Chapter 1163: Two Civilizations
This revelation shocked Feiyun to the core.
“Know the three grand saints of Time Immemorial? They’re all humans. Saint Nuwa healed the heaven, Nine-arrow Grand Saint shot nine golden crows in one day, Terra Grand Saint united the continents. All races came to offer tribute to the humans, the four grand demon races were few in number and couldn’t compete.”
This was Feiyun’s first time hearing about this. Humans were once lords of this world? All demons weren’t compet.i.tive?
Since Time Immemorial was so long ago, no one truly knew the events during this period and had to rely on legends.
For example, they have heard about the three grand saints but nothing more. The strongest cultivators couldn’t live until the present, and neither did any book and scroll.
Famous weapons such as Heaven Punis.h.i.+ng Hammer and Nefarious Blade have lost their spirit as well, only the sh.e.l.ls remained.
The only reason why Phoenix Servant’s intent was able to last was due to the bronze vessel. As for Di Zhong’s intent, it was also sealed inside the ghost vessel.
They told Feiyun many things - that humans were the leaders before Time Immemorial. The three grand saints were all humans as well.
At that point, dragons and phoenixes also had both s.e.xes and could reproduce with each other. Moreover, the world had nine continents, not just West Bull.
After Time Immemorial, the human race became weak and had to be subservient to the demons until the appearance of Emperor Xuanyuan. Time Antiquity was when the human dynasties started. During this period, dragons became solely yang and phoenixes became solely yin, needing to rely on creating eggs with their essences and vitality.
The two periods drastically differed, making Feiyun feel as if they were two separate worlds. What caused these changes? This was beyond the capabilities of men.
He suddenly felt fear regarding Phoenix Servant’s prophecy, feeling dangers all around him.
“I wouldn’t have known any of this without the remnants stored in the vessels.” It took a while before he calmed down.
‘If my bronze vessel and the ghost vessel have information, what about the others?’ Feiyun thought about Dongfang Jingyue’s jade vessel and the woman in blue’s cyan vessel.
The voice from the Regal Sacred Jade continued: “I don’t know what happened at the end of Time Immemorial but rules and destiny changed drastically. Someone wanted to shatter the pride of humans but no, we will not sit idly by. Feng Feiyun, you have human blood within you as well, are you willing to fight?”
“My father is a human, even if I don’t fight for myself, I will fight for him.” Feiyun said.
Since he had surpa.s.sed Heaven’s Emergence, he could erase the seal of the jade and borrow Di Zhong’s power.
Feiyun a.s.sumed his human form above the clouds and didn’t alert anyone. His inner core lit up and turned into a little phoenix, flying into Di Zhong’s corpse.
The dead Di Zhong got out of his coffin. He raised his hand and the jade answered his summon.
Meanwhile, demons had the absolute upper hand. The proud Shangguan Mingqian and Xuanyuan Yiyi grimaced, unable to resist the power of a saint.
Radiance World was closest and its lord personally led an army of millions to fight. Waves of reinforcement continued to come for Aquamoon.
After a fierce battle, humans suffered grievous injuries. Radiance Lord himself was struck by the golden crow’s saint artifact; his fate remained unknown.
There were too many skeletons to count on the ground.
Long Jie didn’t join in the battle and proudly said: “The human race no longer has a capable paragon after the death of Aquamoon Deity, extinction draws near.”
“Be ready to pay the price for attempting this foolish behavior!” A voice echoed across the battlefield.
Everyone looked up and saw two figures - one old and one young.
The older cultivator looked like a corpse that had just crawled out of a grave. His robe was tattered; his flesh had rotted.
On the contrary, the youth was handsome with a red glow in his eyes. No energy ripples came from him so he looked like a mortal.
Feiyun carried Di Zhong down from the clouds and used his dragon-phoenix robe to cover Di Zhong’s broken sh.e.l.l.
The demons focused on the newcomers, completely forgetting about the messenger of Grand Devil Dragon.
Humans stared with great curiosity as well.
“It’s him!” Xuanyuan Yiyi recognized Feiyun but not the old man.
Ximen Chuixiao and the others were surprised as well. The turtle had seen the old corpse before and wondered - s.h.i.+t, a zombie? No, there is a soul in that corpse, is he not dead? No, he’s clearly dead…
A nine-headed pseudo-saint snake sneered: “A price for killing lowly wretches?”
Feiyun glared at him before lowering his head respectfully at Di Zhong: “The snake pseudo-saint dares to disrespect the human race, please grant him death.”n/-0In
“Indeed.” Di Zhong performed a spatial palm strike and crushed all nine heads at once. Another stomp reduced the snake into a pile of flesh.
This caused all the demons to gasp in astonishment.
Long Jie looked over as well but his focus was on Di Zhong’s robe, not the corpse itself. His eyes lit up as he smirked.
“I see, another expert among the humans, you shall die today as well!” The old golden crow shouted.
“Old crow, you’ve grown arrogant again after the defeat at the alchemy market.” Feiyun said.
The crow recognized the curse-breaking half-demon and snorted: “I didn’t have a saint artifact then. If we were to fight again, that half-demon would certainly lose.”
He learned from that battle and came to get a saint artifact from an ancestral mountain in his tribe. He came to Lotus Spirit Mountain again but Grandpa Yu was nowhere to be found. He was livid and refined the abandoned mountain.
“Old crow, you’re better off enjoying your retirement or this place will be your grave.” Feiyun said.
“Half-demon, your courage is as exceptional as your talent. Unfortunately, you’re still too young and overestimate yourself, standing up for these humans.” The old crow didn’t want to waste time and used his saint artifact - Immortal Refiner.
This stone unleashed a sacred strand of energy at Di Zhong. He believed that he wouldn’t lose to anyone below the saint realm.
Di Zhong pulled out one hair from his head and swung it like a sword, easily severing the crow’s hand that was holding the stone.
The severed hand turned into a golden wing before falling to the ground, resulting in a b.l.o.o.d.y puddle.
The old crow was scared out of his mind and channeled all of his power into the saint artifact. This scorched both the sky and the ground.
Humans and demons below the Heaven’s Emergence realm started burning.
“Death.” Di Zhong raised one finger and declared, ending the old crow’s life in just a split second.
A demi-saint with a saint artifact was taken down by a single word today. How could this be?