Chapter 954: Gods Cometh
The coiling dragon filled the dome of heaven, unleashing unprecedented might. It was like a starry river, full of life force power. Every scale that covered it was like an exquisitely crafted jewel, glittering with mysterious light. The densely packed scales were arranged neatly, making them like a huge suit of armor.
The dragon’s head was matchlessly majestic. It was like the embodiment of the quintessence of heaven and earth. Its eyes shone like stars, and were full of abstruse wisdom that could see into the depths of all things. Its sharp teeth were fear-inspiring, and it had long whiskers that were like golden bands of immortal energy.
Most eye-catching were the dragon’s horns. It had two long horns curving out from its forehead as if guide markers to provide direction to the species under its care.
Its arrival caused the entire world to tremble. Mysterious. Majestic. Powerful. Those were the defining elements of the dragon. In its presence, the heavenly daos all prostrated, with the exception of the heavenly dao made from the sealing stamp.
This was humankind’s heavenly dao! It had long been asleep, and thus, humankind’s innate abilities were also asleep. But now... as humankind’s destiny aura, will, and blood called out, joined by the ancient territorial map as a mallet to strike the war drum.....
It was awake! It was shaking the world!
An instant later, the prostrating heavenly daos blurred and chose to back away. As for the sealing stamp of humankind, it glittered brightly as it floated toward the golden dragon. The golden dragon swallowed it up. Originally, the sealing stamp was inside the golden dragon. But when the dragon went to sleep, it spat the sealing stamp out. Now they were together again.
The heavenly dao golden dragon surged with majestic energy as it floated above the imperial capital.
All humans in the capital gasped.
Xu Qing’s mind reeled. Just looking at the seven-clawed golden dragon gave him a deep understanding of the glory humankind had experienced in the past.
Eyes glittering, the empress said, “Xu Qing, strike the drum again!”
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Qing took a deep breath and hit the drum as hard as he could with the mallet.
BOOM!
The sixth drum strike reverberated in heaven and earth, causing Xu Qing to tremble as cracking sounds rang out from him. At the same time, his skin started to rip apart in many places. Those wounds weren’t fresh. Instead, they were like old scars. As they spread out, it seemed like the Xu Qing of the past must have been ripped apart and then put back together. But thanks to the sound of the drum, all of those scars were disappearing. As they healed, a sense of warmth spread through Xu Qing, and the sensation of wholeness grew even more intense.
Xu Qing shivered. Based on what he could sense of the wounds, some were actually unfamiliar.
All of a sudden, he thought back to that patchwork cloth doll....[1]
However, there wasn’t time for deep contemplation. After the sixth strike on the drum, the seven-clawed golden dragon issued a roar that echoed in the minds of all humans.
That roar could bring light to the darkness of night! As it echoed in the hearts and minds of the humans, it seemed to shatter certain chains and break certain shackles. As a result, energy that had long been asleep began to wake up.
Cheers erupted from the mouths of many humans in the imperial capital. Some people began to glow with brilliant light. And their auras were blessed as they not only grew stronger, but also bigger.
They turned into giants of varying heights! The tallest were hundreds of meters tall, while the shortest were dozens. Terrifying fleshly body power surged through them.
The sight caused all humans to breathe heavily. Some of the longtime government officials, who were familiar with the ancient records, looked stunned.
“Humankind’s innate ability....”
“It’s the Spirit Ancestor Transformation!!”
Humankind did have an innate ability! When the seven-clawed golden dragon woke up and roared, that innate ability was awakened within the blood of humankind.
The holy lands’ second counterattack had been neutralized. The empress pulsed with godly fluctuations, and the godfire on Planet Ancient Emperor was burning with great intensity.
However, that was when a cold snort echoed through the sky and slammed into the humans like a bolt of lightning.
Revered Ancient had five top species!
Two of them led the pack by a wide margin. The remaining three were all roughly on the same level. They were the Firemoon Darkheavens, the Redland Nobleplexuses, and the Netherworld Chasmcorpses!
Following the cold snort, a sea of flames spread through the sky, covering everything. Looking up, it was only possible to see red flames.
Within that sea of flames was a god. This god wore a fiery-red robe that itself looked like fire. It had exquisite fire motif designs that accentuated hīs status and glory. Hē was tall and burly, like a mountain, with broad shoulders that could hold up worlds. Hīs hair was as red as fire, almost like lava gushing out of a volcano. Each strand of hīs hair seemed to burn wildly, and seemed alive as hē strode forth. Hīs expression was cold and apathetic. Hīs eyes seemed devoid of emotion. However, hē seemed confident and relaxed, as though hē knew hē could trample anyone in hīs presence.
Hē was one of the three gods of the Redland Nobleplexus people. Hē was the god Blazeflame.
“Humankind is not permitted to achieve godly ascension,” hē said in a voice that brooked no disobedience. It echoed out with the force of law, sealing heaven and earth, and landed on the empress, the godfire on Planet Ancient Emperor, and the five corpses of the past emperors. Instantly, the godfire dimmed, and the corpses of the emperors seemed less lifelike. The orders of a god surpassed magical laws.
At the same time, darkness as black as ink spread out over the sky above human lands, dividing it into two parts. In the night part of the sky were countless corpses piled up like mountains. They emanated a noxious stench, as well as terrifying mutagen and godly might.
Standing atop all the corpses was another god. This god wasn’t humanoid. Instead īt looked like a lump of rotting flesh, oozing all sorts of disgusting fluids. īt was also covered with eyes, and all of them were looking at the empress.
Terrifying fluctuations rolled off of īt. This was the god Nightcorpse.[2]
Because of that godly might, the seven-clawed dragon roared, and the human lands blurred. It was as if an apocalyptic fog were covering the world.
“The Redland Nobleplexuses and Netherworld Chasmcorpses,” the empress said calmly.
The god Blazeflame took a step forward, sending masses of fire rushing toward the empress. In the western sky, which was as dark as night, countless corpses surged, almost like a gigantic ball of flesh that rushed toward the empress. It looked like a battle with gods was about to begin.
But then, a shining moon split the sea of flames and the dark of night. Moonlight shone down, sending the flames lurching to the side, and causing the dark night to melt. Along with the moonlight came a god as beautiful as an immortal but as cold as frost.
It was one of the Firemoons’ three gods.... It was High God Moonfire!
After shē appeared, the canopy of heaven glittered with the light of heavenly bodies. Starlight descended everywhere, along with a soft chuckle. As that happened, a clay fox materialized in midair. Seated atop the clay fox was a god, spectacularly beautiful, and matchlessly flirtatious. Naturally, it was High God Starfire.
Two Flawless Gods had appeared to block the path of the sea of flames and the darkness of night.
Smiling, Starfire said, “Who said humans can’t achieve godly ascension?”
The sealing created by the orders of Blazeflame began to crumble.
“You may!” Moonfire said coolly.
The sealing mark collapsed. The godfire on Planet Ancient Emperor raged, and the corpses of the past emperors once again looked lively. The entire time, the empress’ face didn’t register an ounce of surprise.
1. The doll first appeared inchapter 938 and was described inchapter 939 . ☜
2. In reality, the author does not use this name until later. He switches back and forth between a variety of different descriptors before ultimately settling on a specific name. For many chapters, it’s not even clear if this god is supposed to have a name. However, several chapters down the line, the author specifically does identify the god’s name and use it multiple times. I’m bringing the name in a bit early for a smoother reading experience. ☜