Zhong Yue and Hundun Yu reached the fifth stage.
In the stage, the stone tablet was hovering in the air, the figure shrouded with mystical lights was already waiting patiently below it.
Zhong Yue walked forward and inspected the figure in mystical lights. This figure had never shown his true face, always hiding behind the lights. But Feng Yulan, Gao Yin, and the other Imperial Emperors seemed to be very attentive to him, as if they knew where he was from.
In this universe, the strongest ones were the Evil Monarch, Dark Monarch, Demon Monarch, Celestial Monarch, Feng Tian Origin Lord, and the Hundun grand ancestor. Then thereâs also the old turtle Iâve met in the Heavenly River. Other than the eight of them, there should be some other peak experts too. For example, those that have escaped from the Fuxi Heaven Courtâs Heavenly Prison. But to be able to bring the Evil Monarchâs disciple into vigilance, there shouldnât be too many. Of these eight I know, only that old turtle didnât send out anyone. Could he be the old turtleâs disciple?
Zhong Yue mulled. The figure in the mystical lights was not just strong, but absurdly so. On their way here, there wasnât a single stage that could stop him. One must know, the Imperial Emperors were killed in the fourth stage but he remained safe and sound.
Furthermore, the figure gave Zhong Yue a very familiar sense, it was a strange feeling.
But I definitely donât know him.
Now, they were already halfway to the abyss in front of them. There were only 3 stone tablets left ahead. The path consisted of 7 stone tablets, and the natural assumption would be that there were 7 stages.
After passing through the 7 stages, one would be able to enter the abyss and be rewarded with Dao Venerate Fu Minâs wealth, and maybe even control over the Ancestral Court!
Which means, I will clash with him head-on!
Rays flashed brimmed in Zhong Yueâs eyes. There was only one Ancestral Court. Dao Venerate Fu Minâs wealth was also left for him. Whether it be the Ancestral Court of Dao Venerate Fu Minâs wealth, he couldnât stand to have them in the hands of the other races!
The fifth stone tablet quivered and projected a peculiar scene. In the projection, the space in front of them was cut off and replaced with a dark and deep valley. Its depth was imperceptible!
âWhat is this?â
Hundun Yu reached his head out and looked down. But all he could see was darkness and nothing else.
Then, he reached his hand out and touched what was previously solid ground until his hands just phased right through. So it seemed that the projection from the stone tablet really did cut open the space and form this deep valley.
âSenior Martial Brother Yu, let me try!â
An incarnation soon walked out from his body and leaped toward the other side of the valley. But just as the incarnation flew in the air, it wasnât long before it suddenly lost all of its power and silently fell into the darkness below.
Zhong Yue frowned, he couldnât sense that incarnation now. It seemed like it was completely destroyed!
âThe stages on this path really are getting weirder and weirder!â Hundun Yu sighed, âThis stage, I donât think I can make it.â
It was at this moment, a faint light appeared in the midst of darkness deep down in the valley. It was moving up and soon revealed itself as a jade platform with smooth edges. Soon, the jade platform has hovered to the height of the valleyâs sides. A chain shot out from the jade platform and connected the sides of the valley.
âIt wants us to go through this chain to that jade platform?â Zhong Yue was puzzled, but saw a scythe hovering above the jade platform. Its body was shining in cold rays and right below it was a deep dented mark.
âGod Slaying Stage!â Zhong Yue and Hundun Yu both exclaimed in shock together.
What was hovering in the between the valley sides was a God Slaying Stage. However, in stark contrast to the ones in the Heaven Court and Heaven Suppressing Prefecture, this one was much older. It has the ancient air in it and the horrifying aura of killing intent. It seemed like it had slain many strong and powerful presences, and countless souls!
âThis God Slaying Stage has slain monarchs before,â Xin Huo suddenly added.
Zhong Yue couldnât help but shiver. The stronger the experts that the God Slaying Stage had killed, the stronger it would be!
And a God Slaying Stage that had even slain monarchs⦠who would be able to defend from its scythe?
âCould it be the God Slaying Stage of the Earth Order Era?â Hundun Yu was murmuring, he said, âIâve heard the grand ancestor speak of it before. He said there was a God Slaying Stage in the Heaven Court during the Earth Order Era. In the reign of Dao Venerate Fu Min, there was a monarch that committed a huge crime. He was found guilty and brought to the God Slaying Stage and was beheaded here. The grand ancestor also said that after killing the monarch, it ascended into a monarch weapon, thus, it was named the Monarch Slaying Stage! Could this scythe and jade platform be Dao Venerate Fu Minâs Monarch Slaying Stage?â
Zhong Yue nodded, âThis scythe, itâs killed a monarch before.â
Hundun Yu mulled and shook seconds later, âThen I wonât be able to make it. The Monarch Slaying Stage can even kill a monarchâs body, mind, and soul; I wonât be able to defend myself from its scythe. This stage is unpassable.â
Rays flashed across Zhong Yueâs eyes as he looked at the Monarch Slaying Stage, he said solemnly, âI must go!â
With a change of thought, the Create Evolve Mystical Gate flew out and Yi Wanjun and Shi Yinji walked out from it. He said, âI will have to use the gate, Iâm afraid I canât protect you all in it. Stay here with Senior Martial Brother Yu and wait for my return.â
âHusband, please be careful!â Shi Yinji said.
Yi Wanjin took a clear look at him and she said, âBe cautious!â
Zhong Yue cast the Create Evolve Mystical Gate and walked onto the chain. In front of him, the figure in the mystical lights also moved. He cast up an item above his head, it was revolving continuously but was also shrouded in lights, making him unable to see what it was.
However, from the thick air of the monarchâs aura that was emanated through the lights, it would also be a monarch weapon, a kind with strong defensive ability!
He definitely is from somewhere strong! Zhong Yue thought.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
The figure was a step faster than Zhong Yue. He rushed toward the Monarch Slaying Stage without hesitation and left Zhong Yue frowning, wondering if it had full confidence of passing the Monarch Slaying Stage.
Soon after, the figure was already at the edge of the Monarch Slaying Stage, and in his next step, he has laid foot on the jade platform.
A soft buzzing din could be heard as the scythe swung down like a curtain of lights, it was truly terrorizing!
The lights above the figure was cut open and the treasure released a loud din. The monarch weaponâs power burst out and the horrifyingly powerful monarch aura pulsed out to the surrounding. Even the sky cracked opened a huge hole by the shockwave!
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It was a sound that could shudder oneâs heart. The lights slashed into halves by the scythe, and two halves of a huge cauldron fell off from the lights into the deep valley!
Whereas right above, lights emerged above his head and formed into three lotuses. The scythe swung down again for his head. A muffled groan could be heard from the man and as one lotus was cut down, a head would fall into the deep valley.
When all three lotuses were cut down and three heads had fallen, he had already rushed out from the Monarch Slaying Stage, walking on the chain toward the other end.
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The Create Evolve Mystical Gate creaked open as the two little kids reached their heads out and looked around. When they saw what happened, both of them exclaimed in shock. Left Gate shrieked, âStop, stop! We definitely wonât be able to stop that scythe! We feared it the most! It will even kill us!â
Right Gate was also shouting, âThis scythe is strange. Ever since it killed a monarch, it had turned even eerier. It will first kill us, then the Mystical Gate. If it leaves the Monarch Slaying Stage, we arenât afraid of it at all. But on the stage, we wonât be able to even take one strike!â
Zhong Yue stopped and he frowned.
On the edge of the valley, Yi Wanjun and Shi Yinji were both nervous to see that the scythe could even slash the monarch weapon into halves. If it wasnât because of the three lotuses above the figureâs head, he wouldâve been killed too!
âHusband, donât go anymore!â
Shi Yinji shouted loudly, âEven Left Gate and Right Gate said itâs dangerous, it means it really is extremely dangerous! Please just come back!â
Zhong Yue pondered and pressed forward. Left Gateâs and Right Gateâs faces were pallid like snow, they hugged each other. As they neared the Monarch Slaying Stage, they hugged even tighter and cried out loud.
Right before Zhong Yue laid food on the jade platform, he hurled the Create Evolve Mystical Gate backward into Yi Wanjunâs hands. Yi Wanjun exclaimed in shock and saw Zhong Yue walking onto the Monarch Slaying Stage defenseless.
The scythe swung down, Zhong Yue didnât fight back and let it slash down at him
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He was beheaded, and his mortal body and Yuan Shen were both destroyed.
On the edge, Yi Wanjunâs hands were on her mouth, Shi Yinji on her lips, and Hundun Yu was completely stunned. Zhong Yueâs mortal body and Yuan Shen were both killed, his head was rolling on the Monarch Slaying Stage!
âMister Yi is dead?â Hundun Yu exclaimed in shock, he couldnât believe what just happened.
The man with endless wisdom, the man who always had a plan, and he died just like that?
All of a sudden, a huge mushroom with six caps grew on Zhong Yueâs corpse. Its caps looked like a dark metal wok!
Yi Wanjunâs eyes were sharp, she saw there was cut wound on the mushroom and there was a cap on the floor. One of the mushroom caps was cut off!
Then, a hand swiftly reached out for the Nine Lives Black Wok Mushroom, refined it and kept it back in his Yuan Shen secret realms.
Other than Zhong Yue, who would it be?
Now, Zhong Yue had already walked out of the Monarch Slaying Stage. He didnât use the Create Evolve Mystical Gate to stop the Monarch Slaying Stageâs scythe but willingly kill himself.
Right when the scythe falls on him, he could feel the exchange of his mortal body and Yuan Shen with the Nine Lives Black Wok Mushroom. The saint herb had taken the hit in his place just right before the scythe killed him!
âI see, I see! Dao Venerate Fu Minâs arrangements are indeed stunning!â
Zhong Yue was quick to connect the pieces together. The arrangement of stages felt random, but they had deeper meanings behind. To pass the fifth stage, one must die first, there was simply no exception to it. However, if one had the Nine Lives Black Wok Mushroom from the second stage, then he would be able to pass the fifth stage safely!
And in the second stage of the Nine Lives Black Wok Mushroom, only Xin Huo was able to get his hands on it!
Dao Venerate Fu Min clearly knew that Zhong Yue would reach here!
âBut⦠the mysterious man in the lights, he also passed this stage. I suppose this is something out of Dao Venerate Fu Minâs expectations.â
Zhong Yue frowned. The mystery man always gave him this familiar feeling. But he couldnât remember where and what.
But time didnât allow him to think too much. He quickly walked over the valley and headed for the sixth stage.
Just as he left, Evil Monarch, Demon Monarch, and the others have arrived. When Hundun Yu saw them, his eyes flared wide as if he has seen ghosts and his face changed drastically!
Mo Yuanshu, Gao Yin, Feng Yulan, and the others were already dead. But now, they are alive, and were chatting happily together.
âHundunâs discliple?ââFeng Yulanâ looked over and exclaimed in surprise, âHundun has always been unmoved by the worldly affairs, but he even sent one here too? Little friend, do deliver my greetings to your grand ancestor.â
Hundun Yu was puzzled, he nodded unconsciously.
Evil Monarch looked at the Monarch Slaying Stage in front of them and he frowned. He said, âAre we going to die here again?â