Yue was confused, and he asked, "Why is Senior Martial Brother Bai speaking so softly?"
1114
1115Upon hearing that, Bai Canghai said in an even lower tone, "My assumption is too shocking, if my assumption is made known to everyone, I fear that it will cause a major uproar. I went through all of the history books of our Bai Family and studied the history of the other races, and I discovered something interesting. I found out that the celestial races of the West Barren including the Zhong Li and Baizhe Celestial Race only had a history of five million years, which suggest that our races only appeared five million years ago. From that, we can assume that the celestial emperor left five million years ago."
1116
1117Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er were confused as they had no idea how did all of these were related to the celestial emperor that conquered this place five million years ago.
1118
1119"Look at these bones."
1120
1121Bai Canghai took out a few shattered bones that Zhong Yue felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with, as if they shared the same origins as the Fang Blade, or were even part of the Fang Blade.
1122
1123Bai Canghai coughed and said proudly, "These bones were found by the elders of my clan beside a lake under the Swords Gate Mountain when Elder Shui Zian invited we Baizhe Family to resolve the conflicts between Swords Gate and Xiao Mang Celestial Race. These bones appeared to be the shattered skulls of a beast god, and they seemed to have emerged from the lake.
1124
1125Zhong Yue immediately knew which lake he was talking about as it was the same lake when Zhong Yue escaped from the Devil Soul Forbidden Land!
1126
1127Back then, the beast god corpse demon that was chasing after him had its head crushed by the seals in the Devil Soul Forbidden Land and the largest part of the shattered skull was the beast god fang, which he crafted it into the Fang Blade.
1128
1129There were other shattered bones back then, but they were too small and too little, which Zhong Yue ignored as he had to get to somewhere.
1130
1131Who would have known that Bai Canghai would find these tiny bone pieces!
1132
1133Bai Canghai then took up a bone fragment and said, "This beast god bone existed five million years ago, and the celestial emperor was in the Ancestral Star five million years ago…."
1134
1135Zhong Yue was stunned, and he murmured, "Five million years ago, the celestial emperor left the West Barren with his people, left the Ancestral Star to the Zi Wei Divine Court…."
1136
1137He then couldn't help himself and shivered as he thought of a scary possibility.
1138
1139Bai Canghai did the same thing, and he quickly said, "What if Celestial Emperor Bi Xie did not leave, but he died long ago? What if the other gods of the other races died together with him? Every god was buried into the five sacrificial tombs and what remained were the descendants of these gods…."
1140
1141He and Zhong Yue looked at each other, and they both shivered again.
1142
1143Qiu Jin'er then said, "Brother Bai's assumption makes no sense at certain points. Lord Xia is not dead, and he is one of the subordinates of Celestial Emperor Bi Xie. If the other gods sacrificed themselves to accompany Celestial Emperor Bi Xie, then why is Lord Xia alive? The spirit of Lord Xia is even being worshipped and prayed by the Zhong Li Celestial Race…."
1144
1145Zhong Yue then nodded after listening to the words of Qiu Jin'er.
1146
1147Lord Xia most probably started creating and expanding the lesser void world after Celestial Emperor Bi Xie left the Ancestral Star in an attempt to take over the Heavenly Monarch Residence to open the monarch mausoleum.
1148
1149And if Celestial Emperor were still here, then it would be him that tried to pillage the monarch mausoleum, not Lord Xia.
1150
1151Besides, other then Lord Xia, the ancestor dragon of the Ao Clan was still in its slumber in the Eastern Sea. Previously, when the invasion of the Kun Peng Celestial Race started, this ancestor dragon even showed itself, fending off the Divine Wing Saber with the Coiling Dragon Sword.
1152
1153Other than that, the ancestor of the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, that scary ancient Pan Ao God's spirit is still hiding in the moon. He too did not sacrifice himself! thought Zhong Yue.
1154
1155Bai Canghai was also stunned, and he frowned as he thought of the few spirits of the ancestors of the other celestial races that showed themselves after receiving enough worshippers.
1156
1157Not only that, the ancestor's spirit of the Baizhe Family was still alive and they were not sealed in the tombs.
1158
1159"There's nothing wrong about these bones. They are definitely the bones of a beast god existed five million years ago."
1160
1161Bai Canghai then murmured, "Could it be that the alive gods were guardians of the tombs?"
1162
1163The three of them were in a state of confusion, and suddenly, the surrounding got extremely noisy as many Qi Practitioners rushed towards the exit of the Lesser Void World while someone shouted, "The Zhong Li Celestial Race reopened the exit, everyone, let's go!"
1164
1165Zhong Yue got up, and when he looked at the exit and the entrance of the Lesser Void World, he saw the Lang Ya Board remained in the skies while Qi Practitioners exited the lesser void world one by one through the board.
1166
1167It's impossible for the Zhong Li Celestial Race to give up the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner.
1168
1169He felt incredibly uneasy as to how things were progressing right now immediately when he looked around.
1170
1171"Senior martial brother, should we head outside as well?" asked Qiu Jin'er.
1172
1173Zong Yue nodded and together with Qiu Jin'er and Bai Canghai, they walked towards the exit of the lesser void world and gotten closer to the Lang Ya Board.
1174
1175Suddenly, Zhong Yue's face changed as he felt the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner in his secret realm started trembling vigorously and it was on the verge of breaking loose, jumping out from his secret realm itself!
1176
1177Somewhere in front of the Lang Ya Board, along with a Martial Heavenly Master, Elder You and Elder Quan held and waved a banner which greatly resembled the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner in their hands.
1178
1179The three banners had the drawings of the White Tiger God, Phoenix God, and Black Tortoise God respectively, which suggested that they were a set with the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner.
1180
1181"They are indeed a set!"
1182
1183Elder You and Elder Quan's face changed slightly, and they said happily, "The thief is here! We can feel it. The Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner is just in one of the Lesser Void Worlds right behind the Lang Ya Board!
1184
1185"Quickly! Through the Phoenix, Black Tortoise and White Tiger Marked Banner, we can tear the thief's secret realm apart and summon the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner back to us!"
1186
1187The three of them laughed happily, continued to wave the banners while the bond between the three banners, and the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner became stronger and stronger!
1188
1189"We not only need to retrieve the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner, but we also need to teach that thief a lesson properly!"
1190
1191Chapter 292: Dire Situation
1192
1193
1194
1195They had another way to retrieve the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner, no wonder the Zhong Li Celestial Race allowed everyone to leave!
1196
1197In the Lesser Void World, Zhong Yue casually opened up Xin Huo's weathered bronze lamp and threw the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner into the lamp before he walked through the Lang Ya Board with Qiu Jin'er and Bai Canghai as if nothing happened.
1198
1199The Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner may be strong, but it was still not as strong as the Divine Wing Saber. If Xin Huo's lamp could even suppress the Divine Wing Saber, then it would be no problem if it came to the banner.
1200
1201"What are the three old misters doing?" asked a curious Qiu Jin'er as looked at the three old men who were swinging the banners.
1202
1203Meanwhile, the three old men were extremely exhausted, and sweat seeped through their clothes after they swung the three great banners, which were even hard for them to handle after a long time.
1204
1205Zhong Yue then looked at the three old men flying in the air and replied to Qiu Jin'er's question, "No idea, probably trying to work their bodies out? They said that it's most efficient to train yourself if you completely have your energy and strength depleted and slowly cultivate them back again."
1206
1207Bai Canghai who was standing beside them laughed and said, "I felt that it's more like they are trying to worship and pray to the gods or something like that."
1208
1209Qiu Jin'er then said, "I am impressed, they are so tired now, but they still managed to swing the banners so swiftly. The Zhong Li Celestial Race is indeed powerful, for even an old man to be able to maintain such a strong physique."
1210
1211As they spoke, the three elders swinging the banners in the air became extremely tired, but they continued waving their banners with strong tenacity, which greatly impressed the other Qi Practitioners.
1212
1213Meanwhile, in the Fiery Capital, Xin Huo suddenly said, "Brat Yue, you are being targeted by someone."
1214
1215Zhong Yue became serious, and when his psyche gushed out and scanned the surroundings, his heart tightened as in the radius of five miles around him. There were at least twenty Qi Practitioners from different races tailing him, scrutinizing all of his actions!
1216
1217And somewhere further away, there were even more Qi Practitioners.
1218
1219Zhong Yue also realized that among the observers, the majority of them were from the celestial races of the West Barren, monsters, and even the Zhong Li Celestial Race!
1220
1221I guess it's reasonable that they will target me because of the chaos I stirred up in the West Barren and my advancement into the Godlike Board?
1222
1223Zhong Yue exhaled a long deep breath as he was very famous in the West Barren as there were thousands of bounties on him from the West Barren which aimed to wipe his existence off the world!
1224
1225And after his advancement into the Godlike Board, he successfully became an eyesore to the others out there because they were extremely jealous of his achievement.
1226
1227After all, it was hard to advance into the Godlike Board, and only most talented ones that were almost undefeatable in their own level may have the chance to enter the Godlike Board. And people like these definitely grew into a big threat to the other races out there, which could easily attract the animosity from the other races. It wouldn't be unexpected for them to be hunted down before they were able to grow into their potential!
1228
1229It's only three more months until the end of the year, it's time for us to return to Swords Gate but how we are going to go back remains a big problem.
1230
1231Zhong Yue recollected his thoughts, and he then considered returning to Swords Gate through the South Barren, but he quickly discarded the idea for there was bound to be lots of trouble awaiting them on the path back home. It was uncertain whether or not they would make it alive!
1232
1233But if he first took a detour into the Eastern Sea from the South Barren and then entered the Great Wilderness via the East Barren, then it would take quite a considerable amount of time, probably at least four to five months!
1234
1235It was much faster if he returned to Swords Gate through the West Barren, but he didn't even entertain the thought since venturing into the West Barren without any reliable companions alongside him was simply a death wish! There were just too many enemies in the West Barren, and entering the West Barren was tantamount to voluntarily walking into a trap!
1236
1237Zhong Yue then thought carefully, but he couldn't think of a better way at all. He then asked Qiu Jin'er frustratingly, "Junior martial sister, we should stay here for a few days before we return to Swords Gate."
1238
1239Qiu Jin'er replied, and both of them found themselves an inn. They rented two rooms for a few days while Bai Canghai had somewhere else to stay since the Baizhe Family had their own place in the Fiery Capital. Although they did not stay together, Bai Canghai constantly came looking for them for he and Zhong Yue shared a common topic.
1240
1241"I heard Elder You and Elder Quan were not trying to worship their gods but are looking for the thief that stole one of their banners. The stolen banner was the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner, and the thief's actions had foiled the Zhong Li Celestial Race's plans to reopen the monarch mausoleum. That was why the Zhong Li Celestial Race risked so much to seal off the Lesser Void Wworld, but the thief was smart as well as he has yet to be found."
1242
1243"Recently, the Zhong Li Celestial Race is all tensed up, they set up guards everywhere, checking through every Qi Practitioner who wished to leave the Fiery Capital strictly, and many of them were searched all over for the Azure Dragon Cloud Marked Banner."
1244
1245Bai Canghai brought several important news, and suddenly one day, he got to the inn, and he said hesitatingly, "Senior martial brother Zhong, the elders of my clan have arrived. They prohibited me from getting close to you. I'm afraid that something big is going to happen to your Swords Gate…."
1246
1247Zhong Yue immediately sensed something, and he asked, "What news did you hear, Brother Bai?"
1248
1249Before Bai Canghai could even reply, a huge ship flew towards the Fiery Capital somewhere far away from the west, and it released a powerful aura.
1250
1251The ship was shrouded by cloud while one after another abnormally tall and muscular celestial race strong individuals stood at the bow of the ship, and each of them had three Pan Ao heads with gazes as sharp as a sword.
1252
1253As soon as the ship flew into the Fiery Capital, the people of Zhong Li Celestial Race were already there, preparing to welcome the arrival of those on the ship and Elder You and Elder Quan were among them.
1254
1255Then, a bright lunar ascended into the air, and Zhong Yue's face changed as soon as he saw the bright moon, "It's those four guys from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race! Why is Xiao Yin, Xiao Qian, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Que here?"
1256
1257Bai Canghai looked at Zhong Yue and said, "Of course they're here for the Swords Gate. You must not have known that they invited our Baizhe Family to participate in what they are planning to do as well. It seems like they are trying to take down the Seal Suppression Hall of Swords Gate. However, our Baizhe Family never meddles in the businesses of the other clans, and we had a good relationship with Elder Shui, so the elders of my clan came here today to declare that they will be taking part in plans of Xiao Mang Celestial Race."
1258
1259Zhong Yue's heart thumped as long ago he heard that the Xiao Mang and Zhong Li Celestial Race were going to form an alliance against Swords Gate. But he never thought that the Xiao Mang Celestial Race was bold enough to send out the four magnate Qi Practitioners of their clan, Yin, Qian, Yuan, Que!
1260
1261With the Martial Divine Master being sealed in the Seal Suppression Hall, of course the Zhong Li Celestial Race would agree to ally with the Xiao Mang Celestial Race. As soon as the ship landed in the Fiery Capital, a vast city made of bones flew towards the Fiery Capital accompanied by a pleasant melody.
1262
1263Elder You and Elder Quan quickly walked forward and shouted, "Welcome, Madame Hua Zhen, it is an honor to have you here with us today in the Fiery Capital! Welcome!"
1264
1265The massive castle doors of the bone castle opened up, and a luxuriously dressed lady walked out from the city, surrounded by numerous curvaceous girls. The lady greeted the two elders and said, "Greetings, elders. I have depleted most of my spirit herbs. May I replenish my stores in the Fiery Capital?"
1266
1267"Of course, we have all sorts of items you'd need on the road. Madame Hua Zhan will most definitely be happy with what we have."
1268
1269Madame Hua Zhen clapped her hands and said, "Children, check on our stocks and we shall replenish our stocks later!"
1270
1271Then, Elder You and Elder Quan guided the bone castle into the Fiery Capital.
1272
1273At the same time, Bai Canghai told Zhong Yue, "The demons are attracted to the offer of Xiao Mang Celestial Race. Thus, Madame Hua Zhen is here. She is one of the magnate figures of the demons, and her strength is incredibly strong. Other than Madame Hua Zhen, there were also some dragons that showed up."
1274
1275"The dragons?"
1276
1277The cloud of confusion in Zhong Yue's mind immediately cleared as he did not know why Ao Fenglou avoided him in these few days whenever Zhong Yue sought advice from him. Ao Fenglou must have felt ashamed of being unable to stop the dragons from taking part in the evil scheme, so he completely avoided Zhong Yue.
1278
1279"And of course, some of the strongest West Barren's celestial races are here as well."
1280
1281Bai Canghai hesitated and said, "senior martial brother Zhong, I think it's best if you remain here or…."
1282
1283Zhong Yue thanked with sincerely and said, "With me being stalked by that many factions, I couldn't even go back to Swords Gate even if I want to."
1284
1285"Swords Gate is in a very dire situation now. It will not be safe to stay there."
1286
1287Bai Canghai got up, and as he left, he said, "The elders fear that I would be drag into this mess if I stayed with you for too long so please forgive me for not being able to help you. Senior martial brother Zhong, if you survived this crisis, you and I will have a drink next time, I wish you all the best and do all your best to survive! Be seeing you."
1288
1289Zhong Yue then walked him out, and he said gratefully, "Brother Bai, thanks for your information and everything you did. I will remember all of these in my heart, see you and good luck!"
1290
1291Bai Canghai suddenly stopped and said, "You had better leave now back to Swords Gate while these factions are busy discussing the details of their alliance where they will pay the least attention to you!"
1292
1293Zhong Yue nodded, and he quickly returned to the inn while Qiu Jin'er said with a worried heart, "Senior martial brother…."
1294
1295Zhong Yue replied, "Senior martial sister, we shall head back to Swords Gate now!"
1296
1297"But how…." asked a troubled Qiu Jin'er.
1298
1299"With bloodshed! Be it gods or demons, we will cut down any foe who dares to stop us! The path back to Swords Gate will be paved with blood and corpses!" said Zhong Yue as killing intent bloomed in his eyes.
1300
1301Qiu Jin'er remained silent, and she followed behind Zhong Yue. She fixed Zhong Yue's collar while Zhong Yue said with a smile, "Junior martial sister, did you know that you are very beautiful?"
1302
1303Qiu Jin'er's eyes reddened while Zhong Yue pushed her out of the inn and said, "I hope that in this life that I will be able to see humanity prosper and regain our glory…. Junior martial sister, let's go!"
1304
1305As soon as they walked out of the inn, they felt gazes from all the stalkers around, but both of them remained calm; Qiu Jin'er sat there quietly, Zhong Yue pushed the wheelchair steadily towards the outer city. As they walked, Qi Practitioners appeared one by one; some emerged from the shadows, some jumped down from buildings, and some even rose up from the ground.
1306
1307Slowly, more and more Qi Practitioners showed up, filling up the streets behind Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er. The atmosphere was incomparably tense, and the streets were completely silent.
1308
1309And on the streets, merchants closed the windows and shut the doors tight, trying their best to avoid the imminent havoc.
1310
1311Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er ignored what was happening, and they continued walking. The initially lively streets turned dead, apart from the stalkers, Zhong Yue, and Qiu Jin'er, there was no longer a single person around. Only the eyes that peeped through the tiny gaps of the windows and doors would intermittently reveal themselves to sneak measuring gazes at the young pair.
1312
1313When Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er arrived at the capital's doors, what appeared in front of them was a vast plain, right behind which, was the Swords Gate.
1314
1315"Swords Gate, I am coming back!" murmured Zhong Yue as he walked out from the Fiery Capital.
1316
1317Chapter 293: Dragon That Battles Through the Nine Heavens
1318
1319
1320
1321Outside of the Fire Capital, Zhong Yue was walking on the road, treading over a few miles away from the city. The streets started to fade away as the surroundings slowly turned rugged. More and more Qi Practitioners followed their trials, tailing behind Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er. Some of them were following underground, some tracked them from the sky above, while others strode past them, waiting to stop them in front of their paths.
1322
1323There merchant caravans of the trading expeditions could still be seen coming to and fro the Fiery Capital; however, upon seeing the massive crowd following behind Zhong Yue, the merchants became terrified. They braced themselves for any incidents while trying their best to avoid intersecting paths with the group.
1324
1325Rules of the South Barren: it was forbidden to engage in battles within the territorial land of the Fiery Capital. After all, Fiery Capital was an economic center, a place for businesses and tradings. If there were battles and chaos all over the capital, then the deals wouldn't be able to continue smoothly. Hence, Zhong Yue wouldn't need to worry about getting ambushed for a hundred miles of land centering from the Fiery Capital.
1326
1327Ten miles away from the city gate, there was a small pavilion on the side of the road, set up there as a shelter for the travelers. In the pavilion, there was a figure waiting patiently on the chair while a bottle of wine and three cups were prepared on the table in front of him.
1328
1329"Senior martial brother, he is the one with the celestial emperor's bloodline, Bi Xie!" Qiu Jin'er was afraid, she whispered to Zhong Yue.
1330
1331Zhong Yue heard her and looked over. He walked into the pavilion along with Qiu Jin'er; the young celestial stood up, his eyes were pure and gentle, smiled as he invited the duo to have their seats.
1332
1333"I'm very grateful for Brother Bi Xie to send me off in this pavilion ten miles away from the city." Zhong Yue said smilingly while he patted his clothes before sitting down.
1334
1335Bi Xie raised his cup of wine and said, "I'm afraid if I don't send you off today, I wouldn't be able to see you anymore. It'll be a regret that I'll have to endure for the rest of my life; so I came and patiently waited for your arrival in this little pavilion."
1336
1337Zhong Yue also raised his cup of wine, and the duo drank. Bi Xie stared closely at Zhong Yue, he stood up and gave a slight bow, he asked, "Is Brother Zhong preparing to let go of the restrains that shackled your heart, and go all out for today?"
1338
1339Smiled, Zhong Yue replied, "It depends, I will not hesitate if the need arises."
1340
1341The young celestial didn't speak a word, a few moments later, he broke the silence and said, "It's hard to find a praiseworthy opponent, it's difficult to come by an opponent that could be of my match, what a pity we couldn't have a proper battle … it's unfortunate that Brother Zhong has too many things holding you back at the moment. I'm not sure whether I can even find a worthy opponent like you anymore."
1342
1343Zhong Yue, however, was nonchalant, "There are cultivators that will rise in every generation. Every one of them can stand at the summit of this world for the least of hundreds of years; even without me, Brother Bi Xie will eventually find one in the future."
1344
1345Bi Xie lamented, "I'm afraid, that will take many more years for the next name to be added to the Godlike Board."
1346
1347As the last sentence of the conversation was spoken, they drank three cups of wine each; Zhong Yue then stood up and walked out of the pavilion with Qiu Jin'er.
1348
1349The Great Sun Golden Crow suddenly emerged behind Zhong Yue, the wings covered an area of few mus, carrying Qiu Jin'er on the Golden Crow's back while he stood on its head. It bolted into the sky and pierced through the clouds, soaring along with the winds.
1350
1351"Bi Xie, if I can survive through this, I'll become the dragon that will battle through the nine heavens, I'll make the world tremble under me! When that day comes, you can look for me, and we will have the duel that was promised!"
1352
1353Krong—
1354
1355The three-taloned Golden Crow broke the speed of sounds and bolted away with lightning and fire around it!
1356
1357While behind him, the Qi Practitioners also suddenly lunged into the sky, casting out their flying arts following behind him. Bi Xie lifted his head up and looked over, it scenery looked like a meteor shower in bright daylight, flitting across the sky toward the north.
1358
1359"Dragon that battles through the nine heavens…."
1360
1361The young celestial placed his hands on the back and mumbled, "I'll be waiting, I hope you can survive till that day."
1362
1363In mid-air, the same darkness clawed a hundred miles of land as all of the sunlight was siphoned away by Zhong Yue and was converging around him.
1364
1365He was like a blazing fireball, a miniature scorching sun that embodied Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er with the Golden Crow in it, bolting away at an ever-increasing speed.
1366
1367One after another, the Qi Practitioners following behind him were left behind, unable to catch up to his speed.
1368
1369A hundred miles of distance flitted over in almost an instant.
1370
1371Zhong Yue was now traveling at a speed three times the speed of sound. He was so quick that most of the Qi Practitioners chasing after him were shaken off his tail; however, long before he traveled, there were already Qi Practitioners that have strode over him to the front waiting to ambush him on his path.
1372
1373However, the most significant threats were those who were still chasing behind him, those who were able to keep up to his speed were mostly the Inner Core or even Heavenly Dharma Qi Practitioners, they were the most deadly hunters!
1374
1375Gales blasted on their faces as they sped through the sky, patches of clouds formed a new ground, covering the earth away from their views; all of a sudden, some mountains emerged in the midst of clouds, it was indeed a fantastic view.
1376
1377These mountains were floating above the clouds, looking bizarre and mysterious as if they were like a paradise in the heaven.
1378
1379Looking at it, Zhong Yue gave a cold sneer and mumbled, "Junior martial sister!"
1380
1381Qiu Jin'er who was behind him extended her arms out and immediately, the Gou Mang Yuan Shen emerged behind her. It lashed out countless vines over like jade green dragons that intertwined with one another.
1382
1383They looked as if they were vines, but in fact, they were purely formed by her Wood Sword Qi in the [Great Boundless Sword Qi].
1384
1385Peng peng peng—
1386
1387The vines lashed on the mountains and crushed them apart, the mountains crumbled into countless totem patterns which formed even more mountains; not only that, but there were also mountains falling from the sky above, crashing down on them.
1388
1389Meanwhile, a giant slowly stood up in the center of the mountains. His body was completely covered in rock and stone, making him look like a stone giant.
1390
1391The stone giant had four arms with no eyes, and it was equipped with two huge bows of at least two hundred feet long, the stone giant pulled the arrows back, and readied to release them.
1392
1393"Roar!"
1394
1395The bows seemed to be incredibly heavy, and not even the stone giant could draw them to full extension. As the bows were drawn, the totem patterns engraved on them started to glimmer.
1396
1397A dazzling inner core emerged above his head. Light rays flowed down like water onto the bows, forming two light arrows, one aiming at Zhong Yue and the other for Qiu Jin'er.
1398
1399"Zhong Shan Clan member, Qiu Tan Clan member, I am Shan Lihong of the Shan Shen Clan, allow me to send you on your way to the heavens!"
1400
1401The stone giant's voice trembled the air and he let the nocked light rays loose. The bows were incredibly strong, and the arrows were appallingly long. In an instant, the light arrows shot out from the mountains right towards the duo, when the arrowheads reached to them, the other end of the light arrows had only just left the bow!
1402
1403"[Sword Burial Art]!"
1404
1405Qiu Jin'er murmured, light wheels emerged behind her Gou Mang Yuan Shen; one after another, innumerable swords came together to form sword mountains. They rose before Zhong Yue as if they were stone tablets— Earth of the five elements. This was a defensive sword skill of the Earth attribute."
1406
1407While the swords stones tablets were rising before them, slowing down the arrows, her [Sword Seeding Art] was also doing work, it formed a vine shield before them, interweaved by countless huge and sturdy vines, making it thicker, stronger.
1408
1409Bam bam bam——
1410
1411A series of noise reverberated the sky as the arrows pierced through the stone tablets, the two light arrows had broken through her [Sword Burial Art] 's defenses and struck into her vine shield.
1412
1413Qiu Jin'er let out a deep, muffled groan, and blood started trickling out from her mouth. Suddenly, the vine shield exploded into pieces, and two light arrows shot over!
1414
1415The Kui Long's cowhide was thrown out before them, the two light arrows blasted on the Kui Long's cowhide and were reflected away. Zhong Yue then clenched on the Kui Long's cowhide and pulled it out of the way as his other hand reached back and clenched a feather out from the light wheels behind his head.
1416
1417"Big, big, big, big, big!"
1418
1419Zhong Yue stood on the Golden Crow's head. He yelled out loud while he raised the 30000 feet long Golden Peng sword in his hands, slashing down and cleaving the mountains apart.
1420
1421The Shan Shen Inner Core expert had just shot out the two arrows and was now drawing the bows for the second shot. A flash of golden light flickered in his view from the top to bottom before slicing through the mountains and dispersing away.
1422
1423"Divine weapon…."
1424
1425A narrow, slit rift appeared at the middle through his whole body; the halved corpse fell freely down from the sky while the mountains had dispersed away.
1426
1427Zhong Yue kept the sword and sheathed it back into the light wheels behind his head, he reached his hands out and plundered the two bows while he scanned the surroundings with his psyche for the dead's inner core. The Golden Crow then fluttered its wings and winged through the fading images of the mountains; after a long time, Li Shanhong's corpse finally fell down onto the ground and quaked the earth as he crashed into the mountains.
1428
1429"You will end up like him if you dare to pursue me anymore!" Following the heels of the corpse was Zhong Yue's voice, resounding across the mountains.
1430
1431Behind him, the Kui Long's cowhide was slowly fluttering down, Qiu Jin'er quickly got up and held onto the Kui Long's cowhide, wearing it on Zhong Yue's back as if it was a cape.
1432
1433"How domineering, such confidence you have there. Perhaps it's because of the cowhide you wear that has allowed you to bullshit so much that the bull shat into the sky?"
1434
1435A voice could be heard teasing them, and all of a sudden, shadowy figures appeared out of nowhere in front of them. The clouds turned overcast, and the sky turned gloomy. One after another, huge eyes glimmered in the shadows, looming in the dark.
1436
1437Abruptly, 36 moons appeared in the sky!
1438
1439Along with the emergence of the moons, the shadows were cast away, and the clouds were gloomy no more, revealing a crowd of sadistic three-headed Pan Aos, smiling as their heads looked at Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er.
1440
1441The shining 36 moons were in fact, their inner cores!
1442
1443"Hehehe…."
1444
1445The Pan Ao in the middle of them was the strongest and the biggest, surrounded by the other thirty-five Pan Aos, he teased Zhong Yue sadistically, "Zhong Shan Clan member, your Kui Long's cowhide must be from the Kui Long Celestial Race, am I right? What a coincidence, I happened to be an acquaintance of a few senior martial brothers from the Kui Long Celestial Race. I found out that you had something that belonged to their ancestors and brought them over to meet with you."
1446
1447"MANGGGG——"
1448
1449A stentorian roaring blasted in their eardrums, a huge horn pierced through the gloomy clouds behind the Pan Aos. It rose higher and higher while two blood-red eyes brightened in the midst of darkness as a creature with a huge head that looked like dragon and cow hybrid slowly unveiled itself from the gloomy clouds.
1450
1451The one-legged Kui Long appeared in their sights. His eyes were blood-red as he stared at the Kui Long's cowhide that Zhong Yue was wearing!
1452
1453"How dare you … peeling down senior Yu Zheng's skin and making it into a soul weapon…."
1454
1455The Kui Long wept, and his voice shuddered the clouds as he spoke bitterly, "Humans … filthy bugs … you scums should just DIE!"
1456
1457Zhong Yue's face changed drastically, he quickly controlled the Golden Crow and flew higher up into the sky.
1458
1459"Junior martial sister, are you scared of lightning?" Zhong Yue asked loudly.
1460
1461Qiu Jin'er thought of the first time she met with her senior martial brother. The lightning zone was where they first met. Her heart warmed at the memory, and she thought, I'm not afraid of lightning, in fact, I'm not afraid of anything at all as long as senior martial brother is with me!
1462
1463Chapter 294: Let Us All Die Together!
1464
1465
1466
1467The moment Zhong Yue entered the upper lightning zone, and the 36 Pan Aos and Kui Long lunged into the sky, attempting to stop him down. They all rose higher and higher into the sky as the lightning started increasingly dense.
1468
1469The stronger the cultivator, the more dangerous the lightning would be to them.
1470
1471The lightning of heaven and earth was of the Pure Yang attribute while souls were aligned with Yin. Powerful lightning was capable of destroying cultivator souls into nothingness; so long as souls hadn't cultivated up to the Pure Yang stage, death would be inevitable.
1472
1473However, cultivating the soul into the Pure Yang state was precisely the first step to becoming a deity.
1474
1475With that being said, any other existence besides the gods themselves would have their souls be crushed away by the lightning.
1476
1477Although in the past, Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er did enter the lightning zone and refined their souls with the lightning, they were only at the outermost rim of the lightning zone. Their cultivations were also weak back then; but now, their strengths had experienced various transformational leaps as they ventured deeper into the lightning zone.
1478
1479Particularly after opening up the secret realms in their Yuan Shens, the amount of energy they possessed would have seemed boundless in their eyes before!
1480
1481In the upper lightning zone, a thunderstorm began to stir in the clouds around them. The intermittent flashes of lightning seemed like glimmering scales on a dragon's body.
1482
1483All of a sudden, a patch of clouds vanished in their eyes, and the next moment, a lightning bolt shot across the sky to blast directly onto them. The lightning was so powerful that even the mere boom of the accompanying thunder was almost enough to mangle their souls!
1484
1485Furthermore, after it struck down on them, it did not disperse. Instead, the energy lingered in the air, as if preparing to converge into another bolt of lightning.
1486
1487Krong——
1488
1489Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin'er, Kui Long and the other 36 Pan Aos all became targets of the lightning. A particularly large bolt of lightning broke through Zhong Yue's Golden Crow Yuan Shen, leaving a hole behind while he took another two strikes on the wings. Despite the severe wounds he was suffering, he continued flying forward while leaving behind a trail of smoke.
1490
1491Zhong Yue opened his mouth and siphoned away all the surrounding sunlight. The sunlight converged onto the Golden Crow's body, healing its wounds.
1492
1493At the same time, Qiu Jin'er was also under attack by lightning. She immediately summoned her Gou Mang Yuan Shen out of her body and was instantly struck by two bolts of lightning, suffering severe injuries from it.
1494
1495However, the Gou Mang Yuan Shen was one of the strongest in terms of life force, just as the Yuan Shen was damaged, there was a tremendous life force surging out within it. It soon healed the wound healing its wound as if it was never hurt.
1496
1497The reason for summoning the Yuan Shen out of the body rather than keeping it in was because the mortal body was not Yin in attribute and was only a medium for the Yuan Shen to reside in. As the lightning was only attracted to the Yuan Shen, it would strike through the mortal body to reach the Yuan Shen if the Yuan Shen were in the body. This would inflict unnecessary damage to the mortal body and make the situation worse. Moreover, if the mortal body were destroyed, the Yuan Shen wouldn't be able to survive either!
1498
1499Thus, unless one's mortal body was strong enough to withstand the lightning directly, no one would dare to leave the Yuan Shen in their mortal body.
1500
1501Below the three-taloned Golden Crow, the three-headed Pan Aos were all bellowing in anger. They had also summoned their Yuan Shen out and let the Yuan Shen endure the lightning strikes so that their mortal body would remain unharmed.
1502
1503In just a blink of an eye, everyone's Yuan Shen all suffered severe damage. However, these Xiao Mang Celestial Race experts were all at the Inner Core level, with their leader being half a step away from the Heavenly Dharma level. The lightning striking them was also stronger, resulting in Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er suffering more damage.
1504
1505"Brothers and sisters, the soul weapons!" The Xiao Mang Celestial leader shouted.
1506
1507Right away, rays of myriad colors lit up in the gloomy clouds. The 36 Pan Aos roared in unison, 36 moons that rose in the sky went into a circular orbit, crashing into one another as they chained themselves into a circle of satellites like a planet's ring. All of them were centered around a bigger moon that emerged in the middle!
1508
1509These moons were part of a soul weapon, with all 36 moons coming together into a moon ring, the soul weapon would be completed.
1510
1511The Xiao Mang Celestial Race had studied the moon spirit for ages, their knowledge in this field was unequaled to the other races. Even their soul weapons were commonly revolving around the moons or lunar related.
1512
1513Just as these 36 moons came together into a moon ring, their powers were significantly bolstered to the point that they were not inferior to Heavenly Dharma soul weapons.
1514
1515These Pan Aos' Yuan Shen quickly entered the moon ring and hid in the huge moon in the center; when the lightning struck down, the defensive totem patterns of the soul weapon would unload the damage. Even though the moon ring was getting dimmer as the lightning struck it, but the Yuan Shen in it was left unharmed.
1516
1517Seeking shelter from the soul weapons could only be done by the stronger soul weapons. At least a Heavenly Dharma soul weapon; while the moon ring's power was greatly augmented, it had just precisely entered the category of Heavenly Dharma soul weapon, allowing it to defend their Yuan Shen from the lightning.
1518
1519While on the other hand, the Kui Long that was chasing Zhong Yue didn't summon his Yuan Shen nor did he shelter it with any soul weapons. Instead, he entered the state of [Atman Body as One], breathing heavily in steam and sparks. He sucked his inner core above him into his body.
1520
1521He was charging through the lightning zone while enduring the lightning striking on his mortal body!
1522
1523The thunderstorm was growing more vicious, and lightning struck him as if he were a metallic conductor. Every second, countless wounds would appear on his body until it was charred and smoking. But the Kui Long totem patterns on his body would heal the injuries almost instantaneously!
1524
1525The Immortal Body!
1526
1527The Kui Long Celestial Race's strongest art, the power of the Immortal Body!
1528
1529The Kui Long Celestial Race possessed an abundant life force, more than any other race. In addition to the secret technique of their race, they could cultivate the Immortal Body.
1530
1531However, his Immortal Body was way weaker than his senior, Kui Zheng, who died in the Seal Suppression Hall; Kui Zheng's Immortal Body was cultivated to a stage of virtually undying. His mortal body couldn't be destroyed, and his Yuan Shen couldn't be crushed. The only thing that could kill him was time, and hence, the Swords Gate sealed him away and waited for time to kill him.
1532
1533While this Kui Long expert had cultivated the Immortal Body, there was still quite a distance between him and Kui Zheng. His Immortal Body could only be used to shelter his Yuan Shen from the lightning.
1534
1535"Junior martial sister, move your Yuan Shen into the Kui Long's cowhide!"
1536
1537Zhong Yue shouted, Qiu Jin'er quickly followed and cast her Gou Mang Yuan Shen into the Kui Long's cowhide, but Zhong Yue's Golden Crow was still flying through the clouds, absorbing the lightning strikes with its heavily injured body. Even the rate at which he healed himself with sunfire couldn't keep up with the damage he was taking. Qiu Jin'er shouted, "Senior martial brother, your Yuan Shen…."
1538
1539Huuu——
1540
1541Zhong Yue controlled the Golden Crow Yuan Shen to fly higher into the sky. The clouds darkened, and the atmosphere turned increasingly gloomy. The lightning clouds emerged around them, and it was now evident that the lightning clouds indeed resembled the scales of a dragon as there were some other lightning clouds now forming the dragon's claws! A spectacular view that couldn't be seen anywhere else, and yet, deadly!
1542
1543In the rumors, there was a phantom of the Leize dragon god lingering around in a certain height and certain depth in the lightning zone, an innate dragon god that was born within the heavens, a guardian that would strike down any livings that dare to infiltrate the high heavens!
1544
1545And now, the words were coming true, the Leize dragon god's body was slowly and yet steadily forming before his eyes, the higher he went, the more complete the Leize dragon god's body became. At the same time, lightning was still raining down on them.
1546
1547Behind him, the Pan Aos were running in the moons, moving the moons faster while they barked incessantly. The moon ring was filled with totem patterns, lunging out wave after wave of attacks that struck toward Zhong Yue.
1548
1549Zhong Yue was hit by the first wave of the totem patterns, and he got blasted up higher. The three-taloned Golden Crow tumbled in the sky, and suddenly, it spanned out its wings to regain its balance before it bolted away again.
1550
1551The Pan Aos barked and ran as fast as they could while controlling the moon ring. The Kui Long was also leaping with its one leg. But neither one of them could catch up to Zhong Yue's speed.
1552
1553The waves blasted behind Zhong Yue, but he had already left them behind.
1554
1555In mid-air, the Leize dragon god's body was getting longer and bigger. It was already 800 miles long while the dragon's head was slowly coming into view. It added on to the repressing atmosphere as it suffused the sky in its domineering aura.
1556
1557As of now, Zhong Yue was right below the dragon's jaw.
1558
1559"Use me, use me!"
1560
1561The Kui Long Expert shouted, "Hit my stomach!"
1562
1563The Pan Aos's eyes brightened up, and the Kui Long inhaled a deep breath of air and inflated like a balloon. His body soon took the form of a drum, at the middle of the drum was a dragon-cow head, and at the bottom was his only leg. His arms hung by the side, seeming ludicrously thin and small in comparison to the rest of his body.
1564
1565The Pan Ao leader immediately resummoned his Yuan Shen and shouted, "Control the moon ring and protect me, I'll go into the state of [Atman Body as One] and coordinate with Senior Martial Brother Kui to take down this Zhong Shan Clan brat!"
1566
1567The other 35 Pan Aos barked merrily, fully taking over the control of the moon ring as their leader cast his Yuan Shen back. His body was getting bigger and brawnier as he transformed into a celestial being with a mastiff's head. He stood on the back of two Pan Aos while he reached his hand out to the light wheels behind him, pulling out two 200 feet-long bones as he started drumming on the Kui Long Celestial expert.
1568
1569Dong——
1570
1571The loud sound of percussion blasted out in all domains. The sound wave lunged out like a fierce dragon, ramming directly on Zhong Yue's back, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the Golden Crow tumbled vigorously, nearly falling off from the sky.
1572
1573The mastiff-headed celestial being laughed out loud, and he drummed on the Kui Long incessantly with the two mastiffs beneath carried him forward whereas the other mastiffs barked happily. They traveled at high speed while the sound waves attacked Zhong Yue endlessly.
1574
1575Zhong Yue's Yuan Shen was on the brink of dissipating as he took all of the attacks. Blood trickled down his mouth like a broken faucet, and deep groans came from the bottom of his throat. He gritted his teeth and exerted himself to prevent his Yuan Shen from dissipating while he continued to fly up.
1576
1577Cold sweat rushed out of Qiu Jin'er's forehead, she quickly controlled the Kui Long's cowhide and shielded Zhong Yue's Golden Crow on the back. When the sound wave blasted over, she was also hit with a portion of the sound waves' powers, resulting in blood also trickling out from her mouth.
1578
1579As she has shielded the Golden Crow with the Kui Long's cowhide, the protection on her mortal body has dramatically reduced. In addition to that, the sound wave could penetrate through the Kui Long's cowhide. Even her Yuan Shen, which was hiding in the dragonhide, was also sustaining damage!
1580
1581"Blast them! Kill them!"
1582
1583The mastiff-headed celestial being guffawed in joy. He continued drumming the Kui Long with increased tempo and force while they continued to fly higher into the sky.
1584
1585Zhong Yue galvanized every morsel of strength within him to bring him higher up into the sky. Above them, the lightning clouds grew darker, thicker and denser. The Leize dragon god's phantom was getting clearer, and its head was coming into existence. Its whiskers were waving in the clouds — suddenly, flashes of lightning bolted across the sky, converging into two lightning balls and forming into the dragon's eyes!
1586
1587The exact moment the dragon eyes were formed, it felt like as if the dragon god had revived. The dazzling lightning dispersed and the rumblings of thunders were no more, the whole atmosphere turned dead quiet with the only sound being the sound of the drum.
1588
1589The mastiff-headed celestial being shivered in cold sweat as a chill went down his spine. He quickly lifted his head to look up, and his gaze was met with the cold eyes of a dragon god that was staring right at them as the thousand miles lightning dragon has awakened.
1590
1591Beneath the Leize dragon god's whiskers was the raggedy Golden Crow that stopped abruptly, carrying Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er on its bloody back with the dragon god above them, Zhong Yue sneered frigidly and said, "Let us all die together!"
1592
1593"DEFENSE!"
1594
1595The mastiff-headed celestial being suddenly gave a shrill cry, "Defend with all your might!"
1596
1597KRONGG————
1598
1599The thousand miles dragon god gently placed its mountainous claw down and shadowed a huge patch of clouds with Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin'er and the other celestials in it!
1600
1601In the sky, a shock wave that was clearly visible to the naked eye ravaged a thousand miles of distance, clearing a thousand miles of the sky of all clouds!
1602
1603Chapter 295: To The West Barren
1604
1605
1606
1607There was a rumor: A long time ago, but there once was a magnate that was a half step away from divinity that tried to fly his way out of the Ancestral Star and into the void. While on his way through the upper lightning zone, the strongest existence of his era had met with the Leizhe dragon god, an innate divine dragon that was born from the heaven and earth.
1608
1609When the Leizhe dragon god appeared before him, worshipping chants rang in his ears. It was as if there were countless living beings worshipping the dragon. Then, a blinding blast of lightning that was accompanied by the deafening rumble of thunder ripped across the skies. The sky shattered like a mirror, and the magnate disappeared from the world; not even a single granule of his ashes was left behind.
1610
1611As of now, although the Leizhe dragon gods that Zhong Yue met was not as otherworldly as the one in that legendary tale, they were also not as strong as half-divinity magnate who dared to defy the heavens.
1612
1613A single strike from this lightning Leizhe dragon god could easily reap their lives!
1614
1615However, what was different was that they had their own soul weapons and array formations that could barely protect them.
1616
1617The 36 Pan Aos formed an array formation. The moon ring plunged into a full defensive state while their light wheels revolved rapidly. One after another, soul weapons lunged out from their secret realms and blasted on the dragon claw, trying to weaken its power.
1618
1619"With the inner core by my side, I am the master of my life!"
1620
162136 Pan Aos ... 108 eight heads. They all let out a ferocious roar and swallowed their inner core. The totem patterns of the Pan Ao emerged beneath their skin and flowed out of their body before coming together in a unified piece.
1622
1623Countless totem patterns were connected together, forming into a huge Pan Ao phantom. The Pan Ao phantom that was standing at the center of the moon ring raised its head and opened its mouth widely. It looked as if it would devour the moon in the middle — this huge Pan Ao, the moon in the middle and the moon ring formed a complex defensive array formation – the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation!
1624
1625While the Kui Long was also trembling in fear, he let out a ferocious roar and shrunk down quickly. Before this, he was 200 feet tall, and he was now only six to seven inch tall after turning into a little one-legged cow-like creature.
1626
1627The Kui Long Celestial Race had mastered the Immortal Body, having their own unique defensive means. This Kui Long Celestial Race expert had shrunken his mortal body to strengthen his defense and condense his life force and life energy. It also served to reduce the area of contact between his body and the lightning. This was a unique defensive method that he applied to fight against the heaven's punishment!
1628
1629Zhong Yue reacted quickly by pulling the Kui Long's cowhide, cloaking Qiu Jin'er and himself underneath it.
1630
1631His Golden Crow Yuan Shen flew out from the Kui Long's cowhide and dashed over to the Pan Aos. While at the same time, a golden ray flitted across the sky. It was the Golden Peng Sword closely following behind the heels of the Golden Crow Yuan Shen!
1632
1633All of a sudden, the Golden Crow Yuan Shen entered the Golden Peng Sword and hid in it.
1634
1635As the dragon claw slammed down, the 36 Pan Aos' soul weapons were instantly crushed into dust; the 108 Pan Ao heads raised high and let out a series of high-pitched whistles, sustaining the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation in form.
1636
1637One after another, the moons around the moon ring started crumbling away whereas the huge moon in the middle began cracking. Despite their power being the same as a Heavenly Dharma soul weapon, they couldn't even fight against the dragon claw at all. The array formation shuddered violently, and all the 36 Pan Aos spurted out blood from their mouths.
1638
1639The dragon claw was composed of the liquid condensed lightning. When it slammed down, the lightning liquid surged right through into the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation, tearing it down from the inside.
1640
1641Pili pila pili pala——
1642
1643The huge moon in the center of the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation was broken into pieces, and the huge Pan Ao Tengu was also slowly fading away as the lightning struck on it.
1644
1645"[Celestial Moon Divine Howling]!"
1646
1647The hundred and eight Pan Ao heads raised highly and howled, stopping the fading of the Pan Ao Tengu image and made it clearer.
1648
1649However, right at this moment, the Golden Feathery Peng Sword thrust over, the divine weapon flicked in the sky —Chi chi chi— one after another, the Pan Aos were beheaded, and their blood painted the lightning in a sanguine red.
1650
1651"Zhong Shan Clan member!"
1652
1653It was a deadly blow to the Pan Aos, tossing them into a state of utter disorder and chaos; they have lost their control over the Lunar Eclipse Array Formation and the array formation immediately crumbled away. The dragon claw slammed down, and all of the 36 Inner Core Xiao Mang experts were torn into pieces as they disintegrated into the smallest particles and filled the sky with a mist of blood.
1654
1655From the Leizhe dragon god striking its claw down at them to the formation of the Lunar Eclipse Array, and the unexpected ambush of the Golden Peng Sword ... everything happened in the blink of an eye.
1656
1657The next moment, the unstoppable dragon claw harboring the divine aura slammed heavily on the Kui Long's cowhide and the Golden Peng Sword along with the Kui Long expert!
1658
1659From afar, one could clearly see a thousand miles long giant dragon coiling in the high sky, lashing its claw and slamming the presumptuous living beings that dared to infiltrate the high heavens.
1660
1661Clouds and mist flitted past as the dragon claw slammed down on the ground from the high firmament. The dragon claw finally stopped as it rammed into the mountains, mercilessly killing any living thing in the woods as the lightning spread out in all domains.
1662
1663Meanwhile, the shock wave in mid-air blasted away a thousand miles of land clear of any clouds, the Leizhe dragon god dispersed, and the sky was bright and clear, not a single cloud could be seen at all.
1664
1665Below, in the mountains where the dragon claw slammed down, a huge claw mark was left behind. The earth structure was paved with igneous rocks while molten magma could be seen everywhere.
1666
1667In the center of the claw mark, the two hundred feet Kui Long's cowhide was laid on the ground. After a few moments, a girl crawled out from it; Qiu Jin'er who was shielded underneath Zhong Yue when they were struck made her way out and stood up, she uncloaked the Kui Long's cowhide and dragged Zhong Yue out.
1668
1669The dragon claw soon slammed down on them. Zhong Yue had her in his arms, while the Kui Long's cowhide was on his back. He suffered incredibly heavy injuries from the impact force that penetrated through the Kui Long's cowhide. But fortunately, the young lady in his arms was barely hurt, having only suffered some minor wounds.
1670
1671As the one who endured the brunt of the impact force, Zhong Yue's back was ravaged, and completely mashed. Broken ribs penetrated through his skin and were exposed to the air. His arms were distorted out of shape, and his neck was twisted at a terrifying angle.
1672
1673If it were ordinary humans or even the cultivated Qi Practitioners, they would have certainly died by now. But he was still living, the deflated lungs were still breathing, but he sounded as if he was going to run out of breath at anytime soon.
1674
1675However, the liquid lightning had left his psyche ocean in an utterly chaotic state. He couldn't control his power to recuperate his injuries.
1676
1677Qiu Jin'er quickly took out the Yuling Pastes and just as she was going to treat him with the medicinal paste, a deep groan suddenly rang in their ears.
1678
1679There was another survivor other than themselves, one who was incredibly small. He was only six to seven inches tall before he suddenly expanded and returned to what it seemed like his normal size — it was none other than the Kui Long expert!
1680
1681His mortal body was even more ragged than Zhong Yue's, the lightning strikes crushed the originally muscular body into mashed meat. His bones were totally wrecked and were mixed in the meat. The cow horn on his head was broken away, and only his spine and head still looked fine.
1682
1683Despite the injuries he suffered, his life energy and life force were still vigorous, his mortal body was slowly and yet, steadily recuperating itself. Broken bones were reconnecting together, and the mashed flesh was forming back into its usual muscular form.
1684
1685"Junior martial sister, kill him." Exerting what's leftover in him, Zhong Yue said feebly.
1686
1687Qiu Jin'er was shocked, she looked over at the Kui Long expert and met with a pair of tearful eyes which were begging for her mercy, pleading her to spare his life.
1688
1689Hesitation lingered in her heart, but she gritted her teeth and walked over to the Kui Long's side with Zhong Yue's Golden Peng Sword in hand.
1690
1691"No … please….." the Kui Long expert's voice was weak and feeble.
1692
1693But it did not change a thing at all as Qiu Jin'er hardened her emotions and thrust the sword through his head.
1694
1695"I'm sorry, don't blame me for your death … my senior martial brother needs my help, and it's my turn to protect him now. If you are not taken out, then it will be us that will die in your hands after you recover from your injuries. I will not risk my senior martial brother's life…."
1696
1697Qiu Jin'er gritted her teeth and mumbled bitterly to the dead. She pulled out the Golden Peng Sword, and the lifeless Kui Long expert fell to the ground. His spirit emerged above the dead body and dispersed into thin air.
1698
1699Qiu Jin'er quickly darted back to Zhong Yue and found him fainted. The young girl immediately removed all of his clothes, and a completely naked Zhong Yue was presented before her eyes.
1700
1701She looked at his body, and her beautiful countenance blushed red as she furtively peeped at his private part. She regained her thoughts and quickly applied the Yuling Paste all over his body. Zhong Yue's injuries were too heavy, but thankfully, Qiu Jin'er brought a substantial amount of Yuling Paste that was more than enough to cover every part of her senior martial brother's body. Even his nether regions were covered with the Yuling Paste.
1702
1703Her act of covering his privates with the Yuling Paste was a way of covering up distractions. After she did so, her thoughts were no longer distracted. She then checked on Zhong Yue's injuries, her psyche in his body and helped him in remedying his disordered arcane energy. After a long time, she finally heaved a breath of relief as Zhong Yue's breathing became even and his psyche had also calmed down.
1704
1705We shouldn't stay here any longer. Since senior martial brother's injuries are not worsening anymore, we should leave now!
1706
1707The young girl was decisive, she took out the wooden wheelchair she kept in her secret realm when the Leizhe dragon god struck at them, and she then placed Zhong Yue in it.
1708
1709When she was about to leave, she saw the collections of the Kui Long expert in the corner of her eyes. The items were spreading across the ground as the Yuan Shen secret realms that contained them collapsed along with the death of their master. They were mostly medicinal pellets and the materials for the crafting soul weapons.
1710
1711She surged her psyche out and kept everything away into her own Yuan Shen secret realms. Among them, there was one treasure that attracted her attention. It was an exquisite woodcarving of a one-foot-four-tall Kui Long; however, she didn't know what use it has, and so, she threw it into her secret realms along with the others.
1712
1713Qiu Jin'er thought in her heart, Flying in the sky is too noticeable, traveling underground… although I know a few earth-style arts, I'm no master in this field. The movements are too obvious, and the other celestials who are proficient can track us down easily. This is doubly so for some of the celestial race in West Barren …. Airborne and underground are both not an option, so walking is my only option, but it'll be too slow, with such a speed, they can catch up to us in no time….
1714
1715She was troubled and thought, If it's senior martial brother, what will he do?
1716
1717All of a sudden, her eyes brightened up, and a vine rose beneath her feet, it grew larger and larger, lifting her and Zhong Yue who was in the wheelchair up
1718
1719The vine turned into a treant, and it strode forward, heading toward the west.
1720
1721At the same time, an immense force of Wood Qi billowed out from Qiu Jin'er, wherever she goes, hundreds of miles of land would be paved with grasses and trees, changing the terrain and environment.
1722
1723However, after a few moments, the greenage would disappear away as if they weren't there in the first place.
1724
1725If they track us by our smells, then they will have some really annoying experience finding us.
1726
1727Qiu Jin'er thought, Going straight to the Great Wilderness is definitely not going to work as there will be ambushes waiting for us on the way, we have to take a detour. But if even senior martial sister said that we couldn't go to the West Barren, then the others would think so too. Then, in that case, I'll act as contrary to all of their expectations, we will take a detour to the West Barren!
1728
1729Chapter 296: Demon Lady
1730
1731
1732
1733Not long after Qiu Jin'er left, riding on a cloud, a few pan Aos descended from the skies. As soon as they landed, they rushed towards the place where the Leizhe Celestial Dragon appeared and they started searching for clues through the smell.
1734
1735Then, another ten or more strong experts had arrived, they all headed towards the valley.
1736
1737"Such strong lightning power... The dragon footprint is so huge!"
1738
1739They were all shocked by the traces left behind, and when they stood in the dragon's footprint, their hairs rose, and their clothes stuck firmly to their skin because of the static force.
1740
1741Compared to the huge dragon footprint, these Qi Practitioners seemed tiny!
1742
1743Their speed was slower than Zhong Yue's, and so they had to request aid from the few Xiao Mang Atman Qi Practitioners to track him down.
1744
1745But they did not expect the battle to be over upon their arrival.
1746
1747"So many have been killed!"
1748
1749"These mutilated corpses…."
1750
1751"Such incredible lightning power. They must have triggered the lightning zone in the upper layer of the skies, which attracted the Leizhe Celestial Dragon to unleash a heavy attack."
1752
1753"No Zhong Yue's body?"
1754
1755The findings greatly shook them. If Zhong Yue's body could not be found, it could only mean that he was still alive! This made them shiver as a strike from Leizhe Celestial Dragon could easily kill thirty or even more Inner Core level Qi Practitioners, yet it failed to kill Zhong Yue!
1756
1757In no time, a Xiao Mang Celestial Race Qi Practitioner managed to trace everything to the place where Qiu Jin'er treated Zhong Yue's wounds, and he shouted, "Look, Zhong Yue's blood! Judging by the amount of the blood stains here, he must have been heavily injured!"
1758
1759A Zhong Li Celestial Race Inner Core Qi Practitioner scrutinized the bloodstains, and he said, "His injuries must have been sufficient to render him a cripple! We must act now, catch him before he can recover! Junior martial brothers from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, we can only rely on you guys to track him down!"
1760
1761The few Xiao Mang Celestial Race's Qi Practitioners nodded, and they started tracing Qiu Jin'er through the scent that had yet to disappear completely.
1762
1763The other Qi Practitioners looked at each other, and they all flew into the sky, followed closely behind the back of the few Pan Aos. Not long later, a large oasis surrounded by lush green bushes entered their sights.
1764
1765"This is…."
1766
1767In the air, an Inner Core Qi Practitioner looked at the lush green oasis, and his expression instantly changed. He shouted, "Junior martial brother from the Xiao Mang Celestial Race, get out from the oasis right away!"
1768
1769Before he could even finish saying what he wanted to say, every blade of grass grew up to three feet tall. They then flew into the air and surrounded the few Xiao Mang Celestial Race's Qi Practitioners, trapping them in a grass ball.
1770
1771Then, countless swords made from grass rampaged all over in the grass ball and just when the Inner Core level Qi Practitioner in the sky was about to do something, the grass swords fell onto the ground and quickly faded away.
1772
1773The grass swords left nothing behind, and the trapped Qi Practitioners were nowhere to be seen. What was left behind was just bloodstains!
1774
1775"They've been minced into dust…."
1776
1777The Inner Core level Qi Practitioners trembled as he looked at the bloodstains and he murmured, "Terrifying Wood Sword Qi, realistic grasses, these are things only a Wood Innate Spirit Body could do."
1778
1779Another Qi Practitioner by his side said with a severe expression, "We've been paying too much attention to this Zhong Yue, forgetting that there's this Qiu Tan Clan girl with him. This girl managed to get into the top hundred of the Warrior Board; her strength shouldn't be any weaker than Xia Chusheng and the others."
1780
1781"That aside, now that the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's people are dead, how are we going to locate Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er?"
1782
1783"How much does the Zhong Li Celestial Race know about this Innate Wood Spirit Body?" asked someone among them who was from the Zhong Li Celestial Race.
1784
1785To his question, A Zhong Li Celestial Race's member took out a totem pillar and through that, he contacted the elders from his clan. A moment later, he shook his head as he said, "We only know that her name is Qiu Jin'er, a member from Qiu Tan Clan, one of the top ten clans in the human's Great Wilderness. She's always had a feeble constitution. Her legs turned to wood because of the excessive Wood Qi in her body, and she is forced to travel in a wheelchair. However, she has insights into the [Sword Seedling Art] from the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] , seemingly having received the Swords Gate's headmaster's heritage."
1786
1787Everyone frowned upon hearing the news as it was of little use to them.
1788
1789"But there is still some useful information in it, at least we know that her legs are crippled. This would place her at a great disadvantage in close quarters combat situations. Without being able to travel normally, she is much slower which means she will not be able to travel far enough from our reach. We can still catch up with her and exploit her disadvantage!"
1790
1791After a few moments, more Qi Practitioners arrived, and with the earlier batch of Qi Practitioners. They searched around everywhere, but to their dismay, they found nothing at all.
1792
1793More and more Qi Practitioners from the Zhong Li Celestial Race arrived, each of them activated the totem pillars located all over the South Barren, spreading the portrait of Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er to the people of their race.
1794
1795Half a day later, through the totem pillars, the villages, towns, and cities all received the news and even in a just a second, Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er's location will be reported to the Zhong Li Celestial Race if anyone were to see them!
1796
1797Other than that, there were also some Heavenly Dharma level Qi Practitioners from some unknown race that showed up. They sat in a war chariot that was driven by fiery birds across the sky. The occupants spread their psyche everywhere in efforts to locate Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er.
1798
1799Then, every few hundred meters, there would be one person among them that stuck his head into the ground, listening to the movements underground to ensure that Zhong Yue and Qiu Jin'er don't escape through the ground.
1800
1801Many also flew and roamed around the skies, searching through the clouds to prevent the duo from slipping through their fingers by hiding within the clouds.
1802
1803The Zhong Li Celestial Races also notified the outposts around the South Barren and ordered the guards there to keep a lookout for these two persons of interest.
1804
1805"Concubine, what are these celestial races doing, scampering here and there?"
1806
1807In the Fiery Capital where the bone castle located, demon ladies were gathered around Tian Mo Concubine. Each of them was dressed provocatively, with their clothes barely able to cover their private parts. One of the demon ladies laughed and said, "We just got here, and we're busy with the spirit herbs purchase so we have yet to know what happened. Judging from their expressions, however, things seemed to be very serious."
1808
1809Tian Mo Concubine laughed and replied, "They are busy hunting down a human Qi Practitioner,"
1810
1811"Human Qi Practitioner? Madame's spirit herbs?"
1812
1813The surprised demon ladies then said, "Is it worth it to send out so many strong ones just to hunt down a spirit herb?"
1814
1815"This one is different; this little spirit herb managed to get into the Godlike Board, even I was defeated and killed by him in the Lesser Void World." Tian Mo Concubine's explanation shocked the demon ladies, but one of them suddenly clapped and said, "If we manage to capture this spirit herb and present it to Madame, then she will definitely be happy! Lady Mofei, Should we go look for some entertainment while Madame Hua Zhen and the other elders are having their discussions?"
1816
1817Tian Mo Concubine shook her head and said, "No, we will be crossing the line if we do so. This is, after all, the celestial races' territory, and although Madame Hua Zhen was invited to discuss the invasion, our demons race is still enemies of the celestial races. We better refrain from acting recklessly on their home turf…."
1818
1819The demon ladies around her laughed and said, "Since when is Concubine this cautious?"
1820
1821"Not cautious ... this Zhong Yue is just too powerful…."
1822
1823"We have located Zhong Yue!"
1824
1825The surrounding became noisy suddenly, and a female Martial Master walked in, bowed and said, "Tian Mo Concubine, our Zhong Li Celestial Race have managed to locate Zhong Yue's position. We are wondering if Tian Mo Concubine is interested…."
1826
1827"Interested, we are very interested!"
1828
1829The demon ladies pushed Tian Mo Concubine out, and they said to her, "Come on, Tian Mo Concubine, we got across the sea to this place just to ally with the celestial races. We trouble ourselves so much just for that, so it is not a problem if we look for something to keep us entertained, right? Besides, there are so many strong individuals in the South Barren, and we might not even be able to do anything other than watch."
1830
1831Under the persuasion of the demon ladies, Tian Mo Concubine had no choice but to accept the invitation of the Zhong Li Celestial Race.
1832
1833The ladies then flew into the sky, and their clothes waved along with the breeze, capturing the attention of the many Qi Practitioners on the ground.
1834
1835"Damn these sluts, they are not wearing any undergarments at all!" shouted some female Qi Practitioners angrily.
1836
1837Meanwhile, Qiu Jin'er had traveled for almost 8000 miles away from the scene. The vine man she visualized may not be as fast as Zhong Yue's Great Sun Golden Crow, but with her cultivation base, she too managed to travel fast enough with the vine man.
1838
1839Throughout her journey, she constantly changed direction, deploying traps everywhere as she feared that only one would not be enough to kill the pursuers.
1840
1841Zhong Yue however, remained unconscious, leaving only the girl for herself to figure out a way to leave this place. Fortunately, she was an Innate Wood Spirit Body, which naturally granted her a far higher energy capacity as compared to others.
1842
1843Suddenly, when she passed by a village, the Zhong Li Celestial Race's villagers all looked at her, and her face quickly changed as she realized something.
1844
1845Not good!
1846
1847She quickly turned around, flicked her fingers, and shot out invisible Sword Qi that destroyed the totem pillars at the center of the village. The flying debris from the explosion shocked the villagers around her.
1848
1849This is bad, this is bad!
1850
1851As she thought this, she quickly ran away in full speed, This is bad, I tried my best to travel in the mountains and avoid these villages, but I still had to pass by some villages just now. The pursuers must have gotten wind of our location by now.
1852
1853She suddenly stopped and jumped down from the vine man. She slammed her palms onto the ground before jumping back to the vine man, running away into the mountains.
1854
1855After a certain distance, Qiu Jin'er's psyche gushed out, forming more vine men that started to scramble everywhere as soon as they appeared.
1856
1857My psyche could only sustain long enough until I send these vine men to somewhere five hundred miles away, any further than this distance, and they will disappear instantly. I can only stall them for a fixed time, and during this period, I have to run away as fast as possible!