Tao Fuyuan, a 25 year old Chinese man, had just graduated from a culinary college when his soul was hurled and tossed about, and eventually ended up in a stranger’s body in a strange world.

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Feeling accomplished, I returned home and see that mom has already prepared dinner.

“You’re home! Were you good today in class?”

“I was very good! Right, mom today I picked the majorand minormagic elements I want to study.”

“Ah! Come quickly husband, our son has picked his majorand minormagic elements!”

“Really? Son did you choose wind magic?”

Hearing the news, dad quickly ran over.

“Definitely not, obviously our son chose to study water magic, right son?”

With eyes brimming with hope mom looked at me.

My mom is an intermediate water element mage and dad is an intermediate wind mage. Since the moment I have been born, they have been arguing about what magic element I should choose as my major.

Watching their eyes brimming with hope, ah, what am I going to do? I had forgot all about them. My small brain thought quickly on how to answer them.

“No, no, not at all. The majormagic element I chose was neither the wind element nor the water element.”

“What?” The two of them looked at me with surprised eyes.

“Then what did you choose? Did you choose the earth element or the fire element? Either of those is unbefitting of my son. You didn’t even consult me or your mother of choosing your magic element. This month you’re not getting an allowance!”

“Is your ass itching for a beating!?” Dad said with a threatening look.

“No, no. It’s not like that. Mom, dad don’t be upset. I didn’t choose the fire element or the earth element, I chose the light element. I chose it for your sakes!”

“What? Because of us?”

“Yes, of course it’s because of you two, but also for our family’s harmony. It is like this, think about it, if I chose the water element, dad would be upset. If I chose the wind element, then mother would have certainly killed me, so I didn’t choose either of them. Fire magic and mom’s water magic mutually suppress each other, so for my gentle, beautiful and kind mom, I couldn’t possibly choose it. Earth magic and dad’s wind magic also mutually suppress each other, so for my handsome, charming and powerful dad, I couldn’t possibly choose it either. So I chose the light magic which doesn’t oppose anyone else’s magic in the family. Because I was thinking about our whole family’s happiness, this is what I chose!”

As I said this I looked at mother and father with eyes brimming with tears.

Looking at the teary eyed me, mother couldn’t help but come and comfort me.

“Our Zhang Gong is such a good son, doing this for the sake of his parents.”

Father also came and embraced us. I really like this loving and harmonious atmosphere but I did not expect some nonsense and two tall hats would have fooled them into uniting. Ha ha.

“Zhang Gong, in the future you must study properly. You must at the very least become an advanced rank mage!”

“Yes father, I definitely won’t disappoint you two.”

Mom looked like she suddenly remembered something. “Zhang Gong, light spells in the elementary rank and intermediate rank didn’t have any attack magic right since people rarely study light magic.”

“Don’t worry, you two can be assured that I will definitely become an advanced mage.”

I’ve become so clever. If I wanted to work hard, I wouldn’t have picked light magic. Haha, I’ll trick them first then worry about it.

“Well fine, let’s eat and celebrate our Zhang Gong’s choice.”

A night without words.

The next day, in the morning working up by both the sun and mother’s call. I eat some breakfast and Ao De is already here.

“Zhang Gong it’s time to go to school. Today the classes will be divided.”

“I’m coming. Let’s go!”

Just like yesterday, we step into the classroom.

The old witch walked in.

“Enough, quiet down students. We’re going to start dividing the classes. In this group of 5 classes, everyone has already picked their majorand minorelements to study. All 5 classes will be rearranged into new classes according to the element that was chosen. Three classes for fire, two classes for water, two classes for wind and one class for earth. Now I will announce the classes each of you will be in. As I read off the classes, go to the class you have been assigned.” There’s no need to question the fire element’s attack power.

Impossible, how come there isn’t a light element class? A huge question mark is produced in my mind.

“Tang Di, fire element class one. Li Cha, fire element class one….. Ao De, water element class two…..”

Except for me, all of my classmates have been assigned their class and one by one they left to for their assigned class. After the last student leaves for their class.

“Zhang Gong, follow me to see your teacher. Since there are only 10 light element mages in the world the academy has specially arranged for a teacher to give you a specialized tutoring.”

Oh no! Specialized tutoring, it must be a temperamental teacher. My death is assured now. (I can’t suffer this old witch’s pain!) While thinking this, I walked with teacher out of the classroom.

Arriving at the teacher’s office on the third floor, isn’t this the principal’s office?

“Go on Zhang Gong, come in with me.” seeing me hesitating, the old witch gave me a pull.

“Oh, good, teacher.”

Entering the principal’s office, I see the principal behind a big office desk smiling at me.

“Teacher Lin, is this the Zhang Gong that chose to study the light element in your class? Let me introduce myself, I am a Great Mage with my majorelement being spatial and my minor element being light. My name is Xi Yu Xiu, but call me teacher Xiu.”

My eyes followed the principal’s hands. Ah, this is going to be my teacher? A 50 year old man? Looking him from head to toe, he looks like a spotless purple robed mage shaking with energy. On his chest is a mage badge with four stars. (A mage’s rank can been seen by the number of stars on his badge. Each rank risen corresponds with an additional star while an apprentice mage has no stars.) Wearing a serious face, he seemed quite ominous.

“Hello Teacher Xiu, please look afterZhang Gong.”

“Teacher Lin, no need to be courteous.”

“So you are Zhang Gong. Hey, you better study magic properly under me. I’ll have you know I’m very strict. I hope you will study hard as I will try my best to impart my knowledge onto you.”

What can I say? My eyes had already lost hope. How could I have overlooked this? I’m going to become cannon fodder! So miserable! God of Creation, you treat me so unfairly!

“Thank you teacher. I will put in great effort.”

It seems from now on I am going to have a hard time.

On the way home, Ao De asked me whomy magic teacher was. In order to save face, I boasted that I had a very benevolent teacher. Ao De enviously told me that his class’s teacher is extremely fierce. How could he possibly be fiercer than Teacher Xiu? I could only hope thatTeacher Xiu has a heart attacktonight and becomes unable to teach me.

Right as Teacher Xiu was eating dinner, he sneezed and thought ‘Who’s cursing me?’

Later, historians records of Xi Yu Xiu (Teacher Xiu) show that: If there hadn’t been the Great Mage Xi Lu Xiu to build the foundations in to the Child of Light when he was still a child, then there wouldn’t be the Child of Light as we know it.

Laying this so-called solid foundation had such a great effect that the Grand Magister, known as the Child of Light, trembles at the name of Xi Lu Xiu even thirty years later.


Zhang Gong decides to learn light magic, a magic few show interest in and eventually becomes the legendary Grand Magister. While trying to end the continent’s east and west separation in order to unite all of the different races, he becomes every race’s Child of Light.


"Maria!" shouts Joshua. He uses his magic power to take out the bullets and Maria falls into Joshua embrace.

Professor Shane ignore his injuries and run towards Maria. 

"How is it?" said Professor Shane.

"Not good the bullet is not an ordinary bullet. Even after I got it out, the residual energy still lingers and corrodes her heart slowly."

Kent moves towards Mikayla and Jack stops him. Kent makes a barrier and ready for any attack from Jack. Jack tilted his neck right and left then dash forward towards Kent.

"Three, bring Mikayla out from here," said Jack. He takes out his magic wand and shouts "Fire". Fire forms around him and the heat from it melt the ground. Jack point his magic wand towards Kent the fire attack Kent. Kent run from the fire but the fire is faster than him.
   
"Cheh! I forgot that he is a dual magician. The wind element is helping to boost its speed." The fire hits Kent barrier and it slowly dissolve because of the heat. "Damn!" Kent jump and turn around in the mid-air and shoot Jack. He makes a gesture like slashing the air and a hole open. Using his the gun on his left hand he shoot downwards to make sure he stays in the air. He alternates between right hand and left hand to keep firing at Jack and adjust his trajectory in the air. He also keeps slashing at the air and opens many holes. Jack use his fire to counter the attack but the bullet falls to him like rain.

Jack saw that Kent kept slashing the air or you could say he is slashing the space. This is bad, Jack knows this is Kent favourite attack. Every hole that Kent slash is connected and Kent able to manipulate the bullet to appear from any of the holes. Kent also can control anything that enters the hole so if the enemy wants to use the hole then it only backfires them. Joshua split his fire and burn the hole and seal it. Seeing his space hole being seal Kent smile. "Let me show you my new trick."

The fire that seal the space holes start to dimmed and collapse. In front of the space holes, fire bullet has been conjured from the seal.  Joshua faces grim seeing this. "Look like you upgrade your spells, impressive for someone with Grade D magic talent." Kent fires the bullet and Jack also makes a bullet from his fire to counter it. The collision from the bullets make a small explosion. Smoke is so thick making it hard for them to breath and see the surrounding.

Jack use wind spell to dispell the smoke and found out that Kent is nowhere to be seen. Jack scan the surrounding and sure that Kent has left the room. He sees Maria is still with Joshua and Professor Shane. Professor Shane is feeding Maria with anti-magic potion to counter the corrodes energy in her heart.

Jack run out of the room and going to Mikayla's room. On his way, he sees Three on the floor has being slice into two and no sign of Mikayla can be found. 

"KENT!!! Ahhhh! You want to make us as your enemy don't you!" shouts Jack. 
 
Kent and his people appear in front of a mansion. The mansion is filled with red rose. The rose is as red as blood. When the wind blows you can smell a faint of blood. Kent knocks the door and the sound of knocking echo inside the mansion. After that, the front door open and a pale old man greeted them. 

"Hello, Sir Kent Maroon. It has been a while since your last visit," said Gerald.

"Yes, it has been a while, Gerald. I would like to meet your master Duke Alaric Blade," said Kent.

"Please come in, my master is expecting you," said Gerald.

Kent and his people enter the mansion. They are lead to a spacious room being decorated with Victorian styles. 

"Sir Kent Maroon, your people will stay here while you are meeting with my master. I believe they need it," said Gerald as he glances towards Mikayla that is on Jeffry's back. Mikayla showed a weak smile towards Gerald.

Kent nodded at Gerald and go to meet Alaric. Inside the study, Alaric is reading a document. A knock comes from the door. "Enter."

"Master, Sir Kent Maroon is here," said Gerald.

"Alaric is been a while, my friend," said Kent.

"Kent! what brought you here." Alaric gets up from his chair and hug Kent. Kent hug him back and he hugs tightly. Sensing the hug getting tight Alaric put some pressure and the books and furniture inside the study is shaking. 

Kent release his hug and then Alaric does the same. They both brought into laughter. 

"You are getting fatter my Duke. Hahahahaha," said Kent.

"You are the one that fatter. Hump. Is this how you treat your friend?" said Alaric.

"Okay...okay. I'm sorry," said Kent.

"Have a seat Kent, Gerald prepare some tea for our guest," said Alaric.

Kent sits in front of the table and Alaric sit in front of him.

"Alaric, I get straight to the point. I want you to take care of a child for me," said Kent.

Alaric did not show any shocking expression as if he already knows the reason for Kent visiting him.

"It is regarding that case?" said Alaric.

"Yes, that boy somehow connected to this case. That boy receive that monster heritage from his father," said Kent. "I don't want any victim because of that monster anymore. I will save as many as I can just like my promise to Katherine."

Alaric sigh hearing it. "Alright. Where is he?"

"He is in the room with my people."
 
Kent and Alaric goes to the room to see Mikayla. Inside the room, all his people are enjoying cakes and sweets. After a mission, those people are hungry and excited seeing so much dessert. They rarely enjoy dessert because and only focus on high nutrition like rice, fish, meat and chicken. They eat food that able to make their stomach full and last longer. Now they are partying inside the room, thinking that their boss will have a long discussion like usual. 

Seeing his people behaviour, Kent is fuming mad while Alaric is amused seeing those people and he almost laughs but restrain it to provide some dignity to his friend. 

"Whaaaat... areeee...youuuu...doing? Enjoying yourself, are you? Hearing their boss voice they spit out their cakes and stand straight like a soldier. Mikayla enjoying his cakes startled and hurriedly stand with them.

"It is wrong to eat the cakes and sweets? ask Mikayla. He tilted his head to see Kent and his friend.

"No. It is not wrong. Are you Mikayla?" asked Alaric.

"Yes," said Mikayla. 

"Come with me to the study room. Kent will be busy for a while," said Alaric with a smile on his face. Mikayla turn to see Kent and he nods to him. Mikayla follows Alaric to the study room and after the door is closed behind him, he hears screaming like a pig being butcher from the room. He wants to enter but Alaric stops him. 

"Let him be. Kent is a nice person but at the same time, he is a proud person. How can he tolerate his subordinate reckless behaviour in someone house," said Alaric. He is already giggling as soon he gets out from the room. If not he has to maintain his image he probably rolling on the ground laughing.  

Alaric lead him to the study room. Mikayla sits on the chair in front of the table and he receives tea from Gerald.  

"Prepares a room for young Mikayla. He will be staying with us," said Alaric. Gerald complied and go to prepare a room for Mikayla. 

Mikayla is in puzzle hearing that and put down his teacup and before he could ask Alaric interrupts him.

"Kent will tell you after this. No need to worry." Mikayla continue to drinks his tea but feels a little bit uncomfortable because Alaric keep gazing towards him.

Ten minutes later, Kent appear inside the study room and directly sit on the chair. He even pours tea for himself. After finishing two cups of tea he saw the dumbfounded look of Mikayla and his friend Alaric that try his best to hold his laughter.

"Laugh Alaric, laugh. Hump!" said Kent.

Receiving permission Alaric laugh so hard until tears running out from his eyes. Kent keeps his composure and pretending to be calm. Mikayla is not sure what to do whether to laugh or not so he takes a cookie and eating it with relish.   

"Enough, did you want to be the first vampire to die from laughing?" said Kent.

Alaric stops laughing and prepares himself for a serious discussion. Alaric change his demeanour so quickly that Mikayla is speechless seeing this. This is how a professional should act. 

"We will be discussing regarding Mikayla that will be staying with the Blade family," said Kent.

People are born as white sheet, later the world will leave some colour to it. Black or White? Salvation or Destruction?

On the 72th floor of the Black Isotta, Peranos' lab.
Peranos gazed at the three black sorcerers' heads and was feeling the special negative energy coming off from them. Peranos' head was like a ragged, sewed-up ball, and his pupils gazed at them wildly, as if they were popping out. He checked the energy again and again, and it seemed that he was doubting its very existence.
It was after a good while that Peranos realized his social faux pas in front of his student; he turned serious again as if to show that he had witnessed such strange things a lot.
Noticing that Grimm was trying to refrain himself from laughing, he knew his disgraceful manner had already been exposed. He then snorted. "Tell me then, what happened exactly? Since when do black sorcerers swarm on the Sorcerer Continent, and how could you have killed three?"
Grimm narrated everything he had seen, heard, and inspected, as well as his thoughts on the trip.
Peranos was surprised by Grimm's adventure, yet his satisfaction with him grew.
"As I've reiterated, knowledge brings power. However, knowledge itself is not enough; you need to use it smartly, and I see you've comprehended this well! But how could those students believe that hunting down a few puppets controlled by a foreign land creature is gonna complete this inside mission? I'm definitely gonna talk about this with their mentors."
After having said this, Peranos pondered and then cried, "You said it was a creature from foreign lands? How did that creature communicate with the humans in the Sorcerer World?"
"I have no idea." Grimm shook his head.
Grimm was not acquainted with communicating with the foreign lands, nor was it an area of study for students to dabble in.
After a cursory reflection, Grimm said, "It seemed that his messages were conveyed to us through his will. And there was a huge mirror at the underground palace. This is a piece of it. I collected it after I broke the mirror. I thought there might be information in it that can trace its world's coordinates."
Peranos took that piece of glass excitedly. "Aha! Boy, you might get super rich! I'll call for the master of the Holy Tower to project his will to verify the authenticity of this information. If it's confirmed, then the master will reward you accordingly. Mind you, the master is a level-six sorcerer, a Stigmata Sorcerer!"
"Level-six... a Stigmata Sorcerer?!" Grimm murmured, looking up at his mentor incredibly, and then he asked in his mind:
'Isn't that the top level sorcerer? And powerful than that would be the ruler governing the endless world—the Celestial Sorcerer.'
Stigmata sorcerers' power wasn't as formidable as that of a Celestial Sorcerer, who could kill an approaching sorcerer student without realizing it. However, Stigmata sorcerers would still cause much trouble for students, and the power gap between them and the students was so wide that they were better left undisturbed.
'Guess these sorcerers must have no interest in seeing me, a student!' Thinking about this, Grimm was relieved yet started praying for that Devil Lord from foreign lands who was audaciously using children to collect innocent humans' souls. Now that he was being investigated by a level six sorcerer of the Holy Tower, God knows whether the world he was in could steer clear of his exploration.
If the six masters were to be united as allies, since each owned the sorcery tower of their respective academies on the twelfth section of the Seven Rings Holy Tower, things that ensued would not concern Grimm at all.
It was beyond Grimm's expectation that this mission would experience such a big twist.
"Ah…Good luck to this Devil Lord from foreign lands. I wish you haven't triggered these sorcerers' curiosity. Otherwise, we will see you being cut into slices in their labs." Grimm sniggered. "I was just on a mission to clear a black sorcerer, yet I found out about this lord's will projection and it revealed his world's coordinates! That's quite a surprising windfall."
At the time, Peranos had left for rooms above the 90th floor of the Black Tower where more mysteries were buried deep. Even some of the official sorcerers were not allowed to set foot there.
Grimm didn't waste any time. He pulled out the Devil's Pact, extracted the fire ball on it and deposited it in a tube, and then he started analyzing how this element creature was composed.
Element creatures were created by using the element activation sorcery, which relied on knowledge of elemental energy and biotics. In the process, except for basic elemental control, a complete, proper, biological sketch for the creature had to be conceived.
Generally, because of the limited level of knowledge and wisdom, low-ranking element sorcerers tended to choose creatures existing around them as the prototype to build a sketch creature in their mind, while higher-level sorcerers opted for stronger ones from foreign lands or from the remains of some historic creatures as the prototype, but a proper motivator was a requirement. Besides, the element-activated creatures created through the latter method were more powerful; it would take both expertise and tremendous amount of time to finish.
As for expertise in this field, Grimm had gained insights about the aspects of biotics after his studies on Life Code, which was enough to analyze this motivator he got from that foreign land creature. Based on this analysis, an element creature sketch would then be likely to be outlined.
The process would be time-consuming, and the most important part was inspirations to carry on the work. In short, it wouldn't be accomplished within a short span of time. But it was said that some highly talented sorcerers had created element-activated creatures same from what they had in mind without using any motivator.
Research on how motivators could lead to an element creature was not a short-time work. It needed sufficient study and constant inspiration. Hence, Grimm didn't rush and turned his attention to other sorceries, and only when inspiration occurred to him, he'd make some adjustment to the outlined creature in his head.
...
In Grimm's hand were two element books belonging to Peranos. One was 'Fire Element Density Fire Shield Sorcery', and the other was 'Destructive Force of Fire Blast Sorcery'. Being collected by a level three sorcerer, they were surely excellent books, and Grimm was reading them to reinforce his Body of Fire and the Eternal Flame properties.
According to Fire Element Density Fire Shield Sorcery, fire element took up nearly no space and could cluster into high density in a short time, thus forming a defensive fire element shield— a profound use of element energy. Having flipped through it, Grimm felt confident that an in-depth understanding and flexible practice about this fire shield could be achieved in one or two years.
Destructive Force of Fire Blast Sorcery introduced the fire blast sorcery. The content was very complicated and was even too arcane for students. Apart from sorcerers, possibly only Grimm—a student who had the gift of Body of Fire—could study this book.
However, while reading it, Grimm was distracted by its extensive research. The fire blast sorcery was powerful because it utilized the antagonistic nature between fire and water elements. Historically, this water-fire-don't-mix property had been studied by ancient sorcerers for power, but the author of this book went further. He/she explored into the cause of why the sorcery developed using the antagonistic fire and water elements was more powerful than the sorcery created by means of non-antagonistic wind and fire elements. In the end, he discovered a force that had the potential to destroy all. It was called the D-Force.
The author's study ended just there though. D-Force would not interact with any known physical matter or sorcery, nor could it be collected. So no use had been found for it. But what this book had found was still instructive, and it had made profound progress in certain aspects. Therefore, sorcerer Peranos had collected it in his library.
A thought came to his mind and Grimm's eyes twinkled.
"Perhaps, I'm supposed to learn something like the water and radium elements."
Learning water element was merely for the fire blast sorcery; Grimm wasn't sure whether he could master it while being a student and which was listed as his biggest goal for the time.
Delving into radium element was to study the propulsive property of water and radium elements and to prepare himself for that rare symbol and the twig.
Grimm was over-excited about this and totally forgot about time.
...
Rat-a-tat!
Someone knocked the table.
Grimm raised his head, wearing his dark eye circles, and asked, "What's the matter, mentor?"
Seeing Grimm's exhausted look, Peranos' delighted face was touched a little bit.
Afterwards, Peranos gradually eased his excitement, stroked Grimm's head as if he was an elder family member, and murmured, "Boy, haven't you rested for five straight days?"
Grimm was shocked by this closeness. Noticing Peranos' sincere eyes, he then relaxed and asked, limbs lost for positions. "It has been five days?"
Grimm's stamina had indeed risen because normally three days was his limit.
"Look at you! Don't be deluded that your stamina is now better, so you can overuse it! A sorcerer doesn't live by pursuing higher goals; they needs to enjoy life, as ordinary people do."
That being said, Peranos threw a purple key to Grimm and said, "As your mentor, I command you to take a rest!"
Those harsh words were filled with Peranos' concern for Grimm.
Grimm took the purple key. It was as long as a finger and was shining. He was surprised, asking, "What is this? I could feel the strong space waves. It has a will."
"This is the Friendship Key of the Black Isotta. It is your award from the master of the Holy Tower. That glass piece does contain the coordinates of that creature's world. That world was far, far away, and the information about its exact location was vague, but it's only a matter of time before we locate them."
The sight of this purple key reminded him of Lefay's golden key.
"So…what can I do with this Friendship Key?" asked Grimm tentatively.
Peranos' face went dark, and he said gloomily, "To achieve Black Isotta friendship? Isn't not enough?"
"Hum," Grimm noticed the anger on the old man's face and replied immediately, "Eh…It's enough. It's the luckiest thing in my life to have this key. Haha."
Perhaps it was because of the caring actions of Peranos, Grimm answered in a freer and easier manner. The teacher-student relationship between them seemed to have changed.
"Through this key, you could summon the Holy Tower master's soul servant of the master thrice. Mind you, a servant belonging to a level six sorcerer. Alright, off you go and have a rest." Peranos drove Grimm out of his lab.


"Grant me infinite knowledge, and I shall be as a fulcrum, to move the endless world!"
...
Sorcerer Continent—a world where sorcerers exist. Wielders of arcane knowledge. Masters of all elements. Sovereigns of space and time. These sorcerers governed the world with their unrivaled prowess. One day, a young man awakened into this world with his past forgotten and no place to call home. Follow along as Grimm, by relying on his luck and wit, tries to survive and advance in this unforgiving world. Entangled within the machinations of fate, political schemes, power struggles, and wars, he forges his own path and creates a place for himself.

"Hey, old Alexandre, it's lunchtime now!" Upon hearing the butler's words, before the master could even speak, the fat Gail had already announced in dissatisfaction.
When the guest was shooting his big mouth, the owner of the manor looked down from the stairs and caught the eyes of Wizard Li God, who was in the living room. At once, his calm face suddenly became pale.
His body stiffened as he grew silent for a long time. Then, with a hoarse and dry voice, he finally said, "Alexandre, it's noon now. Bring Bigail and the rest to the dining room for lunch. Mosha, help me entertain the guests. Mr. Zhang Lisheng, do you want to take a look at your fortune? Please come with me."
"Saganso, it's already noon now. You don't have to…" Bigail took out his pocket watch and turned his head to talk out of place again. However, his words were lodged in his throat when he saw the grave expression on his friend's face, an expression that he had never seen before.
The strange expression of the owner also made the atmosphere in the whole room subtly change out of the blue. A cute, young, tall girl stood up from the group of young people who were drinking tea while chatting idly and looked at Saganso with a worried expression before asking, "Father, what's wrong? Has anything bad happened?"
"It's nothing, my little angel," Saganso looked back at the girl and forced a faint smile on his stiff face. "I'm only going to help this guest look at his fortune. Go have your lunch. I'll join you in the dining hall later."
Then, he cast a pleading look at Wizard Li God before pointing upstairs, "Mr. Zhang Lisheng, please, I'm accustomed to auguring in the study room on the second floor."
"I am not a difficult person. In fact, I'm very respectful of other people's habits if they are my friends. Take me to your study room, Mr. Saganso, and predict both of our fates in the future…" Zhang Lisheng calmed his boiling divine power and said profoundly. Following the owner, he slowly walked up to the second floor of the mansion.
After turning a corner in the long corridor, the two of them entered a spacious room; it was a study room that had both sides of the walls separated by a bookcase filled with thick and thin books while the ceiling was actually a whole clear crystal.
When Saganso gently closed the door, Zhang Lisheng looked up unconsciously at the sun that penetrated the billowing dust before saying, "Oh, Sagan—no, it should be Lord Tandari. Looks like other than loving your adopted daughter, you love stargazing too. Otherwise, you wouldn't have spent a lot of money in this dirty city to polish a large piece of crystal and turn it into the ceiling of your study room. However, I wonder if you have foreseen that I would come to visit you today."
"Your Great Majesty, Mosha is a girl who doesn't know anything. If you are angry, please don't implicate her," Tandari honestly revealed his identity and pleaded respectfully, "As for foreseeing my own ate, even a god as powerful as you can never master his future completely, let alone a humble demigod like me."
"Hey, there's such a legend in my hometown that goes like this, 'A fortune teller couldn't foresee his own life,'" The young man nodded and sat on the sofa in the study room like- nobody was there and looked at Tandari before asking with a probe, "Didn't the powerful existence standing behind you give you any warnings recently?"
"Your Majesty, there's no 'existence' standing behind me," Tandari replied in shock.
"Tandari, Tandari, oh Tandari…" Zhang Lisheng retrieved the smile on his face. "Deceiving a powerful god in the land shrouded by his faith will not do you any good. I'm here with both good and evil intent. Please don't lie and ruin the goodwill in my heart." 
At once, a thick water vapor spread out in the room and enveloped the legendary alchemist tightly.
In the face of the water vapor containing divine power that had been consolidated into saw-like trickling flow of water that was slowly brushing across his skin, head, and neck, Tandari hastily swore with a stiff body, "Your Majesty, I swear on my parents' grave. What I said is all true! There's no lie at all!"
"No lie?" When Zhang Lisheng saw that his prey did not seem to be lying, he asked in a puzzled voice, "Then, how does a small demigod like you master two different divine powers of controlling the air and auguring fortune? You can actually create the terrifying 'artillery infantry squad for Dignity King and live in seclusion to predict fortune for people?"
Before asking this question, the Wizard Li God had decided that if Tandari continued to deny it, then he would immediately subdue and torture him to get an answer out of him. However, to his surprise, the explanation the alchemist had given was beyond his expectations. "Your Majesty, I've indeed mastered two kinds of divine power, one of which is indeed the 'wind' that symbolizes the control of airflow. However, the other is not fortune telling, but the violent flame power..."
"Flame power…" upon hearing this answer, the image of an Atlantean holding the light stone being surrounded by raging flame flashed across the young man's mind, causing him to blurt out right away, "You have the divine power to manipulate flame? Tell me your secret now! Immediately!"
"Your Majesty, I can say how I mastered the wind element, but I can barely master the fire element." Tandari smiled wryly as he continued to chatter on, "My enlightened teacher, Mr. Condoni, is an advanced alchemist who specializes in wind element alchemy, so since I started to become his alchemist apprentice at the age of twelve, I have been exposed to the alchemy of the wind element. I can seal lively 'wind' into the boots of the soldiers and make them walk more briskly, I can merge strong 'wind' into the weapons and allow the knight to have a short period of spellcasting power..."
"Alright, Lord Tandari, it's not time for you to reminisce the past now. Get to the point!" Zhang Lisheng said impatiently. Now that the matter involved the manipulation of flames, it had made him suddenly lose his calmness.
Tandari, who was urged, was stunned for a while. With his palm trembling slightly, he pinched the spot between his brows, and somehow, a sense of sad but resolute expression flashed across his face. With a somewhat low voice, he said, "Alright, Your Majesty, I'll get to the point. I've never been a smart person, but I'm better at thinking than all my rigid peers who only know how to research formations and alchemy. Before becoming a formal alchemist, I discovered that the source of all airflows came from the change in temperature. That is to say, there is a close connection between wind and fire. Ever since then, I began to study fire alchemy formation other than the wind formation. In just a blink of an eye, decades have passed. When a person with no outstanding talent like me spent more than ten years of hard work doing unremitting research and became a grand alchemist step by step arduously, I accidentally found a pattern that could fuse the wind element and the fire element in a faulty experiment. I'll never forget that day, I am… I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I forgot that you are not interested in my past. In short, by relying on the formation of the wind and the fire, I first made a breakthrough to the legendary rank and understood the essence of the wind element and the fire element. Then, I somehow had lit up the divine fire out of the blue, became a demigod and mastered the ability to manipulate the elements of the wind. However, I don't know why, but it can only affect the elements of fire a little. Originally, transforming into a demigod is a piece of great news for anyone, but I'm not a great hero revered by millions of people. I'm just an alchemist who is famous for being stingy. Unless there's a method that can allow me to rise above the ordinary without relying on the belief and reverence of the mortal world, I can't prostrate myself in worship to break away from my mortal shackles and embark on the road of becoming a god. Such a 'divine power' would definitely lead to the coveting of all the powerful kings and legendary-ranked powerhouses from the Gaia World. A demigod is indeed mighty but can never be an enemy to the entire world. Nobody will believe that I have inexplicably ignited the divine fire..."
"Not relying on faith to embark on the road to becoming a god? Looks like your ancestors are not simple, Tandari…" Zhang Lisheng pondered for a while before showing a strange expression on his face as he asked unconsciously, "Then, to keep this secret, you've created the identity of Saganso more than 30 years ago?"
"Yes, to be on the safe side, I did not announce the news that I became a demigod. Not only that, but I even changed my looks and temperament in the Lange City and spared no effort in falsifying the identity of a geologist. I've spent at least three months of precious time in this dirty city every year just for the sake of this leeway. However, I didn't expect you to see through it so easily."
"It's just a coincidence that I can see through your identity. To be honest, you shouldn't have dismissed all your assistants after you've changed your habits. Not only that, but you also shouldn't have raised your craftsmen in your workshop only once in every ten years and allowed your old employees to leave complaints in their diary about your lazy life. Then again, all of this is not important now. Continue your story then."
"Alright, Your Majesty. Ever since I became a demigod, I continued to study the alchemy method. After a few years, I found that my abilities no longer improved, so I began to walk on the long path taken by those ancient demigods who successfully transformed into a god in history and gathered faith. At that time, Yassen's Dignity King had just taken the throne and was about to expand his armaments. I took the opportunity to recommend himself as his court adviser and slowly built a strong alchemist troop for him to establish my own heroic image in the hearts of the people. With the arrival of victories continuously, my name has spread throughout the Yassen Kingdom, and I was revered more and more by the people. My ability has gradually increased with the increase of my fame, especially in the last three to five years, where there was suddenly a sign for me to break free from the demigod shackles, allowing me to create a strong army like the 'artillery infantry squad '..."
"A sign of becoming a god in the three to five years?" Zhang Lisheng once again interrupted the increasingly excited and loud description of the demigod alchemist. "You mean, you've felt that your divine power grew dramatically?"
"Yes, it's like, like a huge stone has been lifted out from the narrow wall of the well and allowed me to see a blue sky," Tandari described it with great enthusiasm, then, a sudden twist of expression appeared on his face as he stared resentfully at Zhang Lisheng. Incoherently, he howled, "I first thought that I'd have become a true god in a few more decades, or even ten years later, or so b-but you! You have taken over the beliefs of all the people in the mainland, and you want to conquer the entire Gaia World with your theocracy! You crushed the path of becoming a god to all mortals and snatched away all the chances of recovery of the gods in slumber! Not only that, but you even plan to kill me and capture my 'divine' ... you! Do you think you're really the master of this world? No! No! NOOO…"


A young man from the Miaowei Tribe brought up by his strict father, suddenly turned into Rank 1 Wizard on the day he was orphaned. He then obtained the ability to control giant worms. 
Soon after, he found his mother who was in a faraway foreign land by accident. From a small mountain village, he managed to jump into the amazing arena that was a global metropolis.
Thus far, we have a young man who inherited the legacy of mastering ancient demons from an ancient country. 
From Western civilization to other worlds, a fascinating saga is born.

"Be careful, restrain yourself from getting too near to it. The fire around it is demon sunfire. It may look calm and peaceful now, but it is actually very terrifying."
Tu Jiang led Zhong Yue closer to the godly mountain, and the divine weapon Sun Chariot. The war chariot was suffused with the demon god's aura, and the demon fire formed a circle of flames around it, burning extremely calmly, as if they were merely decorations to the picturesque scene.
Zhong Yue looked into the palace on the godly mountain. In the middle of the palace the Sun Chariot was enshrined, while a platform was raised on the side of the palace where many Asura disciples were sitting. They were studying the Sun Chariot from a distance, as they didn't dare to get too close to it.
Those that could have entered the palace were the best of the best among the Asura Saint Clan disciples; they were given the chance to study the Sun Chariot Engravings, and attain the[Heavenly Saint Godly Radiating Art].
Zhong Yue could even sense some of them were Inner Core Qi Qi Practitioners, experts that weren't any weaker than Tian Mo Concubine and the ladies. Even more, there were a few disciples whose cultivation bases were so strong that he couldn't perceive them at all.
Tu Jiang invited him to the palace and walked onto the raised platform, the demon fire surrounding the Sun Chariot was just before them. Tu Jiang then said with a smile, "The Asura Saint Clan's demon sunfire is nothing like the Shen Ya Celestial Race's sunfire, the two sunfires have their own fortes. The demon sunfire's power is more bizarre and harder to practice, even the Asura Saint Clan has only a handful of disciples who have successfully cultivated it."
The Sun Chariot was still a thousand feet away from the raised platform they were on. Zhong Yue looked at it from the distance and saw the marvelous demon sunfire forming a circle of flame around the legendary war chariot, making it harder for the disciples to study the Sun Chariot Engravings. But if one desired to go closer in order to have a better look, he would have to risk getting in touch with the demon sunfire.
As for boarding the Sun Chariot and studying the heavenly demon god's spirit, one would have to venture into the demon sunfire, endure the incineration of the demon sunfire, and face the Sun Chariot and heavenly demon god's godly aura, the dominating air of a heavenly demon god!
However, that being said, Zhong Yue could still vaguely perceive faint silhouettes flitting in the demon sunfire which clearly belonged to strong experts of the Asura Saint Clan, those who were powerful enough to withstand the demon sunfire and study the Sun Chariot at a closer distance.
Zhong Yue was shocked as he meticulously observed the demon sunfire. He had one of the strongest sun spirits, the Great Sun Golden Crow, and due to that, he could immediately sense the abnormalities in the demon sunfire.
The demon sunfire was different from the other sunfires that were strong in bursting force and high in temperature.
A tiny bit of sunfire was sufficient enough to blow up a ten-mile wide crater, and the shock wave could tear all living beings into dust around the blast site!
However, the demon fire around this Sun Chariot was burning at a very low temperature. One wouldn't feel the heat even while standing beside it, it seemed harmless to even the tiniest insect.
"Don't underestimate it, the demon sunfire is a terror to those who know what it is. When burned, the demon sunfire will attach itself to its victim, directly attacking the soul, spirit, and Yuan Shen. As long as one has been touched by it, it will infect them like a parasite, and it cannot be extinguished; not water, sand, arcane energy, nor the soul weapons can put it off. The only way to put it off is the absence of 'fuel'; the complete incineration of the spirit, soul, and Yuan Shen!"
Tu Jiang smiled and said, "After the infected's spirit, soul, and Yuan Shen are burned away, their mortal body will still remain at its peak as if they were still alive, no one will even know he is dead. Not only that, but the demon fire reacts marvelously with soul weapons; please take a look, mister!"
He took out an ordinary soul weapon and cast it over to the Sun Chariot. It flitted past a tiny bit of the demon sunfire and the demon sunfire immediately stuck itself on the soul weapon. It burned right into the soul weapon, incinerating it from the inside out. A few moments later, the soul weapon collapsed onto the ground and although it looked perfectly fine, Zhong Yue could tell that inside of the soul weapon, its totem patterns, arcane energy, powers and marks were all gone; it was now nothing but a clump of scrap metal!
"Incredible…" Zhong Yue exclaimed in shock.
The demon sunfire's appearance was fantastically beautiful, one couldn't even tell it was actually fire and would mistake it for coloring pigments. Every tongue of flame could be differentiated into hundreds of colors, and the flames were incredibly flexible. They could be formed into different shapes, coming together into picturesque art of a world of nature, even coloring the flora and fauna.
"If a demon magnate who is proficient in the arts of demon sunfire places down an array formation, he can turn a piece of land in the desert into a lively city, every single demon and item in the city, even the trees and birds around will look real and authentic, as if they truly exist!"
Tu Jiang was proud as he told them, "Such an array formation can easily kill an expert in a trice! Only a handful of people in the Asura Saint Clan can do it; after all, the Qi Practitioners that have acquired the sun spirit are really rare, and even fewer have achieved a high stage. Although there are some Qi Practitioners that have acquired the sun spirit in the Asura Saint Clan, most of them did not acquire a genuine sun spirit, but the sun spirit of this heavenly demon god."
He then said in good will, "Mister, if you can't attain the demon sunfire, then you can only stay here to study the Sun Chariot Engravings. Only by attaining the demon sunfire can one walk into the circle of demon flames and study a higher-grade heritage. Even so, if mister does not have the Sun Innate Spirit Body, my advice is to not take the risk. Hahaha, but that won't be the same if you have the Sun Innate Spirit Body. If so, don't even mention the demon sunfire, you can even attain the other greatest cultivation technique of my race, the[Great Sun Heavenly Demon Art]. I'm being a fool making jokes again, I'm sorry, my apologies for that…"
Zhong Yue was speechless, and Tu Jiang was also feeling embarrassed. He quickly said, "Mister, I will return for you after half a month's time. Before then, you can stay as long as you desire."
Zhong Yue nodded, and the embarrassed Tu Jiang quickly turned and left.
Sun Innate Spirit Body? Although I'm not one, but maybe even the true Sun Innate Spirit Body might not have a stronger sun spirit than mine! After all, I've walked on the surface of the sun and acquired the sun spirit on the sun itself!
Zhong Yue sat down in the lotus position but he didn't study the Sun Chariot Engravings. Instead, he turned to the billowing demon fire and thought, Studying the Sun Chariot Engravings here, don't even talk about half a month's time, even with a hundred days I won't be able to finish looking at them. In order to fully attain the Engravings, the only way is to walk into the fire and look at them closely … Divine third eye, open!
A narrow slit opened on his forehead, a flash of light flitted across his divine third eye and the demon sunfire's secrets were exposed to his eyes. The mysteries of the demon sunfire were instantly laid bare to him, he could clearly see every single detail of the totem patterns composed in the demon sunfire, and he could easily understand them all.
After an hour's time, Zhong Yue suddenly opened his hand and a ball of fire emerged out of thin air in the middle of his palm. The fireball looked like a little tree swaying in the air, before it changed into a blooming flower with ever-changing colors. Seconds later, the blooming flower then changed into the figure of a little bird, fluttering its wings, trying to fly higher, and as soon as it reached to his eye-level, the flying bird burned in flame and turned back into a ball of demon fire before a miniature man walked out from it.
The fire vanished in the blink of an eye, and the tiny figure disappeared before it reached his eyes.
Zhong Yue then stood up, walked down from the raised platform and strode into the circle of demon sunfire, walking toward the Sun Chariot until he disappeared from the sight of the disciples on the platform.
He had just attained the demon sunfire's fundamental structures, and constructed his own demon sunfire; although there were still more to explore of the demon sunfire, he didn't have the time to linger any longer as he was only given half a month's time. Fifteen days weren't long enough to fully understand the whole of the demon sunfire, let alone the Sun Chariot Engravings.
Hence, he could only take a leap of faith, a bet that risked his life to prove that his newly-acquired demon sunfire could withstand the demon sunfires around the Sun Chariot.
Just as he walked into the circle of flames, the demon sunfires instantly billowed over as they felt this uninvited guest, seeping into his body through the tiny pores on his skin. Zhong Yue was unmoved, he let the demon sunfires infiltrate his body and watched quietly as his Yuan Shen was also infected by the demon sunfire.
As these demon sunfires surged into his body, his body was immediately engulfed by the demon sunfire in a ball of fire; he closed all his pores and stopped more demon sunfires from entering his body.
Even though he could withstand the demon sunfires, there was still a limit to it, and letting more demon sunfire into his body would cause the limit to be exceeded.
Zhong Yue could feel his Yuan Shen slowly eroding away due to the demon sunfire; this was because his attainments on the demon sunfire were still too shallow and couldn't effectively counteract the demon sunfires that were impairing his Yuan Shen now.
However, as the demon sunfires were working, the sharp perceptiveness of his Yuan Shen allowed him to clearly capture every little permutation of the totem patterns that composed the demon sunfire. As such, he was able to strengthen and improve his demon sunfire to better protect his Yuan Shen.
The permutations in the demon sunfire were too numerous. In the few seconds he had entered the circle of flames, there were already hundreds of permutations he couldn't react to in time that inflicted damage to his Yuan Shen. But after a few moments, he had progressively improved his demon sunfire and there were only a few permutations left that could inflict damage to his Yuan Shen.
After another few moments, Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief as he have now grasped all of the permutations of the demon sunfire that infected his Yuan Shen. His Yuan Shen was now unaffected at all.
However, this was only when the demon sunfire was not triggered; if the demon sunfire around the Sun Chariot was activated, his Yuan Shen would still be incinerated.
This demon sunfire was from that heavenly demon god. He could still endure it if was not triggered, but if the demon sunfire's power was fully unleashed, even gods could be killed.
Furthermore, this was only the demon sunfire on the outer rim, it was of lower grade. The closer the demon sunfire was to the Sun Chariot, the higher grade and the stronger it would be, and there would be more permutations to it. The demon sunfire in the Sun Chariot would most probably be at the level of the heavenly demon gods!
If I can just take a tiny bit of the demon sunfire of the heavenly demon god level, it will be a very precious treasure. However, this demon sunfire can be infuse into nearly everything, it's very hard to contain it because there are no soul weapons that can contain it.
Zhong Yue tried opening his Yuan Shen secret realms and store some of the demon sunfire inside, but he gave up quickly as the demon sunfire flowed right through the secret realms and remained in the common world.
He walked slowly through the flame sea and drew nearer to the Sun Chariot. Along the way, the demon sunfire's power was also getting stronger and the permutations of its totem patterns were getting more complex. Every step he took, he would have to stop for a period of time to attain the permutations. His understandings on the demon sunfire also deepened as he did that.
In the demon sunfire, there were dozens of Asura Saint Clan Qi Practitioners. They all had four arms and looked marvelous, the men handsome and the women beautiful. Even the aged Asuras maintained their attractive air.
As he walked closer to the Sun Chariot, the young Asura Qi Practitioners were left behind, and those around him were now the older generation Asuras. When he reached the Sun Chariot, the Qi Practitioners around it were all incredibly old. Some had even sat unmoving for hundreds of years just so they could study the Sun Chariot all the time!
A few that were around were so strong that even he couldn't perceive their exact powers. These were the old giants of the demon race!
The godly aura and demonic air were thick and heavy, they were even starting to repress his mortal body, Yuan Shen, and thoughts, placing him under great pressure. Thanks to his Immortal Body, he was way stronger than before, and his mortal body avoided collapsing right away.
He strode onto the Sun Chariot and the pressure rose to a new level. It felt like there were dozens of mountains crushing down on his back, his skin started to crack, and his muscles felt like they were tearing themselves apart. His body was on the verge of disintegrating while the demon sunfire around him was at the demon god-level sunfire!
Zhong Yue stopped abruptly, waiting until his attainments and understandings on the demon sunfire had deepened before he took another step further after boarding onto the Sun Chariot.
"Who is he? How is he not afraid of the demon sunfire? Has he attained the heavenly demon god-level demon sunfire?"
Behind Zhong Yue, the few Asura Saint Clan giant cultivators opened their eyes and stared over at Zhong Yue, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"When did our saint clan have such a talented young man?"


Title: Rise of Humanity, 人道至尊
Author:  宅猪 (Zai Zhu)
Status: 1490 Chapters (completed) 
Translator: RisingDawn 
Editor: GemVoo
Chapter Release Rate: 1 chapter a day
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Tags: Legends, Mythology, Demons, Gods, Dragons, Monsters, Clever  Protagonist, Romance 
Synopsis
In the world birthed by Pangu, the Three Sovereigns lit the spark of humanity that the Five Emperors would later fan into a blazing fire, eternally branding humanity as the leaders of the world….
This was a time where twilight had descended on the reign of the Human Sovereign and the Five Emperors had yet to emerge – humanity was merely one of the myriad races wandering about the vast cosmos.
This was a desolate and barren era. The monsters, devils, heavenly gods, and deities of all races stood aloft; with the demons, heavenly souls, and spirits dancing freely around the world.
The humans were still a feeble and burgeoning race at the mercy of the pantheon of races that ruled the world together from within the great wilderness.
This was not the era of the Foreworld, but the barbaric and untamed era of uncivilization!
Let us rewind back to China’s ancient and classical mythology and recount the legendary tale of how a single figure led humanity out of an epoch of darkness and into a new dawn.
“Why do I seem like a monster? It’s not that my heart longs for blood, but the indifferent reality, and the harsh truth ... that drives me to kill.”
— Zhong Yue 
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Things You Should Know
Honestly, judging from the title itself, one’s initial impression would be that the story is simply another boring and cliche cultivation novel. Or at least, that was what I thought at first when I was first introduced to this novel by a friend. But to my surprise, and most likely to yours, (if you read it, that is ...) you will soon come to realize that the plot gets very interesting, involving many characters from the ancient and primeval eras of Chinese mythology.
Every story has their own charms, and every character has their own tale to tell. And this, is the tale of a young man fighting not for himself, but for the betterment of humanity. The plot starts to get really good at around chapter 50-ish, and that’s when the roller coaster starts to rise higher and higher to never come down again (literally, it ended in a climax).

The 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridians' had stated that after going through Strength Training, Flesh Training, Viscera Training, Altering Muscle, and Bone Forging by tempering the body with true essence, the biggest impediment after that would be the human marrow. If the marrow is not tempered, it cannot be shocked, and it would be vulnerable to injury. This was the greatest weakness to Body Transformation martial artists.

But after the tempering of the marrow had been fully completed, not only would it eliminate this vulnerability, but it would also enhance the fusion of true essence and the body, within and without, true essence would be seamlessly unified from all directions. Only when this was achieved could one attain the most stable and perfect stage.

Lin Ming stood near the deep pool and continued to revolve the 'True Primal Chaos Formula', feeling the Tempering Marrow boundary. After this change in his hand, the true essence really did unify, and had experienced a qualitative leap.

The 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridians' was right, but as Lin Ming thought of the exceedingly harsh conditions necessary to fully complete Tempering Marrow, he felt a headache creeping up.  If things continued like this, he would probably have to reach the Revolving Core realm before he had the strength to collect the pills he needed to finish Tempering Marrow.

Although Tempering Marrow belonged to a completely different cultivation system from the essence gathering system, it was still better to break through sooner. At least, the best outcome would be if he could do so before he turned 20.

But no matter how heaven defying a talent one was, it was impossible to reach the Revolving Core realm before 20 years of age. After, it would still take an unknown amount of time to collect the materials he needed. If he missed the best time to temper his marrow, then his marrow would age, and it would become much more difficult to fully complete Tempering Marrow.

Just how should he proceed?

Lin Ming quickly took a bath, taking a spare set of clothes from his spatial ring, and then returned to the cultivation chamber.

Mu Qianyu saw Lin Ming come back, his hair slicked back and wet, a new set of clean clothes on, and looking quite refreshed and gallant. She finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Lin Ming, did you take the Heaven Opening Pill to wash your marrow and muscles? I think that you released a very small amount of impurities."

The Heaven Opening Pill had an extremely dominant power to wash the marrow and muscle, especially when used by earthly martial artists. They would often discharge thick layers of gray sludge, but Lin Ming only discharged a bit of the foul Houtian air. This was why Mu Qianyu had asked.

"Mm… I ate it." Lin Ming awkwardly nodded. When he had taken the Heaven Opening Pill, 90% of the medicinal efficacy had been used by him for Tempering Marrow; the little bit left behind was in his meridians. He hadn't used any to wash his marrow and muscles.

Mu Qianyu's eyes swept Lin Ming from head to toe, and finally gave a satisfied nod, saying, "I don't think your cultivation rose by much. Probably, the medicinal efficacy is hiding somewhere in your body. But you don't need to worry about that. After you take the Heaven Opening Pill, you only need to go into seclusion for a period to slowly pull out and absorb the power of the medicine. After that, your strength should be able to break through to the middle Pulse Condensation period, or maybe even the late Pulse Condensation period. But this type of cultivation doesn't come from practice, so it's best if you also spend a good period of time consolidating in order to have the best result. If you eat another Heaven Opening Pill before you reach the Houtian realm, it probably won't do you much good. It's simply not worth it."

"Uh… I, um, I understand." Lin Ming half-heartedly smiled. After such a lie, he also had to use more lies to conceal his last lies. Where was there any leftover medicinal efficacy in his body? All of it had already been cleanly sucked out. His cultivation hadn't risen by much, and he was still quite far from reaching the middle Pulse Condensation period.

Mu Qianyu beckoned Lin Ming over and said, "Lin Ming, sit down over here, I want to test your fire origin energy fusion compatibility."

Lin Ming hesitated, and then nodded. He sat cross-legged in front of Mu Qianyu. He didn't know just what the standards were for Sky Spill Continent or what grade of fire origin energy fusion compatibility he had.

"Relax your body. Don't try to purposely control the way your body absorbs fire origin energy."

Mu Qianyu took hold of Lin Ming's hand and then closed her eyes. Then, Lin Ming felt a strange fluctuation of fire origin energy in his body, as true essence entered into him. He absorbed the true essence, letting it judge just what grade his fusion compatibility with fire was.

Maybe it was because the fire origin energy in the room was too rich, but when Mu Qianyu sat on the altar, she slightly perspired, releasing an extremely delightful and alluring fragrance. Since Lin Ming was so close to Mu Qianyu and they were facing each other, he was somewhat distracted.

A moment later, Mu Qianyu opened her eyes, a bit of disappointment on her face. "You are maybe an inferior sixth-grade fusion compatibility…"

A martial artist that had this degree of fusion compatibility with any element was already heaven defying, much less Lin Ming who was a double-attribute. His thunder origin energy fusion compatibility was definitely higher.

But Mu Qianyu was still a bit dissatisfied. Divine Phoenix Island's cultivation method had extremely harsh requirements of fire origin energy fusion compatibility. For instance, Mu Qianyu's fire origin energy fusion compatibility was a superior seventh-grade that absolutely defied the will of the heavens!

A sixth-grade fusion compatibility was just at the barest standard to study the core cultivation methods. However, if Lin Ming wanted to achieve the highest levels of this cultivation method, it would probably be impossible.

Mu Qianyu felt a great deal of regret. Besides his fire attribute, Mu Qianyu didn't have much in common with Lin Ming's other strengths. The only thing that could strengthen the bond between her and Lin Ming were the cultivation methods of Divine Phoenix Island.

"Inferior sixth-grade?" Lin Ming wasn't surprised. Although the Heretical God Seed was amazing, all of the other strengths of his body had no connection to the fire attribute, so of course he wouldn't have a fire origin energy fusion compatibility that defied the heavens.

'I wonder what will happen when I take that super valuable spear that Ancestor Chi Yan is refining, and then go to the Southern Wilderness to eliminate the Fire Worm Shaman. After I absorb the Eternal Flame Flame Essence, just what degree of fusion compatibility will my fire attribute reach?'

The greatest and most distinct feature that the Heretical God Force had in comparison to normal martial artists was that it had the capabilities to evolve and grow. Because Lin Ming had absorbed the Purple Flood Dragon Divine Thunder, his thunder origin energy fusion compatibility absolutely surpassed a mere inferior sixth-grade.

This was the strange and unbelievable power of the Heretical God Force. Lin Ming sighed. The Heretical God Force was too powerful. It was no wonder that the Supreme Elder from the Realm of the Gods had taken this secret skill as the most precious one he had ever obtained in his lifetime, even above the 'Golden Roc Shattering the Void'.

Not only that, but even though the 'Golden Roc Shattering the Void' was extremely rare and precious, there were still some other people who knew about it in the Realm of the Gods. But the Heretical God Force was actually unique; this secret skill was obtained in some ancient ruins, and was probably created by some archaic Evil God.

When that Supreme Elder had discovered the Heretical God Force, it had already been sealed for a countless number of years. Afterwards, the Supreme Elder had carefully kept this secret skill hidden without leaking any details of it. This made it even more precious.

Unfortunately, that Supreme Elder of the Realm of the Gods hadn't been able to thoroughly study and research the Heretical God Force in detail. He had only practiced it to the third layer, and then he followed Tian Mingzi to the Verdant Feather Holy Lands to steal the Divine Crystal Magic Cube, finally dying with his soul shattered.

Now, discovering any new information on the Heretical God Force depended on Lin Ming's own luck and ability. He stumbled onto the fact that it responded to thunder and fire attribute origin energy, but as for the other types such as earth, ice, wood, water, or anything else, he had no idea how to utilize those different types of origin energy.

Mu Qianyu looked at Lin Ming then hesitated, saying, "Lin Ming, would you be willing to study Divine Phoenix Island's fire attribute cultivation methods?"

Lin Ming nodded, "I'd like to try."

The cultivation methods of Divine Phoenix Island were naturally far inferior to the cultivation methods that the Supreme Elder knew in the Realm of the Gods. However, although the Supreme Elder's cultivation methods were amazing, they didn't suit him. At best, there were just a few cultivation methods in the memories, and he couldn't choose a specific direction that he wanted to go in.

In the past, Lin Ming had wanted to study a thunder attribute cultivation method in order to make up for his lack of speed. But, to find a high-grade thunder attribute cultivation method manual within the Sky Spill Continent was much easier said than done. On the other hand, Divine Phoenix Island's cultivation methods were already considered to be at the top.

"Lin Ming, your true essence is far thicker and purer than that of a martial artist at the same level, and your body also has several special places within it. I think that you have already studied some sort of top quality cultivation method from your master. Although I don't know what sort of cultivation method it is, I have to say that the amazing cultivation methods of Divine Phoenix Island won't lose out to any other fire attribute cultivation method." These days, Mu Qianyu had spent a great deal of time with Lin Ming. With her cultivation and great eyesight, she was able to see that there were many unusual aspects about Lin Ming's body. However, she didn't ask about these, as every powerhouse had their own secrets to keep.

"But, since you haven't formally joined Divine Phoenix Island, the most I can pass on to you is the first few layers. Before I pass this onto you, you must swear that you will not leak these cultivation methods." Mu Qianyu looked at Lin Ming with a very serious and solemn expression in her eyes, her each and every syllable pronounced clearly and loudly.

"I swear upon my heart of martial arts, that if I do not have Divine Phoenix Island's permission, I will not divulge anything." Lin Ming took an oath without hesitating. Every sect had their own inheritances and legacies that were equivalent to their lifeblood. These inheritances and legacies were the fundamental basis for every sect.

"Good. Then, this cultivation method is called the 'Vermillion Bird Forbidden Divine Chronicle'. It originates from the ancient Phoenix Clan. Unfortunately… this cultivation method has a flaw, otherwise, even the few Holy Lands of Sky Spill Continent might covet it."

As Mu Qianyu spoke, she heaved a great sigh. The ancient Phoenix Clan had the bloodline of a Phoenix – that was a true God Beast. It wasn't an existence that a Vermillion Bird or any other Saint Beast could compare with. Since they had left behind a cultivation method, the terrifying fearsomeness of its power could be imagined.

"The two great core cultivation methods of Divine Phoenix Island are the 'Vermillion Bird Forbidden Divine Chronicle' and the 'Blue Luan Abstract Phantom Code'. More than half has been lost, otherwise Divine Phoenix Island would have already become a Holy Land! Even though these two cultivation methods have flaws, their formidable power already surpasses many core cultivation methods of fifth-grade sects. If one wishes to study these two sets of cultivation methods to the core boundary, one needs the bloodline of the Vermillion Bird or Blue Lian. Otherwise, the fifth-grade sects would have already long rampaged and plundered Divine Phoenix Island.

"It is said that with the complete secret texts of the ancient Phoenix race, if one cultivated their manuals to the highest realm, then one's body could become like a Phoenix, rebirthing through nirvana in a sea of flames, immortal and indestructible…"

As Mu Qianyu spoke, Lin Ming was shocked.

One's body could become like a Phoenix, rebirthing through nirvana in a sea of flames, immortal and indestructible?

If what Mu Qianyu said wasn't an exaggeration, then the secret texts of this ancient Phoenix Clan were no worse than the top cultivation methods within the Realm of the Gods, and might also be tied with the Heretical God Force that was left behind by an archaic Evil God!

Of course, the 'Vermillion Bird Forbidden Divine Chronicle' and the 'Blue Luan Abstract Phantom Code' were just a small part of the ancient Phoenix Clan's secret texts, and most of it was missing, flawed.

Alas, these was how things were. Still, Lin Ming's heart couldn't help but stir and he asked, "Miss Mu said that in order to practice these cultivation methods to the core boundary, I will need the bloodline of a Vermillion Bird or Blue Luan. Does that mean that I cannot cultivate these methods?"

Mu Qianyu sighed. Even if Lin Ming had the bloodline of a Vermillion Bird, he was limited by his fire origin energy fusion compatibility; there was no way he would be able to cultivate it to the highest level.

Mu Qianyu said, "Divine Phoenix Island has a secret technique to transplant part of a Saint Beast's bloodline into you. However, if the bloodline is too thin, it will be insufficient to study the most core section of the 'Vermillion Bird Forbidden Divine Chronicle'. Only if…" As Mu Qianyu spoke, she suddenly fell silent, her face flashing with the color of embarrassment.

In the Realm of the Gods, countless legends fought over a mysterious cube. After the battle it disappeared into the void. Lin Ming stumbles upon this mystery object and begins his journey to become a hero of the land.

The same Martial World from Wuxiawrold. Not claiming ano. credits or anything for this. Made for personal use and convenient reading in offline.

I widen my eyes and run down the hall. I look in the bathroom mirror and the mark is glowing bright purple. I look in the mirror and see a figure behind me. I look back and see nothing. I hear a voice. A soft high pitched voice. "You are the God of Darkness. You rule over all darkness and can generate and obliterate all darkness when wanted or needed." I leave the bathroom and sit back down. I sit and try to process what the soft voice said. I rush to my room and grab twenty dollars from my stash. I run to the store and buy a few highlighters, 2 notebooks a pack of pencils, pens, a pencil case, and a notebook holder. I get home from the dollar store and go to my study room. I study on The God Of Darkness, and how it has power if all darkness, and is one of the three legendary gods. I read that there is one god, the god of darkness, and two goddesses, the goddess of light, and the goddess of fire. Their names are:
           God Of Darkness: Kirishima
           Goddess Of Light: Kara
           Goddess Of Fire: Kaytee

I could not believe my eyes when I saw my name. Then there were picture if us. Kara, goddess of light, was from my school, and was one of my best friend. It said where the mark was located. Kara's was located on her back in the the shape of a lightbulb. Kaytee, goddess of fire, had hers located on her neck, in the shape of a fire. Kaytee was my childhood friends sister. I then saw my photo. the caption said the marking was obvious and on my cheek. I then knew that I, Kirishima, am the God Of Darkness.

There was no question in my mind. I would attempt the relic inheritance! The book page was there. I would have to complete a Curse Dao relic to get it. This would be my first attempt at a relic site. My poor little life would be on the line throughout the trial.
I doubt a Curse Dao relic would be sunshine and rainbows. Relics were challenges set by cultivators, some alive and some long dead. They created good karma for the creator by leaving challenging inheritances for the fated. I waited patiently while they conquered the realm.
I might as well get those juicy Codex rewards before heading into a death trap. I continued processing souls every day, creating a grand skeleton army.
[57 Esquire and 2731 Mortal Skeletons added to Libra]
[33 Sphinx slaves added to Libra]
Wanfang has conquered the other nations! I am now the leader of the Tutan World. 
"Haha, slaughter all those ants! Show no mercy," said James.
[Congratulations quest 'Exterminate the Tutan World' 100% complete]
[New book [Slaughter Heart Scripture - Vol. 3] added to James' library]
[Chain quest 'Investigate the Tutan World' updated]
[You have slaughtered all who stood in your path in the pocket realm. Now delve into the depths of the Tutankhamun relic to reclaim the lost Curse page of the Codex.]
What only a Baron Scripture? All that slaughtering for this?
[Meow, go collect the Elementalist Arts]
Well, that sucks. No matter, this young noble shall assimilate these arts!
~~~
"I... I killed them... I killed them all... They're dead, every single one of them... And not just the men, but the women and the children too... They're like animals... And I slaughtered them like animals!... I hate them!... What have I done?..." said Wanfang.
I echoed my favorite scene in Star Wars for my dramatic speech. I had fallen to the demonic path! My mind was swimming with so many emotions as I kneeled in front of my devil lord.
"You're fulfilling your destiny, Wanfang. Becoming my hand. Learn to embrace the fel," James said as he handed me strange green crystals.
"I will do whatever you ask," I said I looked at the strange crystals.
How did he know the next line, I thought? The crystals were pulsating with chaotic power. Much more powerful than anything he had seen before. I wanted no I needed this power!
"To finish this world's relic. It is a task only one has achieved, but if we work together I know we can discover its secrets."
"I pledge myself to your teachings."
"Good, good."
I absorbed the strange crystals. It was a shocking process. I felt my mind, body, and soul warp as I contained the energies. A bright green light appeared as my body transformed. My eagle head transformed to become humanoid, while dark black wings sprung from his back.
At least I no longer have that Unsightly eagle head. This reward was well worth it. I look forward to entering the Abyss with my new master.
"Henceforth, you are my first demonic hand." said my lord James.
"Thank you, my master!" I said.
~~~
"Go now, my demon. Collect the Arts from the Fire & Water Nations. I need to study them."
"I will fulfill your will my master."
[270 Fire Elementalist Arts and 326 Water Elementalist Arts added to James' library.]
[Compiling Arts… Standardizing data… Outputting Optimal Art for each system…]
[Fire Knight Art and Water Knight Art added to James' library]
[Deriving new Arts from Four Elemental Arts…]
[Knight Arts Upgraded to Baron Arts]
[New Viscount Scripture: Classic Elemental Scripture: Volume 1-4 created]
[Classical Elements Scripture (4 Volumes)-
Isis said:
"Of living things, my son, some are made friends with fire, and some with water, some with air, and some with earth, and some with two or three of these, and some with all."
"And, on the contrary, again some are made enemies of fire, and some of water, some of earth, and some of air, and some of two of them, and some of three, and some of all. For instance, son, the locust and all flies flee fire; the eagle and the hawk and all high-flying birds flee water; fish, air and earth; the snake avoids the open air."
"Whereas snakes and all creeping things love earth; all swimming things love water; winged things, air, of which they are the citizens; while those that fly still higher love the fire and have the habitat near it."
"Not that some of the animals as well do not love fire; for instance salamanders, for they even have their homes in it. It is because one or another of the elements doth form their bodies' outer envelope. Each soul, accordingly, while it is in its body is weighted and constricted by these four greater whole."]
What's this? A Viscount Scripture! Is this the true reward for slaughtering the world!
The only way I could gain this Scripture was to slaughter the entire world and compile all the Elementalist Arts.
[Meow, that's right!]
[Listen! This Viscount Scripture will become the backbone of Libra!]
"Wanfang your service has been commendable. I now reward you with Volume 1 & 2 of the Classic Elements Scripture. Work hard to serve me and Volume 3 & 4 will one day be within your grasp." I said.
"I will give you a month to go over this before we head off to the relic. Don't break through to the Baron realm, you will have plenty of time to cultivate when we return to the Abyss."
"Yes, young lord!"
~~~Once I took the jade scroll and went back to my quarters, I was astonished. This Scripture was a perfect condensation of Elementalist Arts. Actually, that's not it!
When study further it seemed Elementalist Arts were made from studying this Scripture. This had to be the source! I must study this intently! With this I can make it to the next level! I must work hard for the young lord to grant me Volume 3 & 4.
After a month of studying the [Classic Elements Scripture], I stabilized my cultivation at the completion realm. It was far and above the realm I was at before, my body was brimming with power!
~~~It was finally time for us to head to the relic grounds. It was a giant ancient pyramid. Most likely as old as the realm itself.
This was the first time that I had ever entered a relic. With Wanfang by my side, I should be safe. Wanfang was young and very talented, the only guard a young noble could bring into an age-gated inheritance.
The changelings were older than 20, so they could not accompany me. Within the pyramid was a long tunnel that leads to a portal. Behind this portal would be the relic grounds.
By the side of the portal there was a stone stele carved with the worlds 'Tutankhamun Relic- Bone-Age 20'.
Bone-age was how relics decided entry. Lesser bone-age usually meant better talent. Upon entering the instance, an illusionary humanoid figure greeted us.
"Welcome to the Tutankhamun Relic. Will you be attempting the challenges alone or with a group? Be advised that if you attempt it as a group the relative difficulty will increase." said the illusionary figure.
"We will be a group," I said.
"The Tutankhamun Relic has five challenges, each more difficult than the next."
"The first challenge is to gauge whether you have any fate with the Curse Dao."
"When you are ready, head down the first corridor to begin the challenge."
After gathering themselves, Wanfang and I headed down the corridor to the first challenge. The corridor leads us in front of a massive Steele. On the Steele was an Esquire Curse Art!
{Challengers! You have one month to learn this Curse Art} A voice rang inside our heads.
"Wow, only one month to enter a Dao? This first task is already so intense. Wanfang let's study this Curse Art quickly." I said.
The Art introduced Curses. Curses are skills used to hinder, damage your enemy over time, or stop them from doing something. Curses are much like poison but with a magical source. The magic will affect a cursed target until we remove it.
We can cast curses on objects, on people, or on people through objects. The most important thing to a curse is a medium.
The most powerful curses are those ritualized over a lengthy period. They called the Curse Art listed [Enfeeble Curse] once affect whoever suffered from this curse would suffer from a weakened condition.
Like all Daos Curse Dao had its own Curse qi that used in Curse Arts. The art listed a way to generate Curse qi through the [Enfeebling Blood Art]. To practice this a person would weaken themselves draining their blood hoping their blood would draw out their weakened condition.
This way you could step into the Curse Dao generating Curse qi. You could study this by enfeebling many others and step into the Curse Dao, but as we were alone! We had to practice this on ourselves.
"This is madness. To practice this Art we will have to torture ourselves hoping to understand the Enfeebled condition and connect it with our very blood," said Wanfang.
"Whoever created this Curse Dao relic is a deranged mad man. Who would practice this Art on themselves to understand Curses?" I said.
We had no choice if we wanted to complete this trial we had to drain our blood. Intentionally weakening ourselves to understand the enfeebled condition.
The next three weeks were pure torture for both of us. We were both in agony, intentionally keeping ourselves in an enfeebled condition according to the instructions within the Art.
All our efforts did not go to waste though. Both of us broke into the Curse Dao generating Curse qi before the month was over.
I broke through first since the Curse Dao was related to Soul Dao. I had an easier time understanding it.
As a transmigrator Wanfang was no slouch, he also broke through shortly after James.
"That month was pure torture Wanfang, hopefully, the rest of this inheritance is not as difficult," I said.
"Yes, young lord."

Suffering oppression, Soulless forsakes his devil clan. With his Soul Eyes, he carves his own mark in the brutal Abyss. Through hook or crook, nothing will stop the young devil lord! Tune in every day for his shameless actions and his cruelty. Enjoy… The Rise of a Devil! 

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